Night of the Comet (1984)

Night of the Comet (1984)

[4] After a comet wipes out most of Earth's population, a valley girl and her sister roam the empty streets of Los Angeles fighting zombies and entangling with a shady group of scientists who want to harvest their blood. Night…
The Apple (1980)

The Apple (1980)

[7] The Apple is a glorious abomination of cinema that must be seen to be believed. Catherine Mary Stewart (The Last Starfighter, Night of the Comet) and George Gilmour star as singing lovers who are torn apart when an evil…
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)

[7] This documentary tells the story of how two very successful Israeli filmmakers came to Hollywood and shook things up for a while in the '80s. While neither Menahem Golan nor Yoram Globus are interviewed, their personalities come across in…
The Last Starfighter (1984)

The Last Starfighter (1984)

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For a movie that was no doubt jumping on the E.T. and Star Wars bandwagon, The Last Starfighter manages to carve a niche for itself. Teenager Alex Rogan (Lance Guest) wins the high score on a mysterious video game and is suddenly recruited by an alien to defend the universe from some cosmic bad asses. What counts here is charm. The Last Starfighter oozes with the stuff, and it’s not forced. I love the trailer court setting and the depiction of the tight-knit community that live there. Casting “The Music Man” himself, Robert Preston, as a charlatan recruitment officer named Centauri is a stroke of genius. You can’t help but love Preston, even when he’s peddling bullshit. Dan O’Herlihy also does a commendable job acting through heavy prosthetics as Grig, Alex’s lizard-like trainer and shipmate.