CAMPUS MAN: Probably The Most 80's of all 80's Movies That Ever Came Out of the 1980's

With a poster that looks like the unholy love child of Saved By The Bell and an issue of Playgirl, Campus Man may just be the quintessential movie about a college swim team and one man's desire to make lots of money by selling pictures of them. Although perhaps not quite as sordid a concept as it may first seem, the trailer does little to make it look like a classy affair, showcasing as many men in towels as it dares to dream of.

Starring John Dye, a man who manages to look like James Spader, Andrew McCarthy and Arye Gross all at the same time, Campus Man is actually the story of a Ferris Bueller-esque mid 80's chancer, seeing the opportunity to make a quick buck by exploiting some of his hunky classmates by making a calendar of them. Quite why he decides to do this rather than, oh, I don't know, getting a fucking job, I can't tell you. What I do know is that Campus Man (possibly the vaguest title I've ever heard), is not only directed by a man with the smallest filmography I've ever seen on the IMDb, it also commits the ultimate trailer sin by clearly giving away what the last shot in the movie is. Swimming pool high-fives, anyone?

You can keep your Patrick Bateman's. If there's a better symbol of 80's excess and success than a photo of a be-mulleted gentleman giving the thumbs up whilst wearing a bright yellow sweater with a dollar on it, I'd like to see it.

Greatest Trailers of all Time No. 1 - DOLLMAN

The best closing line to a trailer ever? I think so.

THE LIVING WAKE DVD review

After contracting a mysterious but very prompt deadly disease, K. Roth Binew (Mike O'Connell) along with his man servant Mills (Jesse Eisenberg), spend the day riding around in his rickshaw inviting the locals to K. Roth's wake, taking place that evening with K. Roth as the star attraction.

HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE DVD review

So How I Met Your Mother's Ted Mosby decided to make a movie. But it is any good, or is it the saccharine piece of crap it looks like from the cover? There's only one way to find out.

Something Tells Me The Top Bit Of This Poster Isn't Accurate

MARVEL AVENGERS ASSEMBLE review

Marvel's epic in scale superhero smackdown The Avengers (or Marvel Avengers Assemble depending on where in the world you live) is now in cinemas. But after so many years of hype building, can it possibly meet such high expectations?

Not To Be Confused With... #7

To be fair to the makers of Seafood, they're not the first ones to copy the winning formula of smiling aquatic creatures with a bright yellow title. Still, at least the rest of these didn't attempt a tagline like "the fish are out of water!" despite the fact the fish are quite clearly in the water.

Remember kids, Sharks aren't your friends.

Obscurity Files - Doctor Detroit

You know Dan Aykroyd, right? Lovely, wholesome Dan Aykroyd? Can you imagine him playing a pimp with a metal hand and a name that makes about as much sense as his decision to make Blues Brothers 2000? Well, Aykroyd doesn't care what you think. He went and did it any way.

Ruby Sparks Trailer

So hip it's in danger of exploding in its own loafers and oversized spectacle frames, the new trailer for the upcoming Ruby Sparks looks to be one of the more intriguing films on the indie film calendar, thanks to a premise that brings a high concept to the story of a struggling writer looking for artistic inspiration.


Starring the real life couple of Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan, this new film from the directors of Little Miss Sunshine is so drenched in indie cred it must have Parker Posey as its fairy godmother. Based on a script from leading lady Zoe Kazan, there's so many independent films that trade on the idea of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, how long was it going to be before someone took the Dream Girl part more literally? 


As well as having the ever reliable Dano as the lead, Ruby Sparks looks like it will solidify Zoe Kazan's status as a MPDG and a talent to watch in the future. For now the question remains; can an indie film pull off the unlikely combination of Weird Science meets 500 Days of Summer? Or is it more Stranger Than Fiction meets Adaptation? Come July 2012 we'll find out.

SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK DVD review

Based on the writings of little known author Stephen King, the 1991 horror Sometimes They Come Back is newly available on DVD. But, twenty years later, is it still scary?