Oldie But A Goodie

We question everything as we trudge our way through a review of a problematic romantic drama called Thief of Hearts, released October 19th in 1984. It features a few diaries, a lot of red flags, and …

We're heading to Glasgow this week for a Scottish comedy by Bill Forsyth called Comfort and Joy, released October 10th, 1984. Why is it called that? We're not sure. We do know that it's about radio a…

It's not your average episode this week, we're talking about a black-and-white deadpan comedy. It's Jim Jarmusch's groundbreaking film Stranger Than Paradise, released October 1st, 1984. Did it have …

In Irreconcilable Differences, released September 28th in 1984, Drew Barrymore plays a character who is in court trying to get a divorce from her parents. It's a movie that has a fun concept but inst…

The Company of Wolves, released September 21st in 1984, is a re-telling of Red Riding Hood... Kind of. It's also a tale about growing up, about the greys between good and evil, and about pretty tense…

We're taking a break from b-movies this week and are instead checking out a film many consider to be one of the greatest ever made. It's Amadeus, released September 19th, 1984. It tells the (very fic…

In an alien-fantasy-desert-land, there is a well. The well has a lot of water in it, but two warlords and their constant fighting over it has prevented the poor villagers from getting to it. When a H…

C.H.U.D, released August 31st, 1984, stands for Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers... Or does it?! This week, we checked out this very underrated cult classic that feels like it's going to b…

He's a rock star! He's a neurosurgeon! He's a test pilot! He's a physicist! He fights aliens! He's Buckaroo Banzai! We're joined by Ben Volchok to obverse his adventure into the 8th dimension.

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We're heading to Spain this week for a Hong Kong martial arts film starring Jackie Chan. It's Wheels on Meals (快餐車), released August 17th, 1984! We follow a couple of food van workers who get caught …

We've got another cheesy 80s sci-fi horror this week with Dreamscape, released August 15th in 1984. We follow a psychic who, along with the help of a top secret government agency, discovers that he c…

1984 was a great year for Prince fans. We got his classic album 'Purple Rain'. We also got a movie with the same title that uses a lot of those songs as inspiration and features a performance from th…

This week, we're doing the children's fantasy movie everyone in the 80s fell in love with. It's The NeverEnding Story, released July 20th in 1984. One of us loves it, the other just wishes it would e…

Today's movie asks a question many sci-fi fans have pondered: What would happen if a computer fell in love with your neighbor? Electric Dreams, released July 20th in 1984, does it's best to answer th…

We head to Manhattan with our favorite group of puppets: The Muppets! Released July 13th in 1984, it's the perfect mix of music, nostalgia and puns. There's so many puns. They're great though.

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It's a Tom Hanks double feature! We've got the mermaid-themed romp Splash, released March 9th in 1984. Then we head to the 29th of June for the incredibly wild …

This week, we're tackling the beast of a sequel that is Conan The Destroyer, released June 29th in 1984. It's definitely a bad movie... But we can't quite agree on exactly how bad it is.

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This week's movie has a funny premise: Dolly Parton has to teach Sylvester Stallone how to sing. With a decent budget, good talent, and the director of 'Black Christmas' and 'A Christmas Story', it h…

We're still watching movies from the 8th of June in 1984 because we simply had to do an episode on Gremlins! It's a very fun comedy-horror, and we're once again joined by Rob Lloyd (Who, Me / The Mig…

On the 8th of June in 1984, the smash-hit comedy adventure Ghostbusters was released. 36 years later, we're here to do an in-depth review. But when you've got a movie this big, you have to get a gues…