Grumpy Nostalgia: Second Look Cinema

Send us Fan Mail We're talking tv again, but this time were going primal.  Prime time tv from 1975 to 1985 was weird and wonderful and we were its willful prisoners.  With only 3 networks and I-Pads not even a figment of Steve Jobs imagination , we were forced to make the best of what we got.  And we got a lot. Chimpanzee truckers, grits kissin waitresses and Fonzie on water skis.  And that w...

Send us Fan Mail Are we are too old to enjoy this movie? No. Did we enjoy it anyway? Also no.  Regardless, we truffle shuffled thru this one and had a blast.  Easily one of the most fun episodes we've ever done.  Did we mention Corey Feldman wears a Members Only jacket in this?

Send us Fan Mail Jean shorts volleyball. Only take away. Actually we have a few more observations about this 80's blockbuster that cemented Tom Cruise at the top of the box office for the last 40 years. Were not entirely sure if anything even happens in this movie, but there's a bunch of music and man nipples so it's not a total loss. #topgun #maverick #goose #iceman #valkilmer #tom...

Send us Fan Mail Wow. Just, wow. A big, fake-looking snake vomits up monkeys and Jon Voight, all while out-acting the entire cast. We have opinions.

Send us Fan Mail We built it.  Whether you come or not is still anyone's guess.  But you should because this is a good one.  We got the old Costner that everyone used to like in this sappy, but glorious baseball fable that makes most grown men shed a tear or two.  Add Darth Vader and Henry Hill and you got yourself a winner. Stick around til the end where the boys, overwhelmed by gallons of s...

Send us Fan Mail We have come to chew bubble gum and do a lousy podcast.  And we're all out of bubblegum.  We're going back to the 80s again this week to review the movie that launched a thousand memes.  Lotsa violence, synthesizers, and ghoulish alien yuppies on display here, but only if you're sporting those dope sunglasses. Free tip: If Roddy Piper asks you to put them on, just d...

Send us Fan Mail Finally the special series no one was asking for!  The boys take a break from the movie theater this week to introduce their new nostalgia podcast series, ReMembers Only (get it, like the jacket?). For the premier episode, we're looking back at the glorious era of late nite tv shows. Not the boring talk shows of today.  We talking Benny Hill, the Midnight Special, the Gong Sh...

Send us Fan Mail There can be only one.  As it turns out, "one" is probably too many based on our most recent viewing of this 80s sci-fi/fantasy epic!  Christopher Lambert stars as the immortal sword-wielding Scotsmen with a thick French accent hacking and slashing his way thru 80s New York.  Tagging along is our favorite be-wigged actor Sean Connery in purple pantaloons and peacock feat...

Send us Fan Mail We got dragons L-I-V-I-N all over the place, y'all.  Harken back to 2002 for this wondrous movie starring Mac, Christian Batman, and Gerard Leonidas years before they became the subtle, nuanced character actors they are today. We'll sweeten the deal by mentioning that were joined this week by  show favorite, @mollsmusings who actually suggested we cover this one.  We wil...

Send us Fan Mail feat. James Spader that's it.  Please listen to this one.  We suffered to bring it to you

Send us Fan Mail It's double O hell no this week as the boys make their first pass at Bond movies.  We're not entirely sure what happened here, but like always, there's a supervillian bent on world domination, two Bond girls, and a crap ton of gadgets designed to kill people in original ways.  Not to mention waves and waves of easily accessible ladies along the way. Endlessly fun th...

Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year, y'all.  We're starting 25 with lots of chomp by reviewing one of the big 'uns, the OG Jurassic Park. Over 30 years old and not even a scratch on it.  Stick around til the end where the gang lovingly discuss things in Hollywood they wish would go extinct. Fun! #jurassicpark #dino #1993 #blockbusters #trex #goldblum #podcast #nostalgia #mst3k 

Send us Fan Mail We're wrapping up 2024 with a very special movie picked by our new guest contributor @kevin_the_movie_guy.  Better yet, Kevin's sitting in for this one too! We decided Santa could just go to hell for the time being because we wanna talk about 1996's From Dusk Til Dawn. It's a subtle little understated character study of a criminal and his sex predator brother f...

Send us Fan Mail You're gonna like these apples for sure.  This week the boys are going back to 1997 to revisit this amazing take on the "troubled genius" theme that Hollywood loves so wicked much.  Watching hurts a little more this time knowing Williams isnt with us anymore, but luckily the Southie accents more than make up for it. Spoiler!  The boys liked this one a lot and were r...

Send us Fan Mail We're looking back at a  Christmas movie that even our snarky GenX personalities cannot diminish.  Quotable, hilarious, and tolerantly sappy, Will Ferrel's portrayal as the 6'3" elf alone to his own devices in the Big Apple is a favorite among the Grumpy Nostalgia offices.  Plus Jimmy Caan. Plus Peter Dinklage. Plus the insufferably cute Zoey Deschanel. Grab yo...

Send us Fan Mail Gobble Gobble, y'all.  We're so caught up in the holiday excitement preamble, we are using our precious studio time to wrap gifts and browse thru the Sears Christmas catalog making our lists for Big Red. In the meanwhile, please revisit this lost episode that no one really bothered listening to the first time.  We really never got over that.  Please give this one a liste...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we're diving into the 1990 Dick Tracy movie. Remember this one?  Of course you dont. Imagine Tim Burton’s Gotham got hit with a color filter that only understands primary colors and then added... a whole lot of questionable choices. Warren Beatty is no Michael Keaton (sorry, buddy), but he does give it his best shot. And Pacino? Well, let’s just say he was definite...

Send us Fan Mail We dare you admit you didn't watch this on HBO at every pizza-fueled sleepover in the 80s. It's a fun mix of horror, comedy, and well-meant gratuitous gore and nudity, just like the eighties.  Your gang had a blast checking this one out again. To end both the 4th season and their month long horror spectacular, the boys finally reveal their favorite horror films after spe...

Send us Fan Mail Our final trip down memory lane is last year's retrospective of Wes Craven's original A Nightmare on Elm Street. Creative, original, and generally icky, just like your hosts. Stick around to the end where the gang talks about their favorite (and least liked) Halloween candy.

Send us Fan Mail Back in the 70s, most things were designed to ruin children. Jarts, doctors smoking in the exam room, steel playgrounds, and television movies about kids getting killed. So naturally, we decided to review the most egregious of these, Salem's Lot. Mostly tame by today's standards, this Stephen King vampire classic broke our little brains and we're pretty bitter about...

Send us Fan Mail Horror, dread, and misery. And that's just Keanu's accent. Gary Oldman is serving generous amounts of holiday ham in this campy, unintentionally hilarious 90's horror classic. Not to be outdone Anthony Hopkins goes full batcrap crazy here too.  But it's all okay because our Sweet Winona looks over us all. The best part for your grumpy hosts however is the prese...

Send us Fan Mail We're bringing our Dominos pizza and a two liter Coke downstairs to the rumpus room for another late night viewing of the greatest cult horror comedy ever made.  Violent, gross, disturbing, yet never not hilarious. Even better, everyone's favorite veterinarian, Dr K. joins the gang to offer some ridiculously astute and off the wall observations that our hosts have never...

Send us Fan Mail Cool teen vampires? No way!  We're going back to the glorious 80s this week when a movie like this one would be celebrated by the masses. Is it as good in the rear view mirror? Well sadly, one of your hosts gets violently and copiously sick reliving this one if that's any indication.  See if you can guess which one! After some mopping up and apologizing, the gang test th...

Send us Fan Mail To honor last year's Halloween BooNanza, we've decided to re-release those spooky episodes every Saturday this October to introduce them to our new friends while still managing to annoy our regular fans. This one features our favorite vinyl archivist, @aron_gagliardo as we violate our tender sensibilities reviewing this 1974 Tobe Hooper classic. Bitch hogs unite! 

Send us Fan Mail This week the boys review this adorable story of American entrepreneurship, love, and pelicans. Al Pacino's iconic, if not over-the-top, performance has developed its own archetype of cinema that's often imitated, rarely duplicated.  Show favorite, Michelle Pfeiffer owns the screen only with a few eye rolls and the lethal combo of Brian DePalma and Oliver Stone do the re...