Does It Hold Up?

We are back to check in with our box office guesses from the first half of 2026. There's a new format that is hopefully easier to understand how well or how poor we did. We also talk best and worst of the year so far. Then finishing up by making our box office predicitons for the second half of 2026.    Thanks for listening. Please support us other places by clicking the links below. TikTok and Fa...

What's the very first animated movie you remember watching? This is the one for Adam and maybe even Emily. 4 adorable dinosaurs and 1 annoying dinosaur must bond together and travel to The Great Valley. And their journey will be perilous.   This week we revisit 1988's The Land Before Time, does it hold up? Find out now. Thanks for listening. Please support us other places by clicking the links bel...

It's the birthday week for Adam, so he decided to play a little game. Welcome to This or That, a game wehre the two hosts go back and forth giving the other one a choice, This or That. Every question is centered around movies and some answers are....unexpected. Hope you enjoy. Thanks for listening. Please support us other places by clicking the links below. TikTok and Facebook are where we are cur...

Come closer. Pay close attention because the closer you are the easier it'll be to fool you. WHat happens when you're the smartest person in the room? You pick apart a magical movie for all of its flaws. But even in doing so maybe you discover the flaws don't ruin the movie at all.  This week we revisit 2013's Now You See Me, does it hold up? Find out now. Thanks for listening. Please support us o...

1980's nostalgia mixes with 21st century filmmaking in this coming of age throwback. What happenes when E.T. combines forces with Stand by Me? You get J.J. Abrams love letter to everything he liked as a child. But something about this movie feels a little off. We are here to try and find out exactly what that is and why this movie may not be remembered as fondly as others of its kind.  This week w...

It's the 5th anniversay of the show, so you know what that means. It's time to revisit a Tom Cruise movie to see if it holds up. Tom started this whole podcast back in 2022 and every June we pay our respects and this year we watched Legend. The fantasy classic that found a cult following years after its release. So were the people in 1986 or right, or are the ones who love it now right? Will we ag...

Star Wars has been around for almost 5 decades now and there has been a lot of content. TV shows, books, comics, games, and more importantly...movies. We are here to talk all things Star Wars in honor of the newest movie in theaters now, The Mandalorian and Grogu. We break down our favorite parts of Star Wars in a few select categories. Hope you enjoy!   Thanks for listening. Please support us oth...

A family curse. A deformed face. True love from an upperclass blueblood the only way to be normal. All the telltale signs of a fairytale, but this isn't some time long ago, it's closer to modern day. Fantastic performances, an interesting story, and great visuals create Penelope, so why didn't anyone see this movie? This week we revisit 2008's Penelope, does it hold up? Find out now.   Thanks for...

A candle, a virgin, All Hallow's Eve, and the Sanderson sisters. All the things you need for a campy, kid's first horror movie, but does it all come together to make something good? This cult classic wasn't good at the time, found a following years later, and now...? This week we revisit 1993's Hocus Pocus, does it hold up? Find out now. If the audio sounds a little off, we apologize. Our normal s...

This week we discuss how villains used to be good and have maybe gotten too soft over the years. What happened to the straight up villains of the past like Hannibal Lecter, John Doe, and Nurse Ratched. Evil has gotten weaker throught the years and we discuss how that happened while naming some of our favorite villains and how themes are now villains rather than characters. After that, Emily plays...

A successful comic strip turned into a successful cartoon hits the big screen in a not so successful movie. The star power was there, the ideas were there, the recognizable IP was there, so what happened?  This week we revisit 2001's Josie and the Pussycats, does it hold up? Find out now.   Thanks for listening. Please support us other places by clicking the links below. TikTok and Facebook are wh...

One of the greatest tv shows of all time graced us with a feature length film in the mid-2000s. The Simpsons is an iconic show in every way possible and the movie had a lot to live up to. Did it live up to all the hype? Emily and Adam are here to discuss. This week we revisit 2007's The Simpsons Movie, does it hold up? Find out now.   Thanks for listening. Please support us other places by clickin...

"Hello Clarice"...is never once said in this movie but it doesn't stop us all from hearing that line. What was in the movie though? Lets do a breakdown of one of the best thrillers of the 90s to see if it still holds up in 2026. Or is it just Hannibal Lecter is so iconic? This week we revisit 1991's The Silence of the Lambs, does it hold up? Find out now.   Thanks for listening. Please support us...

After Emily and Adam have a quick check in to discuss how they think movies are doing so far for 2026 (it's been a decent start), Emily sits down with actress and soon to be writer/producer Nicole Alyse Nelson to talk about her start with Nickelodeon and what it's like to star in an Oscar nominated movie. Hoope you enjoy.    Find Nicole on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thenicolenelson/...

Looney Tunes and basketball, two things that had nothing in common, until Michael Jordan teamed with Bugs Bunny for a Nike commercial. Then, spun from that, came an ambitious project named Space Jam. Every kid of the 90s knows this movie and the soundtrack that came with.  This week we revisit 1996's Space Jam, does it hold up? Find out now.   Thanks for listening. Please support us other places b...

Who won big on the night? Who was upset? And how well did we do with our picks? Find out now.    Thanks for listening. Please support us other places by clicking the links below. TikTok and Facebook are where we are currently monetized so supporting us there is extremely helpful.  Follow Emily on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/ladyemily11/ Follow Adam on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/adam...

It's that time of the year again. The Academy of Motion Pictures is back to hand out awards for the "best" movies of the year and for any cinephile it's their Super Bowl. Emily and her sidekick are here to give out their predictions for all 24 categories. After a record breaking 16 nominations, how many awards do we think will Sinners will win, find out now.   Thanks for listening. Please support...

We begin another episode of Does it Hold Up with your hosts Emily and Adam in 3...2...1... Brought to you by Geritol.  This week we revisit 1994's Quiz Show, does it hold up? Find out now.   Thanks for listening. Please support us other places by clicking the links below. TikTok and Facebook are where we are currently monetized so supporting us there is extremely helpful.  Follow Emily on Letterbo...

Racism and prejudice have always existed. But what happens when it's not directed towards people of the same species, but to those from another planetary body completely. Neill Blomkamp explores this idea in his debut sci-fi feature. This week we revisit 2009's District 9, does it hold up? Find out now.   Thanks for listening. Please support us other places by clicking the links below. TikTok and...

A quarter of the century is done. 2000-2025 had some ups and downs for movies and this week we take a look at our personal ups. We went through every year and each picked our favortite movie of that year. Come with us on this ride of revisiting the last 26 years of movies.  Thanks for listening. Please support us other places by clicking the links below. TikTok and Facebook are where we are curren...

Have you ever had the feeling of Deja Vu? Wait, didn't we just do this movie. This week we revisit 1993's Groundhog Day (we think for the first time) does it hold up? Find out now.   Thanks for listening. Please support us other places by clicking the links below. TikTok and Facebook are where we are currently monetized so supporting us there is extremely helpful.  Follow Emily on Letterboxd: http...

Let's stay in Room 237 inside The Overlook Hotel, I'm sure nothing can go wrong. Oh no, where did the axe go?    This week we revisit 1980's The Shining does it hold up? Find out now.   Thanks for listening. Please support us other places by clicking the links below. TikTok and Facebook are where we are currently monetized so supporting us there is extremely helpful.  Follow Emily on Letterboxd: h...

Somewhere over the rainbow there's a classic movie has been talked about for nearly 90 years. Everyone knows the story of Dorothy, Toto, and their band of Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. Let's jump in a tornado and watch it again.    This week we revisit 1939's The Wizard of Oz does it hold up? Find out now.   Thanks for listening. Please support us other places by clicking the links be...

Half man. Half machine. All crime fighter. We are ready to suit up and take to the streets alongside one of the best cops ever, Murphy. RoboCop is the future of crime fighting, but is it still as good as it was in 1987?   This week we revisit 1987's RoboCop does it hold up? Find out now.   Thanks for listening. Please support us other places by clicking the links below. TikTok and Facebook are whe...

Every year we take guesses at what some of the most anticipated movies of the year will make at the domestic box office. 2025 was no different. So let's take a look back and see how well (and in some cases how poorly) we did for the year. But that's not all. After we wrap up 2025, we give you our best predictions for 20 movies coming out the first half of 2026. Hope you enjoy the ride. Thanks for...