The Most Excellent 80s Movies
Uncle Buck (1989)
Heath Wilcock joins us as we make ourselves at home with John Hughes’ 1989 comedy Uncle Buck, a lovable exploration of family dynamics and giant pancakes.
January 14, 2026
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.
Heath Wilcock joins us as we make ourselves at home with John Hughes’ 1989 comedy Uncle Buck, a lovable exploration of family dynamics and giant pancakes.
David Westlake joins us as we dive headfirst into Katsuhiro Otomo’s groundbreaking 1988 anime masterpiece Akira. Buckle up—this one goes hard from frame one.
Robert Fata joins us to dive into the 1988 sci-fi rom-com My Stepmother is an Alien, starring Kim Basinger, Dan Aykroyd, and a scene-stealing debut from Alyson Hannigan.
We pommel horse our way through one of the most wonderfully absurd action films of the 1980s—Gymkata (1985), starring real-life Olympic gymnast Kurt Thomas in his first – and last! – film role.
Revisiting our chat on The Running Man (1987) as a new adaptation hits theatres: Arnold Schwarzenegger battles murderous game show hosts in this prescient dystopian thriller that predicted reality TV.
We venture into completely new territory with The Monster Squad (1987)—a film neither had seen before. Does the magic work when you’re encountering Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, and the Wolfman for the first time as adults?
Professor Dustin Morrow from The Long Rewind Podcast joins us to tackle one of the 80s’ most inexplicable obsessions—ninjas!—with an exploration of Revenge of the Ninja and Ninja 3: The Domination.
Cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth joins us to discuss his career and projects he’s worked on, including “Tron: Ares” now in theatres. We also discuss “Blade Runner,” one of his favorite movies.
We continue our Seven Samurai Family series with a Roger Corman-produced sci-fi that fits the Seven Samurai bill while also cashing in on the Star Wars fever—it’s Jimmy T. Murakami’s Battle Beyond the Stars.
Jordan Collier joins us to revisit the 1985 spy comedy Spies Like Us. What happens when a beloved childhood favorite gets the modern rewatch treatment? Sometimes the results are as bumbling as the protagonists themselves.