Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 44mAnd we're off, with MOVIE NO. 107 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s - and here's a brief look at a quick and gross stab in the dark - it's the September 1980 horror movie WITHOUT WARNING! 161
Reposted by Jeremy DauberJeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 22hAnd we're off, with MOVIE NO. 106 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s! A short one, this time, on a fun little trifle of a movie that allows us to briefly consider that subgenre of the spy comedy - it's Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson in September 1980's HOPSCOTCH! 3145
Reposted by Jeremy DauberJeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 05/10/2026And we're off with MOVIE NO. 105 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s - and it's our first look at Woody Allen, who, extraordinarily problematic legacy notwithstanding, was a major figure in the decade's cultural imagination - and he leads it off with STARDUST MEMORIES! 161
Reposted by Jeremy DauberMatthew Harrison @matthewharrison.bsky.social · 17hi have been writing about hamlet (don't worry--not for publication!) for weeks now and this is what it's like inside my brain 1112
Reposted by Jeremy DauberJeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 23hJust a note to let people know that PRESS 1 FOR INVASION, a middle-grade spooky, silly book that kids and Kirkus both seem to love, is currently out in paperback - so now's a good chance to pick it up! 'Tis the season! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Press-...simonandschuster.comPress 1 for InvasionA kid who just wanted a cell phone ends up being responsible for saving the world from an alien invasion in this “humorous, fast-paced” (Kirkus Rev... 012
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 22hAnd we're off, with MOVIE NO. 106 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s! A short one, this time, on a fun little trifle of a movie that allows us to briefly consider that subgenre of the spy comedy - it's Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson in September 1980's HOPSCOTCH! 3145
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 23hJust a note to let people know that PRESS 1 FOR INVASION, a middle-grade spooky, silly book that kids and Kirkus both seem to love, is currently out in paperback - so now's a good chance to pick it up! 'Tis the season! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Press-...simonandschuster.comPress 1 for InvasionA kid who just wanted a cell phone ends up being responsible for saving the world from an alien invasion in this “humorous, fast-paced” (Kirkus Rev... 012
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 05/10/2026And we're off with MOVIE NO. 105 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s - and it's our first look at Woody Allen, who, extraordinarily problematic legacy notwithstanding, was a major figure in the decade's cultural imagination - and he leads it off with STARDUST MEMORIES! 161
Reposted by Jeremy DauberJeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And we're off with MOVIE NO. 104 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s, with another concert film that shows, once again, the complexity of the cultural landscape, in terms of time and identity, as well as being a helluva show. It's the Divine Miss M in...DIVINE MADNESS! 1121
Reposted by Jeremy DauberHunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Passing triple digits in the world's most ambitious 80s movie marathon 141
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And we're off with MOVIE NO. 104 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s, with another concert film that shows, once again, the complexity of the cultural landscape, in terms of time and identity, as well as being a helluva show. It's the Divine Miss M in...DIVINE MADNESS! 1121
Reposted by Jeremy DauberJeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 103 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s! After two fine films yesterday (Melvin and Howard/Ordinary People), I was due for a dog, and this one certainly applies...from September 1980, it's Ernest Borgnine in....SUPER FUZZ! 263
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Is anyone else getting the notice online that the Science Fiction Awards Database has had its account suspended, or is it just something with my browser? The rest of the Locus website seems to be working okay for me.... 100
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 103 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s! After two fine films yesterday (Melvin and Howard/Ordinary People), I was due for a dog, and this one certainly applies...from September 1980, it's Ernest Borgnine in....SUPER FUZZ! 263
Reposted by Jeremy DauberJeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 102 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s! This is a big one, an Oscars darling and one that has a lot to say about our story, and its title announces its emblematic status...from September 1980, it's Robert Redford's ORDINARY PEOPLE! 3224
Reposted by Jeremy DauberNeil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Honestly, this is an outstanding summary and review. Use the memories of these great films to see you through the Porky's 2s and Jaws: The Revenges. 🤘 141
Reposted by Jeremy DauberRob Kirby @robkirbycomics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What an excellent write up! Thank you 🙏 111
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 102 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s! This is a big one, an Oscars darling and one that has a lot to say about our story, and its title announces its emblematic status...from September 1980, it's Robert Redford's ORDINARY PEOPLE! 3224
Reposted by Jeremy DauberJeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 101 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s! This is a delightful one with some truly mordant undertones, a kind of sleeper classic about American financial precarity and the American personalities who inhabit it...it's MELVIN AND HOWARD! 172
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's also not too spooky but a classic horror theme - alien invasions - so perfect for young people for the season! 000
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 101 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s! This is a delightful one with some truly mordant undertones, a kind of sleeper classic about American financial precarity and the American personalities who inhabit it...it's MELVIN AND HOWARD! 172
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is out in paperback now, and if you haven't had the chance to pick it up and read it, I'd love it if you'd give it a try! 000
Reposted by Jeremy DauberJeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And here we are at some sort of milestone: MOVIE NO. 100 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s. Tell your friends to follow! Spread the word! Hop on yourself! Question my sanity! But we're moving along: it's Sept 1980, and Vietnam meets Death Wish in...THE EXTERMINATOR! 4222
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026An honest question from someone who is not a huge consumer of sports: how well do people think Babe Ruth could do against contemporary major league pitching? I think average pitch speed then was under 90 mph for a *fastball*, right? Would be genuinely interested to hear people's thoughts! 120
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Last Summer? Who Can Remember Last Summer, Even? Honey, Was That When, When, We Went to the Mountains? And We Ate At That Place? starring Paul Reiser 051
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I will! And thank you for letting me know Meredith McClaren's Bluesky handle - I couldn't find it in my original post, but certainly wanted to credit her as widely as possible as well! 120
Reposted by Jeremy DauberTiffany Babb 🔜 NYCC @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I am SO THRILLED to announce the AMAZING lineup of writers that will be featured in The Comics Courier Issue 5. This issue is gonna be 🔥 www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif... 16332
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Very much enjoyed @kellythompson.bsky.social and Meredith McClaren's 2015 graphic novel HEART IN A BOX - a look at heartbreak and heart-healing through that most magical of techniques, the fantastic allegory. Grounded and ethereal simultaneously. 150
Reposted by Jeremy DauberAlan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I heartily recommend jumping on Jeremy’s fascinating, thoughtful, amusing, surely-to-God-he’ll-never-finish-this bandwagon through *every single freaking 1980s film* now he’s hit an (early) milestone. 2101
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And here we are at some sort of milestone: MOVIE NO. 100 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s. Tell your friends to follow! Spread the word! Hop on yourself! Question my sanity! But we're moving along: it's Sept 1980, and Vietnam meets Death Wish in...THE EXTERMINATOR! 4222
Reposted by Jeremy DauberJeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 99 (!!) in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s! It's September 1980, and a new star is attempting to make his way on American shores; it doesn't work, but the failure's very instructive for our story. It's Jackie Chan in....THE BIG BRAWL! 182
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 99 (!!) in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s! It's September 1980, and a new star is attempting to make his way on American shores; it doesn't work, but the failure's very instructive for our story. It's Jackie Chan in....THE BIG BRAWL! 182
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And almost everything goes. There was no bigger act in the middle of the 20th century than Martin and Lewis. Who watches them now? 1112
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Teaching classes in American Studies, I think about this all the time….novelists like Pearl Buck and Edna Ferber, eg, largely memory-holed… 161
Reposted by Jeremy DauberJeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And we're off with a super-quick MOVIE NO. 98 (all it deserves) in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s! This one is Canadian, kinda, but it's directed by John Huston, so I'm making an exception...it's the horror movie PHOBIA! 121
Reposted by Jeremy DauberJeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 97 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s...and it's our second John Sayles pic in a row, this one better known than BATTLE FOR THE STARS...it's his writing/directing passion project from 1980, RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS 7! 191
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And we're off with a super-quick MOVIE NO. 98 (all it deserves) in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s! This one is Canadian, kinda, but it's directed by John Huston, so I'm making an exception...it's the horror movie PHOBIA! 121
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 97 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s...and it's our second John Sayles pic in a row, this one better known than BATTLE FOR THE STARS...it's his writing/directing passion project from 1980, RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS 7! 191
Reposted by Jeremy DauberJeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And we're off with MOVIE NO. 96 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s - apparently it's John Sayles's birthday, and sheerly by coincidence we've reached a moment where he has two movies released roughly simultaneously...this one, less known, is...BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS! 3184
Reposted by Jeremy DauberAtlas Shvitzed @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Always getting grief from his commanding officer, Lt. Cole Chicine 031
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I really hope the love interest is named Allie Purinol *iykyk 120
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The angry posts would have gone on and on, threads descending into incoherent madness, and it would have been GLORIOUS 120
Reposted by Jeremy DauberNothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I've cheated myself of sparks of greatness that way. A jolt of genius in gruel can be better better than something that's merely consistently good. 011
Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Aside from making me feel old (although I was pretty little when it came out), this is impeccably put 140