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After Hours 1985
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
This is perhaps the most relatable film of all time…The character’s motivation: It’s past my bedtime; I have to work tomorrow; and I just want to be back home in my bed.
When I first met my wife, she was co-renting a house on Hughes Street with her sister and another female friend. Nothing so closely embodies the spirit of this “Hughes House” as the otherworldly aura of the Franklin/Bridges residence in this film which serves as a jumping…
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Fatal Attraction 1987
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Many reviews I’ve encountered appear to view the film through the lens of “never cheat…because she could be crazy.” While Alex (Glenn Close) does exhibit clear signs of mental illness, viewing her solely in this light is rather detrimental to the message of the film. Her character embodies, to the extreme, the repercussions of unfaithfulness to overturn and derail relationships and lives. As everything steers out of control, I frequently caught myself not so much rooting for Dan (Michael Douglas) to overcome and escape Alex’s obsession as I was dreading the consequences he has brought upon himself and his family.
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Big Trouble in Little China 1986
After knowing of this film for over a decade, I was elated to finally get around to watching. The score was electrifying, the effects were characteristically insane for Carpenter, and the 80’s camp was palpable.
Going into the film, I knew its influence on the Mortal Kombat franchise, but was surprised to further witness the clear inspiration for the aesthetic and setting of the TMNT universe: rival street gangs, martial arts in urban sewers, a comically hyperbolized Chinatown, etc.
Brazenly bumbling Kurt Russell. Sinister James Hong. Lightning-paced plot points. A character named Lightning that wields lightning. Proper absurdity.
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