The Material Girl herself joins us on the old leather couch as we take a trip through the 80s with Madonna in Desperately Seeking Susan. In Seen It, we discuss New York gangs, a band of runaways and seven, count em, seven samurai.
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Shampoo
Where were you on Election night, 1968? If you were Warren Beatty, you were probably in bed with a groovy chick or at least doing her hair. The basement is going to fill up with suds as we watch Shampoo. In Seen It, Read It, we discuss books and movies about nested cuckoos, monkey trials […]
The Omen
Things are getting real spooky on the old leather couch this Halloween as we heed the warning of The Omen. And after five long years we finally welcome Gregory Peck back into the basement. In Seen It, we talk horror: frenzied killers, vampire killers and a certain VVitch makes a re-appearance.
The Mummy
What’s that rustling you hear behind you? Don’t look now, but there is a Mummy coming to steal your scroll! Boris Karloff visits us in the basement as we kick off a very spooky October. In Seen It, we discuss non-traditional horror: singing cannibals, heads like erasers and the end of the world […]
The Rocketeer
Nazi plots got you down? Well, blast off with us into high-flying adventure with The Rocketeer. The conclusion of our “Faster! Faster!”-themed September. In Seen It, we review movies that turned up in our PO Box: a boy named Kaspar, a soldier named Johnny and a whole lot of dream-catching.
The Wild One
Hop on your Triumph motorcycle and ride on over to the old leather couch as we watch the leather-clad rebels of The Wild One. Can you dig it, Dad? In Seen It, we talk about movies that Craig hasn’t seen: a jazzy singer, a wilde author and some bad boys.
BMX Bandits
Welcome to 1983 in the land down under where BMX is the king of dirt bikes. BMX Bandits delivers the kind of thrills that only a plot about stolen walkie-talkies can deliver. Not to mention teenage Nicole Kidman. In Seen It, we discuss movies with common connecting threads: movies about silent priests, shuttered islands and […]
Valley of the Dolls
The road to stardom can be a rough one when you succumb to the temptation of “dolls”. Stroll on over to the old leather couch as we watch the cautionary tale Valley of the Dolls. In Seen It, we saddle up for the 80s Cable Round-up! Madness at midnight, bad news in little league and […]








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