Friday, April 6, 2018

"Loose Screws" (1985)


Late comedian Mike MacDonald and Hostess chips play prominent roles in this 80's canuxploitation tax-shelter sex comedy.

Saturday, March 31, 2018

Kenny Rogers in "Six Pack" (1982)



Country music sensation Kenny Rogers looks after little kids in his only theatrical-release starring role, Six Pack.

Friday, March 9, 2018

"Harry and the Hendersons" / "The Secret of My Success" (1987)



Recalling the sneak preview double-features of the 1980's, specifically the pairing of Harry and the Hendersons with Michael J Fox in The Secret of My Success.


Harry and the Hendersons plays as the supporting feature for Born in East LA at the Can-View Drive-In in July 1987

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

The Jedi Master's Quiz Book (1982)



Red Coat and Black Coat challenge themselves to some questions from 11 year old Rusty Miller's The Jedi Master's Quiz Book.

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

"The Blob" (1988)



30 years after the release of Chuck Russell and Frank Darabont's re-make of THE BLOB, time has proven who the real Jell-O monster of the 1980s was.

The Blob plays with supporting feature Short Circuit 2 at the Can-View Drive-In during September 1988

Saturday, December 30, 2017

"The Shining" (1980)



Red Coat and Black Coat celebrate Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, the movie that pisses off Stephen King and is held together by a solid performance from Shelley Duvall.


Sunday, December 17, 2017

"Like Father Like Son" (1987), "Vice Versa" (1988), "18 Again!" (1988)



During the late 1980's, there was a plague of body-switching movies. Red Coat Black Coat take a look at Kirk Cameron and Dudley Moore in Like Father Like Son, Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage in Vice Versa, and George Burns who's barely in 18 Again!


Like Father Like Son plays at the Can-View Drive-In in November of 1987

18 Again! plays as the supporting feature for The Wrong Guys at the Can-View Drive-In in May of 1988

Vice Versa plays as the supporting feature for The Karate Kid Part III at the Can-View Drive-In in June of 1989