30something Movie Podcast

It's got a creepy soundtrack, fleshy blue monsters, a rabbit infestation, and Australian socialists... but this is not your typical horror movie. Originally intended as a complex sociopolitical drama about what the adult world does to the mind of a child, American markets rebranded this film as a horror. So if you watch Celia (or in America: Celia - Child of Terror) be forewarned that you're headi...

Brian's family just moved to a new town, he started at a new school, his mom and dad are constantly arguing... every day life just isn't working right now. But what about every NIGHT? Brian captures and befriends Maurice, a Beetlejuice-wannabe who shows him the ins and outs of the monster world in LITTLE MONSTERS (starring Fred Savage and Howie Mandel). Intro: Intro / Spoiler Alert [0:00] New trai...

It's been a challenge to get everyone together lately, so we take a quick break from our regular schedule, but not from 1989. John features two movies he found recently on Tubi.tv — the Hulk Hogan classic (?) No Holds Barred and the Corey Feldman/Corey Haim coming of age movie Dream A Little Dream. Trailer(s): No Holds Barred (1989) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POYGZAIQl2o   Not the right movie...

You usually feel pretty safe letting your kids play in the front yard, but what if they were only a quarter-inch tall? Childhood fantasies come to life when four kids get shrunk down to the size of an ant and go on an adventure of a lifetime. Giant Lego pieces, killer sprinklers, the precursor to the Roomba lawnmower... it's all here! Honey, I Shrunk the Kids! Intro: Intro / Spoiler Alert [0:00] T...

Whether you've owned a dog or not, you can't really argue with the title of this one. But does the sentiment match up with the movie itself? Does the Don Bluth magic from Secret of NIMH, Land Before Time, and An American Tail hold up? Join John, Bo, and Pat as we journey to heaven, hell, and New Orleans in the children's classic All Dogs Go To Heaven starring Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, and Judith...

Always came out before Ghost, but so many people have never heard of it much less seen it. But see it you should... in some ways it has more heart than the more popular movie that came out a year later. Just ignore the fact that I might have accidentally said that Ted Danson was in Ghost somewhere in this episode. It's still Patrick Swayze. I blame too much work and sleep deprivation. Intro: Intro...

What's your ideal weekend? If it's dragging a dead guy's corpse around and pretending he's still alive because you think if you just call the cops things will get even worse... you probably starred in the movie Weekend At Bernie's.  Intro: Intro / Spoiler Alert [0:00] The Movie: Weekend At Bernie's info/trailer [4:45] Weekend At Bernie's discussion [9:13] Five Questions [34:15] Wrap-Up [52:10] Tra...

We couldn't get the band together for an 80s movie discussion this week, but we all know if a Star Wars trailer comes out and John doesn't have a chance to talk about it, he explodes like a womprat being bulls-eyed by a moisture farmer in his T-16 back home. (And they're not much bigger than 2 meters.) Anyway... here's John's take on the D23 sneak peak we got and what it means for the upcoming fin...

Read people's reactions to Ghostbusters II on the internet and you might wonder if you watched the same movie. It doesn't get a lot of love from the online community, but maybe everyone just misses their kittens. Either way, the joyfulness is just beginning as Pat and John dive into the river of slime.  Intro: Intro / Spoiler Alert [0:00] This Week in '89 [3:23] The Movie: Ghostbusters II info/tra...

Men are supposed to be made of steel, but Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, and Julia Roberts are the true strength of their families in this adaptation of the stage play Steel Magnolias. As the trailer's tagline puts it, "it's the funniest movie that will make you cry." Intro: Intro / Spoiler Alert [0:00] This Week in '89 [15:04] The Movie: Steel Magnolia...

The Baker brothers have been tickling the ivories together for over 30 years and things have gone just fine. But that's the problem. Things are just fine. When they realize it may be time to add something new to the act, they enlist the help of a singer who might just tear the Fabulous Baker Boys apart. Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges and Michelle Pfeiffer star in The Fabulous Baker Boys. Intro: Intro...

We start off with John and Jeff discussing the plethora of trailers and announcements to come out of San Diego Comic Con last week. Then we shift gears with John and Pat to talk about the Steve Martin movie Parenthood and how it has a little something for everyone. As we mention on this episode, we are currently a BONUS podcast on the Podcoin app, meaning that if you listen to us through the app,...

Last week we brought you the horrors of war and the struggle of returning to a world you no longer belong in... this week, it's childbirth. Mollie didn't plan to get pregnant by one of her wealthy clients, but she is and she's keeping the baby. When it turns out that the baby daddy is more of a sugar daddy, she's left all alone until one fateful cab ride to the hospital. Kirstie Alley, John Travol...

Oliver Stone started his Vietnam trilogy with a look at the horrors of warfare in Platoon, but in this second outing he brings us back home to experience life after hell. Born on the Fourth of July stars Tom Cruise, Willem Dafoe, and Kyra Sedgwick. Intro: Intro / Spoiler Alert [0:00] This Week in '89 [12:50] The Movie: Born on the Fourth of July info/trailer [13:47] Born on the Fourth of July disc...

When there's something strange in your neighborhood... who did you call? UNCLE BUCK! John Candy is everybody's favorite (?) uncle in this John Hughes comedy. Welcome back guest host Jason Colvin, as well! Intro: Intro / Spoiler Alert [0:00] This Week in '89 [8:39] The Movie: Uncle Buck info/trailer [9:54] Uncle Buck discussion [17:02] Five Questions [38:27] Voicemail [1:03:55] Wrap-Up [1:09:12] Tr...

As part of our 250th episode extravaganza, Jeff took the reins of this one and had us duke it out over our Top Five Favorite 80s Cartoons. Why are the theme songs so long? How does Pepé Le Pew hold up in the #MeToo era? Why is co-host Dennis so old? What the heck is Bananaman?! All of these questions and more!

Dalton isn't just a bouncer. He's a cooler. He's the one you call when the bar patrons are getting a little out of control and someone just needs to help them "cool down." He's not afraid to throw a punch now and then, though... and that'll come in handy when he's hired to help clean up the Double Deuce — a rough honky tonk bar in the town of Jasper, Missouri. He'll get more than he bargained for...

Ray Tango is Armani with a badge. Gabe Cash is a little rough around the edges. When the two cops from separate jurisdictions have disrupted too much of a wealthy crime boss's business, the east side will meet the west side of L.A. when they're framed and sent to prison. Will they be able to get out alive, clear their names and take down the crooks? Do we really care as long as there's enough shoo...

**We try to be a family-friendly podcast, but the subject matter of this movie is not appropriate for children, so you may want to skip listening to this one in the car with family.** This movie is about Bob. Bob's a junkie. Bob's wife is a junkie. Bob's friends are junkies. And you can't talk a junkie out of using... but there's also nothing more life-affirming that getting the crap kicked out of...

**We try to be a family-friendly podcast, but the subject matter of this movie is not appropriate for children, so you may want to skip listening to this one in the car with family. We don't get vulgar or anything, but the movie's called "Sex, Lies, and Videotape..." so... y'know.** We learned that when it comes to movies like sex, lies, and videotape... Pat doesn't get angry... that's the thing....

E.T. is one of the most heartwarming movies from the 80s about a boy who is growing up a little separate from everyone: his mother, his brother, his sister, the kids at school, his estranged father… until one day he meets and befriends an alien who has been separated from his people. They’ll need each other to get E.T. home before government scientists take him away. Intro: Intro/Spoiler Alert [0:...

A couple of nice American boys go backpacking across Europe, but wouldn't you know it... they get attacked by a werewolf in rural England, which begins a killing spree throughout the city of London on the next full moon. Don't let the naked American man steal your balloons. Intro: Intro/Spoiler Alert [0:00] IT Chapter 2 trailer [5:26] Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer [6:40] Smallville memories [9...

When a doctor hatches a plan to take four psychiatric patients to a Yankees game in the Big Apple, what could possibly go wrong? Billy has a history of compulsive lying and violence, Henry thinks he's a doctor, Jack believes he is Jesus Christ returned, and Albert is a man of very few words. Together they'll have to navigate New York City when their doctor is attacked and left comatose — and they'...

We could fire up a black Trans Am, but that's already been done. Instead, let's hop in the ambulance and join in on the craziest cross-country auto race this side of the Bay of Pigs. It's The Cannonball Run starring Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Farrah Fawcett and Roger Moore. Intro: Intro [0:00] Avengers: Endgame box office & upcoming post-Endgame Marvel movies [8:30] This Week in '81 [12:30] The M...

No spoilers here, but once you click that play button... hold on to your Infinity Stones! John gives his initial thoughts on Avengers Endgame.