Dissecting The 80s

Tim Burton's first film, Pee Wee's Big Adventure turns 40 this year, so what better way to kick off 2025?

He's a loner, Dottie, a Rebel, and he's at the heart of this delightfully absurd comedy. How …

We'll be back on January 20 with Pee-Wee's Big Adventure! Until then, enjoy this archive episode!

Out-of-context quote from this episode: “[Steve Guttenberg] in this movie and Ed Begley, Jr. in She-D…

It's a true Christmas classic turning 40, so we had to go visit Bedford!

Do these rules make any sense? What miracle saved us from the way too dark script version of this? How great is Dick Miller?

Our long-delayed Listener Request Month finale is here: Jean-Claude Van Damme's testosterone-fueled, wrestling tinged insanity: Bloodsport!

Andrew hates a movie Tripp loved, secret salt, a very confu…

Happy Thanksgiving, here's your second helping of Candy-ed Yams: Delirious!

What is Candy so into this lady? What's the best part about living in a soap opera world? Plus, we discuss all the dum thin…

We kicked off Candy-ed Yams with a completely incomprehensible movie: Nothing But Trouble!

What are we even doing here? Why on earth would Dan Aykroyd bite off so much for his first directorial effor…

This episode brings us to the end of Freddie month, with a 30th anniversary celebration of Wes Craven's New Nightmare, aka Scream Zero.

How did a movie this weird get a greenlight (that's a good thin…

We're celebrating the 40th birthday of Horror Icon Freddy Krueger with the original Nightmare on Elm Street!

How do we feel about less silly Freddy? Why does he run like that?!!?! Tripp dares critici…

We're rounding out the main part of Listener Request Month with Scream for Help, an oddball horror flick!

What's with the movie-of-the-week vibes? What on earth is this John Paul Jones score? Does no…

A movie with a perfect episode release date: Saturday the 14th! We kick off Listener Request Month with a strange duck of a movie.

Why this title for THIS kind of spoof? What is Tambor doing, exactly…

It's Listener Request Month! We're coming hot out of the gate with the 1987 too-scary-for-kids flick: The Gate!

How great are these effects? What the heck is with Terry's whole vibe? Why is this man …

Baseball month rounds third and heads for home with the cable classic A League of Their Own!

Is this the last '80s-esque Hanks Yell TM on screen? Did Geena Davis throw the game? Tripp reveals a long-…

It's baseball month! Here in the dog days of August, we're jumping in with Major League!

What happened to the raunchy sports comedy? Is baseball the most film-ic sport? Why isn't there more Wesley Sn…

Eddie Murphy slides right back into Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F!

Netflix has released on the best Legacy-quels of all time, maybe? Lots of practical effects and stunts, and Eddie is great…

An action-comedy classic celebrates its 40th anniversary, and it's return to the big-ish screen: Beverly Hills Cop!

How great is Eddie Murphy? Or this whole cast, for that matter! Do they use the son…

One of our childhood favorites turns 35 this year, and we're celebrating by discussing the ways Wayne Szalinski's shrink ray would absolutely blow up the world economy (plus, Antie, French class and …

The Month of John concludes with Johnny Handsome, a bizarre Walter Hill directed, Mickey Rourke star vehicle where he gets a new face!

What on earth is this movie? Is Lance Henriksen the king of scuz…

It's our latest theme month, the month of John, and we're kicking off with the delightful spoof: Johnny Dangerously!

Amy Heckerling's three classics, spoofing a dead genre, Disney rides teaching us a…