Grumpy Nostalgia: Second Look Cinema
A second look at our favorite movies, without the fog of nostalgia
Episodes
102 episodes
Jurassic Park (1993) SE05;EP04
Happy New Year, y'all. We're starting 25 with lots of chomp by reviewing one of the big 'uns, the OG Jurassic Park. Over 30 years old and not even a scratch on it. Stick around til the end where the gang lovingly discuss things in H...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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58:16
From Dusk Til Dawn (1996) SE05;EP03 Featuring kevin_the_movie_guy
We're wrapping up 2024 with a very special movie picked by our new guest contributor @kevin_the_movie_guy. Better yet, Kevin's sitting in for this one too!We decided Santa could just go to hell for the time being because we wanna talk...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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1:11:19
Good Will Hunting (1997) SE05;EP02
You're gonna like these apples for sure. This week the boys are going back to 1997 to revisit this amazing take on the "troubled genius" theme that Hollywood loves so wicked much. Watching hurts a little more this time knowing Willi...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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47:46
Elf (2003) Holiday Leftovers
We're looking back at a Christmas movie that even our snarky GenX personalities cannot diminish. Quotable, hilarious, and tolerantly sappy, Will Ferrel's portrayal as the 6'3" elf alone to his own devices in the Big Apple is a favor...
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1:00:22
Holiday Turkeys: A Grumpy Nostalgia Holiday Special
Gobble Gobble, y'all. We're so caught up in the holiday excitement preamble, we are using our precious studio time to wrap gifts and browse thru the Sears Christmas catalog making our lists for Big Red.In the meanwhile, please revi...
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Season 5
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1:00:13
Dick Tracy (1990) SE05;EP01
This week, we're diving into the 1990 Dick Tracy movie. Remember this one? Of course you dont.Imagine Tim Burton’s Gotham got hit with a color filter that only understands primary colors and then added... a whole ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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56:56
Fright Night (1985) SE04;EP26
We dare you admit you didn't watch this on HBO at every pizza-fueled sleepover in the 80s. It's a fun mix of horror, comedy, and well-meant gratuitous gore and nudity, just like the eighties. Your gang had a blast checking this one out ag...
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Season 4
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Episode 26
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53:05
Retro Halloween Bonus Series!: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Our final trip down memory lane is last year's retrospective of Wes Craven's original A Nightmare on Elm Street.Creative, original, and generally icky, just like your hosts.Stick around to the end where the gang talks about their favori...
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Season 4
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1:04:24
Salem's Lot (1979) SE04;EP25
Back in the 70s, most things were designed to ruin children. Jarts, doctors smoking in the exam room, steel playgrounds, and television movies about kids getting killed. So naturally, we decided to review the most egregious of these, Salem's Lo...
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Season 4
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Episode 25
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1:03:16
Retro Halloween Bonus Series!: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Horror, dread, and misery. And that's just Keanu's accent. Gary Oldman is serving generous amounts of holiday ham in this campy, unintentionally hilarious 90's horror classic.Not to be outdone Anthony Hopkins goes full batcrap crazy here to...
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Season 4
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59:18
Retro Halloween Bonus Series!: Evil Dead II (1987)
We're bringing our Dominos pizza and a two liter Coke downstairs to the rumpus room for another late night viewing of the greatest cult horror comedy ever made. Violent, gross, disturbing, yet never not hilarious.Even better, everyone...
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Season 4
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1:00:00
The Lost Boys (1987) SE04;EP24
Cool teen vampires? No way! We're going back to the glorious 80s this week when a movie like this one would be celebrated by the masses. Is it as good in the rear view mirror? Well sadly, one of your hosts gets violently and copiously sic...
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Season 4
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Episode 24
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50:10
Retro Halloween Bonus Series!: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
To honor last year's Halloween BooNanza, we've decided to re-release those spooky episodes every Saturday this October to introduce them to our new friends while still managing to annoy our regular fans.This one features our favorite vinyl ...
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Season 4
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1:07:41
Scarface (1983) SE04;EP23
This week the boys review this adorable story of American entrepreneurship, love, and pelicans. Al Pacino's iconic, if not over-the-top, performance has developed its own archetype of cinema that's often imitated, rarely duplicated. Show ...
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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52:28
Important Show UPDATE!: A brief word from the gang at Grumpy Nostalgia
Is it finally happening? Did a Yoko-type infiltrate and cause the inevitable break up we all saw coming since Twister released in 2022?In a word: nahWe simply wanted to let you know about some upcoming show news and a slig...
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Beetlejuice (1988) SE04;EP22
Bereft of new ideas, Hollywood has again taken another of our classic movies to reintroduce it to a new audience and we're starting to take it personally. These are our movies, damn it. Make up your own ones!Okay, tantrum over.<...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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54:25
Broken Arrow (1996) SE04;EP21
What if Evel Kneivel and and Ed Wood had a baby? Broken Arrow, that's what. Travolta is a proper cured Virginia ham in this John Woo action adventure and we cant get enough of it. Long admired behind the scenes, the boys let there f...
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Season 4
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51:16
Aliens (1986) Deja Viewed! SE04;EP20
Why go to a theater to see an 8th sequel of Alien, when you can simply revisit the franchise from the comfort of your own ear buds? Inspired by the new release of Alien: Romulus, the boys remastered their early take on the Alien series wi...
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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59:07
The Godfather, Part III (1990) SE04;EP19
Just when we thought we were out. The boys get a chip on their shoulder this week, defending this often maligned finale. By today's standards this movie could easily sweep the Oscars, but back then, a bunch of film school drop-outs ...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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55:27
Back to the Future (1985) SE04;EP18
We finally hit 88 miles an hour this week, with a look back at this 80s classic. It's as good as you remember, but, true to form, the boys manage to find just enough cringe to make you feel slightly embarrassed. (hey, it's what they do). <...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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59:54
Time Bandits (1981) SE04;EP17
Get a head start on the upcoming (and questionable) AppleTV reboot by porting back to this 1981 fever dream of a movie. There's too much weird to count here, but the boys slog through this confusing, but often hilarious Python-based scifi...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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1:05:50
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) SE004;EP16
Despite all our rage we are still going back to Nic Cage. This one seems a little more tolerable in that its more an extended music video rather than a movie. But hey! It's too hot to do anything else right now so why not?...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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58:49
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind (1977) SE04;EP15
We're taking a look at Spielberg's masterpiece this week. Not usually the first movie you associate with Steve, but arguably his best. Plus, the boys spend some time remembering how great the 70s were for being mischievous little bo...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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1:02:59
Planet of the Apes (1968) SE04;EP14
Madhouse, indeed. The boys go back to the future this week to review the glorious original Planet of the Apes. Fresh after a recent viewing of the latest Apes movie (in an actual theater) our hosts were inspired to go back to the Fo...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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1:05:59