The Movie Loft Podcast

Send us Fan Mail On our podcast there's an "ah" every 11 seconds, an errant "umm" every 25 seconds, a mispronounced word every 65 seconds, a serious case of copyright infringement every 24 minutes, and 250 cases of us focusing on ourselves instead of our listeners in every episode. We're downing Cella Chocolate Covered Cherries (the four c's that sweeten every Ch...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Thanksgiving! Let's give thanks for the Keaton and the Garr. That's all I got for ya tonight folks. In the true spirit of gender blending, I have to bake cookies. They don't bake themselves you know!

Send us Fan Mail rough-and-ready adjective (rə-fən-ˈre-dē): crude in nature, method, or manner but effective in action or use. Yep, that’s the ticket. We have another Malden Chronicles sit-down in the books. This sit-down with Thom's brother Jeff, and once again, Mic, also includes our old friend Phil from the block. There's some stunning details shared about residency at Mcleans Hospita...

Send us Fan Mail We got sideways and sugar spiraled on Saturday night. Enjoy this Fright Night pillowcase of mysteries. I admittedly did not take stock and edit it into neat piles for you. Let's dump it on the floor together and marvel at the assortment. Happy Halloween!

Send us Fan Mail First cars and some roadworthy memories.

Send us Fan Mail Get in buddy! We’re talking about a beautifully tragic tale. A story so improbably perfect for all of us self-avowed cretins. It was born evil and has possessed every youth who’s watched it since. How about we all agree Christine is about as magnificent a movie as you’ll ever experience in October. Just ask Phil! What else can I say? No shitter ever came between me and this movie....

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Send us Fan Mail Disclaimer:  I (admittedly) don’t know about you, but I do know what this movie symbolized to me as an adolescent. It’s the dream that the seeds of who you believe, or imagine yourself to be, can be seen by others. And that you can end up living your (day)dream at the end of the day. Someday. With that boy or girl you've pined for. Quite simple. Even as an adult, being fully...

Send us Fan Mail We’re talking top ten fast food fads of the 80s in this minisode. From the faux health-conscious Lean Cuisiners, to the footless big gulpers. And a spirited discussion about north shore beefs almost comes to blows.  Let’s get dead.

Send us Fan Mail We’re mailing it in with this one, flunking out in true Summer School fashion. No excuses, no doctors notes. I'm sure we're leaving a lot of stones unturned, so if you’re hoping for a deep dive on this movie…..we’ll be in the shallow end waiting for you. We’ve relied on our winning personalities more than once. Excelling in gaining confidences with words and destroying t...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a couple of Top Ten lists from the 80s. Spoiler, the African ant eater ritual dance is not on them. Yes, I know it's Polaner All Fruit, not Polymer Real Fruit. Sometimes we get swept up in the frenzy. Can ya blame us?!

Send us Fan Mail Turkey Point is open for business! And King Cry-baby is headlining this raucous romp of rampant juvenile delinquency.  John Waters has outdone himself with this divine time capsule of cinema for all you ne’er do wells to laze upon. Don’t be a square, revel in all its grease and glory…..because, sometimes shook-up old ladies get cut.  Yes, I know it's Alannah Myles, and not Ke...

Send us Fan Mail “One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.”  ― Michael J. Fox

Send us Fan Mail In this sit-down with Thom's brother Jeff with friends Mic and Phil, we're hearing about some of Malden's old hangouts, haunts, and hostile environments. All that along with documenting our families storied past. What a bargain! Even Sparks can't comete with this deal. This episode veers away from our conventional movie content. I’ve always planned to make peri...

Send us Fan Mail I don't think I could do this episode any more justice than the title itself. See what I did there? Well, didjya?

Send us Fan Mail Greetings and salutations from Sherwood Ohio! We're talking about the 1989 killer classic and nihilistic wit fest known as Heathers in this episode. This atypical suburban American satire is easily the most quotable movie of the decade. A black comedy that forever changed the teen movie genre and aptly prepared us for the years of apathy that enveloped every undiagnosed misan...

Send us Fan Mail Minimum work, minimum wage, maximum rage.

Send us Fan Mail We're baaaack! Winter break is OVER. One thing leads to another in this epochal mid 80s maze. Madonna in her prime, Rosanna Arquette in hot pursuit, Aidan Quinn showing us that supporting roles do not have to appear as such. And you can dance! For inspiration!  I mean, we're talking cola war conspiracy theories, 3 identical strangers, the Commodore 64 and personal ads! I...

Send us Fan Mail We don't like you. You're voted ON the island.....the desert island. We do like you enough to let you bring some movies to finish out your miserable existence with, while we party like we're desperately seeking 1999. Here are some of our "your life is on fire, what do you grab" movie choices.

Send us Fan Mail The egg is in the nog, and the 1970 Albert Finney version of Scrooge is on deck the halls for this release, as well as some other notable takes on A Christmas Carol. Lots of talk about childhood gifts and the whiff of Christmas past too.....ah, the plastics of childhood.  So come over here you weird little man, sit down and listen to the 3 wiseass men from Boston tell it like it i...

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we field a brilliant listener request to cover some of the many Christmas movies we love. It's a topic that can never be given enough consideration. We went off the cuff with this subject and gave it a glancing blow at best. We'll be revisiting some more Christmas movie talk in our next episode. There, I said it before we've recorded it, so now it must ha...

Send us Fan Mail Join us on our Christmas romp as we destroy everything in our path to bring you the goods on this 1984 box office monster that’s been largely relegated to semi-suspended animation. At least in comparison to other top box office competitors of the year.  Why is that? Gremlins is the highest grossing film of all time to never reach number one at the domestic box office. It’s also la...

Send us Fan Mail Do you love going home for the holidays? Do you love key lime pie with m&m’s? If you’ve answered no to these questions and others, you’ve been baited. Join our conversation on this perennial Thanksgiving favorite.  It’s a honey hole of dysfunction, repudiation, and ultimately, redemption. So indulge yourself, and maybe even brace your caustic, conversational munitions before c...

Send us Fan Mail ⚡️Minisode⚡️ Has a movie ever made you feel unwell? Queasy, nauseous, anxious? What’s your first movie/memory of it happening? Saddle up your Blorfosaurus and strap on those ear goggles, here are some of our greatest icks!

Send us Fan Mail Personal ghost stories lifted out of our Lost Boys episode. From the Winchester Mystery House to Tony's couch, that's coast to coast if you're geographically inclined.