The Test of Time
Are the classic movies of our childhood really as great as we remember them? Hosts Alan Noah and James Brief take a fresh look at our favorite films to see if they have stood The Test of Time.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 480
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Episode 20: Back to School (1986)
Rodney Dangerfield is the big (and old) man on campus in the 1986 college comedy, Back to School.
In this episode, we talk about the 2016 Ghostbusters (which is now subtitled "Answer the Call" for …
Episode 19: Major League (1989)
The Chicago Cubs may have won the 2016 World Series, but the Cleveland Indians will always have the 1989 flick Major League.
Listen as we touch on the Presidential election, the Nintendo Switch…
Episode 18: Flight of the Navigator (1986)
In Flight of the Navigator, a young boy passes out in 1978, wakes up in 1986, then has to travel through space and time to get back home.
This week's conversation includes talk about Star War…
Episode 17: The Thing (1982)
In John Carpenter’s horror classic The Thing, a group of Antarctic scientists have to contend with a shape-shifting alien… that may have already taken over one of their own.
Just in time for Hallow…
Episode 16: Sixteen Candles (1984)
No one made movies about teen angst like John Hughes. Sixteen Candles tells the story of Sam, a girl having the worst day of her life—on her sixteenth birthday—which her family forgot about.
This m…
Episode 15: Starship Troopers (1997)
Bugs, bullets, and boobs: Starship Troopers has it all.
In a wide-ranging conversation that touches on the new season of South Park, the genius of Michael Ironside, and what happens when you pu…
Episode 14: Dave (1993)
Episode 13: Short Circuit (1986)
What does it mean to be alive? How does one feel? What is the nature of the soul? These heady questions are kinda sorta addressed in the 1986 movie, Short Circuit.
Come listen as we rant abou…
Episode 12: Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Episode 11: The Mighty Ducks (1992)
Episode 10: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
RIP Gene Wilder. In light of the beloved actor’s passing, we’re taking a look back at his most iconic role, the seminal film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
Join us as we wonder what the…
Episode 9: Tommy Boy (1995)
Tommy Boy is the quintessential Chris Farley/David Spade movie (sorry, Black Sheep!) The movie's got plenty of Farley's falls, Spade's sarcasm, and even some genuine emotion mixed in (RIP, Big Tom.…
Episode 8: Labyrinth (1986)
Don't you just hate it when your annoying baby brother gets kidnapped by the Goblin King, and you only have 13 hours to venture through a magical labyrinth to get him back?
Sarah can relate.
In a c…
Episode 7: The Goonies (1985)
Hey... you... guys! That's what I said - booty traps! Down here, it's our time!
The Goonies is the beloved—and highly quotable—80's movie that sent a group of kids from the goondocks searching for …
Episode 6: Stand By Me (1986)
Episode 5: The Princess Bride (1987)
Episode 4: Pretty Woman (1990) and Overboard (1987)
Episode 3: Ghostbusters II (1989)
Long before internet trolls worried about how a Ghostbusters reboot would tarnish the original—heck, long before the internet was a thing most people even knew about—Ghostbusters II effectively kil…
Episode 2: Ghostbusters (1984)
Don't debate the artistic merits of the new Ghostbusters remake—listen to James Brief and Alan Noah debate the merits of the 1984 movie that started it all!
Ghostbusters is widely considered to be …
Episode 1: Independence Day (1996)
In 1996, aliens came to Earth to destroy our precious planet, and only the ragtag team of Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldbum, and... Randy Quaid (?) could stop them.
It's been twenty years since…