Does A Decade Matter?
100 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWhere Generations X and Y intersect to discuss the movies from the not quite recent past
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Episode 4x29 Pan's Labyrinth
September 11, 2017 05:00 - 25 minutes - 12.1 MBHappy Monday, dear listeners. This week we watched "Pan's Labyrinth" from Guillermo del Toro. We talked about subtitles vs dubbing, the on-screen violence of war, and a little about "Hollow Man", which we watched last week and didn't have very much to say.
Episode 4x28: Sin City
August 28, 2017 05:00 - 23 minutes - 10.8 MBHappy Monday, everyone! This week we watched 2005's "Sin City," so you don't have to. We talked about needless narration, anthology films, and Frank Miller.
Episode 4x27: Elektra
August 21, 2017 05:00 - 19 minutes - 8.87 MBHappy Monday! This week we sat through 2005's Elektra, starring Jennifer Garner. We talk about The Defenders and Daredevil on Netflix, the works of Frank Miller, and what would have made this movie better; making it worse. Spoiler warning: We mention some minor spoilers about Netflix's "The Defenders". We encourage you to go watch that series before listening to this episode.
Episode 4x26: Stardust
August 15, 2017 00:38 - 36 minutes - 16.4 MBWelcome back, everyone! This week we watched 2007's "Stardust," starring Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Robert de Niro, and Michelle Pfeiffer. We talk about some bad British accents, our mutual disdain for Tim Burton, and make comparisons to The Princess Bride
Episode 4x35: The Karate Kid
August 08, 2017 03:01 - 33 minutes - 15.4 MBWelcome back! This week we watched 1984's "The Karate Kid," with Ralph Machio, Pat Morita, and Elizabeth Shue. We talked about 80's film franchises; teen, sport, and bully movies; and cultural apropriation at length.
Episode 4x24: Alien3
July 31, 2017 05:00 - 19 minutes - 8.59 MBHappy Monday! This week we watched David Fincher's first feature, "Alien 3". We talk about for a while about the franchise, problems with making this film, various character archetypes, and Alien vs. Predator.
Episode 4x23: Flatliners
July 24, 2017 05:00 - 22 minutes - 10.1 MBWelcome back. This week we watched 1990's Flatliners, with Keifer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon and Julia Roberts. We talked about Joel Schumacher, the forthcoming remake with Ellen Page, and attonement. Heather also offers some free CPR tips.
Episode 4x22: The Mummy
July 17, 2017 05:00 - 29 minutes - 13.4 MBWe're back, everyone! This week we watched 1999's The Mummy, with Brendan Fraiser and Rachel Weisz. We talk about humor in adventure movies, Dungeons and Dragons comparisons, comedy television origins of movies, and racial casting in modern Hollywood. If you have any question for Heather about something she loves or hates, let us know through email at [email protected], or on twitter @DADMpod
Episode 4x20: The Silence of the Lambs
June 19, 2017 05:00 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MBHappy Monday, listeners! This week we watched Jonathan Demme's 1991 Academy Award winning "The Silence of the Lambs". We argue about guns in mental hospitals, other local podcasts about movies, and trans* representation failures in this movie, and a Revolting Cocks sample that originated in this movie. We'll see you next week!
Episode 4x21: Beetlejuice
June 19, 2017 05:00 - 23 minutes - 10.8 MBWelcome back! This week we're talking about Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice". We started off talking about expressionism and "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", and proceeded to talk about other Tim Burton movies, the virtues and inevitable problems of "weird" filmmakers, and using an alternate name for someone else.
Episode 4x19: The Night of the Hunter
June 06, 2017 01:36 - 27 minutes - 12.2 MBWelcome to Monday, listeners! We watched the 1955 thriller "The Night of the Hunter," starring Robert Mitchum. We talked about Expressionism, pacing, the treatment of women characters, exploitative Christianity, and charismatic psychopathy. We'll see you next week!
Episode 4x18: Apt Pupil and All The President's Men
May 30, 2017 01:42 - 23 minutes - 10.5 MBHappy Monday, listeners! This week we watched Apt Pupil and All the President's Men. We go into why we watched two episodes this week, we talk about war criminals, dark family secrets, and memorials. We also talked about newsroom dramas, seeing familiar drinkable faces, and re-rating historically significant cinema. Sorry for the delay, we'll see you next week!
Episode 4x17: The Shining
May 16, 2017 01:32 - 32 minutes - 14.9 MBHappy Monday, listeners! This week we watched The Shining, from 1980. We talked about Shelley Duvall, Kubrick movies, and mental health and time travel. See you next week!
Episode 4x16: Misery
May 08, 2017 12:33 - 11 minutes - 5.16 MBHappy Monday, listeners. This week we watched 1990's Misery. We pretty much phoned in this episode, there wasn't that much to talk about. Hope you enjoy the movie.
Episode 4x15: 12 Angry Men
May 01, 2017 05:00 - 25 minutes - 12.1 MBHappy Monday, listeners! This week we watched 1957's 12 Angry Men. We talked about the Criterion Collection, various subsequent legal dramas, and our expierences with jury duty.
Episode 4x14 The Sixth Sense
April 24, 2017 05:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBHappy Monday, listeners! This week we watched M. Night Shyamalan's "The Sixth Sense". We talk about New Kids on the Block, our first expierences seeing the movie, ghost stories vs. horror movies, and commentary on video cameras. See you next week!
Children of Men
April 17, 2017 05:00 - 22 minutes - 10.4 MBWelcome back, listeners! This week we watched 2006's "Children of Men". We aslo recapped Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and disscussd plot mystique, violence, and a lack of Good Guys. We'll see you next week!
Falling Down
April 10, 2017 05:00 - 25 minutes - 13 MBHappy Monday, friends! This week we watched Falling Down. We make come comparisons with Office Space, the market for dark comedies, and misspent youth in the suburbs.
The Last Starfighter
April 05, 2017 05:00 - 26 minutes - 12.1 MBWelcome back friends! This week we watched The Last Starfighter, from 1984. We talked about Wil Wheaton and Robert Preston movies, the tv show Friends, Cop Rock, and After School Specials.
Episoide 4x10: Snatch
March 27, 2017 05:00 - 20 minutes - 9.37 MBWelcome to Monday, listeners! This week we watched Guy Richie's Snatch, from 2000. Topics of discussion include Richie's filmography, use of profanity in the United Kingdom vs. the United States, and comparisons with contemporary directors.
Episode 4x09: Beauty and the Beast
March 20, 2017 05:00 - 26 minutes - 12 MBHappy Monday, friends! This week we saw Disney's 1991 animated Beauty and the Beast. We talked about comparisons to other Disney animated films, masculinity archetypes, and definitions of beauty.
Episode 4x08: Drop Dead Gorgeous
March 13, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBHappy Monday, listeners! This week we were joined by three friends for 1999's Drop Dead Gorgeous. We talked about many things Minnesotan, furnature, broadcasting, and being 17. See you next Monday!
Episode 4x07: Superman
March 06, 2017 06:00 - 28 minutes - 13 MBHappy Monday, listeners! This week we saw Richard Donner's Superman film from 1978. We talked about this film's pacing, Lois Lane as a damsel in distress trope, and Richard Donner and his body of work. We hope you enjoy our new release day, sent us an email at [email protected]
Episode 4x06: Apollo 13
March 01, 2017 06:00 - 26 minutes - 12.1 MBHappy Wednesday, everybody! We said goodbye to Bill Paxton today with Apollo 13. We also talked about Ron Howard movies, whether people identify characters or actors in movies, and there's another rant about how much someone hates James Cameron.
Episode 4x05: Lost Highway
February 16, 2017 04:16 - 24 minutes - 11.3 MBWelcome back! This week we watched David Lynch's Lost Highway. Content warning, we talk a lot about sexual violence in this film as well as in Blue Velvet, so feel free to skip this one if you need to. See you next Wednesday!
Episode 4x04: Untamed Heart
February 08, 2017 06:00 - 18 minutes - 9.59 MBHappy Wednesday, listeners! We watched 1993's Untamed Heart, starring Christian Slayter and Marisa Tomei. We talked about Minneapolis geography, sexual assault, Heather tells a television story, and Denis hates the DNA remix of Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner
Episode 4x03: Harry Potter and the Socerer's Stone
February 01, 2017 06:00 - 33 minutes - 17 MBWelcome back everyone! This week we sorta said goodbye to John Hurt with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. We talked about why we picked this movie with John Hurt, how fandom gatekeeping is unhelpful, adolescent actors, and we drop the ball on coveri
Episode 4x02: Con Air
January 25, 2017 06:00 - 25 minutes - 11.6 MBHappy Wednesday, listeners! This week we skipped back to 1997 for the Nicolas Cage "classic" Con Air. We talked about cable program scheduling, diabetics on film, criminal proceedings involving active duty military personel, and Jerry Bruckheimer.
Episode 4x01: Spider Man 3
January 18, 2017 06:00 - 25 minutes - 11.4 MBWelcome to 2017! We started this year with another comic book movie! This time we watched Sam Raimi's Spider Man 3. We talked about unnecessary origin stories, useless fight scenes, bad CGI, and a lot of other comic book movies. We'll see you next Wednesd
Episode 3x47: Scrooged
December 14, 2016 06:00 - 21 minutes - 9.41 MBHappy holidays, listeners! This week we watched Scrooged with Bill Murray. We talked about various versions of A Christmas Carol, Muppet Fight Club, live television, and Carol Kane.
Episode 3x46: Point Break
December 07, 2016 06:00 - 1 hour - 29.7 MBWelcome back everyone! This week we recorded with previous guest Matt Allex along with Megan Slawson and The Boy to watch 1991's Point Break. This one is a bit long, but we talked about Patrick Swayze, the shortcomings of the soundtrack, and things go quickly off the rails.
Episode 3x45: The Devil's Advocate
December 01, 2016 03:19 - 30 minutes - 13.6 MBWelcome back listeners! This week we continued our Keanu Reeves marathon, accidentally, with The Devil's Advocate. Aside from Keanu, we talked about Al Pacino, the seeming lack of courtroom scenes, and hospital security protocols. Enjoy!
Episode 3x44: A Scanner Darkly
November 23, 2016 06:00 - 26 minutes - 11.9 MBHello friends! This week we watched A Scanner Darkly, starring Keanu Reeves, Winona Rider, and Robert Downey Jr. We talked about rotoscoping, Keanu Reeve's acting career, Richard Linklater, and drugs.
Episode 3x43: Being John Malkovich
November 16, 2016 06:00 - 23 minutes - 10.3 MBHappy Wednesday, listeners! This week we watched Being John Malkovich, with John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and, of course, John Malkovich. We talked about science fiction movies, The Skulls, Keanu Reeves, and Rob Reiner
Episode 3x42: V For Vendetta
November 09, 2016 06:00 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBWelcome back listeners! This week we watched V for Vendetta, from 2005. We discussed the current political climate, character changes in adaptions, the Wachowski's, and a little bit about Keanu Reeves.
Episode 3x41: Sling Blade
November 02, 2016 16:00 - 20 minutes - 9.28 MBHappy Wednesday, listeners! This week we saw 1997's Sling Blade. We talked about undeserved awards, boring and pointless movies, premeditated murder, and victim blaming.
Episode 3x40: The Exorcist
October 26, 2016 11:27 - 20 minutes - 9.29 MBWelcome back! This week we watched the classic horror The Exorcist. We talked about smoking on screen in the seventies, Max von Sydow, and a bit of horror movie theory.
Episode 3x39: I Know What You Did Last Summer
October 19, 2016 05:00 - 34 minutes - 15.5 MBHappy Wednesday, listeners! This week we watched 1997's I Know What You Did Last Summer, starring a bunch of teens stars. We talked about teen slasher films, winter drinks, white privlege, definitions of horror movies
Episode 3x38: Bram Stoker's Dracula
October 12, 2016 16:00 - 35 minutes - 15.7 MBWelcome back! Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula was on the menu for today. We talked about Francis Ford Coppola's filmography, unnecessary nudity, bad accents, and Doctor Who.
Episode 3x37: Quiz Show
October 05, 2016 05:00 - 34 minutes - 15.3 MBWelcome back, listeners! This week we watched 1994's Robert Redford film Quiz Show. We talk about ethics in role researching, other quiz show scandals, and milk. Also, there are spoilers for the Ghostbusters reboot, so see that if you haven't already.
Episode 3x36: Lethal Weapon
September 28, 2016 05:00 - 24 minutes - 10.9 MBWelcome back! This week we saw Lethal Weapon from 1988. We talked about inapprporiately sexy music, comparisons to the new television show, and children, for some reason. If you like the show, please give us a rating or review where ever you downloaded it
Episode 3x35: Alice in Wonderland
September 21, 2016 05:00 - 20 minutes - 8.96 MBThis week we watched Disney's Alice in Wonderland. We talked a bit about Disney movies, Young Frankenstein, the Muppets, and the Blues Brothers.
Episode 3x34: Dune
September 14, 2016 05:00 - 23 minutes - 10.5 MBWelcome back, friends and listeners! This week we screened the 1984 David Lynch film Dune. We talked a lot about Star Wars, the problems with internal monologues, homophobia in the mid-80s, and making a fan-cut of the film.
Episode 3x33: Mars Attacks!
September 07, 2016 05:00 - 24 minutes - 10.7 MBWelcome back, friends! This week we sat through 1996's Mars Attacks!. We open with our farewell to Gene Wilder and explain why we just couldn't do him justice with Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory, then go on to discuss Tim Burton films, issues with large ensemble casts, and teenagers in the White House.
Episode 3x32: Fantastic Four
September 01, 2016 01:00 - 43 minutes - 19.1 MBWelcome back, friends! We watched 2005's Fantastic Four movie this week. We talked at length about Doctor Doom, reading comics, and the assorted Marvel-property films and their ownership.
Episode 3x31: What About Bob?
August 24, 2016 05:00 - 16 minutes - 7.12 MBWelcome back, listeners! This week we watched What About Bob? from 1991. Topics of discussion include pop culture therapy techniques, the mindset differences between urban and suburban dwellers, Bill Murray, and our mutual lack of Steve Martin exposure.
Episode 3x30: Armageddon
August 24, 2016 05:00 - 31 minutes - 13.7 MBSorry for the delay and welcome back! For this episode, we watched Michael Bay's 1998 train-wreck "Armageddon". We talked about the actors who though working with Bay was a nightmare, make some comparisons to James Cameron, and illuminate the origins of the DADM Drinking Game. Enjoy!
Episode 3x29: Good Will Hunting
August 10, 2016 05:00 - 23 minutes - 10.6 MBWelcome back! This week we watched Good Will Hunting, and like most episodes, we hardly talked about the movie.
Episode 3x28: The Boondock Saints
August 03, 2016 12:04 - 38 minutes - 17 MBWelcome back! This week we saw The Boondock Saints. We talk about Boston, the Columbine shooting, and sexism in late-90s cinema. Enjoy!
Episode 3x27: The Town
July 27, 2016 11:33 - 20 minutes - 9.29 MBHello again! This week we watched 2010's The Town, like we promised during our episode for Alpha Dog. We talked about Ben Affleck as a director, Jeremy Renner's performance, and diversity and representation in cinematic Boston.