Well, Student Bodies has been a real surprise. As much as T8MC is about going back and celebrating our favourite movies from the ’80s, we do love being surprised by a film we’ve never seen before. Student Bodies has been on my ‘to watch’ list for a while now and […]
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Here at T8MC, we consider Stir Crazy to be one of the greatest films of all time. A large part of that is the on-screen chemistry of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. So, presenting a buddy comedy but replacing Gene Wilder with the far less good John Candy (sorry, but […]
We live in a strange time. The internet has connected us all together and we’ve learned anything about this planet, at this time at least, it’s that everyone is really easily offended. These days you literally cannot say anything without a swarm of social justice warriors setting fire to your […]
We’ve done a bunch of ‘best ever’ articles here on T8MC, mainly because we are FICKLE as hell but this one is even a surprise to me. You see, I’ve always considered Stir Crazy to be the the best comedy film ever made, but The Man With Two Brains (1983) […]
The early ’80s truly belonged to Eddie Murphy, an on-fire stand-up comedian who transferred from the stage to Hollywood and starred in several successful films that were obvious vehicles for him.
“One little murder and I’m Jack the Ripper.” – Larry (played by Billy Crystal) on the unfairness of it all in Throw Momma From The Train (1987). We love this movie. It’s a classic black comedy that has some masterful performances from co-stars Billy Crystal and Danny DeVito although the […]
“Cool? Babe, it’s a perfect 98.6. It’s like floating in your mother’s womb!” – Jacuzzi talk in the baffling but brilliant Terrorvision (1986). This b-movie alien horror/comedy is as ’80s as the genre gets. Equal parts From Beyond, Lost Boys ands Critters, Terrorvision is a true gem.
Many people will have Scrooged down to watch as part of their regular Christmas routine. I should be one of those people but every year I forget to watch it or am otherwise indisposed and then the moment is over. After Christmas, if I’m in need of a Bill Murray […]
The past, as they say, is a foreign country and the while it took TV’s Mad Men to remind us all that the past was a chauvinistic, cigarette smoked haze, the truly striking thing about The Woman in Red is that that world was still alive and kicking in 1986. […]