Barry Wurst

Rutger Hauer has never been scarier in '80s classic that refuses to age

Steve Martin delivers dark, masterful turn, but this actor steals the movie

Hawke and Crowe shine, but we've seen this outlaw redemption yarn before Padraic McKinley's “The Weight” begins in 1933, in Eugene, Ore., during the Great Depression.

One of the wildest summer movie seasons has wrapped up and proved to be a financial record-breaker, with theater attendance and box office results hitting pre-pandemic levels. Before the fall movies begin to unspool in early October, here’s a look back at the summer of 2026 in cinema. The best In May, I casually predicted […]

Gene Hackman and cast capture Indiana culture in profound ways “Hoosiers,” David Anspaugh's acclaimed 1986 debut as a film director, is a sacred film to its fan base.

Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect that the screening originally planned for Friday, Sept. 25, has been postponed to 6 p.m. Oct. 16 due to anticipated severe weather.

It's silly and sophomoric, but you can't hate this slice of '80s cheese Hal Needham's “Megaforce” (1982) was a would-be summer movie event that quickly became an embarrassment.

Writer/director Michael Crichton’s “Looker” (1981) is awash in 1980s kitsch but is still one of the most intriguing of his sci-fi cautionary tales. Despite taking place in a sea of neon, eyeliner, bad haircuts and synth pop, Crichton is warning us about A.I. just as much Steven Spielberg’s “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” (2001), James Cameron’s “The Terminator” (1984) and Spike Jonze’s “Her” (2013). The result is a film that falls somewhere in between prophetic and pure guilty pleasure. https://www.youtube/watch?v=yoT-r1slAZ4 Albert Finney stars Dr. Larry Roberts, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon who discovers that one of his clients died under strange circumstances.

Alejandro Iñárritu's "Digger" is a flawed film, with a near fatal, spell-it-all-out speech late in the second act. Yet, it has far more to recommend it, particularly for adventurous filmgoers who don't want to see the same old thing at the multiplex.

Dennis Christianson and Tim Savage's "Goodbye Paradise" (1991) begins with Joe Martin (played by KHON2 news anchor Joe Moore) turning on the lights and opening up the Paradise Inn, the club he manages.