A number of directors in the mid-80s set out quite consciously and deliberately to make the next big cult hit. There was money and status in that midnight movie circuit. Hit it right, make the next ...

If you're going to portray a brilliant neurosurgeon who got so bored fixing brains he traveled the world to master martial arts and particle physics, fronts a rock band of gun-toting scientists, and ...

It’s not a great interdimensional breakthrough, but MGM is taking legal steps to ensure it has rights to make a TV version of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. The 1984 cult ...

What makes a film a cult film? I struggled with this question when I wrote a short book on the film This Is Spinal Tap,... Buckaroo Banzai is basically incomprehensible. Characters, plotlines, even ...

An explosion, a conspiracy, and an unlikely duo on a mission to expose the truth.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension turns 30 years old this week, but I have to admit: I'm not sure I ever really "got" this film. Released Aug. 10, 1984, Buckaroo Banzai was ...

Ariel Waldman contributes Movie Gadget Friday, where she highlights the lovable and lame gadgets from the world of cinema. The last installation of Movie Gadget Friday revisited the Final Cut of the ...

Few cult classics have the staying power, and continued bewildering charm, of 1984’s The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. It’s a mouthful, and terrible for SEO. But its sense of ...

Initially released in 1984, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension boasted a star-studded cast that included the likes of John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, Clancy Brown, Christopher ...

The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension Despite mixed reviews and a disastrous initial release that dumped the film into theaters for a week in the midst of the 1984 Summer Olympics ...

On his Hollywood Babble-On podcast, Kevin Smith briefly stopped talking about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to discuss all the opportunities he’s received since directing an episode of CW’s The ...