The Gen X Files

First up in our Classic Connery month is a movie that you probably haven't seen in a long time: The Great Train Robbery (aka The First Great Train Robbery in the UK). Written and directed by Michael Crichton, based on his novel, starring Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, and Lesley-Anne Down.

Join your Stepdads as we discuss the Other Buddies movies from this month. We also discuss the movies and TV shows we've watched and video games we've played this month.

It's the last entry into our Other Buddies month is an early entry into the '90s: Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, a movie that should've worked better with Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson as the leads, but ultimately falls flat.

One of the last movies released in the '80s, it's the apogee of '80s action movies, and the second installment of our Other Buddies month: Tango & Cash! Starring Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell, with no less than four directors, and a writer that refused to put his name on the movie, it's a feature that shouldn't work, but does... so, so well.

First up for our Other Buddies month is the unlikely duo of Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines, playing Chicago cops that want to quit and move to the Florida Keys. Directed by Peter Hyams and written by Gary DeVore, it's good cops who do bad things, sometimes.

We close out our Haterade month with a review of the awful movies we forced ourselves to watch, what movies and TV shows we've been watching, and the video games we've been playing. Let us know what you've been consuming!

For our last entry into our Haterade month, we explore Jim's second choice: Clerks, the low budget black and white debut film from Kevin Smith! Will Jim still hate it? Give it a listen and find out!

More than meets the eye! And the eye suffers from the constant barrage of flashing lights and bad music, as we cover The Transformers: The Movie. It was The Transformers TV show, but on the big screen! It had rock and roll music! The Transformers swore! The Transformers died! It all added up to a lot of boring nonsense.

There can be only one! Unless it's Highlander, then there's a bunch of movies, TV shows, and animated media, and... they're all terrible. It's the second week of our Haterade month and Adam really, really hates Highlander. Listen to see if he's totally wrong or can sway you away from liking an incredibly stupid movie.

Welcome to Haterade month! First up, a movie that Jim hated in the theater, in 1985, and a movie that Adam learned to hate from watching it for this episode. It's Explorers, showcasing the wasted talents of Joe Dante, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, and Ethan Hawke. Well, Ethan Hawke is perfect for this movie.

We're at the end of our First Loves month, so join your stepdads as we discuss The Six Million Dollar Man, Quantum Leap (the original series and the newer one), Stephen King, what movies and TV shows you should check out, and fun new video games to play.

In our third installment of First Loves, we're chatting about the writer that made Jim and Adam voracious readers, the master of horror, description, and word count: Stephen King!

We cover his books from the '70s and '80s and the many, many adaptations of his work.

Take a leap with us back to 1989, as we join Sam Beckett try to get home with the help of his hologram best friend, Al Calavicci. Quantum Leap, created by Donald P. Bellisario, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.

For our first episode in our First Loves series, we're exploring the first show that made Jim fall in love with TV: The Six Million Dollar Man! Starring Lee Majors, Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Martin E. Brooks, Darren McGavin, Allen Oppenheimer, and Martin Balsam! Based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin.

Franchises are great ways to delve into the universe of a good movie... until the movies start getting BAD. Join us as we discuss the best of the bunch: Alien, First Blood, and The Terminator! Along with what we've been watching and playing and our recommendations for the month.

James Cameron is a franchise machine! Join us as we explore The Terminator, the first in the long running Terminator franchise. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, and Lance Henriksen.

They drew first blood! Despite the ridiculousness that the Rambo franchise became, First Blood is one of the best movies of the '80s and is possibly Sylvester Stallone's finest acting of his career. It's First Blood, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, and Richard Crenna.

We've had a lot of fun the last year covering all things Gen X. We hope you have too! Listen to this supercut of us not knowing how to speak properly.

Thanks for listening!

The Alien franchise has not only produced movies, comics books, books, and video games, it made the alien a cultural icon. Join us as we explore Alien, the one that started it all, from the brilliant mind of Ridley Scott and the birth of a new hero: Sigourney Weaver. Just remember: in space no one can hear you scream.

It's our 150th episode! It just happens to fall at the end of the year, so your ol' Stepdads are going to chat about their favorite movies, TV shows, and video games of the year.

It wasn't the first home gaming console, and it might not have been the best, but it was by far the most popular console before the Video Game Crash in 1983. Join us as we dive into the history and impact of the Atari 2600 Video Computer System!

It allowed you to listen to any song on an album at any time, and if taken care of correctly, would last forever, unlike a cassette. Join us as we explore the origins of the CD.

It was a revolution in independence, allowing you to remove the shackles of the radio and listen to what YOU wanted: join us as we dive into one of the greatest Tech Toys of the '80s, the Walkman from Sony.

It's the piece of technology that was better than any other format when it was released, but it never really caught on with the majority of the public: follow the journey of the LaserDisc! (Also known as DiscoVision!)

Crack open that Bud Light and join your surrogate stepdads as they discuss their favorite Hitchcockian comedies and what new movies, TV shows, and video games they've been enjoying!

Do you know everything about your significant other? Are they hiding any deep, dark secrets? Could they be... an axe murderer? (I mean, probably not.) Tomorrow, we dive into the Mike Myers' comedy that didn't perform as well as it should've: So I Married an Axe Murder. Written by Robbie Fox (with uncredited re-writes from Mike Myers and Neil Mullarkey). Directed by Tommy Schlamme. Starring Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, Amanda Plummer and a huge cameo cast.

Have you ever wanted to kill someone? A friend? A family member? Maybe... throw them from a train? Join us as we explore the Billy Crystal and Danny DeVito (with a dash of the amazing Anne Ramsey) Hitchcockian comedy, Throw Momma From the Train. Written by Stu Silver. Directed by Danny DeVito.

Today, we cover the love letter to Alfred Hitchcock, Foul Play, written and directed by Colin Higgins, starring Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Rachel Roberts, Eugene Roche, and many, many more.

Today, we discuss our favorite '90s horror movies, along with new TV, movies, and video games we're playing. Give it a listen!

Today we cover the '90s horror movie that gave new life to the genre: Scream! Written by Kevin Williamson, directed by Wes Craven, and starring Drew Barrymore, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Matthew Lillard, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowen, and Jamie Kennedy.

In this episode we explore the Candyman urban legend, as brought to you by Bernard Rose in 1992, starring Tony Todd and Virginia Madsen, based on the novella, The Forbidden by Clive Barker.

What if you couldn't touch the ground? What if you wanted to play a grown up version of the ground is lava? What if you threw in Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross, Reba McEntire, and Finn Carter? You'd get Tremors, the little movie that could (and spawned six sequels).

Crack open that Shotz, pull up a folding chair, and join your Stepdads as we discuss movie musicals, movies, tv shows, and video games!

The best-selling musical movie of all-time (until recently), join us as we explore the phenomenon that is the musical, Grease! Starring Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, and Stockard Channing (along with a ton of folks who were well past their high school years).

It's the Beatles movie that didn't have the Beatles in it, but instead, Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees. It's a weird cult masterpiece that needs more attention. It's got Earth Wind & Fire, and Steve Martin, and Alice Cooper, and Aerosmith, and George Burns, and Stargard, and just about everyone that was even somewhat popular in the late '70s. This may be the most Gen X movie ever made.

It started as a way to cash in on the Roller Disco craze, but no one told them that NO ONE WANTED A ROLLER DISCO MOVIE. It is more than that, and the soundtrack is BANGING, by ELO and Olivia Newton-John. Join us as we explore the fantasy musical, Xanadu!

Based on the hit Broadway play, which is a retelling of an American classic, you'll be scratching your head, wondering what happened to the movie adaptation of The Wiz. Directed by Sidney Lumet, with Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, and Richard Pryor, with music supervised by Quincy Jones and Luther Vandross, what happened to this movie? We explore the many missteps as we cover The Wiz!

Crack open that SunnyD Vodka Seltzer and join us as we discuss... SunnyD Vodka Seltzer, Gene Hackman, new movies, video games, and TV shows!

For the last film during our Gene Hackmonth, we dive into the sordid history of the South, and the people who are trying to ensure equality for everyone.

Mississippi Burning stars Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, and Frances McDormand, with appearances from Michael Rooker, Brad Dourif, Darius McCrary, Stephen Tobolowsky, Pruitt Taylor Vince, R. Lee Ermey, and the debuts of Kevin Dunn and Tobin Bell.

Directed by Alan Parker.

In this episode, we cover one of the greatest movies of all time (and perhaps Francis Ford Coppola's best film [yes, we said it]), The Conversation. It's our second movie during our Gene Hackmonth and perhaps Hackman's greatest performance. Written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola between The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, it's a genius character study into the paranoia and regret of a man who is at the top of his game.

See the birth of the cinema verite style with William Friedkin's The French Connection, based on the true story of New York detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso, and how they brought down a decades old heroin smuggling ring. Gene Hackman plays Popeye Doyle and Roy Scheider plays his partner, Cloudy.

It's our first episode of Gene Hackmonth! Join us!

Join us as we chat about the great '70s Stoner Sci-Fi flicks, along with new TV shows, movies, and video games.

Lace up those skates. Grab the back of that motorcycle. Punch the opponent with the ball with your spiked glove. Score.

Join us as we explore the most violent sport ever conceived: Rollerball!

It's your birthday tomorrow. You're turning 30. You're scheduled to visit the Carrousel and be 'reborn'. You suspect that being 'reborn' is a sham. What do you do?

YOU RUN. Welcome to '70s Stoner Sci-Fi month.

What happens when you make a movie while heavily on drugs? You get the opposite of the Sean Connery James Bond and lots of half-naked immortals who just want to die. Confused? So is everyone else!

'70s Stoner SciFi Month starts now, with Zardoz!

Join us as we discuss nukes, cannibalism, asteroids, and more nukes (duck and cover drills, anyone?)! We also discuss video games, TV, and movies, to round out the month.

Would you like to play a game? Join us as we explore the home of the WOPR: WarGames! It's the end of the world as we know it, and WOPR wants to play a game. Starring Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Barry Corbin, Dabney Coleman, John Spencer, and a very, very young Michael Madsen.

Look up and what do you see? A giant meteor coming to get me! But not if Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Martin Landau, Brian Keith, and Joe Campanella have anything to say about it. Join us as we explore the end of the '70s disaster movie era with Meteor!

It's 2022. The planet is overpopulated. The heat is unbearable. Food is scarce. How do you feed the world? Welcome to Soylent Green. A warning for the future. From 1973.

We explore the massive television event of the '80s, the TV movie that everyone remembers as being a miniseries (it wasn't): The Day After, the most realistic nuclear annihilation film, up to that point.