I've been struggling with trying to find a good topic for my
first Retro Junk article. I know "favorite" lists are a tad
unoriginal, but I need something I can feel comfortable writing
at length about, so here goes.....  As a kid growing up in the
80's and early 90's, I was always more partial to live-action
movies over animated ones. While I did enjoy animated movies, I
found it much easier to loose myself in live-action. It's funny
when I look back now, I realise that even then I used movies as
a form of escapism. Part of me also wanted to be an actor as a
kid. I remember fantasising about being on-set with a huge
animatronic Falkor, or doing fun stunts like in The Goonies.  So
with that being said, here's my list of my favorite live-action
kids films (in no particular order):  The Goonies (1985)  What
little boy didn't want to go on an awesome adventure with all
his friends? The Goonies was like the ultimate fantasy for me as
a kid. I also identified with with the characters, being a bit
of an outsider mys