30something Movie Podcast

Episode #201: Guilty Pleasure Movies (Part Deux)

For our 201st episode, we continue the journey into our favorite guilty pleasure movies of the 80s and beyond. Thank you to all of our listeners and followers who have been with us at any point along this ride to the 200th. Here's to 200+ more!
View our "Guilty Pleasure" lists on Letterboxd...
Guilty Pleasure Movies of the 80s and Beyond
Comfort Movies of the 80s and Beyond
Midnight Movies
Juvenile Guilty Pleasure Movies

Episode #200: Guilty Pleasure Movies

For our 200th episode, we delve into our favorite guilty pleasure movies of the 80s and beyond. Thank you to all of our listeners and followers who have been with us at any point along this ride to the 200th. Here's to 200+ more!
View our "Guilty Pleasure" lists on Letterboxd...
Guilty Pleasure Movies of the 80s and Beyond
Comfort Movies of the 80s and Beyond
Midnight Movies
Juvenile Guilty Pleasure Movies

Episode #199: "You Shot Me" | Tequila Sunrise (1988)

There are times when you watch a movie for the first time and you love it. There are times when you hate it. Then there's Tequila Sunrise. Join Pat and John as they try to work through their feelings surrounding this movie.
Intro:
Intro [0:00]
Listener feedback [3:25]
News:
The MoviePass fiasco [8:27]
The Sandlot prequel announced [21:43]
Star Wars: Episode IX updates [25:03]
Venom trailer [27:28]
Andy Serkis' Animal Farm movie goes to Netflix [31:24]
The Movie:
Tequila Sunrise background/trailer [32:10]
Tequila Sunrise discussion [48:25]
Bad Movies with Great Casts? [1:08:50]
Wrap-up & Next Episodes [1:32:03]
The Trailer:
Tequila Sunrise trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHIC22yqrZE 
Venom trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXV6LvbLc7Q 

Episode #198: "Misty Gorillas" | Gorillas in the Mist (1988)

There's no monkeying around when it comes to the critically acclaimed film, Gorillas in the Mist. We just go ape for Sigourney Weaver's performance as Dian Fossey, the renowned and controversial primate specialist who almost single-handedly saved the gorilla population of Rwanda and Uganda. I've run out of primate puns, so you should probably just listen to the episode now...
Intro:
Intro [0:00]
Movies/TV shows we're watching [7:20]
Star Wars Episode IX cast list released [15:20]
The Movie:
Gorillas in the Mist background/trailer [19:01]
Gorillas in the Mist discussion [27:16]
Wrap-up & Next Episodes [57:13]
The Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PPSIwe7sb8 

Episode #197: Tom Cruisin' 88 | Cocktail & Rain Man (1988)

This week is our 1988 Tom Cruise double-header episode as we dive into Cocktail & Rain Man. We talk a little about the firing of James Gunn and how delinquent John is for just now starting the Harry Potter books.
Intro:
John finally started the Harry Potter books [1:30]
James Gunn's firing & controversy [2:42]
The Movies:
Cocktail info [11:52]
Rain Man info [18:56]
Trailers & Behind the Scenes info [21:23]
Cocktail discussion [29:49]
Rain Man discussion [43:51]
Wrap-up & Next Episodes [1:16:00]

Episode #196: San Diego Comic Con 2018

This year's Comic Con was filled with announcements and trailers galore. Pat and John take some time to sift through the good and bad of it all.
Intro:
John's Movie Money Adventure in Texas [3:23]
Ant-Man and The Wasp [10:55]
"Practice your instruments, kids" [12:47]
San Diego Comic Con:
The Flash Season 5 [21:21]
Aquaman [24:48]
Shazam! [29:45]
Titans Season 1 [38:17]
Glass [1:00:37]
Godzilla: King of Monsters [1:05:35]
Clone Wars Season 7 [1:09:21]
Wrap up [1:16:32]

Episode #195: "Say It Ain't So" | Eight Men Out (1988)

"Say it ain't so, Joe!" When eight players from the Chicago White Sox were found guilty of having thrown the World Series, the baseball world was in an uproar. We're not in an uproar here, but we talk a little baseball and a little sports scandals in general. Join us for John Sayles' Eight Men Out.
Intro:
Intro [0:00]
The Movie:
Eight Men Out background/trailer [5:48]
Eight Men Out discussion [13:51]
Wrap-up & Next Episodes [40:18]
The Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSHQw85pvek 

Episode #194: "The Ghost With the Most" | Everybody's All-American (1988)

Gavin is everybody's All-American. Then he enters the NFL draft and begins his career for the struggling Redskins. He quickly discovers that even the strongest love for the game won't translate into success. It's Dennis Quaid, Jessica Lange, Timothy Hutton and John Goodman in Everybody's All-American.
Intro:
Intro [0:00]
The Movie:
Everybody's All-American background/trailer [5:32]
Everybody's All-American discussion [12:11]
Wrap-up & Next Episodes [50:11]
The Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyoQyVzXVPI 

Episode #193: “Podcast for the Recently Deceased” | Beetlejuice (1988)

Ah. Well… we attended Juilliard… we’re graduates of the Harvard business school. We podcast quite extensively. We’ve lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. John’s seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME HE SEES IT… NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU’RE TALKING TO A COUPLE OF DEAD GUYS… NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? You think we’re qualified?
Yeah… it’s Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Beetleju…
 
Intro:
Intro [0:00]
Pat finally saw Avengers: Infinity War [5:39]
The Movie:
Beetlejuice discussion [21:50]
Wrap-up & Next Episodes [1:18:20]
The Trailer:

Episode #192: "Lies and Balderdash" | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

Your reality is lies and balderdash... but we feel like we've got a grasp on the final film of Terry Gilliam's "Imagination" trilogy: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
And don't worry. We will silence those enemy cannons. It's Wednesday, after all.
Intro:
Shoutouts and New Movie News [0:00]
The Movie:
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Background info & trailer [10:37]
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen discussion [23:08]
Wrap-up & Next Episodes [51:54]
The Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0p9W47frhI