The Gen X Files

Well, I guess after a good movie, we had to have a bad one. This week we're covering Like Father Like Son, starring Dudley Moore (who really, really tries in this movie), Kirk Cameron, Margaret Colin, Catherine Hicks, and a super sleazy Sean Astin. There is no plot, no character development, and even the actors had no idea what the movie was trying to say.

Frist up in our Doubledoo-Switcheroo month, we're starting with the grandmama of the body switching movies, Freaky Friday. Starring Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster, John Astin, Mark McClure, and Sparky Marcus. It's way more fun than you remember!

Join your ol' Stepdads as we discuss awful movies and try to prove that the three movies we watched this month were the worst movies or if there are movies that are worse. Spoiler alert: there isn't. We also discuss America's upcoming birthday, as well as the movies, TV, and video games we've been playing, or are excited about.

You know, after The Garbage Pail Kids Movie and Mac and Me, we really thought that The Wizard was going to be the best of the month and boy, oh boy, were we wrong. A 90 minute commercial for Nintendo that can't even do that right, The Wizard is directed by Todd Holland and stars Fred Savage, Jenny Lewis, Beau Bridges, and Christian Slater.

We didn't think something could be worse than The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, but boy howdy were we wrong. No complaints about the cast; they did what they could with a script (?), lazy direction, and a producer that wanted everything yesterday. Throw in the constant McDonald's sponsorship and aliens with butthole mouths that treat Coca-Cola like the elixir of life, and you've got the lon...

Welcome to June Doom V! This June, we're covering some of the worst disasters of the '80s! First up, it's The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, the awful adaptation of a trading card series that not only doesn't make sense, it's one of the most unsettling movies ever made. Starring Mackenzie Astin, Anthony Newley, and Katie Barberi, with Phil Phondacaro, Jim Cummings, and Debbie Lee Car...

Join your ol' Stepdads as we discuss great sequels, movies, TV shows, and video games. Enjoy this, because next month is going to get weird.

To close out our Not-So-Terrible-2s month, we're covering what could be a perfect sequel: Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Written and Directed by James Cameron, he brings what he learned on Aliens and blew it up, even bigger. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong, Earl Boen, and Joe Morton.

Is Aliens the greatest sequel ever made? Is it the greatest action movie ever made? Give a listen to us gab about Aliens and the insane production stories about James Cameron and his British crew. You thought it was just a 'line through the added s to Alien to make a dollar sign'? Think again. There is so much more to this story. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance...

For our second Not-So-Terrible-2, we have the best turnaround for a sequel that Hollywood has ever seen: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. After the boring failure that was Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Paramount pulled in someone who had never seen Star Trek to direct the film, Nicholas Meyer. Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nic...

It's time for another Not-So-Terrible-2s! First up is The Road Warrior, as called in America, but known to everyone else in the world as Mad Max 2. It's a roller coaster thrill ride that proves George Miller to be one of the greatest action movie directors to ever live. Starring Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, and Emil Minty (and an awesome Dog).

Join your ol' Stepdads as we discuss how Xtreme we are, the movies we've been watching, the TV shows we recommend, and how awesome some new games are!

For our third entry into our Gen-Xtreme month, we're Gleaming the Cube! Join Christian Slater, Max Perlich, Tony Hawk, and Tommy Guerrero as they tear up Orange County while trying to solve a murder. It's '80s skating at its absolute best! Written by Michael Tolkin, who would later get nominated for an Oscar for writing The Player, and directed by Graeme Clifford, who edited The Rocky...

Our second Gen-Xtreme movie takes us to 1986, where everything was Rad! At least, if you lived in a fictional town in Oregon that's obviously Calgary. And if the town revered BMX racing so much, they expected a student and a an out-of-towner to dance with their BMX bikes at prom. Starring Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin, Talia Shire, and Ray Walston, with direction from Hal Needham, is the movie Rad...

Welcome to Gen-Xtreme! First up is BMX Bandits, the Australian movie that gave us Nicole Kidman. Kids just wanna BMX, but thieves have to steal and it's up to our intrepid teen heroes to stop them. Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, the amazing Ozploitation director and starring David Argue.

Join your ol' stepdads as we discuss All That ZAZ!, including some new spoof movies that we saw, our recommendations for movies, TV, and video games, and maybe a surprise or two. Maybe. We're tired and can't remember what we talked about.

For our final entry into All that ZAZ! month, we answer the question, "How does one follow up the monster smash hit that was Airplane!?" Unfortunately, the answer is, "not that easily." Top Secret! is the feature film debut of Val Kilmer, though, so Top Gun fans can thank ZAZ for unleashing him into the world. A weird mashup of a World War II spy thriller, a '50s Beach movi...

For our second entry into All that ZAZ!, we're going to be covering the grandaddy of all spoof movies: Airplane! Based on Zero Hour, which was recorded by accident by ZAZ, it is one of the highest grossing and critically lauded comedies of all time. The brilliance of casting serious drama actors, like Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, and Leslie Nielsen, not only changed their careers...

Welcome to All That ZAZ! First up is The Kentucky Fried Movie, the movie that Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker made because they couldn't get any studios to bite on Airplane! It's a barrage of sketch comedy that pushes the envelope as far as they can. Starring (with less than one minute of screen time total), Bill Bixby, George Lazenby, and Donald Sutherland. With support from...

Join your ol' stepdads as we discuss the weather, new movies and TV shows, how many video games we aren't playing, and just generally aging gracefully. Or something. Oh, and we talk about politics! We know you've been waiting for this!

To close out our Good Presidents month, we end with the toughest President ever put on screen: Harrison Ford in Air Force One. Co-starring Gary Oldman, Wendy Crewson, Paul Guilfoyle, William H. Macy, Liesel Matthews, and Dean Stockwell, with gritty direction from Wolfgang Peterson. Ford might force you off your plane, but you won't want to leave this thrill ride.

For our next President in our Good Presidents month, we hit up the quintessential American President: The American President. Generic name? Sure. Love story or political drama? Both. With amazing performances from Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, David Paymer, Samantha Mathis, and Michael J. Fox; witty writing from Aaron Sorkin; and deft direction from Rob Reiner, the American Presid...

Welcome to Good Presidents month! We're starting with the man that wasn't technically the President, just someone that looked just like him: Dave! Starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver, along with a bevy of amazing actors, and directed with a deft hand by Ivan Reitman, this is the feel-good comedy that will give you the gut punch of hope that we all desperately need right now.

Join your ol' Stepdads as we discuss more adult animation, what we've been watching in movies and TV, and finally getting some good video games back.

We're finishing out our teen toons month with the adult animated sword and sorcery epic, Fire and Ice. With animation from Ralph Bakshi and Frank Frazetta and a script from two Conan comic book writers, and support work from Thomas Kincade, James Gurney, and Peter Chung, you'd think this movie would be better. It looks really pretty! But, that's about it.