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The Class of ’84 Blogathon arrives
The Class of ’84 Blogathon arrives
Buckaroo Banzai, 1984, Pepe Serna, Peter Weller, Lewis Smith, Jeff Goldblum There was probably no better year to be a kid going to the movies than 1984. It seems like I might have spent most of the year at two theaters in northwest Houston: the AMC North Oaks 6 and a six screen General Cinemas ...
The Class of ‘84 Blogathon:  Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Class of ‘84 Blogathon: Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street
mooninthegutter.blogspot.com — ***This is my contribution to The Class of ‘84 Blogathon that is being hosted by the always... terrific This Distracted Globe .*** While many of my favorite horror films that I grew up with are now mostly just products of my own nostalgia, a few still ... The Class of ‘84 Blogathon: Wes Craven's A Nightmare on ...
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Class of 1984 blog-a-thon
Edward Copeland on Film — By Edward Copeland Joe Valdez at This Distracted Globe is having film bloggers across the Internet take an Orwellian look back at the films of 1984. Because I like to do as little work as possible these days, I'm recycling my post from earlier this year marking the 25th anniversary of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension. ...

Class of '84 Blogathon: The Gods Must Be Crazy
Getafilm — ... [This remembrance is brought to you as part of Joe Valdez's Class of '84 Blogathon at This Distracted Globe, a celebration of films from on the 25th anniversary of what many people consider the best film year of a generation.] ...

KELLI MARONEY: A Talk With the NIGHT OF THE COMET Star
The Moviezzz Blog — ... You never know what you are going to impact people with in terms of hitting an emotional or sociological nerve. We certainly hit it! A big thank you to Kelli Maroney. You can read more about her at her website. You can read an interview with NIGHT OF THE COMET co-star Catherine Mary Stewart here. This was written as part of the Films of 1984 Blogathon hosted by This Distracted Globe. You can read more bloggers talking about 1984 here. NIGHT OF THE COMET is available on DVD from MGM Home Video. ...

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itsamadmadblog2 — 1. Check out these twisted photo art things for a taste of Halloween. If they don't creep you out a little, then you're surely a stronger person than I. 2. Lots of solid 80's goodness going on at This Distracted Globe. 3. Don't forget to find Coast To Coast on your radio dial this weekend. Their Ghost To Ghost special is always good for some weird, scary and entertaining listener phone calls. 4. And finally, if you're not watching, I can't urge sports fans enough to tune into ESPN's 30 For 30 documentaries every Tuesday night. A partial TV schedule is here. First class filmmakers (Barry Levinson, Peter Berg, Albert ...

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Ferdy on Films, etc. — The Class of ’84 Blogathon Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) Director/Screenwriter: Michael Radford By Marilyn Ferdinand This entry is part of the Class of ’84 Blogathon being hosted by Joe Valdez at This Distracted Globe. Big Brother is watching you. Whether you’ve ever read a word, or even heard of George Orwell’s seminal dystopian tale 1984, the above iconic quote is certain to have chilled your heart at some time or another. I’m not even sure this quote occurs in the book. It certainly doesn’t in Michael Radford’s evocative interpretation. ...

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