It’s the podcast where a filmmaker and a comedian look at the 80s movies we think we love with modern eyes and the thick haze of nostalgia.

The Untouchables (1987)

Pete Wright joins us to dig into Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables (1987), where the real question isn’t whether Al Capone goes down, but how far a Fed is willing to bend to make it happen.

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The Untouchables (1987) • The Most Excellent 80s Movies • Episode 905

The Untouchables (1987)

Pete Wright joins us to dig into Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables (1987), where the real question isn’t whether Al Capone goes down, but how far a Fed is willing to bend to make it happen.

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The Right Stuff (1983) • The Most Excellent 80s Movies • Episode 904

The Right Stuff (1983)

We strap in for Philip Kaufman’s sweeping 1983 epic The Right Stuff—a film so genuinely, stubbornly good that it nearly breaks our ability to snark about it.

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Purple Rain • The Most Excellent 80s Movies • Episode 902

Purple Rain

Two returning special guests—Kyle Olson and Pete Wright—join us to dig into one of the most electric, beguiling, and undeniably Prince films ever committed to celluloid: Purple Rain (1984).

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