Encore Gears Up For Labor Day 80s-Style

Labor day generally marks the end of the summer for most people. Working folks usually get a long weekend and kids attempt to enjoy their last few days of freedom before heading back to school. Encore has big plans for Labor day weekend. I’ll give you a hint – it involves a talking duck, a bunch of nerds, some shrunken kids and an incriminated animated rabbit.

If you guessed a weekend full of 80’s movies, you’d be right! On Friday, August 31st at 8:00 p.m., Encore will kick off their “Big 80’s Weekend.” 80 hours of some classic 80’s cinema. Those of us who grew up in the 80’s surely remember great movies like Project X, Revenge of the Nerds, Dirty Dancing, Wargames, Say Anything…, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. We also remember some of those crappy movies we secretly loved, like Vice Versa, License to Drive, Howard the Duck, Little Monsters, and Three O’Clock High.

Encore’s got them all plus more! Check out the schedule below:

Friday, Aug. 31

8 p.m. – Revenge of the Nerds

9:35 p.m. – Wall Street

11:45 p.m. – Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie

Saturday, Sept. 1

1:20 a.m. – The Wild Life

3 a.m. – Amazon Women on the Moon

4:30 a.m. – The Woman in Red

6 a.m. – Vice Versa

7:40 a.m. – The Care Bears Movie

9 a.m. – Conan the Destroyer

10:45 a.m. – Project X

12:35 p.m. – Broadcast News

2:50 p.m. – The Fabulous Baker Boys

4:45 p.m. – Cujo

6:30 p.m. – Doctor Detroit

8 p.m. – Dirty Dancing

9:45 p.m. – Romancing the Stone

11:35 p.m. – Less Than Zero

Sunday, Sept. 2

1:15 a.m. – A Little Sex

2:50 a.m. – Hollywood Shuffle

4:20 a.m. – The Pirate Movie

6 a.m. – North Shore

7:40 a.m. – Solarbabies

9:20 a.m. – Three O’Clock High

10:50 a.m. – The Legend of Billie Jean

12:30 p.m. – Say Anything…

2:20 p.m. – Wargames

4:20 p.m. – Howard the Duck

6:15 p.m. – Big

8 p.m. – Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

9:35 p.m. – Who Framed Roger Rabbit

11:30 p.m. – License to Drive

Monday, Sept. 3

1:05 a.m. – The Allnighter

2:50 a.m. – Summer Lovers

4:35 a.m. – Fresh Horses

6:20 a.m. – Full Moon High

8 a.m. – Gleaming the Cube

9:50 a.m. – Bustin’ Loose

11:30 a.m. – Continental Divide

1:15 p.m. – The Incredible Shrinking Woman

2:45 p.m. – History of the World, Part I

4:20 p.m. – F/X

6:15 p.m. – Tango & Cash

8 p.m. – Commando

9:35 p.m. – Red Heat

11:30 p.m. – Rambo: First Blood Part II

Tuesday, Sept. 4

1:10 a.m. – He’s My Girl

3 a.m. – The Hotel New Hampshire

4:50 a.m. – Little Monsters

Kelly West
Assistant Managing Editor

Kelly joined CinemaBlend as a freelance TV news writer in 2006 and went on to serve as the site’s TV Editor before moving over to other roles on the site. At present, she’s an Assistant Managing Editor who spends much of her time brainstorming and editing feature content on the site. She an expert in all things Harry Potter, books from a variety of genres (sci-fi, mystery, horror, YA, drama, romance -- anything with a great story and interesting characters.), watching Big Brother, frequently rewatching The Office, listening to Taylor Swift, and playing The Sims.