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80s Movies: A Guide to What's Wrong with Your Parents

A podcast by: 80s Movie Guide

Film by film, mother-teen daughter movie critics Tara McNamara and Riley Roberts examine what makes movies from the 1980s so amazing and so, so wrong.

Our American listeners can also listen to 80s Movies: A Guide to What's Wrong with Your Parents at our American site

60 Episodes

Racism, rape culture & Jake Ryan: How SIXTEEN CANDLES Ruined a Generation
Published 2021-05-04

ST. ELMO'S FIRE: A Historical Document of the Era's Off-Balance Values
Published 2021-04-09
PRETTY IN PINK: Why Duckie Couldn't Get the Girl
Published 2021-02-28
How the U.S. Capitol Insurrection Can Be Traced Back to RED DAWN
Published 2021-01-29
RISKY BUSINESS: Women are Products and Money is All that Matters
Published 2021-01-20
MODERN PROBLEMS: Chevy Chase's Comedy is about the OG Crisis of Masculinity
Published 2020-12-26
9 TO 5: A Snapshot of 1980
Published 2020-12-18
STIR CRAZY: Why 40 Years Later, This Black-White Buddy Comedy Holds Up
Published 2020-12-11
THE OUTSIDERS: How a Teen Girl Influenced a Generation of Boys
Published 2020-12-04
BEVERLY HILLS COP: It's all fun & games until cops falsify paperwork
Published 2020-11-13
TOP GUN: Rules are For Losers
Published 2020-09-18
Why AIRPLANE! Isn't Funny Anymore
Published 2020-09-04
POLICE ACADEMY is Surprisingly Progressive
Published 2020-08-20
CLUE's Sexual Stereotypes Were Helpful to No Boddy
Published 2020-08-07
WEIRD SCIENCE: If you build a sex slave, that makes it okay, right?
Published 2020-07-30
FLASHDANCE: Take Your Passion & Make It Happen (by Sleeping with the Boss)
Published 2020-07-21
BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Sexploitation of Lorraine
Published 2020-07-03
LETHAL WEAPON Inspired Cops to Use Deadly Force
Published 2020-06-26
URBAN COWBOY: Love Leaves a Mark
Published 2020-06-04
FLETCH: It's All Sarcasm Nowadays
Published 2020-05-22

Film by film, mother-teen daughter movie critics Tara McNamara and Riley Roberts examine what makes movies from the 1980s so amazing and so, so wrong.

60 Episodes

Racism, rape culture & Jake Ryan: How SIXTEEN CANDLES Ruined a Generation

ST. ELMO'S FIRE: A Historical Document of the Era's Off-Balance Values

PRETTY IN PINK: Why Duckie Couldn't Get the Girl

How the U.S. Capitol Insurrection Can Be Traced Back to RED DAWN

RISKY BUSINESS: Women are Products and Money is All that Matters

MODERN PROBLEMS: Chevy Chase's Comedy is about the OG Crisis of Masculinity

9 TO 5: A Snapshot of 1980

STIR CRAZY: Why 40 Years Later, This Black-White Buddy Comedy Holds Up

THE OUTSIDERS: How a Teen Girl Influenced a Generation of Boys

BEVERLY HILLS COP: It's all fun & games until cops falsify paperwork

TOP GUN: Rules are For Losers

Why AIRPLANE! Isn't Funny Anymore

POLICE ACADEMY is Surprisingly Progressive

CLUE's Sexual Stereotypes Were Helpful to No Boddy

WEIRD SCIENCE: If you build a sex slave, that makes it okay, right?

FLASHDANCE: Take Your Passion & Make It Happen (by Sleeping with the Boss)

BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Sexploitation of Lorraine

LETHAL WEAPON Inspired Cops to Use Deadly Force

URBAN COWBOY: Love Leaves a Mark

FLETCH: It's All Sarcasm Nowadays