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Celebrating both the biggest hits and the most obscure releases of 1980s cinema, focused primarily around exploring the narratives of under‑seen distributors, niche genres, and overlooked classics.
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Thursday Mar 25, 2021
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
This week's episode takes a look back at the career of writer, director and actor Albert Brooks and his brilliant 1985 comedy Lost in America.
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
This week's episode takes a look back at the career of Ralph Bakshi and his pioneering 1981 animated rock musical American Pop.
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
This week's episode takes a look at the best movie in the John Hughes canon: 1987's Some Kind of Wonderful.
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Thursday Feb 25, 2021
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
This week's episode takes a look back at the short-lived 1980s distribution company, Scotti Brothers Pictures.
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Thursday Feb 18, 2021
This week's episode takes a look back at the 1980s movies directed by Academy Award winner Barry Levinson, as well as several of the films he wrote in the 1970s before becoming a director.
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Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
This week's episode takes a look back at the 1980s movies starring three time Academy Award nominee Sigourney Weaver.
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Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
On this episode of The FilmJerk Podcast, we complete our three-part miniseries on the 80s movie production and distribution company, Empire Pictures, discussing dozens of films they announced at one time but never ended making.
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Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
On this episode, we continue our mini-series on the movies of Empire Pictures, concentrating on the films they released theatrically in 1988 and 1989, all the movies they would release directly to video, a summation of the decline of Empire Pictures, and what happened to Empire Pictures head Charles Band after he left the company.
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Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
In this episode, we take a look back at Empire Pictures, one of the more successful independent film distributors of the 1980s, responsible for two classic adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft stories, Re-Animator and From Beyond, the Gremlins ripoff Ghoulies (that wasn't actually a ripoff of Gremlins), and some of the most titillating movie titles to ever exist.
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Sunday Jan 10, 2021
Today's episode takes a look back at Emilio Estevez's 1986 directorial debut, Wisdom. Twenty-three when he started production, Estevez would become the youngest person to write, direct and star in a studio feature film. The modern would-be Bonnie and Clyde action drama would also star Demi Moore (who was also engaged to Mr. Estevez at the time of production), Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright and William Allen Young.
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