The Regular Guy Movie Show

Welcome to Camp Arawak, where the counselors are incompetent, the campers are assholes, and the body count is climbing faster than the summer tuition. On this episode of  The Regular Guy Movie Show , Seth, Justin, and Brian head back to 1983 for the low-budget slasher spectacular Sleepaway Camp ! It's got everything you'd expect from a wholesome summer camp experience: swimming, softball...

Stephen King, Killer Trucks & Questionable Decisions What happens when Stephen King gets behind the camera, every machine on Earth decides to murder humanity, and AC/DC provides the soundtrack? Apparently... Maximum Overdrive . This week on The Regular Guy Movie Show , Seth, Justin, and Brian revisit the 1986 horror/action disaster that marked Stephen King's one and only turn as a feature...

On this episode, The Regular Guy Movie Show is heading to Elm Street, where the coffee is strong, the parenting is questionable, and falling asleep can get you murdered by a horribly burned psychopath with knives for fingers. We're revisiting Wes Craven's 1984 horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street and asking the important questions: Does it still hold up? How the hell did nobody in th...

We weren’t even supposed to be here today! This time on The Regular Guy Movie Show , we’re heading to Leonardo, New Jersey, for Kevin Smith’s 1994 indie cult classic, Clerks . Made for roughly $27,000 and filmed mostly overnight inside the convenience store where Smith actually worked, Clerks became a calling card for an entire generation of aspiring filmmakers. But more than 30 years later, does...

It’s time to get things started! This week, The Regular Guy Movie Show is movin’ right along with Jim Henson’s 1979 big-screen debut, The Muppet Movie . We revisit the movie that brought the Muppets out of the television studio and into the real world, marvel at the practical ingenuity that somehow made frogs ride bicycles and bears drive cars, and talk about why the movie’s combination of dry hum...

As has become our every 10th episode tradition...the Regular Guys are taking a break from reviewing a single movie and instead opting to just hang out, drink some beer and shoot some random shit.  So in this episode, you'll get a smattering of talk on a variety of topics including, but by no means limited to: Why picking a favorite movie is so darn hard Some of our go-to genres for movies Fun...

Major League (1989) Just a bit outside... This week, the guys head to Cleveland to revisit one of the most quotable sports comedies ever made: Major League . When a new owner assembles a roster of misfits, has-beens, and never-weres in hopes of tanking the season and moving the team to Miami, she accidentally creates one of cinema's greatest underdog stories. We break down the movie's un...

The Outsiders (1983) | Stay Gold...or Overrated? One of the most celebrated coming-of-age movies of all time. One of the most stacked casts in Hollywood history. One very unexpected consensus. This week, the guys revisit The Outsiders , Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of S.E. Hinton's beloved novel featuring future stars Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio,...

On this episode of The Regular Guy Movie Show, we're heading deep into Texas for a look at the 2003 family adventure-drama Secondhand Lions . Join Seth, Justin, and Brian as they revisit the story of young Walter Caldwell, who is sent to spend the summer with his eccentric great-uncles Hub and Garth McCann. What starts as a reluctant visit quickly turns into a tale filled with hidden fortunes...

On this episode of The Regular Guy Movie Show, we hit the gas and never let up as we revisit the 1994 action classic Speed. Join Seth, Justin, and Brian as they break down the movie that turned a city bus into one of the most stressful vehicles in cinematic history. From the legendary “Pop Quiz, Hotshot” moments to the completely unreasonable freeway jump, the guys dive into what makes Speed such...

Harry and the Hendersons (1987) – Bigfoot, Beer, and Unexpected Feels What happens when a suburban family accidentally adopts Bigfoot? This week on The Regular Guy Movie Show , we head into the Pacific Northwest to revisit Harry and the Hendersons —a movie that somehow blends slapstick comedy, creature feature, and heartfelt family drama into one very hairy package. We break down the film’s surpri...

On this episode of The Regular Guy Movie Show , we’re diving into one of the most baffling comedies of the 80s… Twins . Somewhere in a top-secret lab, scientists attempted to engineer the perfect human being… and somehow ended up with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito as twins. One got all the good traits. The other got… everything else. We break down Arnold’s surprisingly strong comedic debu...

Pretty Woman (1990) – Fairy Tale, Fantasy, or Just Really Good Chemistry? Episode Description: On this episode of The Regular Guy Movie Show , Seth, Justin, and Brian head to Beverly Hills to revisit Pretty Woman , the glossy 1990 smash that turned a week-long arrangement into one of the most iconic romantic comedies ever made. Does the Cinderella story still work? Is the charm strong enough to ov...

Liar Liar (1997) – Truth, Chaos, and Federal Offenses On this episode of The Regular Guy Movie Show , we revisit Liar Liar (1997) — the high-concept courtroom comedy that asks one simple question: What happens when a lawyer who lies for a living suddenly loses the ability to lie? Starring Jim Carrey at peak late-90s volume, Liar Liar blends slapstick, sentiment, and escalating chaos into one very...

On this episode of The Regular Guy Movie Show , we crack open the blinds, peer suspiciously at the neighbors, and take a staycation straight into suburban paranoia with The 'Burbs . What starts as a quiet week off work quickly devolves into trash-can surveillance, backyard digging, wildly confident assumptions, and one of the most chaotic neighbors in movie history. Along the way, we revisit...

The holidays are over, the calendar has flipped, and the Regular Guys are back with a grab-bag episode that spirals gloriously out of control. This time around, we revisit early episodes of the show, retroactively crown Boddicker Award winners, and then throw those winners into a completely unnecessary Tournament of Champions to determine who reigns supreme. Along the way, we debate, overthink, ar...

Gremlins (1984) — Does It Hold Up? On this episode of The Regular Guy Movie Show , we’re decking the halls with chaos, mayhem, and tiny green murder goblins as we revisit Gremlins (1984) — the Christmas movie that broke the MPAA, traumatized a generation, and proved that maybe some pets should come with an instruction manual. What starts as a cute, fuzzy holiday gift quickly turns into a full-blow...

Damn the Man, Save the Plot Holes On this episode of The Regular Guy Movie Show , we dive head-first into Empire Records — a movie with a killer soundtrack, a mountain of nostalgia… and more structural problems than the building code should legally allow. We revisit this 90s cult favorite with 30 years of life experience, far better taste in movies, and absolutely no patience for Lucas’s philosoph...

On this episode of The Regular Guy Movie Show, the guys dive headfirst into Orgazmo — Trey Parker’s pre- South Park tale of a Mormon missionary turned porn superhero with a weaponized orgasm gun and a crisis of faith. They unpack the film’s bizarre balance of purity and perversion, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s early creative DNA, and whether the Orgazmorator should count as a legitimate superpower...

The Blair Witch Project (1999) Episode Summary: Three college filmmakers head into the woods to chase a local legend — and instead deliver the most profitable headache in horror history. This week, the guys hunker down by the campfire (literally — they recorded this episode while camping) to revisit The Blair Witch Project , the movie that turned shaky hands and bad decisions into box office gold....

Halloween (1978) – The Boogeyman, the Babysitter, and the Beer Buzz That Wouldn’t Die Show Notes: The guys head to Haddonfield to tackle Halloween (1978) — the indie horror classic that built an empire on fake leaves, bad driving, and one of cinema’s most famously unhelpful psychiatrists. Justin revisits the slasher that shaped his childhood sleepovers. Seth leads the charge on how a six-year-old...

Poltergeist (1982) On this episode of The Regular Guy Movie Show , we’re diving into the suburban nightmare that made us all afraid of static on the TV: Poltergeist (1982). We’ll take you on a guided tour of Cuesta Verde—the perfect American Dream subdivision with great neighbors, nice lawns, and oh yeah… a field of corpses under every yard. Along the way, we break down the movie’s worldbuilding,...

The Last Starfighter (1984) What if beating a high score at the arcade meant you were Earth’s only hope? This week on The Regular Guy Movie Show , we’re blasting off with 1984’s The Last Starfighter — the cult sci-fi classic that swapped Star Wars’ model ships for pioneering CGI, and gave us wish fulfillment for every kid who ever dropped quarters into an arcade cabinet. We dig into: The wild leap...

 From Pancakes to Power Tools: Revisiting Uncle Buck  In this episode of The Regular Guy Movie Show , Seth, Justin, and Brian dive into John Hughes’ 1989 comedy classic Uncle Buck . We talk about John Candy at peak charm, the mail-slot interrogation that basically launched Macaulay Culkin into Home Alone , and whether Buck’s “unique” parenting style would fly in 2025 (spoiler: probably not). Highl...

Episode Title: Parenthood (1989) – Cowboy Chaos, Flashcards, and Unexpected Vibrators Show Notes: This week on The Regular Guy Movie Show , we’re heading back to 1989 to revisit Parenthood —Ron Howard’s heartfelt, chaotic, and surprisingly profound family comedy. We talk cowboy-themed birthday meltdowns, emotionally fragile dads, Rick Moranis going full helicopter parent, and Keanu Reeves accident...