Episodes

Nov. 16, 2017

Episode #161: "All in the Family" | The Secret of My Success (1987)

We came to a startling realization that Michael J. Fox features in more than one role where a relative wants to give new meaning to the term "family get-together." Regardless, the secret of The Secret of My Success is that it's a fun, lighthearted take o...

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Nov. 8, 2017

Episode #160: "Greed... is Good" | Wall Street (1987)

Gordon Gekko (which I always thought would be a great name for the Geico gecko) is a ruthless Wall Street player who makes multi-million dollar deals before most of us have had breakfast. Bud Fox is a young and restless stock broker looking to score a bi...

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Nov. 1, 2017

Episode #159: "Finger Lickin' Good" | Near Dark (1987)

Take the cast of ALIENS and put them in Oklahoma... and make them vampires. Then you've got Kathryn Bigelow's feature film directing debut: NEAR DARK. (I wonder what Paul Reiser would've looked like as a vampire...) 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Near Dark backgroun...

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Oct. 25, 2017

Episode #158: “Chill the Maggots; Sex the Roaches” | Hellraiser (1987)

It’s the epic love story for the ages: Girl meets boy. Girl marries boy. Girl is bored with husband and has affair with husband’s brother. Brother-in-law gets bored with the limits of earthly pleasure and pain and gets ripped apart and taken to another d...

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Oct. 18, 2017

Episode #157: "Party Like It's 1999" | Prince of Darkness (1987)

You see what I did there? It's called PRINCE of Darkness and the visions from the future take place in 1999, so it's like the song "1999 (Party Like It's 1999)" by Prince. Right? Shut up. Anyway, apparently Jesus was an alien who started a secret society...

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Oct. 11, 2017

Episode #156: "If It Bleeds..." | Predator (1987)

Arnold and his friends go on a tropical vacation and find that all is not what it seems in this light-hearted family-friendly romp through the jungle. It's PREDATOR! (Rated R for some slight non-family-friendly elements) 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Predator discu...

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Oct. 9, 2017

Episode #155: "Cannon Fodder" | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (198…

When the United States and North Korea threaten nuclear war... oops, sorry... jump back 30 years. When the United States and the Soviet Union threaten nuclear war, it takes a mind-wiped Lois Lane and some random school kid's letter for Superman to decide...

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Oct. 4, 2017

Episode #154: "I'm Possessed!" | Innerspace (1987)

Have you ever had one of those days where you had a plan in mind, but everything went wrong? Let's say, for example, you planned to be miniaturized and injected into a lab rabbit so you could study it from the inside, but instead the lab was attacked by ...

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Oct. 1, 2017

Episode #153: "Nostalgia+Robots" | *batteries not included (1987)

When real estate developers strike and the Goonies aren't around to save you, who can the residents of a dilapidated old apartment building/diner turn to...? The Fix-its, of course! 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Superman Extended Edition release [8:14] 3. Spaceball...

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Sept. 28, 2017

Episode #152: Favorite Movie Music of All Time 3!

Pat, Jeff and John decided to put each other through the torment of having to narrow down their favorite movie composers, scores, individual songs, etc. to a series of "top 5" lists. Here's part 3! 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Favorite Dramatic Scores [31:55] 3. F...

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Sept. 24, 2017

Episode #151: Favorite Movie Music of All Time - Part Deux!

Pat, Jeff and John decided to put each other through the torment of having to narrow down their favorite movie composers, scores, individual songs, etc. to a series of "top 5" lists. Here's part 2! (And feel free to weigh in on the Blues Brothers is/isn'...

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Sept. 20, 2017

Episode #150: Favorite Movie Music of All Time

Pat, Jeff and John decided to put each other through the torment of having to narrow down their favorite movie composers, scores, individual songs, etc. to a series of "top 5" lists. They made it out alive... mostly. We hope you all enjoy our very specia...

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Sept. 12, 2017

Episode #149: "Spaceballs: The Podcast" | Spaceballs (1987)

Planet Spaceball is running out of air, but King Roland of Druidia has plenty of fresh air — and the Spaceballs want it. They kidnap Princess Vespa and will force Roland to give up the super secret unbreakable code to open the planetary shield... unless ...

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Aug. 30, 2017

Episode #148: "Ministers of Death" | Full Metal Jacket (1987)

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. 1. Intro/Solar Eclipses [0:00] 2. What Fall 2017 movies are we looking forward...

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Aug. 23, 2017

Episode #147: "Just Play It Loud!" | Good Morning Vietnam (1987)

In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam. 1. Intro, Movie background info, trailer [0:00] 2. Good Morning Vietnam discussion [17:26] 3...

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Aug. 16, 2017

Episode #146: "Cadillac of the Skies" | Empire of the Sun (1987)

When a young Bruce Wayne gets separated from his parents, he must learn to do whatever it takes in order to survive in a Japanese internment camp, whether it's stealing supplies for his friend Basie, protecting the weaker residents of the camp, or being ...

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Aug. 9, 2017

Episode #145: "They Love Everybody But You" | Hamburger Hill (1987)

Most Vietnam War movies deal with the psychological torment of war and how soldiers left as idealistic young men, but came back scarred physically and mentally... and having to face a nation that was not proud of their sacrifices. Hamburger Hill tells a ...

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Aug. 7, 2017

Episode #144: "So.Many.Trailers." | San Diego Comic Con & D23 Expo

Last month saw the release of a ridiculous amount of amazing new trailers at San Diego Comic Con... and some pretty exciting news coming out of Disney's D23 Expo. It's like an eating contest of movie trailers and we'll spend the next couple of hours dige...

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Aug. 3, 2017

Episode #143: "All Good Podcasts..." | Star Trek: The Next Generation…

Space... the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise... first airing in 1987 and running 7 seasons, The Next Generation was the definitive Star Trek for 80s kids. Join us as we get all dressed up for a Betazoid wedding and talk a...

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July 26, 2017

Episode #142: "The Best of Both Podcasts" | Star Trek: The Next Gener…

Space... the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise... first airing in 1987 and running 7 seasons, The Next Generation was the definitive Star Trek for 80s kids. Join us as we proceed at full impulse and talk about our favorite ...

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July 20, 2017

Episode #141: "It's a Feeling; A Heartbeat" | Dirty Dancing (1987)

Lace up your dancing shoes and get ready to shake your maracas... it's time for Dirty Dancing! Nobody puts our podcast in a corner... The trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcra0-0Gu4U  The complete soundtrack: http://www.what-song.com/Movies/Sound...

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July 12, 2017

Episode #140: "My Dreams Are Pure Rock N Roll" | La Bamba (1987)

The life of up-and-coming rock 'n' roll prodigy Ritchie Valens was cut tragically short on "The Day the Music Died," but his memory lives on in the 1987 biopic La Bamba starring Lou Diamond Phillips. 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Star Trek: TNG episode preview [8:...

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June 28, 2017

Episode #139: "I Don't Do Requests" | The Running Man (1987)

It's 2017, the world economy has collapsed. Food, natural resources and oil are in short supply. A podcast, hosted by three guys who love 80s movies rules with an iron hand. Join us for our latest review and you could be the next contestant in the hottes...

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June 21, 2017

Episode #138: "Creature Stole My Twinkie" | The Monster Squad (1987)

Thirty years before this podcast begins it was a time of darkness in the Monster Squad clubhouse. Fast forward three decades to a time when John and a small band of freedom fighters (Pat) conspired to rid the world of vampires and monsters... and to save...

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