So I Married A Film Critic

This week Julia and Barry do the hustle over to Sylvester Stallone's infamous sequel to “Saturday Night Fever.” Join their conversation on bad Broadway musicals, Frank Stallone Vs the Bee Gees and why this has the greatest closing line in all of cinema.

This week Barry and Julia tackle an obscure title, available on TUBI, “The Caller.” This dystopia thriller leaves you guessing all the way till the end. If you’ve never seen it (or heard of it) give it a watch and then come back to our podcast. We discuss all the wild twists and turns these characters make. Are they crazy? Is one or both of them a murderer? And what’s really in the hat box? 

This week, Julia and Barry journey to Duckworld and tumble down to Cleve-land for the infamous "Howard the Duck" (1986). Your hosts discuss how this box-office-fiasco-turned-cult-favorite feels like three very different movies fused together. Other topics of discussion: Tim Robbins awesome overacting, that amazing bar fight and how John Barry's music score hurts the movie but Thomas Dolby's d...

Julia and Barry go deep into the rose bush and discuss Don Bluths 1982 masterpiece, The Secret of NIMH. Discussion topics include which Disney movie stole from this one, what a bummer it is for an owl to have glowing yellow eyes, the intensity of this children’s film and if Mrs. Brisby should have found love at the end. Follow us on Instagram for updates and to let us know what you think. 

Julia and her scrumptious co host cordially invite you feast upon the delectable four course meal of THE MENU. Appetizer: the question of whether John Leguizamo is playing himself. Amuse Bousch: who would want to live on this wackadoo island in the first place? Main Course: my impression of Ralph Fiennes’ psycho chef working at IHOP. 

This week on So I Married a Film Critic, Barry and Julia stare at ominous clouds, gawk at killer chimps, lament the closing of Fry’s Entertainment, giggle at a hungry UFO and wonder what they’re all doing in the same movie. Plus, Barry provides what happened one hour before Gordy’s breakdown. You don’t want to miss this insane episode.  Follow us on Instagram @soimarriedafilmcritic_podcast.&n...

Join the film critic and his wife as they purchase a “Ticket to Paradise” they wish they could get a refund for. Clooney and Roberts reunite for this rom com where they hate each other but we’re supposed to root for them to get together during a messy plot about their daughter moving to Bali.  Follow us on Instagram at soimarriedafilmcritic_podcast. 

Julia and Barry talk about your favorite movie about heroin…and three bachelors who raise a baby.! You’ll be amazed at how much this movie is actually about heroin and not about raising a baby. Also, remember that weird ghost story? We talk about it all! Follow us on Instagram @soimarriedafilmcritic_podcast

We got the stuff that you want! We got the thing that you need…The Bodyguard for your Christmas weekend! This film has some great stuff and it’s also unintentionally hilarious at times. Join us while you’re wrapping up all your holiday presents! We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 

Is Mixed Nuts the worst holiday movie ever made? We think it’s up there in the bottom 10! How did this script get made? Why are there so many famous people in it? Do you think Steve Martin is sexy? Barry and Julia try to answer these questions and more in this silly Christmas movie about a suicide hotline.  Follow our podcast on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/soimarriedafilmcritic_pod...

Your hosts immerse themselves in the whimsy and excess of Barry Levinson’s notorious 1992 flop, “Toys.” Barry and Julia celebrate the film career of LL Cool J, question the big third act twist of a main character and cringe at the gratuitous over-use of Tori Amos music. Also- does anyone really want to know about the love life of Willy Wonka? This movie certainly thinks so! Barry is a fan of this...

Barry and Julia lack discretion, boil some rabbit stew and will not be ignored as they discuss Adrian Lyne’s definitive erotic thriller, “Fatal Attraction” (1987). Barry tells his famous “Fatal Attraction” story and admits to always rooting for Glenn Close’s Alex, while Julia compares the film’s different endings and questions the unsanitary locations of the sex scenes. Also discussed- where on Ea...

Barry and Julia dive into this Maui based crime thriller that is not supposed to be a comedy. This Thanksgiving turkey gets basic facts about Maui wrong, has too many characters, a convoluted plot and needs more action. Not even Bruce Willis and John Travolta can save this dire screenplay.  “Paradise City” is available on Amazon Prime to rent or buy. 

Barry and Julia take on “Fall” (2022), the late summer B-movie sleeper about two young women who climb a massive structure for no good reason whatsoever. Julia analyzes the film as though it were made by Stanley Kubrick, while Barry roots for the vultures and ponders if Jeffrey Dean Morgan shot all of his scenes in a single day? Other questions posed- how tasty are birds with the feathers unplucke...

Barry and Julia discuss Ted Demme’s 1996 comedy/drama, “Beautiful Girls.” Your hosts were once big fans of this but only one of them is still into a movie this self-consciously hip and semi-creepy. Your hosts discuss Rosie O’Donnell’s movie career and if her show stopping monolog should have taken place in a drug store. Also- is this movie the reason why a certain Neil Diamond song is now played a...

Barry and Julia take a ticket to ride on Brad Pitt’s “Bullet Train” (2022). Among the topics covered in this discussion: how many subplots does one movie need? How many minutes into the running time before the fights become interchangeable and badly edited? How is it possible that a movie this expensive has CGI this bad? Can we have a career intervention before Michael Shannon picks another movie...

Our Halloween episode is a demented 80’s doozy. Sadly, not every Wes Craven film was a classic. Exhibit A: “Deadly Friend” (1986), Craven’s studio butchered sci-fi/love story/teen slasher/cute robot kiddie flick abomination. Barry compares the film to Diana Henstell’s novel, Julia ponders the kind of neighborhood where science nerds and biker gangs run wild, and they both consider how hard it is t...

Barry and Julia bite into Tom Holland’s “The Temp” (1993), a glorious cult classic in which murder, scandal and cutthroat corporate manipulations occur at Mrs. Appleby’s cookie company. This Timothy Hutton-led thriller is a first: a Keebler slasher, a real Nabisco slice n’ dice! Your hosts question which cookie company would be the most dangerous to work at and if you can really kill someone with...

Barry and Julia discuss Wes Craven’s last great film, the 2005 Rachel McAdams/ Cillian Murphy sleeper, “Red Eye.” Here is an airport-set rom-com, a claustrophobic two-hander, a political thriller and slasher movie, wrapped up into 85-very tight minutes. Craven inspires master class work from his stars and shapes a horrifying depiction of how much flying in coach royally sucks. Your hosts swap airl...

Hey you guys!! Barry and Julia have heard your cries of “Goonies Never Say Die!” and discuss this audience request favorite. Your hosts reflect on growing up with this 1980’s staple, though Barry considers the wisdom of including a deformed, mentally impaired, severely abused, middle- aged man (“Sloth love Chunk!”) as the film’s mascot. Meanwhile, Julia is disgusted how those teens manage to slobb...

Barry the Film Critic and Julia the Film Fanatic discuss the definitive 90’s western, George P. Cosmatos’ “Tombstone” (1993). It was Julia’s first watch and Barry’s 50th viewing- they talk all things huckleberries, saddle sores and Jason Priestley and praise this ‘stache-tacular classic. Is this a better film than “Unforgiven” (1993) and “Wyatt Earp” (1994)? Your hosts make the call. Follow us on...

Attention all teenage comet zombies! Barry and Julia are covering Thom Eberhardt’s scrappy 1984 sci-fi cult classic. Our hosts consider what they would do if a passing comet turned all the annoying adults into dust and if a post-apocalyptic thriller really merits a Cyndi Lauper-powered shopping montage? Eighties nostalgia fanatics, the mother ship has landed. Follow us on Instagram @soimarriedafil...

Barry and Julia suffer through the recent jungle rom com “The Lost City” and wish they were watching “Romancing the Stone” instead. Our cinema aficionados consider how too little of Brad Pitt, and too much of the whiny, chemistry-free leads, dooms this early on. Also, six months later, does anyone even remember seeing this one? Follow us on Instagram @soimarriedafilmcritic_podcast and please leave...

Barry the Film Critic and Julia the Film Fanatic recite the magic words and conjure up the great ones- Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell! Their discussion of “Army of Darkness” (1993) includes a recap of the “Evil Dead” series, a debate on whether the original ending should have stayed and an endorsement for Campbell to play Gaston in a “Beauty and the Beast” remake. Follow us on Instagram @soimarrieda...

Barry and Julia embrace the corn and the corn fields of Phil Alden Robinson’s “Field of Dreams” (1989). Is this the greatest baseball film ever made? Do diehard fans really overlook how Kevin Costner’s hippie farmer actually TIME TRAVELS at one point? Has there ever been a film that the Iowa Film Commission loves more than this? All these questions and more are answered. Follow us on Instagram @so...