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10 Things to Know About 'Grandview, U.S.A' (1984)
Grandview, U.S.A is a small town story about a brief love triangle, demolition derbies, and the struggles of a teenager trying to break the binds of small town livng to achieve his dream of being an oceanographer. I assure you, that's the story of Grandview, U.S.A released August 3rd, 1983 and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Patrick Swayze, and C. Thomas Howell.
By Movies of the 80s6 months ago in Geeks
10 Things to Know About 'The Bostonians'
The Bostonians was released in August 1984 to rave reviews and an eventual Oscar nominatoon for star Vanessa Redgrave. The film, based on a novel by Henry James c0-stars Christopher Reeve and Madeleine Potter and tells the story of a young feminist, Potter, torn between a man she's falling in love with and the mentor, Redgrave, who has given her life purpose and passion.
By Movies of the 80s6 months ago in Geeks
10 Things to Know About 'Purple Rain'
Prince was always among the most mercurial and intriguing stars of the 1980s. So, naturally, when it was announced that Prince was making a movie, everyone wanteed to know what it was going to be? Speculation raged for a few months and as the production began under a veil of a media blackout in Minneapolis, Minnesota, reporters did everything they could to get the scoop.
By Movies of the 80s6 months ago in Geeks
10 Things to Know About 'Meatballs 2'
In the world of low budget filmmaking there is an occasional phenomenon known as S.I.N.O. The acronym stands for Sequel in Name Only. This typically occurred when the original cast or crew refused to return for a sequel or the title to a popular movie was sold to new owners.
By Movies of the 80s6 months ago in Geeks
When Is a Move Final?
The Commitment Problem in Modern Chess Modern chess operates under a fractured commitment model that no longer aligns with how players think, how turns function in most games, or how chess itself is actually played across physical and digital formats. At the heart of the problem is that chess treats physical contact with a piece as binding commitment while simultaneously relying on a separate explicit action to end a player’s turn. This creates a logical contradiction: a move becomes final before the turn is over. In most turn-based games, interaction with game components is provisional until the player explicitly signals the end of their turn. Chess is an anomaly in this respect, and the inconsistency becomes increasingly visible in modern play.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 months ago in Geeks
10 Things to Know About 'Electric Dreams' (1984) The Tech Futurist Movie No One Talks About
We recently saw Electric Dreams for the first time and fell in love immediately. This prescient, sweet, smart romantic comedy is a highly unique and modern love triangle between a geeky architect (Lenny Von Dohlen), a cellist (The incomparably gorgeous Virginia Madsen), and an accidentally sentient computer (Voiced by Bud Cort)
By Movies of the 80s6 months ago in Geeks
10 Things to Know About 'The Neverending Story' (1984)
We love The Neverending Story. The film is one of the great, underrated touchstone films of 80s kids, those of us who grew up dreaming of a ride on Falkor or wish upon a grain of sand from Fantasia. The Neverending Story is pure magic, an affirmation of imagination and the the super power that is the mind of a child at play.
By Movies of the 80s6 months ago in Geeks
10 Things to Know About 'Best Defense' (1984)
There are numerous misconceptions about Best Defense, notable but not entirely wrong. The role played by Eddie Murphy was grafted onto the movie following poor test screenings in early 1984 but Murphy was signed to appear in Best Defense way before his role was beefed up so that producers could pretend that he’d co-starred with Dudley Moore.
By Movies of the 80s6 months ago in Geeks
Bad Wolf, Planet-Hopping Dangers, and The Man Who Feels The Turn of the Earth -- the Ninth Doctor in Literature (1 of 2)
In 2005, a young woman was almost killed at her department store job. She was looking for a coworker, a man named Wilson, and when she went to the basement to see if he was working on the electrical system of the building, she was followed by what just had to be a group of college students dressed as shop window dummies. Cornered, she shut her eyes, terrified as the plastic men advanced—and then, everything changed.
By Justin von Bosau6 months ago in Geeks
