The 5 Spot: The Films of Corey Feldman

What can you say about a man who's career took a swan-dive as soon as he was old enough to drink? These days, this half of The Corey's is the only one your remember, but usually as the butt of an 80s joke. Some folks praise him for his Oscar-worthy performances is such classics like My Life as a Troll and The Thief and the Stripper, but I am not one of those folks. Instead, I like to remember him as the smart-alek-ey kid with a brain that's only slightly more developed than his knack for choosing roles.


#5 The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) trilogy as the voice of Donatello- This classic trilogy is one of my favorites from my childhood. The first two movies are definitely the best (a great role as the pizza delivery boy-turned ninja played by Ernie Reyes, Jr in the second) with the third being a little weird with a strange time-travel storyline going back to feudal Japan, but still ninja-fun.







#4 The Fox and the Hound (1981) as the voice of Young Copper- Without a doubt, this is my favorite of the Disney cartoons of yester-year and when Copper first starts sniffing out Tod in the log and lets out his first little howl, I swear I turn into a 4 year old boy again- every time. Also, I'm also known to break out into "When You're the Best of Friends" at work.







#3 The 'Burbs (1989) as Ricky Butler- This is one of those 80s movies that toed the line between perfect comedy and just plain strange. Let me be clear about this though, this classic starring Tom Hanks in one of his better roles has a foot planted firmly on both sides.









#2 The Goonies (1985) as Mouth- This Steven Spielberg-penned classic is the favorite of many. This is the ultimate adventure fantasy for every youngin'. It's got gadgets (slick shoes!), murder, ice cream, pirate treasure, and Sloth. What more could you ever want?




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and the best film that ever featured the shining smart mouth is:

#1 Stand By Me (1986) as Teddy Duchamp- There is no wavering in my mind that this is one of the greatest coming-of-age films ever made. This classic tale of four friends (River Phoenix, Will Wheaton, a chubby Jerry O'Connell and Corey Feldman) going out in the woods to look for the body of a boy that supposedly got hit by a train so hard that he was knocked right out of his Keds. The movie is based off of the novella The Body written by none other than Stephen King in his collection Different Seasons which also contained a few other classic stories like Apt Pupil and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.




How could such a good egg go bad? Some stars burn hard and fast...