Episodes

Well... listen to this podcast gently with a chainsaw. It's Heathers, the dark comedy that probably couldn't get made today. In fact, they tried and it failed. Does this movie stand the test of time and live on, or does its teen angst have too high of a ...

We start by talking about pizza. We end by talking about pizza. In-between that, we talked about the movie Mystic Pizza... but we were thinking of the pizza the whole time. Thick, cheesy pizza...Intro:Intro [0:00]News:Social Media updates [7:40]Star...

It was either going to be called "Dangerous Tourists" or "Accidental Liaisons." Either way, it seemed to work. This week we travel from the mundane day-to-day of a grief-stricken travel writer all the way to the vicious manipulations of the French court ...

We're joined by the amazing Teresa Delgado from the Disney Vault Talk podcast this time to talk about Christopher Robin. This sweet and sentimental tale of Christopher Robin reuniting with his childhood is perfect for the entire family!Intro:Intro [0:...

For our 201st episode, we continue the journey into our favorite guilty pleasure movies of the 80s and beyond. Thank you to all of our listeners and followers who have been with us at any point along this ride to the 200th. Here's to 200+ more!View our ...

For our 200th episode, we delve into our favorite guilty pleasure movies of the 80s and beyond. Thank you to all of our listeners and followers who have been with us at any point along this ride to the 200th. Here's to 200+ more!View our "Guilty Pleasur...

There are times when you watch a movie for the first time and you love it. There are times when you hate it. Then there's Tequila Sunrise. Join Pat and John as they try to work through their feelings surrounding this movie.Intro:Intro [0:00]Listener f...

There's no monkeying around when it comes to the critically acclaimed film, Gorillas in the Mist. We just go ape for Sigourney Weaver's performance as Dian Fossey, the renowned and controversial primate specialist who almost single-handedly saved the gor...

This week is our 1988 Tom Cruise double-header episode as we dive into Cocktail & Rain Man. We talk a little about the firing of James Gunn and how delinquent John is for just now starting the Harry Potter books.Intro:John finally started the Harry Pot...

This year's Comic Con was filled with announcements and trailers galore. Pat and John take some time to sift through the good and bad of it all.Intro:John's Movie Money Adventure in Texas [3:23]Ant-Man and The Wasp [10:55]"Practice your instruments,...

"Say it ain't so, Joe!" When eight players from the Chicago White Sox were found guilty of having thrown the World Series, the baseball world was in an uproar. We're not in an uproar here, but we talk a little baseball and a little sports scandals in gen...

Gavin is everybody's All-American. Then he enters the NFL draft and begins his career for the struggling Redskins. He quickly discovers that even the strongest love for the game won't translate into success. It's Dennis Quaid, Jessica Lange, Timothy Hutt...

Ah. Well… we attended Juilliard… we’re graduates of the Harvard business school. We podcast quite extensively. We’ve lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. John’s seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AN...

Your reality is lies and balderdash... but we feel like we've got a grasp on the final film of Terry Gilliam's "Imagination" trilogy: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.And don't worry. We will silence those enemy cannons. It's Wednesday, after all.Int...

Sometimes our podcast gets confused with ones that talk about the 80s TV series "thirtysomething," but see, we've got this little misunderstanding. That's "thirtysomething" and we're "30something." They talk about a TV show... we talk about movies you pr...

Chet Ripley just wants to have a nice time with his family in their lakeside cabin. When his yuppie brother-in-law, Roman, shows up that plan goes out the window. Chet will spend the rest of his vacation just trying to survive, whether we're talking wate...

The Newcomers have landed and are integrating into our society, but these visitors from another world are not always welcome. Sykes — a human cop — has just been paired up with the first Newcomer detective, Sam Francisco. Together they need to solve a my...

Paranoia has gripped New York City as a killer is on the loose. But who can save you when the killer appears to be a cop? John and Pat debate whether or not a movie like Maniac Cop can have any redeeming social commentary… or is it just an exploitation f...

Solo: A Star Wars Story has had a rocky history over the last year. Some believed it wasn't needed. Some believed it was never going to happen. Directors were swapped and no footage was shown for months. Now that it's here... what do we think?1. Intro;...

When East Meets West, the Champion remains standing... oops, sorry. That's Rocky IV. This time around, it's less about boxing and more about bridging the cultural and political divide to track down one of the Soviet Union's most dangerous criminals who i...

We start our month of “cop” movies off with the controversial look into the gang neighborhoods of Los Angeles in Dennis Hopper’s COLORS.Intro:Bohemian Rhapsody trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMoQzl16zrE [8:35]Music discussion – Jonathan Ø...

After 10 years of build-up, Thanos has finally arrived. Avengers: Infinity War is one of the most anticipated movies of all time and it didn't disappoint. This episode I'm joined by the Peter Parker to my Tony Stark as my son John gives his two cents on ...

April is our month of movies that are just weird or different enough not to fit into some of the other themes we had assigned to each month. So... we end the month with one of the weirdest of 1988: Return of the Killer Tomatoes. Once we move pasta that o...

On April 18, 1938, the world was introduced to the first superhero. He looked like a circus strongman. He performed feats of strength and daring like Hercules or Tarzan. He defended the common man and stood up against evil and corruption. He was: Superma...