'80s Movie News

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SPLASH Podcast: A Lovable Family Film if You Overlook the Bestiality, Child Nudity & Voyeurism

Photo Above: Podcaster Riley Roberts gives her take on Splash. Photographer: Victoria Igloi. Splash is a family film that began our modern-day fascination with mermaids, a film that made Tom ...
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PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES: Is Neal Page’s Experience Now the American Thanksgiving Experience?

'80s Movies: A Guide to What's Wrong with Your Parents PODCAST: https://80smovieguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/80s-Movie-Guide_-Planes-Trains-and-Automobiles.mp3 When you think of Thanksgiving movies, your brain might rush by Addams Family Values, Free Birds or Jack ...
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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane? It’s FREE TICKETS to SUPERMAN!

UPDATE: Winners have been picked at random! Congratulations to  Michael King, Chad Bailey, Elvis Vazquez, Dan Gurwitz, and Bill Desenberg! Everyone else, get your tickets at FathomEvents.com or at your theater! ...
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Yippee-Ki-Yay, We’ve Got DIE HARD 30th Anniversary Movie Tickets to Give Away!

Congratulations to our winners! Robert Y. of Torrance, Calif.; Roger F. of Orlando, Fla.; Jim S. of Shadow Hills, Calif.; Andy G. of Plano, Texas; and Eff D. from Cincinnati, ...
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A Real McDowell’s is Your Halloween Treat

Pop culture is embracing the '80s for Halloween this year - both the Today and Good Morning America personalities dressed as iconic '80s celebrities, movies, and TV shows. But one Hollywood restaurant ...
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BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Waxes Lyrical About Queen in the ’80s

July 13, 1985: where were you? Without knowing you personally, I know that sometime during that day, maybe for one minute, or maybe for an hour, or maybe all day, ...
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Get Free Tickets to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 50th Anniversary Screening!

UPDATE: Winners have been picked! Congrats to Jason R., David W., Bradshaw D., David, and Instagram winner Changomania!   George Romero's zombie classic Night of the Living Dead is celebrating its 50th ...
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MR. MOM Gets the Reboot as a Digital Series

The 1983 Michael Keaton-Teri Garr comedy classic Mr. Mom is getting a 2019 makeover as a digital series on Vudu. It looks like the first of many as MGM inked a ...
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Is YOUNG GUNS Responsible for Gen X’s Gun Obsession?

It's the 30th Anniversary of Young Guns (currently steaming on Hulu and Netflix) and we're celebrating. Young Guns is considered the most historically accurate version of Billy the Kid on film, but ...
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“Animal House, Caddyshack and Fast Times at Ridgemont High….”

In Brett Kavanaugh's testimony countering his 1982 high school rape allegation, he said that the high school yearbook editor tried to project the image that the school was "Animal House, Caddyshack, ...
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THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE Back in Theaters for One Night & We Have 5 Pairs of Tickets to Give Away!

Childhood flashback to when a new toy rocked your world: THE TRANSFORMER! You twisted and turned Bumblebee the robot and Optimus Prime into vehicles while watching the cartoon series and ...
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Why THE KARATE KID is The Most Gen X Movie Ever Made: ’80s MOVIES Podcast

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST: https://80smovieguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/The-Karate-Kid.mp3 Today is the 34th Anniversary of The Karate Kid, a movie that continues to resonate with the kids of the '80s...and Millennials and Generation Z. ...
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