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Podcast: Movies Worth Seeing
Episode: Predator (1987): Peak ’80s Masculinity Meets Sci-Fi Horror
Description: Send us a textThis week on Movies Worth Seeing, we go back to the jungle for one of the most rewatchable action films of all time: Predator.What starts as a macho ’80s commando fantasy slowly mutates into a razor-sharp sci-fi survival horror — and that’s exactly why Predator still slaps nearly 40 years later. We break down how the film cleverly subverts the invincible action-hero trope, why the ensemble cast is stacked with pure testosterone, and how the Predator itself became one of cinema’s most iconic monsters.We also dig into...