Does It Hold Up?

March 21st, 1997 the world is reintroduced to the Latin superstar Selena. Only this time it's not the real Selena but Jennifer Lopez starring as her in the biopic about the young singer's life. Just two years after Selena's tragic murder by Yolanda Saldivar, the movie let's audiences into the life and times of the Grammy winner from when she was a just girl first learning to sing and learning to s...

Hey movie lovers. Usually we don't release Friday episodes as a podcast anymore, but we had to with this one. It went a little longer than normal and we thought you would all get a kick out of our Movie Music Draft with our friends from the No Nerds Were Harmed and It's Movie Night podcasts. The rules were simple. Pick one song from a movie for each of these 5 categories: Ballad Dance Inspirationa...

October 3rd, 2003 Jack Black brings us a memorable character named Dewey Finn who impersonates a teacher to put together a rock band. Only players he can find though are kids. We delve deep into this musical classic to debate the good and bad merits of the movie. This is an all timer that we believed everyone loved, but as we began watching we couldn't help but wonder if we have been wrong this en...

October 10th, 2014 Damien Chazelle brings to audiences everywhere his first directorial debut. All about Jazz drumming enthusiast Andrew, played by Miles Teller, going toe to toe with overbearing and controversial teacher Fletcher, played by J.K. Simmons. This is a story about how drive and passion can become overwhelming and may not always be the right way to go about things. It also asks a very...

May 2nd 1997, James Bond gets spoofed for the first time on the silver screen. Austin Powers tries his hand at shagging, loving, romancing, and a little bit of super spying in a movie that everyone has probably seen or heard lines from. After being frozen for decades, Austin is thawed to take on his nemesis Dr. Evil. Vanessa Kensington joins us in his fight against evil and maybe a little love alo...

July 2nd 1980, one of the most iconic, satirical, spoofy, parody movies ever made hits the big screen. Airplane! is a movie ("What's that?" "It's a serious of moving images, but that's not important right now.") that everyone knows the lines from, has seen clips from, and remembers fondly. Surely, Leslie Nielsen has his most famous role in this movie. Yes he does, and don't call me Shirley. There...

June 15, 2001 Angelina Jolie brings to life one of the most famous video game characters of all time, Lara Croft. In this adventure she has to find a tablet that can control time before some bad guys can. With the help of her missing father's clues and her visions she might just get to it first. There will be some tombs, there will be some raiding, and there is plenty of Lara Croft in this action...

August 18 1995, FIGHT! FINISH HIM! FLAWLESS VICTORY! The infamous phrases fans of the video games could only dream of hearing on the big screen until Paul WS Anderson came along and gave us the movie adaption of the beloved game. Everyone wonders why a good movie has never been made based on a video game, but maybe we already had it. Join us on a journey from Earth to the NetherRealm to Outworld t...

This is a long episode because we welcome a special guest, our close friend Matty from the No Nerds Were Harmed podcast. One of the biggest Batman fans I know so we needed his opinion on one of the most divisive Batman movies of all time.  June 16, 1995 Val Kilmer dons the Batsuit for the first and only time in his career. His Batman takes on Robin as his partner, falls for Chase Meridian, outsmar...

May 3rd, 2002 Peter Parker is ready to help save the day as the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Tobey Maguire pulls on the webbed mask and faces off against Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin. Kirsten Dunst is Mary Jane and James Franco rounds out the main cast as Harry Osborn. Green Goblin wants Spidey to fight by his side so they could rule everything. Only Spider-Man knows that with great power come...

This is our recap of everything big from the 95th Annual Academy Awards. Who won every award and what stood out. Let us know in the comments what you thought of the ceremony and what winners you agree or disagree with. Like, Share, and Subscribe to our socials for more great content. linktr.ee/doesitholdup

Normally we don't have a Friday podcast anymore, but we wanted to put this one here as well since next week we are covering the Oscars with our reactions to the big night. So, we are here to give you some of our picks for the biggest night of the year in film. Writing (Adapted Screenplay), Writing (Original Screenplay), Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Actor...

November 26, 1942 Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman wow us at the theater as Rick and Ilsa. Casablanca is the last stop for many seeking freedom and for most they pace through Rick's. The fine establishment where some underhanded things happen. Victor Laszlo is one of the most recent people to come to Rick's and with that comes a world of problems. We had the privilege of seeing this in theaters...

November 12, 2008 Jamal takes the hot seat on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. From here we learn the story of his life from the slums of Mumbai to becoming 20 million rupees richer. Along the journey we learn of his horrific upbringing, the betrayals he faced, the danger he overcame, and the love he found. The Oscar winning Best Picture will make you cry, scream in anger, and smile with joy. Did Ja...

December 3rd, 1976 Sylvester Stallone sets the world ablaze with Rocky, the first movie in what would become a franchise spanning 47 years to date. We follow the titular character from being a bum boxer that is struggling to get through life until he gets his shot at the big time. Apollo Creed, the heavyweight boxing champion of the world wants a new opponent and Rocky just happens to be the one h...

July 1st, 1992 women take over the game of baseball on the big screen. The Rockford Peaches are one of 4 teams in the newly made All American Girls Baseball league. A real league that existed for 9 seasons from 1943 to 1954. Geena Davis stars as Dottie Henson, Tom Hanks as Jimmy Duggan, and Lori Petty as Kit Keller. These characters all feel so real and when the side characters are played by Rosie...

October 9th, 1987 audiences everywhere were treated to the greatest love story ever told. Westley and Buttercup's love is one for the ages and will go down as all timer, but let's not forget all the wonderful people who helped along the way. Inigo Montoya, Fezzik the Giant, Vizzini, Prince Humperdink, Count Rugen, Valerie, and Miracle Max. Each character played perfectly by the respective actor. T...

December 19th 1997, the world's largest ship sets sail on screens across the world. James Cameron proves he is yet again a master filmmaker and delivers one of the highest grossing films of all time. Jack and Rose are opposite sides of the same coin, but nothing can keep them apart after they meet aboard TITANIC. It's love at first sight as their romance blossoms before disaster strikes. Everyone...

Hello movie lovers, it's time to find out if one of your favorite movies passes the test. February 15, 1985 was the day we all had a Saturday detention. We joined aa jock, a brain, a princess, a basketcase, and a criminal. Little did we know that day would change us forever. Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Aly Sheedy, and Judd Nelson take us on a wild ride of redemption, unde...

Hello movie lovers, due to catastrophic technical issues (crashed hard drive containing the last 5 years of work and personal photos/videos), we could not bring you the scheduled episode about The Breakfast Club. We promise that episode is coming next week though no matter what Adam has to do to make that happen. In the meantime, please enjoy an unscheduled episode where Adam predicts the box offi...

September 28, 2012.  (linktr.ee/doesitholdup) Acca believe we are going back to 2012 to get our groove on. Becca (Anna Kendrick) is leading a group of misfit girls as they vie to become champions of collegiate acapella singing. She's joined by Chole, Aubrey, Fat Amy, and more. The only problem is, they aren't a team and going up against the defending champs, the Treblemakers, is not going to be ea...

DISCLAIMER: This episode is more fun than the description will lead you to believe. Hello movie lovers! We are here with a wrap up of all (most) of the moves released in 2022 that we had the pleasure/displeasure of watching. Give us a listen and we try to glimpse into the future to decide if the movies we saw this year will get a Holds Up or Doesn't Hold Up in 10 years time. We have no idea if we...

For the holiday weekend we bring to you a fun little episode all about some of those magical classics. From 1964 to 1970 there was a string of some very memorable holiday tv specials. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964), Frosty the Snowman (1969), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966), Santa Claus is Coming To Town (1970), and A Charlie Brown Christmas (1964) These are some of the most well know...

December 18, 2009 James Cameron's Avatar burst onto the scene with what would go on to become the highest grossing film of all time. His first movie in 12 years since 1997's Titanic. Jake Sully joins the military to become an Avatar of the local people, the Na'vi. He was meant to get information for the military, but instead he falls for Neyteri a soon-to-be leader of her tribe. From there he deci...

November 7th, 2000 is the day Jim Carrey squeezed into a skintight, hairy, green outfit to bring to life one of Dr. Seuss' magical creations. The Grinch hated Christmas and wanted to ruin it for all the Whos in Whoville after they humiliated him. So he snuck into their houses on Christmas Eve and stole everything before having a change of heart. But why does Grinch hate Christmas? What's the story...