Movie Reviews – Retro Movie Geek

by Peter Nielsen “The Lure of gold can make a man do anything! Anything!” During the opening credits of this movie, we see someone being dug out of, what appears to be, a collapsed mine…

by Peter Nielsen ”Something deadly in the water… more dangerous than any shark or killer whale!” Here’s another one that slipped past me when I was young! I remember the trailer… I remember reading about…

by Peter Nielsen ”If you’re frightened by the unknown… wait until you face reality!” Scared To Death is a movie I’ve always been aware of, but for some reason never got round to watching back…

Peter’s Retro Reviews: Hi-Riders (1978)

May 11, 2015
Tagged as: 70's action movies, bikers, car racing, Darby Hinton, Dean Cundey, Diane Peterson, Dodge Charger, Greydon Clark, Hi-Riders, Mel Ferrer, Neville Brand, old-school muscle cars, Pontiac Firebird, racing

by Peter Nielsen ”Here come the Hi-Riders… And there goes your woman! Your Car! Your life!” In 2014, during Spooky Flix Fest, I reviewed the sci-fi/horror movie Without Warning which is directed by Greydon Clark….

Peter’s Retro Reviews: Mannaja aka A Man Called Blade (1977)

April 27, 2015
Tagged as: 70's spaghetti westerns, A Man Called Blade, bounty hunter, hatchet, John Steiner, Mannaja, Maurizio Merli, revenge, Sergio Martino, spaghetti western, westerns

by Peter Nielsen This week it’s time to return to a genre I unfortunately don’t get to visit as often as I would have wanted to, these days. It’s basically a case of not having…

Peter’s Retro Reviews: Can’t Buy Me Love (1987)

April 20, 2015
Tagged as: 80's romantic-comedy, 80's romcom, 80's teen comedy, Amanda Peterson, Can't Buy Me Love, Courtney Gains, obligatory dance scene, Patrick Dempsey, social status, the slow clap

by Peter Nielsen ”Cools, nerds… your side, my side… Man, it’s all bullshit. It’s just tough enough to be yourself!” I haven’t done a romantic teen comedy in a while, so I thought it would…

Peter’s Retro Reviews: 48 HRS. (1982)

April 6, 2015
Tagged as: 48 HRS, 80's action-comedy, buddy cop movies, Eddie Murphy, James Remar, Nick Nolte, Sonny Landham, The boys are back in town, The BusBoys, Walter Hill

by Peter Nielsen Ladies and gentlemen, this week I thought it would be fun to take a look at one of the first ”buddy cop movies”… one of the most successful ones… and certainly one…

by Peter Nielsen ”On December 7, 1980, the nuclear carrier, U.S.S. Nimitz disappeared in the Pacific… and reappeared December 7, 1941… The day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor!” This week I thought we’d take a…

Peter’s Retro Reviews: The Running Man (1987)

March 23, 2015
Tagged as: 80's action, 80's action movies, 80's sci-fi movies, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Richard Bachman, Richard Dawson, Stephen King, The Running Man, tv game shows, Yaphet Kotto

by Peter Nielsen Damon Killian: “This is television, that’s all it is! It has nothing to do with people; it’s to do with ratings! For fifty years we’ve told them what to eat, what to…

Peter’s Retro Reviews: Supervan (1977)

March 16, 2015
Tagged as: 70's action/comedy, 70's movies, custom vans, Freak Out, Lamar Card, laser-blasting van, Mark Schneider, Morgan Woodward, Supervan, Vandora, vans

by Peter Nielsen ”Supervan takes on all corners… laser blasting… solar powered… Watch out!” So, ladies and gentlemen, I’m finally back on track again… I know it’s been a while since my last review, but…