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Author: Mike Brooks

Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.

Never Too Young To Die (1986) – Review

Posted on January 12, 2024January 12, 2024 by Mike Brooks

In the 1980s it was Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone who were battling it out as to who could be the king of the action movie genre, each of them cutting a swath of destruction across cinemas worldwide, but in 1986 one young man entered the ring to challenge these two cinematic titans of testosterone…

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Runaway (1984) – Review

Posted on January 9, 2024January 10, 2024 by Mike Brooks

When it comes to depicting science and technology going horribly awry no one comes close to author Michael Crichton, with such entries like Westworld and Jurassic Park becoming cornerstones of the genre, but in 1984 he helmed a little-known sci-fi flick that pitted Tom Selleck and his trademark moustache against Gene Simmons and an array…

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Gymkata (1985) – Review

Posted on January 5, 2024January 5, 2024 by Mike Brooks

The blending of gymnastics and martial arts for an action movie certainly seems like a natural idea, Jackie Chan practically made a career out of it, but in 1985 director Robert Clouse adapted a short story by Dan Tyler Moore called “The Terrible Game” and the result was a terrible movie. But how can such…

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Invaders from Mars (1953) – Review

Posted on January 2, 2024December 30, 2023 by Mike Brooks

What could be more terrifying to a child than the idea that your parents aren’t actually your parents? This element of pure horror is infused throughout William Cameron Menzies’s science fiction classic – enough to give any kid nightmares – and it was this aspect that makes this film so memorable.  And sure, it has…

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The Dirt Bike Kid (1985) – Review

Posted on December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 by Mike Brooks

From Disney’s Herbie the Love Bug to John Carpenter’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Christine,vehicles with “minds of their” own have been a staple of Hollywood films – comedy or horror it doesn’t matter – but in 1985 we were treated to a movie that was inspired by the classic fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk…

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