Get off my plane! Sean picks the 1997 hostage thriller Air Force One, a Die Hard clone with political ambitions starring Harrison Ford as President James Marshall and Gary Oldman as his nemesis Ivan. Bit parts played by Glenn Close, Xander Berkeley, and William H. Macy.
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Episode 32: FRIDAY THE 13TH
It's time to go to camp! Camp Crystal Lake, that is! Sean selects the 1980 horror classic Friday the 13th, starring Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, and Kevin Bacon.
Episode 29: ONE CRAZY SUMMER
John Cusack re-teams with writer-director Savage Steve Holland in 1986's One Crazy Summer, the companion film to the cult classic Better Off Dead. Demi Moore, Bobcat Goldthwaite, Joel Murray, Curtis Armstrong, and Jeremy Piven co-star.
Episode 26: AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
Sean unwraps a "new" VHS copy of 1981's An American Werewolf in London and tries to explain to Lyndsey why John Landis' gory travelogue is a perfect werewolf film.
Episode 21: MAJOR LEAGUE
As a new baseball season begins, Sean picks the 1989 underdog sports romp Major League, starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, Rene Russo, Corbin Bernsen, and Dennis Haysbert.
Talking points: The Hunter Pence episode of Fuller House. Building a bad team. A stalker romance. Moneyball. Baseball as a form of community. Buy it/rent it/tape over it. The fall of kids sports movies. Turtles.
Episode 19: INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN
In honor of Leap Day, we're leaping back in time to the fifties with Sean's pick, the 1957 sci-fi B-movie bonanza Invasion of the Saucer Men, about a group of dumb teenagers, dumb con men, and dumb army dudes running afoul of some equally dumb bulb-headed aliens.
Talking points: Happy Leap Day! The cover. American International Pictures. Lover’s Point. Bug-eyed aliens. Artie as an unreliable narrator. Alcoholic subtext. Uncomfortable rape humor. Why drive with your headlights off? A sleepy protagonist. Alien vs. bull. Incompetent cops. Buy it/rent it/tape over it. John Hughes.
Episode 17: CHILD'S PLAY
Horror enthusiast Sean picks his well-worn VHS copy of Child’s Play, starring Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, and Brad Dourif as the infamous killer doll Chucky.
Talking points: Renting Child’s Play 2 as a child. Confusing franchise titles. Rambo. The slasher boom of the 80’s. A solid slasher series. Visit MGM on the web! Good Guy dolls and Turbo Man. Brad Dourif as Charles Lee Ray. Nobody believes the kid. Chris Sarandon’s frustrating car ride. Batteries included. Alex Vincent is a solid child actor. Voodoo. Messy breakfast. A slasher movie weirdly aimed at kids. Child’s Play. Child’s Play 3. Bride of Chucky. Seed of Chucky. Curse of Chucky. Buy it/rent it/tape over it. Tom Hanks.
