Anna and Derek fly solo this time to discuss the underappreciated genius that is Ted Hamilton, the ways in which this flick may or may not have affected the careers of its stars and much more during their chat of the Kristy McNichol-Christopher Atkins starrer The Pirate Movie (1982).

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Anna Keizer and Derek Dehanke are the co-hosts of ‘80s Movie Montage. The idea for the podcast came when they realized just how much they talk – a lot – when watching films from their favorite cinematic era. Their wedding theme was “a light nod to the ‘80s,” so there’s that, too. Both hail from the Midwest but have called Los Angeles home for several years now. Anna is a writer who received her B.A. in Film/Video from Columbia College Chicago and M.A. in Film Studies from Chapman University. Her dark comedy short She Had It Coming was an Official Selection of 25 film festivals with several awards won for it among them. Derek is an attorney who also likes movies. It is a point of pride that most of their podcast episodes are longer than the movies they cover.

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With special returning four-time(!) guest Jeff York, Anna and Derek discuss the ultimate passive-aggressive act of forcing perfectly good French toast down the garbage disposal, the shameful Oscars oversight of Donald Sutherland's magnificent performance and much more during their chat of Robert Redford's directorial debut and Best Picture winner Ordinary People (1980).

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Anna Keizer and Derek Dehanke are the co-hosts of ‘80s Movie Montage. The idea for the podcast came when they realized just how much they talk – a lot – when watching films from their favorite cinematic era. Their wedding theme was “a light nod to the ‘80s,” so there’s that, too. Both hail from the Midwest but have called Los Angeles home for several years now. Anna is a writer who received her B.A. in Film/Video from Columbia College Chicago and M.A. in Film Studies from Chapman University. Her dark comedy short She Had It Coming was an Official Selection of 25 film festivals with several awards won for it among them. Derek is an attorney who also likes movies. It is a point of pride that most of their podcast episodes are longer than the movies they cover.

Jeff York has been a professional writer and illustrator for three decades, working in advertising, journalism, and show business. He's an optioned screenwriter and has helped Netflix producers develop a number of series. Jeff's also a SAG/AFTRA member, a certified film critic on RottenTomatoes.com, has his own movie site TheEstablishingShot.org that’s read in 27 countries, and is a member of the Chicago Indie Critics.

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With special guest Danny Lee Gomez, Anna and Derek discuss the long gone days of neighborhood adventures with childhood friends, if Ace and company were necessary villains and much more during their chat about the Rob Reiner classic Stand by Me (1986).

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Anna Keizer and Derek Dehanke are the co-hosts of ‘80s Movie Montage. The idea for the podcast came when they realized just how much they talk – a lot – when watching films from their favorite cinematic era. Their wedding theme was “a light nod to the ‘80s,” so there’s that, too. Both hail from the Midwest but have called Los Angeles home for several years now. Anna is a writer who received her B.A. in Film/Video from Columbia College Chicago and M.A. in Film Studies from Chapman University. Her dark comedy short She Had It Coming was an Official Selection of 25 film festivals with several awards won for it among them. Derek is an attorney who also likes movies. It is a point of pride that most of their podcast episodes are longer than the movies they cover.

Danny Lee Gomez is an actor, writer, and comedian living in Los Angeles, CA. He's best described as the would-be love child between Ryan Reynolds & John Mulany. Are you imagining it? Pretty good, right? You should cast him. Danny can regularly be seen performing in productions with The Road Theatre Company, on stand up stages throughout LA, interrupting your tv shows in commercials, or eating Yeastie Boys Bagels with his husband. 

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With special guest Jeff Fong, Anna and Derek discuss why we don't have silly movies anymore, how in the world to make a movie work with three directors and so much more during their chat of the Abrahams-Zucker-Zucker comedic masterpiece Airplane! (1980).

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Anna Keizer and Derek Dehanke are the co-hosts of ‘80s Movie Montage. The idea for the podcast came when they realized just how much they talk – a lot – when watching films from their favorite cinematic era. Their wedding theme was “a light nod to the ‘80s,” so there’s that, too. Both hail from the Midwest but have called Los Angeles home for several years now. Anna is a writer who received her B.A. in Film/Video from Columbia College Chicago and M.A. in Film Studies from Chapman University. Her dark comedy short She Had It Coming was an Official Selection of 25 film festivals with several awards won for it among them. Derek is an attorney who also likes movies. It is a point of pride that most of their podcast episodes are longer than the movies they cover.

Some say Jeff Fong sprouted out of the womb with a tennis racket in his left hand and a small roll of black and white film in his right… but this is not certain. Others believe Jeff sat up and asked for a notepad to immediately begin writing the stories that had been rattling around in his brain for the past 9 months, but many think this is silly and potentially untrue. One fact we believe comes from truth is that the next 37 years were spent honing his craft of screenwriting and directing in order to tell the stories that mean the world to him while also creating better representation for his Asian American half, along with anyone he believes is underrepresented in the media. Today, one might find Jeff working with his production company in Sacramento, California, "The Film Squad," writing his next feature script, pitching said to get funding, or gearing up to shop his ideas around Los Angeles to gain interest. He hopes to keep telling his silly stories until the days of old and senile.

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With special guest Andrew M. Edwards, Anna and Derek chat about their fandom of all things Tim Curry, how Jack managed not to freeze in that briefest of brief skirts and much more during their discussion of the Ridley Scott fantasy flick Legend (1985).

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Anna Keizer and Derek Dehanke are the co-hosts of ‘80s Movie Montage. The idea for the podcast came when they realized just how much they talk – a lot – when watching films from their favorite cinematic era. Their wedding theme was “a light nod to the ‘80s,” so there’s that, too. Both hail from the Midwest but have called Los Angeles home for several years now. Anna is a writer who received her B.A. in Film/Video from Columbia College Chicago and M.A. in Film Studies from Chapman University. Her dark comedy short She Had It Coming was an Official Selection of 25 film festivals with several awards won for it among them. Derek is an attorney who also likes movies. It is a point of pride that most of their podcast episodes are longer than the movies they cover.

Andrew M. Edwards is an award-winning film and media composer based in Los Angeles. Recent credits include the 80s-inspired horror-comedy feature, “Camp Wedding” (Prime Video, Apple), and the television documentary, “Downtown Disasters” (WTTW TV). Drew lives with his stalwart husband, Andrew, and their tailless foundling cat, Estrella, and is an encyclopedic fan of Doctor Who, film music, and 80s pop culture. His music can be heard on Apple, Spotify, and everywhere music is streamed. AndrewMEdwards.com.

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Welcome to season four! With special guest Karla R. Fuller, Anna and Derek discuss whether Mrs. Sherwood maybe should have cared a bit more about Leroy's reading comprehension, the question mark that is all the students' creative careers and so much more during their season premiere chat of Alan Parker's Fame (1980).

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Anna Keizer and Derek Dehanke are the co-hosts of ‘80s Movie Montage. The idea for the podcast came when they realized just how much they talk – a lot – when watching films from their favorite cinematic era. Their wedding theme was “a light nod to the ‘80s,” so there’s that, too. Both hail from the Midwest but have called Los Angeles home for several years now. Anna is a writer who received her B.A. in Film/Video from Columbia College Chicago and M.A. in Film Studies from Chapman University. Her dark comedy short She Had It Coming was an Official Selection of 25 film festivals with several awards won for it among them. Derek is an attorney who also likes movies. It is a point of pride that most of their podcast episodes are longer than the movies they cover.

Karla Rae Fuller, MFA, PhD is currently an Associate Professor in the
department of Cinema and Television Arts at Columbia College
Chicago.  She teaches in the Cinema Studies and Screenwriting areas in
the undergraduate and MFA graduate programs.  She received her PhD
from Northwestern University, MFA from Columbia University in New
York City and BA from Amherst College. 

Her research interests include racial and ethnic representation in
Hollywood films. She is the author/editor of three books, “Hollywood
Goes Oriental: CaucAsian Performance in American Film,”
“Interviews: Ang Lee,” and “Do The Right Thing: Five Screenplays
That Embrace Diversity.”

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With special guest Steven Miranda, Anna and Derek wrap up season three chatting about Akeem's progressive attitude on finding his soulmate,  the similar family dynamics between the Joffers and McDowells and much more during their discussion of the Eddie Murphy starrer Coming to America (1988).

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Anna Keizer and Derek Dehanke are the co-hosts of ‘80s Movie Montage. The idea for the podcast came when they realized just how much they talk – a lot – when watching films from their favorite cinematic era. Their wedding theme was “a light nod to the ‘80s,” so there’s that, too. Both hail from the Midwest but have called Los Angeles home for several years now. Anna is a writer who received her B.A. in Film/Video from Columbia College Chicago and M.A. in Film Studies from Chapman University. Her dark comedy short She Had It Coming was an Official Selection of 25 film festivals with several awards won for it among them. Derek is an attorney who also likes movies. It is a point of pride that most of their podcast episodes are longer than the movies they cover.

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Anna and Derek fly solo in this episode to debate whether the Clauses met their demise before the elves showed up, if Santa maybe should have been a bit more concerned about Joe and much more during their discussion of the under-the-radar holiday flick Santa Claus: The Movie (1985).

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Anna Keizer and Derek Dehanke are the co-hosts of ‘80s Movie Montage. The idea for the podcast came when they realized just how much they talk – a lot – when watching films from their favorite cinematic era. Their wedding theme was “a light nod to the ‘80s,” so there’s that, too. Both hail from the Midwest but have called Los Angeles home for several years now. Anna is a writer who received her B.A. in Film/Video from Columbia College Chicago and M.A. in Film Studies from Chapman University. Her dark comedy short She Had It Coming was an Official Selection of 25 film festivals with several awards won for it among them. Derek is an attorney who also likes movies. It is a point of pride that most of their podcast episodes are longer than the movies they cover.

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With special guest Alex Parkinson, Anna and Derek discuss Yahoo Serious as an auteur director, whether Charles Darwin would understand physics and much more during their deep dive into the Australian fantastical comedy Young Einstein (1988).

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Anna Keizer and Derek Dehanke are the co-hosts of ‘80s Movie Montage. The idea for the podcast came when they realized just how much they talk – a lot – when watching films from their favorite cinematic era. Their wedding theme was “a light nod to the ‘80s,” so there’s that, too. Both hail from the Midwest but have called Los Angeles home for several years now. Anna is a writer who received her B.A. in Film/Video from Columbia College Chicago and M.A. in Film Studies from Chapman University. Her dark comedy short She Had It Coming was an Official Selection of 25 film festivals with several awards won for it among them. Derek is an attorney who also likes movies. It is a point of pride that most of their podcast episodes are longer than the movies they cover.

Alex Parkinson is an Atlanta-based, Australian-born and British-groomed actor, writer, and director. He’s made recent screen appearances in Black Adam, The Wonder Years, A Jazzman’s Blues and Stranger Things. Alex has written, directed, and starred in dozens of comedy short films, including the nine-part web series Julian Assange’s Embassy Suite, which he also created, and the multi award-winning MAMILs – now the feature script Ride or Die – and Ring Fingered. He is represented by Houghton Talent and Brilliant Talent Management.

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With special guest Ken Nowak, Anna and Derek discuss the wonderfully disgusting Hans Klopek, if Ricky Butler should have had more to do and the tour de force that is Rick Ducommun in Joe Dante's dark comedy cult classic The 'Burbs (1989). 

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Anna Keizer and Derek Dehanke are the co-hosts of ‘80s Movie Montage. The idea for the podcast came when they realized just how much they talk – a lot – when watching films from their favorite cinematic era. Their wedding theme was “a light nod to the ‘80s,” so there’s that, too. Both hail from the Midwest but have called Los Angeles home for several years now. Anna is a writer who received her B.A. in Film/Video from Columbia College Chicago and M.A. in Film Studies from Chapman University. Her dark comedy short She Had It Coming was an Official Selection of 25 film festivals with several awards won for it among them. Derek is an attorney who also likes movies. It is a point of pride that most of their podcast episodes are longer than the movies they cover.

Ken Nowak is a 2000 graduate of Columbia College Chicago and currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and son. He is a mix tech and audio wrangler for NBCUniversal. In his spare time he enjoys watching horror movies, reading and playing pinball.

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