Exciting and New

Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Zach back to discuss what they were up to this week.  Aliens is coming this Wednesday as we celebrate our 200th movie review Jason, Andy and Dana will discuss a 1986 movie weekly, breaking down all the nonsense there within. The 3 hosts all work together and everyone else around them was getting really annoyed at all the movie talk, so they decided to annoy the world i...

This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Dan back on the show to discuss the 1986 comedy Gung Ho.  In this culture clash Opie farce, Batman and Long Duck Dong try to get Norm and Jesus to build them some cars, all while trying to show why America sucks and Japan is awesome.  This is standard 80s movie magic.  Will they meet their car quota?  Will Japan recognize ho...

Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Dan back to discuss what they were up to this week.  Gung Ho is coming this Wednesday. Jason, Andy and Dana will discuss a 1986 movie weekly, breaking down all the nonsense there within. The 3 hosts all work together and everyone else around them was getting really annoyed at all the movie talk, so they decided to annoy the world in podcast form. Check out previous sea...

This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Doug back on the show as they discuss the 1986 sports classic Hoosiers.  In this basketball drama, Lex Luthor takes on the task of coaching a bunch of farm boys to the state championship.  Dennis Hopper plays his typically great washed up drunk.  And for some reason Barbara Hershey is along for the ride.  This movie is alway...

Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Doug back to discuss what they were up to this week.  Hoosiers is coming this Wednesday. Jason, Andy and Dana will discuss a 1986 movie weekly, breaking down all the nonsense there within. The 3 hosts all work together and everyone else around them was getting really annoyed at all the movie talk, so they decided to annoy the world in podcast form. Check out previous s...

This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Mike back on the show to discuss the 1986 horror movie The Hitcher.  In this movie Tom Howell is stalked by an unkillable Ray Batty.  That's pretty much the plot.  You either like those kinds of movies or you don't.  It's safe to say most of us like those kinds of movies.  Oh, and Jennifer Jason Leigh tags along for some rea...

Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Mike back to discuss what they were up to this week.  The Hitcher is coming this Wednesday. Jason, Andy and Dana will discuss a 1986 movie weekly, breaking down all the nonsense there within. The 3 hosts all work together and everyone else around them was getting really annoyed at all the movie talk, so they decided to annoy the world in podcast form. Check out previou...

In a very special bonus episode of the Exciting & New podcast, Andy and Dana welcome Connor on as they discuss the 2026 sci-fi spectacular Project Hail Mary.  We all came right from the theater to the podcast studio to discuss this gem and basically discuss what we liked and didn't like when compared to the book.  NERD ALERT -- we all read the book, so we dive DEEP.  Do not listen to this if y...

This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason, Andy and Dana discuss the 1986 action movie Cobra.  In this Stallone rage-fest, Marion Cobretti is the cure to the disease the is crime in LA.  An insane gang is killing just about anybody theuy come in contact with, and that means they need to kill Stallone's real life wife (for the next few months), becuase she saw one of the gang members, and...

Jason, Andy and Dana discuss what they were up to this week, but also celebrate the 400th Exciting & New episode by going over some boring stats and discussing previous guests.  We wouldn't have gotten this far with out all of you, so.... a very special THANK YOU to Cameron, Michele, Tara, Christine, Caitie, Carrie, Connor, Brady, Logan, Danny, Becky, Scott, Nate, Colin, Zach, Mike, Mac (&...

This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Jim back on the show as they discuss the 1986 comedy, Back to School.  In this Rodney Dangerfield classic, Sam Kinison, Burt Young and Ned Beatty try to teach two generations of Melons that with enough money, you can be a world class diver   Wait...is that the message?  Maybe Robert Downey Jr, Sally Kellerman and Adrienne Ba...

Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Jim back to discuss what they were up to this week.  Back to School is coming this Wednesday. Jason, Andy and Dana will discuss a 1986 movie weekly, breaking down all the nonsense there within. The 3 hosts all work together and everyone else around them was getting really annoyed at all the movie talk, so they decided to annoy the world in podcast form. Check out previ...

This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Mac and Dan back on the show to discuss the 1986 drama River's Edge.  In this seminal 80s flick, John Wick and George McFly take opposing stands on how to help their friend deal with a problem down by the "river's edge".  Meanwhile, a doll goes missing, sending this small California town into manhunt mode.  Truly a classic o...

Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Dan and Mac back to discuss what they were up to this week.  River's Edge is coming this Wednesday. Jason, Andy and Dana will discuss a 1986 movie weekly, breaking down all the nonsense there within. The 3 hosts all work together and everyone else around them was getting really annoyed at all the movie talk, so they decided to annoy the world in podcast form. Check out...

This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Brady back on the show to discuss the 1986 thriller Manhunter.  In this Michael Mann-directed prequel (but not really) to The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal Lecter (or Lecktor (?) for some reason) is asked by the FBI to help track down a serial killer (RIP to Tom Noonan).  Hannibal should really be charging for all the kille...

Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Brady back to discuss what they were up to this week.  Manhunter is coming this Wednesday. Jason, Andy and Dana will discuss a 1986 movie weekly, breaking down all the nonsense there within. The 3 hosts all work together and everyone else around them was getting really annoyed at all the movie talk, so they decided to annoy the world in podcast form. Check out previous...

This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Mac back on the show to discuss the 1986 war drama Platoon.  Before Charlie Sheen was doing all the winning, he shipped off to Vietnam and did a lot less winning.  Based on Oliver Stone's personal experiences, this movie continues the 1980s love affair with Vietnam that lasted well into the 90s.  This movie is highly quotabl...

Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Mac back to discuss what they were up to this week.  Platoon is coming this Wednesday. Jason, Andy and Dana will discuss a 1986 movie weekly, breaking down all the nonsense there within. The 3 hosts all work together and everyone else around them was getting really annoyed at all the movie talk, so they decided to annoy the world in podcast form. Check out previous sea...

This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason,  Andy and Dana welcome newcomer Herbie to the show to discuss the 1986 adventure comedy Big Trouble in Little China.  Once again we dive into the John Carpenter/Kurt Russell pool for some mid 80s fun.  This movie mixes all the adventure of Raiders and all the wire fu of a good martial arts movie to meld into something else entirely.  The hunt is...

Jason, Andy and Dana welcome newb Herbie to discuss what they were up to this week.  Big Trouble in Little China is coming this Wednesday. Jason, Andy and Dana will discuss a 1986 movie weekly, breaking down all the nonsense there within. The 3 hosts all work together and everyone else around them was getting really annoyed at all the movie talk, so they decided to annoy the world in podcast form....

This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Shamus back on the show to discuss the 1986 action flick Top Gun.  Tom Cruise leads this All-Star cast and their need for speed as they shoot down MIGs and spike volleyballs, all the while trying their best to show the world they're straight.  Once again, we have a woman cast just so we aren't confused by the sexuality of th...

Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Shamus back to discuss what they were up to this week.  TopGun is coming this Wednesday Jason, Andy and Dana will discuss a 1986 movie weekly, breaking down all the nonsense there within. The 3 hosts all work together and everyone else around them was getting really annoyed at all the movie talk, so they decided to annoy the world in podcast form. Check out previous se...

This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Mike back on the show to discuss the 1986 fantasy flick The Highlander.  In this time-spanning epic, a French dude plays a Scottish dude.  A Scottish dude plays an Egyptian dude disguised as a Spanish dude, and Mr Krabs plays the bad guy.  In a movie that purports that there can only be One, there does seem to be a lot of th...

Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Mike back to discuss what they were up to this week.  The Highlander is coming this Wednesday. Jason, Andy and Dana will discuss a 1986 movie weekly, breaking down all the nonsense there within. The 3 hosts all work together and everyone else around them was getting really annoyed at all the movie talk, so they decided to annoy the world in podcast form. Check out prev...

This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason, Andy, and Dana welcome Connor back on the show to discuss the 1986 drama The Color of Money.  It's got the director (Scorsese).  It's got the cast (Newman, Cruise, Mastrantoniosmithjonesjohnson).  It's got the pedigree (sequel to the 1961 classic The Hustler).  It's even got the location (Atlantic City, New Jersey).  There is just something missi...