Film: Vision Quest
Rated: R
Directed by: Harold Becker
Written by: Terry Davis (novel), Daryll Ponicsan (screenplay)
Tagline: All he needed was a lucky break. Then one day she moved in.
Starring: Matthew Modineas Louden Swain
Linda Fiorentino as Carla
Michael Schoeffling as Kutch
Ronny Cox as Louden’s Dad
By Rob R.
Pre-screening memories: My genetic makeup ensured that wrestling was never [...]
April 24, 2009
Categories: 80s, Blogroll, Gurn Blanston, Rob R., drama, natsukashi . Tags: all the right moves, catcher in the rye, john irving, linda fiorentino, lunatic fringe, madonna, matthew modine, michael schoeffling, red rider, vision quest . Author: usesoapfilm . Comments: 5 Comments
Title: Westworld (1973)
Rated: PG
Director: Michael Crichton
Writer: Michael Crichton
Starring: Yul Brynner as The Gunslinger
James Brolin as John Blane
Richard Benjamin as Peter Martin
By Gurn Blanston
Pre-screening memories: I first saw this movie at a matinee showing with my father in the mid 70’s. We had a tradition of going on Saturday afternoons and seeing films that [...]
April 16, 2009
Categories: 70s, Blogroll, Gurn Blanston, Rob R., action, horror, natsukashi, sci fi, western . . Author: usesoapfilm . Comments: 1 Comment
Title: The Warriors (1979)
Rated: R
Directed by: Walter Hill
Written by: David Shaber and Walter Hill
Based on a novel by Sol Yurick
Starring: Michael Beck as Swan
James Remar as Ajax
David Patrick Kelly as Luther
Deborah Van Valkenburgh as Mercy
Roger Hill as Cyrus
Tagline: These are the Armies of the Night
By Gurn Blanston (with guest appearance by [...]
February 13, 2009
Categories: 70s, Gurn Blanston, Rob R., action, natsukashi . Tags: baseball furies, coen brothers, David Patrick Kelly, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, gangs, Intolerable Cruelty, Irwin Keyes, james remar, jeffersons, Michael Beck, prozak, Roger Hill, Sol Yurick, the lizzies, walter hill, warriors, wheezie joe, wrestlemaniac . Author: usesoapfilm . Comments: 2 Comments
Title: Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
Rated: R
Directed by: Simon Wincer
Written by: Don Michael Paul
Starring: Mickey Rourke as Harley Davidson
Don Johnson as The Marlboro Man
Daniel Baldwin as Alexander
Vanessa Williams as Lulu Daniels
Tom Sizemore as Chance Wilder
Jordan Lund as ‘The Stagecoach Driver’
Tagline: “When the going gets tough…the tough take the law [...]
February 6, 2009
Categories: 90s, Blogroll, Gurn Blanston, Rob R., action, comedy, natsukashi, sci fi, western . Tags: 9 ½ Weeks, A Prayer for the Dying, Angel Heart, Barfly, Bosworth, Brando, Bukowski, burt reynolds, clint eastwood, Don Johnson, Homeboy, james dean, Johnny Handsome, lisa bonet, lock-up, matt dillon, McQueen, Motorcycle Boy, Rumble Fish, Schwarzenegger, stallone, Van Damme . Author: usesoapfilm . Comments: Leave a Comment
Bachelor Party (1984)
Director: Neal Israel
Writers: Neal and Bob Israel (no pun intended… well, maybe by their parents)
Starring: Tom Hanks – Rick Gassko
Tawney Kitaen – Debbie Thompson
Adrian Zmed – Jay O’Neil
Robert Prescott – Cole Whittier
Tagline: Shocking, Shameless, Sinful, Wicked. And the party hasn’t even started.
By: Gurn Blanston
The original appeal of this movie to me [...]
June 23, 2008
Categories: 80s, Blogroll, Gurn Blanston, Rob R., comedy, natsukashi . Tags: 80s, adrian zmed, bachelor party, bob isreal, bosom buddies, donkey show, hooker, neal isreal, police academy, robert prescott, tawney kitaen, tom hanks, whitesnake . Author: usesoapfilm . Comments: Leave a Comment
Tango & Cash (1989)
Rated: R
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Written by: Randy Feldman
Starring : Sylvester Stallone as Ray Tango
Kurt Russel as Gabe Cash
Teri Hatcher as Kiki Tango
Jack Palance as Yves Perret
Tagline: Two of L.A.’s top rival cops are going to work together… even if it kills them.
By Rob Rector
Pre-screening memories: It was moments before the [...]
June 12, 2008
Categories: Gurn Blanston, Rob R., action, comedy, natsukashi . Tags: avenging angelo, d-tox, fubar, jack palance, jean claude van damme, jeff speakman, kurt russel, rambo, rocky, shade, snake plissken, specialist, stallone, steven seagal, stop or my mom will shoot, tango & cash, teri hatcher . Author: usesoapfilm . Comments: 1 Comment
Fire and Ice (1983)
Rated: R
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Screenplay: Roy Thomas
Gerry Conway
Characters: Frank Fazetta
Ralph Bakshi
Tagline: “Heroic Fantasy Adventure!”
By Gurn Blanston
Pre-screening memories: The animated fantasy epic Fire and Ice was released in 1983 at a time when I had just finished my fifth or so read through of “The Lord of [...]
May 16, 2008
Categories: Gurn Blanston, Rob R., animated, natsukashi . Tags: 80s, animation, cartoon, frank frazetta, fritz the cat, hbo, he-man, lord of the rings, movie, nostalgia, ralph bakshi, review, rotoscoping, sorcery, swords . Author: usesoapfilm . Comments: 1 Comment
Excalibur (1981)
Rated PG/R
Director: John Boorman
Written by: Thomas Malory (book), Rospo Pallenberg (screenplay)
Starring
Nigel Terry: King Arthur
Helen Mirren: Morgana
Nicol Williamson: Merlin
Tagline: No mortal could possess it! No kingdom could command it!
By Gurn Blanston
Past Memories: When this film was released in 1981 I was still one year away from a driver’s license. Which meant that any movie I saw [...]
May 2, 2008
Categories: Gurn Blanston, Rob R. . Tags: excalibur, film, gabriel byrne, king arthur, knights, liam neeson, merlin, natsukashi, patrick stewart, round table, sir lancelot . Author: usesoapfilm . Comments: Leave a Comment
