The Nostalgia Effect

The gang talks sports movies, what really is a Hoosier (nobody knows), and the indomitable Gene Hackman.

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The gang is back in a mega episode. They catch up on Joe's adventures in Hobbiton and movies they saw during the month away before spoiling iThree Amigos! for Amy.

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The gang talks about some of their most anticipated 2025 movies before going on a couple physical media rants, how we will be remembered, and flashing back to one of Tim Burton's last great films, Big Fish.

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The gang counts down their top 3 films of the year and try not to tell mom the babysitter died.

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The gang steps through a magical wardrobe into the forrest of Narnia to see about a lion, a witch, and the Christian-based books.

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This is basically a West Wing discussion episode but we also talk about Aaron Sorkin's The American President.

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The gang prepares for a controversial episode talking about the election, Joe's big correction that isn't really a correction, and Presidential Dave.

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It's werewolf season y'all! The gang talks about comedy in horror movies, how An American Werewolf in London is kind of a zombie movie, and, somehow, Paul Rubens.

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The gang gets straight in to taking about their first movie of spooky season: Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn. But first the talk LA heatwave, Disneyland, and spooky season.

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The gang memorializes James Earl Jones before diving into the lake that is The Swan Princess, Disney vs non-Disney animated films, and the movie theater-going experience.

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It's Johnny's birthday and we're going to space to fight some aliens!

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It's Joe's birthday and Amy told him we're doing one of his favorite films The Blues Brothers!

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The gang talks about the new Joker trailer and trailer fakeouts before getting a Disney Channel & Lizzie McGuire history lesson from Amy.

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The gang catches up on what they've been up to during their month away before jumping into summer and The Great Outdoors.

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The gang cools down for the summer and heads back to the Ice Age. 

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In a very pun-filled episode, the gang celebrates Amy’s birthday with the customary DCOM, some anti-climactic reveals, and a Talkin’ Trailers discussion about prequels.

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The gang talks about Muppet-related news while getting distracted by Disneyland (as always) and ranting about streaming but eventually continuing their An American Tail journey.

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The gang goes back to the 1800s to become mice immigrating to America.

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Amy and Joe discuss the Academy Awards, what makes a great movie, and the first Best Picture winner on the podcast, Billy Wilder's The Apartment.

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The gang talks about their first Disney live-action remake, dogs abound, and the magic of Glenn Close.

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The gang is back and better(ish) than ever celebrating the Super Bowl by talking about all things football, Joe's newfound experience with the sport, and Necessary Roughness.

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The (hopefully) final episode of our impromptu hiatus. Original air date: December 21, 2020

In their last episode of the year, the gang gets off to a rocky start before discussing the “recent” news of the Warner Bros. & HBO Max deal, Spider-Man 3 castings, and a… gasp! RECENT movie to celebrate The Night Before (or 4 days before) Christmas.

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Part two of our Holiday Hiatus episode! Original air date: January 11, 2021

This is Part 2 of our Love Actually episode. Part 1 is already available and we highly suggest you listen to that before listening to this episode.

In this part, Johnny & Amy absolutely disappoint Joe with how much they did not enjoy Love Actually.

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Hiatus is still going but we couldn't leave you without some holiday joy! Original air date: January 4, 2021

The gang talks about Sonic's new look and probably the ONLY Thanksgiving movie ever, Planes, Trains, And Automobiles.

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Continuing our mini hiatus but still celebrating Thanksgiving! Original air date: November 25, 2019

The gang talks about Sonic's new look and probably the ONLY Thanksgiving movie ever, Planes, Trains, And Automobiles.

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The gang is still on a short hiatus but set sail with the Muppets in this classic rewind episode! Original air date: March 18, 2019

It's Treasure Island with Muppets. That is all you need to know.

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Revisit the gang’s first ever episode, Hocus Pocus, in the first ever rewind episode! Original air date: October 22, 2018

In their first episode, Amy and the guys talk the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina trailer and realized Hocus Pocus was WAY sexier than they remembered.

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The gang enlists Small Soldiers to see if it really is any good while also going on their usual multiple tangents about unrelated topics.

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The gang discusses if Joe never having seen School of Rock should be a Secret Shame and try to figure out when back to school actually happens with a surprise appearance by Joe’s dogs!

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To celebrate Johnny's birthday, he and Amy re-live his Disneyland birthday trip and talk about the first Lonely Island movie: Hot Rod.

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To celebrate Joe's birthday, the anniversary of Pee-wee's Big Adventure, & commemorate the passing of Paul Rubens, the gang talks all about Pee-wee Herman and that's it!

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In their first Amy-less episode, Joe & Johnny talk about Barbenheimer & the state of the box office (this was recorded before July 21st), the legacy of Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford, and Johnny watches Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for the first time.

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to watch the first Mission: Impossible film and not be impressed by the real effects vs GCI or be astounded by the old school internet.

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In this action-packed episode, the gang talks about memories of Blade & its part in the beginning of comic book adaptations, their speculation & ideas for the 2024 (2025?) Blade, and multiple tangents into Amy's Letterboxd history & weird movie-watching habits.

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Amy & Johnny both make some spicy confessions and Joe introduces everyone to a very unknown Sam Raimi Western.

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The gang revisits Mrs. Doubtfire to see if is the classic everyone remembers it to be & if it holds up against any possible transphobia. Along the way they go down rabbit holes of Chris Columbus's legacy, our surprising actor first memories, and of course love for Robin Williams.

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It's Amy's birthday (really, today as you are listening) and this episode is the entire reason she started the podcast. Join them as they explore a story about living in space in the very near future & not time travel, an appearance from a very niche character actor, and Amy getting very passionate over some fun facts.

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The gang goes back to the Stone Age and struggle to balance the weight of just how bad The Flintstones live-action movie really is with the incredible talent that went into it.

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After watching the near impossible to find Super Mario Bros., the gang all have VERY different opinions on just how good the movie is and if it should stay impossible to watch.

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The gang catches up after almost a month of not recording together, talking about the Blue Beetle & Secret Invasion trailers and Super Mario Bros.!

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