The Gen X Files

Based on the hit Broadway play, which is a retelling of an American classic, you'll be scratching your head, wondering what happened to the movie adaptation of The Wiz. Directed by Sidney Lumet, with Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, and Richard Pryor, with music supervised by Quincy Jones and Luther Vandross, what happened to this movie? We explore the many missteps as we...

Crack open that SunnyD Vodka Seltzer and join us as we discuss... SunnyD Vodka Seltzer, Gene Hackman, new movies, video games, and TV shows!

For the last film during our Gene Hackmonth, we dive into the sordid history of the South, and the people who are trying to ensure equality for everyone. Mississippi Burning stars Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, and Frances McDormand, with appearances from Michael Rooker, Brad Dourif, Darius McCrary, Stephen Tobolowsky, Pruitt Taylor Vince, R. Lee Ermey, and the debuts of Kevin Dunn and Tobin Bell. Di...

In this episode, we cover one of the greatest movies of all time (and perhaps Francis Ford Coppola's best film [yes, we said it]), The Conversation. It's our second movie during our Gene Hackmonth and perhaps Hackman's greatest performance. Written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola between The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, it's a genius character study into the paranoia a...

See the birth of the cinema verite style with William Friedkin's The French Connection, based on the true story of New York detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso, and how they brought down a decades old heroin smuggling ring. Gene Hackman plays Popeye Doyle and Roy Scheider plays his partner, Cloudy. It's our first episode of Gene Hackmonth! Join us!

Join us as we chat about the great '70s Stoner Sci-Fi flicks, along with new TV shows, movies, and video games.

Lace up those skates. Grab the back of that motorcycle. Punch the opponent with the ball with your spiked glove. Score. Join us as we explore the most violent sport ever conceived: Rollerball!

It's your birthday tomorrow. You're turning 30. You're scheduled to visit the Carrousel and be 'reborn'. You suspect that being 'reborn' is a sham. What do you do? YOU RUN. Welcome to '70s Stoner Sci-Fi month.

What happens when you make a movie while heavily on drugs? You get the opposite of the Sean Connery James Bond and lots of half-naked immortals who just want to die. Confused? So is everyone else! '70s Stoner SciFi Month starts now, with Zardoz!

Join us as we discuss nukes, cannibalism, asteroids, and more nukes (duck and cover drills, anyone?)! We also discuss video games, TV, and movies, to round out the month.

Would you like to play a game? Join us as we explore the home of the WOPR: WarGames! It's the end of the world as we know it, and WOPR wants to play a game. Starring Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Barry Corbin, Dabney Coleman, John Spencer, and a very, very young Michael Madsen.

Look up and what do you see? A giant meteor coming to get me! But not if Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Martin Landau, Brian Keith, and Joe Campanella have anything to say about it. Join us as we explore the end of the '70s disaster movie era with Meteor!

It's 2022. The planet is overpopulated. The heat is unbearable. Food is scarce. How do you feed the world? Welcome to Soylent Green. A warning for the future. From 1973.

We explore the massive television event of the '80s, the TV movie that everyone remembers as being a miniseries (it wasn't): The Day After, the most realistic nuclear annihilation film, up to that point.

We discuss all things Star Wars! The original trilogy! The prequel trilogy! The sequel trilogy! All of it! Plus all the things we've been watching and playing for the month. Crack open a Schlitz and join us!

The original trilogy wraps up with daring rescue attempts, broken love triangles, and a boy just needing to talk to his dad. Join us as we cover Return of the Jedi!

It was a long three years for more Star Wars, but George Lucas and his talented cast and crew delivered with a bigger and more emotional second installment. Join us as we explore the creation of The Empire Strikes Back!

Join us as we explore the origins of the film that started the insane craze that is the Star Wars universe.

Join us as we discuss Richard Matheson, new TV, movies, and video games, as your surrogate Stepdads guzzle beers and burp real loud*. *Disclaimer: we don't actually do this.

It's the movie you thought you hated but haven't seen in a long time (and is better than you remember), starring Dan Aykroyd, Gene Hackman, Dom DeLuise, and Nancy Travis: it's Loose Cannons!

Considered the Grandfather of the X Files, join us as we explore the insanely popular 1972 TV movie, The Night Stalker, starring Darren McGavin!

Based on the Richard Matheson novel, I Am Legend, The Omega Man is the most '70s Charlton Heston movie, ever.

Be careful what you wish for, as we discuss Steve Martin, Martin Short, what movies we're watching, what TV is blowing us away, and what video games are garnering our attention.

We continue our loving tribute to our Steve Martin Short month with their latest venture, Only Murders in the Building!

Today we explore the first collaboration (of many) between Steve Martin and Martin Short. It's a tale of silent movie stars and Mexican gangs and an invisible swordsman and a talking turtle. It's Three Amigos!