Doom Generation

July 4th 1978, the Freemans (Cliff DeYoung, Veronica Cartwright) are preparing for fireworks and send oldest son, David (Joey Cramer) out to meet his little brother, Jeff (Albie Whitaker), when he goes missing. David reappears 8 years later having not aged a day since he left and at the same time a mysterious craft is located in downed power lines nearby. He doesn't quite believe until he sees...

It's the last day and the staff of Camp Firewood has seen their fair share of break-ups, make-ups, and hook-ups and it all comes to a head tonight at the talent show. Will Victor (Ken Marino) escape Neil (Joe Lo Truglio) and make it back in time to rail Abby (Marisa Ryan)? Will Katie (Marguerite Moreau) ditch Andy (Paul Rudd) for Coop (Michael Showalter)? Will Gene (Chris Meloni) stop picking...

Long ago in Thebes, the keeper of the dead Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) decides to risk it all with the Pharaoh's main squeeze Anck Su Namun (Patricia Velasquez). They are foiled of course and Imhotep is entombed alive under the curse of the Hom-Dai never to be released. After 3,000 years Jonathan Carnahan (John Hannah) brings a mysterious key to his librarian sister Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) who finds...

They say you never know what's going on behind closed doors, Fool (Brandon Quintin Adams) and his sister Ruby (Kelly Jo Minter) have a deathly ill mother and an eviction notice to deal with complicated by a lack of funds. Ruby's boyfriend Leroy (Ving Rhames) has a plan though. He's heard of a fortune hiding inside the house of their mysterious landlords. After scoping out the house, ac...

When WWII threatens to shut down baseball, candy man Walter Harvey (Garry Marshall) bankrolls an all girls pro baseball league. He enlists Ira Lowenstein (David Strathairn) to run it and he sends scout, Ernie Capadino (Jon Lovitz) around the country to sign up ball playing dollies. Sisters, Dottie and Kit (Geena Davis, Lori Petty) team up with the Rockford Peaches (Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell, Me...

We gotta go back, back, back to school AGAIN! Sandy's cousin, Michael (Maxwell Caufield) has come back to Rydell High under the watchful eye of Frenchy (Didi Conn). Trying to fit in with the T Birds (Adrian Zmed, Christopher McDonald, Peter Frechette, Leif Green) he realizes he needs a motorcycle in order to be the Cool Rider that head Pink Lady, Stephanie (Michelle Pfeiffer) needs.  The rest...

Ah young love! Very, very young love - Val (Dan Futterman) and Barbara (Calista Flockhart) want to get married but, they've got some problems (aside from their ages). Barbara's father (Gene Hackman) is Sen. Keeley, the co-founder of the Coalition for Moral Order and Val's father (Robin Williams), Armand is a gay nightclub owner. When a scandal breaks along with the nuptial news, Mrs Ke...

While tooting around on their yacht, the Staytons, Grant (Edward Herrmann) and Joanna (Goldie Hawn) pull into a small coastal town for repairs. After abusing local handyman, Dean Proffitt (Kurt Russell) and peeling out of the bay, Joanna falls off the yacht and is found with amnesia. When her own husband leaves her behind, Dean steps in to exact revenge. He does what any of us would do, takes her...

Today, Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) wakes up chronologically 16 but, as she complains to bestie Randy (Liane Curtis), still hopelessly, physically 15. At school she's hounded by horny freshman, Farmer Ted (Anthony Michael Hall) while she pines away for senior dreamboat, Jake Ryan (Michael Schoeffling) with the perfect girlfriend (Haviland Morris). At home, she has to put up with handsy, med...

Silent film actors, Lucky Day (Steve Martin), Ned Nederlander (Martin Short) and Dusty Bottoms (Chevy Chase) find themselves out on their collective asses when their studio boss, Harry Flugelman (Joe Mantegna) decides he's had it with them. Fortunately for them small town gal, Carmen (Patrice Martinez) is dumb enough to think a movie was the real deal. She sends word that her small town of San...

Poor Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) doesn't have much more than his dreams when a mysterious candy man, Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) sends five golden tickets out all over the world. The finders of these tickets win a tour of the famous factory where nobody ever goes in and nobody ever comes out. Augustus (Michael Bollner), Violet (Denise Nickerson), Veruca (Julie Dawn Cole) and Mike Teevee (Paris...

We celebrate 4/20 by honoring our forefathers, Cheech & Chong. From their humble beginnings in a Vancouver club, through most of their film catalog, to where they are now. Light up and tune in to this week's Doom Generation. Support this podcast at patreon.com/doomgeneration Leave us a message at (702) 720-DOOM

When a summer internship at the local paper goes to a guy, Terry Griffith (Joyce Hyser) thinks it's because she's a girl. With the help of best friend, Denise (Toni Hudson) and over sexed little brother, Buddy (Billy Jacoby aka Jayne) she cuts her hair, stuffs her pants, and registers at the rival school. As a boy, she's confronted with the school bully, Greg (William Zabka) and befrie...

When a wayward child (Ben Savage) tries to escape the Boy's Home, a kindly priest does his best to persuade him to stay by telling him a tale of himself as a young boy. Clifford (Martin Short), while traveling with his parents (Richard Kind, Jennifer Savidge) to a convention in Hawaii, forces an emergency landing over LA in order to visit Dinosaur World that his estranged uncle Martin (Charles...

Frankie Paige (Patricia Arquette) is living her best late 90s life in a non-descript city. She works for a hip tattoo/hair/nail salon with her best friend Donna (Nia Long) when she receives not only a rosary from her mother, but also the wounds of Christ. When the church hears of this, Cardinal Houseman (Jonathan Pryce) sends Father Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne) to investigate. Will he find a non-believ...

Megan (Natasha Lyonne) is a typical teenager but when her parents (Mink Stole & Bud Cort) along with EVERYONE else suspect she's a lesbian, they call Ms. Mary Brown (Cathy Moriarty) of True Directions. After an intervention staged by assistant Mike (Rupaul Charles), Megan is sent to conversion camp along with other kids (Melanie Lynskey, Dante Basco, Katrina Phillips, Katharine Towne, Doug...

When her marriage to Nefler the Muffler Man (Craig T. Nelson) breaks up, fabulous Beverly Hills housewife Phyllis (Shelley Long) decides to throw herself into their daughter Hannah's (Jenny Lewis) Wilderness Girls troop. Along with the rest of the girls (Heather Hopper, Kelly Martin, Emily Schulman, Aquillina Soriano, Tasha Scott, Ami Foster & Carla Gugino) they go up against the notorious...

Four college friends graduate with high hopes, bright futures, and excitement for what the world has in store for them. As things often happen, they lose touch until Valedictorian, Cynthia (Stockard Channing) chooses to end her life, reuniting her friends Annie (Diane Keaton), Brenda (Bette Midler) and Elise (Goldie Hawn) at her funeral. While catching up the trio realizes that each of them has lo...

Once upon a time there were three very different girls, Natalie (Cameron Diaz), Alex (Lucy Liu), and Dylan (Drew Barrymore). They're all brilliant, beautiful and work for Charlie (John Forsythe). When Bosley (Bill Murray) gets a call to find out who kidnapped tech genius, Eric Knox (Sam Rockwell), our gals launch an investigation into rival, Roger Corwin (Tim Curry), do battle with disturbingl...

The newly blended Walker family is facing their share of normal issues. Steve (William Peterson) is incorporating new wife, Laura (Amy Brenneman), her young son Toby (Christopher Gray) with his teenage daughter, Nicole (Reese Witherspoon). Steve is unable to connect with his daughter in the midst of work stress, driving Nicole to rebel and spend more time with her terrible friend, Margo (Alyssa Mi...

Ultimate Gen X besties, Lelaina (Winona Ryder), Vickie (Janeane Garofalo), Sammy (Steve Zahn) and the deep greasy, Troy (Ethan Hawke) are trying to make their way out here in the real world. Speaking of which, they all have been baring their lives for documentarian, Lelaina's camera that catches the eye of yuppy exec, Michael (Ben Stiller) who works for In Your Face TV. Things fall apart of course...

Graduating class of 89's valedictorian, Diane Court "whoa" (Ione Skye) has worked so hard on her future she hasn't had time to enjoy her present. Enter Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack), emotionally mature, kickboxing military brat who decides to just call her up and ask her out. Diane wins a fellowship and is set to leave for England and Lloyd just wants to spend as much time with her...

A stranger who's never hurts nobody and only gots one eye called Popeye (Robin Williams) rows through stormy seas to a sailing village in search of an elusive father. He takes a room with the Oyl family (Roberta Maxwell, Macintyre Dixon, Donovan Scott) and attempts to befriend daughter, Olive (Shelley Duvall) who happens to be engaged to LARGE henchman, Bluto (Paul L. Smith). One night a mother le...

When the Westside massive is in danger of losing its precious leisure center, Ali G (Sacha Baron Cohen) and his posse (Martin Freeman, Nabill Elouahabi, Tony Way) must find a way to save it. During an ill fated hunger strike, Ali draws the attention of unscrupulous DPM David Carlton (Charles Dance) and his aide, Kate (Rhona Mitra) who use him to set up the Prime Minister (Michael Gambon). Calls fo...

Recent Fancy Lad graduate, Nathaniel Mayweather (Chris Elliott) is meant to set sail aboard the Queen Catherine to Hawaii but since he can't stop being a huge dick to everyone he gets stranded and walks in the wrong direction to a small fishing village where Old Man, David Letterman sends him to board the Filthy Whore. After he dupes simple Kenny (Andy Richter) he manages to stowaway and wakes...