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We’ve got a spot saved for you on the big orange couch as our podcast revisits SNICK, Nickelodeon's Saturday night programming block for pre-teens in the ‘90s.

40 years ago, a wrinkly alien with a magic touch waddled into moviegoers’ hearts and made E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL one of the most beloved family films ever. Grab a bag of Reese’s Pieces and join us for an episode that’s well worth phoning home about!

MTV's Real World became a sensation in its San Francisco-set third season. In Part 2 of our podcast we revisit the antics of Puck and company, and we touch on other series-defining moments and seasons of the reality show that started them all.

MTV’s THE REAL WORLD popularized the tone, format, and style most reality shows still adhere to today. Episode 1 of our 2-parter revisits the show's origins, our hosts' own history "being taped," and the first two seasons in NYC and LA.

PULP FICTION (1994) was a groundbreaking moment for both Quentin Tarantino and movies, but do the film’s accolades remain as bright and shiny as whatever's in that briefcase? Let's get into character and find out!

Nearly 30 years after its release, there's still a lot to discuss and debate about 1994's NATURAL BORN KILLERS and whether the film's satiric and satanic take on the media remains relevant. Part 1 of a 2-part Tarantinotacular.

We travel through time and space only to land inside a department store display mannequin in Philadelphia, revisiting 1987’s hit MANNEQUIN and sequel MANNEQUIN TWO: ON THE MOVE. Are these romantic comedies about mannequins brought to life still moving?

1985’s RETURN TO OZ scared the hell out of more children than it charmed. That doesn’t stop When We Were Young’s hosts from revisiting it for the podcast as we celebrate releasing 100 episodes of the show.

For the 100th episode of When We Were Young, Seth, Becky, Chris, and returning guest host Jan have clicked their heels together three times to revisit the quintessential film classic THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939).

The final stop of When We Were Young's Tom Cruise double-feature sets sail on what might be the movie star's ultimate role as the titular charming and conflicted sports agent JERRY MAGUIRE (1996). Does Cruise's performance still complete us?

Take a deep breath, get inverted, and select your wingman carefully, because we’re heading right into the danger zone of Reagan-era jingoism and mid-80s machismo as Part One of our Tom Cruise sets sail revisiting TOP GUN!

This Halloween season we look back at Ivan Reitman's groundbreaking action-comedy GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) and its spooky, silly sequel GHOSTBUSTERS II (1988). We ain't afraid of no ghosts... but we are a little anxious about the wrath of Ghostbusters fanboys!

If you’re a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a magic bean buyer, or just hate doing dishes and taking the garbage out, you’ll surely find something to love in our episode on celebrated author, illustrator, poet, and Renaissance Man Shel Silverstein.

In When We Were Young's Manic My Girl Monday episode, we reflect on how we spent summers as kids before launching into our discussion of MY GIRL, the Anna Chlumsky and Macaulay Culkin movie that made children (and adults) everywhere break down in tears.

In Part Two of our When We Were Young Early Late Mid-to-Late 90s Summer Alien Invasion Spectacular, here come the MEN IN BLACK (clap clap) and the metaphysical and emotional drama CONTACT. Fly with us through a wormhole back to 1997's UFO mania!

In Part One of our Mid-90s Alien Invasion Blockbuster Extravaganza, we celebrate the 4th of July looking up in awe at Roland Emmerich’s record-smashing INDEPENDENCE DAY and attempt to shield ourselves from Tim Burton’s sci-fi send-up MARS ATTACKS!

In Part 2 of our Baz Luhrmann Spectacular Spectacular, we revisit the scintillating (and over-stimulating) 2001 musical that saw Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor belting out pop music’s greatest love songs - MOULIN ROUGE!

We travel back to the mid-90s and then even further back to the 16th century to rewatch Baz Luhrmann's frenetic modern-day adaptation of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO + JULIET (1996), in Part I of our Spectacular Spectacular review.

We follow last episode’s discussion of the Best Actress nominees of 1991 with a look at the night’s big winner, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. Get a nice bottle of Chianti ready, because this podcast is going all the way to the FBI. Bon appétit!

"You Watch Your Mouth, Buddy" - Thelma & Louise

The Billboard charts of the 90s watched America go through a diverse range of musical moods, from mourning the death of British royals to celebrating barely-contained boners on the dancefloor - plus more Costner than a decade could hold.

Put on your best aerobics attire and join us as we whisper carelessly about the #1 Pop Singles of the 1980s - the ones we still have plenty of “Faith” in, those we’re desperate to “Look Away” from, and everything in between.

We’ve been afraid… VERY afraid… for most of 2020. And to kiss off the year the way it deserves, we’re buzzing about another horror maestro’s take on 50s sci-fi: David Cronenberg’s THE FLY remake.

We’re celebrating the holidays a little differently for 2020 by revisiting John Carpenter's horror staple THE THING. Zip up your parka, secure your blood bags, and prepare for a not-so-silent night: this story of immaculate reproduction isn’t so blessed.

As if 2020 couldn't get any more depressing, we sat down to rewatch Darren Aronofsky's "REQUIEM FOR A DREAM" for our latest episode. Is this acclaimed film about drug addiction just as traumatizing to watch today as it was back in the year 2000?