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The Last '80s Newsletter (You'll Ever Need)
Every '80s movie released in America. Every single one.
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Lily Tomlin remakes a classic as we wrap up January 1981
Plus a Polish classic makes its American debut and a silent classic gets a special showcase
Jul 28
11
David Cronenberg blows minds as January 1981 continues
Plus the countdown to Conan begins
Jul 21
12
Paul Newman gets earnest to kick off February 1981
Plus we get very uncomfortable about a Peter Ustinov movie
Aug 16
11
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An unofficial sequel to a lesser Peckinpah is part of a weird kickoff to January 1981
Plus a proto-POLICE ACADEMY and the weirdest film I've reviewed yet
Jul 16
11
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July 1980 takes flight with one of the funniest films of the decade
14
Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall bring icons to life as we continue December 1980
15
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Christopher Reeve travels in time for love as October 1980 continues
14
8
Michael Cimino drives a stake through the heart of the '70s to wrap up November 1980
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Robert De Niro throws a knockout punch to close out our first year and December 1980
Plus we get real weird with Ken Russell before we wrap things up
Jul 7
11
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Parton, Fonda and Tomlin go to war with Clint Eastwood and a monkey as December 1980 continues
Plus Neil Diamond in blackface? Good lord!
Jun 30
12
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Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall bring icons to life as we continue December 1980
Plus we ask, is STIR CRAZY actually funny?
Jun 24
15
1
Flash Gordon arrives to save the universe as December 1980 begins
Plus Vanity has sex with a blue-eyed monkey in the year's weridest movie.
Jun 15
19
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Michael Cimino drives a stake through the heart of the '70s to wrap up November 1980
Plus Golan and Globus throw one weird-ass disco party
May 24
14
4
We kick off November 1980 with a grindhouse classic
Plus a great and under-seen Ray Sharkey performance
May 15
16
Art Garfunkel and Harvey Keitel get nasty as we wrap up October 1980
For a Halloween season, this line-up doesn't feel very scary
Apr 27
13
October 1980 rolls on as Goldie Hawn enlists for one of her biggest hits
And Akira Kurosawa makes a big swing to save his career
Apr 21
14
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January 1980 starts slow
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22
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38
24
July 1980 takes flight with one of the funniest films of the decade
14
Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall bring icons to life as we continue December 1980
15
1
Christopher Reeve travels in time for love as October 1980 continues
14
8
Michael Cimino drives a stake through the heart of the '70s to wrap up November 1980
14
4
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