August 29, 2013December 6, 2022Uncategorized Right comet, wrong year Mr Stay Puft has been defeated. After the explosive climax of Ghostbusters, his marshmallow flesh coats the roof of the Central Park […]
July 9, 2013December 6, 2022Uncategorized 8814 clear – mark three! The sound clip that gives this blog its name has shown up again in a movie. It must be the cheapest stock […]
June 20, 2013November 30, 2022Uncategorized Home to pirates and giant apes Not many people like the 1976 remake of King Kong but I love it. So it was while watching a movie recently […]
June 8, 2013November 29, 2022Uncategorized He flies, he loves… he kills This isn’t the deepest trivia you’ll ever read on 8814clear.com, but did you know the legendary director behind 1984’s The Last Starfighter […]
November 12, 2012November 23, 2022Uncategorized Kubrick really let this through? Like every other shot in Stanley Kubrick’s moody take on Stephen King’s bestselling book, the opening titles of The Shining are grandiose […]
May 19, 2012November 16, 2022Uncategorized They ignored their own warning and disturbed the Ark It’s an iconic scene in one of our most iconic movies. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) and Sallah (John Rhys Davies) have figured […]
August 3, 2011November 16, 2022Uncategorized Music to die and issue threats by You might not know it by name but there’s a wonderful piece of music called Sleep Walk, originally by an act called […]
February 21, 2011November 15, 2022Uncategorized Stay on pointe, but watch out for velociraptors That Alan Grant’s multi skilled, all right. In 1992’s ace Three Stooges-inspired Brain Donors he was a ballet dancer, played by Spike […]
January 11, 2011November 15, 2022Uncategorized Beethoven rises again! An 8814 Clear callback – the sumptuous, commanding Symphony Number 7 by Beethoven has popped up again in the movies. You might […]
November 13, 2010November 6, 2022Uncategorized Multimedia lycanthropy Like many kids of the MTV generation I marveled when Michael Jackson broke new ground (yet again) with the 13-minute short film […]