‘The Karate Kid’ (1984): An Appreciation
❉ We Are Cult’s Nick Clement revisits an ’80s teen classic.
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Fear and Loathing on Campus: ‘A Very Peculiar Practice’
❉ Why the surreal and satirical ‘80s TV drama is a dystopian vision of the now.
‘Threads’: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Hate the Bomb
❉ In 1984, BBC2 broadcast the most terrifying film ever made: ‘Threads’.
Podcast of the Week: Betamax Video Club
❉ This week: Betamax Video Club, the podcast about 1980s movies.
Hello Spaceboy: ‘The Boy From Space’
❉ James Gent looks back on the seminal Look & Read sci-fi drama.
Fourth wall? What fourth wall?: ‘Filthy Rich & Catflap’ at 30
❉ A revolutionary piece of television written by and for comedy obsessives first appeared on TV thirty years ago this month.
‘Miami Vice: Complete Collection’ Blu-Ray reviewed
❉ The ‘MTV Cops’ come to Blu-ray, fully restored and in high definition.
Non-stop electro cabaret: ‘Electric Dreams’
❉ Ange Chan reports back from a weekend of wall-to-wall eighties electro pop.
Coming soon! ‘Fright Night’ Blu-ray & DVD
❉ ’80s horror classic to be released as Special Dual-Format Edition and Limited Edition Dual-Format SteelBook.