80s

What can I say about 80s films? The cheesier the better, which'll explain some of the very odd choices on my top ten list. Hope you enjoy laughing at what sad taste I have in 80s films..... (1) The Goonies - a childhood favourite of mine, it was one of those films that you'd watch over and over again when 6 years old. For those who have yet to see it (and where have you been?) the film focuses around a group of seven kids who go on an exciting adventure for an old pirates treasure, in order to save their homes from being paved over by a developer, whilst foiling the plans of a bunch of criminals. The cast, featuring Sean Astin and 80s king of kids movies ...  Read the complete review

Introduction: ---------------------------- The 1980's then, a decade of Thatcherism (poll tax, countless strikes et al), bad hair and... forget it, cut the nostalgic interlude - I was too young to remember. Of course one thing I do know about the decade that introduced us to cultural phenomena and icons such as the Garfield stick-on car accessory, the VCR, Madonna and ahem, Macauley Culkin - is that in the movie world there was a momentary lapse of great movies, in turn paving the way for the Brat Pack and their mentor John Hughes. Together this dynamic team of misfits managed to ship us more cheese across the waters than in the 80-90 years of cinema from ...  Read the complete review

The eighties are a decade that will be remembered for many more to come, for everything from political and economic war, right down to movies. The "action eighties" saw the solidification of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Swarzenegger, and this tends to overshadow much of the decade's other cinematic achievement. Sure the eighties had more explosions than any other seen before and since, but we also saw some of the best work of some of the greatest directors: Kubrick, Scorsese and Oliver Stone contributed decade, as did so many other great filmmakers of various genres. Here I will briefly look at eight of my favourites, and what I consider to be the ...  Read the complete review

For some reason, the Eighties have gained a reputation for not producing many good films. I think part of the reason for this is because they followed on from the Seventies, possibly one of the finest decades for cinema ever. The truth is that there were actually a number of great movies released in the Eighties, although admittedly there were also quite a few stinkers as well. If you look closely though, and don't let the decade's notoriety cloud your judgement, you can pick out a couple of masterpieces, and several other top films. Below is a selection of my favourite movies (presented in chronological order) from the so-called 'decade of ...  Read the complete review

Ah, the eighties. The decade that taste forgot. The time of greed, excess, bad fashion and dodgy music. The era of Reagan and Thatcher. 10 years best forgotten. A waste of space for all involved. As for films…. Ugh! Horrible vacuous show-off films like Top Gun and Days of Thunder. Whiney American kids whose granny’s didn’t love them enough in the St Elmo’s Fire and Pretty in Pink. Tedious British efforts like Absolute Beginners and Revolution. And an awful one-word answer to answer the question, just how bad was it? Mannequin. Dear oh dear. Any chance for retribution. Surely someone had either some artistic talent or ...  Read the complete review