Weekend At Bernie's-1989

Weekend at Bernie's is super gnarly, snarky, caper that should be watched every Saturday to wash away the strains of the working week. Andrew McCarthy (Mannequin, St. Elmo's Fire, Less than Zero, Pretty in Pink) and  Jonathan Silverman (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Give Me a Break) star as underachieving yuppies Larry Wilson and Richard Parker. That is until one fateful Sunday they discover a 2 million dollar mistake and they see their potential meteoric ride to the top. They can't wait until Monday to tell their boss, Bernie Lomax (Terry Kiser).

Bernie seems happy with the revelation and vows to reward the boys with a vacation at his place in New York/Jersey beaches. Well, Bernie has more dastardly plans. Apparently they have discovered some Bernie fraud. Not to be discovered and done in, Bernie reports to his mob cohorts and plans to have the boys killed. Of course some great 80's twists transpire and Bernie ends up on the chopping block for some acts of indiscretion against his mob boss' girl.

The witty wise cracking Wilson and straight laced Parker give this movie some well-deserved depth. The boys think Bernie died of natural causes, the mob think their hit on Bernie went bad, party goers thinks Bernie is just wasted and just plain chilling out. Parker’s love interest Gwen Saunders (Catherine Mary Stewart, Night of the Comet), thinks Parker is nuts as he tries to explain that Bernie is actually dead. It’s mayhem.

The straight panned Bernie is a dead man, but the boy's antics give him appearances of life. Kiser is the winner here playing this character with body language, dead pan facial expression, dead man hijinks, and that water skiing scene. No, this is not a ghost story, but the story of a stone cold dead man.

Weekend at Bernie's is an 80's throw back. Imagine a world of people smoking whenever and wherever they want, suit jackets and ties with shorts, big telephones, French cut bikinis, Champaign, caviar, and coke and you've just conjured an 80s movie.

How will it pan out? You’ll just have to find out by watching Weekend at Bernie's

Beach Balls

In Beach Balls, Charlie Harrison wants the girl, Wendy. He's wanted her for years, which he reminds himself of every new beach season. The girl doesn't notice him in the way he wants. It's totally bogus cause she just wants to be friends. She's really hot for guys in rock bands.

Charlie has a few strikes against him.

1.He plays music, but he's not in the band.
2. His mom has a strict no rock and roll policy. Yes folks, she's like ultra religious.
3. Two crooks and their trashy girlfriend keep making trouble for him.
4. Wendy's brother wants to beat him up.

So, how does Charlie get the girl? If he does, how? What magic formula will he use to gain instant rock status? Well, the formula is there, it's called an 80's movie.

Best line ever:

"I just want to be friends," says Wendy
"I can't believe you just said the F word," answers Charlie, right after the revelation.

Beach Balls is full of unknown 80's synth movie music. The band plays soft core rock versions of songs you might hear from Poison or Motley Crew.


Beach Balls is rate R for...I'm totally not sure why.

Summer Rental

Summer Rental (1985). John Candy (Splash, Trains, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Canadian Bacon) stars as Jack Chester, an air traffic controller. He is under a lot of stress and barely avoids a major air catastrophe by mistaking a fly for an airplane. The solution; take his family on a much needed vacation.

However, location isn’t everything. The Chesters soon learn that trying to get good old dad to relax is going to be one catastrophic event after another. Men try to date his wife and daughter, a preppy yachtsman challenges him to a race and so many more adventures await.

Summer Rental also stars Kerri Green, Joey Lawrence, John Larroquette, Karen Austin, and Richard Crenna

Summer Rental is an excellent and fun fabulous 80’s movie. This movie takes you from the boiling room pressure cooker of an FAA control tower to the supposedly tranquil beach vacation.

Awesome soundtrack includes Footloose and Axel F. Yeah, you’ve heard them before and now you can hear them on Summer Rental. See it now.

This movie is rated PG-13