Saturday, December 22, 2012

80s Month Week 3: RoboCop


For the third week of our December tour of the 80s, lets check in with the most chrome-tastic 80s gentleman of all time: RoboCop!


Wednesday, December 19, 2012

One Shot: The Final Duel from Sanjuro


One amazing shot can take a good film and make it great, or take a great film and make it a classic. In each edition of One Shot I take a closer look at one of these shots. Today: Akira Kurosawa changes a genre forever with one spray of blood in Sanjuro.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

BWAAMP!!: A Tragedy


If you’ve seen a movie trailer for an action movie in the last two years you’ve heard it, and heard it, and heard it, and have grown to hate it: it’s the dreaded BWAAAMP!!

Thursday, December 13, 2012

80s Month Week 2: Buckaroo Bonzai



Our December trek through the wondrous world of the 80s continues with one of the greatest/craziest things ever to exist: 1984’s The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension!

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Outside My Comfort Zone: Glee



In Outside My Comfort Zone I watch a single episode of a television show I would never have watched otherwise, and record my impressions. This time around I give Fox’s musical mega-hit Glee a try. Will these plucky teens steal my heart and take it all the way to regionals? Lets find out!

Saturday, December 8, 2012

80s Month Week 1: Miami Vice




To me, nothing says Christmas like neon, blazers with rolled up sleeves, and gratuitous shoulder pads.  So as the weather gets colder and the sound of jingle bells waft in the air, here at Progressive Scan we'll be spending December with some of the best stuff 30 years ago had to offer. First up, the most 80s of 80s things there is: Miami Vice!