The ’80s are back, but should they be?

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One might be forgiven for thinking that the ’80s are over. Yet for others, they never truly ended. Nestled amid the big announcements at this month’s CinemaCon about Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Dune: Part Three and Avengers: Doomsday was the news that the Top Gun franchise was getting ready to fly again. Or you could always see the 40th-anniversary screenings of Top Gun in cinemas this month.

Meanwhile, ’80s king of pop Michael Jackson lives again in the biopic Michael and Arnold Schwarzenegger is in talks to revive three of his biggest franchises, Conan, Predator and Commando. Sylvester Stallone is working on another Rambo movie – 44 years after the first. Eighties cult classics Escape from New York and Highlander are getting reboots. Madonna has released a “banger” new song,........

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