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‘The Karate Kid’ (1984): An Appreciation

26 June 2020 Nick Clement 0

❉ We Are Cult’s Nick Clement revisits an ’80s teen classic.

Fear and Loathing on Campus: ‘A Very Peculiar Practice’

1 June 2019 Anna Cale 0

❉ 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

5 April 2018 Iain MacLeod 0

❉ In 1984, BBC2 broadcast the most terrifying film ever made: ‘Threads’.

Podcast of the Week: Betamax Video Club

12 January 2018 Jay Gent 0

❉ This week: Betamax Video Club, the podcast about 1980s movies.

Hello Spaceboy: ‘The Boy From Space’

28 August 2017 Jay Gent 2

❉ James Gent looks back on the seminal Look & Read sci-fi drama.

Fourth wall? What fourth wall?: ‘Filthy Rich & Catflap’ at 30

10 January 2017 Tanya Jones 1

❉ 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

18 December 2016 John Rivers 2

❉ The ‘MTV Cops’ come to Blu-ray, fully restored and in high definition.

Non-stop electro cabaret: ‘Electric Dreams’

8 December 2016 Ange Chan 4

❉ Ange Chan reports back from a weekend of wall-to-wall eighties electro pop.

Coming soon! ‘Fright Night’ Blu-ray & DVD

1 December 2016 We Are Cult 0

❉ ’80s horror classic to be released as Special Dual-Format Edition and Limited Edition Dual-Format SteelBook.

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