If you know one thing about Pittsburgh, it’s that Pittsburghers love to talk about Pittsburgh, and we’re no different, so for our Heinz episode, we unwrap a brand new old stock copy of Flashdance on VHS
19 Jan 2025
Ep. 56 Blue Velvet
In honor of David Lynch, we revisit a movie that was super important to our formation as a couple.
13 Jan 2025
Ep. 55 Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh
Nell and Matt discuss the cult classic Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh, exploring its nostalgic value and unique portrayal of the city's culture.
3 Jan 2025
Ep. 54 Strange Days
Art critic Robert Hughes once said that nothing dates faster than our idea of the future; however, we wish you a happy new year with a film from 30 years ago that takes place 25 years in the past, but is very much about the world we live in today. Strange Days was not a hit upon it’s 1995 release, but we argue that this is a film worth your time and attention 30 years after its initial release.
31 Mar 2024
Ep. 53 The Sentinel
Don’t call it an Easter Special, but we did spend Easter reviewing a film that’s about the ultimate battle of good versus evil, and how the quest for affordable real estate can suck a person into saving the fate of the Earth and all humankind. The Sentinel also has the added bonus of featuring some major 90’s actors in minor roles.
25 Mar 2024
Ep 52. Ghostbusters
We watch the last CED Selectavision disc ever made and ruin many GenX childhoods in the process. Sometimes beloved things from our childhoods are just okay, and that’s okay.
11 Feb 2024
Ep 51 Run Lola Run
For this episode we check out the late 90’s classic Run Lola Run and explore the question of what happens when the future becomes nostalgia.
29 Jan 2024
Ep 50 Series 7:The Contenders
We discuss a lost classic that predicted the worst of our dystopian world to mark the halfway point to the century mark. Very few films have made me laugh out loud. This was certainly one of them.
13 Jan 2024
Ep 49. The Crush
This film isn’t just bad. It’s beyond cringeworthy. I would call it socially irresponsible, an ideological misstep from an era when folks should have known better, and worse, we spend 10 dollars on the laserdisc.
3 Apr 2023
Ep 48: A Shot in the Dark
We fired up our finicky laserdisc player to watch a Pink Panther movie. In our discussion we talk about what happens to a parody of a genre when the genre goes out of fashion. We also reminisce about our unsupervised early days with HBO and how this film made the sophisticated adult world seem a lot less threatening.
11 Mar 2023
Ep 47: The Witches of Eastwick
In this episode we revisit a film I was way too young to understand when I last watched it (in the 80’s), but Nell has seen several times AND even read the novel. Listen to find out if the director Mad Max pulled off making a film that is better than the book, or if 4 major stars is too many for this semi-forgotten film. Also, this is the episode where we add a 5th “Big Question” at the end, and it’s probably one we should have had for the previous 46 episodes.
20 Feb 2023
Ep 46 Escape from New York
Well, technically it’s John Carpenter’s Escape from New York, and it was Matt’s first time seeing the movie. We also realized halfway through that we unintentionally picked a perfect film for President’s Day. While you can totally enjoy Escape from New York as a straightforward action movie, we spend most of our time discussing John Carpenter’s savvy social critique.
14 Feb 2023
Ep. 45 Only the Lonely
For our Valentine’s Day special, we went with a movie we both have always loved, and in watching it again kinda sorta ruined it for ourselves. That said, we miss John Candy, and the idea of a movie about people who aren’t cool but totally nice finding love is a great idea. However, there’s things about Only the Lonely that made us think that the idea of the movie is better than the actual movie.
6 Feb 2023
Ep 44 Working Girl
It was morning in America, and Working Girl was celebrated with 6 Oscar nominations and a whole lot of positive reviews. This rom-com meets female-centered Horatio Alger tale set in Lower Manhattan is a reminder of the anxieties and aspirations of the post-Reagan era. For Nell, this was an important aspirational movie, and Matt saw it for the first time in 2023 after being thoroughly jaded by the 21st Century.
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