Episodes

Feb. 27, 2018

Episode #175: "Ich bin ein engel" | Wings of Desire (1988)

The divide between East and West is meaningless when you're an angel. You can come and go, observing humanity throughout the course of eternity... until the day you decide you want to become one of them. This one is the …

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Feb. 21, 2018

Episode #174: "I Want To Believe" | Casablanca (1942)

Victor Laszlo believes in freedom. Ilsa believes in Victor. Rick believed in his love for Ilsa. We wanted to believe that Rick and Ilsa didn't "get together" in that one scene because it just makes other conversations awkward later. Mostly, …

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Feb. 14, 2018

Episode #173: "Crash Tess Dummies" | Bull Durham & Working Girl (1988)

I believe strikeouts are fascist. I believe she's got a mind for business and a bod for sin. I believe Solo will be fun, but Cloverfield Paradox was bad. I believe in three guys talking movies from the 80s in …

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Feb. 6, 2018

Episode #172: "Prepare for Assembly!" | Earth Star Voyager (1988)

After Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered in 1987, Disney tried their hand at a sci-fi series with a starship manned by a crew of teenagers who are off to colonize a new planet to escape the dying planet Earth. …

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Jan. 31, 2018

Episode #171: “Prehistoric Savoir Faire” | The Land Before Time / Oli…

Join us on a journey through all of the feels as we jump even further back from 1988 into prehistoric times with the children’s classic The Land Before Time… then forward again to New York’s Fifth Avenue for the Disney …

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Jan. 24, 2018

Episode #170: "P-p-p-please!" | Who Framed Roger Rabbit & Cartoons of…

Who framed Roger Rabbit? And who doesn't love Saturday Morning Cartoons?! All of the answers to those questions in our newest episode! 1. Intro & Who Framed Roger Rabbit background info/trailer [0:00] 2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit discussion [10:15] 3. …

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Jan. 17, 2018

Episode #169: "When This Baby Hits Hachi Ju Hachi" | My Neighbor Toto…

We're full speed ahead into 1988 with our first episode of the year. January is our animation month and we begin with an exploration of two very different ends of the anime spectrum: My Neighbor Totoro and AKIRA. 1. Intro …

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Dec. 31, 2017

Episode #168: “Best of ’87 & ’17”

As our voyage through the movies of 1987 comes to a close, John waxes nostalgic on his favorites from this last year — both from 1987 and the new releases of 2017. If you’ve enjoyed the podcast this year, buckle …

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Dec. 27, 2017

Episode #167: "We Are The Spark" | Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

We all had a chance to watch The Last Jedi at least once, so John, Jeff, Pat, and Dennis sat down to talk through our feelings — and there were many — about the newest installment in the Star Wars …

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Dec. 20, 2017

Episode #166: "High Infidelity" | Fatal Attraction (1987)

When a one-night stand turns into a couple of nights... and then Dan suddenly remembers he's married to a fantastic wife, has a great kid, and a fairly low-maintenance dog... you've got either a recipe for disaster or bunny soup. …

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Dec. 12, 2017

Episode #165: "At Least Nobody Was Hurt" | Ernest Goes To Camp (1987)

In a movie that's campy in more ways than one, Ernest P. Worrell tries to help a group of misfit boys turn their lives around and save Camp Kikakee from the evil developer Sherman Krader who just wants the land …

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Dec. 6, 2017

Episode #164: "I Dig It" | Justice League (2017)

Justice League was a step in the right direction for the DCEU. John, Jeff, Pat, Bo, and special guest Will talk about why this is one of the best DCEU movies to date! 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Justice League background …

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Nov. 30, 2017

Episode #163: "Teenage Wasteland" | Can't Buy Me Love (1987)

The 80s was full of movies showcasing the plight of the modern teenager... and John Hughes was the master. Unfortunately, John Hughes didn't make this one. What do you get when you cross a story about a boy wanting to …

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Nov. 22, 2017

Episode #162: "Oh Baby" | Baby Boom (1987)

J.C. Wiatt can't have a baby because she's got a 12:30 lunch meeting. Or at least, that's what she thought before a relative died and left her with a toddler to raise in the midst of her busy corporate life. …

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Nov. 16, 2017

Episode #161: "All in the Family" | The Secret of My Success (1987)

We came to a startling realization that Michael J. Fox features in more than one role where a relative wants to give new meaning to the term "family get-together." Regardless, the secret of The Secret of My Success is that …

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Nov. 8, 2017

Episode #160: "Greed... is Good" | Wall Street (1987)

Gordon Gekko (which I always thought would be a great name for the Geico gecko) is a ruthless Wall Street player who makes multi-million dollar deals before most of us have had breakfast. Bud Fox is a young and restless …

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Nov. 1, 2017

Episode #159: "Finger Lickin' Good" | Near Dark (1987)

Take the cast of ALIENS and put them in Oklahoma... and make them vampires. Then you've got Kathryn Bigelow's feature film directing debut: NEAR DARK. (I wonder what Paul Reiser would've looked like as a vampire...) 1. Intro [0:00] 2. …

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Oct. 25, 2017

Episode #158: “Chill the Maggots; Sex the Roaches” | Hellraiser (1987)

It’s the epic love story for the ages: Girl meets boy. Girl marries boy. Girl is bored with husband and has affair with husband’s brother. Brother-in-law gets bored with the limits of earthly pleasure and pain and gets ripped apart …

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Oct. 18, 2017

Episode #157: "Party Like It's 1999" | Prince of Darkness (1987)

You see what I did there? It's called PRINCE of Darkness and the visions from the future take place in 1999, so it's like the song "1999 (Party Like It's 1999)" by Prince. Right? Shut up. Anyway, apparently Jesus was …

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Oct. 11, 2017

Episode #156: "If It Bleeds..." | Predator (1987)

Arnold and his friends go on a tropical vacation and find that all is not what it seems in this light-hearted family-friendly romp through the jungle. It's PREDATOR! (Rated R for some slight non-family-friendly elements) 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Predator …

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Oct. 9, 2017

Episode #155: "Cannon Fodder" | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (198…

When the United States and North Korea threaten nuclear war... oops, sorry... jump back 30 years. When the United States and the Soviet Union threaten nuclear war, it takes a mind-wiped Lois Lane and some random school kid's letter for …

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Oct. 4, 2017

Episode #154: "I'm Possessed!" | Innerspace (1987)

Have you ever had one of those days where you had a plan in mind, but everything went wrong? Let's say, for example, you planned to be miniaturized and injected into a lab rabbit so you could study it from …

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Oct. 1, 2017

Episode #153: "Nostalgia+Robots" | *batteries not included (1987)

When real estate developers strike and the Goonies aren't around to save you, who can the residents of a dilapidated old apartment building/diner turn to...? The Fix-its, of course! 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Superman Extended Edition release [8:14] 3. Spaceball...

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Sept. 28, 2017

Episode #152: Favorite Movie Music of All Time 3!

Pat, Jeff and John decided to put each other through the torment of having to narrow down their favorite movie composers, scores, individual songs, etc. to a series of "top 5" lists. Here's part 3! 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Favorite …

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