Alex Winter

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Rating: ★★★½
Sep 6, 1999Time-Travelling Slackers
A quirky hit that jumped aboard the 1980s popularity of time travel themes and laid into them with an appealingly offbeat eccentricity. The film that propelled Keanu Reeves onto become a star
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Freaked (1993)

Freaked (1993)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 4, 1999Mutants and Mad Scientist Gonzo Comedy
Wonderfully nonsensical film directed by Alex Winter of Bill and Ted fame about the lives of a group of mutant freaks. Amazing makeup effects, a bizarre sense of humour and several well-known actors spoofing themselves
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
Rating: ★★★½
Jul 6, 2015Cannon Films Documentary
Absolutely fascinating documentary about Golan and Globus, the producers of a great deal of action, ninja, Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson films in the 1980s, plus many genre works, under the Cannon Films banner
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In Search of Darkness: A Journey Into Iconic ‘80s Horror (2019)

In Search of Darkness: A Journey Into Iconic ‘80s Horror (2019)
Rating: ★★★
Jul 11, 2020Documentary About the 1980s Horror Film
An exhaustive documentary that charts in enormous detail every facet of the 1980s horror film, although this is not as exhaustive as it seems to think and leaves some big omissions
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In Search of Darkness II: A Journey Into ’80s Horror Continues (2020)

In Search of Darkness II: A Journey Into ’80s Horror Continues (2020)
Rating: ★★
May 6, 2024Documentary About the 1980s Horror Film
A follow-up to the documentary about the 1980s horror film, this deals with some of the lesser-known and overlooked works that were not covered the first time around
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In Search of Tomorrow: A Journey Through ’80s Sci-Fi Cinema (2022)

In Search of Tomorrow: A Journey Through ’80s Sci-Fi Cinema (2022)
Rating: ★★½
Sep 25, 2022Documentary About 1980s SF Films
A documentary that comes with great affection for the SF films of the 1980s and covers these, along with interviews with key people, although leaves quite a number of blank spots in works it does not cover
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