Gen Wars Podcast

Welcome back to Gen Wars , the ultimate generational podcast where Gen X and Millennial voices collide! In this jam-packed movie review episode, your hosts— Nick’s off-the-rails humor, Stephen’s cinephile insights, Cam’s no-BS cynicism, and Katherine’s warm nostalgia—dive into Joe Dante’s 1984 horror comedy classic Gremlins . Movie Synopsis: A clever gadget salesman , Randall Peltzer (Hoyt Axton),...

Welcome back to Gen Wars ! In this fang-filled episode, hosts Nick , Stephen , Cam , and Katherine sink their teeth into Joel Schumacher’s 1987 cult classic The Lost Boys , starring Jason Patric , Corey Haim , Kiefer Sutherland , Dianne Wiest , and Edward Hermann . Nick kicks things off with the great debate question, “Would you actually drink blood for eternal life?” Stephen brings fresh eyes to...

Just when you thought it was safe toscroll your podcast feed... Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine are back to chompdown on Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws. The film that turned a rubbershark into a box office legend and beach vacations into lifelong trauma.   Based on Peter Benchley’s novel(which was somehow less subtle), Jaws tells the story of a sleepy beach townthat becomes an all-you-can-...

Join hosts Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine on this spine-chilling episode of Gen Wars as they debate whether Event Horizon truly deserves the title of "scariest sci-fi horror movie ever." The crew dissects the haunting journey of a rescue mission that encounters a possessed spacecraft with a sinister, hellish secret. The film, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, stars Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill,...

This week on Gen Wars, your favorite cross-generational squad—Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine—dive headfirst into Kevin Smith’s controversial, chaotic, and kinda sacrilegious 1999 fantasy comedy Dogma. Spoiler alert: someone’s going to Hell, and it’s probably us. Dogma follows two fallen angels—Bartleby (Ben Affleck) and Loki (Matt Damon)—trying to loophole their way back into Heaven, which, if...

Hosts; Nick, Stephen, Cam & Katherine This week on Gen Wars , the crew conjures up some chaos with a deep dive into The Craft (1996), the supernatural teen thriller that had every '90s kid practicing “light as a feather, stiff as a board” at sleepovers. Directed by Andrew Fleming and starring Robin Tunney , Fairuza Balk , Neve Campbell , and Rachel True , this witchy cult classic is dripping w...

Hosts: Nick, Stephen, Cam, Katherine On this episode of Gen Wars , the battle lines are drawn once again as Gen X’ers Nick and Cam square off against Millennials Stephen and Katherine to review the 1981 cult classic Time Bandits . Directed by the visionary Terry Gilliam ( Brazil , 12 Monkeys ) and co-written with fellow Monty Python alum Michael Palin, this off-the-wall fantasy adventure follows a...

Host: Nick, Stephen, Cam, Katherine It’s showtime! In this nostalgic-meets-newbie deep dive, Gen Wars hosts Nick , Cam , Stephen , and Katherine take on Tim Burton’s bonkers cult classic Beetlejuice (1988) in all its gothic, claymation glory. This episode bridges the generational divide with Gen X and Millennial takes on Burton’s second-ever feature film, starring Michael Keaton in a career-defini...

Hosts: Nick & Stephen This week on Gen Wars , Stephen and Nick tackle the cinematic scrapyard that is Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) — a film that had every reason to succeed and somehow still stalled on the freeway of nostalgia. Set in the 1990s and serving as a sequel to Bumblebee (2018), this action-packed installment aims to reboot the Transformers franchise while introducing the...

Hosts: Nick & Stephen "It’s not a disaster movie. It’s not an adventure movie. It’s a monster movie." "You’re telling me the tornado is the kaiju ? Okay, now I get it." On this episode of the Gen Wars Podcast , Gen Xer Nick and millennial co-host Stephen ride into the eye of a '90s classic: Twister (1996). Directed by Jan de Bont ( Speed , The Haunting ) and produced by Steven Spielberg and Ka...

Hosts: Nick & Stephen “Look, if you expected the game’s jump scares for 90 minutes straight... maybe go back and play the game.” “Okay, but if Scott Cawthon’s literally involved, then this is the lore now—deal with it.” In this episode of the Gen Wars Podcast , your hosts — Nick , our grizzled Gen X movie lover who’s just now figuring out who Freddy Fazbear is, and Stephen , a full-blown FNAF...