The 80's sure loved their dance movies, didn't they? From Fame to Flashdance to Footloose, it was a good time for teenagers to let out their frustrations via heavily choreographed dance routines. Breakin' follows in the mold of these movies whilst simultaneously capitalising on the growing popularity of hip-hop culture during the decade. It's also surprisingly lighter fare from The Cannon Group, who were mostly known for their cheapo action shlockfests like Enter the Ninja or Missing in Action at…

I'm no stranger to the works of Albert Pyun. I've suffered through a bunch of his movies in the past and honestly? Not a fan. Pyun's directorial debut, The Sword and the Sorcerer boasts an impressively generic sounding title. Which is fitting since it's the epitome of everything you'd expect from a bad 80's sword-and-sorcery flick. So many cheap wigs, so many plastic swords and so, so many boobs. It really feels like you're watching a low-rent version of Conan…

The People vs. George Lucas really showcases the ugly side of Star Wars fandom. The toxic basement dwellers screeching about how George Lucas "raped their childhood" by having the audacity to include jokes and CGI in the prequel trilogy. It's 90 minutes of entitled, Gen X manchildren screeching about George Lucas daring to make movies he wants to make. It's less a documentary about George Lucas and more about the overly possessive nature of fan culture and how easily some…

My favourite period of Japanese animation would have to be the Original Video Animation (OVA) boom of the mid-to-late 80's, where studio executives were throwing money at projects like it was going out of style. One of my favourite series that spawned out of this boom would have to be Patlabor, which started life as an OVA before spinning off into a fully-fledged TV series. Spearheaded a dream team of industry veterans, Patlabor: The Mobile Police laid the groundwork for…