April 28th, 2009
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post celebrating the 10th anniversary of THE MATRIX. Well, a lot has changed in that decade, not the least of which is the appearance of MATRIX co-creator Larry Wachowski. Here’s a photo from years ago, with his brother, Andy (Larry is on the left)…
and here, from Us Magazine of all places, is a current photo…
I don’t care if you’re a man or a woman, Larry/Lana. I just never want you to make another movie like THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, OK?
April 28th, 2009
It’s been 25 years ago since the summer of 1984, but over at Cinematical, Scott Weinberg makes the case that, as far as fun summer movies go, that one was tough to top. Here are just a few of the flicks that hit screens back then:
SIXTEEN CANDLES
THE NATURAL
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
STAR TREK III
GHOSTBUSTERS AND GREMLINS — which, amazingly, opened on the same day, June 8
THE KARATE KID
TOP SECRET! (a very underrated comedy from the guys who made AIRPLANE! — and Val Kilmer’s movie debut)
THE LAST STARFIGHTER
REVENGE OF THE NERDS
THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI…
RED DAWN
C.H.U.D.
Admittedly, few of those are true cinema classics, and some of them are outright stinkers. But even the bad ones are fun in a distinctly “summer movie” sort of way. I’m guessing the summer of 2009 doesn’t have a chance of topping 1984.
