The Last '80s Newsletter

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'80s Roulette

'80s Roulette: SHOCKER

Wes Craven thumbs his nose at ELM STREET fans

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'80s Roulette: THE LONGSHOT

Tim Conway tries to dig his way out of a career stall

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An Update on Our Progress

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'80s Roulette: NATE AND HAYES

Wait, screenplay by who?!

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'80s Roulette: RETURN TO HORROR HIGH

An early George Clooney appearance does not justify watching this one

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A Quick Note About Our Process

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'80s Roulette: MOUNTAINTOP MOTEL MASSACRE

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October 1981 is the busiest month we've covered so far, and the weirdest, as well

The first sequel to Carpenter's HALLOWEEN is just one of many highlights

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'80s Roulette: RHINESTONE

Sylvester Stallone, this is your nightmare

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'80s Roulette: ARIA

We shift the calendar just a bit and bathe in the weirdo decadence of this anthology film

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'80s Roulette: LEGAL EAGLES

Debra Winger + Robert Redford x Daryl Hannah with a dash of Ivan Reitman equals not much

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'80s Roulette: IT'S ALIVE III - ISLAND OF THE ALIVE

Larry Cohen wraps up his horror trilogy with the weirdest entry so far

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'80s Roulette: T.A.G. - THE ASSASSINATION GAME

Linda Hamilton gets some warm-up stopping a different kind of terminator

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'80s Roulette: I'M GONNA GIT YOU, SUCKA

Keenen Ivory Wayans plants a flag and kicks off a family comedy empire

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June 1985 features some Goonies, a Clint Eastwood western, and a Robert Altman experiment

Plus Jamie Lee Curtis and John Travolta tempt fate with a title and America gets Miyazaki wrong

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'80s Roulette: BIG BUSINESS

Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin co-star with Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin as we kick off a new recurring feature

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The Boners: Volume Two

Tommy Smothers, Lee Majors and... Elvis Presley?!

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The Boners: Volume One

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May 1985's got Chuck Norris, Rambo, Richard Pryor, and GYMKATA. What more could you want?

Wait! How the hell did we end up in May 1985?!

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September 1981 sees the year's Best Picture winner make a run for it

Lots of big swings in this very ambitious line-up

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August 1981 features the ultimate animated cult classic, an American Werewolf, Kathleen Turner's explosive debut and a great Sidney Lumet epic

Plus one seriously odd live-action Disney film

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July 1981 features a savage Blake Edwards satire, the introduction of Snake Plissken, Dudley Moore's iconic Arthur and De Palma's best movie

Plus the single best movie about American punk ever made and the world's horniest Tarzan

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June 1981 gets crazy with Cheech & Chong, Superman, Mel Brooks, Harryhausen, and Indiana freakin' Jones

All this plus James Bond and an underrated fantasy classic

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FRIDAY becomes a franchise, Richard Pryor busts loose, The Lone Ranger does not ride, and Hal Ashby lays an egg in May 1981

It's a jam-packed opening to the month with a pivotal horror sequel