Wilford Brimley

The China Syndrome (1979)

The China Syndrome (1979)
Rating: ★★★★
Jan 8, 2001Nuclear Power Plant Accident
Strong and effective dramatic film released only three weeks before the real-life Three Mile Island nuclear accident. Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas play a tv camera crew caught in the midst of a nuclear reactor meltdown
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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Rating: ★★★
Nov 10, 2003Martial Arts Super-Spy
Film adaptation of the popular Destroyer novels about a martial arts super-spy that proves enjoyably tongue-in-cheek. Clearly launched as an attempt to make another James Bond type series, this was not successful but is so appealing you wish had it been
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Cocoon (1985)

Cocoon (1985)
Rating: ★★
Apr 26, 2001Alien Visitors/Rejuvenated Geriatrics
Ron Howard film clearly inspired by the success of E.T.. This story about seniors being rejuvenated after swimming in a pool that has an alien pod in it received critical kudos during its day but the film operates as a simplistic and naive wish-fulfillment fantasy
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Ewoks and the Marauders of Endor (1986)

Ewoks and the Marauders of Endor (1986)
Rating: ★★½
Jun 20, 2002Children's Planetary Adventure/Star Wars Spinoff
Follow-up to The Ewok Adventure, a tv movie released to theatres internationally. This is a better film than its predecessor that even captures something of the Star Wars spirit on occasions
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Hard Target (1993)

Hard Target (1993)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 4, 2000Human Hunting for Sport/Action
John Woo made his US debut with this Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle, which is essentially an urban version of The Most Dangerous Game. Woo’s stylised action set-ups give a slight script a dynamism that blows his contemporaries away
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Progeny (1998)

Progeny (1998)
Rating: ★★
Oct 25, 2018Alien Abduction and Impregnation
Horror director Brian Yuzna jumps aboard the alien abduction and impregnation theme that was popular at the time thanks to tv’s The X Files. All of Yuzna’s films have a fascination with sexual perversity so here the emphasis is placed on the impregnation
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