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We wrap up our brutal "Bombs Away" summer series with some real teeth. We travel back to 1983 to revisit the gimmicky, yet somehow still boring, Jaws 3D. Besides the multitude of tiny shorts, trucker hats, and mustaches, there's all the 3D content the producers added in a desperate attempt to get us back in the theater to see another movie about an angry fish. A coked-out Dennis Quaid and the guy from the TV show Manimal lead the charge so you know its good.
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We swear we will cover a good movie eventually, but this week do not. But that doesn't mean for even a second that we didn't completely love revisiting this intergalactic pile of Psychlo Poo. Did we mention its bad? (Grumpy Nostalgia - always first with breaking news)
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Pirate songs and horrible puns litter this podcast as the boys get their peg legs stuck knee high into this infamous pile of poo. When a movie loses $187 million dollars, there's more going on than just a bad script and thankfully we found a lot of it. So hop aboard land lubbers, time to get seasick!
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Before Yellowstone made the gangster western cool, our cowboys from the 90s were shootin', drinkin' and acting all over the place. We go back a few years to revisit one of our favorite episodes that never fully got the attention we truly feel it deserved. Stick around to the end where the boys talk about their favorite cowboys of all time. Its a rootin tootin rodeo of crap.
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If you love duck puns, bad special effects, and crimping irons we have the film for you. It's been 40 years since this turkey (not duck) graced our movie screens courtesy of George Lucas no less. We guess someone told him those annoying Star Wars movies were played out and to focus on an intergalactic duck instead. Well played. This gem kicks off our special summer series called Bombs Away! We my never truly recover. Quack.
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Flash and the gang face off against the glorious villain Ming the Merciless (who could easily take Thanos's lunch money). There's ridiculous special effects, very short Hawk-Men shorts, and a Queen soundtrack that will crush your face. We promise this will be the best 52 min, 28 sec of your day.
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One episode couldn't do this one justice, so the boys present a special two-parter in order to squeeze in all the pew pew pews, the red sateen, the tiny tiny
Hawk Men shorts, and more cheese than we deserve. Plus, we share our takes on some famous ambiguous endings in film.
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There's a scene where Corey Feldman, dressed as Michael Jackson, does a 4 minute dance routine in a gym and its not even the worst scene in the movie. The worst of the 80s in on full display as the gang entertain a listener request this week. We love our audience, but this one put us through the proverbial ringer. Dated humor, misogyny, hair mousse, and the most disconnected plot and dialogue in the history of film all make this one of the most bizarre movies we've ever reviewed. More fever dream than little dream. We love our audience. Did we mention that?
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Even our bombs bombed bigger in the 90s. With the 2026 summer blockbuster season folding like Superman on laundry day, we thought we'd go back 33 years (yikes) to reveal how they used to fail back in the day. Arnie does his best to try to keep this flaming dog poo bag burning, but a clunky script, forced self-referential humor, and possibly the most annoying 90s kid ever to grace the silver screen ultimately take their toll. Still there's fun to be had here, you just have to weed through all the boring parts. Just like life.
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Five years in and we've yet to talk about the Muscles from Brussels. This ends here. In one of our most serve-serving episodes to date, we decide to completely disregard our audience and instead cover a movie just for our own warped cinematic fetishes. The stereotypes and misogyny are in full bloom throughout this film's measly 92 minutes, but somehow everything works out okay in the end. If you can withstand the content, stick around to the end where we talk about our favorite movie ending showdowns. It does not deliver in the least. Ironic.
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Being the grumpy jerks we are, we're guessing you can simply stay home this weekend and listen to this podcast instead of braving theatres to see Disclosure Day. Steve made the perfect UFO movie fifty (gulp) years ago so we invite you to ward off the inevitable disappointment. But, we hope we're wrong.
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Come listen as two brutes scratch their heads and furrow their brows as the try to review an art house film. Having nary a special effect and nor not even one explosion, your hosts are forced to find new ways to find fault. They are not up to the challenge. This one is an adorable change of pace for your grumpy crew so make sure you tune in to see how they fare. Plus, we talk about other gender swap movies and miraculously teeter on the edge of inappropriateness.
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The boys go back to the golden era of brain rot to explore our long obsession with the video game. From Pong to XBOX, these consoles were our baby sitters, our pacifiers, and our rage generators. So grab your quarters and prepare to relive the days where an Italian-American could clobber a monkey with a big hammer and no one raised an eyebrow.
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You Send Our Podcast to the Hospital, We Send Your Podcast to the Morgue. That's the Grumpy Nostalgia Way. The boys go full OG this week reliving Brian De Palma's 1987 classic. In a time when Americans couldn't drink, we learn that baseball bats, police brutality, and casual Italian-American racism could deliver us to moral clarity. Fresh new face, Costner, nearly pulls his weight against a legendary performance from Oscar winner Connery here. The boys are so impressed by the end that they decide to cover their other favorite gangster movies that aren't the Godfather.
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Mandalorians and Grogus are fine, but us 80s kids would rather see some stop motion terror and a galactic build-a-bear workshop taking down the Empire. The country is gonna remember why they like Star Wars in the next few weeks so we shamelessly dust off one of our favorite episodes from a long time ago and a galaxy blah blah blah and get a head start. Show favorite Aron joins the gang this time to share the pain. Stick around to the end where they gang discuss their other favorite movies featuring characters with daddy issues. It is unavoidable. It is your...destiny.
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This week's brand new episode features what we call a "thinking man's Sci-Fi" movie. Generally, that's code for boring. And there's some of that to be fair, but for the most part this one is pretty good. If you can buy McConaughey as a priest, you can pretty much believe anything. Even the existence of little green men (which there are none here either). Stick around to the end where we present part 2 of our 2026 Summer Movie Preview: The Leftovers. Is as intriguing as it sounds.
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Resident show punching bag Costner writes, directs, stars, and even sings the ending credits song! Way to hog the movie, K! An extended spring break kept the boys out of the studio this week, so we humbly ask our overly patient audience to give this episode another listen. Not a lot of y'all heard this one the first time and we understand. This movie is a letter bomb. We get it.
Stick around for the end where our cohosts review a list of the worst movies of the nineties to see how many of them they've sat through. Play along at home if you enjoy pain.
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After 35 years, most things tend to degrade. We certainly did. But this is not the case for one of the greatest psychological horror films of all time. Join the gang as they revisit the culinary curiosities in this amazing Jonathan Demme classic. Rural Appalachia, oversized panties, homemade Halloween masks, and a well-placed tuck are just the start. Our only regret is that we covered this movie way too early in our podcasting career. The result was fine, but the fine-tuned listener will appreciate an extra level of horror upon hearing our early attempt at being clever podcasters.
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With Silence of The Lambs returning to theaters this week for it's 25th Anniversary, the boys decide to spoil the party by reviewing the film where it all started, Michael Mann's stylish Manhunter from 1986. Heavy handed and completely free of any levity at all, it's a bit of a chore to sit through, but we knew the risks when we took the job. Bereft of any other original ideas, the boys pad out the rest of this episode with their first annual 2026 Summer Movie Preview. The results of which have to be heard to be believed.
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The Artemis crew WISHES they could be as cool as the goofy miners-turned-astronauts in this ridiculous Michael Bay extravaganza from 1998. Grab your animal crackers and settle in for nearly 3 hours full of space dementia and good old America saving the world yet again. Oh, spoiler alert: Gruber doesn't make it (whoever the hell he was).
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We're going full icky this week by covering a film by the recently deceased Hollywood icon Chuck Norris. Yes, we tried to avoid memes and jokes and, yes, we failed. Over 120 gratuitous kills and zero sleeves. Not a bad ratio for a movie in the 80s. Oh, and an armadillo out-acts most of the cast.
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With The Mummy Returns returning to theaters for a special 25th-anniversary this weekend, we thought it prudent to dust off our own take on the franchise from several years ago. Though not a well preserved as a mummy, this episode still has some life in it and quite frankly we're too busy getting next Monday's release ready to do our job as podcasters properly. Until then, please enjoy Brendan Fraser's energy and Rachel Weisz's face. Emphasis on the latter
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This week we go back to a big one, but as we learn, size doesn't matter. In fact a few minutes we wont even be matter. Come back to glorious 1997 where movies were bigger, better, and could star Will Smith without the audience wanting to punch him in the face. Speaking of jerks, stick around to the end when the boys explore other celebs that we used to admire, but now not so much. Wonderfully petty and indefensible.
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With Studio Ghibli releasing 1989's Kiki's Delivery Service in IMAX this week, the gang decided to dust off this awesome episode featuring a collab with the gals from 2nd Hand Nostalgia. Mucho Manga
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An 80s fantasy adventure with scorpions, gorgons and gratuitous boobs. A recipe for the best Saturday night ever. Laurence Olivier is here for some credibility and Ursula Andress is here for two more things. The nostalgia hits harder than the Kraken as the boys end the episode talking about their other favorite early HBO movies that seemed to be on every day, all the time.
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Why does everyone forget that this is their favorite movie? The boys get sentimental this week by revisiting this 1986 Rob Reiner masterpiece. Recent events notwithstanding, this one reminds us why we go to the movies in the first place. A billion dollar CGI Marvel movie is good and all, but these types of movies carry their own magic when they're done right, and this is no exception. Dont let the sappy tone fool you though, your hosts spend most of the time laughing at the realistic absurdity of little boy talk, proving that they've never fully matured either.
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Grab a diablo sammitch and a Dr. Pepper and join the gang as they go back to the glorious morality-free movies of the 70s by viewing Smokey and the Bandit. There's CB radio-talk, casual misogyny, and more car crashes than you can shake a stick at. Bandit's Trans Am overstimulates the hosts to the point where they feel compelled to talk about their favorite movie cars. We got a long way to go and a short time to get there, so get listenin', you sombitches!
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In a world with no screens, no safety, and no gas mileage, many a family would venture into our great country to explore tourist traps and dirty gas stations. This is their story. Stop touching me!
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This 80s brat pack weren't your standard yuppie romantics, they were hardened killers. Swayze puts his Roadhouse kill count to shame in this cold war thriller that scared the crap out of us, but taught us the only good commie was a dead commie. Wolverines!
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The movie that bravely pooped in its hand and flung it at the audience. The boys short circuit after their viewing of this Burton remake of one of their favorite childhood movies. Ape puns, unwarranted cynicism, and nervous breakdowns are only the start in this infamous episode from years ago.
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Season Six begins with possibly our least favorite selection in the history of the podcast. We were taught if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. We managed 53 minutes though. Not bad.
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Gabe (Stallone) manages to keep the vaguely European terrorists flummoxed but only when he's not making the googly eyes to annoyingly cute 90s girl Janine Turner. Lots of catch phrases, toxic masculinity and enough quality deaths to keep even the most cynical viewer in a state of guilty pleasure. Uber dorky head villain John Lithgow steals the show as far as your hosts are concerned. So enamored, the boys decide to discuss their favorite over the top movie villains.
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The gang celebrates their Season 5 finale with a real pisser, Escape From New York from 1981. Riddled with violence, gratuitous nudity, smoking, and Ernest Borgnine, this beauty is a true product of its time. The boys can hardly contain their joy as each wonderfully dirty scene is flushed out with pure guilty pleasure confidence. Inspired the ridiculously cast Donald Pleasence as the President, the boys discuss other movie presidents that make us wish real life could be more like the movies.
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New content? A Christmas miracle. The gang go down memory lane this time to relive Christmas in the 70s. A time when we put lead tinsel on our tree and added enough hot lights to a dead, dry trees that Prometheus himself was worried. From barfing at your elementary school Christmas program to debunking the entire Kris Kringle conspiracy, we're covering it all. Oh and Lite Brites!
Keep the change you filthy animals!
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OH MY GOD! We know him. We know him. Our Christmas memories episodes come to a welcome close with the arrival every everybody's favorite holiday movie except for Christmas Vacation and a Christmas Story. We haven't done those yet so they don't count. Merry Christmas you filthy animals
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Is it or isn't it? Who cares, we say. The boys go back to 1988 to ponder when a man could be the lead in an action movie. And that man could smoke, swear, kill people, and still be the hero. This one also features one of our greatest performances ever, Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber. All other movie villains have paled in comparison since. The gang attempts to tackle the issue of this being a xmas movie or not, but their argument runs out of gas pretty quickly and they simply move on. Welcome to the party pal!
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Ho ho ho grumpy nation. We start our xmas adventure with this 1983 tale of excess, betrayal, gorillas, and Jamie Lee's silk blouses. You know, standard holiday fare.
WARNING: This episode is different than others.
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We're going mega-nerd this week reviewing the 1982 dark fantasy film, The Dark Crystal. So nerdy, in fact, that show co-host Mike had to recuse himself. Actually, Mike is out this week and he asked show superfan, Dr. K @pinotjones to sit in for this odd but beautiful mess of a movie. K had some big (smelly) shoes to fill, but he knocked it out of the park. #thedarkcrystal #wheresmike
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It's turkey time again, only our turkeys are the cinematic kind. We needed some time for reflection this week, so we humbly ask you to revisit this special episode where we chow down on our most reviled holiday turkeys. We only give thanks in that we don't have to watch these movies ever again. This episode originally aired a few years ago and the movies we cover in it haven't gotten any better. Now that you mention it, neither have we. Happy Thanksgiving y'all!
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We dangerously test the patience of our audience by reviewing yet another Arnold movie. This week it's 87's The Running Man, just in time for its unasked for remake in theaters. Arnold was bigger than most movies during this time and it appears that no one ever bothered to tell him that he could actually say "no" in some instances. That said, this is a glorious, check-your-brain-at-the-door example of 1987 film standards. Amazing deaths, callous one-liners, and a cast that would make a Marine blush. Speaking of re-makes, stick around till the end where we criticize a millennial-derived list of remakes that are "better" than the original. We have opinions, nearly all of them unjustified.
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With the release of Predator: Badlands this week, the gang remembered we talked about this franchise several years ago, but that episode stood out because we first met our heroine, Alaskan warrior princess Molly! She bravely sat in for this episode and we have been awestruck ever since. The movie was terrible, but this was a special podcast episode for many reasons. Please give this another go. Features a new intro with @mollsmusings herself!
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Our 2025 Halloween series comes to a merciful close as we cover the amazing An American Werewolf in London from 1981. Much like a unicorn, its a crazy original horror movie from a time where imagination, creativity, and talent could beat up a CGI movie any day of the week. We keep the grumpy going to the end where we name our worst horror movie of the 21st century displaying our complete lack of self-awareness.
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The only thing more scary than Halloween is a bunch of unsupervised kids in 1978, high on sugar, wreaking havoc on suburbia. This time the boys wax nostalgic on the Halloween experience in the 70s and 80s. From horrible Woolworth's boxed costumes to those miserable clods that handed out pennies instead of candy to trick or treaters, we're covering it all. If you ever filled a pillowcase full of peanut butter taffy twists and micro Snickers, this is the podcast for you. We also give our best strategies for TP'ing those "non-compliant" houses. Popcorn balls? Really?
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Time to kick off our season series Where Wolf? There! Wolf! with the obnoxiously entertaining Silver Bullet from 1985. A little known Stephen King movie featuring Cory Haim and Gary Busey! And as if that wasnt horrible enough for you, the boys look back at the plethora of Stephen King movie adaptations from the very best to Lawnmower Man. True horror, indeed.
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Cross over children. All are welcome. We're going back a bit to feature the first ever episode determined by a viewer's poll, the 1982 scare fest Poltergeist. Creepy clowns, little kids with horrible bangs, and a tree that eats little boys. Spielberg made ET the same time he was shooting this so we suppose there was some repressed anger issues so he took it out on this audience. Scarred. For. Life.
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Good news! Hollywood is no longer remaking our great 90s movies. They've moved on to the crappy ones. This week we break format and talk about a new soon-to-be movie and unfortunately its this one. Your hosts unleash their inner grumpy with extreme prejudice as this 2:42 minute trailer truly make them lose it. An affront to everything they hold dear with cinema. Derivative, unoriginal, cringe can be fun! Needs to be heard to be believed.
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With the pending arrival of Tron: Ares to theaters this fall, the boys decided to dust off this episode covering the original to remind you there's nothing to get excited about. The groundbreaking (for the time) special effects are a little dated, but fortunately the story and acting are so terrible you wont notice. All that said, there's an odd charm to this one that we cant scrub off. Listen in, laser-brains!
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Some say that the Grumpy Nostalgia boys have the same chemistry as Keanu and Swayze in this film. Those people are wrong. A few of you listened to this episode the first time, but not enough for our liking, so we're re-releasing this gem in hopes that its true beauty can be more appreciated. A truly great action film that ushered in a multitude of comparable movies in the 90s that made this dumb podcast possible. PS - Do you look as good 34 years later as Keanu does? What the hell?
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Years of listener requests will finally be honored as the boys take on the uber-80s cult classic, Better Off Dead. And they're not even charging two dollars for it. Travel back to a time where teen suicide was hilarious and film makers could be fearless and unapologetic in order to be funny. Remember funny? A personal favorite for both of your hosts, this episode was a treat to do, except for poor sap Justin who had to edit in a record amount of sound clips to the point where carpal tunnel syndrome eventually kicked in. But hey, Everybody Wants Some.
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It's back to school time so the boys decide to reminisce about the good old golden rule days. School in the 70s was more of a Gulag experience rather than higher learning, but there were some good times too. Smoking teachers, bus ride hellscapes, and enough chocolate milk to strike fear into the hearts of a lactose intolerant generation to follow. A must-listen to anyone who survived this glorious era!
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Killer worms with a side of Bacon. In the 90s, this was more than enough for us. This week we're going the full six degrees of something-or-other trying to interpret this ridiculous 1990 B-movie. Kevin Bacon's hair stars as Val, the garbage man turned worm basher. Along for the ride is Fred Ward's Earl, who repeatedly ask us to pardon his French. And we do willingly. Stick around to the end when the boys talk about their favorite B-Movies. It B terrible.
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Everyone loves Keanu, but none of you listened to us talk about him in this episode the first time, so we're trotting it out again. Maybe it was because we were only 10 episodes into our podcast career or, more likely, our enormous lack of talent that kept you all away. Either way; Who cares? In this glorious 90s action flick we are constantly reminded of how cool things used to be in the movie theater. Great stories, great acting, and no unnecessary CGI. Keanu and Sandy are cute as bugs and the ever whacked out Dennis Hopper keeps the joint hoppin for the entire two hrs. Pop Quiz, hot shot. How do make an awesome action movie? Listen in to find out.
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We're going back to the stone age this week, which is appropriate in that the viewing experience feels like you're passing one. Justin and Mike give their timid responses to the Flintstones in this brutal episode that test the very boundaries of their podcasting fortitude.
John Goodman and cast do their best, but a script that took 35 (!) writers 87 minutes to tell wins out in the end. Only the strong survive indeed. Thanks Darwin!
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You want dinosaurs? We got your dinosaurs right here. Before there was Scarlett Johannsen in a 6th sequel to a movie, there was Goldblum. And we were stuck with him. While we'd personally watch Scarlett read the phone book for 2 hrs, in 1997 this dino epic was all the rage. Speaking of rage, co-host Mike loses his cool at the very concept of this movie right away and that's always fun. This one was one of our earlier episodes that no one ever listened to and as your punishment, we're trying it out one last time before it becomes extinct. (See what we did there?)
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We don't go to 11 here, but we come close. This week were looking back at the glorious mockumentary Spinal Tap from 1984. One of the greatest rock movies ever made was never really appreciated in its time (just like us). We all reveled in the pure, unadulterated hedonism of metal in the 80s and barely lived to tell the tale. That's why our music was so good, it could potentially kill us. But hey, we're sure Fallout Boy is dangerous nowadays too.
Drunk on nostalgia, were saving the best to the end with a wrap of of our favorite metal bands of all time. Spoiler alert: there's not a single band on here formed after 1984, just like it should be.
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This week we're looking back at those amazing stores, venues and restaurants that we thought would never go away but now somehow have simply turned into T-Mobile stores. While we suckle at the teet of Amazon now, some of remember going shopping, playing in arcades and eating at 6000 calorie steak buffets.
If you ever played Frogger for an hour on one quarter, shot a 178 at the local putt putt, or gagged on Showbiz pizza, this one should be right up your alley.
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Our summer retro series comes to a merciful close with the headliner from hell, FACE/OFF from 1997. By now we're sure you're Nic Caged out but hang in there for one more last heave of a movie. This is easily in our top 5 favorite episodes of all time. Cage and Travolta battle in a never-ending struggle to see who can chew the most scenery in every frame of this John Woo epic. Spoiler alert, the both win. The only losers here are us.
Famous for the first installment of our infamous episode-ending segment "You Just Made the List, Pal!
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It's easy to say Con Air is a terrible movie. So we do. We say it a lot of times.
Thankfully its so full of stereotypes, overused tropes, and bile it makes for a great podcast. In this week's special re-issue episode you get to listen to the boys really struggle to comprehend how this movie got made (in a fun way). The first podcast episode that required overtime in order to sort everything out. Alabama Nic is in rare form and you got Malkovich doing a turn as a whacked out serial killer. Pure delight, especially when Steve Buscemi shows up trying to eat a little girl.
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The words "number 2" have never been more appropriate as we welcome the next movie of our special summer homage to Nic Cage with 1996's The Rock. Add in some Connery and his wigged, disproportionally-sized stuntman and we got ourselves a classic 90s action hit, y'all.
For some reason Nic is named Stanley Goodspeed. And there's poisonous gas. That's should be enough for any of you.
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We kick off our special summer series dedicated to America's greatest living actor, Nic Cage, with 2000's Gone in 60 Seconds. This movie features 63 songs in 119 minutes which is important because it helps to drown out the dialogue. Memphis Raines and the gang boost 50 cars in one night and the bad guy falls into a coffin and we haven't even got to the implausible stuff yet. But Angelina Jolie looks great at least.
Remember - We're featuring 4 of these in the next 2 weeks because that's what we think you deserve!
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We had to go all the way back to the 70s to find a movie where Superman was actually cool and, man oh superman, does this one deliver. Who needs crappy-looking CGI villains when you have the horrifying Ned Beatty and an ascot-wearing Gene Hackman. Throw in some pre-meltdown Margot Kidder and the perennial whacked out Marlon Brando and this one writes itself. We loved this one as boys and couldn't find a reason not to like it still. But we give it our best shot anyway.
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We can all agree that music is generally getting worse, but the technology used to bring it to us is better than ever. Only it isn't. In this episode, the gang looks back at the wonderful ways we got our music. From scratchy AM/FM radios to glorious vinyl. From bulky cassettes to green sharpie'd CDs. Ultimately leading to the cold, soulless streaming services that murdered it all. We have not come to bury our 8-tracks, but to honor them. Even better, this time we get mega vinyl collector @aron_gagliardo to sit in with us to help us sound slightly educated for once.
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Machines come back from the future to change the course of history but completely ignore eradicating Ed Hardy, Post-Grunge rock, and TikTok. Arnold's back for another go on the podcast and he has 14 lines. But he kills 39 people so we can understand his priorities. Make sure to stick around for the end of this one where we get a chance to comment on a very pretentious "Overrated Movies" internet list that seemed to be an intentional attack on our very being. We get a little fussy.
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If you ever wanted to see a Ghostbuster jump out of a plane with a cigar-smoking talking gorilla, this is the movie for you!
This ridiculously dumb movie celebrates its 30th birthday this week and we felt compelled to pay homage. We were only a little over a year into our podcast journey when we decided to tackle this one and we were completely unprepared. And we have have the PTSD to prove it.
Add a dash of Bruce Campbell, Joe Don Baker, Jimmy Buffet (really!), and enough crappy accents thrown around and you almost don't mind the entire convoluted premise of the movie. Almost.
Originally aired on July 2022, this one has always been one of our favorite, and most referenced movies since. Don't call it a re-run, its been here for years, rockin' its peers, puttin' suckas in fear,
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We're celebrating Father's Day by keeping up with the Jones boys. We got gondolas, Nazis, River Phoenix, sewer rats, and a wig-free Connery just for starters. A perfect ending for the Indiana Jones trilogy. Luckily, Hollywood decided not to ruin the legacy by releasing additional cash-grab movies after this one. Oh, wait.
Stick around till the end for this one. We pay homage to our dads by taking a look at their favorite movies. For a couple of grumpy jerks, we can be surprisingly genuine and sentimental when we want to be.
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We're talking tv again, but this time were going primal. Prime time tv from 1975 to 1985 was weird and wonderful and we were its willful prisoners. With only 3 networks and I-Pads not even a figment of Steve Jobs imagination , we were forced to make the best of what we got. And we got a lot. Chimpanzee truckers, grits kissin waitresses and Fonzie on water skis. And that was just Tuesday night.
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Are we are too old to enjoy this movie? No.
Did we enjoy it anyway? Also no.
Regardless, we truffle shuffled thru this one and had a blast. Easily one of the most fun episodes we've ever done. Did we mention Corey Feldman wears a Members Only jacket in this?
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Jean shorts volleyball. Only take away.
Actually we have a few more observations about this 80's blockbuster that cemented Tom Cruise at the top of the box office for the last 40 years.
Were not entirely sure if anything even happens in this movie, but there's a bunch of music and man nipples so it's not a total loss.
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Wow. Just, wow.
A big, fake-looking snake vomits up monkeys and Jon Voight, all while out-acting the entire cast.
We have opinions.
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We built it. Whether you come or not is still anyone's guess. But you should because this is a good one. We got the old Costner that everyone used to like in this sappy, but glorious baseball fable that makes most grown men shed a tear or two. Add Darth Vader and Henry Hill and you got yourself a winner.
Stick around til the end where the boys, overwhelmed by gallons of sap, decide to explore other examples of egregious sentimentality in Hollywood. The list is long and embarrassing and we don't even bother mentioning The Notebook
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We have come to chew bubble gum and do a lousy podcast. And we're all out of bubblegum. We're going back to the 80s again this week to review the movie that launched a thousand memes. Lotsa violence, synthesizers, and ghoulish alien yuppies on display here, but only if you're sporting those dope sunglasses.
Free tip: If Roddy Piper asks you to put them on, just do it. Its the easiest way to avoid a beat down. Trust us.
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Finally the special series no one was asking for! The boys take a break from the movie theater this week to introduce their new nostalgia podcast series, ReMembers Only (get it, like the jacket?).
For the premier episode, we're looking back at the glorious era of late nite tv shows. Not the boring talk shows of today. We talking Benny Hill, the Midnight Special, the Gong Show, and all the other disturbing television that warped young kids minds while in their pajamas and sleeping bags every weekend.
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There can be only one.
As it turns out, "one" is probably too many based on our most recent viewing of this 80s sci-fi/fantasy epic! Christopher Lambert stars as the immortal sword-wielding Scotsmen with a thick French accent hacking and slashing his way thru 80s New York. Tagging along is our favorite be-wigged actor Sean Connery in purple pantaloons and peacock feathers. Add a dash of Queen's soundtrack, and you've got yourself a cult masterpiece. Trust us.
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We got dragons L-I-V-I-N all over the place, y'all. Harken back to 2002 for this wondrous movie starring Mac, Christian Batman, and Gerard Leonidas years before they became the subtle, nuanced character actors they are today.
We'll sweeten the deal by mentioning that were joined this week by show favorite, @mollsmusings who actually suggested we cover this one. We will be dealing with her later.
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feat. James Spader
that's it. Please listen to this one. We suffered to bring it to you
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It's double O hell no this week as the boys make their first pass at Bond movies. We're not entirely sure what happened here, but like always, there's a supervillian bent on world domination, two Bond girls, and a crap ton of gadgets designed to kill people in original ways. Not to mention waves and waves of easily accessible ladies along the way.
Endlessly fun throughout, but the sheer amount of camp and cheese left us very shaken (not stirred).
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Happy New Year, y'all. We're starting 25 with lots of chomp by reviewing one of the big 'uns, the OG Jurassic Park. Over 30 years old and not even a scratch on it. Stick around til the end where the gang lovingly discuss things in Hollywood they wish would go extinct. Fun!
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We're wrapping up 2024 with a very special movie picked by our new guest contributor @kevin_the_movie_guy. Better yet, Kevin's sitting in for this one too!
We decided Santa could just go to hell for the time being because we wanna talk about 1996's From Dusk Til Dawn. It's a subtle little understated character study of a criminal and his sex predator brother fighting evil vampire strippers in a Mexican roadhouse. Pass the eggnog!
Stick around til the end when we do a multigenerational review of the top movies from 2024, 1994, and 1984.
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You're gonna like these apples for sure. This week the boys are going back to 1997 to revisit this amazing take on the "troubled genius" theme that Hollywood loves so wicked much. Watching hurts a little more this time knowing Williams isnt with us anymore, but luckily the Southie accents more than make up for it.
Spoiler! The boys liked this one a lot and were really at a loss for words which, we suppose, is not very good for a podcast. Listen anyways, ya Barneys.
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We're looking back at a Christmas movie that even our snarky GenX personalities cannot diminish. Quotable, hilarious, and tolerantly sappy, Will Ferrel's portrayal as the 6'3" elf alone to his own devices in the Big Apple is a favorite among the Grumpy Nostalgia offices. Plus Jimmy Caan. Plus Peter Dinklage. Plus the insufferably cute Zoey Deschanel. Grab your syrup and join us.
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Gobble Gobble, y'all.
We're so caught up in the holiday excitement preamble, we are using our precious studio time to wrap gifts and browse thru the Sears Christmas catalog making our lists for Big Red.
In the meanwhile, please revisit this lost episode that no one really bothered listening to the first time. We really never got over that. Please give this one a listen and be our Holiday miracle. Then we could walk like the other podcasters!
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This week, we're diving into the 1990 Dick Tracy movie. Remember this one? Of course you dont.
Imagine Tim Burton’s Gotham got hit with a color filter that only understands primary colors and then added... a whole lot of questionable choices.
Warren Beatty is no Michael Keaton (sorry, buddy), but he does give it his best shot. And Pacino? Well, let’s just say he was definitely a more over-the-top villain than Jack Nicholson's Joker—if you replaced menace with ham.
Hit the link in bio to listen now (and let’s just say, we had a lot of feelings).
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We dare you admit you didn't watch this on HBO at every pizza-fueled sleepover in the 80s. It's a fun mix of horror, comedy, and well-meant gratuitous gore and nudity, just like the eighties. Your gang had a blast checking this one out again.
To end both the 4th season and their month long horror spectacular, the boys finally reveal their favorite horror films after spending the last two episodes making fun of everybody else's. Spoiler Alert: Your hosts are sissies.
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Our final trip down memory lane is last year's retrospective of Wes Craven's original A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Creative, original, and generally icky, just like your hosts.
Stick around to the end where the gang talks about their favorite (and least liked) Halloween candy.
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Back in the 70s, most things were designed to ruin children. Jarts, doctors smoking in the exam room, steel playgrounds, and television movies about kids getting killed. So naturally, we decided to review the most egregious of these, Salem's Lot. Mostly tame by today's standards, this Stephen King vampire classic broke our little brains and we're pretty bitter about it.
Stick around to the end when we measure ourselves up against Elle Magazine's top 25 Halloween movies. The horror.
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Horror, dread, and misery. And that's just Keanu's accent. Gary Oldman is serving generous amounts of holiday ham in this campy, unintentionally hilarious 90's horror classic.
Not to be outdone Anthony Hopkins goes full batcrap crazy here too. But it's all okay because our Sweet Winona looks over us all.
The best part for your grumpy hosts however is the presence of our favorite Alaskan homesteader-baker-warrior-ice queen-super cool @mollsmusings sitting in for this one.
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We're bringing our Dominos pizza and a two liter Coke downstairs to the rumpus room for another late night viewing of the greatest cult horror comedy ever made. Violent, gross, disturbing, yet never not hilarious.
Even better, everyone's favorite veterinarian, Dr K. joins the gang to offer some ridiculously astute and off the wall observations that our hosts have never truly recovered from.
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Cool teen vampires? No way! We're going back to the glorious 80s this week when a movie like this one would be celebrated by the masses. Is it as good in the rear view mirror? Well sadly, one of your hosts gets violently and copiously sick reliving this one if that's any indication. See if you can guess which one!
After some mopping up and apologizing, the gang test their movie chops by calculating how many of Empire Magazine's 50 greatest horror movies they've actually seen. The results are as embarrassing as ever.
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To honor last year's Halloween BooNanza, we've decided to re-release those spooky episodes every Saturday this October to introduce them to our new friends while still managing to annoy our regular fans.
This one features our favorite vinyl archivist, @aron_gagliardo as we violate our tender sensibilities reviewing this 1974 Tobe Hooper classic. Bitch hogs unite!
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This week the boys review this adorable story of American entrepreneurship, love, and pelicans. Al Pacino's iconic, if not over-the-top, performance has developed its own archetype of cinema that's often imitated, rarely duplicated. Show favorite, Michelle Pfeiffer owns the screen only with a few eye rolls and the lethal combo of Brian DePalma and Oliver Stone do the rest. Did we mention the chainsaws?
Stick around for the end where the boys discuss other movies and performances that defined the eras they represented.
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Is it finally happening? Did a Yoko-type infiltrate and cause the inevitable break up we all saw coming since Twister released in 2022?
In a word: nah
We simply wanted to let you know about some upcoming show news and a slight schedule change for this fall. No, we're not skimping out on any episodes. You're still gonna get all the episodes you paid for. Hey. Wait a minute.....
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Bereft of new ideas, Hollywood has again taken another of our classic movies to reintroduce it to a new audience and we're starting to take it personally. These are our movies, damn it. Make up your own ones!
Okay, tantrum over.
This time were going back to the glorious original, Betelgeuese from 1988. Keaton is cool and Winona is cute. And that was all we needed.
Stick around to our morbid take on movies about the afterlife. We, ourselves are, strange and unusual.
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What if Evel Kneivel and and Ed Wood had a baby? Broken Arrow, that's what. Travolta is a proper cured Virginia ham in this John Woo action adventure and we cant get enough of it. Long admired behind the scenes, the boys let there feelings out with extreme prejudice.
Inspired by cute, little Samantha Mathis, we also talk about our favorite ingenues of the 80s and 90s.
This is one's a Grumpy Nostalgia new favorite. Aint it cool?
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Why go to a theater to see an 8th sequel of Alien, when you can simply revisit the franchise from the comfort of your own ear buds? Inspired by the new release of Alien: Romulus, the boys remastered their early take on the Alien series with new content, new audio, and new embarrassing discourse! Only about a dozen of you heard this the first time so we don't wanna hear any guff about repurposing old episodes. More work went into remastering this episode than the recording of the original and we're childishly bitter about it. So that's good.
Game over, man!
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Just when we thought we were out. The boys get a chip on their shoulder this week, defending this often maligned finale. By today's standards this movie could easily sweep the Oscars, but back then, a bunch of film school drop-outs had a serious case of sour grapes and the rest was history. We suppose they practiced trolling Sophia Coppola to later refine their skills for the likes of Jake Lloyd and Ahmed Best.
Regardless, the Godfather quotes fly furiously, and we finally read some mail only to realize that our fanbase is moderately disturbed (in a good way).
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We finally hit 88 miles an hour this week, with a look back at this 80s classic. It's as good as you remember, but, true to form, the boys manage to find just enough cringe to make you feel slightly embarrassed. (hey, it's what they do).
Jammin music, awesome cast, and one of Hollywood's most perfect scripts, there's really no reason to not listen to this one, kids.
Plus the boys talk about their other favorite time travel movies just for fun and wonder why they're craving Pepsi for some reason.
Heavy!
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Get a head start on the upcoming (and questionable) AppleTV reboot by porting back to this 1981 fever dream of a movie. There's too much weird to count here, but the boys slog through this confusing, but often hilarious Python-based scifi adventure.
For your pleasure, the boys wrap up this episode with another look back at the pop culture exposures we saw as kids that scarred us for life.
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Despite all our rage we are still going back to Nic Cage. This one seems a little more tolerable in that its more an extended music video rather than a movie. But hey! It's too hot to do anything else right now so why not?
Fast cars, loose dialogue, a blond, dread-locked Angie and more stereotyped characters than you can count. What more do yo need? Plus, this time the boys talk about their favorite car movies and the results need some time in the shop. Let's ride!
We're taking a look at Spielberg's masterpiece this week. Not usually the first movie you associate with Steve, but arguably his best. Plus, the boys spend some time remembering how great the 70s were for being mischievous little boys. Stick around to the end to make fun of our list of favorite "little green men" movies.
Madhouse, indeed. The boys go back to the future this week to review the glorious original Planet of the Apes. Fresh after a recent viewing of the latest Apes movie (in an actual theater) our hosts we're inspired to go back to the Forbidden Zone to re-watch this iconic sci-fi classic and, more importantly, take a few more shots at the Tim Burton abomination while they were at it. Inspired by spite, the boys also look at other remake-proof movies and the futile attempts Hollywood has attempted over the years.
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Angie's eyebrow is the real star here. A mish-mosh video game movie set to Matrix music and a lot of titillation. (Pun definitely intended). Tomb Raider is a neat example of how Hollywood came kicking and screaming into the female action lead era. Is it good? No. Has it redeemed itself over time? Also no.
To conclude the "Trail of Tears" mini-series, the boys take an internet poll to see if they've seen as many classic films as the average film-avoiding millennial. The results may shock and horrify you.
Who knew the bass player from Dogstar was also an actor? This time the boys go back to the Y2K era to relook at this innovative sci-fi epic. Bullets are flying and the techno is thumping, but that's not enough for one of our grumpy hosts, who seems to have some legitimate, yet petty issues with this one. What a jerk!
Stick around for the conclusion of "Loser Talk" where the boys review the top half of the "50 Worst Movies of the 90s List" to see how many of them they've seen. Or maybe take the blue pill instead.
Return to sender. Think of a movie you dont really like, add 38 minutes, and you have the Postman. The boys start their "The Trail of Tears" mini-series this week with a look back at yet another post-apocolyptic world saved by baby Jesus Kevin Costner. He writes, directs, stars, and even sings the ending credits song! Way to hog the movie, K!
Stick around for the end where our cohosts review a list of the worst movies of the nineties to see how many of them they've sat through. Play along at home if you enjoy pain.
One episode couldn't do this one justice, so the boys present a special two-parter in order to squeeze in all the pew pew pews, the red sateen, the tiny tiny
Hawk Men shorts, and more cheese than we deserve. Plus, we share our takes on some famous ambiguous endings in film.
He'll save every one of us!! The boys finally cover our favorite 80s HBO mainstay, Flash Gordon. Flash and the gang face off against the glorious villain Ming the Merciless (who could easily take Thanos's lunch money). There's ridiculous special effects, very short Hawk-Men shorts, and a Queen soundtrack that will crush your face. We promise this will be the best 52 min, 28 sec of your day.
We're throwing in an extra "episode" this week to fill the hole created by our new release schedule. Shiny new episodes start in a few days, but in the meantime, we humbly ask all y'all to revisit this very special episode in the show's history. A personal favorite of both your hosts, this review of the glorious Superman 2 really represented a turning point in the development of the podcast. Grumpy Nostalgia started to come together after this one and it was the first episode we actually felt confident enough to ask people to listen to. We were probably wrong.
Arnold takes out the intergalactic trash in this jungle epic. Half action movie, half monster movie, Predator laid the groundwork for the modern summer blockbuster (remember them?) There's biceps at every turn and kickass performances from Jesse the Body, Carl Weathers, and just about everyone else.
To make things even more fun, super-cool @mollsmusings joins the squad this week to play AFI Fight Club! How many of the Top 25 Heart Pounding Movies has the crew actually seen? The results are both shocking and appalling.
Pain don't hurt, but this movie does (in all the best ways). Patrick Swayze's hair stars as the shirtless, chain-smoking philosophy major who beats up a lot of rowdy beer drinkers. And if that wasn't enough, there's Sam Eliot's moustache, Kelly Lynch, Ben Gazarra, and wrestler Terry Funk all in a plot that would make Shakespeare jealous.
Plus this week were also discussing our favorite fight scenes, the Domino's Noid, and Donny Osmond doing push ups. Why are you still reading this? Listen now!
We're back in the theater this week to take another look at Tron, the much maligned but visionary tale from 1982 Disney. The first film to employ computer generated graphics, this innovative movie paved the way for Jar Jar, Green Lantern, and the Scorpion King. Wait, what?
The boys also talk about their other favorite horrible CGI moments and 80s wuss rock so there's plenty here for everybody.
In this week's grumpy nugget episode, the boys present the first in a series of episodes dedicated to the phenomenon of nostalgia and it's impact on modern pop culture. But don't let that pretentious concept fool you, what they're really doing is goofing on all the recent trends ripping off stuff done years ago and claiming it for themselves. And what better place to start than with their own podcast.
In ancient times, Hollywood made grown up crime thrillers and released them in theaters. I know, right? This week the boys go back revisit an already old Harrison Ford in one of his best, yet least talked about performances as the wrongly accused doctor being pursued by Tommy Lee Jones. An action blockbuster that never needed its plot summarized on a collector's cup. Plus we talk about other "wrongfully accused" movies and actually sound insightful for once. Well, sorta.
The boys get soft this week and review a romantic comedy for Valentines and the awkwardness in palpable. Turns out this genre is not as cringe as they were lead to believe. It helps that Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan knock this amazing screenplay out of the park.
Fall in love all over again as the boys talk about romance, loss, and Big League Chew for some reason.
Good? No. Bad? Sure, but who cares? The boys open season 4 with one of their most-feared attempts, the fourth installment of Batman. Clooney, Uma, and Arnold serve more cheese than any movie goer should ever have to endure. Most critics think they're super clever ragging on this one. Congratulations you're a genius. We choose to embrace and behold. We come not to bury, but to jump in the bat hole too.
The boys squeeze into their high school prom tuxedos to hand out awards for the most notorious achievements from last season 's movie picks. There's pomp, circumstance, and more wigs than anyone should ever ask for. Do not dismiss this as a pretentious, self-serving clip show. We implore you. This season 3 retrospective honors all our new friends that contributed this year as well as coming attractions for Season 4, set to debut Feb 4!
This time were going back 40 years to look at income inequality, racial prejudice, and corporate greed. Thankfully none of these things exist anymore. Aykrord and Murphy rise above a script that shows its age a bit. Plus there's men in gorilla suits and Jamie Lee Curtis! So put your Kool's out on the rug immediately and check this one out.
Ring in the New Year with joy, whimsy, and diabetes. Gene Wilder's legendary performance almost makes you forget most of the deeply disturbing content. Let's put 5 kids in a chocolate factory and make sure they all come out traumatized. Great kid movie! Plus, we also talk about the most unnecessary movie remakes and sequels. No Golden Ticket required.
How do you get more nerdy than two podcasters talking about Hobbits for an hour? Easy. You get three. @mollsmusings joins us this time as we gush about this phenomenal, game-changing fantasy epic. Listen to our feeble attempts to find any criticisms and we also cover our other favorite rewatchable movies. Fly, you fools!
For this year's holiday episode, your boys do their best to provide a snark-free review of this modern classic. So grab the Worlds Best Cup of Coffee and snuggle with us.
Plus we talk about our favorite retro presents and candy! Turns out nothing from the 70s was good for you. Link in the bio.
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Come to the coast, have a few laughs. This week the boys go back to Nakatomi plaza to revisit this classic 80s action original that has somehow morphed into a Christmas movie(?) We don't know about that, but what we do know we like seeing vaguely European terrorists get what's coming to them by big bad Bruce. Plus we talk about our other favorite non-xmas holiday movies.
Our Thanksgiving turkey for you. The boys go into the wayback to review this 70s cerebral scifi response to Star Wars. You've got Shatner's girdle, the follically-challenged Persis Khambatta (yeah, baby!), and the rest of the original cast for this slow burn but weirdly complete movie. Can a Star Wars fan and a Star Trek fan survive the same podcast? Who cares? We only wanted you to have something to listen to other than your boring family this Thanksgiving. Live long and prosper!
We take a new, soggy look at this maligned, yet recently redeemed 90s blockbuster. Is it a great movie? No. Is it better than we remember? Also no. Well, maybe. Yes. We cant really decide but we enjoyed revisiting this anyway just to see Costner's earrings and his iconic opening scene.
We wrap up our Halloween series with this extra dreamy special horror film. The crispy Freddy Krueger breaks out the cutlery and makes short work of a bunch of 80s kids, among them cute little Johnny Depp. The nostalgia hits hard as discuss this quintessential 80 horror classic as well as our favorite Halloween candy. Things get extra spooky as we are joined by our special new guests @jadezap and @letsbecomethieves !
As the title suggests, this is a heartfelt family film is a really inspirational tale. A triumph of the human chainsaw. Surprisingly less gory than you would think, this extremely well made horror film has set the standard for nearly 50 years. We're not entirely sure that's a good thing, but luckily, @aron_gagliardo is along to help us sort it out.
Our special Halloween series continues with this mega campy 90's adaptation of Dracula. Gary Oldman suffers though his inadequate castmates in the visually heavy tale. The accents are wonderfully awful and Keanu's mystery hair makes this one a real joy for the gang. It's extra spooky fun because our Alaskan homesteading warrior queen @mollsmusings joins us for the ride.
We kick off our seasonal Halloween series with the ultimate midnight movie. Bruce Campbell's subtle, nuanced performance is only matched by gallons of blood and entrails for all. Fiercely original and creative, this groundbreaking movie has been a horror benchmark for generations. Demons, flying eyeballs, and Member's Only jackets should be enough to scare anyone. Plus, everyone's favorite vet, @pinotjones, is here to explain how to cut off your own hand (should the situation present itself).
Justin & Mike dust off their lab coats this week to look back at this iconic Mel Brooks comedy from 1974. Non-stop jokes and sight gags aplenty. Plus the boys share the movies they saw back in the70s they had no business seeing that young. It's embarrassing, painful, and hilarious. Just like this podcast.
Bruce Willis & Ben Affleck are tasked to save the world and it only gets more plausible from there. The boys have a laugh riot riffing thru this quintessential 90s movie. We promise you'll never eat animal crackers again. Did we mention there's an Evel Kneivel canyon jump in space?
Imagine not wanting every part of your life available to the public. Stupid, right? Luckily, we're way more civilized today. Jim Carrey delivers an amazing performance without even once talking with his butt. The gang is so inspired, they talk about their own favorite reality shows and embarrass themselves accordingly. Our favorite Alaskan warrior princess, @mollsmusings joins us too!
We celebrate our 50th episode by looking back at this iconic 80s classic that started an entire nerd subculture that still thrives to this day. Things get a little spooky, but luckily our friend @aron_gagliardo joins us for the bustin'. The gang also talks about some of their other favorite ghost movies and are judged and ridiculed appropriately.
This is that one where Rocky beats the odds. Also, Mr.T and Hulk Hogan take a break from their London stage careers to lend a hand. So you get all of that plus Frank Stallone's disco soundtrack? Not sure why you would ask for anything else. Plus the boys are so inspired, they discuss their favorite sports comeback movies.
Bruce and Brad Pitt's middle finger chew some major scenery in this amazing time travel fever dream of a movie. There's plenty to admire in this mid-90s cautionary tale plus Justin and Mike use their own time machines to discuss the movies they'd go back to rescue.
This time we're taking a fresh look at this much maligned sci-fi epic. Could it possibly be as bad as we remember? Probably. Is it as bad as today's bad movies? Better question. We're already overthinking it. Just listen and laugh, rat brain!
This week we're looking at the sweetest thing to come out of the 80s since Skittles. Both charming and quotable, this simple fairy tale is a fan favorite. Are we too grumpy and cynical to still enjoy it? Fortunately we're joined by special guest Dr. K, @pinotjones to help sort it all out.
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Hang on to your dingos. This post-apocalyptic action classic set a standard for high speed chases, amazing stunt work, and ass-less leather chaps. Mel talks 16 times and there's a lord Humungus among us. And to make it even better, America's sweetheart @mollsmusings is in the studio this week!
It's Stallone vs Snipes in this 90's sci-fi/action flaming bag of dog doo. The total disregard of human life and public property is proudly on display for all to see. Plus all restaurants in the future are Taco Bell. The horror. Have a listen only to see how much Justin and Mike can take.
Arnold does his best to keep this one watchable, but even he cant compete with the dinosaurs playing in the theater next-door. There's a super annoying kid, a lot of explosions, and MC Hammer though. So there's that. Come listen and Mike and Justin continue their Season 3 Self Punishment Roadshow.
The guys celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the last real Star Wars movie with @aron_gagliardo this week. There's metal bikinis, hookah-smoking gangsters, build-a-bears, & TRAPS everywhere. Luckily we've got Luke cosplaying as Johnny Cash to save us all.
We're jumping in the Anime pool this week and the team from 2nd Hand Nostalgia drop by to help out. LSD's got nothing on Japanese cinema but we manage to have a good time anyway. Plus, Mike's porn name is finally revealed.
We start Season 3 with a bang. Nic Cage's mullet has never been sweeter in this 90's AF tale about a simple Alabama man making his way home. It's an explosion filled fever dream that really cant be bothered to make sense at any point whatsoever. Good enough for us.
Season 2 Finale! Bats, Cats, Penguins and Walken? We've got it all plus an end of season retrospective guaranteed to scratch your eyes out.
Were heading into bush this week as Anthony Hopkins fights off two bears in the form of a Kodiak and Alec Baldwin. Winner gets Elle McPherson! This one was a little under the radar , but still really fun. The best part is we have @mollsmusings joining us this time to sort it all out!
The boys are tradin' paint with Tom and Nicole this week in this early 90's gas-fueled action epic. There's excitement around every turn not to mention Nicole Kidman's glorious perm. Join Justin & Mike as sort their way through all the traffic.
We're on a mission from God this week. Plus we've got @aron_gagliardo joining us to help with movie quotes and to talk about our favorite soundtracks. Get your 4 fried chickens and a Coke ready because this is a fun one.
You're gonna need a bigger podcast. The boys go way back to review this iconic 70s blockbuster. There's fanboy admiration to spare as they review the reason an entire generation of kids skipped swimming lessons forever.
Stallone forgets that Die Hard was already a movie, but we don't care. We got plenty of blammos and smashy smashies this week as we revisit this amazing 90s action movie. Lithgow's scary accent and even more scary hair will keep you hanging on for dear life.
The monkeys are sent to do a man's job this week as the boys review this Tim Burton crap-flinging remake. Enjoy a swimsuit model beating up a gorilla, Chuck Heston's gun-heavy cameo, and a cringeworthy interspecies love triangle. Just try not to wake up Mark Wahlberg.
The boys are breaking the first two rules this week by actually talking about Fight Club. Brad Pitt and Ed Norton smash their super sexy faces in while Meatloaf struggles to find support for his double D's. If that's not enough to make you listen, we give up.
The boys get sand in their pants and spice up their noses as they revisit this total whack job original. This one was even too weird for David Lynch, but for Grumpy Nostalgia, its an instant classic.
New Episode is available, counselor. This one goes right to crazy and stays there. Check it out!
The boys go cyberpunk this week as they review this iconic sci-fi classic. Come check out what Hollywood thought a future 2019 was supposed to look like. Where's our damn flying cars?
Who needs Arnold? This movie does, that's who. Regardless, there's Bill Paxton, Gary Busey, and the Jamaican Voodoo Posse so that's a lot of weird packed into one movie. Our super special guest, Molly, joins the boys for this episode too! Happy New Year!
The boys visit the ghost of Christmas past to review their "favorite" holiday movie season let downs. Let the spirit of the season overtake you while listening to two nerds suffer through some phony outrage. Its just like Christmas morning!
The boys finally get back to work by taking on this uber-violent 80's classic. We guarantee you'll buy this for a dollar
Justin & Mike are out getting the prescriptions for their back pills refilled. Luckily, the ladies from our companion podcast, Second Hand Nostalgia, were nice enough to fill in this week. Listeners Emmy and Janice have started a companion podcast where they revisit the shows we watch, then provide their unique, generational take on them. Pretty damn clever. Give them a listen!
They're here! Justin & Mike shake like little girls revisiting this horror classic. Winner of our first listener poll! Come into the light, children.
We head west this time to explore this bonkers 90s western adventure. Snake Plissken & Jim Morrison shoot every buckaroo in sight and Jason Priestly has a crush on Billy Zane for some reason.
Woo! Who likes ham and cheese? There's plenty of both this time with Cage and Travolta going full Freaky Friday. Come join Justin & Mike as they giggle their way through this amazing 90s action/sci-fi classic.
Remember when men were men, Nazis were bad, and stuntmen ruled the Earth? We do! Come join Justin & Mike as they crack the whip on this iconic 80s adventure classic
BONUS EPISODE! 100% pure something or other. Come join the boys as they bruh out hard on this 90s action thriller. Bromance is in the air for sure.
Join the boys as they revisit this groundbreaking thriller. Probably the most fun you'll ever have talking about cannibalism, serial murder, and skin suits. Get your lotion out of the basket and have a listen.
A subtle, nuanced character study about man's search for identity. No wait. Mutant hookers and 72 confirmed kills in 113 minutes. That's a kill every 90 seconds. Join Justin and Mike as we laugh through the carnage. Oh, and Kuato!
This episode is funny. Funny, how? Like a clown? Like it's here to amuse you? Come join Justin & Mike as they discuss this beloved gangster epic to see if it deserves its legendary status or if it deserves to be whacked. Spoiler alert: We say it's still legendary. Have a listen and see if you agree.
Sand gets everywhere as Justin & Mike revisit this late 90's adventure. Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are super cute and everyone else is super dumb, but none of that matters in this remake of the Universal horror classic.
Looking for a cigar smoking gorilla that jumps from a plane with a Ghostbuster? Your wish is our command. Justin and Mike slip a few steps down the evolutionary ladder reviewing this gonzo crazy 90's adventure. Needs to be heard to be believed. Do you dare?
Aint no party like a Godzilla party. Manhattan plays host to Japan's greatest export and Matthew Broderick cant get enough of it. Come join Justin & Mike as they smash their way through this late 90s monster movie.
Game over, man! We're bringing the fireworks for the holiday weekend with a special bonus episode. Space marines, corporate goons, aliens, and Ripley kicking butt. Hard to ask for more. Justin and Mike mostly have it sorted out. Mostly.
Die Hard in space? Jean-Paul Gaultier ? Chris Tucker screaming for half the movie? What the french is going on here? Luckily Justin & Mike have it figured out...sorta. Come join us as we dig this 1997 sci-fi soap opera.
Pop quiz, hotshot. Why should we ever take public transportation when all these pesky terrorists keep cramping our style? Luckily baby John Wick is on the bus to help us sort it all out. Come take a ride with Justin and Mike as they revisit this mid-90's classic.
Dinosaurs and Vince Vaughn finally together! Come join Justin and Mike as they genetically re-engineer their own past to review this 1997 blockbuster. Spoiler alert! One of us is less than impressed this time.
Hello there! Come join Justin & Mike as they go back to 1999 to relive the hype, the hope, and the hysteria created by the most anticipated movie of all time.
Here's Johnny! Come join Justin and Mike as they face their fear and revisit this Stanley Kubrick masterpiece of horror. There's creepy dead girls, a chain-smoking Shelly Duvall, and giant cans of fruit cocktail. That's plenty to be afraid of, but we're here to help.
Kneel Before....well, whatever. We're going way back this time to revisit the original Superman story for all of us 80's kids. Come join Justin and Mike as they immerse themselves in Truth, Justice, and some badly placed disco music.
Connery is cool, Cage is Cage, and Bay is bae.
Join Justin and Mike as they giggle their way through this testosterone-heavy mid90s blockbuster.
Come join Justin and Mike as they sink their fangs into this 1994 emo classic. Brad Pitt eats rats, Tom Cruise gets beat up by a little girl, and Antonia Banderas cosplays as Cher. What else could you ever possibly need in a movie?
This Podcast needs an enema!
Come join Justin and Mike as they travel back to Gotham. The suits are all Armani, the music is all Prince, and Bruce Wayne has a perm.
Kick the tires and light the fires, big daddy. Aliens try to ruin our summer holiday in this sci-fi mega blockbuster.
Come have a laugh with Justin and Mike as they sort out all the carnage.
We’re going green! Join us for our premiere episode as we enter the suck zone of Twister.
Justin and Mike take on the 1996 blockbuster to see how the cgi-heavy adventure holds up today