Movie Matters

Jake and Kevin kick off the new year with a BANG! Action movies all January starring the titans of 80s action cinema: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, beginning with Arnold starring in Commando from 1985

Kevin and Jake can't wait to talk about their favorite Christmas move: Die Hard! That's right, Die Hard is a Christmas movie.

The guys, along with a special guest discuss the 1984 Christmas horror classic, Gremlins , produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Joe Dante

Kevin and Jake discuss the holiday classic, A Christmas Story , about Ralphie's quest to get a Red Rider BB gun for Christmas

Jake and Kevin discuss the 1985 Japanses war epic, RAN , directed by the legendary Akira Kurosawa. An adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear , the film is about the downfall of Hidetora's family after dividing his kingdom between his sons.

Jake and Kevin discuss the Thanksgiving classic: Planes, Trains and Automobiles. The John Hughes film stars John Candy and Steve Martin.

Kevin and Jake discuss the hilarious 1988 classic, The Naked Gun, starring Leslie Nielsen and O.J. Simpson (yes, that O.J.)

Jake and Kevin discuss the 1989 classic from Tim Burton, Batman, and the impacts it had on culture and the film industry since it's release

Jake and Kevin discuss Stanley Kubrick's horror masterpiece, The Shining, based on Stephen King's novel of the same name

Kevin and Jake break down the 1985 cult classic, Re-Animator, based on the H.P. Lovecraft story about a doctor obsessed with bringing the dead back to life

Jake and Kevin discuss Pumpkinhead - A revenge story directed by visual effects guru Stan Winston, who did the effects for The Terminator, Predator, The Thing, and many more films

Kevin and Jake discuss Jeff Goldblum starring, with his then-girlfriend Geena Davis, in the body horror classic directed by David Cronenberg

The guys are getting into spooky season with the John Landis directed classic: An American Werewolf in London

Jake and Kevin discuss the 1984 classic, The Terminator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as an unstoppable killing machine from the future

Kevin and Jake talk about the 1988 cult classic, Bloodsport, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme

Kevin and Jake discuss the underrated classic, Manhunter, directed by Michael Mann from 1986.

Kevin and Jake discuss the highly acclaimed 1984 film Paris, Texas about a man, named Travis, that wanders out of the Texas desert after disappearing for four years and attempts to reconnect with society, his family, and himself.

Jake and Kevin talk Risky Business in this episode! This classic from 1983 stars Tom Cruise in a coming of age story that really set the tone for 80's teen movies.

Kevin and Jake talk about this gritty, 80's crime classic from the late director William Friedkin. Starring Willem Dafoe and William L. Petersen, the film follows a Secret Service Agent (Petersen) that finds himself seeking revenge on an accomplished and maniacal counterfeiter (Dafoe).

Jake and Kevin discuss Cobra, starring Sylvester Stallone as a hard-boiled cop that doesn't play by the rules in this dystopian action flick

Jake and Kevin break down Night Shift, the directorial debut of Ron Howard. Starring Michael Keaton and Henry Winkler.

Jake and Kevin discuss the action-crime classic, Lethal Weapon, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.

Jake and Kevin discuss the cult comedy classic starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as Jake and Elwood Blues: The Blues Brothers

Jake and Kevin discuss the pinnacle of 80's "bad cinema": Road House

Season 1 - 1980's Movies