Celebrating 28 days of underrated 80s cinematic treasures. I would not have come in contact with this film had it not been for a podcast series I started called 31 Days of Horror, 2018 edition. In that podcast, Andy Lewin and myself gave up with reviewing the 80’s comedy, High Spirits and decided to put out a segment…

Celebrating 28 days of underrated 80s cinematic treasures. Yet again, I was amazed when I found this movie. Also known as Shoot to Kill, this marked the return of Sidney Poitier after a significant hiatus. It seemed the perfect time for him to return, just as action films were beginning to reach a revolutionary high. We were getting…

Celebrating 28 days of underrated 80s cinematic treasures. I came to this film with an air of caution. One the one hand, I laughed a lot, unintentionally, at the way the characters talked to one another in the beginning and at first, I didn’t think this film was going to go anywhere. I was soon quickly surprised, and…

Celebrating 28 days of underrated 80s cinematic treasures. I hadn’t seen this version until a couple of years ago, but I was always aware of it because of it’s chilling sense of claustrophobia. The point of view that this film takes is extremely unconventional. It was a surprise, to think that the director would then remake this movie…

Celebrating 28 days of underrated 80s cinematic treasures. This is one of those films that either comes to you as home set by your English literature professors, or simply, caught by chance on its reruns on television. …

Celebrating 28 days of underrated 80s cinematic treasures. As a writer, I’m very very aware of the “rule of three”. You introduce something. You then make it important by doing it again, but on the third, you either subvert expectations, or you use that as its breaking point. In writing, you really only need three events for the…

Celebrating 28 days of underrated 80s cinematic treasures. By the early 80s, you never expect to see Sean Connery doing anything other than James Bond. It wasn’t until after Outland that he really started to shed that suit, shirt and tie, and get recognised for a wider body of work. In the Name of the Rose was his…

Celebrating 28 days of underrated 80s cinematic treasures. In the year 2001, I was very aware that the year represented more than just a number. Symbolically, it was the year that projected us into the future. A future where space travel was a commercial reality. I think I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey three or more times that…

Celebrating 28 days of underrated 80s cinematic treasures. This “Underrated 80s” challenge has seen only a couple of title changed during the process. I would come to the realisation that not all movies can be underrated based on Nostalgia alone, otherwise we would be talking about films like the overrated Explorers (the second half, not the first) and…