Kinemalogue

  FRIDAY THE 13th PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN 1989 Written and directed by Rob Hedden Spoiler alert: moderate Note: though based on a f...

DEAD CALM 1989 Directed by Phillip Noyce Written by Terry Hayes (based on the novel by Charles Williams) Spoilers: moderate

ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN 1989 Directed by Don Bluth (co-directed by Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy) Written by David N. Weiss and zillion other ...

HENRY V 1989 Written and directed by Kenneth Branagh (based on the play The Life of Henry the Fifth by William Shakespeare) Spoilers: N/A (...

CUTTING CLASS And once again we welcome you, t o our October Switcheroo Where Brennan Klein deigns to review nice old sci-fi, like I would d...

FRIDAY THE 13th PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN The Eighth (oh God) Annual Great October Switcheroo!  Once again, we're crossing over w...

THE LITTLE MERMAID 1989 Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker Written by Ron Clements, John Musker, and Howard Ashman (based on the story...

HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS 1989 Directed by Joe Johnston Written by Stuart Gordon, Brian Yuzna, Ed Naha, and Tom Schulman Spoiler alert: moder...

LITTLE MONSTERS 1989 Directed by Richard Alan Greenberg Written by Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott Spoiler alert: mild

STAGEFRIGHT (aka Deliria , aka Blood Bird , aka, for unknown reasons, Aquarius and/or Stagefright: Aquarius ) The SWITCHEROOOOO!  I...

PHANTOM OF THE MALL: ERIC'S REVENGE The SWITCHEROOOOO!  It's October, and that means it's time for Brennan Klein, of Pop...

In which Halloween-related marathoning has resulted in reviews of several spooky movies from the mind of the world's favorite horror...

THE ABYSS Now, the box office doesn't bear this out, and reasonable minds can differ, but if you were to ask me, James Cameron...

WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S One of the 80s' best-remembered comedies is not always considered one of its best, period, but damned if ...

DEATH SPA Yesterday was Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, yesterday was Halloween, here's our crossover!  As if he needs any in...

THE 'BURBS One of the 80s' best and funniest satires, it's known that The 'Burbs doesn't quite manage to stick...

October's end draws near —and so once again it's time to pull the old switcheroo with Brennan Klein, the finest human being I ...

ALWAYS Spielberg tries his hand at straight-up romantic fantasy — and falls flat on his face with the worst film (so far, anyway) o...

BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II Back to the Future jumps right up its own ass—and, somehow, this makes it even better than it already was...

INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE With our director returning to his most popular franchise, we arrive at what is—in many importan...