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Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on March 6, 2016 by garethrhodes

Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) Directed by Susan Seidelman. With Rosanna Arquette, Madonna and Aidan Quinn.  Through the decades, Madonna has proven herself to be the queen of reinvention. For someone who changed her image more times than Osama Bin Laden … Continue reading →

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Teen Wolf (1985) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on January 18, 2016 by garethrhodes

Teen Wolf (1985) Directed by Rod Daniel. With Michael J. Fox, James Hampton and Jerry Levine. Michael J. Fox is the Canadian Werewolf in America…doesn’t quite have that ring…okay, we’ll call it Teen Wolf. Released the same year as the … Continue reading →

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Prizzi’s Honor (1985) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on February 6, 2015 by garethrhodes

Prizzi’s Honor (1985) Directed by John Huston. With Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, William Hickey, Robert Loggia, Anjelica Huston and John Randolph. I’m rubbish at cryptic crossword puzzles. A mere glance at one of the clues hurts my tiny brain. A … Continue reading →

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Brewster’s Millions (1985) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on February 25, 2014 by garethrhodes

Brewster’s Millions (1985) Directed by Walter Hill. With Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette Mckee, Stephen Collins, Jerry Orbach, Pat Hingle and Hume Cronyn. On the face of it, Brewster’s Millions is a great idea for a comedy. Montgomery Brewster (Richard … Continue reading →

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Commando (1985) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on February 24, 2014 by garethrhodes

Commando (1985) Directed by Mark L Lester. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Vernon Wells, Bill Duke and Dan Hedaya. What Mark L Lester’s Commando lacks in brains, it makes up for in blunt force testosterone. Arnold Schwarzenegger is John … Continue reading →

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Lifeforce (1985) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on February 4, 2014 by garethrhodes

Lifeforce (1985) Directed by Tobe Hooper. With Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Mathilda May and Patrick Stewart. Adapted for the screen by Dan O’Bannon and Don Jakoby from Colin Wilson’s novel, The Space Vampires, Lifeforce is a genre crossing … Continue reading →

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The Stuff (1985) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on February 4, 2014 by garethrhodes

The Stuff (1985) Directed by Larry Cohen. With Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci. Scott Bloom, Garret Morris and Paul Sorvino. Writer-director Larry Cohen’s The Stuff, is a low rent comedy-horror film about an addictive gloopy white substance, that once ingested, turns … Continue reading →

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Creature (1985) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on February 2, 2014 by garethrhodes

Creature (1985) Directed by William Malone. With Stan Iver, Wendy Schaal, Klaus Kinski and Lyman Ward. Roger Corman might be many things, but no-one can blame him for this cheap and nasty ‘Alien’ clone, which in truth, has the very … Continue reading →

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Return to Oz (1985) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on July 31, 2012 by garethrhodes

Return to Oz (1985) Directed by Walter Murch. With Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson and Jean Marsh. Six-months have passed since Dorothy’s adventures in Oz. In that time, she has become depressed and is having trouble sleeping properly, so it’s decided … Continue reading →

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