Gladly tuning into the shenanigans of “UHF” and remembering how much I forgot “Shag: The Movie.”
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The Magic Kingdom Turkey Leg
The Magic Kingdom Turkey Leg. If there was one single Disney food item I developed an insane amount of curiosity about over the years, it would be that salted, exotic meat stick.
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Reliving the Summer of 1989 Diary – Week Eight
Snatching James Bond’s “License to Kill” away and gettin’ misty over “When Harry Met Sally…”
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Reliving the Summer of 1989 Diary – Week Seven
Memories of a red-hot “Lethal Weapon 2” summer and enduring “Weekend at Bernie’s” all over again.
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Reliving the Summer of 1989 Diary – Week Six
Inhaling the badness of “The Karate Kid: Part III,” stunned by the insanity of “Great Balls of Fire!,” and polishing the “Do the Right Thing” trophy.
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Reliving the Summer of 1989 Diary – Week Five
Welcoming the juggernaut of “Batman” and feeling pleasantly surprised by “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.”
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Reliving the Summer of 1989 Diary – Week One
The excitable 1980s gave birth to numerous high-profile summer moviegoing seasons, most notably during 1982, 1984, and 1989. This was a pre-internet time of cautious optimism (as opposed to today’s unyielding cynicism), where the neighborhood movie theater was hallowed ground for Hollywood’s double-barrel releases, comfortable in the delicious, perfectly measured swell of old-media hype from magazines, newspapers, and in-theater marketing. Also, there was this miracle known as release schedule breathing room, where one or two pictures would snatch up multiplex space every week, and not the usual five we all endure these days. There’s not much to romanticize about the ‘80s (outside of Duran Duran), but those exceptional movie seasons still sparkle after all these years, due in great part to the plethora of talented professionals who were delicately honing their mastery during the era.
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“Manta” Coaster Review at Sea World Orlando
I’m not a wide-eyed roller coaster enthusiast, so please forgive me if I breeze through a discussion of the new Manta ride at Sea World Orlando with minimal attention to industry detail. I have little formal education in the world of inversions and pretzel loops, preferring to simply, perhaps mindlessly enjoy my limited time being heaved through the air, leaving the suspect jargon to those who know exactly how to wield it. All I can safely type is this: Manta is a gorgeous coaster with some serious deficiency in the awe department.
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Disney’s Hollywood Studios 20th Anniversary Party (5/1/09)
I’ve always felt a special kinship with Disney’s Hollywood Studios (formerly Disney-MGM Studios). It’s the only theme park I’ve, in a strange sense, “grown up with,” having visited for my first time in 1990, a little over a year after the property first opened to the public. The experience also marked my first taste of a scarily form-fitting theme park ambiance, instantly hooking me on the sweet stuff that continues to captivate me to this day.
Today was the park’s 20th birthday. How’s that to make a guy feel old!
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Tuesday Links
Would you eat Jelly Belly pudding? (AV Club)
InfoMania looks at this week's magazines (InfoMania)
Meet Terry Leonard, Hollywood's best stuntman (The Signal)
Brian O reviews "What Doesn't Kill You" and loves it (DVD Talk)
The "Clash of the Titans" remake starts filming (Dark Horizons)
Watch Kim and Kelley Deal print the new Breeders EP (Breeders Digest)
The "Nightmare on Elm Street" board game (Classic X-Entertainment)
Lauren Graham answers your questions (YouTube)
