For all you proper film enthusiasts who would like to peruse the films of TruStory FM’s entertainment podcasts by release decade. Get ready for a firehose of film history in these here stacks.
We dig into John Badham’s WarGames for our March member bonus episode—the AI that learns, the script that sidesteps, and the film that actually changed federal law. Thinking Machines series.
REBROADCAST: Sean Oliver and Drew Leatham join us to navigate the wonderfully bonkers 1984 sci-fi comedy Ice Pirates. This movie has everything—and we mean everything.
In the Magicians series, cinematographer Caleb Deschanel’s feature directorial debut “The Escape Artist” pits two sons against their fathers, with real magic in between.
REBROADCAST: Adam Rini joins us to dissect John Carpenter’s 1988 cult classic They Live. Is this film a masterpiece of political satire or just “Noam Chomsky for 14-year-olds”?
Adam Marshall Rini joins us to close out Season 8 with Mel Brooks’ 1987 sci-fi parody Spaceballs. Does this childhood favorite still holds up with “grown-up eyes”?
Heath Wilcock joins us as we make ourselves at home with John Hughes’ 1989 comedy Uncle Buck, a lovable exploration of family dynamics and giant pancakes.
Robert Fata joins us to dive into the 1988 sci-fi rom-com My Stepmother is an Alien, starring Kim Basinger, Dan Aykroyd, and a scene-stealing debut from Alyson Hannigan.
We pommel horse our way through one of the most wonderfully absurd action films of the 1980s—Gymkata (1985), starring real-life Olympic gymnast Kurt Thomas in his first – and last! – film role.
We venture into completely new territory with The Monster Squad (1987)—a film neither had seen before. Does the magic work when you’re encountering Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, and the Wolfman for the first time as adults?
Professor Dustin Morrow from The Long Rewind Podcast joins us to tackle one of the 80s’ most inexplicable obsessions—ninjas!—with an exploration of Revenge of the Ninja and Ninja 3: The Domination.