The Last '80s Newsletter (You'll Ever Need)

January 1980 is a slow start to the decade

May 1985's got Chuck Norris, Rambo, Richard Pryor, and GYMKATA. What more could you want?

July 1981 features a savage Blake Edwards satire, the introduction of Snake Plissken, Dudley Moore's iconic Arthur and De Palma's best movie

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

March 1980 brings weirdo comedies, Steve McQueen's swan song, and Max gets mad

July 1980 features three comedy classics that couldn't be more different

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

Jackie Chan, Chuck Norris, a revised CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, Olivia Newton-John on rollerskates and Steve McQueen in a packed August 1980

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

FRIDAY becomes a franchise, Richard Pryor busts loose, The Lone Ranger does not ride, and Hal Ashby lays an egg in May 1981

David Lynch and Mel Brooks team up for the best film in a very busy October 1980

April 1981 features one of the year's best, one of the worst, and the first of two great werewolf movies