The Last '80s Newsletter

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'80s Roulette: TEMPEST

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'80s Roulette: NEIGHBORS

The last film John Belushi ever made teamed him with his best friend, but also led to endless battles on the set that ultimately derailed it.

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'80s Roulette: GREAT WHITE

This week's installment features one of the most egregious rip-offs of the decade.

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'80s Roulette: THE BIG CHILL

'80s Roulette returns with every Baby Boomer's favorite movie about them, The Big Chill.

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'80s Roulette: WALKING THE EDGE

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'80s Roulette: ISHTAR

I don't care what you've heard... ISHTAR rules.

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'80s Roulette: BABYLON

A long-lost reggae classic gets the '80s Roulette treatment this week.

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August 1985 kicks off with smooth vampires and some weird science

Our first installment (out of five) for August 1985 features Fright Night, Weird Science, and some deeply skeezy sex crime comedies.

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'80s Roulette: FUNNY FARM

Chevy Chase had a very uneven '80s, but FUNNY FARM deserves recognition as an underrated gem.

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'80s Roulette: DEATH SPA

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'80s Roulette: BLUE CITY

Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy... and Walter Hill and Ross Macdonald? What the Florida is going on?

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'80s Roulette: THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY

Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver give serious movie star heat in Peter Weir's international breakthrough hit.

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'80s Roulette: KING KONG LIVES

One of the most deliriously silly sequels of the '80s was inevitable.

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November 1981 wraps up with big swings from Forman and Bogdanovich

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November 1981 kicks off with Bo Derek and the Time Bandits

November 1981 only had 13 releases, and the first half features some straight-up trash and at least one classic.

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'80s Roulette: MOONWALKER

Michael Jackson made a crazy vanity project at the absolute height of his fame... but is it a movie?

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'80s Roulette: KICKBOXER

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'80s Roulette: THE MONSTER SQUAD

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'80s Roulette - MURPHY'S ROMANCE

Sally Field and James Garner star in this low-key charmer that earned him an Oscar nomination and established her as a producer.

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'80s Roulette: SAFARI 3000

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'80s Roulette: F/X

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'80s Roulette: EATING RAOUL

One of the silliest cult comedies of the '80s feels like the ultimate '70s hangover.

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'80s Roulette: MODERN GIRLS

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'80s Roulette: ZELLY AND ME

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'80s Roulette: FRATERNITY VACATION