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Episode 083: Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
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 […]
The Cineplex Beverly Center: The Theater That Changed Moviegoing Forever | The 80s Movie Podcast 083
This week on The 80s Movie Podcast, host Edward Havens revisits the Los Angeles movie theater that forever changed the way we experience going to the movies. Most movie fans […]
Episode 081: Ross Melnick
On this episode, we speak with film historian, author and UCSB professor Ross Melnick about his new book, his 80s cinema class, and five films from the decade he thinks […]
Episode 080: The Assassination Game
On this episode, your host, film historian Edward A. Havens III, delves deep into the 80s film vault to visit one of the movies from the 1980s he had known […]
David Puttnam at Columbia Pictures, Part 1: The British Outsider Who Tried to Rewire Hollywood – The 80s Movie Podcast 032
In this episode of The 80s Movie Podcast, host Edward Havens begins a new miniseries on David Puttnam’s tenure at Columbia Pictures by introducing the man and the mission behind […]
Summer of 1986, Part Three: The Fly, Stand by Me, and the End of a Legendary Summer – The 80s Movie Podcast 018
Every great summer eventually comes to an end, but the summer of 1986 saved some incredible movies for the final stretch. In Part Three of this special series, The 80s […]
Summer of 1986, Part Two: Aliens, The Karate Kid Part II, and the Movies That Took Over – The 80s Movie Podcast 017
This week on The 80s Movie Podcast, host Edward Havens continues his three-part exploration of the Summer of 1986. The 80s Movie Podcast and Edward Havens examine the films that […]
Summer of 1986, Part One: Top Gun, Ferris Bueller, and a Season That Changed Movies – The 80s Movie Podcast 016
This week on The 80s Movie Podcast, host Edward Havens begins a three-part exploration of the Summer of 1986. The 80s Movie Podcast and Edward Havens revisit one of the […]
Episode 008 – IRS Records and Urgh! A Music War: The Sound of the Early Alternative Scene
Before alternative music broke into the mainstream, IRS Records was already helping shape its foundation. In this episode of The 80s Movie Podcast, we explore the rise of IRS Records […]