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The Last '80s Newsletter

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

Plus we get very uncomfortable about a Peter Ustinov movie

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The Hip Pocket #28: BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK

This week's entry is a one-armed ass-kicking anti-racist thriller

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The Hip Pocket #27: THE MUPPET MOVIE

Because Muppet People are the best people

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James Bond Declassified: THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS

Enter Timothy Dalton...

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Our Friday Free-For-All features a sweet seashell and some animated Quick Bites

Plus did they really make a good PREDATOR sequel?!

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The Hip Pocket #26: HEATHERS

When you talk about films you couldn't make today, this is at the top of the list

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Jordan Peele's latest is the sly sleek summer entertainment we were waiting for

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The Hip Pocket #25: THE THIN MAN

Maybe the perfect definition of a Hip Pocket movie for us

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We kick off our ongoing look at 50 years of the X rating with De Palma and De Niro

Plus let's talk about THOR

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The Hip Pocket #24: DO THE RIGHT THING

We bring this series back with the best film of the '80s

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Dinos disappoint while we drown in streaming series in our first Friday round-up

Plus we finally do another media diary

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The Last '80s Newsletter

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

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A Film Nerd 2.0 birthday milestone leads to the wildest movie marathon so far

Plus we're rebranding around here and talking about the new podcast

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Flash Gordon saves the universe as part of as splashy December 1980

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Is CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH better than that terrible title?

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James Bond Declassified: A VIEW TO A KILL

Roger Moore limps his way through one final outing as Bond

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MAD magazine, Harlan Ellison, and a fistful of forbidden magazines feature as we continue our trip through how we got here

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TOP GUN, OBI-WAN, and STRANGER THINGS all serve up pipin' hot nostalgia

Plus let's do some Quick Bites and talk about 4K

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NOTHIN' BUT STAR WARS: "Everyone hated the prequels"

Man, that one bugs me

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We begin a very special birthday celebration with Jim Henson, STAR WARS and Muhammad Ali

How did we get here in the first place?

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November 1980 features a grindhouse classic and Michael Cimino kills the '70s dead

Plus a great and under-seen Ray Sharkey performance

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The new Kids in the Hall is so much more than just a nostalgic retread

Plus we dig into Doctor Strange

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We may have underestimated the silly pirate show

Plus thoughts on hype vs buzz and that AVATAR 2 trailer

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James Bond Declassified: OCTOPUSSY

Roger Moore returns... but is that a good thing?

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We tackle the mountain of Too Much Everything to discuss Nic Cage, ATLANTA, and more

Plus one of the year's best books so far