Episode 20 - "Die Hard"

When writer/director Michael Mann adapted his hit series into a feature length film, he ditched the flashy 80's aesthetic for a dark, gritty and hyper-realistic vision of global drug trafficking that ...

24 Aug 1h 7min

Two words changed television forever: “MTV Cops.” In 1984, “Miami Vice” exploded onto screens where neon lights, pastel suits and synth-pop beats masked a criminal underworld that redefined cool. Crea...

22 Aug 1h 27min

A defining monument to HBO’s golden age of Sunday night dominance, “Entourage” captured the pre-streaming, pre-social media Hollywood landscape with vivid, nostalgic accuracy. Decades later, the serie...

1 Aug 1h 32min

Ready for the Kumite? In the ‘80s, Cannon Films pumped out cheap, glorious B-movies fueled by the home video boom. 1988’s “Bloodsport” was the crown jewel of this era. While it stumbled in theaters it...

1 Jul 1h 32min

Michael Lewis’ acclaimed best seller "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" may not have been obvious source material for a major Hollywood screen adaptation. After all, the book was about sab...

27 Jun 1h 46min

In today’s highly fragmented media landscape, most people can’t last more than a few seconds without checking their phones for another dopamine hit. We live in a doomscroll culture where audiences rai...

7 Jun 1h 27min

Propelled by Survivor’s massive hit single ”Eye of the Tiger,” 1982’s “Rocky III” mirrored Sylvester Stallone’s meteoric rise to fame and ushered in the Reagan 80’s with energy and vibrancy. The film ...

5 Jun 1h 27min

Film comedies are often time capsules, but some, like Harold Ramis’ 1980 cult classic “Caddyshack,” resonate universally. Film and television producer - and now Clemson University film professor in pr...

9 Mai 1h 35min