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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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265 Uncle Buck 1989

265 Uncle Buck 1989

Dead John Hughes pops in from Hell to answer some questions then the boys discuss this hit from the late great Canadian  comedian, John Candy. That’s right, the star of today’s film was from America’…

00:46:30  |   Wed 23 Apr 2025
264 Lust, Caution 2007

264 Lust, Caution 2007

No, that’s not the name Joe has for his dating life. Instead it’s a movie about university students seeking to assassinate the leader of a puppet government in Japanese occupied Hong Kong during WW 2…

01:02:22  |   Wed 16 Apr 2025
263 Mona Lisa Smile 2003

263 Mona Lisa Smile 2003

We’re not sure what Mona Lisa had to smile about but you can’t have a Julia Roberts’s movie without her flashing one. But, did this movie leave the boys smiling? 

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00:50:27  |   Wed 09 Apr 2025
262 HOFFA (1992)

262 HOFFA (1992)

Do the young folks even know who Jimmy Hoffa was? More importantly, would they after seeing this movie? The boys discuss. 

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00:40:02  |   Wed 02 Apr 2025
261 Hook 1991

261 Hook 1991

Steven Spielberg, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts and Dustin Hoffman bring us a redux of Peter Pan but who the hell was asking for it?

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00:39:55  |   Wed 26 Mar 2025
259 FaceOff 1997

259 FaceOff 1997

The faces go on and off when John Travolta and Nicolas Cage team up this goofy late 90s action flick. Join the boys as they discuss how workable face transplant surgery and this movie actually are. 

00:49:32  |   Wed 19 Mar 2025
259 The Avengers 1998

259 The Avengers 1998

Yes, it’s the Avengers. No, it’s not that one. Wait, you ask. Isn’t this Avengers the one with Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman that has a 5% rating on Rotten Tomatoes? Why are we covering a movie that …

00:45:19  |   Wed 12 Mar 2025
258 The Bodyguard 1992

258 The Bodyguard 1992

Whitney Houston may always love you but will the boys love this movie?

 

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00:55:46  |   Wed 05 Mar 2025
257 Selma 2014

257 Selma 2014

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Before he got turned into a cartoon who dreamed race didn’t matter Martin Luther King was a flesh and blood human being who knew full well race totally mattered. This movie attempts to set…

00:48:15  |   Wed 26 Feb 2025
256 Glory 1989

256 Glory 1989

We continue our black history movie watch with the film that got Denzel Washington his first Oscar win.

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00:43:35  |   Wed 19 Feb 2025
255 12 Years A Slave 2012

255 12 Years A Slave 2012

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No, it’s not about being a food service worker. 12 Years A Slave is about an actual slave. And, spoiler alert, being a slave is really, really bad. But is the film?

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00:47:47  |   Wed 12 Feb 2025
254 Misery 1990

254 Misery 1990

Will George and Joe be the number one fan of this movie about the bookworm who goes way, way too far?

 

 

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00:40:33  |   Wed 05 Feb 2025
253 Blade 1998

253 Blade 1998

He’s half man and half vampire but all Wesley Snipes. Join the boys as they go back to 1998 and chat about the very first entry in what would one day become  the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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00:33:13  |   Wed 22 Jan 2025
252 Cool Runnings 1993

252 Cool Runnings 1993

This film is described as loosely based on the Jamaican national bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Olympics. But the word, loosely, is doing a lot of work there. Regardless of that though, does this …

00:44:27  |   Wed 15 Jan 2025
251 Addams Family Values 1993

251 Addams Family Values 1993

In popular culture the term Family Values originated with George W. Bush Administration and was used in the 1990s as shorthand for morally upright but really meant, no social safety net and “let’s di…

00:46:43  |   Wed 08 Jan 2025
250 Audition 1999

250 Audition 1999

It’s our 250th episode! Join the boys in celebration by listening to them do what they do every week. But just because it’s not out of the ordinary doesn’t mean this episode isn’t special.  On today’…

00:47:06  |   Wed 01 Jan 2025
249 Home Alone 1990

249 Home Alone 1990

Were this a drama, this would be the story of someone suffering from severe psychopathy but it's a comedy so when a kid sets up a blow torch to fry someone’s scalp it becomes a laugh riot. 

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00:45:07  |   Wed 25 Dec 2024
248 Killer of Sheep 1978

248 Killer of Sheep 1978

This story of a slaughterhouse employee living in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts in the late 70s certainly has it’s fans but will the boys be among them?

 

 

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01:20:47  |   Wed 18 Dec 2024
247 The Candidate 1972

247 The Candidate 1972

At one time in America you couldn’t be a convicted felon and rapist and still get to be President of the United States. The boys take look at a film from that bygone era. 

 

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00:40:10  |   Wed 11 Dec 2024
246 The Breakfast Club 1985

246 The Breakfast Club 1985

Don't you forget about this movie. Don't, don't, don't, don't don't you, forget about this movie. Join the boys as they discuss this popular John Hughes flick otherwise they’ll be alone, dancing, you…

00:39:57  |   Wed 04 Dec 2024
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