A podcast where we look at old movies and ask "Does this still work?"
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…
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…
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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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 …
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…
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…
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.
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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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.
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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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…
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 …
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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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…
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…
Is it Dogma without jokes? White people’s Blade?A subpar Matrix? How would you describe Constantine? The boys discuss.
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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 …
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…
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…
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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