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Does This Still Work?

A podcast where we look at old movies and ask "Does this still work?"

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Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
60 minutes
Episodes
286
Years Active
2019 - 2025
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284 Big Business 1988

284 Big Business 1988

This movie team up of Bette Midler and Lilly Tomlin currently has a rotten tomatoes score of 52% among critics but it stands at  69% with the public. Will this disconnect carry over when the boys tak…

01:01:14  |   Wed 03 Sep 2025
283 Superfly 1972

283 Superfly 1972

8 track stereo, color TV in every room and half piece of dope every day is that the American dream? It might have been in 1972 but in the 21st Century, not so much. Does that mean the film doesn’t wo…

00:38:10  |   Wed 27 Aug 2025
282 Donnie Darko 2001

282 Donnie Darko 2001

It’s a time travel movie. It’s a mystery. It’s a teen drama. Yes, Donnie Darko is many things but do any of them work?

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00:42:59  |   Wed 20 Aug 2025
281 Nebraska 2013

281 Nebraska 2013

A cantankerous old drunk refuses to believe he didn’t win a million dollars so his son agrees to drive him from Montana to Nebraska to collect the father’s non-existent prize money.. On the way, the …

00:44:44  |   Wed 13 Aug 2025
280 WarGames 1983

280 WarGames 1983

3 years before Ferris Bueller took the day off, Mathew Broderick played another high school student who skipped school. But in this movie, instead of spending the day goofing off with his friends, he…

00:48:03  |   Wed 06 Aug 2025
279 Angel Heart 1987

279 Angel Heart 1987

Mickey Rourke is a PI. Robert DeNiro is his mysterious client and Lisa Bonet….a voodoo priestess or something? Who knows? You get to see her breasts though and that’s great if you like that sort of t…

00:43:17  |   Wed 30 Jul 2025
DTSW026 Blues Brothers, In Memory of Lisa Harmon

DTSW026 Blues Brothers, In Memory of Lisa Harmon

Our friend and guest, lisa Harmon, passed away tragically last week. We're re-releasing the episode we had her on, to share once more what a funny and lovely person she was.

01:10:26  |   Sat 26 Jul 2025
278 Coffee and Cigarettes 2003

278 Coffee and Cigarettes 2003

This is the show's first Jim Jarmusch film. It could also be our  last Jim Jarmusch film if George has anything to say about it. 

 

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01:06:29  |   Wed 23 Jul 2025
277 The Falcon and the Snowman 1985

277 The Falcon and the Snowman 1985

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No, it’s not a Marvel movie. The Falcon and the Snowman is actually the real life story of  two life long friends who decide to spy for  the Soviet Union. Join the boys as they discuss. 

00:27:57  |   Wed 16 Jul 2025
276 Dog Day Afternoon 1975

276 Dog Day Afternoon 1975

A man and his friends attempt to rob a bank and it goes really, really poorly. Based on a true story. Join the boys as they decide if this old movie still works. 

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00:45:33  |   Wed 09 Jul 2025
275 Independence Day 1996

275 Independence Day 1996

Are aliens from outer space attacking the human race considered its own movie genre? Because here is another picture where that happens. This time it’s Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum  and a cast of dozens…

00:45:05  |   Wed 02 Jul 2025
274 A History of Violence 2005

274 A History of Violence 2005

While this would make an excellent title for a documentary about US foreign policy this movie is not that. Instead, the picture is about a dad with a past that comes back to haunt him. Join the boys …

00:42:22  |   Wed 25 Jun 2025
273 Stranger Than Fiction 2006

273 Stranger Than Fiction 2006

Will Ferrell discovers he’s a character in a  book. Worse yet, the author, Emma Thompson, plans to kill him off. He’s determined to stop her. Needless to say, hilarity ensues. Or does it?

 

 

 

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01:25:26  |   Wed 18 Jun 2025
272 Analyze This 1999

272 Analyze This 1999

Billy Crystal is a psychiatrist. Robert DeNiro is a mobster who has panic attacks. Together they make mental health and murder go together. And yes, the plot here is the same premise as the beloved H…

01:10:38  |   Wed 11 Jun 2025
271 Polyester (1981) Guest Mark Cannistraro

271 Polyester (1981) Guest Mark Cannistraro

Did you know polyester is derived from petroleum? Were you aware it’s wrinkle and shrink resistant? It’s also bad for the environment and releases microplastics? What’s that got to do with this movie…

01:37:43  |   Wed 04 Jun 2025
270 Constantine 2005

270 Constantine 2005

Is it Dogma without jokes? White people’s Blade?A subpar Matrix? How would you describe Constantine? The boys discuss.

00:51:39  |   Wed 28 May 2025
269 Eraserhead 1977

269 Eraserhead 1977

In heaven everything is fine but can the same be said for this movie? This is the story of a man who knocks up his girlfriend and enters an unhappy marriage. The twist? The film is directed by David …

00:34:52  |   Wed 21 May 2025
268 Signs 2002

268 Signs 2002

Mel Gibson, Hollywood’s version of Elon Musk, stars in this movie about a man who loses his faith and then gets it back. Of course, he loses his religion for the same exact reason he had one. Because…

00:48:05  |   Wed 14 May 2025
267 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977

267 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977

The first kind is unidentified flying objects. The second kind is finding some sort of physical evidence. But this?  This is the third kind.  And those aren’t the answers the boys need. The answer th…

01:15:10  |   Wed 07 May 2025
265 Unfaithful 2002

265 Unfaithful 2002

George Michael said you gotta have faith but nobody told the characters in this erotic thriller starring Diane Lane and Richard Gere. 

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00:44:10  |   Wed 30 Apr 2025
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