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I Finally Found the Full Soundtrack of The Last Starfighter Online!
I can’t tell you how much I love the soundtrack of The Last Starfighter. I’ve searched high and low on the Internet for years to find the complete soundtrack. For a time, there was something close to it on YouTube, … Continue reading
Posted in Random Stuff
Tagged 1980s, action movies, films, last starfighter, movies, science fiction, soundtrack
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I Wish I Had Seen This Ventriloquist Special as a Kid
My wife recently introduced our kids and me to a TV special from 1988 starring a ventriloquist named Ronn Lucas. Actually, it’s starring a dummy named Buffalo Billy, while Lucas just kind of bumbles his way through the show. Of … Continue reading
Posted in Forgotten Film Gems, Videos
Tagged 1980s, comedy, fun, funny, kids shows, ventriloquist, videos
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Raiders of the Lost Ark Is a Symmetrical Masterpiece
I know I said that I have three more Cinematic Chiasmus articles to write, which were submitted by a reader of mine named Jay. I promise I’ll get to those. But I had such a powerful impression that I needed … Continue reading
Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus
Tagged 1980s, action movies, chiasmus, classic films, films, george lucas, indiana jones, movie review, movies, raiders of the lost ark, steven spielberg
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Who You Gonna Call a Perfect Chiasmus? Ghostbusters!
As I mentioned last week, this Cinematic Chiasmus is not my own. A reader of mine named Jay not only suggested it, but he mapped it out for me. All I had to do was write the descriptions. I’m happy … Continue reading
Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus
Tagged 1980s, chiasmus, comedy, films, ghostbusters, movie review, movies, science fiction
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Symmetrically Speaking, Dreamscape Is a Dream Come True
If you were to go back in time a couple of months and predict that one of my readers would be able to pick three films that are each perfectly symmetrical in their story structure, I would have answered, “In … Continue reading
Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus
Tagged 1980s, chiasmus, dennis quaid, dreamscape, films, movie review, movies, science fiction
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My Younger Brother Hates Every Martin Short Performance Except This One
Martin Short is an acquired taste. He plays an obnoxious guy really well. Think Father of the Bride, Three Amigos, and Captain Ron. So I can’t really fault anyone for not enjoying his schtick. Personally, I find him endearing. My … Continue reading
Posted in Forgotten Film Gems
Tagged 1980s, comedy, films, innerspace, martin short, movie review, movies, science fiction
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What Happened After the End of Flight of the Navigator?
I know I already talked about Flight of the Navigator last week, but there’s just so much more to say about it. After all, it has one of the best science fiction premises I’ve ever seen put to film. What … Continue reading
Posted in After The End
Tagged 1980s, alien, films, flight of the navigator, relationships
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Flight of the Navigator Predicted Modern Discourse in a Few Lines
Flight of the Navigator is a good movie that inadvertently predicted the contradictory depths of the way some people speak these days. There seems to be a lot of confusion on topics that have never really been up for debate. … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Scenes, Videos
Tagged 1980s, disney, films, flight of the navigator, movie review, movies, science fiction
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