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We’re your ticket to the movies! Since 2019, film historian and former critic Edward A. Havens III has carefully curated a unique cinematic journey through 1980s films, covering a wide variety of aspects of cinema of the day, from distributors barely remembered and films long forgotten, to the biggest actors and filmmakers of the decade.
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Monday Dec 07, 2020
Monday Dec 07, 2020
We continue our miniseries on British film producer David Puttnam and the films he would make or acquire during his brief run as the head of Columbia Pictures, by taking a look at the first batch of 16 movies Puttnam would approve or acquire, released between September 1987 and June 1988.
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
We begin our miniseries on British film producer David Puttnam and the films he would make or acquire during his brief run as the head of Columbia Pictures by taking a look at the man himself, and how he was able to build a career in filmmaking that would lead him to become the last major filmmaker to head a major studio.
Read the rest of this entry »Sunday Nov 22, 2020
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
On this episode, we take a look back at the 1981 Kiss album that was supposed to launch a global entertainment juggernaut, with a movie, a soundtrack album, a tour to support the movie and soundtrack album, a sequel movie, a sequel soundtrack and a sequel tour to support the sequel movie and sequel soundtrack.
Music from "The Elder."
Read the rest of this entry »Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Today's episode talks about the Management Company Entertainment Group, or MCEG, who would only release four films over the course of nineteen months, while also producing one of the biggest hits of 1989.
Read the rest of this entry »Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
On this third and final part of a three part series, host Edward Havens continues to discuss favorite 80s movies, the state of streaming services today, religion, books, movie theatres, wrestling and so much more with his brother-in-law, Ph. D. student Michael Hourigan.
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Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
On this second part of a three part series, host Edward Havens continues to discuss favorite 80s movies, the state of streaming services today, religion, books, movie theatres, wrestling and so much more with his brother-in-law, Ph. D. student Michael Hourigan.
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Monday Nov 09, 2020
Monday Nov 09, 2020
On this first part of a three part series, host Edward Havens discusses favorite 80s movies, the state of streaming services today, religion, books, movie theatres and so much more with his brother-in-law, Ph. D. student Michael Hourigan.
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
This episode takes a look at creation, production and release of Phil Joanou's underrated 1987 teen comedy Three O'Clock High, produced (and then unproduced) by Steven Spielberg and his Amblin Entertainment.
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Monday Oct 19, 2020
This episode takes a look at creation, production and release of the classic 1985 action thriller To Live and Die in L.A.
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
This episode takes a look at the 1980s theatrical releases for New York City-based independent production company and distributor Troma Films, including the 1980s horror-comedy classic The Toxic Avenger.
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