I’m a child of the 1980s. I have iconic memories of Ronald Reagan, Pac-Man and seeing Van Halen live in ’81. It was big hair, big bands and big times. It was cruising in my ’68 Mustang with Journey’s ...

August 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the classic Hollywood film Red Dawn. As the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East continue to feed fears of a wider global conflict, the movie is worth ...

This month marks the 40th anniversary of Red Dawn, a movie that surprised audiences by featuring a story focused on high school students who become freedom fighters after the Soviet Union launches an ...

The first movie to be given the PG-13 when the rating was instituted in July 1984 was director Garry Marshall’s dramedy “The Flamingo Kid,” starring Matt Dillon. However, the film’s release was ...

We’ve used the occasion of the remake’s release to dig up the Chronicle‘s review of the original, which appeared in the September 7, 1984 issue, right around the time of the paper’s third anniversary.