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Jerry Lewis makes one final swing for the fences and Katharine Hepburn and Nick Nolte in a Harold & Maude style rom-com?!
Plus Roger Deakins and The Kinks in case that wasn't strange enough
Oct 21
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Jerry Lewis makes one final swing for the fences and Katharine Hepburn and Nick Nolte in a Harold & Maude style rom-com?!
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May 1985 continues with Mario Van Peebles rapping, Tom Berenger singing, and a teenage cavegirl
This is a seriously weird weekend of movies
Oct 1
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Drew McWeeny
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May 1985 continues with Mario Van Peebles rapping, Tom Berenger singing, and a teenage cavegirl
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September 2024
We're shifting gears and Chuck Norris and Anthony Edwards kick things off
Wait! How the hell did we end up in May 1985?!
Sep 15
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We're shifting gears and Chuck Norris and Anthony Edwards kick things off
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May 2024
September 1981 sees the year's Best Picture winner make a run for it
It's a wildly ambitious line-up this month
May 11
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Drew McWeeny
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September 1981 sees the year's Best Picture winner make a run for it
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November 2023
August 1981 features the ultimate animated cult classic, an American Werewolf, Kathleen Turner's explosive debut and a great Sidney Lumet…
Plus one seriously odd live-action Disney film
Nov 27, 2023
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Drew McWeeny
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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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September 2023
July 1981 features a savage Blake Edwards satire, the introduction of Snake Plissken, Dudley Moore's iconic Arthur and De Palma's best movie
Plus the single best movie about American punk ever made and the world's horniest Tarzan
Sep 12, 2023
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Drew McWeeny
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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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July 2023
June 1981 gets crazy with Cheech & Chong, Superman, Mel Brooks, Harryhausen, and Indiana freakin' Jones
All this plus James Bond and an underrated fantasy classic
Jul 22, 2023
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Drew McWeeny
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June 1981 gets crazy with Cheech & Chong, Superman, Mel Brooks, Harryhausen, and Indiana freakin' Jones
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Jul 16, 2023
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June 2023
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
Jun 17, 2023
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Drew McWeeny
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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
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October 2022
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
Oct 23, 2022
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Drew McWeeny
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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
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September 2022
A double dose of Elliott Gould, steamy Nicholson, criminal Caan and an Albert Brooks classic all land in March 1981
Plus the first full-fledged flop of the year arrives
Sep 20, 2022
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Drew McWeeny
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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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August 2022
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
Aug 16, 2022
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Drew McWeeny
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Newman plays cop, Bakshi gets ambitious, and Jamie Lee Curtis heads down under in February 1981
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