Oldie But A Goodie

For the second part of our massive 1998 movie reviews, we're looking at two disaster movies that are very similar. It's almost too similar... Something nefarious is definitely going on here. We're reviewing Deep Impact, which is about a comet that's going to destroy the Earth and people have to go into space to stop it, and Michael Bay's Armageddon, which is about a meteor that is going to destroy...

1998 was a wild year. The mp3 player had just come out, Britney Spears was the biggest name in the media, and two sets of very similar movies were released... Two movies about space-debris-related disasters, and two movies about ants saving their colonies. Over the next two episodes, we will be getting to the bottom of this phenomenon, and see if this is a case of multiple studios having the same...

To get you prepared for the massive 1998 bonus battle we've got coming up over the next few weeks, here's a special bonus battle episode from Patreon for free! We've taken two recent video game movies and are letting them battle it out. The first is Tom Holland's Uncharted adaptation. The other is Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City. It's time to use objective facts to see which one is better....

Superhero movies in the 90s were... weird. There might be a couple good ones, but most of them were awful. And that's why we're reviewing one of the worst ones! It's Spawn, from 1997. It's based on the comicbook character by Todd McFarlane, and stars Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, and Martin Sheen. It's also terrible! We had a very fun time talking about it with podcaster Robert Yaniz Jr. on t...

Finally, a movie that accurately depicts what would happen when Mars Attacks! This week, we're reviewing a 1996 cult classic sci-fi comedy from director Tim Burton. It's got some good moments, some confusing messaging, and all the usual issues that usually come with picking a movie from him. We're joined by horror streamer hauntedbyhan on this one! Join our Patreon for our bonus episodes! https://...

We're reviewing movies from the 90s, of course we're going to do a bad comic-book adaptation! This week, we're off to Mega-City One to review Judge Dredd from 1995. It stars Sylvester Stallone as the popular street cop character from the comics. He's shooting thugs and saying taglines. He's also hanging out with our favourite* actor of all time: Rob Schneider. We really should've looked up who was...

We've done a lot of dinosaur movies this year, so why not another one! This week, we're chatting about a cult classic film called 'Tammy and the T-Rex'. It's directed by cult-director Stewart Raffill (The Ice Pirates, Mac and Me), and features early roles for Denise Richards and Paul Walker. There's an animatronic dinosaur, a mad scientist, lots of murder and splatter gore, and heaps of problemati...

Videogame movies are known to be a bit rough. Some might even say that almost all of them are terrible. While that may not be true for today's videogame adaptations, it certainly was when Hollywood started to make them. And that's what we're checking out this week, the first-ever videogame movie: 1993's Super Mario Bros. Considered to be one of the worst films from the 90s, it stars Bob Hoskins as...

Excellent! It's another episode, and this week the boys are schwinging into 1992 to chat about Wayne's World! Hot off the Saturday Night Live writers' room, Mike Myers and Dana Carvey have put together a hilarious movie all about two friends trying to survive in a corporate world. It's a most exquisite comedy that will have you chortling most radically. Join our Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each...

We're riding the waves of adrenaline this week as we watch a Kathryn Bigelow action movie called 'Point Break'. It's an early role for Keanu Reeves and sees him play an FBI agent who, with his partner Gary Busey, has to find a group of surfers who have been robbing banks. He becomes friends with Patrick Swayze, hangs out with Lori Petty, and constantly breaks his knee. Like, this guy shouldn't be...

Things are about to get radical, bro, 'cause we're in the 90s! To kick off our journey through a strange time in cinema, we're reviewing a classic movie that many kids of the 90s love. It's the live-action 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' movie! Get comfy in your favourite sewer sofa, grab a slice of pizza, and settle in for one cowabunga of a review. Join our Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each mon...

No new episode this week, we'll be back next week to start our review of '90s movies, but we're not letting you go without content to listen to! Straight from the Patreon vaults, here's a bonus episode... FOR FREE! To help celebrate our Cage-O-Rama series, the third season of which is currently happening on Patreon, here's our review of Nicolas Cage's 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'. This is th...

For our final episode in the 80s, we're reviewing a cult classic comedy by "Weird Al" Yankovic called 'UHF'! It's about running a low-budget TV station, which gives Weird Al an excuse to make a bunch of parodies of popular movies, poke fun at television ads from the 80s, and get all his comedian friends to come in and make a couple of jokes! Joining us for this review is frequent guest Ben Volchok...

We're two big dino fanboys, so we jumped (or should I say stomped?) at reviewing 'The Land Before Time' for this week's journey to 1988! It's the classic animated dinosaur movie, created by Don Bluth, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, and George Lucas. But here's the thing... We aren't kids anymore, so will we still enjoy this film? We gave it a rewatch to find out! Join our Patreon for TWO bonu...

We've already done a full year reviewing films from 1987 so we're not reviewing a real movie this week. Instead, we're reviewing a cult classic martial arts movie that is terrible! It's called 'Miami Connection' and it was made by a guy called Y.K. Kim. He made a movie all about a rock band full of orphans who know taekwondo. They are at war with a gang of bikers who are also ninjas. It's full of...

Join us in Skid Row for this week's episode as we get a bunch of musical numbers in our head while reviewing 1986's 'Little Shop of Horrors'! It's Frank Oz's adaptation of the musical stage show adaptation of Roger Corman's B-movie from the 60s, and we've got a lot to say about it! Horror streamer Han joins us to chat all about Rick Moranis, his blood-thirsty plant, and a countless number of tange...

We're putting our ruby slippers back on and heading back to the yellow brick road this week as we review Disney's 1985 movie, 'Return to Oz'. Billed as a semi-sequel to the classic musical, this film takes a much darker approach to the world of L. Frank Baum's book series. We see Dorothy, now an inmate awaiting electrotherapy, travel back to a much more twisted Oz than she remembers, a lot more re...

"We will never review a Star Wars movie." This is a statement that we have been saying over and over again during this year's choices. But when we saw that Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure was an option for 1984, the allure of those cuddly creatures was too hard to resist... And so, here we are, reviewing a Star Wars TV movie for kids. Join our Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https...

Double the horror, double the mystery, double the Cronenberg. This week, we've got a double feature for you! Two movies by the father of body horror, David Cronenberg. We have a Stephen King adaptation in the form of 'The Dead Zone', which is a fairly toned-down psychological drama about Christopher Walken and his mind-powers. Then we go all out with 'Videodrome', a truly messed up horror movie ab...

What does it mean to be a human? How can we tell who are synthetic replicants and who are not? How much money did Coca-Cola pay to be plastered all over this movie? These are questions that we'll be tackling this week as we head to 1982 and review Ridley Scott's Blade Runner! Based off the novel by Philip K. Dick, it's about Harrison Ford trying to hunt down Rutger Hauer and Daryl Hannah, figuring...

Well, we're reviewing another Tarzan movie. What could go wrong? ...a lot apparently, this is one of the worst movies we have ever reviewed. 1981's 'Tarzan, the Ape Man' is an awful adaptation of the Tarzan story, featuring some of the most uncomfortable scenes we've ever had to watch the podcast, as well as some of the worst behind-the-scenes stories we've ever uncovered while recording this podc...

Welcome to the 1980s. It's a decade of cheap, cheesy movies. A decade when cinema became more commercial than ever before. To kick off our journey through this deliciously trashy era of film, we're diving into the world of Flash Gordon. After we covered the old-timey serial last year, how could we not check out this remake? Podcaster Rhys Parton joins us for this very silly review. Join our Patreo...

No new episode this week so we're dropping an episode from the Patreon vaults! Star Slammer (aka Prison Ship) is a very sus sci-fi movie about a women's space prison. It's sometimes funny, sometimes annoying, sometimes self-aware, sometimes awful, but constantly aroused. This movie is so aroused there's a planet called Arous in it. Join our Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.pa...

[COME SEE 'Shakespeare Ghostbusters' IN MELBOURNE! https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/shakespeare-ghostbusters ] It's our last week reviewing movies from the 70s and we're going out with a bang! On this episode, we're talking about 'The Black Hole. It's a sci-fi movie that came out right in the middle of Disney's dark age, an era where the studio experimented with a lot of different genr...

Finally, a movie that asks the big questions: What would happen if all the tomatoes rose up and started attacking American cities? Turns out it would be really funny! This week, we're reviewing 1978's Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, and to say it surpassed expectations is an understatement. Join our Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepod Follow the sho...