Back Through The Lens

It must be a full moon, because we're finally diving into a spooky werewolf movie with An American Werewolf in London! We discuss the special effects, the music, the gore, and the...werewolf rules? Extend spooky season with us, put on a bunch of songs with the word "moon" in the lyrics, and join us for an American tourist's descent into lycanthropy in London. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠backthrou...

Did you ever think the teachers, sorry, the faculty, at your high school were kind of weird? Kevin Williamson, Robert Rodriguez, and a bunch of 90s teen heartthrobs took that idea and ran with it in 1998's The Faculty. Join us for a discussion of sci-fi tropes, alien rules, and Josh Hartnett's hair. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠backthroughthelenspodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch us on YouTube at Lucky Car...

A pre-Lord of the Rings Peter Jackson and a post-Back To the Future Michael J Fox team up for this comedy/horror from 1996. Join us for a discussion of ghostly digital effects, real life serial killers, and a story line that left us more than a little confused. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠backthroughthelenspodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch us on YouTube at Lucky Card Productions! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.co...

We're kicking off season 6 with a look back at the live-action feature film adaptation of Casper. Relive a classic Christina Ricci performance and Devon Sawa's breakthrough role while we dive into all the details. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠backthroughthelenspodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch us on YouTube at Lucky Card Productions! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@luckycardproductions7329⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Face...

Today we're remembering Tim Curry by discussing The Rocky Horror Picture Show and his iconic role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Do the time warp again and wise up (Janet Weiss) with our deep dive into a cult classic, midnight movie staple. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠backthroughthelenspodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch us on YouTube at Lucky Card Productions! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@luckycardproductions7329⁠⁠⁠...

We're whipping up a batch of midnight margaritas to talk about 1998's Practical Magic. 90s darlings Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are witchy sisters who are unlucky in love, mostly thanks to a family curse that condemns any man who loves them to die an untimely death. We discuss all the studio changes, director Griffin Dunne's darker version he wished he could have made, and Joe&#39...

In 1920s Egypt, a ridiculously attractive Egyptologist and a ridiculously attractive rogue French legionnaire accidentally unleash an ancient curse upon the world in the form of a ridiculously attractive mummy. Join us as we deep dive into the millennial action adventure, romance, kind of horror classic, The Mummy. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠backthroughthelenspodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch us on YouTube at Lucky Car...

Another coming of age movie, but this one is for the girls. Featuring a stellar cast of 90's actresses, Now and Then introduced us to Dear Johnny, Crazy Pete, and another group of the best friends you could ever have at 12.  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠backthroughthelenspodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch us on YouTube at Lucky Card Productions! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@luckycardproductions7329⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠h...

Pop quiz, hotshot! There's a bomb on a bus, and it will detonate if the speed dips below 50mph. What do you do? If you're Keanu Reeves you turn into a mid-90s action star while launching Sandra Bullock's career. If you're us, you're going to spend a really long time discussing every aspect of it. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠backthroughthelenspodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch us on YouTube at Lucky Card P...

RSVP "yes" to our episode all about My Best Friend's Wedding! The will they/won't they, the big sing-along of "I Say A Little Prayer," a fresh-faced Cameron Diaz, and 90s Julia Roberts at her peak. Plus our newfound love for Rupert Everett as George.  ⁠⁠⁠⁠backthroughthelenspodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch us on YouTube at Lucky Card Productions! ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/...

Take a trip with us down Holiday Road for National Lampoon's Vacation. We're in familiar territory with another John Hughes-written entry in the "Vacation" series, but now it's summertime on the open road. There's also a really ugly station wagon, John Candy, and even a dead body. ⁠⁠⁠backthroughthelenspodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch us on YouTube at Lucky Card Productions! ⁠⁠...

We're taking on The Beast and getting our Babe Ruth-autographed ball back in today's episode all about The Sandlot. We reminisce about the baseball experiences of our youth, our favorite bubble gum (not chewing tobacco), and discuss how this classic baseball movie of our youth found its way to theaters. ⁠⁠⁠backthroughthelenspodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Watch us on YouTube at Lucky Card Productions...

"Today we celebrate our Independence Day!" We're also going to talk about Independence Day, the 1996 movie from Roland Emmerich. This one has a lot of behind the scenes details along with memories of Will Smith in his heyday, big weekend movie rentals, and weird tabloid trash on the Fox network. ⁠⁠⁠backthroughthelenspodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Watch us on YouTube at Lucky Card Productions!...

The summer movie season tends to have at least one big animated feature on deck and 1992 was no different. We take a deep dive into FernGully: The Last Rainforest, its feud with Disney and their 1992 release, Aladdin, and all our memories of wearing out this VHS as kids. We also get into environmentally-friendly children's media, non-Disney animated movies, and the outcast status of both back...

"That must be Nigel with the brie." Actually it's us with season 5. We're kicking off another season of summer movies with the classic late 90s rom-com 10 Things I Hate About You. Join us for a rare drama-free discussion of a movie that was easily green-lit and everyone became friends. It turns out Heath Ledger really was as great as you always hoped he was. ⁠backthroughthelenspodcast@gmail.com⁠ W...

Throughout season 4, movies that were released in 1985, we kept hearing the same pre-production notes - "this movie should be raunchier, more like Porky's!" So we decided to check out the movie that was the gold standard for teen comedies in the early 80s. Let's just say, we're glad most of those 1985 movies didn't take the studios' advice.

Season 4.0 comes to a close with the comedic murder mystery, Clue! We discuss how difficult it was to write a screenplay that worked, the botched theatrical roll-out, and how it became a cult classic for our specific generation.

What would you do if you suddenly became a werewolf in the middle of your high school years? Become a basketball star, obviously. We dive into Michael J Fox's other 1985 movie, Teen Wolf.

We discuss Paul Reubens pop culture breakthrough and Tim Burton's directorial debut, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. Join us on a trip to the Alamo to save one beloved bike while we discuss Reubens' creation of Pee-Wee Herman, all the weird supporting characters he meets along the way, and maybe some references to European art house cinema.

A nerd double feature! 1985 brought us two movies featuring teens performing great feats of science, released just 5 days apart. In this episode we look back at both Weird Science and Real Genius.

Where we're going we don't need roads. Join us on a trip back to the future, where we discuss the many failed attempts to get this movie green-lit, the failed original Marty McFly, and the most successful movie of 1985.

Join us for a deep dive into St. Elmo's Fire and the creation of the Brat Pack, which became a pop culture phenomenon alongside its release. The characters are yuppies in DC, the actors are brats running wild in LA, and we're here to detail all of it.

In this episode we're traveling back to Oz, but not in a sequel type way, more in a book series adaptation way. Trust us. Or don't, because none of this makes sense anyway. Join us for a discussion of Walter Murch's first and last foray into directing, starring baby Fairuza Balk and a whole lot of weirdos.

We smell ice cream! Join us for our second Richard Donner movie in a row, our millionth Steven Spielberg appearance, and a discussion full of booty traps, truffle shuffling, and opera-singing criminals

Hawk by day, wolf by night, forever together, eternally apart. In this episode we're discussing the Richard Donner fantasy movie, Ladyhawke. Enjoy our horrific French pronunciations and the most 80s of 80s soundtracks while we discuss the actual historical figure that inspired Philippe "The Mouse" Gaston, nonsensical side characters, and the real-life love story that resulted from th...