Movie Rewind

A-Ron’s Film Rewind Presents: “Yeah? Well I’ve got MediCare, go ahead and shoot your best shot!”. A 20th anniversary celebration of star, producer and director Clint Eastwood’s “Space Cowboys”. Eastwood directs one of his most charming, funniest and thrilling movies. “Space Cowboys” is at least three different movies: a high-tech “Apollo 13” like visual effects thriller, a charming comedy and …

A-Ron’s Film Rewind Presents: “You Are An Animal!”. A 35th anniversary celebration of “Teen Wolf”, the 1985 film that proved the cultural dominance of Michael J. Fox was not a fluke. Coming off the small screen success of “Family Ties” and the box office sensation that was “Back To The Future”. Filmed before but released after “Back To The Future”, …

A-Ron’s Film Rewind Presents: “My name is Lincoln Six Echo and I’m your insurance policy”. A 15th anniversary of Michael Bay’s “The Island”. I explore why Michael Bay is the auteur of awesome. In being only of a few filmmakers who are stylistically consistent. Michael Bay is a visionary with a clearly identifiable style and a tendency toward filmmaking that …

A-Ron’s Film Rewind Presents: A 15th anniversary celebration of Jennifer Connelly in “Dark Water”. A remake of the 2002 Japanese Horror film, “Dark Water” in this first English language film from Walter Salles, who mixes moody suspense with spot-on social satire and blends it into a heartbreaking supernatural drama. Jennifer Connelly is uncanny at portraying someone with a bruised sensibility …

A-Ron’s Film Rewind Presents: “It’s amazing Molly. The love inside, you take it with you”. A 30th anniversary celebration of the timeless romantic classic “Ghost”. Released during a summer of big budget films, “Ghost” surprised everyone and dominated the box office. Grossing more than $500 million, becoming the highest grossing movie of 1990 and solidifying Patrick Swayze (in an incredible …

A-Ron’s Film Rewind Presents: “Just be the ball, be the ball, be the ball…” A 40th anniversary celebration of “CaddyShack”. Whether your a golf fan or not, director Harold Ramis’ golf comedy, is a film you can embrace with it’s unabashedly crude and juvenile comedy and classic slapstick, it’s unforgettable characters and endlessly quotable dialogue. “CaddyShack” was besieged by an …

In 1997 Scorsese directed the sprawling controversial epic of the 14th Dalai Lama, written by “E.T.” screenwriter Melissa Mathison, that gave Scorsese a box office flop and left him and his film banned from ever entering the country. The legendary filmmaker also personally received continuous death threats, rendering the director unable to go to public events without a bodyguard. “Kundun” …

A-Ron’s Film Rewind Presents: “If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour… you’re gonna see some serious s***!”. A 35th anniversary celebration of the timeless classic “Back To The Future”. A passion project from Robert Zemeckis and creator Bob Gale and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. “Back To The Future” almost never got made due …

A-Ron’s Film Rewind Presents: “You keep your eyes only on me, you understand? Don’t look down. Don’t look around me”. A 15th anniversary celebration of Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise’s “War Of The Worlds”. Based on the classic H.G. Wells sci-fi novel and written for the screen by Josh Friedman and veteran screenwriter David Koepp. After the success of Spielberg …

Sad news flowed through the film industry recently, as we lost filmmaker Joel Schumacher from a year long battle with cancer. Unfairly remembered as the horrible nickname of, Joel “I Ruined Batman” Schumacher, due to the outcome of 1997’s “Batman & Robin”. Many don’t realize or respect, what an influential filmmaker he was. He directed some of the classic films …