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Two hosts enter, one host leaves. Our senses are obliterated as we revisit the dustiest leather-filled hellscape yet. We discuss whether the iconic Thunderdome and Tina Turner's epic role as auntie are thrilling enough to overlook all the nonsense. Follow us: @liveuppod on  ⁠Twitter⁠ ,   ⁠Instagram⁠  and  ⁠Facebook⁠ Visit the  ⁠Live UP podcast blog

Inspired by our viewing of Hook we went further back in time to Disney's Peter Pan from 1953 and discovered a whole lot you don't want your kids repeating on the playground. Also, we still love the Hook - Smee dynamic which may be the best part of this movie. Listen to the  Hook  episode for a full Live Up assessment of Indiana Jones. Follow us: @liveuppod on  Twitter ,   Instagram  and  F...

Who knew a middle-aged man's redemption story disguised as a fairytale could be so divisive. Amanda and Jess struggle to find a middle ground save for wanting to grab a beer with Smee in Neverland. We also hear from a millennial listener making the case for Hook's appeal to all generations. Follow us: @liveuppod on  Twitter ,   Instagram  and  Facebook

We find out that an epic road trip with muppets must include 99 cent wine from Idaho and cameos from everyone working in 1970s Hollywood. Get out your movie scripts and follow the mayhem. Follow us: @liveuppod on  Twitter ,   Instagram  and  Facebook Visit the  Live UP podcast blog

We wrestle with our nostalgia over whether the coolest teenager of the 80s is still cool, and ask how much you need to know about landline phones for this movie to make sense. Follow us: @liveuppod on  Twitter ,   Instagram  and  Facebook Visit the  Live UP podcast blog

30+ years later, did we find something there that wasn't there before? We weigh Belle's Stockholm syndrome against the masterful soundtrack in our first foray into revisiting the Disney movies from our youth. Follow us: @liveuppod on  Twitter ,   Instagram  and  Facebook Visit the  Live UP podcast blog

In this bonus episode we try to find bits of charm in our least favorite Indiana Jones movie to date and Amanda must choose which fictional movie son of Harrison Ford is the worst. Also, we still love Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood and pray for her return in the next movie. Listen to the Raiders of the Lost Ark episode for a full Live Up assessment of Indiana Jones. Follow us: @liveuppod on  Twit...

Is Indiana Jones still an iconic hero (yes), or the worst archaeologist ever (also, yes). In this episode, we debate our tolerance for all the murder and black market antiquity trade in the first installment of the Indiana Jones franchise. Visit the Live UP podcast blog . Follow us: @liveuppod on Twitter ,   Instagram and Facebook

We dive deep into Tim Burton's suburban hellscape in 'Edward Scissorhands' (1990) and ask whether Edward agreeing to live with an Avon Lady is still delightful, epic chaos, or both. Get out your ambrosia salad tongs everyone! Visit the Live UP podcast blog . Follow us: @liveuppod on Twitter ,   Instagram and Facebook

Does 'The Dark Crystal' (1982) still hold a hypnotic yet terrifying power over us 30+ years later or is it just a watered down 'Lord of the Rings'? We tackle this question and share why we think this muppet-less movie about genocide by Jim Henson can still hold a kid's attention. Trigger warning if the mere mention of garthim gives you nightmares. Follow us: @liveuppod on Twitter ,   Instagra...

In this episode we discuss 'Coming To America' (1988) and realize we were all happily watching a rated R movie as 10-year olds and are better for it. Find out whether our collective early 90s Eddie Murphy phase has enough staying power to make 'Coming To America' live UP. Stay tuned at the end for a special guest appearance by co-host Jess Latterman's brother, who retroactively clutches his pearls...

Who can behave worse than the Addams family at a kid recital? In this bonus episode host Amanda Treat shares when she had a clown funeral crack up moment at her sister's band concert. It happens to the best behaved of us even without Wednesday and Pugsley shenanigans to make it weird.  Listen to The Addams Family episode for a full Live Up assessment Follow us: @liveuppod on Twitter ,  ...

In this episode we discuss 'The Addams Family' (1991) and ask whether host Amanda Treat is a real life Wednesday Adams, and whether the movie experience boils down to basking in the essence of Anjelica Huston as Morticia. Listen in to our very professional re-review* to find out whether the cast's powerhouse performances are enough to make 'The Addams Family' live UP. *not professional at all. Fol...

The most bulletproof theory of all-time on why Santa had to be real came from the mind of host Amanda Treat when she was six years old. Perhaps the reason why she loved 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' movie so much.  Listen to the 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' episode to see if it Lived UP! Visit the Live UP podcast blog

We revisit the cult classic 'Troop Beverly Hills' and question whether it's still fun to make fun of rich people (it is) and why all the dunking on Kmart. Hosts Jess and Amanda have a raging debate over the razor's edge line of is this dumb vs. charming. Visit the Live UP podcast blog

We are revisiting the movies from our youth to see if they live UP! In this episode we discuss 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' (1964), which attempts to make a whole movie out of the famous Christmas song. Or as host Amanda Treat puts it, the movie asks the question you never knew you wanted the answer to, "what if Santa was a d*ck". We discuss just how far nostalgia can go for a movie to live up...

Does 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' live up or is it just a crap real estate deal? Released in 1988, the movie is set in a fictional 1947 Hollywood where cartoon characters - toons - intermingle with humans. Roger Rabbit is a toon who is framed for murder and a somewhat drunk-all-the-time-detective Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) gets roped into helping Roger clear his name. It won three academy awards and...