Category: Classic Movies

Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) Coal Miner’s Daughter is offered here in tribute to Loretta Lynn, who passed this week. This… read more Coal Miner’s Daughter

Altered States was released in 1980 Altered States explores drug induced, altered states of consciousness. Based on a novel by… read more Altered States

Erik the viking hit the theaters in 1989 Erik the Viking is a silly viking themed comedy brought to us… read more Erik the Viking (1989)

American Pop is an example of Bakshi’s genius American Pop, released in 1981, has got to be one of the… read more American Pop

Popeye 1980 Robin Williams embodied the character like no other Based on the 1930s comic strip character, the movie brought… read more Popeye (1980)

Wizards is cartoon in a post apocalyptic fantasy world Wizards is the work of the great animator and story teller… read more Wizards 1977

The answer to a Neverending Story Written on the pages is the answer to a neverending story. The song that… read more The NeverEnding Story

OC and Stiggs is a 1987 American teen comedy film OC and Stiggs was directed by Robert Altman and was… read more OC and Stiggs

Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a 1982 cult classic of teen movies. The film Fast Times at Ridgemont High… read more Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Autumn Born is a 1979 Playboy movie. The acting in Autumn Born is bad by today’s standards, as with many… read more Autumn Born

Weird Science is almost aptly named, it is definitely weird, but the only thing scientific about it is science fiction…. read more Weird Science (1985)

Emmanuelle is a French film This version has been translated to English. The French have very different sexual attitudes than… read more Emmanuelle (1974)

An older woman gives an adolescent private lessons in lovemaking. Private Lessons is about an adolescent male receiving private instruction… read more Private Lessons (1981)

Pretty in Pink was another John Hughes teen-centric movies of the 1980s. It was Molly Ringwald’s third time working with… read more Pretty in Pink (1986)

Red Dawn was made near the end of the cold war. Tensions had been high for over a generation and… read more Red Dawn (1984)

Running Scared hit the theaters in 1986 Running Scared is an action packed comedy starring Billy Crystal as Danny Costanzo… read more Running Scared