Grumpy Nostalgia: Second Look Cinema

A second look at our favorite movies, without the fog of nostalgia

Podcasting since 2022 • 178 episodes

Grumpy Nostalgia: Second Look Cinema

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615. Jaws 3D (1983): Stinky Enough to Require an Extra Dimension

We wrap up our brutal "Bombs Away" summer series with some real teeth. We travel back to 1983 to revisit the gimmicky, yet somehow still boring, Jaws 3D. Besides the multitude of tiny shorts, trucker hats, and mustaches, there's all the 3...

August 10, 2026 • Season 6 • Episode 15 • 1:01:31

Battlefield Earth (2000): Travolta Revolta. A Retrospective

We swear we will cover a good movie eventually, but this week do not. But that doesn't mean for even a second that we didn't completely love revisiting this intergalactic pile of Psychlo Poo. Did we mention its bad? (Grumpy Nostalgia - always f...

August 05, 2026 • 1:06:31

614. Cutthroat Island (1995): Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Crap

Pirate songs and horrible puns litter this podcast as the boys get their peg legs stuck knee high into this infamous pile of poo. When a movie loses $187 million dollars, there's more going on than just a bad script and thankfully we foun...

July 27, 2026 • 58:39

Tombstone (1993): Skin Your Smoke Wagon, Where Applicable.

Before Yellowstone made the gangster western cool, our cowboys from the 90s were shootin', drinkin' and acting all over the place. We go back a few years to revisit one of our favorite episodes that never fully got the attention we truly ...

July 22, 2026 • 55:07

613. Howard the Duck (1986): Feather Fungus and Casual Bestiality.

If you love duck puns, bad special effects, and crimping irons we have the film for you. It's been 40 years since this turkey (not duck) graced our movie screens courtesy of George Lucas no less. We guess someone told him those annoying Star Wa...

July 13, 2026 • 57:26

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