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Saturday cute: ‘Lost’ as a 1980s computer adventure game

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What if Lost were a LucasArts-style game from, like, 1987? From Penney Design. Click through for lots more “screens” from the “game.” (Got a photo or image that’s adorable and at least vaguely pop-culture related? Found such a photo online? Send a link or an image, and I might post it!)

retro trailer: ‘Patton’

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Take a look back at an old trailer… For Memorial Day, the U.S. holiday honoring our veterans, a movie about a doozy of a soldier. From my review: This biopic of the American general is a straightforward film without subtext or irony, just as its subject is. Not that he isn’t a mass of eccentricities. … more…

retro trailer: ‘The Empire Strikes Back’

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Take a look back at an old trailer… Even pulpier than the film itself! “A big new sprawling space adventure!” This past Friday was the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, which was released on May 21, 1980. Which means it’s been 30 years since my 10-year-old brain was darkened and depressed by this … more…

retro trailer: ‘The Karate Kid’

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Take a look back at an old trailer… Elisabeth Shue looks like an adult here, and Ralph Macchio looks like a kid, even though he was actually in his 20s and she was two years younger than him. That’s just weird. The Karate Kid is available on DVD in Region 1 from Amazon.com and from … more…

retro trailer: ‘Red Dawn’

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Take a look back at an old trailer… Kill a Commie for Mommy… and for McDonald’s. Ah, the right-wing paranoid fantasies of the 80s were so cute. Red Dawn is available on DVD in Region 1 from Amazon.com and from Amazon.ca and in Region 2 from Amazon U.K.