30something Movie Podcast

Episode #154: "I'm Possessed!" | Innerspace (1987)

Have you ever had one of those days where you had a plan in mind, but everything went wrong? Let's say, for example, you planned to be miniaturized and injected into a lab rabbit so you could study it from the inside, but instead the lab was attacked by saboteurs who wanted to steal the technology for themselves and you ended up being inadvertently injected into a grocery store assistant manager who also happens to be a hypochondriac. Typical, right?
1. Intro [0:00]
2. Innerspace Background Info/Trailer [5:00]
3. Innerspace Discussion [10:31]
4. Wrap-up [32:24]
The trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E84dh509_lM 
100 Horror Movies to See Before You Get Killed:
Here's the list of horror movies from the EMP Museum in Seattle that I referenced on the show.
https://letterboxd.com/scrumblebunny/list/100-horror-movies-to-see-before-you-get-killed/
 

Episode #153: "Nostalgia+Robots" | *batteries not included (1987)

When real estate developers strike and the Goonies aren't around to save you, who can the residents of a dilapidated old apartment building/diner turn to...? The Fix-its, of course!
1. Intro [0:00]
2. Superman Extended Edition release [8:14]
3. Spaceballs: The Auction (and X-Files returns again) [22:27]
4. *batteries not included Background Info/Trailer [25:57]
5. *batteries not included Discussion  [31:53]
6. Wrap-up  [1:19:44]
The trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJmvsb13dA8 

Episode #152: Favorite Movie Music of All Time 3!

Pat, Jeff and John decided to put each other through the torment of having to narrow down their favorite movie composers, scores, individual songs, etc. to a series of "top 5" lists. Here's part 3!
1. Intro [0:00]
2. Favorite Dramatic Scores [31:55]
3. Favorite Compilation Soundtracks [1:00:49]
4. Honorable Mentions [1:16:14]
5. Wrap-up [1:38:05]

Episode #151: Favorite Movie Music of All Time - Part Deux!

Pat, Jeff and John decided to put each other through the torment of having to narrow down their favorite movie composers, scores, individual songs, etc. to a series of "top 5" lists. Here's part 2!
(And feel free to weigh in on the Blues Brothers is/isn't a musical debate!)
1. Intro/Favorite Soundtracks of the 80s [0:00]
2. Favorite Movie Musicals [25:59]
3. Favorite Individual Songs [51:27]
4. Wrap-up [1:32:24]
 

Episode #150: Favorite Movie Music of All Time

Pat, Jeff and John decided to put each other through the torment of having to narrow down their favorite movie composers, scores, individual songs, etc. to a series of "top 5" lists. They made it out alive... mostly. We hope you all enjoy our very special 150th episode!
1. Intro [0:00]
2. Tobe Hooper RIP [8:18]
3. What makes a song or score "work?" [12:34]
4. Favorite composers [25:17]
5. Favorite film scores of all time  [1:17:10]
6. First soundtrack owned  [1:32:30]
7. Wrap-up [1:37:21]

Episode #149: "Spaceballs: The Podcast" | Spaceballs (1987)

Planet Spaceball is running out of air, but King Roland of Druidia has plenty of fresh air — and the Spaceballs want it. They kidnap Princess Vespa and will force Roland to give up the super secret unbreakable code to open the planetary shield... unless Lone Starr and his faithful Mog friend, Barf, can stop them!
 
1. Intro [0:00]
2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 35th Anniversary [11:01]
3. Spaceballs: The Background Info/trailer [18:13]
4. Spaceballs: The Trivia Game [33:35]
5. Spaceballs: The Discussion  [39:26]
6. Spaceballs: The Sequel?  [1:04:15]
7. Favorite Mel Brooks movie? [1:11:46]
6. Wrap-up [1:20:32]
The trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGIM_yNzeUo 
 

Episode #148: "Ministers of Death" | Full Metal Jacket (1987)

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
1. Intro/Solar Eclipses [0:00]
2. What Fall 2017 movies are we looking forward to? [10:47]
3. Full Metal Jacket Intro./Background info/Trailer [21:10]
4. Full Metal Jacket discussion [27:16]
5. Favorite Stanley Kubrick movie? [58:35]
6. Wrap-up [1:02:05]
The trailer: (Explicit Language)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9f6JaaX7Wg 

Episode #147: "Just Play It Loud!" | Good Morning Vietnam (1987)

In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.
1. Intro, Movie background info, trailer [0:00]
2. Good Morning Vietnam discussion [17:26]
3. Favorite scenes [30:32]
4. Favorite quotes [37:32]
5. Wrap-up [50:07]
The trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mJoHqmtFcQ 
Behind the Scenes Recordings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkM57ihoHNA&t=472s 
The Real Adrian Cronauer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8FkXRgA4Sg 

Episode #146: "Cadillac of the Skies" | Empire of the Sun (1987)

When a young Bruce Wayne gets separated from his parents, he must learn to do whatever it takes in order to survive in a Japanese internment camp, whether it's stealing supplies for his friend Basie, protecting the weaker residents of the camp, or being left completely in awe of anything with wings and a propeller. Empire of the Sun was directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Christian Bale and John Malkovich, with music by John Williams.
1. Intro [0:00]
2. Empire of the Sun background info/trailer [13:04]
3. Empire of the Sun review [19:33]
4. Voicemails [38:13]
5. Wrap-up [41:42]
 
The trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_WiDVA1kLY 

Episode #145: "They Love Everybody But You" | Hamburger Hill (1987)

Most Vietnam War movies deal with the psychological torment of war and how soldiers left as idealistic young men, but came back scarred physically and mentally... and having to face a nation that was not proud of their sacrifices. Hamburger Hill tells a different story: one of a band of brothers trying to do the impossible in the midst of war, racism, and the knowledge that they may now be outcasts even in their own country.
 
1. Intro [0:00]
2. Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk [6:33]
3. Hamburger Hill background info/trailer [38:09]
4. Hamburger Hill discussion [49:25]
5. Wrap-up [1:37:16]
The trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD8JsqTcZoc