There are few decades in film history that have been as scrutinized as the 1980s. But to really understand the decade and its movies, it's going to take a couple some ones

who were there for it the first time around.

Drew McQueenie and Scott Weinberg are ready to review every major film of the decade

one month at a time.

The look at what worked then, what endures now, and how it felt to be there when it all went

down.

Turn back the calendar with us.

It's the 80s all over. The The Wonderland Murders, which later inspired scenes in Pugy Nights, as well as a feature film starring Val Kilmer's John Holmes, took place on the night of July 1st, shocking Los Angeles with a crime that involved porn and drugs and

guns and money. Sandra Day O'Connor was nominated to the Supreme Court, and one entire day later,

she was actually confirmed by the Senate in the 99-0 vote. The Jackson's kicked off a 36-city

tour, already feeling

tensions as a family, and way out at the edge of explored space, Voyager 2 encountered Saturn.

And as the month wrapped up, the baseball strike concluded as well, how did we ever find time

for movies in July of 1981? Hi, everybody, I'm Drew McQueenie and welcome to 80s all over.

I'm here as always with, of course, Scott Weinberg, my co-host.

What's up, buddy?

That's me talking over Drew to introduce myself.

Nothing symbolic there.

Welcome to 80s all over July 1981, the films that got run over by Raiders of the Lost

Star.

We're just going to jump right in because it is such a strange lineup.

And I think one of the things that most embodies this month of movies, which is full of

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