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S6E4 604. Clash of The Titans (1981): The Gods Are Jerks
Send a textAn 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 here…
Stand By Me (1986): Barf-A-Ramas and Goochers: A Retrospective
Send a textWhy 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 a textGrab 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, casual…
Grumpy Nostalgia: ReMembers Only - #8: Tales From the Backseat
Send a textIn 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. Stop…
S6E2 602: Red Dawn (1984). Cold War Problems Answered With Hot Lead. An Eighties Tale.
Send a textThis 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 of…
Planet of the Apes (2001): Spreading Monkey Pox To Every Movie Since
Send a textThe 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. Ape…
601 Robin Hood (1991): Everybody Has An English Accent Except Kevin Costner.
Send a textSeason Six begins with possibly our least favorite selection in the history of the podcast. We were taught if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. We managed 53…
Cliffhanger (1993): Rocky Plays Die Hard in the Mountains. A Retrospective
Send a textGabe (Stallone) manages to keep the vaguely European terrorists flummoxed but only when he's not making the googly eyes to annoyingly cute 90s girl Janine Turner. Lots of catch phrases,…
526. Escape From New York (1981): The Best 70s Movie Of The 80s
Send a textThe gang celebrates their Season 5 finale with a real pisser, Escape From New York from 1981. Riddled with violence, gratuitous nudity, smoking, and Ernest Borgnine, this beauty is a true…
Grumpy Nostalgia: ReMembers Only - #7: Chestnuts Roasted
Send a textNew content? A Christmas miracle. The gang go down memory lane this time to relive Christmas in the 70s. A time when we put lead tinsel on our tree and added enough hot lights to a dead,…
Elf (2003): A Grumpy Nostalgia Half-Assed Christmas Special, part III
Send a textOH MY GOD! We know him. We know him. Our Christmas memories episodes come to a welcome close with the arrival every everybody's favorite holiday movie except for Christmas Vacation and a…
Die Hard (1988): A Grumpy Nostalgia Half-Assed Christmas Special, part II
Send a textIs it or isn't it? Who cares, we say. The boys go back to 1988 to ponder when a man could be the lead in an action movie. And that man could smoke, swear, kill people, and still be the…
Trading Places (1983): A Grumpy Nostalgia Half-Assed Christmas Special, part I
Send a textHo ho ho grumpy nation. We start our xmas adventure with this 1983 tale of excess, betrayal, gorillas, and Jamie Lee's silk blouses. You know, standard holiday fare.WARNING: This episode…
525. The Dark Crystal (1982): When Good Muppets Go Bad
Send a textWe're going mega-nerd this week reviewing the 1982 dark fantasy film, The Dark Crystal. So nerdy, in fact, that show co-host Mike had to recuse himself. Actually, Mike is out this week…
Holiday Turkeys: A Grumpy Nostalgia Thanksgiving Special
Send a textIt's turkey time again, only our turkeys are the cinematic kind. We needed some time for reflection this week, so we humbly ask you to revisit this special episode where we chow down on…
524. The Running Man (1987): The Most Prophetic Movie Ever Made. Plus Tight Unitards
Send a textWe dangerously test the patience of our audience by reviewing yet another Arnold movie. This week it's 87's The Running Man, just in time for its unasked for remake in theaters. Arnold…
Predator 2 (1990) Revisited - Featuring a new special intro with Molly!
Send a textWith the release of Predator: Badlands this week, the gang remembered we talked about this franchise several years ago, but that episode stood out because we first met our heroine, Alaskan…
S5E23 523. An American Werewolf in London (1981): Where Wolf There Wolf Special. Part II
Send a textOur 2025 Halloween series comes to a merciful close as we cover the amazing An American Werewolf in London from 1981. Much like a unicorn, its a crazy original horror movie from a time…
Grumpy Nostalgia: ReMembers Only - #6: Hallowed Weens
Send a textThe only thing more scary than Halloween is a bunch of unsupervised kids in 1978, high on sugar, wreaking havoc on suburbia. This time the boys wax nostalgic on the Halloween experience…
S5E22 522. Silver Bullet (1985): Where Wolf There Wolf Special, Part I
Send a textTime to kick off our season series Where Wolf? There! Wolf! with the obnoxiously entertaining Silver Bullet from 1985. A little known Stephen King movie featuring Cory Haim and Gary…
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Grumpy Nostalgia: Second Look Cinema has published 154 episodes since February 2022, covering topics in Comedy, Film Reviews.
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