Auto Pilot Auto Pilot: Street Hawk June 15, 2017 A $3 million high tech crime fighting motorcycle, Street Hawk took on crime with former motorcycle cop Jesse Mach (Rex Smith) at the helm, taking on a drug dealing Christopher Lloyd in the first episode.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Wang Chung “To Live and Die in LA” April 3, 2017 A huge fan of the band’s album Points on a Curve, director Wiliam Friedkin hired Wang Chung to compose every song on the soundtrack for his Secret Service action thriller, To Live and Die in LA in 1985.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Yello “Oh Yeah” March 27, 2017 Instantly recognizable and inextricably tied to Ferris Bueller and the 80’s, Yello’s “Oh Yeah” has been a juggernaut, appearing in countless commericals, movies and TV shows.
Action Hero of the Week Action Hero of the Week: Eddie Cusack November 2, 2016 Sgt. Eddie Cusack is a loose cannon in the Chicago PD and finds himself in the middle of a gang war when the vicious Comacho gang hits their rivals the Lunas during a police sting.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: The Power Station “Some Like It Hot” September 19, 2016 The biggest hit for supergroup The Power Station, “Some Like It Hot” was featured in European Vacation, when Rusty fantasizes about visiting a European nightclub during the trip.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Oingo Boingo “Weird Science” May 9, 2016 Led by frontman Danny Elfman, Oingo Boingo contributed to a number of soundtrack in the 80’s, including the title track the 1985 cult classic Weird Science.
Auto Pilot Auto Pilot: Star Wars: Droids December 15, 2015 As we are at peak Star Wars this week, it seems like a good time to look back on one of the weirdest bits of the Expanded Universe, the short lived solo adventures of C3PO and R2D2 in Star Wars: Droids.
Everything Action Theater Everything Action Theater: Kung Fury May 28, 2015 Kung Fury is finally here in all it’s awesome 80’s glory as the world’s greatest cop and martial artist must travel back in time to stop Hitler from unlocking the secrets of Kung Fu.