Release Decade Archive

1980s

For all you proper film enthusiasts who would like to peruse the films of  TruStory FM’s entertainment podcasts by release decade. Get ready for a firehose of film history in these here stacks.

The Three Amigos (1986)

It’s the podcast where a film maker and two comedians come together as three entertainers with unearned confidence and a compulsion to explore the movies of the 80s while facing our own personal El Guapos. This is Episode 07: The Three Amigos, our movie s

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The Breakfast Club (1985)

Not only do we have a guest for the first time on Most Excellent 8os… but also actor Adam Rini and Krissy face off about the post-library fate of our favorite characters! This time on the Most Excellent 80’s Movies Podcast we watched the Breakfast Club

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

This time on the Most Excellent 80’s Movies Podcast we watched Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street! It’s the podcast where a filmmaker and a comedian live their dream of chatting about the 80s movies they love… even when one of those turns out to be a

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Movies We Like

Re-Recording Mixer Andy Nelson on Local Hero

Movies We Like is an ongoing series of ours in which we invite an industry guest to join us and bring along one of their favorite movies to talk about. In this month’s episode, one of the many Andy Nelsons in the film world — specifically Andy Nelson the re-recording mixer — joins us to talk about one of his favorite films, Bill Forsyth’s 1983 film Local Hero.

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The Next Reel Film Podcast

Near Dark

Join us — Pete Wright and Andy Nelson — as we kick off the second part of our Kathryn Bigelow series with her 1987 film Near Dark. 

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National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983)

This time on the Most Excellent 80’s Movies Podcast we watched National Lampoon’s Vacation from 1983! It’s the podcast where a film maker and a comedian rediscover the movies from the decade that made us weird. And gosh darn it, we are going to have FUN o

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E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)

It’s the podcast where a film maker and a comedian rediscover the movies of the 80’s with as much fascination and horror as a little boy discovering a short, ugly alien! Find out which of our hosts is terrified of E.T. and which one adores him in this mov

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Escape from New York (1981)

This time on the Most Excellent 80’s Movies Podcast we watched John Carpenter’s Escape From New York from 1981! It’s the podcast where a Filmmaker and a Comedian get airlifted into the chaos of the 80’s movies you love, hate, hate to love or love to hate.

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Airplane! (1980)

It’s the podcast where… A film maker and a comedian save the day with some laughs and some discussion of your favorite 80s movies, so dont you worry… we are gonna land this podcast plane just fine… even if you’ve had the fish. This is season 1 Episode 1:

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The Next Reel Film Podcast

Die Hard

Join us – Pete Wright and Andy Nelson – as we kick off our Die Hard series with McTiernan’s 1988 blockbuster Die Hard. 

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