Messing with Memories: ‘Conan the Barbarian’

Conan
Original: 1981
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger; Directed by John Milus
Remake: Scheduled for 2011
Conan is set to wield his sword in this third outing, which is rumored to head back to the comic source for inspiration. And as The Governator has demonstrated in the last Terminator film, it may be possible to have him — or a computer-enhanced facsimile — at least grace [...]

‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ with writer Dale Launer

Title:
Dirty Rotten Socundrels (1988)
Rated: PG
Written by:
Stanley Shapiro (original)
Dale Launer (update)
Directed by:
Frank Oz
Starring:
Steve Martin as Freddy Benson
Michael Caine as Lawrence Jamison
Glenne Headley as Janet Colgate
Dana Ivey as Mrs. Reed
Anton Rodgers as Inspector Andre
Ian McDiarmid as Arthur
 
By Bo from Last Blog on the Left
Pre-screening memories: The film trailer is a dying art.  There was a time, not so [...]

‘TRON’ with Cindy Morgan

Title:
TRON (1982)
Rated:PG
Written by:
Steve Lisberger and
Bonnie MacBird
Directed by:
Steve Lisberger Starring:
Jeff Bridges as Flynn/Clu
Bruce Boxleitner as Alan/Tron
Cindy Morgan as Lora/Yori
David Warner as Dillinger/Sark
Barnard Hughes as Gibbs/Dumont
 
 
By Count Vardulon
Pre-screening memories: It’s hard to tell a story about a play, like it’s hard to perform a play about a book, like it’s hard to write a book about a movie, like [...]

‘Critters’ with Oscar-winning fx artist Gene Warren

Title: Critters (1986)
Rated: PG-13
Direced by:
Stephen Herek
Written by:
Stephen Herek and
Dominic Muir
Starring:
Dee Wallace Stone as Helen Brown
M. Emmet Walsh as Harv
Billy Green Bush as Jay Brown
Scott Grimes as Brad Brown
Nadine Van Der Velde as April Brown
Billy Zane as Steve Elliot
Terrence Mann as Johnny Steel
Lin Shaye as Sally
By Erin Tanner 
Pre-screening memories: To protect myself from the merciless teasing I’m [...]

‘My Cousin Vinny’ with director Jonathan Lynn

Title:
My Cousin Vinny (PG-13)
Written by:
Dale Launer
Directed by:
Jonathan Lynn
Starring:
Joe Pesci as Vinny
Marissa Tomei as Mona Lisa
Fred Gwynne as Judge Chamberlain
Ralph Macchio as Billy
Mitchell Whitfield as Stan
Austin Pendleton John Gibbons
Lane Smith as Jim Trotter III
Bruce McGill as Sheriff Dean
By Scott Knopf from He Shot Cyrus
Pre-screening memories: Take one part Family-Friendly Home Invader, one part Rookie Martial Artist, and [...]

‘Lionheart’ with Harrison Page

Title:
Lionheart (1990)
Rated: R
Directed by:
Sheldon Lettich
Written by:
S.N. Warren (story)
Jean Claude Van Damme (screenplay)
Starring:
Jean Claude Van Damme as Leon
Harrison Page as Joshua
Debra Rennard as Cynthia
Lisa Pelikan as Helene
Ashley Johnson as Nicole
 By Count Vardulon
Pre-screening memories: I was old enough, when seeing Lionheart for the first time, that I can’t call it one of the most important formative movies of [...]

‘Caddyshack’ with Cindy Morgan

Film:
Caddyshack (1980)
Rated: R
Directed by:
Harold Ramis
Written by:
Bryan Doyle-Murray &
Harold Ramis Starring:
Chevy Chase as Ty Webb
Ted Knight as Judge Smails
Rodney Dangerfield as Al Czervik
Bill Murray as Carl Speckler
Michael O’Keefe as Danny Noonan
Cindy Morgan as Lacy Underall
Sarah Holcolmb as Maggie
Scott Colomby as Tony D’Annunzio
The Gopher as Himself
By Pete Hayes
Pre-screening memories: My dad was a huge Rodney Dangerfield fan. I remember listening to his [...]

‘The Wraith’ with Chris Nash

Title:
The Wraith
Rated: PG-13
Directed by:
Mike Marvin
Written by:
Mike Marvin
Starring:
Charlie Sheen as Jake /The Wraith
Sherilyn Fenn as Keri
Nick Cassavetes as Packard
Randy Quaid as Sheriff Loomis
Matthew Berry as Billy
Clint Howard as Rughead
Chris Nash as Minty
Griffin O’Neal as Oggie
David Sherrill as Skank
Jamie Bozian as Gutterboy
By Bo of Last Blog on the Left
 
Pre-screening memories: It’s the same old story… boy shows up on a motorcycle, runs afoul of the local [...]

‘Nightbreed’ with Simon Bamford

Film:
Nightbreed (1990)
Rated: R
Written and Directed by:
Clive Barker
Starring:
Craig Sheffer as Boone/Cabal
Anne Bobby as Lori
David Cronenberg as Dr. Decker
Charles Haid as Cpt. Eigerman
Hugh Ross as Narcisse
Doug Bradley as Dirk
Simon Bamford as Ohnaka
Kim Robertson as Babette
By Count Vardulon
Pre-screening memories:  Like many teens, I went through a ‘horror’ phase at around age 13 (that it hasn’t ended yet isn’t the [...]

‘Demolition Man’ with Glenn Shadix

Film:
Demolition Man (1993)
Rated: R
Directed by:
Marco Brambilla
Written by:
Peter M. Lenkov
Robert Reneau
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone as John Spartan
Wesley Snipes as Simon Phoenix
Sandra Bullock as Lenina Huxley
Nigel Hawthorne as Dr. Cocteau
Benjamin Bratt as Alfredo Garcia
Glenn Shadix as Associate Bob

Denis Leary as Edgar Friendly
 
By Scott Knopf from HeShotCyrus
Pre-screening memories: The passion for Demolition Man was born out of a sense of Dredd to a young Scott. [...]