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Blue Thunder: The Best 80s Action Flick You Never Saw!

Posted 2 years ago

We take a look back at the 1983 action classic Blue Thunder, starring Roy Scheider and Malcolm McDowell.

Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce (1985) – WTF Happened to this Movie?

Posted 6 years ago

WTF Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that looks at TROUBLED movie productions! Box-office smashes and flops, fan-favorites or creative failures, these movies endured numerous problems behind-the-scenes. Horror director Tobe Hooper’s 1985 sci-fi spectacle LIFEFORCE has earned cult...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Blue Thunder!

Posted 7 years ago

Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either...

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James Wan in early stage of developing remake of Arachnophobia

Posted 8 years ago

Nope. Nope, nope, nope. I can recall seeing the cover-art for Frank Marshall's ARACHNOPHOBIA in video-stores (remember those?) at a young age, and although it was devoid of spiders, I knew all too well what the title was referring to....

The UnPopular Opinion: Evolution

Posted 9 years ago

Alex THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We're hoping this column...

Awfully Good Movies: Lifeforce (Video)

Posted 9 years ago

Lifeforce (1985) Director: Tobe Hooper Stars: Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Mathilda May Next weekend, Ridley Scott gives the ALIEN franchise another shot with ALIEN: COVENANT, so Awfully Good Movies is dipping into the weird and wonderful world of ALIEN ripoff movies with...

VHS Retro Art Round-up: Caligula, Death Wish 3, Rolling Thunder, and more

Posted 11 years ago

Alex Every child of the 80s will remember going to the video store and trying to find a movie to rent. Back before the days of Blu-ray and On Demand, selecting a movie usually meant finding the flick with the...

Sony remaking 80s flick Blue Thunder; will trade helicopters for drones

Posted 11 years ago

Your first thought of Roy Scheider may be JAWS or SeaQuest DSV, but for me it will always be BLUE THUNDER. The 1983 action movie about a pilot using an enhanced military helicopter to patrol Los Angeles was one of...