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Popspotting Listener Edition: Faith McQuinn
She’s a mom of twins. A teacher of film students. An editor of videos. And a blogger of lots of stuff. She’s Faith McQuinn (@fbeemcee), the latest generous contributor to the “Popspotting Listener Edition” series of shows.
Her topic for this Easter Sunday? “Top Five Lost Gems of the ’80s.” Faith goes beyond popular classics like “Ferris Bueller,” “Breakfast Club” and “Fast Times,” instead highlighting less celebrated favorites.
Your support has been invaluable to us throughout the run of Popspotting, and what we’ve valued most is hearing your thoughts on your favorite movies, TV shows, books, music and more. So we’re so grateful to the Popspotting community for contributing personal, thoughtful episodes to share with everyone while Jen and I focus on her health.
Thanks again to Geoff for kicking off the “Popspotting Listener Edition” project. We look forward to hearing from more of you!
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Space movies always strike a chord. Actually scifi is my favorite. Hit a chord with your recommendation for “Space Camp”. Also love the $5 DVD bin at WalMart. Plenty of “recent” old movies can be found there. That said, here are a few more 80s movies that may have been forgotten.
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1. The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) – very good scifi movie; time travel
2. The Last Starfighter (1984)
3. The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
4. Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Beyond the 8th Dimension (1984)
5. Howard the Duck (1986) – goofy, cheesy, big budget flop from George Lucas.
Howard the Duck is my secret movie. No one I know likes that movie! I love it. My husband and I both love The Last Starfighter, and it’s been a long, long time since I’ve seen the other three. I’ll have to check ’em out again soon.