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Written by James M. Tate / 10/21/2024 / No comments / animated , eighties , mews small , music , ralph bakshi

RALPH BAKSHI'S MULTI-GENERATIONAL MELODRAMA 'AMERICAN POP'

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RALPH BAKSHI'S MULTI-GENERATIONAL MELODRAMA 'AMERICAN POP'

Marya Small (now Mews Small) in Ralph Bakshi's AMERICAN POP Year: 1981 Rating: ** What's considered animation director Ralph Bakshi...

TIM MATHESON IS A BOWLING 'DREAMER' WITH SUSAN BLAKELY

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tim Matheson and Susan Blakely in DREAMER Year: 1979</u></td></tr>
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Quickly following a retro opening-credit montage of the unique and antique history of the sport of bowling, you’d think the motion picture was about to end...<br>
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With the kind of gloriously climactic energy composer Bill Conti gave to Rocky Balboa's final bout in the two films made, we have Tim Matheson, as a character named DREAMER, winning a tournament as victorious music blares.<br>

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TIM MATHESON IS A BOWLING 'DREAMER' WITH SUSAN BLAKELY

Tim Matheson and Susan Blakely in DREAMER Year: 1979 Quickly following a retro opening-credit montage of the unique and antique history ...

TIM MATHESON IS 'DREAMER' W/ SUSAN BLAKELY & JACK WARDEN

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<a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2020/04/dreamer.html">DREAMER REVIEW MOVED HERE</a><br /><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Susan Blakely looking down on DREAMER Score: ***1/2</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tim Matheson bowls another strike in DREAMER</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tim Matheson is Dreamer in DREAMER</td></tr>
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TIM MATHESON IS 'DREAMER' W/ SUSAN BLAKELY & JACK WARDEN

DREAMER REVIEW MOVED HERE Susan Blakely looking down on DREAMER Score: ***1/2 Tim Matheson bowls another strike in DREAMER Tim ...

Written by James M. Tate / 9/10/2012 / 2 Comments / comedy , eighties , heather thomas , mews small , science-fiction , scott baio , willie aames

SCOTT BAIO GETS ZAPPED! W/ WILLIE AAMES & HEATHER THOMAS

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Sort of a MODERN PROBLEMS of the teen set or a racy update of the Disney DEXTER films, ZAPPED stars Scott Baio as a brainy scientific high school whiz kid Barney.<br />
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After womanizing rich kid Peyton, played by future CHARLES IN CHARLES co-star Willie Aames, pours beer into a potion that explodes in the laboratory, Barney’s able to move things around at will: ranging from bullies to girl’s skirts and not in that order.<br />
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Too silly for the college crowd and too dirty for kids, the lighthearted tale never quite knows where it’s going, or why. But the banal venture is not without merit. Felice Schachter’s spectacled beauty Bernadette, as a snoopy journalist student, is a good love interest, providing a conscious for our hero, eventually using (or misusing) his power to gamble.<br />
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Scenes involving Barney’s skills to save his troublesome friend out of sticky situations, mostly involving ingénue Heather Thomas, are engaging with neat special effects. As are the scenes where Barney causes a ventriloquist dummy to stalk his religious mother (Mews Small)...<br />
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Okay, so it’s no comedy classic, but all the hijinx magic, leading to homage of CARRIE – Barney turning the prom into a frantic tornado – is fun enough to keep you entertained. And what else do you expect from a film with this title? <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Willie Aames and Heather Thomas share a prom dance</td></tr>
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