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Ten Great 80s Movie Stars Who Disappeared

May 6, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

These big stars made the 80s better but disappeared from the limelight the following decade…. Grab your neons, shoulder pads, ripped sweater and your aviators. It’s time to venture back to the 1980s on a nostalgic journey to a simpler time – a time you could buy a house for the price of a cup […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Bobcat Goldthwait, Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Jennifer Grey, Ke Huy Quan, Lou Ferrigno, Mia Sara, Michael Winslow, Mr T, Phoebe Cates, Rick Moranis

Gremlins at 35: The timely return of Joe Dante’s controversial creatures

December 5, 2019 by George Nash

With Gremlins returning to UK cinemas this week, George Nash takes a look at how its satire remains timely, over three decades on…  Thirty-five years on from its initial release, few films have come to epitomise the notion of not judging a book by its cover quite like Joe Dante’s iconic ’80s cult creature comedy, […]

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4K Blu-ray Review – Gremlins (1984)

October 7, 2019 by Brad Cook

Gremlins, 1984. Directed by Joe Dante Starring Zack Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, Frances Lee McCain. SYNOPSIS: A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town. I’m a no-doubt-about-it Gen Xer, so I was squarely in the demo, as […]

Filed Under: Brad Cook, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Frances Lee McCain, Gremlins, Hoyt Axton, Joe Dante, Phoebe Cates, Polly Holliday, Zack Galligan

12 Days of Christmas Horror: Day 4 – Gremlins (1984)

December 17, 2016 by Graeme Robertson

Gremlins, 1984. Directed by Joe Dante. Starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday and Francis Lee McCain. SYNOPSIS: Young Billy receives a rather unusual Christmas gift from his father in the form of a furry little creature called a Mogwai. Christening the fuzzy pet Gizmo, Billy is given three strict rules on how […]

Filed Under: Graeme Robertson, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Francis Lee McCain, Gremlins, Hoyt Axton, Joe Dante, Phoebe Cates, Polly Holliday, Zach Galligan

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