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The late 80s and early 90s saw a deluge of movies and TV shows focused on working, single moms. Few films were able to capitalize on that niche as successfully as Look Who's Talking . On the surface, it's a broad comedy about a talking baby - but because writer/director Amy Heckerling was drawing from her own experiences as a new parent, it managed to tap into something a lot more genuine and hear...

Considering that this original film wasn't a gigantic hit at the box office, you might be surprised to learn that the Tremors franchise is now six films deep (with a seventh on the way). Like the Graboids themselves, this shockingly long-running series has operated mostly underground - it was one of the first major properties to take full advantage of sequels designed specifically for the burgeoni...

For those of us that were traumatized by this as kids, Return to Oz felt more like a shared psychosis than an actual movie. The whole thing just seemed too crazy to be real. But real it was. And unfortunately for the filmmakers, Disney decided to market this as a direct sequel to The Wizard of Oz despite the fact that it was never intended to be. So audiences went in expecting munchkins, lollipops...

After the commercial disappointment of his second feature film Singles , director Cameron Crowe couldn't help but notice how many fair weather friends were disappearing now that he was no longer the hot new kid in town. That realization lit the spark for what would become his next project - Jerry Maguire . It took several years before the initial idea evolved into a finished script and there were...

We were all just a little bit too old for this one when it came out, but we always receive so many requests for it this time of year. As you'll soon discover, we didn't even really choose this one... it chose us. Topics include: the much darker version of this film peeking out around the edges, what our version of the Turbo Man toy was when we were kids, the direct-to-video sequel, why you should...

It's Thanksgiving here in the states and that means it's time for this year's cinematic turkey. And you'd be hard-pressed to find a film that's as overstuffed as 1995's Judge Dredd . If you were a fan of the character from his appearances in the comic book 2000 A.D. , this was a pretty big betrayal of that source material. If you had no familiarity with it whatsoever, this was just an incoherent v...

To coincide with the release of the latest Terminator movie, we decided to go back to where it all began - James Cameron's 1984 classic The Terminator . Given how elaborate and grandiose this franchise became, it's easy to forget just how lean and mean this original film is. It actually has more in common with Halloween than it does with the subsequent installments. Cameron was definitely borrowin...

Happy Halloween! Although David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of The Fly is more interested in exploring existential horrors, its central theme of transformation still made it feel like an appropriate pick for the holiday. It's gory, it's gruesome, and Cronenberg's one-of-a-kind sensibilities are anchored by three incredible lead performances that approach this somewhat hokey premise with total sinceri...

We're back from our hiatus and we can't wait to tell you all about our trip to Camp Chippewa! The first Addams Family movie was definitely a very successful update to this creepy & kooky clan, but we're of the opinion that this sequel is where director Barry Sonnenfeld and his amazing cast really hit their stride. Topics include: why you've never heard the episode we recorded for the first Addams...

In case you missed the announcement at the end of our last episode, HDYR is on hiatus this month. We'll be back in October, but in the meantime we thought we'd share one of our Patreon episodes with you as a bonus.   Our patrons get two of these every month plus a ton of other fun extras. To sign up, visit patreon.com/heydoyouremember . We'll talk you to soon, friends! Patreon / iTunes  /  Stitche...

Although it sometimes gets relegated to being another run-of-the-mill 80s teen comedy, Risky Business actually has a lot more going for it. The visuals, the score, the writing... across the board, this is probably a lot more sophisticated than a lot of people remember. It certainly wasn't what any of us were expecting the first time we watched it, but it definitely made an impression. How does it...

Reservoir Dogs was matched by the amount of controversy it generated. This mean-spirited little movie made a great big impact on audiences and critics and it completely changed the landscape of independent cinema. A few of the edges may have been dulled over the years, but the most interesting thing about the film now is just how many of the elements that would go on to define Tarantino's career w...

High Fidelity has been on our list since the very first year of this podcast, so we knew all three of us were fans. What was interesting to discover though was just how dramatically our feelings about John Cusack's character have shifted over the years. The film definitely still works, but in a completely different way than it did when we were in our 20s. Topics include: the novel this is based on...

The HDYR gang's playing like there's nothing to lose with a look back at Steven Soderbergh's 2001 remake of Ocean's Eleven . I know, I know... we can't believe this one's eligible either. Topics include: key differences between this version and the original, why this film's particular brand of escapism hit at exactly the right time, alternate casting choices for a lot of these roles, your Real Lif...

Chris has teamed up with Kristen & Mike from The Sunnydale Stacks for a brand new podcast called Rogues Gallery . On each episode, they'll investigate pop culture's most memorable villains, antiheroes, and misunderstood monsters to figure out how they make being bad look so good. The first official episode will be released on Wednesday, July 17th , but you can subscribe right now anywhere you get...

We're feeling the need for speed on this week's episode. Three decades later, Maverick remains one of the roles that Tom Cruise is most recognized for and the style of filmmaking that movies like this helped usher in is still being imitated in modern blockbusters. It's a great big serving of 80s cheese, so let's see if Top Gun is still the best of the best or if we've lost that loving feeling. Top...

It's the movie traumatized a generation of children. Although it may not pack the same emotional punch now that we're all grown up, there's still a lot to love about My Girl. Topics include: how difficult it was to come up with a title for this movie and some of the more unusual options they considered, how reading the novelization first sort of ruined Chris' first viewing of this, a score so over...

Nothing is over! Nothing! And as the recently released trailer for Rambo: Last Blood proves, that certainly applies to this franchise. But before the latest installment hits theaters this fall, we decided to go all the way back to where it all began. This original film is now strangely the outlier in this franchise - a relatively grounded and character-driven story that actually has something pret...

A legendary director adapting a bestselling novel with a cast of soon-to-be A-list movie stars? How could you not be on board with this? As it turns out, Chris & Donna's love for S.E. Hinton's book made it hard to get into this when they were kids. And Carlos was so unfamiliar with the whole thing that he thought this movie might be about vampires. So we really had no idea how this was going to pl...

We've been getting requests for this one ever since we covered Labyrinth five years ago. As you're about to discover, there's a pretty surprising reason it took this long. Nevertheless, the time has come to do a deep dive on one of Jim Henson's proudest (and most polarizing) achievements. Topics include: why it was so important to conceptualize this world before developing the story, how a metaphy...

Hard to believe this one's eligible isn't it? We had the same reaction. Of course part of that is that until very recently, there was still some small chance we might eventually get del Toro's Hellboy III . So even though it's been over a decade since the last installment in this series, it didn't feel quite like a bygone era yet. We get into all the factors that led to them rebooting the franchis...

Like Mr. Shadow itself, The Fifth Element was something of an anomaly when it hit theaters in 1997 - a $90 million sci-fi spectacular that wasn't based on a pre-existing property. While that's technically true, there were some French comic book publishers who felt like Luc Besson's film crossed the line between homage and outright theft. We trace the project's origins to determine if there's any m...

Ugly duckling or beautiful swan? We find out with this look back at She's All That - a late 90s teen romcom that paved the way for a slew of similar movies. Carlos has been waiting patiently for his chance to talk about Freddie Prinze Jr. on this podcast, so we went straight to the quintessential entry on his list of films from this era. Topics include: the stage play this is based on and other no...

When we covered the first Mighty Ducks two years ago, we acknowledged that there was a pretty strong consensus that D2 was the superior film. It had also been at least twenty years since any of us had seen this movie. So it was time to find out how well this one held up to a more objective viewing and whether or not this is indeed the high water mark of the series. Topics include: why we liked thi...

To celebrate our 150th episode, the HDYR gang decided it was time to go on a long overdue adventure with our old pal, Indy. Not unlike Star Wars , this property was such a constant in our lives that we've always regarded it as something so much larger than any one film. Which is why it's so fascinating to go back to where it all began and really examine Raiders of the Lost Ark on its own terms. Fo...