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Power (1986) Review

Sidney Lumet’s totally cracking 1986 political drama Power. I feel like my cinema-viewing life has been leading up to this moment. How had I not seen this terrific movie sooner? I’ll resist my temptation to get super obnoxious with this mini-review, but holy sh*t this movie rocks it – hard. You’ve got sleazy mustache Dick…

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Cloak & Dagger (1984) Review

File this one under “IT WOULD NEVER BE MADE TODAY.” Totally awesome and completely irresponsible, the 1984 children’s fantasy action film Cloak & Dagger was a staple item of my HBO-watching youth, and I can remember literally exhausting the family VHS copy after my mom taped it off the movie channel. Directed by Richard Franklin…

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My Science Project (1985) Review

Tonight’s super-shitty and yet super-awesome feature presentation. This film CHANGED MY LIFE when I was six years old. Released in theaters for about two hours in 1985, My Science Project became a tremendous point of obsession for me during the VHS revolution, as I introduced this complete piece of nonsense to all my friends, with…

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