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Tag: 1986

  • Crocodile Dundee

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    Just like The Golden Child, this is a comedy from back then that I’m sure I watched quite a few times. Sure, it’s a silly film, but I found it to have aged decently (except for the homophobic humor, which you do see pop up uncomfortably in a lot of 80s movies) and had a…

  • The Golden Child

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    This movie was never considered an Eddie Murphy classic, but I’m pretty sure I loved it a lot when I was a kid — re-watching it, I was surprised by how many of the lines sounded so familiar, which probably means I watched it quite a few times back then. But it’s not really a…

  • Labyrinth

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    I’m having a hard time deciding how I want to describe watching this movie. I can’t say that I super loved it, but I still think it’s a classic film and it brought back nostalgic feels for just how big Jim Henson’s creations were back in those days — and I’d forgotten that he actually…

  • Peggy Sue Got Married

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    It’s not an amazing movie or anything, but it was still fun to watch. It feels magical and innocent, like a lot of mid-80s movies do, and yes, Nicolas Cage is weird even back then — and it’s sort of funny to think that he was playing heartthrob (although with a weirdo bent) roles back…

  • Running Scared

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    I had a hard time watching this. It’s not necessarily a bad movie, but I just wasn’t into it, and it took me quite a few sessions to get through it — and I admittedly watched most of it in the background while doing something else. It did feel like a deep cut when I…

  • Heartbreak Ridge

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    I watched this one over a month ago but forgot to include it here. It’s good in the way that army training movies tend to be (it’s an easy conceit to build something around), and it doesn’t break any new grounds or anything, and other movies have done it better (ahem, Full Metal Jacket), but…

  • Rad

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    I think I sorta remember hearing about this movie back then, but I don’t think I had watched it, and it wasn’t something I was planning on watching during my 1986 movie marathon, but it got suggested by a friend of mine, and I’m glad I followed his recommendation. Look, this is not a good…

  • Manhunter

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    Juste like The Name of the Rose, this is another movie from 1986 that has aged very well. It always gets unfairly compared to The Silence of the Lambs (or later Red Dragon, from which it is an actual adaptation of), and Silence certainly is a classic in its own right, but this is great…

  • The Name of the Rose

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    I loved this movie back then (although I’m not sure if I really watched in when it was released in ’86 or a few years later), and it’s still great. It’s an interesting mystery (even if you already know the solution) and I always thought that the setting (medieval monastery) was such a great one.…

  • The Wraith

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    I quite enjoyed watching this. Although I remembered the title, I didn’t really remember watching it back in the day — which I find pretty surprising — and when I started it I was completely surprised to see a young (and very lovely) pre-Twin Peaks Sherilyn Fenn in this, and didn’t remember that it starred…