The Warriors is a movie I’ve seen a lot about, but we’ve never seen so we decided to give it a run. Released, in 1979, The Warriors is an action thriller about groups of gangs in New York and how one of them gets framed for killing a famous gang leader. The Warriors gang is … [Read more…]
We recently watched Romancing the Stone, so the logical thing to do would be to follow it up with the sequel, The Jewel of the Nile. If I saw this movie in the past, it was once, and when I was very young. I don’t remember anything about it and that’s probably a good thing. … [Read more…]
For our last C&C feature we watched a movie I’ve never seen before and Julie remembers watching when she was younger. I’d heard of the movie, and its great cast, but it just never came up on my radar. Peggy Sue Got Married was released in 1986, and stars Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage. We … [Read more…]
No era was better for cheesy action movies than the 80s, and Romancing the Stone is no exception. Julie and I remember our mothers loving this movie, though I think I’d only seen it once myself, briefly. Julie had seen it before but wanted to watch it again so it made our list of classics … [Read more…]
We’ve been on a viking kick since we finished up the wonderful series following the life and descendants of Ragnar Lodbrok. So, when that was over, and we restarted it, we decided to add this fun movie to our list. Truth be told, I’ve seen this movie quite a few times, but Julie hasn’t. It … [Read more…]
Julie and I watched the new Flatliners the other night, and she mentioned how it was different from the original. I had only seen parts of the original myself so we thought it might be fun to watch it, as part of our regular Cocktails and Classics lineup, and do a comparison. Thus, Cocktails and … [Read more…]
Julie and I had not seen this movie since we were kids, and both had fond memories of it. Action, adventure, heroes, villains, and a rocket pack, what’s not to love? It’s one of those classic adventure films full of cheesy, tropey, family fun, but would it hold up in this age of superhero blockbusters? … [Read more…]
Scrolling through old movies to watch, we passed this one and I commented how much I enjoyed it when I was younger. Julie made the fateful statement, “I don’t think I’ve seen that,” which of course required us to hit play. It was a surprise to me that I found a lot more to appreciate … [Read more…]
Not gonna lie, I love this movie despite all its flaws and issues. I don’t care who knows it. When this movie came out I was just getting into fantasy novels, Dungeons and Dragons, and already had a love of history. I also had fond memories of both the classic Errol Flynn, and Disney versions … [Read more…]
Porky’s is the ‘problematic’, cheesy, and crude movie every teenage boy tried to watch through the fuzzy static on Showtime on a Saturday night at midnight. It’s not good, but it’s an honest to goodness cult classic that can’t be ignored when one is looking at 80’s classics. It influenced countless teen comedies for decades … [Read more…]