David Cooper and Matthew Krause, the two best critics you've never heard about, focus their wisdom and insight on the '80s, examining 40 titles that made them chortle, snivel, bellow, and shriek, and a few that just plain drove them to drink. With a nostalgic eye and a self-effacing flare for the dramatic, Cooper and Krause stir the cauldron of their shared past to dredge up memories both tranquil and troubled, taking the reader on a magical tour of the decade through the eyes of two land-locked, wide-eyed dreamers.