Ricardo Montalban – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) | Nicholas Meyer

January 10, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

With Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the series took a swing in the exact opposite direction from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, putting things on a raw emotional level. This is a sequel, not of the first film, but of an original “Star Trek” episode, “The Space Seed”, also starring Ricardo Montalban in […]

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988) | David Zucker

December 6, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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The comedy writing team of Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker brought this first of a trilogy, based on their short-lived 1982 TV show “Police Squad”, of zany screwball comedies to Hollywood in 1988, offering plenty of sight gags, plays on words, pop culture sendups, and downright silly slapstick. Leslie Nielsen returns to star […]