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.

  1. 08/17/2025

    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.

    14 min

  2. 07/29/2025

    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

  3. 05/12/2025

    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

  4. 04/30/2025

    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

  5. 01/30/2025

    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.

    15 min

  6. 07/11/2024

    The 1980s Films of Susan Seidelman: Desperately Seeking Susan

    On this episode, we’re going to continue with our series on the 1980s movies of director Susan Seidelman, talking about her biggest hit film, 1985’s Desperately Seeking Susan.

    15 min

  7. 06/21/2024

    Brats

    We pause our retrospective on the 1980s movies of director Susan Seidelman to examine Andrew McCarthy new Hulu documentary about the Brat Pack and how a single article in 1985 may or may not have affect his career and the careers of many of his co-stars and friends.

    12 min

  8. 06/12/2024

    The 1980s Films of Susan Seidelman: Smithereens

    On this episode, we’re going to start a miniseries on the 1980s films from director Susan Seidelman. Like last year, with Martha Coolidge, I want to highlight at least one female filmmaker each year from the decade that made a significant impact on filmmaking and culture as a whole, and Ms. Seidelman definitely fits that description.

    17 min
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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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  • Creator
    Edward Havens
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
  • Episodes
    138
  • Rating
    Clean
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