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STRANGER THINGS: TALES FROM ’85 SERIES REVIEW
Just when you thought it was safe to cancel your Netflix subscription, Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 is back to deliver another shot of 80s nostalgia, or at least nostalgia for a streaming series that ended less than five months ago. Set between the events of seasons two and three, this new animated series is essentially Stranger Things Season 2.5, although it tells a stand-alone story about a new interdimensional threat with no connection to the events of future seasons. Once again, the super powered Eleven and her growing team of not-super-friends must investigate a string of disappearances and creature attacks, preferably before curfew. Our reviewers Eoin, Chris Ayres, and Marco stayed up past their bedtime to binge all 10 episodes of this… prequel? requel? sequel? in-between-quel? Whatever you want to call it, our reviewers have opinions about it. Listen to the review to find out whether this latest entry in the ‘kids on bikes’ genre was good enough to turn their frowns upside down.
CREATED BY: Matt Duffer, Ross Dugger, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, Hilary Leavitt, and Eric Robles
STARRING: Brooklyn Davey Norstedt, Luca Diaz, Braxton Quinney, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, Elisha Williams, Ben Plessala, Odessa A’zion, Brett Gipson, Janeane Garofalo, Jeremy Jordan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Englund, Alysia Reiner, Jim Titus, Miriam Flynn, Alessandra Antonelli, Jordan Reynolds, Valeria Rodriguez, Jack Griffo
YOUR REVIEWERS
Marco Noyola (Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Audio Editor)
By day, Marco is a mild-mannered office worker, but by night he is a mild-mannered movie watcher. He does other mild-mannered stuff too.
“I’m not a film critic. I just play one on the Internet.”
Eoin Daly
Born and raised in Dublin Ireland, Eoin currently lives in London and has been an avid film lover from as far back as they can remember. Eoin enjoys going to the cinema weekly regardless of the film: new, old, or the most random title. They have no preconceived notions when taking in a new film. They tend to look for the good in any film they watch and will always love the art form. They are a major fan of actress-led cinema and will never apologize for this one film bias.
Christopher Ayres (Screener Squad)
Born and raised in the suburbs of Hinsdale, Illinois, Chris Ayres would constantly watch movies as a child, and that obsession has only grown over time, even attending Columbia Film School in Chicago during his last couple years of college. Whenever he’s not working his exhausting day job, he’s either watching as many movies as he can squeeze into his free time (preferably movies he’s never seen before due to a never-ending desire to expand his knowledge of the art form), or trying to turn people on to movies they haven’t seen that he thinks are worth their attention. You can find him on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram and Letterboxd (look for AyresForce or AyresForceOne)
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