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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.
Episodes
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Positive I.D.
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
This episode, we cover a movie from 1987 which was distributed by a major studio in 1987 but is all but unknown today, Andy Anderson's Positive I.D.
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Generation Gap: The A Nightmare on Elm Street series
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Your humble host and podcasting guru Jeff Townsend talk about the Nightmare on Elm Street series from their different generational points of view.
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Oct 31, 2022
A Brief History of the Nightmare on Elm Street series
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
As required by Section 107-14-8 of the Podcast Code, every movie podcast must do a horror-themed show during the month of October. We thus fulfill our requirement by offering this first part of a two-part series on the Nightmare on Elm Street movies.
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Amos Poe Is Our Friend and Needs Our Help
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
On this episode, we talk about one of the most influential yet lesser known figures of the 1970s and 1980s independent cinema movement, and how he needs our help today. Please allow me to introduce you to Amos Poe, and explain to you why he needs our help today.
If you feel like helping Amos Poe after you listen to the episode, you can make a donation through the GoFundMe page set up by his friends.
Friday Oct 21, 2022
Prince of Darkness
Friday Oct 21, 2022
Friday Oct 21, 2022
This week, we look back at one of John Carpenter's lesser appreciated works, which was released 35 years ago this week.
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
On this episode, we dive into the deep end of the 8th Dimension to talk about how one of the best movies of the 1980s was able to escape from the minds of writer Earl Mac Rauch and director W.D. Richter and into our consciousness, 1984's The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Walker
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
We complete our miniseries on the 1980s movies of Alex Cox by looking at his most controversial film.
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
Straight to Hell
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
On this episode, we continue a look back at the 80s movie of iconoclastic British filmmaker Alex Cox with his wacky 1987 movie Straight to Hell.
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Sid and Nancy
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
On this episode, your humble host talks about one of his favorite movies of the decade, and apologizes for a chance in plans.
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Silent Night, Deadly Night: Part 2
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
On this episode, we reflect on the recent unfortunate late summer release of an Easter-themed movie by looking back to the 1987 unfortunate late spring release of a Christmas-themed horror movie, Silent Night, Deadly Night: Part 2.