Mulling Movies

The final movie in my birthday slumber party was An American Werewolf in London , but first things first: what's up with the above tra...

Times Square came out in 1980, and I'm pretty sure I saw it then, at the Coronet Theater. (This is another one I'll have to look...

Continuing on with movies viewed during that birthday party on January 23rd, 1982, I am delegating Carrie and Halloween to one post, mainl...

I think I can thank The Wanderers for instilling in me a life-long love of all things 1950s and early 60s: clothes, music, cars--it's...

Growing up, movies seemed to be part of my birthday celebrations a lot. I have fond memories of going with a bunch of friends to see Superma...

On Saturday, January 16th, 1982, I went to see Halloween II for the second time. And I have no memory of it. So last week I went to t...

On Saturday, January 9th, 1982, my parents and I went to see Ghost Story at the Royal Theater on Polk Street. I'm not going to su...

The second sex-filled movie I saw on that fateful day in 1982 was Lawrence Kasdan's Body Heat . And while a lot of the sex in American...

Richard Gere was the first actor I have a clear memory of being totally gaga for. Sure, I had other pre-teen crushes: Shaun Cassidy; Andy ...

On January 2nd in 1982, I saw American Gigolo and Body Heat , two movies that a twelve-year-old probably shouldn't see. ( ETA: And act...

In the 80's in San Francisco, there were two theaters one always hoped a movie would end up playing: The Northpoint on Powell, close ...