30something Movie Podcast

Episode #370: ”I Smoked the Color TV” | Jungle Fever (1991)

They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning, No one you see, cheats quicker than he, And we know Flipper, Flipper, gets with a white girl, Upends his whole world, in a film by Spike Lee!
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Episode #369: "I was FROZEN TODAY!" | Suburban Commando (1991)

Shep Ramsey is an unstoppable intergalactic warrior... until he has to spend a few weeks on Earth. It's a nice place to live, but he doesn't want to visit.
Hulk Hogan, Christopher Lloyd, and Shelley Duvall star in Suburban Commando.
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Episode #368: "Protect Your Kneecaps" | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are off on one more adventure to save the galaxy, but this time it involves escorting the Klingon Chancellor to a peace summit to end years of hostility between the Klingons and the Federation. And we know how James "I have had enough of you" Kirk feels about Klingons.
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, and Christopher Plummer star in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
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Episode #367: "I Can't Believe We Just Melvined Death!" | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)

This time around Bill S. Preston, Esq., and Ted "Theodore" Logan aren't traveling through time. They've been killed by Evil Robot Usses and have to traverse the afterlife with The Grim Reaper in order to get back in time to save the Babes and play at the totally most non-heinous Battle of the Bands. Station!
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Episode #366: "Hasta La Vista, Baby" | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

He promised he'd be back... and he is. But this time the T-800 Terminator is the hero who must protect John and Sarah Connor from the prototype T-1000 liquid metal Terminator. I know now why you cry, but it is something I can never do... you can, however, listen to us talk about one of the greatest action movies ever!
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Episode #365: "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" | ZZ Top Tribute

MTV turns 40 today and that's got me thinking about growing up watching all of those early music videos — in particular, that "Little Ol' Band from Texas" that was a big part of my childhood memories. With the passing of Dusty Hill this week, I thought it was a good time to dust off my ZZ Top memories and share some favorites.
Thanks, Dusty... so long, amigo.
 

Episode #364: "There you are, Peter" | Hook (1991)

Peter Banning is a ruthless corporate pirate who never seems to have time for his kids and wishes everyone would just grow up. Little does he know, he used to be the boy who claimed he would never grow up. He'll have to remember how to fly, fight, and crow if he's going to save his kids from the evil Captain Hook.
Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Bob Hoskins, and Julia Roberts star in Hook.
 

Episode #363: "Worth dying for" | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Robin of Locksley has returned from the Crusades to find his father murdered and his country under the sway of the corrupt and villainous Sheriff of Nottingham. With the help of Marian, Azeem, and Little John and the Merry Men, the outlaw known as Robin Hood might just stand a chance against the armies of the Sheriff.
Kevin Costner, Alan Rickman, Morgan Freeman, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio star in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
 

Episode #362: "The Lord sent me. And the Lord blows my trumpet." | The Commitments (1991)

Jimmy Rabbitte is convinced that if he can build a Soul band in his hometown of Dublin, Ireland, that the crowds of working-class folks will come. Even though the band comes together and the all-white group initially struggles with the music, they have some small successes. That may be all they have unless he can get them to stop fighting with each other all the time.
Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Maria Doyle Kennedy, and Angeline Ball star in The Commitments.
 

Episode #361: "Quickly, Duncan! The strengths!" | King Ralph (1991)

Ralph Jones just got ousted from his Vegas show by a psychic monkey. Fortunately, the entire British royal family has just perished in spectacular fashion and he happens to be the next in line for the throne. He'll do just fine as long as he can overcome the restrictions, the social functions, and the awkwardly named desserts!
John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, Camille Coduri, and John Hurt star in King Ralph.