Live UP

Was Major League a series of "pitch perfect" sports montages, or about how acceptable it was to stalk your ex-girlfriend in the 1980s? We go juuuuust a bit outside the acceptable amount of baseball puns as we revisit this classic underdog team.

In this mid-stakes vampire movie a hot guy and a couple of Coreys run amok while we all secretly root for Kiefer Sutherland. Amanda also tries really hard to convince Jess why THE LOST BOYS is appealing to the ladies. This is our second 'After Dark' selection where we take a look at the movies we absolutely should not have been watching as kids.

Is this still the classic American immigration story or a cartoon in need of a better soundtrack? Unlike Fievel, we hit the high notes of this movie as well as the low.

Our adult mindsets are tested as we weigh our nostalgia for low-stakes werewolving against the eye-roll inducing 80s high school tropes. Amanda also dusts off her referee whistle to call some fouls against the sport of basketball while Jess imagines what the characters would be doing these days.

We put the most beloved movie archaeologist on a performance improvement plan. Did Indiana get more charming (maybe)? Or did Sean Connery do all our pearl clutching for us (also, maybe)?

We revisit the OG of time loops and debate whether Bill Murray reaches peak Bill Murray humor. And if you genuinely like rhinestones, French poetry and ugly 90s vests this episode may offend you.

We Yippee-Ki-Yay through this classic manly man story and wonder if it's also a secret romantic comedy. We also ask whether our favorite type-cast villain actor is as cool as we remember.

We discuss our favorite endings (Miss Peacock!) and whether some Tim Curry chaos is enough to put this movie into Live Up territory. Stay listening at the end for a bonus chat about childhood games we shouldn't be playing anymore because old.

The annual tradition of Amanda making Jess watch unhinged Christmas movies she's never seen continues with this low rent Wizard of Oz. We are both amused and puzzled by how life-sized teddy bears and a complicated cookie economy somehow make their way into a Christmas movie.

Will our adult selves still delight in the shenanigans of Kevin McCallister? And just how much do our backs hurt by proxy at the injury count Harry and Marv rack up in this Christmas classic?

Naughty foxes forget they're British in the quintessential Robin Hood movie of our childhoods. We debate whether Alan Rickman's mastery of villainy and Christian Slater's 90s style teen angst can overcome everyone else's American accent.

The movie that made serial killers intriguing for tweens in the 90s. Only now as adults are we picking up on the sneaky plot of a woman making her way in a man's world. The lady themes are subtle and go over a smooth as lotion from a basket.

This is our first 'After Dark' selection where we take a look at the movies we absolutely should not have been watching as kids.

Do we really remember the original Ghostbusters from 1984 or have we let pop culture airbrush its cringier edges? Either way, we take you back to a time when a music professor could afford a corner penthouse apartment on Central Park West. Pay no mind to the demon living in the fridge...

Who invited a pervy demon to our first encounter with death's beaurocracy? We found new things to appreciate about characters not named Beetlejuice and have some notes we're sure the producers of the sequel will take seriously...

We debate whether Pee-wee is still funny or is he now a punchable man-child giving us low-level creep vibes. And just how large is Marge inside our childhood nightmares? (hint: very)

This is the joyride through Chicago we wanted Ferris Bueller to be. As we rummage through this 1980s time capsule, we wonder whether urban hellscapes still resonate and why no one dared "fool" with the babysitter.

We go back to the OG of class warfare stories with Disney's 1973 classic interpretation. Is Robin Hood still a dashing fox who befriends rabbits, or does this movie amount to nothing more than an introduction to the concept of taxes? And don't miss Amanda's most epic fun fact as her closing thought, which certainly makes you look at our hero fox a wee bit differently.

We debate how much gaslighting can ruin a good love story and whether perfect casting can keep this movie in every 80s kid's heart.

Two hosts enter, one host leaves. Our senses are obliterated as we revisit the dustiest leather-filled hellscape yet. We discuss whether the iconic Thunderdome and Tina Turner's epic role as auntie are thrilling enough to overlook all the nonsense.

Who knew a middle-aged man's redemption story disguised as a fairytale could be so divisive. Amanda and Jess struggle to find a middle ground save for wanting to grab a beer with Smee in Neverland. We also hear from a millennial listener making the case for Hook's appeal to all generations.

We find out that an epic road trip with muppets must include 99 cent wine from Idaho and cameos from everyone working in 1970s Hollywood. Get out your movie scripts and follow the mayhem.

We wrestle with our nostalgia over whether the coolest teenager of the 80s is still cool, and ask how much you need to know about landline phones for this movie to make sense.

30+ years later, did we find something there that wasn't there before? We weigh Belle's Stockholm syndrome against the masterful soundtrack in our first foray into revisiting the Disney movies from our youth.

In this bonus episode we try to find bits of charm in our least favorite Indiana Jones movie to date and Amanda must choose which fictional movie son of Harrison Ford is the worst. Also, we still love Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood and pray for her return in the next movie.

Is Indiana Jones still an iconic hero (yes), or the worst archaeologist ever (also, yes). In this episode, we debate our tolerance for all the murder and black market antiquity trade in the first installment of the Indiana Jones franchise.

We dive deep into Tim Burton's suburban hellscape in 'Edward Scissorhands' (1990) and ask whether Edward agreeing to live with an Avon Lady is still delightful, epic chaos, or both. Get out your ambrosia salad tongs everyone!

Does 'The Dark Crystal' (1982) still hold a hypnotic yet terrifying power over us 30+ years later or is it just a watered down 'Lord of the Rings'? We tackle this question and share why we think this muppet-less movie about genocide by Jim Henson can still hold a kid's attention. Trigger warning if the mere mention of garthim gives you nightmares.

In this episode we discuss 'Coming To America' (1988) and realize we were all happily watching a rated R movie as 10-year olds and are better for it. Find out whether our collective early 90s Eddie Murphy phase has enough staying power to make 'Coming To America' live UP. Stay tuned at the end for a special guest appearance by co-host Jess Latterman's brother, who retroactively clutches his pearls over the R rating.

Who can behave worse than the Addams family at a kid recital? In this bonus episode host Amanda Treat shares when she had a clown funeral crack up moment at her sister's band concert. It happens to the best behaved of us even without Wednesday and Pugsley shenanigans to make it weird. 

In this episode we discuss 'The Addams Family' (1991) and ask whether host Amanda Treat is a real life Wednesday Adams, and whether the movie experience boils down to basking in the essence of Anjelica Huston as Morticia. Listen in to our very professional re-review* to find out whether the cast's powerhouse performances are enough to make 'The Addams Family' live UP.

*not professional at all.

The most bulletproof theory of all-time on why Santa had to be real came from the mind of host Amanda Treat when she was six years old. Perhaps the reason why she loved 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' movie so much. 

We revisit the cult classic 'Troop Beverly Hills' and question whether it's still fun to make fun of rich people (it is) and why all the dunking on Kmart. Hosts Jess and Amanda have a raging debate over the razor's edge line of is this dumb vs. charming.

We are revisiting the movies from our youth to see if they live UP! In this episode we discuss 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' (1964), which attempts to make a whole movie out of the famous Christmas song. Or as host Amanda Treat puts it, the movie asks the question you never knew you wanted the answer to, "what if Santa was a d*ck". We discuss just how far nostalgia can go for a movie to live up and what an interest in dentistry can be a euphemism for. Listen in and see if you agree with our very professional re-review *. 

*not professional at all. 

Does 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' live up or is it just a crap real estate deal? Released in 1988, the movie is set in a fictional 1947 Hollywood where cartoon characters - toons - intermingle with humans. Roger Rabbit is a toon who is framed for murder and a somewhat drunk-all-the-time-detective Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) gets roped into helping Roger clear his name. It won three academy awards and was generally well received by critics for its groundbreaking special effects and storytelling. BUT we are now watching it again as adults 30+ years later to see if it lives up. 

Listen in and see if you agree with our very professional re-review *

*not professional at all