Grumpy Nostalgia: Second Look Cinema
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A second look at our favorite movies, without the fog of nostalgia
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Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind (1977): Build A Mountain In Your Living Room: A Retrospective
Send us Fan MailBeing the grumpy jerks we are, we're guessing you can simply stay home this weekend and listen to this podcast instead of braving theatres to see Disclosure Day. Steve made the…
S6E10 610. Shakespeare in Love (1998): A Cloying Pageant Which Yet Doth Feast Upon Private Ryan's Tears
Send us Fan MailCome listen as two brutes scratch their heads and furrow their brows as the try to review an art house film. Having nary a special effect and nor not even one explosion, your hosts…
Grumpy Nostalgia ReMembers Only #9: These Video Games Are Just a Fad
Send us Fan MailThe boys go back to the golden era of brain rot to explore our long obsession with the video game. From Pong to XBOX, these consoles were our baby sitters, our pacifiers, and our…
S6E9 609.The Untouchables (1987): You Send Our Podcast to the Hospital, We Send Your Podcast to the Morgue
Send us Fan MailYou Send Our Podcast to the Hospital, We Send Your Podcast to the Morgue. That's the Grumpy Nostalgia Way. The boys go full OG this week reliving Brian De Palma's 1987 classic. In a…
Return of the Jedi (1983): Kill Your Father. You'll Feel Better
Send us Fan MailMandalorians and Grogus are fine, but us 80s kids would rather see some stop motion terror and a galactic build-a-bear workshop taking down the Empire. The country is gonna remember…
S6E8 608.Contact (1997): Nerds Discover New Life in Our Galaxy. An New Cheese
Send us Fan MailThis week's brand new episode features what we call a "thinking man's Sci-Fi" movie. Generally, that's code for boring. And there's some of that to be fair, but for the most part…
The Postman (1997): Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Gloom of Night Can Make This Watchable
Send us Fan MailResident show punching bag Costner writes, directs, stars, and even sings the ending credits song! Way to hog the movie, K! An extended spring break kept the boys out of the studio…
Silence of the Lambs (1991): Why We Cant Have Friends For Dinner Anymore: A Retrospective
Send us Fan MailAfter 35 years, most things tend to degrade. We certainly did. But this is not the case for one of the greatest psychological horror films of all time. Join the gang as they…
S6E7 607. Manhunter (1986): Hannibal Lector's Film Debut Overshadowed By Really Tiny Shorts
Send us Fan MailWith Silence of The Lambs returning to theaters this week for it's 25th Anniversary, the boys decide to spoil the party by reviewing the film where it all started, Michael Mann's…
Armageddon (1998): Roughnecks Are People Too - A Retrospective
Send us Fan MailThe Artemis crew WISHES they could be as cool as the goofy miners-turned-astronauts in this ridiculous Michael Bay extravaganza from 1998. Grab your animal crackers and settle in for…
S6E6 606. Invasion U.S.A (1985): You Don't Mess With A Man's Armadillo
Send us Fan MailWe're going full icky this week by covering a film by the recently deceased Hollywood icon Chuck Norris. Yes, we tried to avoid memes and jokes and, yes, we failed. Over 120…
The Mummy (1999): Camels Outrunning Horses Is Just The Beginning With This One
Send us Fan MailWith The Mummy Returns returning to theaters for a special 25th-anniversary this weekend, we thought it prudent to dust off our own take on the franchise from several years ago.…
605. Men In Black (1997): Galaxy Defense, Courtesy of a Ford LTD.
Send us Fan MailThis week we go back to a big one, but as we learn, size doesn't matter. In fact a few minutes we wont even be matter. Come back to glorious 1997 where movies were bigger, better,…
Spirited Away (2001): Life Lessons Mean More When Delivered By Nightmarish Creatures
Send us Fan MailWith Studio Ghibli releasing 1989's Kiki's Delivery Service in IMAX this week, the gang decided to dust off this awesome episode featuring a collab with the gals from 2nd Hand…
S6E4 604. Clash of The Titans (1981): The Gods Are Jerks
Send us Fan MailAn 80s fantasy adventure with scorpions, gorgons and gratuitous boobs. A recipe for the best Saturday night ever. Laurence Olivier is here for some credibility and Ursula Andress is…
Stand By Me (1986): Barf-A-Ramas and Goochers: A Retrospective
Send us Fan MailWhy does everyone forget that this is their favorite movie? The boys get sentimental this week by revisiting this 1986 Rob Reiner masterpiece. Recent events notwithstanding, this one…
S6E3 603. Smokey and the Bandit (1977): Truckers, Trans-Ams, and Just Enough Mustache.
Send us Fan MailGrab a diablo sammitch and a Dr. Pepper and join the gang as they go back to the glorious morality-free movies of the 70s by viewing Smokey and the Bandit. There's CB radio-talk,…
Grumpy Nostalgia: ReMembers Only - #8: Tales From the Backseat
Send us Fan MailIn a world with no screens, no safety, and no gas mileage, many a family would venture into our great country to explore tourist traps and dirty gas stations. This is their story.…
S6E2 602: Red Dawn (1984). Cold War Problems Answered With Hot Lead. An Eighties Tale.
Send us Fan MailThis 80s brat pack weren't your standard yuppie romantics, they were hardened killers. Swayze puts his Roadhouse kill count to shame in this cold war thriller that scared the crap out…
Planet of the Apes (2001): Spreading Monkey Pox To Every Movie Since
Send us Fan MailThe movie that bravely pooped in its hand and flung it at the audience. The boys short circuit after their viewing of this Burton remake of one of their favorite childhood movies. …
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Grumpy Nostalgia: Second Look Cinema has published 168 episodes since February 2022, covering topics in Comedy, Film Reviews.
Grumpy Nostalgia: Second Look Cinema is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 58m.
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