Science fiction comedies are hard to pull off. For every Back to the Future or Ghostbusters, there’s a Howard the Duck or Evolution. The ‘80s, in particular, were lousy with sci-fi comedies, but that ...

“The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!” is an absurdist sci-fi-comedy that was arguably ahead of its time and its studio, 20th Century Fox, didn’t know how to market it to the ...

A number of directors in the mid-80s set out quite consciously and deliberately to make the next big cult hit. There was money and status in that midnight movie circuit. Hit it right, make the next ...