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You want to get nuts? Come on... let's get nuts. It's the 100th episode of HDYR and there really was never any question which film we were going to revisit for this milestone. If you're even a little bit familiar with this show, you probably could have guessed - it had to be Batman . This one made quite an impression on all three of us as kids and for Chris in particular, this was a formative movi...

The next episode of HDYR is going to be our 100th and to celebrate that milestone we'll be revisiting the most influential movie of Chris' childhood - Batman . But before we head into Gotham City, he wanted to take a step back and take a broader look at the Caped Crusader as a character. So this time we're trying something a little different as Chris tracks his entire history with The Dark Knight...

You might find this hard to believe, but Newsies wasn't a particularly impactful movie for Chris or Carlos as kids. But for Donna, it was EVERYTHING - and its rabid cult following suggests she wasn't alone. Whether you're a dyed-in-the-wool supporter or a layman curious to understand its appeal, we've got you covered. This week, the HDYR gang's bringing you the news for a penny a pape. Topics incl...

I think it's fair to say that Tommy Boy might be one of the most quotable comedies of all-time. There's a certain lighting-in-a-bottle energy here that neither Farley or Spade were ever quite able to capture again. It's all the more impressive given the chaotic circumstances this was assembled under, the frequent bickering between the two leads, and the fact that a lot of this was being made up as...

I know we're always saying certain films have been highly requested by our listeners, but no joke - Ferris Bueller's Day Off has absolutely been one of the most requested titles since day one. And it's pretty easy to see why. So many of us have an affinity for John Hughes movies and this is widely regarded as one of his best. In this instance, it doesn't even seem necessary to ask whether or not t...

Merry Christmas! We got you a bonus episode! Chris, Carlos, and Kristen take a break from the established formula and sit down for an impromptu chat about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Which is not to say nostalgia isn't still a big part of this discussion. In fact, the way this film plays into it vs the way The Force Awakens did had a large impact on how we felt about it. So pass the eggnog and l...

Happy Holidays, friends! There's certainly no shortage of contenders when we're trying to figure out which movie to cover this time of year, but Richard Donner's darkly comedic riff on A Christmas Carol ultimately won out. These days it's a staple of the season, so we were a little surprised to discover that wasn't always the case. Scrooged received a somewhat mixed reception when it was released...

Even though The Santa Clause isn't exactly a go-to Christmas favorite for any of us, it's been requested enough times over the years that we decided to give it a shot. Needless to say, our memories were pretty hazy. In fact, one of us had never seen it at all. So we knew going in that the rose-tinted glasses weren't going to be much of a factor this time. Topics include: the myriad of plot holes &...

We're kicking off a new tradition where every Thanksgiving we revisit a cinematic "turkey" - a movie that bombed at the box office and was reviled by critics and audiences alike. And this year, that turkey... is a duck. Yup. The HDYR gang is going all the way back to 1986 to take another look at the first major misfire from George Lucas - Howard the Duck . This isn't just a terrible adaptation tha...

This is one of those instances where the slight age difference between the three of us resulted in some very different initial reactions to All That - the popular Nickelodeon show where Good Burger originated. One thing we could all agree on though was that by the time this movie hit theaters in the summer of 1997, we were all too old to have much interest in it. So it wasn't much of a surprise th...

Is it a Halloween movie? Is it a Christmas movie? The easy answer is that The Nightmare Before Christmas is both. So this felt like a great way for HDYR to celebrate All Hallow's Eve and kickoff a run of holiday-themed episodes. Even though it was successful when it was released in the fall of 1993, I'm not sure any of us could have predicted the incredible legacy this film would have two decades...

With Halloween right around the corner, we figured it was a good time to scare ourselves stupid. Okay, okay... so maybe this one isn't quite as terrifying as it was when we were nine, but it's still an interesting halfway point in the long-running series of Ernest movies. On one side you've got the well-known, theatrically released titles we all remember. On the other, there's a bunch of straight-...

It's a shame that it took Gene Wilder's recent passing to galvanize us into covering one of his films, but wow are we glad we did. I suppose we're tipping our hand a bit here, but it probably won't come as too much of a surprise to anyone that all three of us still absolutely adore Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory . Topics include: the multiple reasons they swapped out "Charlie" for "Willy Wonk...

With football season right around the corner, it felt like the right time to revisit the 1994 comedy Little Giants . It may not have been as popular as other similarly-themed films from this era, but the performances from Rick Moranis, Ed O'Neil, and the entire cast of kids help make it a lot better than you might expect. Topics include: how the project's origins can be traced back to a McDonald's...

We've all been on a pub crawl, right? Well get ready for a Podcrawl! Instead of hopping from one bar to the next, the idea is to move from podcast to podcast in order to cover all three Beverly Hills Cop movies. It kicks off right here with the HDYR gang tackling the original. From there, Does It Have Legs? picks up the baton to talk about Beverly Hills Cop II . And then Proudly Resents brings it...

Even though it had been ages since any of us had seen Pee-wee's Big Adventure , our memories from numerous viewings of it as children meant there weren't too many surprises during this rewatch. We could still recall nearly every scene and punchline with pretty impressive clarity. Which is not to say we had the same experience with the film that we did as kids. A lot of this still works, but there...

Since the last few weeks have been filled with ninja turtles, aliens, and vampires, we decided it was time for a vacation. So we crammed into our metallic pea family truckster, loaded a Lindsey Buckingham cassette into the tape deck, and hit the open road for a look back at National Lampoon's Vacation . All three of us were introduced to the movie at a fairly young age, but it was the repeat viewi...

Much has been made about the sudden left turn From Dusk Till Dawn takes at the halfway point, but back in 1996 the marketing was definitively selling us a vampire movie. So for many of us, the only surprise was how long it took for the bloodsuckers to show up. Fortunately, the movie has a lot more going for it than that twist. It was particularly interesting to discover how we felt about the first...

Before the resurgence, we're going back to where it all began with the original Independence Day . Before Will Smith was a bona fide movie star... before we realied Roland Emmerich was essentially just going to keep remaking this same movie again and again... and before Randy Quaid became this character in real life. Kristen from The Sunnydale Stacks joins the HDYR gang for a conversation about ho...

The critical and commercial failure of T eenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III didn't just derail plans for subsequent films in this franchise - it also represented a pretty definitive end point for our generation's "Turtle-mania". No one's suggestion that the movie hasn't earned its bad reputation, but it's grown so aggressively hyperbolic over the years that the HDYR gang couldn't help but wonder if t...

So here's the deal - none of us had actually ever seen License to Drive before, but it came highly recommended from a listener who predicted the three of us would have a lot to say about it. They were not wrong. Topics include: our familiarity with The Two Coreys as kids and the movies we tend to associate them with, our own experiences at the DMV and the stress of passing Driver's Ed, the surpris...

Much was made of Jim Carrey's first high-profile dramatic turn in 1998's The Truman Show , but the truth is the original version of the film was much darker and a lot more cerebral. The HDYR gang traces the project's origins as an edgy sci-fi thriller and discuss how it evolved into this decidedly lighter take. They also reminisce about the novelty of seeing Carrey branch out into more serious far...

It's been almost thirty years since The Princess Bride was released and the film remains imminently quotable and almost universally beloved. Chris, Donna, and Carlos each discovered it at different ages and thus had very different reactions to it. They see where their experiences line up, where they diverge, and offer their thoughts on what makes the movie so endearing. Topics include: the difficu...

As it turns out, none of us actually remembered all that much about Batteries Not Included except for a few key images. We knew we had seen it, we were pretty sure we'd enjoyed it, but this definitely wasn't an instance where it was difficult to take off those rose-tinted glasses. Which is not to say we didn't enjoy it! The film certainly left us with A LOT of questions, but there was something so...

There was a perfect storm of factors that led to Clueless becoming a full-fledged phenomenon in the summer of 1995 - the buzz surrounding up-and-comer Alicia Silverstone, a series of ads that ran on MTV that made the film impossible for its target demographic to ignore, and a subversive style of comedy that perfectly tapped into our mid-90s zeitgeist.  It didn't just resuscitate the teen movie, it...