30something Movie Podcast

Episode #322: "Step by Step, Rung by Rung" | Jacob's Ladder (1990)

Jacob Singer was intensely affected by his time in Vietnam, but until he begins to have vivid hallucinations he doesn't realize just how much. Is he on an extended drug trip or halfway between heaven and hell?
Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, and Danny Aiello star in Jacob's Ladder.
 

Episode #321: "Call the mud guy" | Mr. Destiny (1990)

Larry feels like there could have been more to his life than just building model cars in an unfinished house in the suburbs. His job is fine, but not great. The boss's wife seems more appealing than his own. Then one night, after getting fired from his job and having his car break down, he meets Michael and is given the chance to see what life would have been like if he had just hit that final pitch in the high school baseball championship game 20 years ago...
Jim Belushi, Linda Hamilton, and Jon Lovitz star in Mr. Destiny.
Thanks to Pádraig Donnchú (Patreon co-executive producer) for selecting Mr. Destiny as our first-ever Listener's Choice movie!
 

Episode #320: "You'll Float Too!" | Stephen King's IT (1990)

It's the classic tale of boy meets girl, girl has abusive father, boy has weight issues, other boy has mommy issues, other boy stutters and has dead brother issues... and so on. Then there's a killer shapeshifting alien clown. You know... the usual.
Harry Anderson, John Ritter, Annette O'Toole, and Tim Curry star in Stephen King's IT.
 

Episode #319: "Cruelty to Children" | The Witches (1990)

When Luke's parents die in an accident, he travels with an elderly mentor and is pursued by an evil black-clad villain with a penchant for cutting off appendages. I just realized this movie is a copy of Star Wars! Not really... but it is the film adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic The Witches.
Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, and Rowan Atkinson star in The Witches.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/7mmbKELT2VU?t=12 

Episode #318: "Houston, we have a problem" | Problem Child (1990)

Ben Healy is a nice guy. It's hard to imagine how he ended up that way with the father who raised him or why he ever married Flo... basically everyone else around him are horrible people. When Ben and Flo adopt Junior, they think a gap has been filled in their lives. Instead, that gap becomes more like a portal sucking them all into a world of pain and misery as Junior causes one disaster after another.
John Ritter, Amy Yasbeck, Michael Richards, and Gilbert Gottfried star in Problem Child.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxFT8zYZ3dU 

Episode #317: "Bless me bagpipes" | DuckTales: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)

Scrooge McDuck has searched for the treasure of Collie Baba for years and it's finally within his grasp. A dusty old lamp is in with the treasure and Scrooge doesn't see much value in it, so he gives it to Webby to keep. Along with Huey, Dewey, and Louie, she quickly discovers that the lamp may be the real treasure since it contains a magical genie ready to grant three wishes to each person. They may want to wish they had never found it, though, when the evil sorcerer Merlock comes looking for it.
Alan Young, Christopher Lloyd, and Rip Taylor star in DuckTales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcpCapjKT9I 

Episode #316: "I made my family disappear" | Home Alone (1990)

Kevin just had one of the worst nights of his life as his entire family — and I mean ENTIRE family — ganged up on him and blamed him for pretty much everything. His worst night turns into a kid's dream and a parent's worst nightmare as his family leaves for their Paris vacation and forgets Kevin at home! Now he's got to contend with an elderly neighbor that may or may not be a serial killer, two morons who are the worst criminals ever, and aftershave.
Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, and Catherine O'Hara star in Home Alone.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK2Btk6Ybm0 

Episode #315: "Ha, ha, ha... QUIET." | Kindergarten Cop (1990)

Undercover cop John Kimble is used to dealing with the dregs of the criminal underworld. They steal, they're obsessed with death, and he's always striving to keep them under control. Now he's dealing with the same issues... from a group of five year olds. Kimble has to go undercover as the most unlikely of kindergarten teachers to save the life of a mother and son while trying to stop one of the worst criminals he's faced.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, and Pamela Reed star in Kindergarten Cop.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeH_fzD5W8w 

Episode #314: "Mo Better Makes It Mo Better" | Mo' Better Blues (1990)

It's Bleek's band and he won't have it any other way. Shadow's not putting up with that anymore, though and makes it pretty clear he's angling for everything Bleek has: the band, the girl...
Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, and Spike Lee star in Mo' Better Blues.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io8Jw9BRRFY 
 

Episode #313: "Prepare to Die Earth Scum" | Spaced Invaders (1990)

When a bunch of inept Martians mistakenly think they've missed the invasion of Earth, they arrive on Halloween night just in time for Big Bean, Illinois's rebroadcast of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds. Chaos ensues thanks to the lack of intelligent life in the universe and the Martian empire's penchant for micromanaging their navy.
Douglas Barr, Royal Dano, Ariana Richards and Gregg Berger star in Spaced Invaders.
This concludes our "Time & Space" Month which also includes Back to the Future Part III and "Star Trek The Next Generation: The Best of Both Worlds."
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK9hWU_7DNk