Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

[5] Eternal opportunist Roger Corman piggy-backs on the success of Star Wars with this low-budget space adventure about a young man who assembles a rag-tag team of mercenaries to protect his people when another race threatens enslavement. Battle Beyond the…
Jocks (1986)

Jocks (1986)

[3] A team of L.A. college tennis players try to pull their shit together to win a championship before the dean pulls the plug on their program. I'm all for a good teen sex comedy, but Jocks is neither funny…
Grease 2 (1982)

Grease 2 (1982)

[3] Ill-conceived both corporately and creatively, Grease 2 lacks any reason to keep you watching. The plot is basically a gender-reversal of the first film's storyline, but without any interesting characters to latch onto. The songs are horrendous. Repeat: the…
Cocktail (1988)

Cocktail (1988)

[3] Cocktail is everything awful about calculated '80s studio film making. It's as if Touchstone Pictures said, 'Hey, we have Tom Cruise and a killer soundtrack -- quick! Someone write a script!" And that script (based on a book by…
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

[2] The short review: WTF? The longer review: From the first opening frame, you know right away this is a cheap, watered down, bargain basement Superman movie. (Thank you, Golan-Globus Productions!) But even if you can overlook the astonishingly awful…
Ladyhawke (1985)

Ladyhawke (1985)

[7] Two lovers are bewitched by a jealous Bishop -- the man (Rutger Hauer) is transformed into a wolf by night, the woman (Michelle Pfeiffer) is a hawk by day. They only see each other in human form for a…
The Verdict (1982)

The Verdict (1982)

[6] Paul Newman stars as an alcoholic ambulance chaser who tries to redeem his career with a high profile medical malpractice case. Directed by Sidney Lumet from a script adapted by David Mamet, The Verdict is a solid combination of…
Do the Right Thing (1989)

Do the Right Thing (1989)

[8] Spike Lee explores racism from multiple angles in Do the Right Thing, a provocative but entertaining 'day in the life' flick set in a Brooklyn community on the hottest day of the summer. Films that deal with racism tend…
Labyrinth (1986)

Labyrinth (1986)

[8] After impulsively wishing her baby brother away, a teenaged girl must brave a dangerous labyrinth and rescue the tot from a nefarious Goblin King in Labyrinth, the product of a bizarre but winning combination of creative talents. Director Jim…
Dreamscape (1984)

Dreamscape (1984)

[4] At a government facility where psychics can enter people's dreams, a wave of deadly nightmares begins claiming lives. Once the President of the United States is affected, two psychics square off -- one wanting to save the president, and…