Author: Paul Childs

80s Movie Challenge Films 

80s Movie Challenge Week 28: Aliens (1986)

17th July 202017th July 2020 Paul Childs 0 Comments 1980s, Alien, Aliens, art, eighties, hudson, James Cameron, lance henriksen, lethal weapon, Mez, michael biehn, nostalgia, poster, school, sequel, sigourney weaver, teenage, vhs

Welcome back 80s fans! Stop your grinning and drop your linen (Actually, no, don’t do that, Ed.) and prep for

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Bits & Bobs Books 

Petition: Bring Back Usborne’s Supernatural World

15th July 2020 Paul Childs 0 Comments books, childhood, ghosts, Halloween, mysterious powers, nostalgia, petition, usborne, Vampires

Hey there Spooky Nostalgia Fans! Last year we championed a petition created by Usborne’s Director of UK Marketing, Anna Howorth

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80s Movie Challenge Films 

80s Movie Challenge Week 27: The Blues Brothers (1980)

12th July 2020 Paul Childs 0 Comments 1980s, A Mission From God, art, bicycle, Chicago, eighties, Elwood, Jake, nostalgia, Rhythm & Blues, school, Soul Music, teenage, The Blues Brothers, vhs, witchcraft

It’s 80s time again, nostalgia hounds. Now, some might say that our 80s Movie Challenge (#80sMC) is a vanity project

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Films Music 

Remembering The Works of Joel Schumacher (1939-2020)

25th June 202025th June 2020 Paul Childs, Jane Roberts and Aaron Nash 0 Comments 8mm, Batman, falling down, film, flatliners, inxs, joel schumacher, music, robin, st elmo's fire, the lost boys

On 22/06/2020 the world lost yet another big name in the movie industry, Joel Schumacher. Although he started directing films

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80s Movie Challenge Films 

80s Movie Challenge Week 24: Big (1988)

20th June 202020th June 2020 Paul Childs 0 Comments 1980s, 1988, big, eighties, Elizabeth Perkins, FAO Schwartz, New York, nostalgia, Tom Hanks, toys, Zoltar

Welcome back Kids of the 80s, and everyone else unfortunate enough to have not grown up in the decade. If

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80s Movie Challenge Films 

80s Movie Challenge Week 23: Do The Right Thing (1989)

12th June 202014th June 2020 Paul Childs 0 Comments #blacklivesmatter, 1980s, Black Lives Matter, Brooklyn, Danny Aiello, drama, eighties, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Police Brutality, racial tension, Racism, Radio Raheem, spike Lee

Here at WGN, we are a firm believer that #BlackLivesMatter – a message that needs telling and retelling, never more

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Cultish Club Films 

Cultish Club: Black Moon Rising (1986)

12th June 2020 Paul Childs 0 Comments black moon rising, blue thunder, caper, Cultish Club, film, heist, knight rider, linder hamilton, sports car, super vehicle, tommy lee jones

Welcome back to Cultish Club. Last month James looked at Slipstream, the post-apocalyptic adventure that Mark Hamill made after the

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80s Movie Challenge Films 

80s Movie Challenge Week 22: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

5th June 20205th June 2020 Paul Childs 0 Comments 1980s, eighties, Ferris Bueller, jeffrey jones, John Hughes, save ferris, shermer, teen

Welcome back 80s aficionados! This week in 80sMC we stay in 1986, but instead of the Scottish Highlands of last

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80s Movie Challenge Films 

80s Movie Challenge Week 20: Chariots Of Fire (1981)

22nd May 202022nd May 2020 Paul Childs 0 Comments 1920s, 1980s, athletics, british, david puttnam, eighties, eric liddel, harold abrahams, olympics, sport, vangelis

Welcome back for another exciting instalment of #80sMC. This week Paul puts on his running shoes and travels back to

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TV 

Nostalgia Done Right: Ashes To Ashes

21st May 202029th July 2020 Paul Childs 0 Comments 1980s, 80s, alex drake, ashes to ashes, chris skelton, coma, gene hunt, life on mars, nostalgia, ray carling, sam tyler, shaz granger, Supernatural, Time Travel

On the tenth anniversary of its finale, Paul follows up his look at the Nostalgia Done Right of Cobra Kai with a

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