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The 80s Movie Podcast — 142 episodes
Losin' It (1983): Tom Cruise and the Lost History of Tijuana
Rude Boy (1980): The Clash, British Punk, and a Changing Britain
Hearts and Armour (1984): Love, Magic, and Medieval Mayhem in a Lost Tanya Roberts Cult Fantasy
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980): Inside Cannon Films’ Forgotten Shelved Horror-Comedy
Host Update Of Why The 80s Movie Podcast Was Paused 8 Months (Apology & Thanks)
The Brotherhood of Justice (1986): Young Keanu Reeves, Kiefer Sutherland and a True Story Vigilante Movie
Brat Pack Movies at 40: The History, the True Members, and the Ultimate 1980s Teen Film
Making Mr. Right (1987): Inside Susan Seidelman and John Malkovich's Cult Sci-Fi Android Rom-Com
Top 5 Fantasy Films of the 1980s with Author Todd Downing - The 80s Movie Podcast
Collision Course (1987): Inside Jay Leno and Pat Morita's Forgotten Buddy Cop Action-Comedy
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985): Madonna, Mistaken Identity, and Susan Seidelman’s Breakthrough
Brats (2024): Andrew McCarthy Andrew McCarthy Revisits the Rise and Fallout of the Brat Pack
Smithereens (1982): Susan Seidelman’s Punk Rock Portrait of a Vanishing New York
Crimewave (1986): Sam Raimi, the Coen Brothers, and Their Cult Comedy Disaster
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983): The Lost Jackie Gleason Version, Burt Reynolds’ Exit, and a Franchise in Trouble - The 80s Movie Podcast
Threads (1984): The 80s Nuclear Holocaust Movie That Still Haunts Viewers More Than Forty Years Later - The 80s Movie Podcast
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988): History & Animation Magic - The 80s Movie Podcast
Deep in the Heart (1984): Tony Garnett’s Lost Film Rediscovered - The 80s Movie Podcast
Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984): George Kennedy, Joe Namath and the Forgotten Train Comedy Disaster - The 80s Movie Podcast
UFOria (1985): The Cult 80s UFO Comedy Hidden Gem with a Strange Release History - The 80s Movie Podcast 126
The Orphans 6: How Three Movies Became Their Distributors' Only Release - The 80s Movie Podcast
The Orphans #5 – The Last Fight, The Howling III, and Cold River | One-Off Distribution Company Film Discussion
Motion Picture Marketing: How an Early Distributor Repackaged European Horror for American Audiences - The 80s Movie Podcast
Miramax Films Part Five (1989): How sex, lies, and videotape Made Miramax a Powerhouse
Miramax Films, Part Four (1988): Expansion, Recognition and a Growing Reputation - The 80s Movie Podcast
William Friedkin’s Forgotten Serial Killer Thriller: Rampage (1987/1992)
Miramax Films, Part Three (1987): The Year Miramax Began to Break Through - The 80s Movie Podcast
The Lost 1980s Movie Nobody Could Find For Years: Oklahoma Smugglers (1987)
Miramax Films, Part Two (1984–1986): Building an Independent Film Identity - The 80s Movie Podcast
Miramax Films, Part One (1979–1983): The Origins of an Independent Film Distributor - The 80s Movie Podcast
Martha Coolidge’s Forgotten Undercover High School Comedy: Plain Clothes (1988)
Val Kilmer, Martha Coolidge & an Underrated 80s Sci-Fi Comedy: Real Genius (1985)
Martha Coolidge’s Forgotten (and Infamous) 80s Sex Comedy: Joy of Sex (1984)
Nicolas Cage, Martha Coolidge & the Ultimate 80s Teen Romance: Valley Girl (1983)
Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer & John Landis’ Underrated Cult Thriller: Into the Night (1985)
Robert Downey Sr., Ralph Macchio & Mad Magazine’s Forgotten Comedy: Up the Academy (1980)
Robert Altman’s Strangest and Most Forgotten Comedy: O.C. and Stiggs (1987)
Vestron Pictures, Part Three (1989–1990): Debt, Decline and the End of an Independent Studio - The 80s Movie Podcast
Vestron Pictures, Part Two (1988): Expansion, Risk and the Pressures of a Breakout Hit - The 80s Movie Podcast
Vestron Pictures, Part One (1986–1987): From Home Video Success to Theatrical Expansion - The 80s Movie Podcast
The Marvel Cinematic Universe of the 1980s: Howard the Duck, Cannon Films and the Lost Era of Marvel Movies - The 80s Movie Podcast
The Abyss (1989): James Cameron's Underwater Sci-Fi Masterpiece | The 80s Movie Podcast
Escape to Victory (1981): Pelé, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and a WWII Soccer Classic - The 80s Movie Podcast
The Jazz Singer (1980): Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier and a Controversial Musical Drama - The 80s Movie Podcast
The War of the Roses (1989): Danny DeVito’s Dark Divorce Comedy with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner - The 80s Movie Podcast
Thriller (1982): Michael Jackson, John Landis and the Music Video That Changed Pop Culture - The 80s Movie Podcast
Less Than Zero (1987): Robert Downey Jr., Bret Easton Ellis, and the Cost of Excess - The 80s Movie Podcast
Bright Lights, Big City (1988): Michael J. Fox, Jay McInerney and 1980s New York Excess - The 80s Movie Podcast
Round Midnight (1986): Dexter Gordon, Jazz, and One of the Decade's Most Overlooked Masterpieces - The 80s Movie Podcast
Positive I.D. (1987): The Forgotten Neo-Noir Universal Thought Could Be the Next Blood Simple - The 80s Movie Podcast
A Nightmare on Elm Street: Gen X, Millennials, and the Legacy of Freddy Krueger
A Brief History of the Nightmare on Elm Street series
Amos Poe: Why One of Independent Cinema's Most Important Voices Needed Our Help
Prince of Darkness (1987) and John Carpenter’s Science of Horror
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984): The Genre-Bending Classic That Refused to Fit In - The 80s Movie Podcast
Walker (1987): Alex Cox, Ed Harris, and the Revolutionary Western That Outraged Critics
Straight to Hell (1987): Alex Cox's Punk Rock Western
Sid and Nancy (1986): Gary Oldman, A Punk Rock Tragedy and Alex Cox’s Cult Classic
Silent Night, Deadly Night: Part 2
The Cineplex Beverly Center
Ross Melnick
The 80s Movie Podcast Trailer
The Assassination Game
Young Einstein
Happy Together
A Brief History of the First Blood Movies
This Podcast is Rated PG-13
American Cinema Releasing
The 3-D Movie Craze of the 1980s
Baseball Movies of the 1980s
Peter Bogdanovich and They All Laughed
The Orphans #4 – Out of the Blue | One-Off Distribution Company Film Discussion
John Sayles in the 1980s: Part 2
John Sayles in the 1980s: Part 1
The Orphans #3 – Union City, Head-On, Wired to Kill | One-Off Distribution Company Film Discussion
Christmas 1981 at the Movies
The Orphans #2 – The Texas Godfather, Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter, Willy/Milly | One-Off Distribution Company Film Discussion
The Orphans #1 – Caligula, and Twice in a Lifetime | One-Off Distribution Company Film Discussion
Who in the Hell Was Alan Smithee, and Why Did He Make So Many Bad Movies
A Brief History of the Halloween Movies
The Films of Bill Forsyth
Dollar Houses
The United Film Distribution Company and Taurus Entertainment: Part Three
The United Film Distribution Company and Taurus Entertainment: Part Two
The United Film Distribution Company and Taurus Entertainment: Part One
The Grounded Genre of 80s Movies: Part 2
The Grounded Genre of 80s Movies - Part 1
FilmDallas Pictures
Blue Thunder and WarGames
Raging Bull
The King of Comedy
After Hours
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Color of Money
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains
Albert Brooks and Lost in America
Ralph Bakshi and American Pop
Some Kind of Wonderful
Scotti Brothers Pictures
Barry Levinson in the 1980s
Sigourney Weaver
Empire Pictures: Part Three
Empire Pictures: Part Two
Empire Pictures: Part One
Wisdom (1986): Emilio Estevez's Robin Hood Crime Drama, and a Very 80s Ending
St. Elmo’s Fire
Talk Radio
Columbia Pictures After David Puttnam, Part 4: Fallout, Reassessment, and the End of an Experiment
David Puttnam After Columbia Pictures, Part 3: The 1988 Slate and the Studio Under Strain
David Puttnam at Columbia Pictures, Part 2: The Films Taking Shape Inside a Changing Studio
David Puttnam at Columbia Pictures, Part 1: The British Outsider Who Tried to Rewire Hollywood
KISS and The Elder: The Movie Concept Album That Almost Broke the Band
The Management Company Entertainment Group
Top 80s Movies With Michael Hourigan: Part 3
Top 80s Movies With Michael Hourigan: Part 2
Top 80s Movies with Michael Hourigan: Part 1
Three O’Clock High
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985): Counterfeiters, Car Chases, and Pure 1980s Neo-Noir
Troma Films in the 1980s
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Musician Filmmakers
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group: The Studio Behind Blue Velvet, Manhunter, and Movie Chaos
Tapeheads (1988): The John Cusack/Tim Robbins Cult Comedy Too Weird for the 1980s
Weintraub Entertainment Group: Jerry Weintraub’s Billion-Dollar Hollywood Gamble
Summer of 1986, Part Three: The Fly, Stand by Me, and the End of a Legendary Summer
Summer of 1986, Part Two: Aliens, The Karate Kid Part II, and the Movies That Took Over
Summer of 1986, Part One: Top Gun, Ferris Bueller, and a Season That Changed Movies
Orion Pictures, Part Five: The Rise, Fall, and Lasting Legacy of an 80s Giant
May 23rd, 1980: When The Empire Strikes Back and The Shining Changed Cinema
Orion Pictures, Part Four: Inside the Studio That Took Chances Hollywood Wouldn’t
Orion Pictures, Part Three: From Cult Favorites to Oscar Winners
Orion Pictures, Part Two: Building an 80s Movie Empire - The 80s Movie Podcast
Orion Pictures, Part One: The Rise of the Studio That Changed the 1980s - The 80s Movie Podcast
Hemdale Films: The Wild Rise and Fall of an 80s Movie Powerhouse - The 80s Movie Podcast
IRS Records and Urgh! A Music War (1982): The Sound of the Early Alternative Scene - The 80s Movie Podcast
Associated Film Distribution: The Studio That Gambled Big and Lost Bigger - The 80s Movie Podcast
Don Simpson: The Producer Who Defined the Blockbuster 1980s - The 80s Movie Podcast
Steven Spielberg in the 1980s: Producer, Writer, and the Hidden Legacy Behind the Movies - The 80s Movie Podcast
My Favorite (Movie) Year: 1982 and the Explosion of 1980s Pop Culture - The 80s Movie Podcast
Steven Spielberg in the 1980s: The Director Behind the Decade’s Biggest Movies - The 80s Movie Podcast
Jensen Farley Pictures: The Wild Independent Studio Behind Some of the 1980s' Most Unforgettable Cult Movies - The 80s Movie Podcast
John Hughes: The Filmmaker Who Defined 1980s Cinema