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Ghostbusters II (1989) | Ivan Reitman

February 25, 2021 qwipster Comment is Closed

Five years after the events of Ghostbusters, the heroes are zeroes again, bankrupt after getting sued by the city for the destructive aftermath of clearing out the city of spooks. There’s also a Federal restraining order prohibiting them from continued ghostbusting. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) is now the host of a cheesy local cable talk show […]

V: The Final Battle (1984) | Richard T. Heffron

October 2, 2020October 1, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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In this three-part TV miniseries sequel, the Resistance is fending off the pressing Visitors, who continue to fool the people of Earth by controlling the media, while depleting the planet of precious water and rounding up humans for food. The resistance scientists hope, hoping to find a weakness in the overpowering Visitor defenses that will […]

Willow (1988) | Ron Howard

March 6, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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The story involves Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis), a farmer who dreams of becoming a sorcerer’s apprentice among the Nerwyns, which are a race of little people. One day, he encounters a baby who has washed onto the riverbank near his farm. The baby, who we come to learn is named Elora Danan, is a Daikini, […]

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) | Robert Englund

October 26, 2018April 18, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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The fifth entry in the A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET series sees the return of Lisa Wilcox as the heroine, Alice, taking on Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) yet again, who has come back to haunt her nightmares through her unborn child. Freddy wants to be reincarnated by feeding the fetus the soul of Alice’s friends, […]

Labyrinth (1986) | Jim Henson

November 5, 2017April 16, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Jennifer Connelly is cast in one of her first starring roles as Sarah, a teenage girl who has grown tired of her stepmother and father leaving her home alone to babysit her infant brother, Toby. In a bout of exasperation, she wishes him away, and inadvertently summons the vain and moody Goblin King of myth, […]