Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) ***1/2

Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) had always been on my radar but I only managed to watch it for the first time last night. What a goofy but fun ride—a smorgasbord of kitschy, candy-coated, sci-fi popcorn fluff. I didn't realize that the film was a musical—that was a pleasant surprise. Those songs (with lyrics by Julie Brown and music by Nile Rogers), along with the soundtrack, are a blast. The cast, production design, costumes, makeup, effects, and cinematography are all fantastic. My one complaint is that I think the picture could be 10-15 minutes shorter. EGAE reminded me of another movie that I only saw for the first time this year, Back To The Beach (review), which was released a year earlier—another slice of '80s camp that became a cult classic.