Episodes

We've got BIG TROUBLE this time around. Hop aboard the ol' Porkchop Express with us as we review the John Carpenter/Kurt Russell cult classic, Big Trouble in Little China! If we're not back in about an hour... call the president.

It's not the real thing, it's just a fantasy... and that's how we start off this month of fantasy movies! Eddie Murphy at the height of his career takes on the good and evil of Eastern mysticism in The Golden Child, which may be (unfairly?) compared to B...

Some have called it "The Year Comics Grew Up" and arguably 1986 stands as the most pivotal year for the modern comic book industry. So many of the stories and character changes that occurred then have affected the mythos of the characters, whether in com...

We transformed ourselves into The 30something Home Improvement Podcast... not that you should follow our advice or that we know what we're talking about. We do know all about The Money Pit, though.

Come walkabout with us as we review the Australian globetrotting epic Crocodile Dundee!

What can one say about Howard? One podcaster left the room. Another threatened to throw up. Come along with us as we question ourselves, humanity, and the fate of time and space.

All of your favorite cops are back, along with a crop of new recruits, to save their beloved police academy.

Paul Newman, Tom Cruise and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio have nine balls between them... and victory. "Fast Eddie" is back, 25 years after the events of the The Hustler (1961), and has discovered Vince, a ridiculously talented pool protégé. Will Vince bec...

It's the Marvel superheroes vs Robert E. Lee in Captain America: Civil War!

"Mercy is for the weak. We do not train to be merciful here. A man face you, he is enemy. Enemy deserve no mercy." This week it's The Karate Kid Part II. Does the sequel uphold the honor and tradition of the original, or does it crumble like a block of k...

We shift from our sci-fi month of April to May Madness as we move from the sleepy town of Hadley's Hope on LV-426 to Hickory, Indiana. While they both have that small-town charm, both towns' locals have to deal with an invader that disrupts their way of ...

In space, no one could hear you scream. This time it's war. And this time we're hugging each other's faces and chest-bursting with excitement over the action-packed bug hunt that is ALIENS! We all mostly loved this movie... mostly. Check out our full web...

We ask the probing questions about Star Trek IV and have a whale of a time doing it! Is this the best Star Trek movie ever? Did the timeline skew off into an alternate 2286? Boldly go with us as we Voyage Home.

It's he who had an eye and yet couldn't see. It's he who served bouillabaisse when he was a she. It's all of your favorite Jim Varney characters — including Ernest — in their first full-length movie: Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam (1986). John...

The marines have no qualms about killing Martians... and we have no qualms about discussing them! Whether you loved the 1953 alien abduction/"Red Scare" classic, this 1986 remake, or are just a lover of sci-fi B-movies in general, join us as we delve int...

Hey, laser lips! Your mother wants you to listen to our episode on Short Circuit, the classic 1986 Pinnochio/Robocop mashup starring Steve Guttenberg and Ally Sheedy. Then if you want some more A.I. fun, go watch the other movies we compare it to (Chappi...

What do you do when you have a podcast that is covering movies from 1986 and it's April 1st? You record an impromptu episode on the 1986 teen slasher spoof April Fool's Day, of course. Or do you? Is there really an episode here? Or is it 37 minutes of si...

Part 2 of our Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice coverage. Did Batfleck succeed? Was Wonder Woman wonderful? Was Doomsday doomed? Will Captain America: Civil War be the best Batman v Superman movie ever?

After a three year wait, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was released last week. So far the reviews from fans and critics have been polarizing. Is it as bad as the critics want you to believe? Is it one of the best superhero movies of all time, as som...

We take an extended look at some new movie (and a little TV) news — Indiana Jones V, Batman: The Killing Joke, Preacher, the "Screening Room" streaming movie service — then we get into our discussion of An American Tail. It's filled with a critique of mo...

Nobody summons Megatron... but we summon you to listen to the latest episode where we talk the 1986 animated epic — Transformers: The Movie. We thank Val Kilmer for listening while he mows his lawn, we talk about the movie, and we end up down a rabbit ho...

We apologize that it's been 8 years since our last episode. We know we have a lot to catch up on, what with it now being 2024 and we can't explain where we've been for all this time. The best we can do is talk about movies... and what better movie from t...

Houston, we have a problem! Space Camp was a fun kids movie from the 80s that was released at exactly the wrong time. Today, when interest in the sciences and engineering is higher than ever, this movie still resonates with audiences today. Join us as we...

Grab a Budweiser, mount up on your rocket launcher equipped motorcycle and God bless America... or should that be "Chuck bless America?!" It's The Delta Force.