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Starting Over (1979) Reynolds fails to carry this late-70s story of an indecisive divorced white man.

Published July 5, 2022July 3, 2022by Stunt Rock in Unrealistic People Falling In Love

Thunder Alley (1985) Rags-to-riches music story that's authentic and enjoyable.

Published June 28, 2022May 28, 2022by Stunt Rock in Coming of Age According To A Script, Extremely Dated Musical Entertainment

Hanging On A Star (1978) Starring vehicle for 2nd-tier musician/actor Lane Caudell

Published June 21, 2022June 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Coming of Age According To A Script, Extremely Dated Musical Entertainment

Under Cover (1987) Cannon delivers an acceptable Jumpstreet knock-off.

Published June 14, 2022June 13, 2022by Stunt Rock in Barely Justified Revenge, Dangerous Kids

Screen Test (1985) Sexually-frustrated white males decide to make a skin flick in order to see boobs in person.

Published June 7, 2022May 28, 2022by Stunt Rock in 70s Boob Showcase

Weekend Warriors (1986) A miserably unfunny Bert Convy-helmed movie about some guys in the Army Reserve.

Published May 31, 2022May 28, 2022by Stunt Rock in Early-Buddy Erotica

Storm (1987) High schoolers run afoul of old men trying to find a treasure in the Canadian wilderness

Published September 13, 2021February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Foreign Movies Made For $5 (U.S.), Instructional Films For Killing Teens

…All The Marbles (1981) Peter Falk stumbles through a 2-hour female wrestling movie that against all odds manages to be totally boring and dismissable.

Published September 4, 2021February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Blue-Collar Heroics, Wrasslin'

Goldengirl (1979) Overly-padded, made-for-TV starring-vehicle for model Susan Anton.

Published August 27, 2021February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in High Concept - Poor Execution

Surrender (1987) Popular actors portray unhappy adults and obsess over money and love triangles for 95 minutes.

Published August 19, 2021February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Unrealistic People Falling In Love

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The Betamax Rundown was started by failed musician and artist Stunt Rock in October of 2006, with the intent being to review and analyze a personal library of over 2100 Betamax tapes.

When not watching movies, he enjoys making artistic horseshit no one cares about.

Steve Bullyhuff is the ever-loyal proofreader and fact-checker. When not fixing drunken typos, he enjoys playing rock music.

The Betamax Rundown is updated sporadically.

Marathon (1980) This movie is written by men, from the perspective of men, and for consumption by men. Longing for extramarital affairs, fixation on younger women, unhappiness with a spouse, disappointment with kids - it’s all here. Independence Day (1983) Trigger warning if your grandfather ever made you high like a tree. Independence Day (1983) Beret-clad photographer Mary Ann (Kathleen Quinlan) has lived in the same town her entire life yet still finds the energy to run around snapping photos of townspeople as she awaits an acceptance letter from a San Franciso art school, while also helping her cancer-stricken mother convalesce. We’re supposed to ignore that she’s clearly 30 and still trying to get into art school. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983) Extra Ellen Barkin appreciation post. Her performance in the first segment was described as "bruised, tough and sexy" by Janet Maslin in the NYT. Accurate. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983) Kevin Bacon, playing a young cabbie looking for love in the third story of this anthology film, sings a song, but it sound like it might be overdubbed. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983) Uneven New York anthology full of progressive themes and likable performances. Mid-Knight Rider aka Hard Knocks (1979) Some select clips: Mid-Knight Rider aka Hard Knocks (1979) HARD RECOMMEND! This movie is insane. Somewhere there has to be a proper cut where it all works perfectly, but this seventy-seven-minute cut released on home video is wild. It’s Midnight Cowboy but quickly turns into homesteading Western before dropping into First Blood territory. Foolin' Around (1980) A young Bill Macy in his first screen role! Foolin' Around was filmed in 1978 so I'm comfortable saying this even though it was released after Somewhere In Time (1980) which is technically the first appearance of W. H. Macy.

The World Sucks Now.