The 80s Movie Podcast
Your ticket to the movies!
Since 2019, film historian and former critic Edward A. Havens III has carefully curated a unique cinematic journey through 1980s films, covering a wide variety of aspects of cinema of the day, from distributors barely remembered and films long forgotten, to the biggest actors and filmmakers of the decade.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 137
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
A Brief History of the First Blood Movies
On this episode, we take a look back at the history of the First Blood movies.
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From its beginnings as an idea by Penn State English student David Morrell in 1968 to its publication as a…
This Podcast is Rated PG-13
On this episode of The 80s Movie Podcast, we work our way through the history of American movie censorship, the creation of the MPAA rating system, what lead to the creation of the PG-13 rating in 19…
American Cinema Releasing
This episode, we take a look back at the short-lived production and distribution company American Cinema Releasing, pioneers of two ways of finding financing for independent films and releasing them …
The 3-D Movie Craze of the 1980s
On this episode, we discuss the history of 3-D movies, and take a look at the ones that were made and released during the 1980s.
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The titles discussed during this episode include:
Amityvi…
Baseball Movies of the 1980s
In time for the start of the baseball season, we talk about the numerous baseball movies that were made for movie and television screens during the 1980s.
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Movies discussed during this ep…
Peter Bogdanovich and They All Laughed
On this episode, we take a look back at the life and career of director Peter Bogdanovich, with a focus on his forgotten 1981 comedy They All Laughed, and the love affair with one of the film’s leadi…
The Orphans: Part 4 - Dennis Hopper and Out of the Blue
On this episode, your host, film critic and historian Edward A. Havens III, talks about the late, great Dennis Hopper, his mostly forgotten 1980 film Out of the Blue, and how it is getting a new leas…
John Sayles in the 1980s: Part 2
On this episode, film critic and historian Edward A. Havens III concludes his two-part look back at the 1980s films of one of cinema's truly gifted storytellers, John Sayles.
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We talk abo…
John Sayles in the 1980s: Part 1
On this episode, film critic and historian Edward A. Havens III begins a two-part look back at the 1980s films of one of cinema's truly gifted storytellers, John Sayles.
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We talk about hi…
The Orphans: Part 3
This episode continues an irregular series that takes a look back at a minor cinematic phenomenon that happened more often in the 1980s than in any other decade: the one-time-only distribution compan…
Christmas 1981 at the Movies
On this episode, film critic and historian Edward A. Havens III takes his Wayback Machine back forty years, to look back at the movies you could have seen after Christmas dinner in 1981.
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The Orphans: Part 2
This episode continues an irregular series that takes a look back at a minor cinematic phenomenon that happened more often in the 1980s than in any other decade: the one-time-only distribution compan…
The Orphans
This episode begins an irregular series that will take a look back at a minor cinematic phenomenon that happened more often in the 1980s than in any other decade: a one-time-only distribution company…
Who in the Hell Was Alan Smithee, and Why Did He Make So Many Bad Movies
On this very special episode of the podcast, we discuss the life, career, and death of Alan Smithee, one of the most prolific filmmakers of the 1980s... who never actually directed a film, or, really…
A Brief History of the Halloween Movies
In this very special episode, we do something that only 13,948 other podcasts have already done or are in the process of doing this week: taking a look back at the Halloween movies.
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The Films of Bill Forsyth
In this episode, we discuss the career of one of the best filmmakers to come out of 80s cinema: Scottish filmmaker Bill Forsyth.
Oh, you've never heard of him? Or you're only familiar with one of his…
Dollar Houses
On this very special episode of The FilmJerk Podcast, we talk not about a specific movie or filmmaker or actor or distribution company, but of a moviegoing concept that was huge in the 1980s but has …
The United Film Distribution Company and Taurus Entertainment: Part Three
As we conclude our multi-part miniseries, The United Film Distribution Company, one of the first distributors to be operated by a motion picture exhibition company, has become Taurus Entertainment, a…
The United Film Distribution Company and Taurus Entertainment: Part Two
We continue our multi-part miniseries on The United Film Distribution Company and Taurus Entertainment, one of the first distributors to be operated by a motion picture exhibition company. This week,…
The United Film Distribution Company and Taurus Entertainment: Part One
We begin a multi-part miniseries on The United Film Distribution Company and Taurus Entertainment, one of the first distributors to be operated by a motion picture exhibition company, who teamed with…