Episodes

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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June 15, 2017

Episode #137: "Groovy" | Evil Dead II (1987)

Legend has it, that it was written by the dark ones: NECRONOMICON EX MORTES; Roughly translated...The Book of the Dead. To trace the origin of the Book, we must go back...back...to a day when spirits ruled the earth. When the …

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June 12, 2017

Episode #136: "Stop A War With Love" | Wonder Woman (2017)

She's come to the world of men and we don't deserve her. Much to the surprise of movie executives — but not movie fans — Wonder Woman has been the biggest success of the DCEU so far. Does it deserve …

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June 7, 2017

Episode #135: "Death By Stereo" | The Lost Boys (1987)

The one thing I could never stomach about doing this podcast... all the damn vampires. 1. Intro/Wonder Woman discussion [00:00] 2. Shout out to Brody's Kitchen Podcast for the shout-out on their podcast [06:06] 3. The Lost Boys movie info/trailer …

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May 31, 2017

Episode #134: "Don't F*** With The Babysitter" | Adventures in Babysi…

Words to live by: You don't tug on superman's cape. You don't spit into the wind. Hermanos Rodriguez do not approve of drugs. Don't f*** with the babysitter. Jeff and Pat talk about seeing Mel Brooks live at a showing …

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May 29, 2017

Episode #133: "I'm Sorry Dave" | Alien: Covenant (2017)

David has a bit of a dysfunctional relationship with his father and — by default — the rest of the human race. As a result, some decisions he made 10 years ago, coinciding with a run-in with an alien race …

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May 25, 2017

Episode #132: "The Force Will Be With You... Always" | Star Wars (197…

It is the 40th anniversary of the release of STAR WARS and we're looking back on memories of growing up surrounded by the tales of a galaxy far, far away.... 1. Intro [00:00] 2. RIP Roger Moore [05:04] 3. Star …

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May 17, 2017

Episode #131: "Rise of the Top Gun Apes" | Project X (1987)

1. Intro/Welcome back Jeff! [00:00] 2. Live-action Aladdin casting discussion [06:05] 3. Universal releasing new monster movie box sets ("Dracula" and "The Mummy" related films) [15:08] 4. John finally watched Suicide Squad [16:49] 5. Pirates stole Pirat...

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May 10, 2017

Episode #130: "But Do I Look Good?" | Less Than Zero (1987)

Most of our 80s movies have been the nostalgia-filled romps through the sporting world, fantasy adventures, time traveling teens, or the high school hangups of John Hughes... this episode we take a turn into a dark corner of the 80s …

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May 2, 2017

Episode #129: "Must Be A Hen House" | Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)

We've got Glass (the sequel to M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable), a little Indy 5, a few other movie news snippets... then Dennis finally gets to gush about his love for Lea Thompson in this movie (or did he really have …

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April 26, 2017

Episode #128: "Dwaynes, Planes & Cosmic Keys" | Masters of the Univer…

John went to C2E2 in Chicago this last weekend and ended up on the WGN Evening News. We geek out over old-school He-Man cartoons, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, and we open up a dimensional gateway to …

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April 19, 2017

Episode #127: "Those Aren't Pillows" | Planes, Trains & Automobiles (…

Planes, trains, and The Last Jedi are on the table for this discussion. We opine about the future of the Force and end up arguing about the final scene of the John Hughes' classic road trip movie Planes, Trains & …

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April 12, 2017

Episode #126: "ALVIIIIN!!!" | The Chipmunk Adventure (1987)

Alvin, Simon, and Theodore along with the Chipettes embark on a race around the world to see who is the most globetrottingest of them. (Don't even try to look that one up, it's not a word.) Little do they know, …

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April 5, 2017

Episode #125: "Episode of Unusual Size" | The Princess Bride (1987)

It's episode #125... our Sasquatchcentennial! (Or whatever you call 125.) It's also a longer than usual episode as the gang's all together and we talk about Spider-Man: Homecoming, It, Justice League, Joss Whedon's Batgirl movie, Tommy Wiseau's The Room ...

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April 2, 2017

Episode #124: "He Got The Boot" | The Living Daylights (1987)

In the debate over favorite James Bond actors, Timothy Dalton seems to get the short end of the stick, having only featured as 007 for two films. This time around, we try to explore why this 007 didn't last long …

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March 31, 2017

Episode #123: "Beauty and the Smith"

Beauty and the Beast with the kids. Matrix remake discussion with Patrick. What are the kids these days clamoring for...? Apparently an Alfred Pennyworth movie. (According to a kindergartener.)

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March 29, 2017

Episode #122: "Here Endeth The Lesson" | The Untouchables (1987)

So I hope that you have signed on for some action ladies and gentleman, because you are going to get it. Grab your shotguns and your crowbars... it's time for a good old fashioned Chicago liquor raid. That's right... it's …

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March 22, 2017

Episode #121: "Bordering on Spectacular" | Dragnet (1987)

In this episode we're strictly adhering to the Podcasting Code Section 3-605. 10. 20. 22. 24. 26. 50. 70. 80. It specifies: discuss the new Wonder Woman trailer, Dragnet, preferably with a high shine.

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March 15, 2017

Episode #120: "Your Move, Creep" | Robocop (1987)

Omni Consumer Products is out to make Detroit great again. Unfortunately for the Detroit Police Department (now run by OCP) is bearing the brunt of the city's violence and the corruption within OCP. When a young cowboy cop, Alex Murphy, …

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March 11, 2017

Episode #119: "Never Too Old For This S***" | Lethal Weapon (1987)

Riggs. Murtaugh. You know the drill. We're going to jump into this episode on three...

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March 7, 2017

Episode #118: "Logan's Run Comes To An End" | LOGAN (2017)

It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage. For Logan, however, it might just be both. An aging Logan is living out his days as a limo driver while he cares for Charles Xavier, who is suffering from a degenerative …

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