Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. August 1985. It’s the dog days of summer, during the dog days of the most bodacious decade. “Back to the Future” owns the box ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s been 40 years since Pee-wee Herman lost his bike, and to be honest, we’re still not over it. Released in August 1985, ...

Every filmmaker has that one movie that puts them on the map, and for Tim Burton, it was his very first film, Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Pee-wee's Big Adventure premiered in 1985, and sees the quirky ...

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. The film is adapted from Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low,” in which a wealthy businessman ...

Tim Burton was brought on to direct Pee-wee’s Big Adventure after impressing Reubens and the producers with his work on a set of short films: 1982’s Vincent and 1984’s Frankenweenie. The success of ...

It’s the dog days of summer, during the dog days of the most bodacious decade. “Back to the Future” owns the box office, spending its first three weeks after its July 3 release as the No. 1 movie in ...

It was an “I know you’re bittersweet, but what am I?” evening. The annual Netflix Is a Joke festival kicked off Monday night ...

Some things never change. Other things, though, have changed quite a bit since the 1991 indecent exposure arrest that all-but destroyed actor Paul Reubens’ gig as a TV and movie star playing Pee-wee.

For decades, a certain red bicycle has haunted the dreams of film buffs and the tour guides of the Alamo alike, thanks to a certain "Big Adventure." Now, in a plot twist worthy of Hollywood, the Alamo ...

In this undated photo provided by The Alamo Trust, Inc. on Monday, July 21, 2025, shows Pee-wee Herman's original stunt bike from the 1985 film, "Pee-wees Big Adventure," in San Antonio, Texas. (The ...

SAN ANTONIO – In celebration of the 40th anniversary of “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,” the Alamo will unveil the original, screen-used stunt bicycle from the 1985 film. The bike will be on public display ...