Grumpy Nostalgia: Second Look Cinema
A second look at our favorite movies, without the fog of nostalgia
Episodes
184 episodes
618. End of Days (1999): The Devil in in the Plot Holes
We're finally taking our audience's advice and going to Hell. Turns out it's not as nice as advertised. This movie is one we're betting most of you forgot about. Congrats for that. A horribly miscast Arnold heaves his wa...
Young Frankenstein (1974): Abby Normal's Brain, Socks & Poo Poo Undies. A Retrospective
This movie is why your parents were laughing so hard in the other room. Easily one of your hosts favorite comedies of all time. This special revisit was a no-brainer (see what we did there?). Nonstop jokes, ridiculous sight ga...
617. The Usual Suspects (1995): The Greatest Trick This Podcast Ever Pulled Was To Convince The World It Didn't Exist
After a brutal summer full of bombs, the gang gleefully review a great 90s thriller that exemplifies why our generation's movies were so much better. This neo film noir classic introduced an original script, laden with mystery and varied interp...
Fight Club (1999): We Want You To Hit Us As Hard As You Can
GenX boys were strange little creatures (still are by all accounts). Back when you couldn't use the internet to fight your battles, some of us actually had to take matters into our own hands. We personally were not these people, but Ed an...
616. KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978): Rock N Roll All Night, Poopy Every Day
Headbangers Hamlet! Things go crazy this week as Mike's absence throws the Grumpy Nostalgia studios into disarray. But every crisis is also an opportunity. Therefore, the show's resident music expert @aron_gagliardo is called in to cover a movi...
Roadhouse (1989): Most Craziest, Haziest, and Swayziest
Drop by the Double Deuce to see an amazing tale that somehow manages to be wonderful and vile all at the same time. We could not get enough of this one the first time through and neither could our audience so we gladly put this stinky tre...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Flash Gordon Part 2: Our Comic Book Movies Are Still Better
One episode couldn't do this one justice, so the boys present a special two-parter in order to squeeze in all the pew pew pews, the red sateen, the tiny tinyHawk Men shorts, and more cheese than we deserve. Plus, we share our takes on...
Flash Gordon, Part 1 (1980): Our Comic Book Movies Were Actually Good.
Flash and the gang face off against the glorious villain Ming the Merciless (who could easily take Thanos's lunch money). There's ridiculous special effects, very short Hawk-Men shorts, and a Queen soundtrack that will crush your face. We...
612. Dream A Little Dream (1989): The Two Coreys Destroy Western Civilization
There's a scene where Corey Feldman, dressed as Michael Jackson, does a 4 minute dance routine in a gym and its not even the worst scene in the movie. The worst of the 80s in on full display as the gang entertain a listener request this w...
The Last Action Hero (1993): Blazing The Trail For Crappy Summer Blockbusters
Even our bombs bombed bigger in the 90s. With the 2026 summer blockbuster season folding like Superman on laundry day, we thought we'd go back 33 years (yikes) to reveal how they used to fail back in the day. Arnie does his best to try to...
611. Bloodsport (1988): Jean Claude Steals Your Heart and Breaks Your Face
Five years in and we've yet to talk about the Muscles from Brussels. This ends here. In one of our most serve-serving episodes to date, we decide to completely disregard our audience and instead cover a movie just for our own warped...
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind (1977): Build A Mountain In Your Living Room: A Retrospective
Being the grumpy jerks we are, we're guessing you can simply stay home this weekend and listen to this podcast instead of braving theatres to see Disclosure Day. Steve made the perfect UFO movie fifty (gulp) years ago so we invite you to ...
610. Shakespeare in Love (1998): A Cloying Pageant Which Yet Doth Feast Upon Private Ryan's Tears
Come listen as two brutes scratch their heads and furrow their brows as the try to review an art house film. Having nary a special effect and nor not even one explosion, your hosts are forced to find new ways to find fault. They are...
Grumpy Nostalgia ReMembers Only #9: These Video Games Are Just a Fad
The boys go back to the golden era of brain rot to explore our long obsession with the video game. From Pong to XBOX, these consoles were our baby sitters, our pacifiers, and our rage generators. So grab your quarters and prepare to reliv...
609.The Untouchables (1987): You Send Our Podcast to the Hospital, We Send Your Podcast to the Morgue
You Send Our Podcast to the Hospital, We Send Your Podcast to the Morgue. That's the Grumpy Nostalgia Way. The boys go full OG this week reliving Brian De Palma's 1987 classic. In a time when Americans couldn't drink, we learn that ...
Return of the Jedi (1983): Kill Your Father. You'll Feel Better
Mandalorians and Grogus are fine, but us 80s kids would rather see some stop motion terror and a galactic build-a-bear workshop taking down the Empire. The country is gonna remember why they like Star Wars in the next few weeks so we sham...
608.Contact (1997): Nerds Discover New Life in Our Galaxy. And New Cheese
This week's brand new episode features what we call a "thinking man's Sci-Fi" movie. Generally, that's code for boring. And there's some of that to be fair, but for the most part this one is pretty good. If you can buy McConaughey as a pr...
The Postman (1997): Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Gloom of Night Can Make This Watchable
Resident show punching bag Costner writes, directs, stars, and even sings the ending credits song! Way to hog the movie, K! An extended spring break kept the boys out of the studio this week, so we humbly ask our overly patient audi...
Silence of the Lambs (1991): Why We Cant Have Friends For Dinner Anymore: A Retrospective
After 35 years, most things tend to degrade. We certainly did. But this is not the case for one of the greatest psychological horror films of all time. Join the gang as they revisit the culinary curiosities in this amazing Jon...
607. Manhunter (1986): Hannibal Lector's Film Debut Overshadowed By Really Tiny Shorts
With Silence of The Lambs returning to theaters this week for it's 25th Anniversary, the boys decide to spoil the party by reviewing the film where it all started, Michael Mann's stylish Manhunter from 1986. Heavy handed and completely fr...