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Send us Fan Mail Wham Bam Van Damme!  Join Eric and Neil as discuss the 1993 action movie, Hard Target. Get your hair mousse and mullet tight and join us! 

Send us Fan Mail Eric, Neil and David talk about the 1987 classic, Predator. Possibly the most macho movie of all time. Blast those biceps and join us! 

Send us Fan Mail Eric and Neil once again step into the magical land of a John Hughes Movies.  This time it's the 1986 classic, Ferris Bueller's Day Off.   Is Ferris a righteous dude or an inconsiderate dick, we talk about that and more. 

Send us Fan Mail Eric, Neil and David discuss the iconic 1993 movie, Jurassic Park. We spend a lot of time talking about Laura Dern's facial expressions. Neil gradually succumbs to his pain medication as we go further and further off topic.  Tune in! 

Send us Fan Mail Eric, Neil and David, discuss possibly the high water mark of the franchise. The first movie with "Undead" Jason.  We ask the question, Does anyone remember "Welcome Back Kotter?" Join us!  

Send us Fan Mail Eric, Neil and David discuss arguably the worst film in the long running franchise.  The film promises Jason, but gives us a giant fake out. Copious nudity can't save the lame kills and terrible direction.  

Send us Fan Mail Eric and Neil discuss the 1986 Ridley Scott movie, Legend. Tim Curry's performance as Darkness steals the movie, and Tom Cruise is in it too, we guess.  Get out your allergy meds and join us in the mythical kingdom of Hay fever. 

Send us Fan Mail Eric and Neil discuss the beloved Ron Howard fantasy movie, Willow. Lots of digressions about a variety of subjects, but we do manage to talk about the movie. Float down the river to our village and join us!

Send us Fan Mail David drags Eric and Neil through the swamp of sadness with this weeks movie, The NeverEnding Story.  This 94 minute movie feels like an eternity. Hop on your Luck Dragon or Speedy Snail and join us! 

Send us Fan Mail Eric and Neil discuss the 1986 Jim Henson classic. Labyrinth. Do we talk about David Bowie and his infamous junk? Of course we do.  

Send us Fan Mail Eric and Neil discuss one of the most notorious flops of the 1980's David Lynch's Dune. Dune enthusiast, Neil, talks about all the changes from the books to the movie, while Eric talks about the production woes.  Don't let your internal monologue drown out this new episode. 

Send us Fan Mail Eric, Neil and David talk about the influential Sci-Fi film from 1982, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. We talk about the problems making the movie and of course the ultimate question, is Deckard a Replicant.   Join us! 

Send us Fan Mail We're back!  Dropping our first episode of 2022. Eric, Neil and David talk about Spider-Man 2 from 2004. We also spend the first bit talking about Spider-Man:  No way home, so spoiler alert if you haven't seen it. 

Send us Fan Mail In anticipation for the newest movie, Eric, Neil and David talk about the original 2002, Spider-Man.  Some things haven't aged that well, but overall it holds up. Swing in and listen. 

Send us Fan Mail Eric, Neil and David wrap up the original trilogy with the least of the bunch, The Return of the Jedi.  We talk a lot about the Ewoks and of course Princess Leia and her iconic gold bikini. Grab your hookah pipe and a fresh bowl of frogs and join us. 

Send us Fan Mail Eric and Neil continue their run through the original trilogy, with the undisputed best Star Wars movie of all, The Empire Strikes Back.  Commence nerd discussion! 

Send us Fan Mail Its about to get really nerdy up in here as Eric and Neil talk about one of the most important movies of their childhood, Star Wars.  We talk about how much this movie impacted our lives and how we both discovered that there was no Santa Claus.   Grab a glass of blue milk and join us. 

Send us Fan Mail Turkey month comes to an end with one of the biggest movie bombs of all time, Howard the Duck.  Join Eric, Neil and David as we discuss duck anatomy and the logistics of interspecies mating.  Grab some Thanksgiving left overs and listen! 

Send us Fan Mail David is back this week and joins us for Sylvester Stallone's action movie, Cobra.  It's only 89 minutes long and full of unintentional comedy and great 80's style action.  Crime is the disease and Stallone's the cure. 

Send us Fan Mail Journey with us to the fictional country of Parmistan, where gymnastics equipment is plentiful and teeth are not.  Neil and Eric talk about the unintentional comedy masterpiece called Gymkata. 

Send us Fan Mail We begin "Turkey Month", only the worst movies out there, with the aptly titled Ozsploitation classic.   Set in the dystopian future of 1995, prisoners are hunted by the wealthy elite for their entertainment.  Low budget action with high camp craziness. Pop open a cartoonishly large can of beer as we go down under the realm of good taste. 

Send us Fan Mail David is back to help Eric and Neil discuss, "The Night He Came Home", the original Halloween. It's our longest episode to date, but its a funny one and we talk about the legacy of the original and how it's still going strong today.  

Send us Fan Mail Eric and Neil discuss the time during the late 70's and early eighties when Satan was everywhere. The end times were coming and listening to Heavy Metal and Playing Dungeons and Dragon's was a one way ticket to damnation!  We talk about Jack Chick comics other phenomena that seem so silly now, but were deadly serious back then.  Check it out!  It's our our one non m...

Send us Fan Mail Eric and Neil talk about John Carpenter's 1987 horror movie, Prince of Darkness.  Witness Neil's impressive memory of 1980's action television shows. Turn on Satan's Lava Lamp and listen! 

Send us Fan Mail Eric and Neil talk about the controversial 1974 movie, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Depending on your headspace at the time of viewing, its either a masterpiece of dread and terror, or an annoying chore.  Either way, we manage to fill up a lot of time talking about it.  Put on your favorite skin mask and join us!