The Best 80s & 90s Movie Podcast
This week, Rob Will Taylor fills in for Dick Ebert to join Gene Lyons in breaking down the 1981 sci-fi thriller Outland, starring Sean Connery. Often described as “High Noon in space,” this overlooked gem takes us to Jupiter’s moon Io, where a hard-nosed marshal uncovers corruption, drug smuggling,...
In a mystical realm where darkness threatens to consume the world, young hero Jack (Tom Cruise) embarks on a perilous quest to stop the sinister Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry) from plunging the land into eternal night. With the fate of magic and innocence hanging in the balance, Jack must rescue Princess Lili (Mia Sara) and protect the last remaining unicorns from destruction. Legend weaves a visually stunning and enchanting tale of good versus evil, filled with fantasy, romance, and adventure.
Sword-and-sorcery adventure about two warring brothers who fight to gain control of a magical sword. Hawk, a noble warrior, assembles a small force of fighters to help him rid the land of a powerful and devious enemy, who also happens to be his older brother – and their father’s murderer.
The time is the distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. The last surviving water planet was somehow removed to the unreachable centre of the galaxy at the end of the galactic trade wars. The galaxy is ruled by an evil emperor (John Carradine) presiding over a trade oligarchy that controls all mining and sale of ice from asteroids and comets.
When the Event Horizon, a spacecraft that vanished years earlier, suddenly reappears, a team is dispatched to investigate the ship. Accompanied by the Event Horizon’s creator, William Weir (Sam Neill), the crew of the Lewis and Clark, led by Capt. Miller (Laurence Fishburne), begins to explore the seemingly abandoned vessel. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors and that the horrors that befell the Event Horizon’s previous journey are still present.
On the planet of Krull, an evil creature called the Beast decimates the world’s army and kidnaps the lovely Princess Lyssa (Lysette Anthony), who is destined to become queen. Her brave beau, Prince Colwyn (Ken Marshall), leads a motley band of warriors, including Ergo (David Battley) and Kegan (Liam Neeson), to rescue his beloved. However, before he can face the Beast, Colwyn must locate a mystical weapon known as the Glaive, which he can use to slay the hideous villain.
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