127 episodes
The 80s Movie Podcast Edward Havens
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- TV & Film
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4.5 • 35 Ratings
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Join film critic and historian Edward A. Havens III for a carefully curated and unique cinematic journey through 1980s films. Covering a wide variety of aspects of 80’s cinema, from distributors barely remembered and films long forgotten, to the biggest actors and filmmakers of the decade, The 80s Movie Podcast is your ticket to the movies.
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Threads
Welcome to the first episode of our sixth season, the first of three episodes to begin the new year before our two month hiatus.
This episode, we do our first ever Listener Freebie, letting Lee Thompson, one of our biggest supporters in the United Kingdom, pick the movie we cover this episode. Lee chose the 1984 British television drama Threads, and we are proud to talk about this hidden gem. -
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
For our final episode of 2023, the podcast takes a look back at the history of one of the best and most popular films of the decade, 1988’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
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Deep in the Heart (aka Handgun)
On this week’s episode, we talk about a movie that was buried by one of the major American distributors back in 1984, due to its similarity to a Clint Eastwood movie they were making at the time, and how it’s finally going to get a second chance with viewers forty years later.
Tony Garnett’s Deep in the Heart. -
Chattanooga Choo Choo
This week, we go back to the 1984 summer movie season, with one of the most forgotten movies of the decade, for good reason: Chattanooga Choo Choo, starring Barbara Eden, George Kennedy, Melissa Sue Anderson, Christopher McDonald, Joe Namath, and Joe Namath’s 1969 Super Bowl III championship ring.
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UFOria
On this week's episode, we talk about a rarity amongst 80s movies, one that is an oldie, a goodie, an obscurity, and one of the best reviewed movies of all the years it was released.
John Binder's 1980 debut, UFOria. Or is it 1984? Or 1985? 1986?
Listen in and find out. -
The Orphans 6
This week, we look back at another three films for whom their releases would be the only theatrical release for their respective distributors.
It's Part 6 of our ongoing series, The Orphans.
Would you like to know more?
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This week's films are:
Heartbreaker (1983, Frank Zuniga, from Monarex)Hells Angels Forever (1983, Leon Gast and and Kevin Keating and Richard Chase, RKR Releasing)Mother Lode (1982, Charlton Heston, Agamemnon Films)
Customer Reviews
The Baseball Episode
However, there were a couple of errors in the baseball episode. In 2024, we will be 36 years removed from the release of BULL DURHAM. In 1988, BULL DURHAM was 46 years removed from THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (1942).
Also, maybe I misheard or there was an issue with audio but I could have sworn you said RAY Campanella instead of ROY.
I don’t mean to nitpick because I do love the podcast. Anytime I can learn something new about my favorite decade of moviegoing is a win.
What a deep dive!
I really feel like I learned all of the aspects of the film making process for Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Fascinating stuff! If you love 80s movies and you want to learn everything about your favorites, this is the pod for you.
Incredibly entertaining
More than just a movie review podcast, Edward organizes many episodes by theme, director, or film distributor. For example, in 2023 he released a 5-part series on the early films of Miramax, and an entire episode on the Marvel films of the decade. He has a great voice and conversational style. Also, all of his podcasts are less than an hour long (and many less than 30 mins) — no filler, just good research and analysis!