The Rewinders Podcast

You just listen to the old Pork Chop Express here now and take his advice on a dark and stormy night when the lightning's crashin' and the thunder's rollin' and the rain's coming down in sheets thick as lead. Just remember what old Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big old storm right...

Never let a big stinky animal man into your house... let alone without pants on - EVEN IF THE FUR COVERS THE NO-NO BITS.   Harry and the Hendersons is a movie that just doesn't care about the stuff between getting a Sasquatch from a forest into a family's home - and then exploiting any non-sense along the way for chuckles. Almost everything other than Sasquatch time is wasted time in this adventur...

High Adventure, Hilarity, and Hooligans - that is the 1985 film, The Goonies!   A staple film for young boys in the 80s, where a group of boys, cuz no girls allowed, go on a last adventure before having to move away... or at least out of their house. This adventure has them cross paths with dangerous criminals, booty traps, and pirate gold!   Lee and Joe reminiscence over one of their favorite chi...

Nothing is worse than moving to a cool new town than finding out it is filled with vampires... well, maybe not filled, but they at least exist... AND THEY BOTHER YOU.   Lil Sam Emerson is not going to take his big brother being turned into a vampire sitting down. NO! he will gather his friends, Edgar Frog and Sexy Sax Man to fight the vampires! in his mothers house! Without her permission!   Ooooo...

A cursed car delivers pain to its people and itself as much as possible before smashing itself beyond belief.   The poor humans have their own problems that are only accentuated by this bizarre situation. The young boy make so many poor life choices that he should spend at least some time in Teen Prison and the rest of the family suffers because of these decisions.   Learn this young ones. Its nev...

When watching a few kids goes so wrong you need Thor to help everyone get home, you know things have gotten bad.   With guest commentator - Drew Bourassa - the Rewinders tackle the sticky wicket that is Adventures in Babysitting. Hint, Drew steals the show.

Check out this brown squat of an alien! Check him out, he is from Star Wars country... errr... galaxy... errr something.   Anyway, this ALIEN, gets left behind because he doesn't pay attention at best, at worst - his party doesn't like him. So, at the first sign of danger they run and leave him behind. At least we are told its a him - how the heck are we supposed to know, I AM NOT CHECKING.   Anyw...

Hotshot high school guy, pretty much all of the students love him, (Ferris) decides to take a senior skip day with his friends (Cameron and Sloane). They technically steal a car, perform fraud, identity theft multiple times, trespass on private property, lie, and incite a dance riot in downtown Chicago and fully get away with it.   Meanwhile, Ferris' sister runs a stop sign while speeding and ends...

In space... well, when alone on a planet in space... and no one is there to hear you scream... do you make a sound?   Your favorite slimy, black, and toothy Xesomorphs return to jump-scare you all over again.   Like James Cameron or not - its game over man... game over!   Lee and Joe discuss the film and determine if it still holds up.

Rob Reiner has Billy Crystal play an annoying young man (Harry) who pesters the crap out of Meg Ryan's character (Sally) who is just trying to drive across the country.   and of course he sort of develops a little thing for her. and just like every man ever - holds on to that thing for the rest of his life so he seeks her out after his marriage falls apart.   They do the friends thing for a few ye...

Savage Steve Holland serves up an 80s classic Cusack film for Lee and Joe to ponder if it is still worth watching. K9, 2 dollars, and a french exchange student OH MY!   Listen to Lee and Joe discuss the film and determine if it still holds up.

Ye ole siren song calls to men of the sea to jump overboard and drown themselves.   Then, you get the reverse sirens that find drowning people and rescue them.   I can tell you, first hand... you never know which one you will get when you hear the call. Folks, those sirens can be mean - see you already drowning and drown you harder. NO ONE NEEDS THAT! At least getting coerced into leaping over boa...

Sometimes you get cursed, sure we all do, but sometimes that curse can get pretty weird. In fact, back in ancient Egypt, those curses were at peak weird.   For instance, the curse of turning you into a department store mannequin at night. Good foresight that consumerism would thrust the development of a store that would need fake humans to adorn with clothes to give real humans an idea how it woul...

Mow that lawn... Get that girl... don't be that nerd - no one wants that! Nerds don't get the girl!   Alright, now you're hip in that speckled, shoulder padded suit coat and white t-shirt. You will get that girl you are pining for now. No worries. Just blackmail the girl and just when she is taking a shine to you - RUIN IT!   Congrats, now you got the girl. Things don't go according to plan in thi...

Nothing is more bonkers than telling adults that this movie is for your children. This movie will give them nightmares - from what I hear from others who have watched this as children. ("not me" says Joe)   Enjoy the beauty of the art styling of Don Bluth and listen to Lee and Joe discuss their history of watching this film. Was Joe really not scared? We'll probably never know at this point.   Mic...

When the world has gone crazy - you need the greatest football player of all-time to save you.   Space Vikings - Space Jungles - Space Racist Caricatures   Join the Rewinders Podcast as they reminisce about this 1980s masterpiece and determine if it still holds up.

Keee-yah... join in on Lee's exploration of his coming-of-age Karate movie extravaganza.   There are fists, feet, and the Colonel's daughter!   Lee and Joe discuss the movie - and determine if it still holds up.

The one movie that has it all! Romance, Sport, Scares, and Comedy - The Princess Bride is the movie with it all.   Lee and Joe talk about one of their favorite movies of all time, discuss how it shaped them growing up, and determine if it still holds up.

This Naval dog fighting school trains the best of the best to be even better. But when a "doesn't follow the rules" hotshot fighter pilot, Maverick, comes to class - he does things his way...   People end up dead, but he is the hero because he doesn't play by the rules... and Iceman loves him - wait, no... a flight instructor breaks all the rules because she loves him... NO, wait.   The head of th...

A holiday movie paid ad nauseam every winter, follows Ralphie Parker dreaming of getting his hands on a Red Ryder BB gun.   Along the way he is foiled in different ways by his mother, father, Santa, and his teacher. The whole time avoiding bullies and dealing with the world of children and their dares.   Lee and Joe discuss their memories of the film and determine if it still holds up.

A cynical television executive is visited by the three Christmas spirits on Christmas Eve while trying to film an all-star 80s version of Scrooge.   Lee and Joe recall what they thought of the film as kids - and determine if it still holds up.

The most intense Christmas movie ever made, or the most holiday festive action movie ever made?   Who is right or wrong, in this case everyone wins because it is a good movie...   but does it hold up from when it was originally released? Lee and Joe make that determination

Not just puppets... MUPPETS! SPOOKY MUPPETS!   The world filled with darkness needs to be healed, and only the young Gelfling can do it. What is a Gelfling? It doesn't matter... kinda like an elf... sort of.   This world would be a wonderful place if it weren't for those darn Skeksis! What are Skeksis? It doesn't matter... kidna like crow people... sort of.   In this faster-than-fast episode, Lee...

Don't just get a Dell... get IN the Dell!   Well, before Dells were a thing... get in this Unix computer? Whatever...   TRON - before it was ruined by remakes, with the classic Light Cycles and the classic character that everyone remembers from the 80s, BIT! I love this movie, you all can suck it.   Lee and Joe review this movie and determine if it still holds up.

Small creatures terrorize a small town over Christmas. This movie introduced cute things, ugly things, silly things, and someone dead in a chimney to us as children. Lee and Joe talk about what made this film memorable to them as children before determining if the film still holds up.