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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 Oct 19, 2020
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.
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
This episode takes a look at the Chiodo Brothers' 1988 cult horror-comedy classic Killer Klowns from Outer Space, featuring a remembrance from my best friend and former FilmJerk contributor Dick Hollywood on his one day as a Killer Klown during shooting.
Read the rest of this entry »Sunday Sep 13, 2020
Sunday Sep 13, 2020
In today's episode, we take a look at the debut films of five filmmakers who got their start as musicians.
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Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Today's episode talks about the DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group, born from the ashes of Embassy Pictures in the fall of 1985, only to spectacularly flame out after two years, but able to make one true masterpiece and several modern classics in such a short amount of time.
Read the rest of this entry »Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
This episode takes a look at the under-appreciated 1988 comedy Tapeheads, starring John Cusack and Tim Robbins.
Read the rest of this entry »Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
This episode takes a look at the Weintraub Entertainment Group, which would release only six movies in less than a year before going bankrupt.
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
This episode is the third and final part of an occasionally personal journey through one of the better summers for films during the 1980s: the summer of 1986.
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
This episode is the second part of a three-part, occasionally personal, journey through one of the better summers for films during the 1980s: the summer of 1986.
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
This episode is the first part of a three-part, occasionally personal, journey through one of the better summers for films during the 1980s: the summer of 1986.
This episode covers the following movies released in May and June of 1986, except otherwise noted:
American Anthem (Albert Magnoli)
Back to School (Alan Metter)
Belizaire the Cajun (Glen Pitre)
Big Trouble (John Cassavetes)
Cobra (George P. Cosmatos)
The Cosmic Eye (Faith Hubley)
Crawlspace (David Schmoeller)
Dangerously Close (Albert Pyun)
Death of a Soldier (Phillipe Mora)
Demons (Lamberto Bava)
The Eyes of the Bird (Gabriel Auer)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes)
Fire with Fire (Duncan Gibbons)
Floodstage (David Dawkins)
French Quarter Undercover (Joe Catalanotto and Patrick C. Poole)
Funny Dirty Little War (Hector Olivera)
Gone in 60 Seconds (July 1974, H.B. Halicki)
A Great Wall (Peter Wang)
Hard Choices (Rick King)
Home of the Brave (Laurie Anderson)
In Nome Del Papa Re (Luigi Magni)
In the Shadows of Kilimanjaro (Raju Patel)
Invaders from Mars (Tobe Hooper)
Jake Speed (Andrew Lane)
The Karate Kid Part 2 (John G. Avildsen)
Killer Party (William Freut)
Labyrinth (Jim Henson)
Legal Eagles (Ivan Reitman)
The Manhattan Project (Marshall Brickman)
Mona Lisa (Neil Jordan)
My Little Pony: The Movie (Michael Joens)
Never Too Young to Die (Gil Bettman)
Not Quite Paradise (Lewis Gilbert)
On the Edge (Rob Nilsson)
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (Brian Gibson)
Raw Deal (John Irvin)
Ronja Robbersdaughter (Tage Danielsson)
Running Scared (Peter Hyams)
Ruthless People (David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker)
Say Yes (Larry Yust)
Sex Appeal (Chuck Vincent)
Short Circuit (John Badham)
Signal 7 (Rob Nilsson)
Space Camp (Harry Winer)
Spring Symphony (Peter Schamoni)
Sweet Liberty (Alan Alda)
Tea in the Harem (Mehdi Charef)
Top Gun (Tony Scott)
Vagabond (Agnes Varda)
Vamp (Richard Wenk)
Whatever Happened to Kerouac? (Richard Lerner and Lewis McAdams)