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Join film critic and historian Edward A. Havens III for a carefully curated and unique cinematic journey through 1980s films. Covering a wide variety of aspects of 80’s cinema, from distributors barely remembered and films long forgotten, to the biggest actors and filmmakers of the decade, The 80s Movie Podcast is your ticket to the movies.
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Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
On this episode, we continue our informal miniseries on the 1980s movies of director Martha Coolidge with a look back at her 1985 under appreciated classic, Real Genius.
Read the rest of this entry »Thursday May 04, 2023
Thursday May 04, 2023
This week, we continue with the Martha Coolidge lovefest with her one truly awful movie, Joy of Sex.
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Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
This week, we take a look back at a movie celebrating the fortieth anniversary of its theatrical release this coming Saturday, a movie that made a star of its unconventional lead actor, and helped make its director one of a number of exciting female filmmakers to break through in the early part of the decade.
The movie Martha Coolidge's 1983 comedy Valley Girl, starring Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman.
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Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
On this episode, we do our first deep dive into the John Landis filmography, to talk about one of his lesser celebrated film, the 1985 Jeff Goldblum/Michelle Pfeiffer morbid comedy Into the Night.
Read the rest of this entry »Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
This week's episode takes a look back at the career of trailblazing independent filmmaker Robert Downey, father of Robert Downey, Jr., and his single foray into the world of Hollywood filmmaking, Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy.
Read the rest of this entry »Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
On this episode, we talk about the great American filmmaker Robert Altman, and what is arguably the worst movie of his six decade, thirty-five film career: his 1987 atrocity O.C. and Stiggs.
Read the rest of this entry »Thursday Mar 09, 2023
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
This week, we finish our three part episode on the 1980s distribution company Vestron Pictures.
Read the rest of this entry »Friday Mar 03, 2023
Friday Mar 03, 2023
We continue our look back at the movies released by independent distributor Vestron Pictures, focusing on their 1988 releases.
Read the rest of this entry »Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
The first of a two-part series on the short-lived 80s American distribution company responsible for Dirty Dancing.
Read the rest of this entry »Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
This week, we talk about the 1980s Marvel Cinematic Universe that could have been, and eventually was.
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