Box Office Birthday

Michael Crichton is 6'9" and he made this movie that, according to Brandon is "a movie about being mathematically the hottest lady you can be." It's Looker ! Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year 1981 in film by choosing a new theatrical release to watch every other Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd at @boxofficebday !

It seems like half the movies of the year have been awarded "cult" status but now it's time for the gold standard of camp: Mommie Dearest . Brandon and Megan debate the efficacy of wire hangers and so much more! Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year 1981 in film by choosing a new theatrical release to watch every other Friday....

Everybody's hot, hot, hot - it's Body Heat . Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year 1981 in film by choosing a new theatrical release to watch every other Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd at @boxofficebday !

This week, Brandon and Megan head back to fantasy film with Dragonslayer . It's a classic and tragic tale inspired by mythic epics and Disney movies that teaches us a valuable lesson of the pitfalls of not fully exploiting your nepo baby status. Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year 1981 in film by choosing a new theatrical release to w...

There's a lot of werewolf mythology and logistics to ponder over in An American Werewolf in London . But, of course, Brandon and Megan would be remiss if they didn't first take this opportunity to - much like the makers of this film - send our best wishes to Diana and Charles on the occasion of their royal wedding! Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us a...

Brandon and Megan watched Heavy Metal and want you to know this movie is for dorks. (Please listen to the episode to understand this reference.) Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year 1981 in film by choosing a new theatrical release to watch every other Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd at @boxofficebday !

This week, Brandon and Megan celebrate the invention of Diet Coke before jumping into Arthur , a supposed romcom where we ended up sympathizing the most with the wrong end of the love triangle. (#PoorSusan) Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year 1981 in film by choosing a new theatrical release to watch every other Friday. Follow us on Lette...

S.O.B. means a lot of things, but in 1981 it mean See Boobs (the "o" is silent). Brandon and Megan watched S.O.B. where Julie Andrews is topless and then a bunch of stuff happens we don't understand. Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year 1981 in film by choosing a new theatrical release to watch every other Friday. Follow us o...

Are Muppets man or beast? Which Muppet would make the best Indiana Jones and the best Jigsaw? All this and more when Brandon and Megan watch The Great Muppet Caper! Coming Attractions trailers for July 10 S.O.B. Fantasies Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year 1981 in film by choosing a new theatrical release to watch every other Friday. Fol...

It's time for the movie that sold us on choosing 1981: Brandon and Megan watch Raiders of the Lost Ark ! Brandon puts that Egyptology degree (in progress) to good use and Megan reminisces about Vacation Bible School. Coming Attractions for June 26: Superman II Stripes The Great Muppet Caper For Your Eyes Only Bustin' Loose Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! J...

Join Brandon and Megan for a world of escapist fantasy watching The Four Seasons , where middle class couples can afford to go on four nice vacations a year! Coming Attractions trailers for June 12: High Risk Take This Job and Shove It Outland Nice Dreams Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part I Raiders of the Lost Ark Clash of the Titans Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatc...

Serendipity has finally struck: join Brandon and Megan as they finally watch a birthday-themed movie on their birthday-themed podcast! Coming Attractions trailers for May 29 The Four Seasons Death Hunt The Legend of the Lone Ranger Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year 1981 in film by choosing a new theatrical release to watch every other F...

This week, Brandon and Megan bring you a special double episode covering the whole month of April, basically. (We missed you!) First up is the fantasy epic Excalibur, when Megan can let her AP English nerd flag fly, and then we cover Friday the 13th, Part 2, which Brandon still doesn't know if he's seen before. Coming Attractions Trailers for May 15: The Four Seasons Death Hunt The Legend...

This week, Brandon and Megan take a how-to course in diamond heisting, courtesy of Michael Mann's directorial debut, Thief. But the more important skill we can learn from James Caan by far is his impressive vision board collaging. Coming Attractions trailers for April 17: Excalibur Going Ape! American Pop On the Right Track Nighthawks Caveman Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie re...

What do Lincoln and the CIA-Panama conspiracy have in common? I bet you wouldn't guess Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones, kind of, but there it is! Brandon and Megan discuss all this and not much more when watching Back Roads . Coming Attractions trailers for April 3 Thief The Postman Always Rings Twice La Cage Aux Folles II Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join...

This week, Brandon and Megan witness William Hurt witness a crime in Eyewitness . (Except . . . not really.) Sigourney "Susan" Weaver is there to save the day though, and she has a horse. Coming Attractions for March 20: The Funhouse Back Roads Dogs of War The Final Conflict All Night Long Amy Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year...

This week Brandon and Megan delve into the mysteries of Charlie Chan and the Dragon Queen , namely how did this franchise last so long and with so much yellowface. We also bring up race cars a weird number of times and come up with more brilliant advertising/business ideas. Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year 1981 in film by choosing a ne...

She's bigger than a breadbox . . . oops, now she's smaller than a breadbox . . . it's The Incredible Shrinking Woman ! Brandon and Megan discuss this Lily Tomlin flick that bumps Charles Grodin up to an early lead as our most watched actor of 1981. Stayed tuned for our debate on if Lily Tomlin's character would have appeared on Ellen and for our hot new segment, Megan's Sports...

There are so many movies about that special relationship between a girl and her new step-brother: Clueless , Drive Me Crazy , many episodes of Gossip Girl . But now it's Brandon and Megan's turn to watch It's My Turn ! Coming Attractions trailers for February 6 Fort Apache, The Bronx The Incredible Shrinking Woman Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join u...

Brandon and Megan are back for the new year...quite literally! Season 2 of the podcast travels back in time to 1981. We start the year off with that classic space opera that isn't Star Wars: Flash Gordon . We discuss the great campy aesthetics and debate if the characters invented a new kind of racism. Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the y...

We've made it to the end of 1997 and it's time for the first annual Bobbies, where Brandon and Megan decide on such prestigious awards as America's Sweetheart, Best Animal Actor, and Character We'd Like to Swap Out with Nic Cage. And of course, we crown our favorite movie of 1997! Finally, stayed tuned for us to announce what year we'll be covering in season 2! We check back in...

We did it! This week marks a full year of 1997 films watched! Brandon and Megan come full circle with a second movie directed by Jackie Chan collaborator, Stanley Tong: Mr. Magoo . There's still time to vote for our end of year award show, The Bobbies! Make your voice heard here . Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year 1997 in film by ch...

Welcome to the first annual Two Boat Christmas, where we watch two movies that feature boats. This year, Brandon and Megan watched Tomorrow Never Dies (featuring a super special stealth ship) and Titanic (featuring one big boat, and notably, not enough lifeboats). Megan doesn't really recall the plot of the James Bond movie, but Brandon's never even heard of the Britney Spears song about T...

What's your favorite scary movie?? Is it Scream 2 ? Brandon and Megan watch arguably one of the better horror sequels and discuss such glaring inaccuracies as bathroom hieroglyphics and the geography of the Agamemnon play. And it's finally time!! Don't forget to vote for The Bobbies - our first annual award show, dropping on NYE 1997/2025 where we'll bestow such honors as "Ame...

This week, Brandon and Megan watched Eve's Bayou . This movie has exactly zero lesbians and/or vampires in it. Coming Attractions trailers for December 12: For Richer or Poorer Scream 2 Home Alone 3 Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year 1997 in film by choosing a new theatrical release to watch each Friday.