BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE [1989]

Alex Winter & Keanu Reeves star as two time-travelling airheads in Stephen Herek's 80's teen comedy Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
Bill and Ted have to pass their history exam or else it's game over, so with the help of an Americanized TARDIS they travel through time to pick-up famous dead dudes throughout the ages.  There's no denying this is vintage '80's silliness but with the help of the two title character's lovable performances and some hilarious head-shaking lines & situations it manages to win you over within minutes.  Herek's eye is horrible as nearly all his shots are off-kilter, badly framed and unimaginative but that's not what we're here for.  They're harmless, positive role models that stand by their words no matter how bad things get: "be excellent to each other".

3 medieval dickweeds out of 5

Critters (1986)

Of the shovel-load of horror B-Movies that appeared during the 80’s, Critters was one of the more entertaining ones. It still is.
It’s a sci-fi/horror hybrid with some accidental laughs and some purposeful laughs. The creatures are like vicious little bastard cousins of the Gremlins. They wreak havoc, as you’d expect, but what makes the film work so well is that the family is at the heart of it. The bitey things don’t kill off screaming, sex-crazed teenagers one by one, they threaten something important, something worth fighting for.

3 furry balls out of 5