Oldie But A Goodie

We're entering blockbuster season as we tackle this week's movie: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, released May 23rd, 1984. The second entry in the classic adventure franchise and a prequel to R…

Warning: This week we're reviewing The Toxic Avenger which contains scenes of extreme violence. Warning: We're joined by guest Ben Volchok to describe these scenes of extreme violence. Warning: We're…

Things start to heat up this week as we chat about Firestarter, released May 11th in 1984. In the second Stephen King adaptation we're covering this year, we see Drew Barrymore set everything and any…

[BREAKIN' REVIEW STARTS AT 50:18]

It's another double episode! We got our dance on with Breakin', released May 4th in 1984. It was filled with excellent breakdancing, cheesy acting, and minimal story.…

[BLAME IT ON RIO REVIEW STARTS AT 18:54]

It's a totally normal double episode this week. We're joined by Sandy Whittem (Illiterature) to chat about the Jamie Lee Curtis led indie-drama Love Letters, r…

At a world-famous dance school, students are dropping like flies and the police are too incompetent to find out who's doing it. Watch as the movie throws the watcher on several red-herrings as to who…

A group of Arctic scientists find a man frozen in a block of ice, thaw him out, and then continue to work through a bunch of moral dilemmas. Iceman, released April 13th in 1984, is a sci-fi with a lo…

It's about time we got to do a Robin Williams film! This week we're watching Moscow on the Hudson, released April 6th, 1984. It stars Williams as a Russian circus performer who defects while on a tri…

Romancing the Stone was released on the 30th of March, 1984. As you can probably gather from the title, it's an adventure film in the style of those classic 40s serials.

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Police Academy, released 23rd of March, 1984, is a series of short character sketches stitched together to form a somewhat cohesive story. It's a film we've grown up hearing about but have never actu…

A decent amount of time in the future, just across a couple of light-years in a galaxy surprisingly close... It's The Ice Pirates, released March 16th, 1984. To review this wacky sci-fi comedy, we're…

Due to recent circumstances requiring Episode 63 to be edited more than usual, here's a collection of bloopers from the last 62 episodes!

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A town without any adults, some demonic corn, and a child preacher. What could go wrong! It's Stephen King's Children of the Corn, released on the 9th of March, 1984.

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[Repo Man review starts at 13:22]

The 2nd of March was an excellent day in 1984 as it saw the release of two soon-to-be classic films. On this week's show, we review both of them! We've got the iconic…

Nothing came out this week in 1984 so we're forced to sit through Crackers, released on the 17th of February. It's about a bunch of archetypes who slowly come up with a heist plan, and then proceed t…

A town bans dancing. The teenagers need a hero to help them rise up. Kevin Bacon moves in. The rest is history. Today we're reviewing Footloose, the dance-drama phenomenon that was released on the 17…

Dudley Moore is a world famous conductor who starts to think his wife is up to something... So he does what any normal person would do: he thinks up a elaborate plan to kill her and frame his friend.…

He's a rebel who likes burning things. She's a cheerleader who hates her perfect life. Together, they're Reckless. Released February 3rd in 1984, this movie is definitely meant for our target demogra…

Can it be true? A good movie in January? How is that possible! This week we check out El Norte, released January 27th, 1984. It's a small budget indie gem about two siblings fleeing their home in Gua…

Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, and an "introducing" credit from Wil Wheaton... Just based off that it seemed like The Buddy System, released January 20th in 1984, would've been fun. Instead what w…