the Most Excellent 80s Movies Podcast TruStory FM

Join filmmaker Nathan Blackwell (Voyage Trekkers, The Last Movie Ever Made) and improv comedian Krissy Lenz (The Neighborhood Comedy Theatre, The Cool Time Dice Hour) and guest filmmaker and podcaster, voice-over actor, singer, and more, Mandy Kaplan (The Mandcave, Miscast: Right Singer, Wrong Song) for a cool cool ride through this 80s movie musical. 

Letterboxd says, "It’s 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there’s a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he’s been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie?"

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Join filmmaker Nathan Blackwell (Voyage Trekkers, The Last Movie Ever Made) and improv comedian Krissy Lenz (The Neighborhood Comedy Theatre, The Cool Time Dice Hour) and guest filmmaker and content creator Drea Magwood (@dreamagwood, for Award-winning short Second Chance) for a smashing, crashing good time looking back at this action-packed 80s movie.

Letterboxd says, "TWO MEN ENTER. ONE MAN LEAVES.

Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children."

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Join filmmaker Nathan Blackwell (Voyage Trekkers, The Last Movie Ever Made) and improv comedian Krissy Lenz (The Neighborhood Comedy Theatre, The Cool Time Dice Hour) for a smashing, crashing good time looking back at this action packed 80s movie.

Letterboxd says, "WHEN ALL THAT’S LEFT IS ONE LAST CHANCE, PRAY THAT HE’S STILL OUT THERE … SOMEWHERE!

Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape."

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PLUS, Members will get to hear Krissy and Nathan stumble through the 1981 and 1982 top box office hits! 

Join filmmaker Nathan Blackwell (Voyage Trekkers, The Last Movie Ever Made) and improv comedian Krissy Lenz (The Neighborhood Comedy Theatre, The Saturday Matinee Podcast) plus podcaster and filmmaker Tommy Metz III (What’s That Smell, The Next Reel) for a stroll down the lane of this scary but magical 80s movie.

Letterboxd says, "FOR SOME, IT’S THE LAST REAL TASTE OF INNOCENCE, AND THE FIRST REAL TASTE OF LIFE.

After learning that a stranger has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie Lachance, Vern Tessio, Chris Chambers and Teddy Duchamp encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys’ adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives."

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PLUS, Members will get to hear all Steven King movies ranked by Rotten Tomatoes after the show!

Join filmmaker Nathan Blackwell ( Voyage Trekkers, The Last Movie Ever Made ) and improv comedian Krissy Lenz ( The Neighborhood Comedy Theatre, The Saturday Matinee Podcast ) as they dig up their feelings for this 1989 horror flick. 

Letterboxd says, "SOMETIMES DEAD IS BETTER.”

Dr. Louis Creed’s family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life – with “minor” problems. At first, only the family’s cat makes the return trip, but an accident forces a heartbroken father to contemplate the unthinkable.."

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PLUS, Members will get to hear al about Krissy and Nathan's beloved pets after the show!

Join filmmaker Nathan Blackwell (Voyage Trekkers, The Last Movie Ever Made) and improv comedian Krissy Lenz (The Neighborhood Comedy Theatre, The Saturday Matinee Podcast) as they wolf out for this classic 1985 movie.
Letterboxd says, "HE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE SPECIAL… BUT HE NEVER EXPECTED THIS! When a shy teenager’s new-found powers help him score at basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy decisions to make."
The Next Reel's Andy Nelson is back! Get the recap, the review, the ratings and the Deep Cut Recommendations!
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