EXPLORERS

If the Netflix original series Stranger Things jump-started your curiosity about 1980s pop culture, you might enjoy Explorers (1985). Produced as a fun kid's sci-fi adventure with effect by ILM, it was directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins) and starred River Phoenix, Ethan Hawke, and Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager). Like its cinematic cousins Stranger Things and The Goonies, Explorers follows a band of young misfit boys who trade their routine of escaping bullies and biking around town to see their greatest fantasies come true. We even get to see some early computer graphics and technology! Trailer below. Enjoy!