Tag: 1988

A Cinefessions Video – 4K Review: The Blob (1988) – Is this ’80s cult classic actually worth the hype?

Scream Factory released The Blob on 4K this past week, so let’s take a look at it! If you enjoy this video, please give it a like and consider subscribing to Cinefessions on YouTube!   Branden ChowenBranden has been a film fan since he was young, roaming the halls of Blockbuster Video, trying to find…


#315Albums – No. 034 – Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)

#315Albums is a list of 315 albums that appear on both the Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, as well as the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book, edited by Robert Dimery. At its best, it is a representation of some of the greatest music ever released; at its…


#315Albums – No. 012 – Tracy Chapman’s Tracy Chapman (1988)

#315Albums is a list of 315 albums that appear on both the Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, as well as the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book, edited by Robert Dimery. At its best, it is a representation of some of the greatest music ever released; at its…


The AniMAYtion Challenge – Branden Chowen on Akira (1988)

Welcome to The AniMAYtion Challenge, where Ashe and Branden review one animated film every weekend throughout the month of May. Each film was chosen in draft style, with Ashe recieving the first pick of round one. With the fourth pick of the 2015 AniMAYtion Challenge, Branden Chowen selects Akira from 1988. Title: Akira (1988) Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo Runtime: 124…


A Lifetime of Film: Ashe’s Top Ten from 1988

A Lifetime of Film covers one specific year of a Cinefessions’ writers existence, from birth to now, and goes over their top ten films from that year. It stems from a meme on Letterboxd, and is simply being expanded upon here. This week, Ashe covers 1988. By 1988 I was in full swing with my movie…


Movie Review – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

Title: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) Runtime: 88 minutes Director: Dwight H. Little — As everyone knows by now, Halloween III: Season of the Witch is not canon to the Michael Myers story, and even though I love that underrated gem, I decided to skip it during this marathon just to keep everything straight. Halloween…


Movie Review – Child’s Play (1988)

Title: Child’s Play (1988) Runtime: 87 minutes Director: Tom Holland — Child’s Play is one of those films that I rented over and over again from Blockbuster when I was younger (much too young, in fact). It’s a film that helped me fall in love with horror, which makes this next statement so strange: this…