The Film With Three Brains

Dragonslayer 1981 - The Film With Three Brains Review 120

Dragons, sorcerers, magical amulets, secret identities, virgin sacrifices, reincarnation, enchanted weapons, early Christianity and more. Does this 1981 fantasy film try to do too much or not enough? Conjure up some time to sit with us for a spell.

Back to School 1986 - The Film With Three Brains Review 119

Rodney Dangerfield is a rich businessman who joins his son at college to "help" him find his way - and finds himself hot for teacher. Can the kind of self-deprecating one-liners pass his classes AND stay classy? We do a Triple Lindy into our best review yet.

Major League 1989 - The Film With Three Brains Review 118

Is it possible - To watch a movie so much it stops being funny? - To root for a fictional version of an actual franchise? - To cast actors so perfectly it becomes the best film in all their careers? Come visit David S. Ward's fantasy baseball team and see if this movie still touches all the bases.

Rounders 1998 - The Film With Three Brains Review 117

Damon, Norton, Malkovich, Turturro... the greatest hits of the late 90's play big stakes underground poker instead of getting real jobs. In short, you've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em. Know when to walk away, know when to run... and tune into the brains.

The Outsiders 1983 - The Film With Three Brains Review 116

This brat-packed adaptation of S.E. Hinton's novel follows the rumbling teens of Tulsa through traumatic times. Coppola nails casting, but is out of his comfort zone with this YA film. Did it stay gold... or should it remain on the shelf?

Straight Time 1978 - The Film With Three Brains Review 115

Dustin Hoffman is out of the pen and claims he's going legit. When his sour parole officer serves him a double dose of "doubtful hard ass," all bets are off. Is a crime spree nature versus nurture? Is working straight time hard than doing hard time? Check in with us!

Three Kings 1999 - The Film With Three Brains Review 114

We Three Kings of film review are

Talkin' about Ice Cube & costars...

Wahlberg, Clooney, & gold robbery.

Still a film above par?

Return of the Living Dead 1985 - The Film With Three Brains Review 113

It takes a campy zombie movie to prove that true love never dies, but it sometimes comes back from the dead and tries to eat your brains! This early zombie flick helped define the genre but should it be resurrected? Feast on this!

Goodfellas 1990 - The Film With Three Brains Review 112

A whole lotta Liotta, De Niro, and Pesci make Scorsese's screenplay sizzle. Does one of the best films of the 90's stand tough, or back away from The Brains' ruthless brand of review? Do we amuse you?

UHF 1989 - The Film With Three Brains Review 111

"Weird Al" parodies 1980's pop culture in this skit-ish sketch-fest co-starring a not-yet-Kramer, Michael Richards. A Free Spatula or a drink from the firehose for our first listener!

Tremors 1990 - The Film With Three Brains Review 110

Meat-eating sandworms atttack A-listers Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward in this horror comedy B-movie. On paper it's drier than old Nevada cow dung - so what makes this flick so fun? Graboid your head out of the sand and into our brains.

Married to the Mob 1988 - The Film With Three Brains Review 109

Big accents and even bigger hair abound in this 80's flick from Jonathan Demme. Michelle Pfeiffer wants out of the mob and the don offing her husband is just the beginning of the ensuing hijinks. Is this rare comedy from Demme a hit or does it sleep with fishes?

Ordinary People 1980 - The Film With Three Brains Review 108

Tragedy exposes the flaws of an outwardly perfect family in Robert Redford's directorial debut. Can heartfelt grief, forgiveness, and recovery still draw an audience in our superhero/sequel/reboot-addicted era? Tune in for another therapeutic review.

Rapid Fire 1992 - The Film With Three Brains Review 107

Before he was The Crow, Brandon Lee single-footedly kicked the ass of each and every bad guy in this martial arts mishmash. (The inaccurately titled) Rapid Fire inadvertently explores B-movie existentialism: "If the fighting is good enough, do you even need a plot?” We know the answer. Do you?

Grave of the Fireflies 1988 - The Film With Three Brains Review 106

Studio Ghibli - known for creativity and dazzling animated mythology - also created this uncomplicated tearjerker. Wars not make one great; what might it take to make a war movie great? Brainstorm with the boys on this not-so-childish cartoon.