Gen Wars Podcast

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (1987) REVIEW | Gen Wars Podcast | He-Man vs Skeletor vs Common Sense.  By the power of Grayskull... what the hell did we just watch? This week on the Gen Wars Podcast, hosts Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine dive headfirst into the cinematic fever dream known as Masters of the Universe (1987), the live-action adaptation of Mattel's legendary He-Man and the Masters of t...

Who ya gonna call? Apparently Stephen… because the man somehow made it to adulthood without seeing Ghostbusters until NOW. This week on Gen Wars, Nick, Cam, Katherine, and Stephen finally crack open the proton packs and dive headfirst into Ivan Reitman’s 1984 supernatural comedy classic starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Ernie Hudson, and Rick Moranis. This paranorm...

Welcome back to Gen Wars, the generational podcast where Gen X nostalgia throws hands with millennial confusion and this week we’re putting the 90s courtroom comedy classic My Cousin Vinny on trial. Directed by Jonathan Lynn, this cult classic stars Joe Pesci as Vinny Gambini, a loud, inexperienced New York lawyer who has never won a case. When his cousin and a friend are falsely accused of murder...

It can’t rain all the time… but apparently it can start a full-blown generational argument. In this episode of Gen Wars, Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine dive headfirst into The Crow (1994), the gothic cult classic directed by Alex Proyas and starring Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, Bai Ling, and Rochelle Davis. Based on the iconic graphic novel by James O’Barr, The Crow follows Eric...

What happens when a 13-year-old makes a wish to be “big” and the universe says, say less ? Pure, unfiltered, 1980s. This week on Gen Wars , Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine jump headfirst into BIG (1988) ,  the Tom Hanks coming-of-age fantasy that somehow managed to be heartfelt, hilarious, deeply uncomfortable, and a toy commercial all at once. Directed by Penny Marshall and starring Tom Hanks ,...

Welcome back to Gen Wars, the generational movie podcast where Gen X drags Millennials kicking and screaming through cinema history and calls it education. This time, Nick, Cam, Stephen, and Katherine tackle the aggressively weird, wildly stylish, and completely unhinged The Fifth Element, aka Luc Besson asking, “What if Die Hard… but louder… and French?” Directed by Luc Besson, this 1997 sci-fi s...

Grab your mustache wax and pour yourself a stiff whiskey—this week on Gen Wars, hosts Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine take on the legendary 1993 Western film Tombstone. In this episode of Gen Wars, our multi-generational crew breaks down one of the most iconic shoot-‘em-ups of the ’90s to see if it still holds its ground in cinematic history. Spoiler alert: someone says “I’m your huckleberry”. D...

Join hosts Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine as they fire up the wormhole and travel back to 1994 to review the cult classic sci-fi adventure film Stargate! In this episode, the Gen Wars crew dives deep into the intergalactic mythology, the film’s impact on '90s science fiction, and whether it still holds up today. Directed by Roland Emmerich, Stargate stars Kurt Russell as the hardened Colone...

In this episode of Gen Wars, your favorite generational movie podcast, the battle lines are drawn over Coralie Fargeat’s body-horror spectacle The Substance (2024). Hosts Nick and Cam (Gen X) square off with Katherine and Stephen (Millennials) in a heated, hilarious debate on whether this feminist fever dream deserved more recognition during awards season, or if it should’ve been left in the lab....

Welcome to Gen Wars, the only movie podcast where Gen X and Millennials gather to lovingly bully each other and review iconic films. This week, we’re tackling the 1988 cinematic fever dream Die Hard, aka The Christmas Movie Stephen Wasn't Prepared For But Has Opinions About Anyway. Your hosts: Nick - Die Hard Superfan #1, owner of more special editions than Nakatomi has floors. Cam - Die Hard Supe...

IN SPACE, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM, BUT THEY CAN HEAR GEN WARS ARGUE FOR 90+ MINUTES. This week on Gen Wars, Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine climb into a derelict space station, trip over corporate negligence, and absolutely lose their minds reviewing Alien: Romulus (2024), the latest chapter in the iconic Alien franchise that boldly asks: What if Alien…but also a requel…and also Gen Z…and als...

Did someone say Tommy Boy? Because Gen Wars just slammed the brakes, ripped the door off, and went full road-trip chaos on the 1995 comedy classic that defined a generation. This episode pits Gen X vs Millennials as Nick, Cam, Stephen, and Katherine argue, quote, cry-laugh, and emotionally overshare while reviewing Tommy Boy, starring Chris Farley and David Spade at maximum power. Directed by Pete...

Does anyone else feel like it’s Groundhog Day…or is it just us repeatedly yelling over each other? Welcome to Gen Wars, the generational movie podcast where Nick and Cam (Gen X) drag the Millennials (Stephen and Katherine) kicking and screaming through “classic cinema” while actively sabotaging the intro…on purpose. This episode, we’re stuck in the infinite time-loop fever dream that is Harold Ram...

Are you not entertained?! Well…we hope you will be, because the Gen Wars crew — Nick, Cam, Stephen, and Katherine, are diving sword-first into Ridley Scott’s iconic 2000 historical epic Gladiator, starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Djimon Hounsou, and the legendary Oliver Reed in his final on-screen role. This week, our Gen X warriors (Nick & Cam) and our Millennial champ...

Nick | Stephen | Cam | Katherine Gen X vs Millennials…but with more Nintendo trauma and even more questionable 80s parenting. Welcome back to Gen Wars, the generational movie podcast where Gen X hosts Nick and Cam face off against Millennials Stephen and Katherine to battle over what counts as “quintessential cinema.” Today, we’re firing up the Nintendo Zapper, dodging CRT TVs that weigh as much a...

Nick has locked the metaphorical cab doors again, which can only mean one thing: it’s time for another Gen Wars hostage situation, I mean movie review. This episode, the wheel has blessed/cursed us with Scrooged (1988), the unhinged, dark-comedy Christmas take on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol that asks: What if Ebenezer Scrooge were a TV executive, deeply broken, possibly intoxicated, and pla...

Gen Wars | The Running Man (1987), Arnold’s dystopian game-show smackdownNick (Gen X), Stephen (Millennial), Cam (Gen X), and Katherine (Millennial) sprint into The Running Man (1987), the Arnold Schwarzenegger cult classic that mashes up ’80s action, satire of reality TV, and wall-to-wall one-liners. Directed by Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky & Hutch, Kazaam), the film co-stars Maria Conchita A...

Two generations. Two killers. One mask. In this Gen Wars double feature, Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine throw two boogeymen into the ring: John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) vs Rob Zombie’s Halloween (2007). Two movies enter…one movie leaves. • Nick (our Gen X slasher historian) scores his least favorite slasher franchise, defend his points and fend off Stephen’s millennial chaos. • Stephen (the...

Millennials go full sparkle. In this episode of Gen Wars, hosts Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine sink their teeth into Twilight (2008) directed by Catherine Hardwicke and starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Anna Kendrick, and Billy Burke. Based on Stephenie Meyer’s blockbuster YA novel, this Pacific Northwest romance introduces Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and a coven of “we...

This week on Gen Wars, hosts Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine pull back the curtain on Christopher Nolan’s twisting 2006 thriller The Prestige. A movie about magicians, murder, cloning (definitely), and the most passive-aggressive professional rivalry in cinematic history. Based on the 1995 novel by Christopher Priest, The Prestige stars Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman as dueling stage magicians...

This week on Gen Wars , the monster-sized crew, Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine —dives headfirst into the rubble of Godzilla Minus One (2023) , the critically acclaimed Japanese reboot that proves once again that no one does kaiju existential dread quite like Toho. Written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki , Godzilla Minus One follows Koichi Shikishima (played by Ryunosuke Kamiki ), a traumatized...

Welcome back to Gen Wars , the ultimate generational podcast where Gen X and Millennial voices collide! In this jam-packed movie review episode, your hosts— Nick’s off-the-rails humor, Stephen’s cinephile insights, Cam’s no-BS cynicism, and Katherine’s warm nostalgia—dive into Joe Dante’s 1984 horror comedy classic Gremlins . Movie Synopsis: A clever gadget salesman , Randall Peltzer (Hoyt Axton),...

Welcome back to Gen Wars ! In this fang-filled episode, hosts Nick , Stephen , Cam , and Katherine sink their teeth into Joel Schumacher’s 1987 cult classic The Lost Boys , starring Jason Patric , Corey Haim , Kiefer Sutherland , Dianne Wiest , and Edward Hermann . Nick kicks things off with the great debate question, “Would you actually drink blood for eternal life?” Stephen brings fresh eyes to...

Just when you thought it was safe toscroll your podcast feed... Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine are back to chompdown on Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws. The film that turned a rubbershark into a box office legend and beach vacations into lifelong trauma.   Based on Peter Benchley’s novel(which was somehow less subtle), Jaws tells the story of a sleepy beach townthat becomes an all-you-can-...

Join hosts Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine on this spine-chilling episode of Gen Wars as they debate whether Event Horizon truly deserves the title of "scariest sci-fi horror movie ever." The crew dissects the haunting journey of a rescue mission that encounters a possessed spacecraft with a sinister, hellish secret. The film, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, stars Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill,...