Awards & Nominations
NA
 

Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)

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Production Company(ies)
Zazen Produções
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Los Angeles County, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
PG
 
Year of Release
1984
 

 
Genre(s)
Documentary
 
Keyword(s)
Electric Boogaloo, Cannon Films, documentary, Mark Hartley, Veronica Fury, Brett Ratner, Robert Forster, Sybil Danning, Bo Derek, Tobe Hooper, Molly Ringwald, Mariel Hemingway, Brooke Shields, Olivia d’Abo, Marina Sirtis, R-rated, schlock films, B-movie, rise and fall, clips, interviews, trashy, straight-to-video, 1980s, video rental, Hollywood, bad example, shysters, structure, horror movies, MCU, Netflix, TV shows, anticipated movies, anticipated TV, renewed, cancelled, worst horror movies, critic reviews, audience reviews, Tomatometer, box office, budget, reviewed by
 

Cast & Crew

Molly Ringwald

Mariel Hemingway

Brooke Shields

Olivia d’Abo

Bo Derek

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

Molly Ringwald – Self
Mariel Hemingway – Self
Brooke Shields – Self
Olivia d’Abo – Self
Bo Derek – Self
Marina Sirtis – Self
Mark Hartley – Director, Writer
Veronica Fury – Producer
Brett Ratner – Producer

 

Mark Hartley

Mark Hartley

Veronica Fury

Brett Ratner

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Mark Hartley
 
Writer(s)
Mark Hartley
 
Producer(s)
Veronica Fury, Brett Ratner

 

Film Festivals
Toronto
 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Jason Bailey

Ryan Gilbey

Mark Kermode

Geoffrey Macnab

Wendy Ide

Flavorwire

New Statesman

Observer (UK)

Independent (UK)

Times (UK)

ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF CANNON FILMS
 All Critics (48) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (4)
 It is, as per usual for Hartley, a giddy, lightning-paced celebration of cheerfully terrible movies.
 
 May 28, 2016
 
 Jason Bailey
 Flavorwire
 TOP CRITIC
 [Director Mark Hartley] has assembled a lively collection of clips and interviews that gives the Cannon story definition and shape, without stinting on the gratuitous anecdotes.
 
 June 11, 2015
 
 Ryan Gilbey
 New Statesman
 TOP CRITIC
 Offers a cornucopia of spectacularly trashy clips that will leave you laughing, screaming and squirming – sometimes all at once.
 
 June 7, 2015 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Mark Kermode
 Observer (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 What it does offer are some wildly colourful, jaw-dropping anecdotes from their friends and collaborators about their working methods.
 
 June 4, 2015
 
 Geoffrey Macnab
 Independent (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 Fortunately, in the hands of the documentary film-maker Mark Hartley, the result is a romp through the insalubrious depths of the straight-to-video bin of your local 1980s video rental establishment.
 
 June 4, 2015 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Wendy Ide
 Times (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 Well, there’s a bizarre fascination to it all.
 
 June 4, 2015 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Peter Bradshaw
 Guardian
 TOP CRITIC
 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films is essential viewing for those who grew-up in the 1980s, knowing that the Cannon logo meant something ‘special’.
 
 March 21, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Niall Browne
 Movies in Focus
 If you’re like me, you grew up on a steady diet of Cannon Films. That iconic logo showing up before a movie was a sign that you were about to experience something, maybe not necessarily something good, but something to behold certainly.
 
 July 5, 2020 | Rating: B
 
 Brent McKnight
 The Last Thing I See
 Electric Boogaloo is a great in-depth look at one of the strangest studios that was not only churning out films, but filling video store shelves, with a brand of insanity or madness that has yet to be seen since.
 
 May 29, 2020
 
 Dan Tabor
 Cinapse
 This is a thorough and respectful documentary – Cannon Films undeniably taught Hollywood a lesson through bad example, but whether they were ahead of their time or shysters is left open.
 
 May 10, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Bertie Archer
 One Room With A View
 While the documentary’s scattershot approach makes it less examination, more vivid highlight reel, there is no denying Electric Boogaloo’s abiding fodness for its subject matter.
 
 April 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
 
 James Luxford
 CineVue
 It isn’t a bad thing Hartley’s main concern is with having a good time, but there seems to be less attention to detail when it comes to the overall structure.
 
 November 13, 2018
 
 Stephen Saito
 Moveable Fest…

 

Plot
A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. The local breakdancers try to stop it.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The documentary features interviews with actors such as Robert Forster, Sybil Danning, Bo Derek, and Tobe Hooper.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Cinema ’84 Euro Film Funding, Hemdale
 
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp., Artisan Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
720 S Hill Street, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
R
 
Year of Release
1984
 

 
Genre(s)
Action
 
Keyword(s)
starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, Rick Rossovich, directed by James Cameron, written by James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, action, sci-fi, box office success, budget, reviewed by Michael Blowen, Paul Attanasio, Jason Bailey, Hank Gallo, Kirk Ellis, Peter Bradshaw, Howard Gorman, Mike Massie, Leigh Paatsch, Emmet Asher-Perrin, Sean Chandler, Terminator franchise, artificial intelligence, time travel, cyborg assassin, nuclear holocaust, Skynet, Sarah Connor, Kyle Reese, MPAA rating R, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp., Artisan Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., Terminator collection, Terminator photos
 

Cast & Crew

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Linda Hamilton

Michael Biehn

Paul Winfield

Lance Henriksen

The Terminator

Sarah Connor

Kyle Reese

Lieutenant Ed Traxler

Detective Vukovich

Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Terminator
Linda Hamilton – Sarah Connor
Michael Biehn – Kyle Reese
Paul Winfield – Lieutenant Ed Traxler
Lance Henriksen – Detective Vukovich
Rick Rossovich – Matt Buchanan
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James Cameron

James Cameron

Gale Anne Hurd

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
James Cameron
 
Writer(s)
James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd
 
Producer(s)
Gale Anne Hurd

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
8 wins & 6 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Michael Blowen

Paul Attanasio

Jason Bailey

Hank Gallo

Kirk Ellis

Boston Globe

Washington Post

Flavorwire

New York Daily News

Hollywood Reporter

THE TERMINATOR
  All Critics (65) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (65)
  Forget that the premise is silly and the acting second-rate because director James Cameron has the action formula down pat.
 
  April 27, 2018
 
  Michael Blowen
  Boston Globe
  TOP CRITIC
  “The Terminator” brings film violence into the realm of the surreal.
 
  January 4, 2018
 
  Paul Attanasio
  Washington Post
  TOP CRITIC
  Much of Terminator’s greatness is due to its low-budget aesthetic and lo-fi energy; perhaps out of necessity, Cameron’s sense of storytelling has a lean efficiency that both he and the series have long since abandoned.
 
  May 28, 2016
 
  Jason Bailey
  Flavorwire
  TOP CRITIC
  You almost forget the film’s flaws – like the cartoony look of the war-ravaged future. Here, the most absurd excursion is believable and we go along willingly – stopping now and then for a breath or a laugh.
 
  October 26, 2015
 
  Hank Gallo
  New York Daily News
  TOP CRITIC
  The havoc makes for a genuine steel metal trap of a movie that may very well be the best picture of its kind since The Road Warrior.
 
  October 3, 2015
 
  Kirk Ellis
  Hollywood Reporter
  TOP CRITIC
  Getting the extraordinary physical specimen of Arnold Schwarzenegger for the lead was a stroke of genius and a stroke of fortune. Each of his pecs is the size of a bull’s flank.
 
  June 25, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Peter Bradshaw
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  Although not a horror movie in the strictest sense, the film also introduced us to one of cinema’s most iconic final girls…
 
  June 10, 2021
 
  Howard Gorman
  NME
  Never has a role been so perfectly sculpted for the Austrian bodybuilder, who possesses a powerful screen presence with little more than his menacing silhouette.
 
  September 8, 2020 | Rating: 9/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  Though the production design is a bit flimsy at times, both the big ideas at work and director James Cameron’s brilliance as a proactive, inventive filmmaker generate a powerful flow that cannot help but sweep viewers totally away.
 
  May 12, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5
 
  Leigh Paatsch
  Herald Sun (Australia)
  Sarah Connor’s origin feels real and grounded in a way that most (super)hero stories never manage. She doesn’t have wealth or fame. She doesn’t get dosed with super juice.
 
  November 25, 2019
 
  Emmet Asher-Perrin
  Tor.com
  A fantastic blend of horror, action, and sci-fi.
 
  October 2, 2019 | Rating: A
 
  Sean Chandler
  Sean Chandler Talks About
  Normally, Schwarzenegger’s wooden on-screen presence is laughably bad, but his limited range works perfectly in this role.
 
  July 4, 2019
 
  Jennifer Lind-Westbrook
  Culturess…

 

Plot
In The Terminator, a cyborg assassin travels back in time to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, but she is protected by Kyle Reese who reveals the coming of Skynet, an artificial intelligence system that will spark a nuclear holocaust.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The critic reviews for The Terminator praise Arnold Schwarzenegger’s performance as the titular character, with one critic stating that “each of his pecs is the size of a bull’s flank.”
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Apple Original Films, Cartoon Saloon Mélusine Productions,
 
Distributor
Universal Pictures
 
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Fox Studios, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action, and language
 
Year of Release
1985
 

 
Genre(s)
Fantasy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, directed by Ridley Scott, written by William Hjortsberg, fantasy, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Kevin Thomas, Jay Boyar, Gene Siskel, Tom Shales, Geoff Andrew, Kevin Carr, Allison Rose, Matt Brunson, PG, unicorns, magic swamps, dwarfs, rainbows, Arnon Milchan, produced by Universal Pictures, Magnetic Stereo 6 Track, Surround, Dolby Stereo, Scope (2.35:1)
 

Cast & Crew

Tom Cruise

Mia Sara

Tim Curry

David Bennent

Alice Playten

Jack

Princess Lily

Darkness

Gump

Blix

Tom Cruise – Jack
Mia Sara – Princess Lily
Tim Curry – Darkness
David Bennent – Gump
Alice Playten – Blix
Billy Barty – Screwball

 

Ridley Scott

William Hjortsberg

Arnon Milchan

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Ridley Scott
 
Writer(s)
William Hjortsberg
 
Producer(s)
Arnon Milchan

 

Film Festivals
Toronto
 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
18 wins & 60 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Kevin Thomas

Jay Boyar

Gene Siskel

Tom Shales

Variety Staff

Los Angeles Times

Orlando Sentinel

Chicago Tribune

Washington Post

Variety

LEGEND
 All Critics (43) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (26)
 Legend is not without whimsical touches, but it surely could have used more humor and invention.
 
 March 27, 2019
 
 Kevin Thomas
 Los Angeles Times
 TOP CRITIC
 You are caught up in a morality play… the deepest significance of which the makers of this PG movie are apparently betting the adolescents of America will instinctively comprehend.
 
 March 27, 2019
 
 Jay Boyar
 Orlando Sentinel
 TOP CRITIC
 I don’t want to remember any more about Legend than to make sure I include it in my ”worst films of 1986” list and never rent it when it comes out as a video cassette.
 
 March 27, 2019 | Rating: 0.5/4
 
 Gene Siskel
 Chicago Tribune
 TOP CRITIC
 Legend may turn out to be legendary, but not in the way the filmmakers intended.
 
 March 27, 2019
 
 Tom Shales
 Washington Post
 TOP CRITIC
 Legend is a fairytale produced on a grand scale… At the same time, the basic premise is alarmingly thin, a compendium of any number of ancient fairytales.
 
 March 26, 2009
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 Beautifully shot and designed, but in a cloyingly self-conscious manner, the film lacks narrative drive.
 
 June 24, 2006
 
 Geoff Andrew
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 This is a fantasy painting come to life as a movie. If you know anything about fantasy paintings, you’ll also know that most fantasy paintings don’t have a story or plot to them.
 
 October 15, 2021 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
 Kevin Carr
 Fat Guys at the Movies
 The film has glaring faults that cannot be overlooked so while Arrow does a superb job packaging this release, the movie itself could use a makeover.
 
 October 12, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5
 
 Allison Rose
 FlickDirect
 The deficits remain as voluminous and ghastly as ever.
 
 October 9, 2021 | Rating: 2/4
 
 Matt Brunson
 Film Frenzy
 Legend is a disaster in a lot of ways, but it’s an attractive one that’s a lot more fun than many other serious movies.
 
 March 25, 2020
 
 Jessica Mason
 The Mary Sue
 It’s all flash and no flesh. But in the hands of a visual director like Scott, sometimes that’s enough.
 
 March 27, 2019
 
 Roger Hurlburt
 South Florida Sun-Sentinel
 Best known as the movie that was filming at Pinewood when the James Bond stage burned down, this is probably one of the few films on director Ridley Scott’s CV that he would prefer to forget.
 
 March 27, 2019 | Rating: 2/5
 
 Jo Berry
 Radio Times…

 

Plot
Shang-Chi, the master of weaponry-based Kung Fu, is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organization.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels praises Tim Curry’s performance as Darkness, calling it “phenomenal” and his costume “amazing.”
 

 
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Production Company(ies)

 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Phuket, Thailand
 
MPAA / Certificate
R
 
Year of Release
1985
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Sam Waterston, Haing S Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands, Craig T Nelson, Spalding Gray, directed by Roland Joffé, written by Bruce Robinson, produced by David Puttnam, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Paul Attanasio, Peter Travers, Noel Murray, Richard Schickel, Dave Kehr, MPAA rating R, Cambodia, Khmer Rouge, New York Times, Sydney Schanberg, Dith Pran, Al Rockoff, Major Reeves, U.S Consul, cinematography, editing, original score, emotional resonance, brutality of war, journalists, victims, survivors, escape, tragedy, triumph, career-defining, masterpiece of cinema
 

Cast & Crew

Sam Waterston

Sydney Schanberg

Haing S. Ngor

Dith Pran

John Malkovich

Sydney Schanberg

Dith Pran

Alan “Al” Rockoff

John Swain

Major Reeves

Sam Waterston – Sydney Schanberg
Haing S. Ngor – Dith Pran
John Malkovich – Alan “Al” Rockoff
Julian Sands – John Swain
Craig T. Nelson – Major Reeves
Spalding Gray – U.S. Consul

 

Roland Joffé

NA

David Puttnam

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Roland Joffé
 
Writer(s)
NA
 
Producer(s)
David Puttnam

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 3 Oscars
28 wins & 22 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Cinematography Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Editing Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Winners
 

Top Reviews

Paul Attanasio

Peter Travers

Noel Murray

Richard Schickel

Dave Kehr

Washington Post

People Magazine

The Dissolve

TIME Magazine

Chicago Reader

THE KILLING FIELDS
  All Critics (43) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (3)
  … a visually arresting epic guaranteed to capture the hearts and minds of its audience.
 
  January 4, 2018
 
  Paul Attanasio
  Washington Post
  TOP CRITIC
  If you see no more than one film a year, make this the one for 1984.
 
  September 16, 2015
 
  Peter Travers
  People Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  Every scene of The Killing Fields (and every participant in its making) is in service of showing how abruptly a seemingly safe and vital individual can have everything essential stripped away.
 
  January 13, 2014 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Noel Murray
  The Dissolve
  TOP CRITIC
  It must be nerve-racking for the producers to offer a tale so lacking in standard melodramatic satisfactions. But the result is worth it, for this is the clearest film statement yet on how the nature of heroism has changed in this totalitarian century.
 
  August 25, 2008
 
  Richard Schickel
  TIME Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  The screen is swamped by a bathetic, self-preening sententiousness.
 
  April 9, 2008
 
  Dave Kehr
  Chicago Reader
  TOP CRITIC
  The intent and outward trappings are all impressively in place, but at its heart there’s something missing.
 
  April 9, 2008
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  This is one of the quietest “war” movies ever made; yet, it’s an indelible portrait of the excitement, horror, and confusion with which journalists experience war.
 
  February 27, 2020
 
  Molly Haskell
  Vogue
  Intense, violent movie about brutal Cambodian regime.
 
  May 8, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Barbara Shulgasser
  Common Sense Media
  Few feature films have captured a nation’s agony more dramatically than Roland Joff’s The Killing Fields.
 
  September 16, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Adrian Turner
  Radio Times
  [A] gripping, intelligent, provocative drama.
 
  September 16, 2015
 
  David Sterritt
  Christian Science Monitor
  Ngor’s naturalistic and empathic portrayal of his character’s desperate fight for survival is the key to this film’s visceral power.
 
  January 9, 2015 | Rating: 82/100
 
  Dan Jardine
  Cinemania
  One of the great films from what proved to be a great year for cinema, The Killing Fields hasn’t lost any of its power over the ensuing 30 years.
 
  January 15, 2014 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Matt Brunson
  Creative Loafing…

 

Plot
Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist covering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with the local journalist Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the American forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won’t have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he’s a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Haing S. Ngor won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Killing Fields, despite having no prior acting experience.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Talking Heads Arnold Stiefel Company,
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Pantages Theater – 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
1984
 

 
Genre(s)
Documentary/Music
 
Keyword(s)
starring David Byrne, directed by Jonathan Demme, written by Talking Heads, documentary, music, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Betsy Sharkey, produced by Gary Goetzman, MPAA rating, Hollywood Pantages Theatre, concert movie, David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, backup singers, acoustic guitar, bass, percussion, keyboards, vocals, color, visual wit, energetic, unpredictable, peak Talking Heads, iconic performance, enormous suit, punk, funk, art, avant-garde, postmodernist rock ‘n’ roll, intimate look, brilliant talking head, narrative, bits of invention, passion, celluloid, rock orgy, volcanic power, greatest concert film ever made, spiritual performance, life-affirming joyride, endless love of musical performance, accessible, arty, precise, loopy, urgent, enticingly, perfect
 

Cast & Crew

Bernie Worrell

Alex Weir

Steven Scales

Lynn Mabry

Ednah Holt

Bernie Worrell

Alex Weir

Steven Scales

Lynn Mabry

Ednah Holt

Bernie Worrell – Keyboards
Alex Weir – Guitar and Vocals
Steven Scales – Percussion
Lynn Mabry – Backing Vocals
Ednah Holt – Backing Vocals
Tina Weymouth – Bass, Percussion and Vocals

 

Jonathan Demme

NA

Gary Goetzman

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Jonathan Demme
 
Writer(s)
NA
 
Producer(s)
Gary Goetzman

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
3 wins & 1 nomination
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Betsy Sharkey

Ian Freer

Paul Attanasio

Chuck Bowen

James Berardinelli

Los Angeles Times

Empire Magazine

Washington Post

Slant Magazine

ReelViews

STOP MAKING SENSE
  All Critics (40) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (40)
  Talking Heads made for great material, with its revolutionary mash-up of punk, funk, art, avant-garde and other sounds. But what sets “Stop” apart is the intimate look at that brilliant talking head, lead singer David Byrne.
 
  July 16, 2020
 
  Betsy Sharkey
  Los Angeles Times
  TOP CRITIC
  Truly captivating entertainment.
 
  July 16, 2020
 
  Ian Freer
  Empire Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  It’s a treat for fans (Heads heads?), and a chance for the uninitiated to tune in to the band that has come to personify postmodernist rock ‘n’ roll.
 
  January 2, 2018
 
  Paul Attanasio
  Washington Post
  TOP CRITIC
  Stop Making Sense is a concert film with a narrative, bursting at the seams with bits of invention and passion.
 
  December 22, 2009 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  Chuck Bowen
  Slant Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  This movie is pure fun and sheer exuberance transferred onto celluloid and perfectly re-created at the other end. Experiencing what Demme and the Talking Heads have crafted with this motion picture makes perfect sense.
 
  June 10, 2008 | Rating: 4/4
 
  James Berardinelli
  ReelViews
  TOP CRITIC
  A quietly large achievement.
 
  February 9, 2006
 
  Derek Adams
  Time Out
  TOP CRITIC
  A rock orgy of volcanic power, and the greatest concert film ever made.
 
  August 30, 2021 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Matt Brunson
  Film Frenzy
  It’s Byrne’s spiritual performance that pulls us in and takes us on a life-affirming joyride.
 
  February 8, 2020
 
  Sean Price
  The Spool
  Stop Making Sense brilliantly represents Demme’s endless love of musical performance and gleeful urgency.
 
  August 21, 2018
 
  Glenn Heath Jr.
  San Diego CityBeat
  Byrne is the auteur here; Demme is the rare, generous sort of filmmaker who would emphasize that.
 
  May 6, 2017 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Josh Larsen
  LarsenOnFilm
  Like Talking Heads itself, Jonathan Demme’s landmark 1984 film is accessible and arty. In less skilled hands, it would simply feel alien and cold, not vibrantly and enthrallingly alive.
 
  May 8, 2014 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
  Nick Rogers
  The Film Yap
  It’s all so precise even as it is totally loopy, and the music pressed up in our face so urgently and enticingly, that the movie is as close to perfect as it gets.
 
  September 1, 2013 | Rating: 10/10
 
  Tim Brayton
  Antagony & Ecstasy…

 

Plot
David Byrne walks onto the stage and does a solo “Psycho Killer.” Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz join him for two more songs. The crew is busy, still setting up. Then, three more musicians and two back-up singers join the band. Everybody sings, plays, harmonizes, dances, and runs. They change instruments and clothes. Bryne appears in the Big Suit. The backdrop is often black, but sometimes it displays words, images, or children’s drawings. The band cooks for 18 songs, the lyrics are clear, the house rocks. In this concert film, the Talking Heads hardly talk, don’t stop, and always make sense.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The film features Talking Heads frontman David Byrne in an iconic performance featuring him in an enormous suit.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
New Line Cinema, Zupnik Cinema Group II GGR
 
Distributor
Media Home Entertainment, Image Entertainment Inc., Anchor Bay Entertainment, New Line Home Video [us], New Line Cinema
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
 
Filming Location(s)
1428 N. Genesee Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
R
 
Year of Release
1984
 

 
Genre(s)
Horror
 
Keyword(s)
starring Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Charles Fleischer, directed by Wes Craven, written by Wes Craven, produced by Robert Shaye, horror, R rating, box office gross $57.3M, reviewed by Chris Stuckmann, Paul Attanasio, David Jenkins, Variety Staff, Simon Braund, J.R Jones, Kristy Strouse, Petrana Radulovic, Dan Buffa, Mike Massie, Dennis Schwartz, Freddy Krueger, dreams, slasher film, teenagers, Midwest, midnight mangler, disfigured, Nancy, Glen, mystery, parents, Media Home Entertainment, Image Entertainment Inc., Anchor Bay Entertainment, New Line Home Video [us], New Line Cinema, Mono sound mix
 

Cast & Crew

John Saxon

Ronee Blakley

Heather Langenkamp

Amanda Wyss

Johnny Depp

Lt. Thompson

Marge Thompson

Nancy Thompson

Tina Grey

Glen Lantz

John Saxon – Lt. Thompson
Ronee Blakley – Marge Thompson
Heather Langenkamp – Nancy Thompson
Amanda Wyss – Tina Grey
Johnny Depp – Glen Lantz
Charles Fleischer – Dr. King

 

Wes Craven

Wes Craven

Robert Shaye

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Wes Craven
 
Writer(s)
Wes Craven
 
Producer(s)
Robert Shaye

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
5 wins & 6 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Chris Stuckmann

Paul Attanasio

David Jenkins

Variety Staff

Simon Braund

ChrisStuckmann.com

Washington Post

Little White Lies

Variety

Empire Magazine

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
 All Critics (55) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (52) | Rotten (3)
 Great build-up, the suspense and apprehension, getting you invested in a sequence…this movie has that.
 
 November 2, 2018 | Rating: A
 
 Chris Stuckmann
 ChrisStuckmann.com
 TOP CRITIC
 The script is consistently witty, the camera work (by cinematographer Jacques Haitkin) crisp and expressive.
 
 January 2, 2018
 
 Paul Attanasio
 Washington Post
 TOP CRITIC
 A smart, streamlined slasher with plenty under the bonnet.
 
 October 31, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
 
 David Jenkins
 Little White Lies
 TOP CRITIC
 A highly imaginative horror film that provides the requisite shocks to keep fans of the genre happy.
 
 September 21, 2007
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 What makes Freddy truly terrifying, and an inspired invention on Craven’s part, is that he exists not in the real world but in the shadowy realm of dreams.
 
 September 21, 2007 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Simon Braund
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 Craven vitalizes the nightmare sequences with assorted surrealist novelties.
 
 September 21, 2007
 
 J. R. Jones
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 I have no doubt that A Nightmare on Elm Street will continue to hold its coveted place in horror history. With a mix of originality and camp, coming from a genuine fear, it’s a film that can’t be replicated.
 
 October 14, 2021
 
 Kristy Strouse
 Wonderfully Weird and Horrifying
 It was actually … kind of fun?
 
 March 9, 2021
 
 Petrana Radulovic
 Polygon
 Can we go to sleep? Is it safe? When filmmakers attack real life phobias and security blankets, horror films hit a peak high.
 
 November 6, 2020
 
 Dan Buffa
 KSDK News (St. Louis)
 Krueger’s makeup is still awe-inspiring and the onslaught of innovative ideas are sinisterly unique.
 
 September 6, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 A senseless yet intriguing splatter horror film that was well-received by the public.
 
 October 10, 2019 | Rating: B-
 
 Dennis Schwartz
 Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
 The beginning of Freddy is as solid as it was decades ago. This still makes us scared to fall asleep. [Full review in Spanish]
 
 February 18, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Federico Furzan
 Cinelipsis…

 

Plot
On Elm Street, Nancy Thompson and a group of her friends (comprising Tina Gray, Rod Lane and Glen Lantz) are being tormented by a clawed killer in their dreams named Fred Krueger. Nancy must think quickly, as Fred tries to pick them off one by one. When he has you in your sleep, who is there to save you?
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny or odd comments were found in the Fresh Kernels database for A Nightmare on Elm Street.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Little Monster Films, Itinerant Films, Parkes MacDonald Image Nation
 
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
 
Filming Location(s)
609 E Channel Rd, Santa Monica, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
R
 
Year of Release
1984
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy/Action
 
Keyword(s)

Cast & Crew

Jim Carrey

Laura Linney

Noah Emmerich

Natascha McElhone

Holland Taylor

Truman Burbank

Meryl Burbank

Hannah Gill

Marlon

Lauren

Jim Carrey – Truman Burbank
Laura Linney – Meryl Burbank, Hannah Gill
Noah Emmerich – Marlon
Natascha McElhone – Lauren, Sylvia
Holland Taylor – Truman’s Mother
Ed Harris – Christof

 

Martin Brest

Danilo Bach

Jerry Bruckheimer

Don Simpson

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Martin Brest
 
Writer(s)
Danilo Bach, Daniel Petrie Jr.
 
Producer(s)
Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Simpson

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
4 wins & 5 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Kirk Ellis

Chris Nashawaty

Richard Schickel

Dave Kehr

Variety Staff

Hollywood Reporter

Entertainment Weekly

TIME Magazine

Chicago Reader

Variety

BEVERLY HILLS COP
 All Critics (54) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (45) | Rotten (9)
 This lickety-split action comedy is distinguished by the wry, character-conscious direction of Martin Brest, who coaxes a silver-bullet performance from star Eddie Murphy that’s practically criminal in its accuracy.
 
 December 5, 2016
 
 Kirk Ellis
 Hollywood Reporter
 TOP CRITIC
 May 12, 2011 | Rating: B
 
 Chris Nashawaty
 Entertainment Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 Murphy exudes the kind of cheeky, cocky charm that has been missing from the screen since Cagney was a pup, snarling his way out of the ghetto.
 
 June 6, 2009
 
 Richard Schickel
 TIME Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s one of the few star comedies of the early 80s to allot some humor and personality to the minor characters.
 
 August 7, 2007
 
 Dave Kehr
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 Expectations that Eddie Murphy’s street brand of rebelliousness would devastate staid and glittery Beverly Hills are not entirely met in a film that grows increasingly dramatic.
 
 August 7, 2007
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 Eddie Murphy looks like the latest victim of the Star Magic Syndrome, in which it is assumed that a movie will be a hit simply because it stars an enormously talented person.
 
 October 23, 2004 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
 Roger Ebert
 Chicago Sun-Times
 TOP CRITIC
 ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ works as an action movie supported by Eddie Murphys comedic timing and inexhaustible charisma. Reinholds goofy but endearing Det. Rosewood also provides heart and hearty laughs.
 
 March 1, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/5
 
 Wayne Broadway
 Black Girl Nerds
 It’s a good detective story. It’s got a great bad guy. It’s got a motivated hero… it’s a fun movie that moves… and doesn’t stop.
 
 May 1, 2021 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Kevin Carr
 Fat Guys at the Movies
 Murphy is a one-man show backed up by his supporting cast – especially Reinhold and Ashton – who allow Murphy the freedom to do what he does best.
 
 December 1, 2020 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
 Allison Rose
 FlickDirect
 Although Murphy is a one-man-army comedian, the chemistry between Foley, Rosewood, and Taggart truly makes the movie hilarious.
 
 August 31, 2020 | Rating: 9/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 Pretty funny after all these years. The position of Murphy as an emerging star feels very genuine. [Full review in Spanish].
 
 May 6, 2020 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Federico Furzan
 Cinelipsis
 …a work of racial subversion that’s both hilarious and cathartic.
 
 February 18, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Josh Larsen
 LarsenOnFilm…

 

Plot
After the murder of his childhood friend, the slick Detroit detective, Axel Foley, heads to sunny Beverly Hills, on a one-man mission to ferret out the killer and bring him to justice. Before long, Axel and his unorthodox methods unearth the lucrative drug operation of the powerful local crime kingpin, Victor Maitland; however, Foley, too, will find himself in deep trouble, as Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil wants him out of town. Now, Axel will have to team up with Detectives, John Taggart, and Billy Rosewood, to shed light on the thick conspiracy, and finish what he has started. Will Foley’s total disregard for proper procedure bear fruit?
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
NA
 

 
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Genre(s)
Action, Action/Adventure, Adventure, Animation, Anime
 
Keyword(s)
Action/Adventure TV Animation, Adult Animation TV Animation, Anime TV Animation, Spinoff, Alcon Television Shows, Crunchyroll Shows, Sola Digital Shows, English Language, Asian Director, Asian Producer, Black Producer, Female Producer, Black Lead Cast, 2+ Ethnicity Lead Cast, Asian Lead Cast, LGBTQ+ Lead Cast, LGBTQ Lead Cast
 

 

Awards & Nominations
NA
 

Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)

Links
 

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Production Company(ies)
AMLF The Saul Zaentz Company,
 
Distributor
Orion Pictures, Warner Home Vídeo
 
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech Republic
 
MPAA / Certificate
PG
 
Year of Release
1984
 

 
Genre(s)
Biography
 
Keyword(s)

Cast & Crew

F. Murray Abraham

Tom Hulce

Jeffrey Jones

Elizabeth Berridge

Simon Callow

Antonio Salieri

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Emperor Joseph II

Constanze Mozart

Emanuel Schikaneder

CAST & CREW
F. Murray Abraham – Antonio Salieri
Tom Hulce – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Jeffrey Jones – Emperor Joseph II
Elizabeth Berridge – Constanze Mozart
Simon Callow – Emanuel Schikaneder, Papageno
Roy Dotrice – Leopold Mozart

 

Milos Forman

Peter Shaffer

Saul Zaentz

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Milos Forman
 
Writer(s)
Peter Shaffer
 
Producer(s)
Saul Zaentz

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 8 Oscars
43 wins & 15 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Art Direction Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Costume Design Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Directing Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Makeup Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Sound Mixing Winners, Oscar Best Picture Winners, Oscar Best Writing Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Winners, Oscar Winners
 

Top Reviews

Geoff Brown

Rita Kempley

Tim Pulleine

Patrick Gibbs

Bruce McCabe

Times (UK)

Washington Post

Guardian

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Boston Globe

AMADEUS
  All Critics (103) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (96) | Rotten (7)
  Tom HuIce’s brattish Mozart builds in strength and sensitivity as the film proceeds; F. Murray Abraham’s Salieri impresses immediately.
 
  January 22, 2020
 
  Geoff Brown
  Times (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  Amadeus isn’t meant to be a biography of the composer’s life, but a bawdy, black fantasy, a fiction based on a few curious facts. Peter Shaffer adapted the screenplay from his own stage play: What was intimate is now opulent.
 
  January 22, 2020
 
  Rita Kempley
  Washington Post
  TOP CRITIC
  A substantial achievement — and graced by an uncommonly distinguished score.
 
  January 22, 2020
 
  Tim Pulleine
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  What starts as an absorbing study of historical characters and situations ends as just another elaborate and over-long Hollywood style costume-piece.
 
  January 22, 2020
 
  Patrick Gibbs
  Daily Telegraph (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  The skill of Amadeus is in making you sympathize with Salieri, as slimy and despicable as he is, because of his flaws. He appeals to your sense of democracy, even though you know that talent — certainly genius — isn’t parceled out democratically.
 
  April 26, 2018
 
  Bruce McCabe
  Boston Globe
  TOP CRITIC
  [Forman’s] is a genuine adaptation, not only because the play is permitted to stretch its legs beyond the pop-up book confines of a proscenium arch, but because he has leavened its High Art pretensions with a dash of showbiz raciness.
 
  March 3, 2015
 
  Gilbert Adair
  Sight & Sound
  TOP CRITIC
  There is hardly an element here that is not used to absolute perfection, and it is all the more enjoyable when one is able to take in a deeply rich story about the artistic struggles between two complex characters.
 
  May 25, 2022 | Rating: 10/10
 
  Josh Parham
  Next Best Picture
  As a historical biography, there are few motion pictures that take greater liberties with history; yet as a dramatic piece of cinema, there are few that match its splendors and delight.
 
  March 2, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Brian Eggert
  Deep Focus Review
  If film is adrenaline, then Amadeus is three cans of Red Bull and a gigantic slice of extra-chocolate chocolate cake.
 
  February 11, 2022
 
  Cory Woodroof
  615 Film
  Amadeus is not only one of the best films made about professional jealousy and classical music, it’s also – rather uniquely – a young person’s movie.
 
  November 19, 2020
 
  Andrew Parker
  The Gate
  …a case study for the theological notion of common grace.
 
  October 8, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  Josh Larsen
  LarsenOnFilm
  From the first few seconds of the film, it’s evident that the music will guide it to cinematic perfection.
 
  August 31, 2020 | Rating: 10/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins…

 

Plot
Antonio Salieri believes that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s music is divine and miraculous. He wishes he was himself as good a musician as Mozart so that he can praise the Lord through composing. He began his career as a devout man who believes his success and talent as a composer are God’s rewards for his piety. He’s also content as the respected, financially well-off, court composer of Austrian Emperor Joseph II. But he’s shocked to learn that Mozart is such a vulgar creature, and can’t understand why God favored Mozart to be his instrument. Salieri’s envy has made him an enemy of God whose greatness was evident in Mozart. He is ready to take revenge against God and Mozart for his own musical mediocrity.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
NA
 

 
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