So this is one of the few Retro Reviews I’ll write where I’ve seen the movie before but have mostly forgotten it. ¬†Strangely, I saw it less than a year ago but for whatever reason, it just didn’t stick with me. ¬†Meatballs has its moments but for the most part, it’s too locked in on [...]
This review starts a month long series for the Retro Review where we’ll be looking at some comedies of the 70s and 80s. These films will range from rather obscure, like H.O.T.S., to iconic, such as the film discussed in this review. I know what you’re thinking- ¬†”He’s reviewing fucking Animal House? ¬† Everyone’s seen [...]
You’ve heard it said before but it was a phrase that I heard constantly in my head while watching 48 Hours- you just can’t get away with this type of film anymore. We seem to sweep race under the rug a lot these days. A great example is the film Friday Night Lights. If you’d [...]
Ernest Goes to Camp was the second film I ever saw in the theater. I remember the part where he gets caught in a rotisserie scared the shit out of me. But at the same time, I just ate it up. There’s something about lovable goofball Ernest P. Worrell that just struck a chord with [...]
Sometimes I search Netflix for the term “Christmas” so I can find some movies that fit my Retro Review rules and this month’s theme. ¬†Every once in a while, the description of one of these search results excites me. ¬†But more often than not, this process fails me. ¬†This review will certainly embody the latest [...]
I feel silly writing this review since I’ve probably seen this movie a dozen or more times. ¬†But for the last few years, it’s been my favorite Christmas movie and has become a holiday staple in our house every year. ¬†I mean seriously, can you name another Christmas movie that’s better? ¬†Didn’t think so. ¬†Now [...]
This week begins a month long tradition for the Retro Review of reviewing Christmas films. We’ll resume the normal slate of retro flicks in January. Did you know that before he brought us the perennial Christmas classic A Christmas Story that director Bob Clark directed cult-slasher flick Black Christmas? For that matter, do you realize [...]
What better Turkey day film is there than Planes, Trains & Automobiles? I’m sure that one day we’ll finally get the full fledged version of Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving, but in the meantime, this 1987 epic stands tall amongst Thanksgiving Day themed films. Although I had seen bits and pieces of this John Hughes classic in [...]
For my generation, it was Mrs. Doubtfire.¬† For the following generation, it was Big Momma’s House.¬† So as you can imagine, I approached my first viewing of Tootsie with caution regardless of all the praise it had garnered back in 1982.¬† Beyond all that however, I can easily say that the film was very enjoyable [...]
Sometimes the wife handles the Netflix queue. Sometimes she thinks of an actor/actress that she hasn’t seen in a film in a while and places several films featuring said performer at the top of our queue. In this case, we had 3 Bette MIdler films at the top of our queue. We’re sorta cheap, so [...]
Retro Review is a weekly column written by Dustin and occasionally other authors from the Breach. Here we take a look at films from yesteryear. 1989 and older to be exact. At times we’ll try and analyze how the film has influenced modern cinema, discuss the quality of the current release, or just do a [...]
I had no idea this movie existed up until fairly recently, thanks to a friend.¬† I don’t normally offer my take on older flicks on The Breach here, and if it weren’t for the performance of Eric Roberts in this movie, I probably wouldn’t have.¬† He’s a beast in this and it’s his earnest yet [...]
Ok so, yes, I like fucking romantic comedies.  Blow me. The wife and I went and watched Roman Holiday today.  The film resolves around Princess Ann, played by Audrey Hepburn, who grows tired with her prestige lifestyle of routine press interviews and meet and greets with every foreign leader in the world.  One evening after [...]
The year, 1980.  The setting, a movie theater showing the then just released scavenger hunt movie, Midnight Madness.  The atmosphere?  The sound of crickets as sound reverberates off an empty auditorium. Now a cult classic, Midnight Madness tanked at the box office in its release during the February of 1980.  Watching it for the first [...]
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