Movie of the Year: 1985 – Finale: Part: Two

Movie of the Year: 1985 Finale: Part: Two It’s the final four! Only four movies – out of every movie that came out in 1985 – remain in the bracket: Back to the Future, Brazil, The Breakfast Club, and Come and See! Four all-time classics with basically the same plot, but only one can move on and be knighted…

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Movie of the Year: 1985 – Finale: Part: One

Movie of the Year: 1985 Finale: Part: One The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s most epic decision: what is 1985’s Movie of the Year? We have talked about these movies. We’ve joked about them, yelled about them, recommended them, chided them, held them gently, and suckled them from our bosoms. Now all but four must die,…

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Movie of the Year: 1985 – State of the Franchise

Movie of the Year: 1985 State of the Franchise The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s franchises! 1985 had its fair share of franchises, not all of them great: looking at you, Rambo. Others had been the peak of cinema and yet had fallen to new lows: that’s you, Police Academy. But no matter how good or bad the…

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TOP TEN

Top Ten Musical Numbers in Non-Musicals Because sometimes life is a musical..but usually it’s just awkward.  As usual in no particular order. Day-0/Beetlejuice (1988) It’s easy to forget that everyone’s favorite scene lasts less than 2 minutes of the entire movie because it’s so damn good it permeates the whole thing like one big reggae…

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Top Ten

Best Fictional Bars and Restaurants The Peach Pit – Beverly Hills 90210 The Peach Pit is amazing because of its chameleon nature, rendering it homey diner by day and totally kicking rock club when it becomes The Peach Pit After Dark. The diner is the perfect setting to discuss the eternal teen drama of two…

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