Movie Reviews8/10
Videodrome Still Gets Under the Skin
Videodrome still gets under the skin: a broadcast that changes the body, told through effects work built by hand, without apology.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews8/10
The Princess Bride Still Earns Its Laughs 39 Years On — Wait, No: Rob Reiner’s Fairy Tale Holds Up at 8/10
A hero, his lost love, a villain with an altered hand, and a grandfather's book, told again since 1987, still holding its charm.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
The Lost Boys at 39: Schumacher’s Vampire Tale Still Bites
A dark tale of youth and midnight peril in a shadowed town, where two brothers face a dread far beyond the ordinary.
Movie Reviews8.7/10
Kershner’s 1980 Sequel Ends on Loss — and Holds Up 46 Years Later
A colder, harder chapter: the fighters run, a small teacher instructs the young hero, and a masked enemy waits in shadow.
Movie Reviews8.1/10
Four Boys on the Tracks Was All Stand by Me Ever Needed, and 1986 Proved It
Four boys walk a set of train tracks, seeking a body, and find grief, doubt, and bond instead. A quiet 1986 tale of youth.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
RoboCop Still Holds Up 39 Years Later
A dead officer returns as a machine of steel in Verhoeven's grim, forceful tale of a fallen city and its ruling company.
Movie Reviews8.4/10
Raiders of the Lost Ark: A Model of Pace and Peril That Still Sets the Standard
A hero seeks a sacred Ark before soldiers of an old enemy can find it first, in a tale of narrow escapes and quick peril.
Movie Reviews8.1/10
Raging Bull Still Hits Hard 46 Years On
A boxer's ruin, shown without color or mercy — a study of a man none would wish to know, given in full by its lead.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Near Dark Puts Vampires on the Highway, and the Move Mostly Pays Off
A tale of the open road, where a stranger's mark binds a man unto a family that feeds after dark. Bigelow's vision, told plain and fast.
Movie Reviews7.8/10
Ghostbusters at 42: Reitman’s Ghost-Catching Comedy Still Lands Its Laughs
A city, a strange being, and four men with odd devices upon their backs: an old comedy of fright endures decades on.