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The 1985 John Candy Vehicle Summer Rental Would Be a Lazy Mediocrity Even if a Lame Boat Race Subplot Didn't Dominate Its Third Act

John Candy made his starring debut in 1985’s Summer Rental, a big screen Summer sitcom that’s also, perversely, semi-secretly a boat racing underdog buddy comedy pairing Candy with Magic Pirate Dream Guru Rip Torn.

Rando!, John Candy MonthNathan RabinDecember 6, 2023John Candy, John Candy Month, Richard Crenna, Rip Torn, Carl Reiner, Vacation

1985's Zeitgeist-Capturing Rambo: First Blood Part II is Transcendent Pulp That's Also, You Know, Pretty Fucking Evil

1985’s Rambo: First Blood Part II desecrates everything that made First Blood so powerful. That’s probably why it was a massive blockbuster.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinSeptember 12, 2022Sylvester Stallone, Charles Napier, Richard Crenna, George P. Cosmatos, Rambo, patriotism, Martin Kove, Steven Berkoff, James Cameron, sequel, blockbuster