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Low Budget Pictures, or how I learned to love no-budget schlock horror comedy…

by Shawn Robare | Dec 17, 2006 | Branded in the 80s, Read

A couple years ago I really got into an awesome book on film making, Robert Rodriguez’s Rebel Without a Crew, that details how he went from a struggling film school student who scraped together $7,000 to shoot his first film, to a Hollywood player.  The...

There! Evil PURE and SIMPLE by way of the 8th dimension!

by Shawn Robare | Dec 15, 2006 | Branded in the 80s, Read

So I figured since this column is going to deal mainly with my personal movie collection, I’d start the first real post with probably my favorite movie of all time, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.  Though I’ve been watching...

Ever notice how the visitor’s logo from V looks like a swastika? Creepy…

by Shawn Robare | Dec 14, 2006 | Branded in the 80s, Read

Finally, after years of putting it off, I broke down and bought the entire V television series on DVD, both the mini-series (including the Final Battle) and the regular TV series.  It’s one of those things that I’ve been meaning to make my fiancee sit...

Just like Scooby Doo without the kids & plot and with twice as many musical numbers…

by Shawn Robare | Dec 12, 2006 | Branded in the 80s, Read

I’m going to break format a little and take a second to talk about an awesome DVD set for a cartoon that was a little before my time, but one that I’ve been getting into lately, the Groovie Goolies. I’ve crossed this cartoon’s path a few times...

Frozen Drinks 101, Part 11 the 7-Eleven Slurpee

by Shawn Robare | Dec 11, 2006 | Branded in the 80s, Read

So like I said in the previous post I just got back from a vacation to Florida to visit my parents and sister. One of the things that I love about going back down to Florida (where I spent most of my childhood) is the convenience stores, in particular...
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