It’s hard to believe that Real Genius will turn 40 in August of this year. The 1985 Martha Coolidge-directed college comedy classic starring Val Kilmer in just his second movie (and still one of ...

In Top Secret! (1984) and Real Genius (1985) we get to enjoy Val Kilmer's incredible singing and comedic brilliance, but the ...

But before any of those roles, there was Chris Knight, Kilmer’s endlessly wisecracking character in 1985’s Real Genius. Playing the role as a combination of Will Hunting meets Bluto Blutarsky ...

It’s a close match, though: I also loved Kilmer’s performance in his next film, 1985’s comedy classic “Real Genius.” Billed as a teenage sex comedy despite its PG rating, this is the ...

Atherton explained just how much went into the stunt, It was real old-fashioned stuff. Now they’d do it digitally, I guess, but in those days, you had to pop the dang popcorn and put it in a ...