
Grumpy Nostalgia: Second Look Cinema
A second look at our favorite movies, without the fog of nostalgia
Episodes
135 episodes
Silver Bullet (1985) SE05;EP22 Where Wolf - There Wolf Special
Time 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 Busey! And as if that wasnt horrible enough for you, the...
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Season 5
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Episode 22
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51:48

Poltergeist (1982)
Cross over children. All are welcome. We're going back a bit to feature the first ever episode determined by a viewer's poll, the 1982 scare fest Poltergeist. Creepy clowns, little kids with horrible bangs, and a tree that eats little boys.&nbs...
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57:41

Anaconda Trailer Trauma (2025) SE05;EP21
Good news! Hollywood is no longer remaking our great 90s movies. They've moved on to the crappy ones. This week we break format and talk about a new soon-to-be movie and unfortunately its this one. Your hosts unleash their inner grumpy with ext...
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43:47

Tron (1982)
With the pending arrival of Tron: Ares to theaters this fall, the boys decided to dust off this episode covering the original to remind you there's nothing to get excited about. The groundbreaking (for the time) special effects are a litt...
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52:46

Point Break (1991)
Some say that the Grumpy Nostalgia boys have the same chemistry as Keanu and Swayze in this film. Those people are wrong. A few of you listened to this episode the first time, but not enough for our liking, so we're re-releasing thi...
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54:50

Better Off Dead (1985) SE05;EP20
Years of listener requests will finally be honored as the boys take on the uber-80s cult classic, Better Off Dead. And they're not even charging two dollars for it. Travel back to a time where teen suicide was hilarious and film makers co...
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56:19

Grumpy Nostalgia: ReMembers Only - #5: Too Cool for School
It's back to school time so the boys decide to reminisce about the good old golden rule days. School in the 70s was more of a Gulag experience rather than higher learning, but there were some good times too. Smoking teachers, bus ride hel...
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37:07

Tremors (1990) SE05:EP19
Killer worms with a side of Bacon. In the 90s, this was more than enough for us. This week we're going the full six degrees of something-or-other trying to interpret this ridiculous 1990 B-movie. Kevin Bacon's hair stars as Val, the...
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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53:49

Speed (1994)
Everyone loves Keanu, but none of you listened to us talk about him in this episode the first time, so we're trotting it out again. Maybe it was because we were only 10 episodes into our podcast career or, more likely, our enormous lack o...
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54:55

The Flintstones (1994) SE05:EP18
We're going back to the stone age this week, which is appropriate in that the viewing experience feels like you're passing one. Justin and Mike give their timid responses to the Flintstones in this brutal episode that test the very bounda...
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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54:06

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
You want dinosaurs? We got your dinosaurs right here. Before there was Scarlett Johannsen in a 6th sequel to a movie, there was Goldblum. And we were stuck with him. While we'd personally watch Scarlett read the phone bo...
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This is Spinal Tap (1984) SE05;EP17
We don't go to 11 here, but we come close. This week were looking back at the glorious mockumentary Spinal Tap from 1984. One of the greatest rock movies ever made was never really appreciated in its time (just like us). We all reve...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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55:32

Grumpy Nostalgia: ReMembers Only - #4: Paved Over Paradises
This week we're looking back at those amazing stores, venues and restaurants that we thought would never go away but now somehow have simply turned into T-Mobile stores. While we suckle at the teet of Amazon now, some of remember going shopping...
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40:44

NIC CAGE HEAT WAVE IV: Face/Off (1997)
Our summer retro series comes to a merciful close with the headliner from hell, FACE/OFF from 1997. By now we're sure you're Nic Caged out but hang in there for one more last heave of a movie. This is easily in our top 5 favorite ep...
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54:15

NIC CAGE HEAT WAVE III: Con Air (1997)
It's easy to say Con Air is a terrible movie. So we do. We say it a lot of times.Thankfully its so full of stereotypes, overused tropes, and bile it makes for a great podcast. In this week's special re-issue episode you...
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57:04

NIC CAGE HEATWAVE II: The Rock (1996)
The words "number 2" have never been more appropriate as we welcome the next movie of our special summer homage to Nic Cage with 1996's The Rock. Add in some Connery and his wigged, disproportionally-sized stuntman and we got ourselves a classi...
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59:34

NIC CAGE HEATWAVE: Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
We kick off our special summer series dedicated to America's greatest living actor, Nic Cage, with 2000's Gone in 60 Seconds. This movie features 63 songs in 119 minutes which is important because it helps to drown out the dialogue. Memph...
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Superman (1978) SE05:EP16
We had to go all the way back to the 70s to find a movie where Superman was actually cool and, man oh superman, does this one deliver. Who needs crappy-looking CGI villains when you have the horrifying Ned Beatty and an ascot-wearing Gene...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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1:00:15

Grumpy Nostalgia: ReMembers Only - #3: How We Got the Music In Us
We can all agree that music is generally getting worse, but the technology used to bring it to us is better than ever. Only it isn't. In this episode, the gang looks back at the wonderful ways we got our music. From scratchy AM/FM radios ...
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Season 5
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43:48

The Terminator (1984) SE05;EP15
Machines come back from the future to change the course of history but completely ignore eradicating Ed Hardy, Post-Grunge rock, and TikTok. Arnold's back for another go on the podcast and he has 14 lines. But he kills 39 people so we can...
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Congo (1995) Deja Viewed
If you ever wanted to see a Ghostbuster jump out of a plane with a cigar-smoking talking gorilla, this is the movie for you!This ridiculously dumb movie celebrates its 30th birthday this week and we felt compelled to pay homage. We were ...
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50:27

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) SE05;EP14
We're celebrating Father's Day by keeping up with the Jones boys. We got gondolas, Nazis, River Phoenix, sewer rats, and a wig-free Connery just for starters. A perfect ending for the Indiana Jones trilogy. Luckily, Hollywood decided not ...
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59:44

Grumpy Nostalgia: ReMembers Only - #2: Don't Turn That Dial
We're talking tv again, but this time were going primal. Prime time tv from 1975 to 1985 was weird and wonderful and we were its willful prisoners. With only 3 networks and I-Pads not even a figment of Steve Jobs imagination , we we...
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