Screen Refresh

This month at Screen Refresh, we’re taking some time to reflect, meditate, and look inward at ourselves. VERY inward. So inward that you can’t fathom how inward we’re looking. Like on a microscopic level. Ms. Frizzle knows what I’m talking about. Join Dean, Nick, and Tim as they map the cardiovascular system of a young Martin Short in Joe Dante’s 1987 Sci-Fi Comedy, Innerspace!

We've all run into it before. Our favorite character that meets a fate that has us yelling at the screen or skipping over scenes on rewatches. The Screen Refresh Crew are no strangers to these untimely demises (we're looking at you, Top Gun) so join Tim, Dean, and Nick as they pour one out for those characters gone too soon on this month's Rule Of Thirds!

Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can we take your order, hah? Join the Screen Refresh crew as Nick, Tim, and special guest Laura revisit America's favorite fast-food chain in this 1997 comedy starring Kel Mitchell and Keenan Thompson.

From Screen Refresh, our hosts Nick and Tim with special guest David from the Screaming Brain conquer the airwaves with their favorite Kaiju! From Mothra to Ghidorah, Rodan to the big man Godzilla himself, listen in while we go over the king of all monsters and his larger than life stars, only on Rule of Thirds!

Greetings, space travelers! Dust off your jetpacks, charge up your ray guns, and prepare for a cinematic adventure that's out of this world because Nick and Tim welcome aboard David from The Screaming Brain as they crash-land into the universe of Flash Gordon. We only have 14 hours to save the Earth but you can spare 2 for this month's Screen Refresh!

In this episode of Screen Refresh, Nick, Tim, and special guest David from the Screaming Brain dive deep into their favorite video game boss fights. Join in as we discuss the unforgettable encounters from days past, only on Rule of Thirds!

If there was one thing the 90's loved, it was taking wildly big swings on what the future of computers would be. The results ranged from alarmist thriller fare to the borderline fantastic, and for one moment in 1995, we got a ridiculous but lovingly crafted film about a group of kids who took on the man and those who would abuse the powers of hacking. This month, Tim, Dean, and Nick venture in...

A good fight scene can elevate a great action movie or enhance an otherwise forgettable one. From hammers and fists to kung-fu fights and full-on brawls, the Screen Refresh crew is itching for a fight! Join Tim, Nick, and Dean as they discuss some of their favorite fight scenes on this month's Rule of Thirds, so settle in because Round 1 begins now!

Mushroom kingdom, here we come! ... Wait, this isn't Chris Pratt. This isn't even Pedro Pascal! That's right, join the Screen Refresh crew as Nick, Tim and Dean plunge head first into 1993's Dino-Hatten with The Super Mario Bros.

Somewhere deep in Screen Refresh HQ, there is a list of topics on a wall of all the brainstormed Rule of Thirds topics that will ever be, and on that list is Top Bill Murray Movies. Why? Because from Ghostbusters to Groundhog Day all the way up to Ant-Man Quantumania, there has always been some Bill Murray movie in our consciousness keeping us entertained (other than Garfield, maybe). So settle in...

Happy March, screen watchers! This month’s episode breaks down a film that has that familiar formula we’ve come to know and love: girl marries boy, boy cheats on girl, girl has mental breakdown and conjures up her childhood imaginary British friend to track dog poop all over her mother’s freshly shampooed living room carpet.   Join Dean, Tim, and Nick as they brave 1991's "Drop Dead Fred" sta...

When we talk about great opening sequences, everyone always has one that comes to mind whether it's that iconic music and first attack in Jaws, the sweeping futuristic cityscape and increasing anxiety of the interview in Blade Runner, or Indie's jungle exploration and immediate hurried escape in Raiders of the Lost Ark.  A single scene or sequence can set you at ease and know you're in f...

We're back, and just in time for the holiday season with Joe Dante's classic Christmas film, Gremlins! Oh, we missed it? It's February? Well Nick, Dean, and Tim are back and kicking off 2023 anyway with a childhood film that introduces us to the best little creature in cinema as well as the most frustratingly confusing rules we've ever seen. So stay dry and eat before midnight; it's time to settle...

Halloween season is in full swing at Screen Refresh, which can only mean another Halloween episode to wax nostalgic on all the spooky Halloween episodes of our favorite shows both past and present.  So, pull up a pumpkin and settle in for a very spooky Rule of Thirds!

It's that time of year, so grab your black flame candles and get ready to run amok with Hocus Pocus!   This October, join Nick, Dean, Tim, and Laura as they relive their favorite Halloween tale in anticipation for Hocus Pocus 2 (now available on streaming)!

Screen Refresh is back this month to with their favorite out-of-this world aliens!   Join Dean, Nick, and Tim as they discuss their favorite aliens in this new twist to our Rule of Thirds evolution.

The year is 1993 and dinosaur fever sweeps the nation as a hit dinosaur-based film hits shelves and a franchise is born. Also at some point, Jurassic Park gets released too.  Dean, Nick, and Tim reemerge from their Summer slumber in time to cover the most rockabilly dinosaur movie to date as Screen Refresh returns for Prehysteria!

The Screen Refresh Crew is back this month to revisit the greatest cinematic game of "The Floor Is Lava" you have ever seen! Tim, Dean, and Nick visit the town of Perfection to follow Val and Earl's totally normal, uninterrupted trip to Bixby, so grab(oid) a seat and settle in for Tremors!

This month, the Screen Refresh crew sets its sights on a subject (but not podcast) suitable for listeners ages 4 and older…..Toys!   From childhood nostalgia to hardcore collector's items, toys continue to grab fans young and old, so join Dean, Nick, and Tim as they take a look at what they played with as kids and what, if at all, they still play with today!

Saddle up, Pilgrim! The Screen Refresh crew is gearing up for the intergalactic romp better known as Wing Commander! Nick and his two wingmen, Dean and Tim, blast off on this sci-fi dogfighting adventure, so join the squadron and listen in!

Cowabunga, Screen Refresh listeners! Prepare for the most radical episode of Screen Refresh yet as Dean, Nick, and Tim revisit one of their all-time favorites.  Hold on to your shell and join us for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

This month, the Screen Refresh gang heads to Tiktok to find a subject worthy of such an episode. Listen in to hear our top Heroic Moments, with the idea influenced by @cellphone_wallet_keys ! His amazing TikTok videos really opened up a great subject for us, and this was a blast to discuss.   Come on down and see who and what makes our cut on this month's Rule of Thirds!

The Screen Refresh Crew are back this month to return to a time before Top Gun, before Ferris Bueller, and before pants (evidently) as they journey into the most pollen-filled forest committed to film.    Hop on your favorite unicorn and join Tim, Nick, and Dean as they revisit Ridley Scott's fantasy classic, Legend!

Have you ever walked into something expecting to hate it, and it turned out to be pretty good? Well, the Screen Refresh crew is back this month as Dean, Nick, and Tim dive into the movies and games that they were happy to be wrong about.   Settle in and prepare to be pleasantly surprised on this month's Rule of Thirds!

TEN HUT!  Join the emissaries of 90s nostalgia as Screen Refresh reviews Small Soldiers. Nick, Dean and Tim revisit this toy-gone-insane movie while testing their geography skills, so grab a gin and tonic and settle in!