30something Movie Podcast
A group of friends discuss movies that have reached their 30th anniversary this year.
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Episode #392: ”Yeah, you blend” | My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Vinny has driven down with his girlfriend to help defend his cousin who was wrongfully arrested for the murder of a convenience s…
Episode #316: "I made my family disappear" | Home Alone (1990)
Kevin just had one of the worst nights of his life as his entire family — and I mean ENTIRE family — ganged up on him and blamed …
Episode #274: "Part of Our World" | The Little Mermaid (1989) & Disne…
Join us as we dive into a whole new world... wrong movie... a kingdom under the sea and talk about the history and impact of Disn…
Episode #191: "Good Morning, My Neighbors!" | Coming to America (1988)
Sometimes our podcast gets confused with ones that talk about the 80s TV series "thirtysomething," but see, we've got this little…
Recent Episodes
Episode #417: ”Be My Victim” | Candyman (1992)
June 29, 2022
While conducting research on superstitions in a housing complex on Chicago's Near North Side, grad student Helen Lyle befriends Anne-Marie McCoy. Helen learns the story of the Candyman, an urban myth who wields a hook for a …
Episode #416: ”The Story of Tron-Fabio” | Lawnmower Man (1992)
June 23, 2022
It's called Lawnmower Man, but that's about where the gardening connections end. An escaped Robo-Chimp befriends a simple man just trying to make his way in horticulture. The man who trained Robo-Chimp then decides to give h…
Episode #415: ”What could happen to an Old Fashioned?” | It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
June 19, 2022
Smiler Grogan takes a dive off a cliff in his car, where he's discovered by all the motorists he almost ran off the road. He kicks the bucket, but not before cryptically telling the assembled drivers that he's buried a fortu…
Episode #414: ”Empty Fletch” | Memoirs of An Invisible Man (1992)
June 15, 2022
Nick Halloway is an ordinary businessman who sees his life turned upside down when an experiment gone wrong renders him invisible. He's pursued by a corrupt CIA agent and aided by his new love interest... but all he really w…
Episode #413: ”Wheeze the Juice” | Encino Man (1992)
June 8, 2022
Dave is digging a pit for a pool in his backyard when he happens upon a caveman frozen in a block of ice. He soon thaws out and is very much alive. Dave, his best friend Stoney try to pass him off as a foreign exchange stude…
Episode #412: ”The Name You Know” | The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
June 1, 2022
Thomas Jefferson Johnson (con man) takes advantage of the death of congressman Jeff Johnson and runs on "the name you know" so he can win a seat in Congress and make a big score in D.C. It might be a shock to learn that Wash…
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About the Hosts
John Reid
Host
What three movies would be the best to give someone an idea of your cinematic tastes?
1. Star Wars
2. Fight Club
3. Amadeus
What’s your favorite way to spend a day off?
Hanging with the family... doesn't matter what or where!
What's one thing that can instantly make your day better?
Getting to go see a movie in a theater and enjoying a big tub of buttered popcorn.
Two-parter:
Superman or Batman? SUPERMAN
Tony Stark or Steve Rogers? STEVE ROGERS
What director has had the biggest impact on you?
Steven Spielberg... the sheer volume of beloved movies from my childhood that he directed make this a no-brainer.
Share a movie that you enjoy but feel like not enough people know about.
One we did earlier on in the podcast... The Name of the Rose. It's a great medieval Sherlock Holmes-style mystery with Sean Connery and Christian Slater.
Patrick Cantagallo
Co-host
What three movies best summarize your cinematic tastes?
- The Great Escape
- Jaws
- Skyfall
What is your favorite way to spend a day off?
- Early (before dawn) long run, then with the family — on, by, or in the water
What is one thing that can instantly make your day better?
- Motorcycle ride
Two-parter:
1) Superman or Batman?
- Batman
2) Tony Stark or Steve Rogers?
- Logan
What director has had the biggest impact on you?
- John Williams. (Seriously, I think any of the directors that collaborated with him.)
Share a movie that you enjoy but feel like not enough people know about:
- The World's Fastest Indian
Jeff Mazzuca
Co-host
What three movies would be the best to give someone an idea of your cinematic tastes?
** Right off the bat, I’d like to say that in keeping with tradition and lists on this podcast, I’m going to add extra “spaces”.
- Casablanca
- Jaws
- E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Jurassic Park
What’s your favorite way to spend a day off?
- With two little ones at home, “days off” are very difficult to come by. However, I’m always down to watch a movie or binge some TV shows.
What's one thing that can instantly make your day better?
- When my sons smile at me when they first see me.
Two-parter:
1) Superman or Batman?
- Superman
2) Tony Stark or Steve Rogers?
- Steve Rogers
What director has had the biggest impact on you?
- Steven Spielberg
Share a movie that you enjoy but feel like not enough people know about.
- Swingers (1996); dir. Doug Liman
- Noises off (1992); dir. Peter Bogdanovich
- Murder By Death (1976); dir. Robert Moore
Bo Warmbold
Co-host
Dennis Matuch
Co-host