Directed by Robert Zemeckis I suppose what makes Back to the Future so fun, beyond just that it's fun, is that it's surprisingly humanist, at least outside of Biff Tannen. It's the story of a teenager with a mad scientist best friend (their friendship is never explained, but that makes it all the better) who gets … Continue reading Back to the Future (1985)
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Halloween (1978)
Directed by John Carpenter The term "serial killer" didn't exist when Halloween first came out. So yeah, there had never really been anything quite like Michael Myers before he showed up. There had been ghosts and ghouls, zombies and aliens, even the perhaps slightly more human antagonists of the occult (Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist) but there had … Continue reading Halloween (1978)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Directed by George A. Romero Night of the Living Dead is an admirable little independent film with a devastating effect on young audiences. It's George A. Romero's first film, and it is what created the modern zombie, all slow moving and human-devouring. The film, shot on a small budget with a cast that doubled as … Continue reading Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Fletch (1985)
Directed by Michael Ritchie Fletch is a bit of a screwball noir comedy, traversing much the same terrain as Jake Gittes and Philip Marlowe. He's a journalist in the mold of Woodward & Bernstein but takes his investigation to the extreme, donning a variety of disguises and alter egos. He becomes a detective, not because the … Continue reading Fletch (1985)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Directed by John Hughes When someone plays hookie from work, what they might have in mind is Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Ferris (Matthew Borderick) is a high school senior whom the adults would say is a slacker but who commands the respect of "the sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all … Continue reading Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
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