Showing posts with label 80s movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 80s movies. Show all posts
May 24, 2025

Proof That Even Really Bad Comedies Usually Have At Least One Good Laugh: Ishtar Edition

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Translation scene. Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman may have been huge stars but they flounder trying to execute this type of comedy and als...
April 12, 2025

John Hughes Already Explained Everything You Need to Know About Trump's Tariff Plan

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In a frighteningly uncanny case of life imitating art, this well-known scene from John Hughes classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off features...
February 10, 2025

The 80's Will Never Die #6 (Hellman's Mayonaisse/When Harry Met Sally)

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Super Bowl commercials always lean heavily into pop culture and this year's crop was no exception. Check out this parody of the iconic ...
January 1, 2025

Flashdance: The Surprise 80's Hit...That Would Never Get Made Today

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April of 1983 saw the release of Flashdance , a film that became a sleeper hit and finished as the third highest grossing movie of the year....
June 28, 2024

Why St. Elmo's Fire Still Matters

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In discussing Andrew McCarthy's new documentary about the Brat Pack with a good friend, he began rather aggressively maligning the movi...
May 4, 2024

1984's Breakin' Brought Urban & Inner City Art Forms to the Big Screen

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I have a tremendous memory when it comes to things pop culture related (hence the name of this blog.) So even though it was 40 years ago (to...
February 29, 2024

FX's Capote vs. The Swans & How Iconic 80's Actresses Diane Lane, Molly Ringwald & Demi Moore Make it Great

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  One of the most enjoyable things about Murphy's series: seeing the three most iconic actresses of the 1980's sharing the screen fo...
January 4, 2024

The Art of Cinematography: Farrah Fawcett and the Halo Effect

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The Cannonball Run is a zany comedy about a group of auto racers competing in a cross country trek from Connecticut to Los Angeles. In addi...
September 25, 2023

The Pop Culture Fiend Photo Gallery is Finally Here!

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The Pop Culture Fiend Archives includes an extensive collection of popular (and obscure) periodicals dating back as far as the early 1980...
July 24, 2023

40 Years Ago, Risky Business Legitimized Teen Comedy

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With due respect to the John Hughes' classic The Breakfast Club , the most important teen movie of the 1980's may very well be Risky...
May 14, 2023

In Redefining the Erotic Thriller Basic Instinct Also Changed the Face of Home Video

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Basic Instinct , which hit theaters in March of 1992, was one of the most noteworthy and influential film releases of the decade. For starte...
August 7, 2022

What was the Best Movie Party of the 80's?

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Here are your nominees: Back to School The setup: Wealthy businessman Thornton Mellon (Rodney Dangerfield) -- in an effort to inspire and ke...