Just Like The Movies: A Nostalgic Movie Podcast

We revisit Sylvester Stallone's classic that put him on the map and made people believe in underdogs again. ROCKY has transcended culture and we had a blast talking about it, with our branded tangents along the way. Take her to the zoo!!!! Subscribe to the podcast free on your preferred app and please tell a friend who loves movies about the show, just tell em to look up "Just Like the Mo...

Michael Jai White's action/comedy homage to his favorite blaxsploitation films of the 1970s. This movie has a lot of great comedic contributors, is full of laughs and nods to the fun and awesome action of those seventies classics. Also, arguably the greatest iteration of Richard M. Nixon in a movie. Subscribe to the podcast free on your preferred app and please tell a friend who loves movies a...

If you were in high school in the late 90s, American Pie was right in your wheelhouse. A relatively low-budget raunchy R-rated teen comedy that took the summer of 99 by storm, and Mike and Johnny were at the right age for it. Join the boys as they look back on this classic, for good and for bad, including scenes you would never in a million years see in a movie made today. Subscribe to the podcast...

Join us as we discuss the 2000 John Cusack movie High Fidelity, which might have been the launching off point for one Jack Black. We go off the rails a bit on this one but have a great time talking about a movie that challenges the conventions of romantic comedies in a good way. It is nice to have realistic characters to root for, for a change. Subscribe to the podcast free on your preferred app a...

We're talking all about Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood for our final episode of the year, and it is not only Tarantino's favorite film he's made, but Johnny has realized it has now become his favorite Tarantino movie too. From its absolutely loaded cast, to incredible production design, and a WILD ending that rewrites history, we had a good time cutting it up ove...

As SOUTH PARK took over the world, we also got BASEketball, a movie by Airplane and Naked Gun writer and director David Zucker. If you love Trey Parker and Matt Stone as much as we do, you'll enjoy this episode as we once again gush over their comedic stylings that took over this movie and made it funny. We also heard your Mom is going out with Squeak! Subscribe to the podcast free on your pre...

Are you listening closely? We're discussing the underrated Christopher Nolan masterpiece, The Prestige, starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. This movie slots into Johnny's Top 10 favorite films, and for good reason. A great movie with excellent twists and turns, that remains very rewatchable even after knowing how it all ends. Subscribe to the podcast free on your preferred app and pl...

Before Anthony Hopkins became Hannibal Lecter, Brian Cox brought the cannibalistic doctor to life in the 1986 adaptation of Red Dragon, Manhunter. Eventually it would be remade with Hopkins in 2002's Red Dragon, but we are here to talk about Michael Mann's first crack at it, years before Silence of the Lambs took movie audiences, critics, and award shows by storm. Subscribe to the podcast...

John Carpenter's 1978 classic slasher film, HALLOWEEN. The most successful independent movie of its time was made with a rebellious and ragtag spirit, and cemented itself as one of the most influential scary movies of all time. And yes, Mike and Johnny spend a few minutes roasting Rob Zombie's terrible remakes. Subscribe to the podcast free on your preferred app and please tell a friend wh...

A movie about porn with Burt Reynolds and Heather Graham having sex in roller skates, what else do you need? We're talking all about the 1997 Academy Award nominated Paul Thomas Anderson movie, which launched Mark Wahlberg's career to mainstream status. Somehow we did this entire episode without using the term "soapy", we must be maturing... Subscribe to the podcast free on your...

Quentin Tarantino's underrated 2007 Grindhouse feature DEATH PROOF is the talk of today's episode. You got Kurt Russell, muscle cars, beautiful girls, highlighted by the completely badass and charming Zoe Bell, and capped off by one of the best car chases in film history. Also, the first pairing of Rosario Dawson and Mary Elizabeth Winsted, long before Star Wars: Ahsoka. Subscribe to the p...

An episode all about the 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger classic 80s action bonanza. We go way off the rails on this one and come to the unfounded conclusion that this movie required everyone involved with making it to be on a lot of cocaine. From absurd villains and cheesy one-liners, to random explosions and superhero-level shows of strength, this is a perfect 80s Schwarzenegger movie. Come hang as w...

Top Gun: Maverick is already one of the greatest sequels of all time, but more than that, it is a great movie on its own. We talk all about this massive sequel to TOP GUN and why it became such a massive success and is beloved by audiences. It is near-impossible to make a good sequel 30-plus years after a classic original, but not only did Tom Cruise do it, it might be better than the first! Let&#...

We aren't serious, but still don't call us Shirley. We're talking about the 1980 classic comedy 'Airplane!', including the fact that 95 percent of this movie's bits would cause an outrage online today. Back then people just laughed at them. This movie inspired many comedies after it, and gave Leslie Nielsen a whole new career in comedy. Subscribe to the podcast free on your...

TITANIC is one of the most successful and well-made movies of all time, and we revisit the James Cameron classic, including elements of the production of the film and lead-up to it that you might not know, or might not remember. As always, we have our usual fun along the way, but join us as we revisit this 1997 juggernaut that took Cameron's career to the next level, and Leo-mania into overdri...

We're talking all about THE RAID. If you're looking for an action movie that blends the best of firearm and mixed-martial arts action sequences, this movie has you covered. We talk about the underrated 2012 action/thriller and its relentless non-stop action that cruises you through the intensity of conflict, with all its twists and turns along the way. Be sure to listen all the way to the...

If you listen to this episode, you have chosen...wisely. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is one of Johnny's top 5 favorite movies of all time, and also stands as both Mike and Johnny's favorite Indy movie. We get into all aspects of this Harrison Ford classic, put together by the unstoppable team of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, with the backing of another incredible score by John...

I am IRON MAN! Raise your cheeseburgers, its time to honor the movie that literally started it all for the now juggernaut Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Jon Favreau's Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr. brings Tony Stark to life in what Johnny and Mike agree is one of the best Marvel movies ever made. We also have our fun, like thinking about what it would be like if Tom Cruise was cast as Iron Man...

We're talking Braveheart, Mel Gibson's Best Picture Oscar winning 1995 epic, considered by many to be on of the greatest movies ever made. We don't want to be dying in our beds many years from now not having taken our once chance, just one chance to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take our podcast! We love you...always have. Subsc...

Mother of God! We're talking the early 00s comedy SUPER TROOPERS! What makes a classic actor like Brian Cox do stupid silly shit like this? We dive into this cult classic comedy. So thanks for listening and....listening and....listening and... Subscribe to the podcast free on your preferred app and please tell a friend who loves movies about the show, just tell em to look up "Just Like th...

Airheads is one of the most underrated comedies of the 90s and we are here to sing its praises. From its absolutely loaded cast of comedy legends to its unique language, this is a movie that didn't get its due at the time but has grown in favor as a cult classic, led by the now Best Actor Oscar winner Brendan Fraser. Come along with us to KPPX radio as we revisit this 1994 hard rock comedy cla...

Matt Damon's The Bourne Identity carved out a new franchise in the spy/action/thriller genre, and we delve into what sets this movie apart as well as what led to its success, which spawned four sequels (one without Matt Damon). You can forget a lot of things in life, including that you were a trained government super-assassin, but please do not forget to listen to your movie podcast heroes Mik...

Before you see Scream 6, revisit the original with us! The fact that we needed to add the year to the title of this episode is annoying. Thanks, Scream 5! But anyway, we are talking about SCREAM the 1996 slasher that put the genre back on the map in a revitalized way, by poking fun at its cliches and trends. This movie is in Johnny's TOP 10 of all time because of the influence it had on his love f...

This podcast episode is dedicated to the 1994 college comedy PCU. After Animal House and before Old School, there was PCU, a movie that developed a cult following in the years following its release, but one that misses the mark a bit. We discuss what we enjoy about the movie and also dive into some of the different choices the filmmakers could have made to vault this one into legacy status, includ...

A 1989 movie with Patrick Swayze ripping out throats while using more hair product than every woman on set, what more can you possible want? We talk about this true to its time late-80s action flick in the only way we know how, fondly, with laughter and tangents along the way. Pain don't hurt, and hopefully neither does listening to us talk about ROAD HOUSE.  Subscribe to the podcast free on...