Pale Rider (1985)
Ruffian riders immediately overrun the peaceful scenery of old west California at the story’s start. Clint Eastwood drops the viewer […]
1985
Retro Movie of the Month: Vision Quest (1985)
Starring Matthew Modine (Dark Knight Rises, Full Metal Jacket, Stranger Things), Frank Jasper, Daphne Zuniga, Linda Florentino (Gotcha, Last
The Last Dragon (1985)
Berry Gordy’s Last Dragon is a 1985 film produced by Berry Gordy of Motown Records, starring Taimak, Vanity, Julius J Carry III, Chris Murney, Keshia Knight Pulliam (small cameo) and Faith Prince.
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Classic Video Game Art vol. II
Bryan takes another look into the super-charged world of classic video game art! Terrified one-eyed mammoths, octopi with eyebrows, and more! PLAY RETRO – STAY RETRO!
Galápagos – Kurt Vonnegut (1985)
There is no denying that I would enter a vapid land of infertile thought and mundane repetitiveness, were I
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Video Game History 101: Hudson Soft
When we were kids, and we first beheld the wonder of console video games, the entire thing would sometimes seem
Literature
Ransom (1985) by Jay McInerney
Not only was the novel a hit with the majority of book reviewers, its popularity spread throughout the public, and film rights were quickly optioned with famous young actors seeking to the play the protagonist’s role.
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Console Graveyard: The Sega SG-1000
Tonight, we’ll be visiting the grave of a daring hero form far-off Japan. It never really made it all the
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Ghosts & Goblins (Capcom, 1985)
I write a lot about games I love. Writing for NRW has given me the platform to do that, and
Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon (1985)
Yes it is time. Not for a retro review. It is time for the long awaited objective retrospective of the Cult Classic, The Last Dragon or as I call it, The Tragedy of Sho’nuff.
Movie Review
The Adventures of Hercules (1985)
“The Adventures of Hercules”.. Released October 1, 1985, directed by Luigi Cozzi. Music by Pino Donaggio. Runtime 88 minutes.
Movie Review
Pray for Death (1985)
This lemon first premiered during the infamous Ninja Craze of the mid-eighties when martial arts ads were everywhere… Ads like “Ninja Power” or “Art of the Assassins” with pictures of masked caucasians with black masks, dressed like members of the caliphate, holding sharp swords, shurikens, posed beneath 1-800 numbers, next to other ads for weight-sets and muscle gain creams. You saw them in your comic books.