The Gen X Files

For our last entry into Classic Connery month, we present The Untouchables, a change in direction for Sean Connery's career. Directed by Brian De Palma, written by David Mamet, and starring Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Sean Connery, and Robert De Niro.

It's a monastic murder mystery for our third entry into Classic Connery month. This one, too, is a historical drama. A tale that sounds kind of boring on paper but is phenomenal on screen: The Name of the Rose. Starring Sean Connery, Christian Slater, and F. Murray Abraham. Based on the novel from Umberto Eco. Directed Jean-Jacques Annaud.

For our second entry into our Classic Connery month, we get another crime thriller: Outland, written and directed by Peter Hyams, starring Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James B. Sikking, and Clarke Peters.

First up in our Classic Connery month is a movie that you probably haven't seen in a long time: The Great Train Robbery (aka The First Great Train Robbery in the UK). Written and directed by Michael Crichton, based on his novel, starring Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, and Lesley-Anne Down.

Join your Stepdads as we discuss the Other Buddies movies from this month. We also discuss the movies and TV shows we've watched and video games we've played this month.

It's the last entry into our Other Buddies month is an early entry into the '90s: Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, a movie that should've worked better with Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson as the leads, but ultimately falls flat.

One of the last movies released in the '80s, it's the apogee of '80s action movies, and the second installment of our Other Buddies month: Tango & Cash! Starring Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell, with no less than four directors, and a writer that refused to put his name on the movie, it's a feature that shouldn't work, but does... so, so well.

First up for our Other Buddies month is the unlikely duo of Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines, playing Chicago cops that want to quit and move to the Florida Keys. Directed by Peter Hyams and written by Gary DeVore, it's good cops who do bad things, sometimes.

We close out our Haterade month with a review of the awful movies we forced ourselves to watch, what movies and TV shows we've been watching, and the video games we've been playing. Let us know what you've been consuming!

For our last entry into our Haterade month, we explore Jim's second choice: Clerks, the low budget black and white debut film from Kevin Smith! Will Jim still hate it? Give it a listen and find out!

More than meets the eye! And the eye suffers from the constant barrage of flashing lights and bad music, as we cover The Transformers: The Movie. It was The Transformers TV show, but on the big screen! It had rock and roll music! The Transformers swore! The Transformers died! It all added up to a lot of boring nonsense.

There can be only one! Unless it's Highlander, then there's a bunch of movies, TV shows, and animated media, and... they're all terrible. It's the second week of our Haterade month and Adam really, really hates Highlander. Listen to see if he's totally wrong or can sway you away from liking an incredibly stupid movie.

Welcome to Haterade month! First up, a movie that Jim hated in the theater, in 1985, and a movie that Adam learned to hate from watching it for this episode. It's Explorers, showcasing the wasted talents of Joe Dante, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, and Ethan Hawke. Well, Ethan Hawke is perfect for this movie.

We're at the end of our First Loves month, so join your stepdads as we discuss The Six Million Dollar Man, Quantum Leap (the original series and the newer one), Stephen King, what movies and TV shows you should check out, and fun new video games to play.

In our third installment of First Loves, we're chatting about the writer that made Jim and Adam voracious readers, the master of horror, description, and word count: Stephen King! We cover his books from the '70s and '80s and the many, many adaptations of his work.

Take a leap with us back to 1989, as we join Sam Beckett try to get home with the help of his hologram best friend, Al Calavicci. Quantum Leap, created by Donald P. Bellisario, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.

For our first episode in our First Loves series, we're exploring the first show that made Jim fall in love with TV: The Six Million Dollar Man! Starring Lee Majors, Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Martin E. Brooks, Darren McGavin, Allen Oppenheimer, and Martin Balsam! Based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin.

Franchises are great ways to delve into the universe of a good movie... until the movies start getting BAD. Join us as we discuss the best of the bunch: Alien, First Blood, and The Terminator! Along with what we've been watching and playing and our recommendations for the month.

James Cameron is a franchise machine! Join us as we explore The Terminator, the first in the long running Terminator franchise. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, and Lance Henriksen.

They drew first blood! Despite the ridiculousness that the Rambo franchise became, First Blood is one of the best movies of the '80s and is possibly Sylvester Stallone's finest acting of his career. It's First Blood, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, and Richard Crenna.

We've had a lot of fun the last year covering all things Gen X. We hope you have too! Listen to this supercut of us not knowing how to speak properly. Thanks for listening!

The Alien franchise has not only produced movies, comics books, books, and video games, it made the alien a cultural icon. Join us as we explore Alien, the one that started it all, from the brilliant mind of Ridley Scott and the birth of a new hero: Sigourney Weaver. Just remember: in space no one can hear you scream.

It's our 150th episode! It just happens to fall at the end of the year, so your ol' Stepdads are going to chat about their favorite movies, TV shows, and video games of the year.

It wasn't the first home gaming console, and it might not have been the best, but it was by far the most popular console before the Video Game Crash in 1983. Join us as we dive into the history and impact of the Atari 2600 Video Computer System!

It allowed you to listen to any song on an album at any time, and if taken care of correctly, would last forever, unlike a cassette. Join us as we explore the origins of the CD.