Grumpy Nostalgia: Second Look Cinema
A second look at our favorite movies, without the fog of nostalgia
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 128
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
They Live (1988) SE05;EP09
We have come to chew bubble gum and do a lousy podcast. And we're all out of bubblegum. We're going back to the 80s again this week to review the movie that launched a thousand memes.…
Grumpy Nostalgia: ReMembers Only - #1: Late Nite TV
Finally the special series no one was asking for! The boys take a break from the movie theater this week to introduce their new nostalgia podcast series, ReMembers Only (get it, like t…
Highlander (1986) SE05;EP08
There can be only one.
As it turns out, "one" is probably too many based on our most recent viewing of this 80s sci-fi/fantasy epic! Christopher Lambert stars as the immortal sword-wie…
Reign of Fire (2002) SE05:EP07
We got dragons L-I-V-I-N all over the place, y'all. Harken back to 2002 for this wondrous movie starring Mac, Christian Batman, and Gerard Leonidas years before they became the subtle,…
Stargate (1994) SE05;EP06
feat. James Spader
that's it. Please listen to this one. We suffered to bring it to you
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) SE05;EP05
It's double O hell no this week as the boys make their first pass at Bond movies. We're not entirely sure what happened here, but like always, there's a supervillian bent on world domi…
Jurassic Park (1993) SE05;EP04
Happy New Year, y'all. We're starting 25 with lots of chomp by reviewing one of the big 'uns, the OG Jurassic Park. Over 30 years old and not even a scratch on it. Stick around til th…
From Dusk Til Dawn (1996) SE05;EP03 Featuring kevin_the_movie_guy
We're wrapping up 2024 with a very special movie picked by our new guest contributor @kevin_the_movie_guy. Better yet, Kevin's sitting in for this one too!
We decided Santa could just g…
Good Will Hunting (1997) SE05;EP02
You're gonna like these apples for sure. This week the boys are going back to 1997 to revisit this amazing take on the "troubled genius" theme that Hollywood loves so wicked much. Wat…
Elf (2003) Holiday Leftovers
We're looking back at a Christmas movie that even our snarky GenX personalities cannot diminish. Quotable, hilarious, and tolerantly sappy, Will Ferrel's portrayal as the 6'3" elf alo…
Holiday Turkeys: A Grumpy Nostalgia Holiday Special
Gobble Gobble, y'all.
We're so caught up in the holiday excitement preamble, we are using our precious studio time to wrap gifts and browse thru the Sears Christmas catalog making our l…
Dick Tracy (1990) SE05;EP01
This week, we're diving into the 1990 Dick Tracy movie. Remember this one? Of course you dont.
Imagine Tim Burton’s Gotham got hit with a color filter that only understands primary colo…
Fright Night (1985) SE04;EP26
We dare you admit you didn't watch this on HBO at every pizza-fueled sleepover in the 80s. It's a fun mix of horror, comedy, and well-meant gratuitous gore and nudity, just like the eig…
Retro Halloween Bonus Series!: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Our final trip down memory lane is last year's retrospective of Wes Craven's original A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Creative, original, and generally icky, just like your hosts.
Stick around…
Salem's Lot (1979) SE04;EP25
Back in the 70s, most things were designed to ruin children. Jarts, doctors smoking in the exam room, steel playgrounds, and television movies about kids getting killed. So naturally, w…
Retro Halloween Bonus Series!: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Horror, dread, and misery. And that's just Keanu's accent. Gary Oldman is serving generous amounts of holiday ham in this campy, unintentionally hilarious 90's horror classic.
Not to be …
Retro Halloween Bonus Series!: Evil Dead II (1987)
We're bringing our Dominos pizza and a two liter Coke downstairs to the rumpus room for another late night viewing of the greatest cult horror comedy ever made. Violent, gross, disturb…
The Lost Boys (1987) SE04;EP24
Cool teen vampires? No way! We're going back to the glorious 80s this week when a movie like this one would be celebrated by the masses. Is it as good in the rear view mirror? Well sad…
Retro Halloween Bonus Series!: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
To honor last year's Halloween BooNanza, we've decided to re-release those spooky episodes every Saturday this October to introduce them to our new friends while still managing to annoy…
Scarface (1983) SE04;EP23
This week the boys review this adorable story of American entrepreneurship, love, and pelicans. Al Pacino's iconic, if not over-the-top, performance has developed its own archetype of c…