The Last '80s Newsletter

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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

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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

A special issue in which we address the problem of mistakes

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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Formerly Dangerous

Catching the Car

Or, where the hell is Drew?

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April 1981 features one of the year's best, one of the worst, and the first of two great werewolf movies

We've got Susan Sarandon, Kim Basinger and Jan-Michael Vincent, and Jerry Lewis

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A double dose of Elliott Gould, steamy Nicholson, criminal Caan and an Albert Brooks classic all land in March 1981

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Newman plays cop, Bakshi gets ambitious, and Jamie Lee Curtis heads down under in February 1981

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Cronenberg's blowing up heads and Lily Tomlin's getting small in January 1981