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A bit of an odd duck from 1990: Dabney Coleman’s leading turn in Short Time, the tale of a cop who thinks he’s dying and needs to die on duty to earn his life insurance.  Is this just Last Holiday? … Continued

Merry Christmas, Patreon! To celebrate 35 years of Home Alone, we did a commentary track! “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Keywords: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

Tripp and Andrew get into the Christmas spirit with 1989’s Prancer! Sam Elliot makes his triumphant return to the show, and with him, the return of Mom’s Mancrush Minute. Plus, is Abe Vigoda alive? Is this secretly a horror movie? … Continued

Candy-ed Yams comes to a close with John Candy’s RomCom lead: Only the Lonely! How great is Candy at the small emotional moments? What’s with the parental oversight of these grown ass adults? What’s with Kevin Dunn’s dye job?  All … Continued

Candy-ed Yams returns with a goofy comedy pairing SCTV pals John Candy and Eugene Levy: Armed and Dangerous! Why doesn’t Meg Ryan get more to do? She’s great here! What incredible, easy chemistry from Levy and Candy. Why did everyone … Continued

A cult classic turns 40, and we’ve gotta cover it! We (can and definitely did) get enough of The Stuff! What is the direction Michael Moriarty was given? Who sliced this thing to ribbons? What’s the deal with The Stuff? … Continued

It’s a movie that scarred Tripp for life: Roald Dahl’s The Witches! How amazing is Anjelica Huston!? How great are these Henson effects?! Why did Roald Dahl want a bleak-ass ending?! All this and more! We’re going to a new … Continued

AoooooOOOOOooooOOOO! Sorta-kinda starting the spooktacular early with Michael J. Fox carrying a limp movie to success: Teen Wolf! What’s with the desire to do hand stuff with a wolf man? Why is this so prevalent in films? Did Gaston’s death … Continued

Coming in a couple of days late, it’s a new-to-both-of-us pick from Patreon supporter Michele: The In-Laws! Why on earth were there not half a dozen movies with Adam Arkin and Peter Falk, and a couple of sequels to this … Continued

Mama mia, 300 episodes! Insane to have been doing this for 11 years and 300+ episodes. Thank you all for listening! We had to do a BIG one for this, and what better re-visit than John Hughes’ coming-of-age classic? This … Continued