The 80s Movie Podcast
Edward Havens
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Celebrating both the biggest hits and the most obscure releases of 1980s cinema, focused primarily around exploring the narratives of under‑seen distributors, niche genres, and overlooked classics.
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AUG 16, 2025
The Brotherhood of Justice
This week, we present our first remote recording, as your intrepid host talks about his fortieth high school reunion, memorializes an old friend who recently passed away, and a long forgotten Keanu Reeves television movie that shot at your host’s high school weeks after he graduated high school and moved to Los Angeles to break into the industry.
13 MIN
JUL 28, 2025
The Brat Pack at 40, and the best Brat Pack movie
This week, we look back at 40 years of The Brat Pack, from the naming of the group, to who is and is not a Brat Packer, and which Brat Pack movie was the best Brat Pack movie. (It’s not The Breakfast Club or The Outsiders.)
19 MIN
MAY 11, 2025
The 1980s Films of Susan Seidelman: Making Mr. Right
On this episode, we continue our look back at the 1980s movies of iconoclastic director Susan Seidelman as we pull the curtain back on the film she felt was an appropriate follow-up to her breakthrough film Desperately Seeking Susan, the sci-fi romantic comedy Making Mr. Right, starring John Malkovich and Ann Magnuson.
10 MIN
APR 30, 2025
Top Five Fantasy Films of the 1980s with author Todd Downing
On this episode, we speak with modern day renaissance man Todd Downing about his five favorite fantasy films of the 1980s.
54 MIN
JAN 30, 2025
Collision Course
On this episode, our first episode of our seventh season and first in more than six months, our host apologizes for baiting and switching episodes, explains the long delay, and talks about the only movie ever made to star comedian and talk show host Jay Leno.
14 MIN
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