The Film With Three Brains

The Breakfast Club 1985 - The Film with Three Brains Review

A brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal walk into a high school library...

The Rocketeer 1991 - The Film with Three Brains Review

In yesteryear there was a rocket.

 

Stored in a swashbuckler's cockpit.

 

Saving girl, USA

 

Mob and Nazis at bay

 

Will the Brains embrace or knock it?

The Shootist 1976 - The Film with Three Brains Review

In John Wayne's swan song, he plays a dying gunslinger who has outlived his era and wants nothing more than to ride off into the sunset. He settles down at Lauren Bacall and Ron Howard's B&B. But locals with visions of glory want to take the gunman out themselves. See bullets fly! Hears Brains gush.

The Truman Show 1998 - The Film with Three Brains Review

Peter Weir posits: what if Orwell's Big Brother cameras were there just for the ratings? Can reality be reality TV? What's true, man? Jim Carrey tones it down for his first drama, but is he stills "aces?" Join our not live feed for lively conversation.

Last Action Hero 1993 - The Film with Three Brains Review

Last Action Hero:

SatisfAction?

StupefAction?

MalefAction?

OverreAction?

Fecal ImpAction!?

Or, Last Action Zero?

Born on the Fourth of July 1989 - The Film with Three Brains Review

Tom Cruise set aside his looks and 80's charisma for this mostly-true story of Ron Kovic, a paraplegic Vietnam veteran turned anti-war activist. Oliver Stone snagged his third Oscar for this biopic, but will the new generation of moviegoers love it or leave it?

Jacob’s Ladder 1990 - The Film with Three Brains Review

Fractured Vietnam Vet, Tim Robbins as his best. spirals into the sinister unknown as his inner (and outer) demons claw their way to reality. Losing one's mind is a risky movie investment. Do terror, regret. confusion, and conspiracy add up to payoff worthy by today's standards? Come climb that ladder with us.

Beetlejuice 1988 - The Film with Three Brains Review

Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis are recently deceased and dying to rid their house of the new family that moved in. They summon Beetlejuice, the scene stealing bio-exorcist for help, but he has plans of his own. Is this quirky charmer worth watching 167 times or is the ghost with the most toast?

But I’m a Cheerleader 1999 - The Film with Three Brains Review

Natasha Lyonne's cheerleading is put on hold when friends and family force her into a reformation program (Don't Say Hoortay). Lighthearted satire about "curing" homosexuality was what the 1990's needed, but is it still funny - and relevant? The brains review with pride and their friend Riley.

The Straight Story 1999 - The Film with Three Brains Review

For this no-frills true tale of an aging man determined to see his sick brother, David Lynch plays it straight. Watching an old coot ride a lawnmower across Iowa sounds akin to watching paint dry; what exactly does this film do to make our critics coo? Is it what you say or how you say it? Time we cut the grass, friends.

Face/Off 1997 - The Film with Three Brains Review

Good badge, John Travolta swaps spit-&-image with bad seed, Nicolas Cage to infiltrate the latter's scheming empire in this case of disordered identity. With John Woo's stylized flare and more impromptu action than an adult diaper, there is no other movie like this. To flush or not to flush, that is the question. The answer? Depends.

Mad Max 1979 - The Film with Three Brains Review

Mel Gibson's Mad Max debut is also George Miller's first step into the fast and furious world of vehicular mayhem. Does one of the most successful indie movies in history have enough in the tank to fuel fable and franchise? Or is it a mer skid mark on the Fury Road?

Ruthless People 1986 - The Film with Three Brains Review

Danny DeVito is a snickering toad of a husband who hopes kidnappers make good on their pledge to kill his wife if he doesn't pay a ransom. Do Abrahams, Zucker and Zucker deliver on a premise full of promise or do they misstep into a pile of schtick. Hear us place the Bette and Judge away to Helen back.

Heathers 1989 - The Film with Three Brains Review

Winona Ryder and Christian Slater give teen angst a body count in this anti-John Hughes high school revenge romp. This irreverent suicide flick is satiric and sometimes sophomoric, but does it still make the grade? Hear certified fresh men debate.

Short Circuit 1986 - The Film with Three Brains Review

Johnny 5 is alive! Can we say the same of the movie? Does the charm of the puppeteer's voice (and Steve Guttenburg) create a winning metal Pinocchio? Or do stereotypes cause it to disassemble? Take a rest and listen to our Turing test.