thisdistractedglobe.com - 10/26/2009
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There was probably no better year to be a kid going to the movies than 1984.
It seems like I might have spent most of the year at two theaters in northwest Houston: the AMC North Oaks 6 and a six screen General Cinemas theater at the gargantuan Willowbrook Mall. Willowbrook featured ...
mooninthegutter.blogspot.com - 10/26/2009
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***This is my contribution to The Class of
‘84 Blogathon that is being hosted by the always...
terrific This Distracted Globe .*** While many of my favorite horror films that I grew up with are now mostly just products of my own nostalgia, a few still ...
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Class of '84 Blogathon: The Gods Must Be Crazy
Getafilm —
[This remembrance is brought to you as part of Joe Valdez's Class of '84 Blogathon at This Distracted Globe, a celebration of films from on the 25th anniversary of what many people consider the best film year of a generation.]
There are few movies that define the period in which they were ...
KELLI MARONEY: A Talk With the NIGHT OF THE COMET Star
The Moviezzz Blog —
While Catherine Mary Stewart was the lead in NIGHT OF THE COMET, where would the film be without the performance by Kelli Maroney as her sister? She was very funny as the cheerleader who tries to survive in a world of zombies. No word on if she inspired BUFFY. Kelli got her start on the soap opera RYAN'S HOPE, and appeared in FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH. In 1984 she starred in NIGHT OF THE COMET. I was able to contact her to ask her a few questions about the film. How did you get involved with NIGHT OF THE COMET? I was ...
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itsamadmadblog2 —
1. Check out these twisted photo art things for a taste of Halloween. If they don't creep you out a little, then you're surely a stronger person than I. 2. Lots of solid 80's goodness going on at This Distracted Globe. 3. Don't forget to find Coast To Coast on your radio dial this weekend. Their Ghost To Ghost special is always good for some weird, scary and entertaining listener phone calls. 4. And finally, if you're not watching, I can't urge sports fans enough to tune into ESPN's 30 For 30 documentaries every Tuesday night. A partial TV ...
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Ferdy on Films, etc. —
The Class of ’84 Blogathon
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Director/Screenwriter: Michael Radford
By Marilyn Ferdinand
This entry is part of the Class of ’84 Blogathon being hosted by Joe Valdez at This Distracted Globe.
Big Brother is watching you.
Whether you’ve ever read a word, or even heard of George Orwell’s seminal dystopian tale 1984, the above iconic quote is certain to have chilled your heart at some time or another. I’m not even sure this quote occurs ...
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