All articles tagged with #1980s
Spencer Pratt publicly pushed back at Ryan Reynolds after Reynolds called the 1980s 'brutal' and a 'f—ing mess' while promoting Mayday, arguing that the decade offered cultural clarity; the exchange highlights a broader debate about the shift toward anti-heroes in pop culture and its potential real-world impact on how heroism and morality are portrayed.
Mayday delivers a stylish 1987-set buddy caper that pairs Ryan Reynolds with Kenneth Branagh; strong direction and action pacing anchor the film, Branagh shines in a grounded, standout performance, though some supporting roles feel underused and Reynolds occasionally leans into his trademark persona.
Jane Schoenbrun's Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a playful ode to 1980s slashers that uses a journey of identity and sexual awakening to anchor its homage, with standout performances from Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson.
FX/Hulu’s The Shards, adapted from Bret Easton Ellis’s 2023 novel, recreates 1981 Los Angeles as a stylish coming‑of‑age mystery. The production leans into period detail—recreating Westwood landmarks, the Sherman Oaks Galleria, and other locales—with a Mauve‑to‑Gray palette, music‑video sensibilities, and a design ethos inspired by American Gigolo and Ellis’s memory. It emphasizes wealth, privilege, and the era’s danger, while grounding the story in memory and nostalgia as Bret Easton Ellis’s teen narrator navigates identity and friendship under the gaze of Murphy’s stylish direction.
A nostalgia-filled guide to quintessential 1980s thrift-store finds—fiber optic and plaster floor lamps, lotus and smoked-glass lighting, rack stereo systems, boomboxes, VHS players, and iconic decor like Pyrex and Nagel/Ferraro art—plus practical tips on testing, condition, and restoration to snag genuine vintage value.
A retrospective highlighting ten landmark music videos—Video Killed the Radio Star, Whip It, 1999, Rio, Billie Jean, Two Tribes, Like a Virgin, Take on Me, Money for Nothing, and Sledgehammer—that helped MTV reshape how we see music, image, and pop culture in the 1980s and beyond.
80s icon Kristy McNichol made a rare public appearance in a selfie with Carnie Wilson, 25 years after leaving Hollywood. Wilson called McNichol a “gracious sweetie” and spoke about how meaningful her movies were to her youth. McNichol, who rose to fame on Family and starred in films like Little Darlings, retired from acting in 2001 and has largely stayed out of the spotlight, though she hasn’t ruled out a possible acting comeback.
Rarely seen ’80s star Kristy McNichol made a surprise appearance in a July selfie with Carnie Wilson, who gushed she was 'fangirling' over the retired actress known for Family and Little Darlings; McNichol, who left acting in 2001, has since focused on life away from the spotlight.
BuzzFeed curates 29 nostalgic photos from the 1980s, ranging from everyday items like pay stubs and Easy-Bake Ovens to iconic gadgets (Walkman, Nintendo) and moments that capture the era’s fashion, tech, and pop culture.
A BuzzFeed list curates 29 vintage 1980s photos, from Walkmans and early computers to iconic packaging and household gadgets, offering a nostalgic tour of how design and consumer culture looked four decades ago.
Ars Technica editors rewatch SpaceCamp (1986) on its 40th anniversary, weighing how the film mixes ’80s camp with real NASA details—from on-location shoots to flight readiness firing insights—while critiquing implausible plot points like the ‘thermal curtain failure’ and a rogue robot. Released four months after the Challenger disaster, its box office flop is attributed to timing, but the piece argues the movie helped spark space interest and remains a cheesy, affectionate time capsule. The verdict: entertaining but flawed, with a playful two flaming SRBs up rating.
A BBC Archive clip from 1986 shows an email being sent over Telecom Gold, BT’s pre‑Internet business service, using an acoustic coupler on a plane, illustrating how email worked long before the web and exposing the era's quirky hardware.
Heather Locklear and Lorenzo Lamas, then rising TV stars on Dynasty and Falcon Crest, posed for a July 1983 Playgirl cover. The beachwear spread has resurfaced, fueling nostalgia and dating-rumor chatter after Lamas shared the photo online and the Playgirl account posted a Throwback Thursday shot.
The AV Club piece revisits Chuck Norris’s 1980s Cannon Films era—notorious for bloody, xenophobic action pictures like Invasion U.S.A. and The Delta Force—that helped forge his conservative, take-no-prisoners action-hero image, while the rest of the feature stack surveys AI-focused documentary sentiment, a reverent look at the nuclear drama Testament, and a playful roundup of rock-themed characters in media, illustrating how pop-culture artifacts are reassessed across eras.
Loudwire compiles a 30‑album ranking of hair metal, tracing the era from the early 1980s to 2009 and highlighting riffs, glitter aesthetics, and enduring anthems, with Motley Crue’s Shout at the Devil at No. 1 and Def Leppard’s Hysteria and Ratt’s Out of the Cellar close behind as defining records.