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Movie of the Year: 1985 Ran The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s most epic movie, Ran! It’s the last movie of the 1985 bracket, and boy-howdy has this been a dandy of a season. Will Ran be another movie that blows the guys away? After all, it features a timeless story and amazing feats of filmcraft. Or…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s most obscure movie, Mishima! Almost no one has heard of this movie. Outside of Japan most people don’t even know the incredible story of Yukio Mishima, the most famous Japanese author of his day, and his stranger-than-fiction life. Mishima…
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Movie of the Year: 1985 The Goonies The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s VHS babysitter, The Goonies! Perhaps no other movie of the 1980s captured what it was to be, in that time or an other, a Goonie. Goony? I don’t know how to do just one of them. That actually kind of works with the…
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Movie of the Year: 1985 Horror Fright Night Continuing the Movie of the Year spinoff, the Taste Buds tackle the horror movies of 1985! Up next: Fright Night! There were too many horror movies in 1985, and literally none of them made the Elite 8, so Ryan and his good friend Tompkins decided to give them their…
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Movie of the Year: 1985 State of the Franchise The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s franchises! 1985 had its fair share of franchises, not all of them great: looking at you, Rambo. Others had been the peak of cinema and yet had fallen to new lows: that’s you, Police Academy. But no matter how good or bad the…
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Movie of the Year: 1985 Come And See The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s answer to typical Hollywood war movies, Come and See! Come And See is probably not the first movie you think of when you think of 1985. That’s an obvious major strike against it for winning Movie of the Year. But what if it…
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Movie of the Year: 1985 Breakfast Club The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s most teen movie, The Breakfast Club! The Breakfast Club isn’t just some movie about being a teen; it is the movie about being a teen. In 1985 every teenager could identify with the characters in this movie, and that should have changed–this movie should…
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Movie of the Year: 1985 Horror Friday the 13th, Part V: A New Beginning Continuing the Movie of the Year spinoff, the Taste Buds tackle the horror movies of 1985! Up next Friday the 13th, Part V: A New Beginning! There were too many horror movies in 1985, and literally none of them made the Elite 8, so…
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Movie of the Year: 1985 Brazil The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s most bizarre movie, Brazil! Brazil is a quirky little movie that didn’t do great in its own time but has risen to cult status. Might it be more than a little film that punches above its weight? We would dare to say that it…
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Movie of the Year: 1985 Mix Tape The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s music by putting together a mix tape of 85’s greatest jams. The Taste Buds are joined by their lady-buds, the improbable Unnatural 20s who were like negative six when these songs came out. But they know about Huey Lewis, and they for…
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