VHS Revival: A Retro Movie Magazine

Category: Drama

1989 80s Action Drama Martial Arts VHS Gold

The Best Around? John Avildsen Treads Familiar Territory in The Karate Kid Part III

Posted on April 15, 2025May 20, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1976 70s Drama Horror VHS Gold

The Banality of Evil: Fear, Fundamentalism & Telekinetic Fury in Brian De Palma’s Carrie

Posted on October 26, 2024April 15, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1988 80s Comedy Drama Thriller VHS Gold

The Bomb that Will Bring Us Together: Miracle Mile’s Quirky Reflections on Nuclear Holocaust

Posted on September 9, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1992 90s Comedy Drama VHS Gold

Throwing Up Bricks: White Men Can’t Jump’s Bittersweet Courtship

Posted on March 21, 2023April 30, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1982 80s Adventure Drama Fantasy Sci-fi Uncategorized VHS Gold

Fly Me to the Moon: E.T.’s Timeless Magic

Posted on December 13, 2022June 10, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1984 80s Action Adventure Drama Martial Arts VHS Gold

Land of the Rising Son: Mr Miyagi & The Karate Kid

Posted on June 22, 2022March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1981 80s Drama Horror Thriller VHS Gold

The Fury of Love: Dissolution and Duplicity in Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession

Posted on May 31, 2022March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1994 90s Action Crime Drama Thriller VHS Gold

For Mathilda: The Problematic Pleasures of Leon: The Professional

Posted on March 22, 2022March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1946 40s Drama VHS Gold

Dragonwyck: A Masterpiece of the Gothic

Posted on December 28, 2021March 1, 2025 by palewriter21

1997 90s Comedy Drama VHS Gold

The Seventies Unzipped: Dirk Diggler Shoots for the Stars in Boogie Nights

Posted on December 26, 2021June 29, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1991 90s Crime Drama Gangster VHS Gold

Once Upon a Time in South Central LA: Boyz N the Hood’s Enduring Power

Posted on July 14, 2021May 13, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1982 80s Action Crime Drama VHS Gold

Leave Those Kids Alone: Cannon’s Death Wish II

Posted on May 20, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1997 90s Action Crime Drama VHS Gold

Cop Land & the Search For Stallone

Posted on March 31, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

2001 Drama Horror Thriller VHS Gold

Father Knows Best: The Old Testament Terrors of Frailty

Posted on October 12, 2020March 1, 2025 by Rob Kotecki0

80s Drama Features

Bastards & Bombshells: Hollywood’s Fling with the Fourth Estate

Posted on August 7, 2020March 3, 2025 by Rob Kotecki0

1972 70s Cult VHS Drama Thriller

Stigma (1972)

Posted on July 24, 2020March 1, 2025 by chris chaka0

1975 70s Drama VHS Gold

Conformity, Corsets & Chaos: Picnic At Hanging Rock

Posted on June 29, 2020March 1, 2025 by palewriter22

1993 90s Action Drama Thriller VHS Gold

Star Spangled Rage: Race, Riots & Social Inequality in Joel Schumacher’s Falling Down

Posted on June 23, 2020March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1995 90s Drama Thriller VHS Gold

All About Nomi: Showgirls, Trash-Satire and the Resurrection of Camp Controversy

Posted on June 2, 2020March 1, 2025 by markanthonyayling0

1993 90s Crime Drama Gangster Thriller VHS Gold

You’re in Trouble, Baby: Carlito’s Way is the De Palma Masterpiece We Rarely Hear About

Posted on April 25, 2020March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1986 80s Drama VHS Gold

For the Love of the Con: Fast Eddie & The Color of Money

Posted on February 3, 2020March 2, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1987 80s Action Cannon Movies Drama VHS Gold

Over the Top & Out the Back Door: Stallone’s Brief Love Affair With Cannon Films

Posted on January 27, 2020March 2, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief5

1987 80s Drama VHS Gold

Let Me See Your War Face: Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket

Posted on January 16, 2020March 2, 2025 by Richard Brownell0

1987 80s Action Crime Drama VHS Gold

Just Give Me a Reason: Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

Posted on January 2, 2020November 6, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1991 90s Comedy Drama Romance VHS Gold

Hero to Zero: Cool As Ice & the Corporate Rap Experiment

Posted on December 5, 2019March 2, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1992 90s Action Drama VHS Gold Western

In It For the Munny: Unforgiven’s Long & Regretful Road

Posted on November 7, 2019March 4, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1990 90s Crime Drama Gangster VHS Gold

Crime’s Whirlwind Romance: How Goodfellas Redefined the Gangster Genre

Posted on September 26, 2019March 2, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1976 70s Drama VHS Gold

The Great White Hope: Race, Poverty & the Power of Love in John G. Avildsen’s Rocky

Posted on July 18, 2019March 2, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1971 70s Crime Drama Sci-fi VHS Gold

Fear and Self-Loathing: A Clockwork Orange & Questions of Morality

Posted on March 14, 2019March 2, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1985 80s Action Crime Drama VHS Gold

Feeling Unlucky, Punk? Charles Bronson’s Death Wish 3

Posted on January 1, 2019March 3, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1985 80s Drama Fantasy Sci-fi VHS Gold

Is this the Future? Brazil’s Speculative Dimensions

Posted on December 28, 2018March 3, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1982 80s Action Drama Thriller VHS Gold

A War You Won’t Believe: First Blood & the Commercial Warrior

Posted on November 16, 2018March 3, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1986 80s Action Drama Martial Arts VHS Gold

Great Expectations: The Karate Kid Part II & the Demise of the Underdog

Posted on September 17, 2018March 3, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1985 80s Action Drama Sports VHS Gold

Burning Hearts & Iron Curtains: Rocky IV & Cold War Propaganda

Posted on July 10, 2018March 3, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1986 80s Drama Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

Deadly Friend: Krueger & the Near-Demise of Wes Craven

Posted on June 5, 2018March 3, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief5

1982 80s Action Drama Sci-fi VHS Gold

Conflict & Flames: Blade Runner’s Dazzling Depiction of a Posthuman World

Posted on September 29, 2017March 3, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1986 80s Adventure Comedy Drama VHS Gold

Cherry-Flavoured Pez: Stand By Me & the Edge of Innocence

Posted on December 23, 2016May 8, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2