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472: Beverly Hills Cop II

Listen up, boppers! This week, we’re asking if the second Beverly Hills Cop holds up. A time when Eddie Murphy was at the full height of his powers, for better or for worse. You know what they say, you can take the Hills Cop out of the Beverly, but you can’t take the Beverly out of the Hills Cop!

471: The Running Man (Revisited)

Listen up, boppers, because it’s our 10 year anniversary and we’ve chosen to celebrate by revisiting the first movie we ever (kinda) talked about: The Running Man. So join us as we take a walk down memory lane and listen to clips from our first ever show while actually asking if The Running Man holds up!

470: Hot Rod

We’re Plain Zero, and we like to party, and so do most of the characters in this week’s movie. It’s a tale of trying to save your father so that you can fight him to earn his respect. We hope you like your beans cool, boppers, because we’re asking if Hot Rod holds up!

469: X-Men: The Last Stand

What do you get when you add every available ingredient to a burger? Too much. What does that have to do with this week’s movie? Well, you take a bunch of X-Men comic moments add a few early internet memes and you get X-Men: The Last Stand. So listen up, boppers, because we’re asking if that holds up this week!

468: Knocked Up

This week started with Father’s Day, so why not start it talking about a movie about someone finding out he’s gonna be a father. This week we’re asking if Judd Apatow’s second film, Knocked Up, holds up. Also, Travis let’s the guys in on a secret.

467: Dennis The Menace

Sometimes a kid comes into an old man’s life and turns it upside down. One might call that kid a menace. In an even bigger stroke of kismet, sometimes that kid’s name even rhymes with menace. Something like Dennis. This is one such time, because this week we’re asking if Dennis The Menace holds up, boppers!

466: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad

This week’s episode coming at you faster than you can yell, “Hey, it’s Enrico Pallazzo!” That’s right, boppers, this episode is all about Leslie Neilson and his Naked Gun! So listen up as we ask if it holds up!

465: John Wick

The Summer movie season is upon us, and nothing says “Summer” more than wearing suits and busting caps in bath houses! So listen up, boppers, because this week, we learn why it just doesn’t pay to cross Keanu Reeves as we ask if John Wick holds up!

464: That Thing You Do

It’s a tale as old as time, and I’m not talking about beauty and the beast, I’m talking about one hit wonders. In this case, it’s specifically about the “oh knee ders”. So listen up, boppers, as we ask if That Thing You Do holds up!

463: The Wolverine

What would happen if someone made a Wolverine movie and it was mostly good? You’d likely get the subject of this week’s movie, the aptly titled: The Wolverine. So join us, boppers, as we ask if it holds up!

462: Thinner

There’s a reason why you should never accidentally hit a woman with your car, rendering her dead. No, it’s not because it’s illegal or immoral. It’s simply because her father could curse you causing you to waste away. This week, we’re asking if Thinner holds up!

461: X-men Origins: Wolverine

Were you all as excited as we were for that trailer last week? That trailer means that now is as bad as any time to take a look back at the first live action adventure that Deadpool and Wolverine had as we ask if X-men Origins: Wolverine holds up!

460: Stand By Me

Everybody enjoys a good coming of age story, so we figured it was high time we did an episode about the mother of them all: Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me. At the time it was made, Stephen King considered it the best adaptation of any of his stories, so the question is whether or not it still is. Or, to phrase it another way, does it still hold up? Listen up to find out, boppers!

459: Shrek 2

We’re back after an unintended 2 week absence! This week, we’re finding out what happens after happily ever after as we finally watch Shrek become thicc daddy Shrek. So bring on the question we’ve all been waiting on: does Shrek 2 hold up!

458: The Mummy Returns

457: Good Will Hunting

456: Jaws 2

455: Robin Hood: Men In Tights

454: Fear

453: True Romance

Love is still in the air, and what goes better with love than pimps, the mob, actors, and cocaine? Nothing, the answer is nothing. At least, that’s the answer if you ask Quentin Tarantino and Tony Scott. So listen up, boppers, because this week we’re asking if True Romance holds up!

452: Titanic

We’re making like Grover this week, because we go near… far… and also wherever you are our hearts will go on. Our month of love stories also goes on as we take a look at that time that Leonardo DiCaprio died on a sinking ship after drawing Kate Winslet like one of his French girls. So listen up boppers, because we’re asking if Titanic holds up this week!

451: Skin Deep

We start off our month long look at romance with a movie about a man that cannot stop having sex with women. So we jump back to 1989 and a movie starring America’s sweet heart: John Ritter! This week, we’re asking if Skin Deep holds up!

450: Conan The Destroyer

Here it is, boppers, our 450th episode! So of course that means we had to watch another Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. This time around, it’s the second Conan movie, the one in which he is a destroyer. So listen up and celebrate with us as we hit another milestone!

449: Burn After Reading

What do we learn when mundane misunderstandings happen when people that work for clandestine organizations? We learn never to do it again, whatever it was they did. That’s what this week’s episode is about as we ask if Burn After Reading holds up!

448: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

This week, we find Captain America throwing his mighty shield once again! This time around, he’s entangled in a world of intrigue and espionage. And we’re entangled with the lingering question: does “Captain America: The Winter Soldier hold up?

447: Frankenstein

The new year is here and we are back from our vacation and all hell’s coming with us! Starting things off with Universal’s 1931 release of Frankenstein! So strap in for an exciting year and listen up, boppers, as we ask if this classic holds up!

446: Ocean's Eleven

Here it is boppers, our 2023 finale! That’s right, we’re ending the year with a caper. What happens when George Clooney and Brad Pitt team up with just about every other well known actor of 2001 to do a heist. So listen up boppers, as we ask if Ocean’s Eleven holds up! Then join us next year as we’ll be celebrating our 450th episode and ten years of Plain Zero!

445: Pacific Rim

444: The Wizard of Oz

443: Dutch

Do you like Planes, Trains, and Automobiles? Do you also like Uncle Buck? How does a movie that’s a bit of a mashup of both and not quite either sound? That’s 1991’s Dutch in a nutshell and we’re here to let you know if this other John Hughes Thanksgiving movie holds up!

442: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

One of the greatest lessons a movie has ever taught us is that it does not pay to be James Franco’s neighbor. That lesson is never more apparent than it is in Rise of the Planet of the Apes. So listen up, boppers, because we’re asking if that movie holds up this week!

441: Semi-Pro

440: The Mist

Halloween is a day away, but let’s be honest, horror lasts all year long. That being said, our final episode of this year’s Spooktober fest is here! So listen up, lest you risk killing four people in your car just before rescue arrives as we ask if The Mist holds up this week!

439: Saw

The Halloween season continues, and if there’s one movie series that became synonymous with this time of year: Saw. Long before the term “torture porn” was coined, this movie launched the career of two of modern horror’s more prolific creators. So listen up, boppers, because we’re asking if it holds up!

438: 28 Weeks Later

Imagine a world where the Rage virus exists. Now imagine that in that world, the virus is under control and contained. What do you think it would take to ruin that peace? If your answer was a couple of kids and Robert Carlyle, then you’ve probably seen 28 Weeks Later. So listen up, boppers, because this week we’re asking if it holds up!

Bonus Episode: Repossessed

Listen up, boppers, because here’s the bonus episode that absolutely no one asked for except for maybe James and Nick. Time to find out if the Exorcist parody, Repossessed, holds up!

437: The Exorcist

Our annual celebration of spooky season really gets rolling this week as we go back to what is considered to be a classic masterpiece of horror: The Exorcist! Will this classic tale of possession hold up to more modern horror? The only way to find out is to listen up, boppers!

436: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sometimes you need a good shave and a haircut. And sometimes that costs more than two bits. Sometimes it costs being killed and turned into a meat pie. Specifically, I’m talking about if you let Sweeney Todd line you up right above Mrs. Lovett’s shoppe. Strap in boppers, because this week we’re asking if Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street holds up!

435: Clifford

434: Shoot 'Em Up

What happens when you attempt to make a live action Bugs Bunny movie with a bit of ultra violence and some fowl language? You get Shoot ‘Em Up! Clive Owen is a thorn in Paul Giamatti’s side as the bullets and carrots fly. So listen up, boppers, as we find out if this one holds up!

433: Little Giants

Football is back and what better way to celebrate it than to watch the greatest football movie ever made? No, not Necessary Roughness. We’re watching Little Giants this week, so strap in as we ask if it holds up!

432: Mystery Men

What happens when a bunch of wannabe heroes become the only chance of saving their city? Well, that’s what we aim to find out this week as we discuss the film that stars Ben Stiller, William H. Macy, Paul Reubens, Hank Azaria, and so many more. That’s right, boppers, this week we’re asking if Mystery Men holds up!

431: Heat

We’re back, boppers! After a 2 week summer vacation, we have returned stronger than ever and ready to ask if Heat holds up! Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino finally share scenes together in this 90s movie that has all the actors in it. All. Of. Them.

430: Iron Man 2

429: Pirates of the Caribbean

Disney released a movie based on one of their rides this past weekend, so we figured why not go back to the first movie they did based on a ride that started this trend: Pirates of the Caribbean! So now it’s time to ask why the rum is gone and also if this swashbuckling adventure holds up!

428: Chasing Amy

We heard there was a big convention this weekend about comics, so we figured why not watch a movie about comic books. It was with that in mind that we decided to revisit Kevin Smith’s third movie: Chasing Amy. So join us as we see what happens when Ben Affleck falls in love with Joey Lauren Adams and ask if Chasing Amy holds up!

427: Mission: Impossible

Summer rolls on through, and the blockbusters keep coming. This week, we’re getting in on the Tom Cruise hype train by going back to his first mission. The impossible mission that was the least impossible. That’s right, boppers, this week we’re asking if Mission: Impossible holds up!

426: Glengarry Glen Ross

It’s all about brass balls this week, as we work on getting the good leads. But you don’t have to work for them, because the good leads are here. If you think the leads are weak, it’s only because you’re weak. So put that coffee down, boppers, because coffee’s for closers. By that, we mean it’s for those who listen up as we ask if Glengarry Glen Ross holds up!

425: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

As everyone’s favorite archeologist embarks on his final theatrical adventure, we decided to watch what was long thought to be his final adventure until he went and played with that vodka company that Dan Aykroyd has ownership in. That’s right boppers, this week we’re asking if Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade holds up!

424: Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Summer is here, and if Christmas belongs to the Gremlins, then summer belongs to the Gremlins 2: The New Batch. So why not say a noun and gremlin like you’re playing Mad Libs and listen as we ask if this sequel to the classic holds up, boppers! Check it out one time, won’t you?