Tag: Back To The Future

• The 20 Best Songs From ’80s Movie Soundtracks Like, Ever

  I’m not good at writing about music (do I know how to sell the hell out of blog post, or what?). For one thing, I know next to nothing about the intricacies of the art form, comparing an artist’s work to others, divining the meaning behind lyrics, blah, blah, blah. As the old saying goes,…

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  2016-09-21

  ’80s, ’80s music, Entertainment, Movies, Pop Culture

  After All, Against All Odds, Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now), Arthur’s Theme, Back To The Future, Berlin, Beverly Hills Cop II, Bonnie Tyler, Caddyshack 2, Central Park, Chances Are, Cher, Christopher Cross, Cyndi Lauper, Dan Hartman, Danger Zone, David Foster, Don’t You (Forget About Me), Dudley Moore, Fame, Flashdance, Flashdance…What a Feeling, Footloose, For Your Eyes Only, Giorgio Moroder, Good Enuf, Holding Out For a Hero, Huey Lewis & The News, I Can Dream About You, Irene Cara, Is It Love, It Might Be You, John Parr, Keith Forsey, Kenny Loggins, Love Theme From St. Elmo’s Fire, Madonna, Michael McDonald, Mr. Mister, Nobody’s Fool, Peter Cetera, Randy Quaid, Richard Marx, Robert Stack, Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame, Rocky IV, Running Scared, Sheena Easton, Simple Minds, St. Elmo’s Fire, Stakeout, Stephen Bishop, Sweet Freedom, Take My Breath Away, The Breakfast Club, The Goonies, To Live and Die in LA, Tootsie, Top Gun, Toto, Triple Crown, Wang Chung, Welcome To The Real World, Who’s That Girl

• RIP Glenn Frey: Husband. Father. The Coke Fiend From Let’s Get Harry.

  This month we lost Glenn Frey, a consummate entertainer, at the age of 67. Frey is probably best known for his role as Spence, a coke-addled regular Joe from Illinois who, with his buddies, mounts a daring rescue of their buddy who’s being held hostage in Colombia in the 1986 film Let’s Get Harry. This film is…

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  2016-01-31

  ’80s, Entertainment, Movies

  Alan Smithee, Anthony Michael Hall, Back To The Future, Colombia, Columbia University, Gary Busey, Glenn Frey, Hollywood, Let’s Get Harry, Mark Harmon, Michael J. Fox, Michael Schoeffling, New Coke, Ocean’s 11, People’s Sexiest Man Alive, Rick Rossovich, Robert Duvall, Shrike, Sixteen Candles, South America, Stuart Rosenberg, The Eagles, Thomas F. Wilson, Tom Cruise, Top Gun, Washington

• Hey Geoff! Can You Name 6 Underrated ’80s Movies?

  Glad you asked, Voice Inside My Head…although, considering your source, shouldn’t you technically be able to see my answers? Just saying. Every decade produces its fair share of cinematic treasure, and the ’80s is no different. I mean, even if the decade had given us nothing but dreck beyond Back To The Future, it’s still…

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  2014-05-27

  ’80s, Entertainment, Movies

  ’80s movies, At Close Range, Back To The Future, Blade Runner, Chances Are, Daphne Zuniga, Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights, Emile Ardolino, Escape From New York, John Cusack, Running Scared, Sister Act 2, The Sure Thing, The Thing, Three Men and a Little Lady, To Live and Die in LA, Wang Chung