Posts tagged 1980s
David Cronenberg: Videodrome (1983)
David Cronenberg: Videodrome (1983)

This is genre fare operating at the top level in terms of both entertainment value and artistic significance.


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Reviews, David Cronenberg, Flash BackAnton BergstromDavid Cronenberg Retrospective, David Cronenberg, James Woods, Sonja Smits, Debbie Harry, Peter Dvorsky, Leslie Carlson, Lynne Gorman, Julie Khaner, Jack Creley, Videodrome, Canadian film, science fiction horror, body horror, They Live, 1980s, Marshall McLuhan, media, Internet, desire, television, VHSComment
James Bond 007: The Living Daylights (1987)
James Bond 007: The Living Daylights (1987)

Consider Dalton an injection of energy.

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Reviews, James Bond 007, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton Bergstrom1980s, action, action adventure, action movie, Afghanistan, Andres Wisniewski, arms dealing, Art Malik, Caroline Bliss, Cold War, colonialism, Czechoslovakia, defection, Desmond, espionage thriller, Euro-thriller, Geoffrey Keen, Ian Fleming, James Bond, James Bond 007, James Bond 007 Retrospective, Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker, John Glen, John Rhys-Davies, Maryam d'Abo, Michael G- Wilson, Richard Maibaum, Robert Brown, sniper, spy movie, The Living Daylights, Thomas Wheatley, Timothy Dalton, USSR, Walter Gotell Comment
Roundtable: James Bond 007: Roger Moore
Roundtable: James Bond 007: Roger Moore

The 3 Brothers discuss Roger Moore: Bond the gentleman.

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James Bond 007, RoundtablesAnton Bergstrom007, 1970s, 1980s, A View to a Kill, adaptation, comic performance, dry humour, For Your Eyes Only, gentleman, humour, James Bond, James Bond 007, James Bond 007 Retrospective, legacy, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Octopussy, performance, Roger Moore, roundtable, sexism, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, villains, villainy, womenComment
James Bond 007: Octopussy (1983)
James Bond 007: Octopussy (1983)

Despite a few dreadful missteps, still a rollicking adventure.

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Flash Back, Reviews, James Bond 007, Aren's ReviewsAren Bergstrom1980s, action, adventure, Anthony Meyer, David Meyer, Desmond Llewelyn, George MacDonald Fraser, India, James Bond, James Bond 007, James Bond 007 Retrospective, John Glen, Kabir Bedi, Kristina Wayborn, Lois Maxwell, Louis Jourdan, Maud Adams, Michael G- Wilson, Octopussy, Richard Maibaum, Robert Brown, Roger Moore, Steven Berkoff, Vijay Amritraj, Walter GotellComment