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Stand By Me 1986 - The Film with Three Brains Review
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"Do you guys want to see a dead body?" Stephen King and Rob Reiner capture a weekend of 1950's boys being boys via future star-studded adventure. Can post-millennial viewers relate to a yarn sans video game, smart phone, and heli-parent? Ah, who cares... these Brains would never let today's youth get int the way of a boss review.
Friday Nov 22, 2024
True Romance 1993 - The Film with Three Brains Review
Friday Nov 22, 2024
Friday Nov 22, 2024
Despite its glut of stars, memorable scenes, and winning performances, Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette's wild ride often gets overlooked. Can anyone romanticize a Mexican standoff better than Tarantino, even when director Tony Scott is the one visualizing his script? Hit the road with the Brains to see if this Hollywood rollercoaster leaves you queasy or jonesing for more.
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Cliffhanger 1993 - The Film with Three Brains Review
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Sly Stallone tops this aptly-named blockbuster by literally hanging off cliffs. John Lithgow is a big bad guy (not Bigfoot) for this weathering heights heist-gone-wrong in the Colorado wilderness. With a few decades dulling its star power, has it ascended beyond being Die Hard on a Mountain? Tune into the snow-it-alls! Baahhhh.
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
There's Something About Mary 1998 - The Film with Three Brains Review
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
This 90's (rom?)-com starring Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller was the inspiration for button-fly jeans and pet pythons. Is there still something about Mary? At the next rest stop, tune in the Brains and find out!
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Slumber Party Massacre 1982 - The Film with Three Brains Review
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
When a (30-year-old playing a) teenager invites her b-ball teammates over for a girls night, laughter turns to screams once an escaped killer arrives with his favorite power tool. Is it a sexploitation B-movie with feminist undertones? A poorly-made thriller? An ingenious parody gone a bit wrong? Put on your pjs and drill down with the Brains into cult movie mayhem!
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983 - The Film with Three Brains Review
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
A spooky-ass carnival led by Mr. Dark preys on small town misfortune by granting Monkey's Paw wishes in this older-audience Disney experiment. But could Disney resist being Disney? Why doesn't anybody remember this film!?! By the pricking of my thumbs, something Brainy this way comes.
Friday Sep 20, 2024
Young Guns 1988 - The Film with Three Brains Review
Friday Sep 20, 2024
Friday Sep 20, 2024
A group of rootin' tootin' 80's heartthrobs strap on holsters and learn to cowboy to bring the exploits of Billy the Kid's Regulators to the silver screen. Emilio Estevez called it a "heavy metal western," so if you to rock, make the sign of the horns and blast the Brains!
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Annie Hall 1977 - The Film with Three Brains Review
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Diane Keaton hauls in a Best Performance Academy Award on the Best Picture winner of 1977. How did Woody Allen funnel kvetching and pathos into an award-winning romantic comedy when so many are dead sharks? The Brains explore awkward moments like no other; come squirm with us!
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
Ringu 1998 - The Film with Three Brains Review
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
VCRs, landline telephones, tube televisions, the Dewey Decimal System... what is scarier: antiquated 90's technology or a cursed VHS tape that kills hapless viewers? The Brains dismantle this Japanese export to discern how a cheesy premise provided such a spooktacular outcome.
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
48 Hrs. 1982 - The Film with Three Brains Review
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Detective Nick Nolte gets con Eddie Murphy out of the slammer for 48 hours to catch a thief in Murphy's first major film. This early 80's buddy "cop" comedy inspired countless copycats. It's far from PC, but can modern film lovers enjoy this piece of history? The Brains own your ass, so tune in.
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Fargo 1996 - The Film with Three Brains Review
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Joel and Ethan Coen helm a botched-kidnapping-indie-blockbuster boasting fascinating characters, Midwest accents, unapologetic violence, plus a search for a tan Ciera and a funny-looking guy, destined for the wood-chipper. With the bevy of low-budget 90's flicks, how do the Coen brothers uniquely cajole a simple plan into an unforgettable masterpiece? Put out an APB for the Brains or you might regret it, dontcha know?
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves 1991 - The Film with Three Brains Review
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
Kevin Costner stars as a Robin Hood with the winning smile and bow skills to make maidens quiver. Yet it's Alan Rickman who steals the show portraying a villain dark as Snape and as cold as Hans Gruber. Is robbing the rich to help the poor even relevant today? Clamber up a tree and join the Brains in the 'Ewok Village' of Sherwood Forest!
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Akira 1988 - The Film with Three Brains Review
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
This late 80's adaptation of a cyberpunk graphic novel kicked off America's fascination with Japanimation [sic]. Akira explores what happens when children have the power to destroy Tokyo. And The Brains consider, "aren't we all children?" Tetsuo!! Kaneda!! AKIRA! Wherever you listen to podcasts.
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Starship Troopers 1997 - The Film with Three Brains Review
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Can satire be so subtle no one gets it? Would Paul Verhoeven make an over the top space war movie just to mock the genre without letting the actors in on it? Would anyone suspect Starship Troopers to inspire such philosophical pondering? Hear the Brains work out the Bugs.
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Real Genius 1985 - The Film with Three Brains Review
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
A precocious scientist goes to college at 15 for lessons on lasers and love. His roommate, Val Kilmer, earns an easy A as the unicorn of nerds: an extroverted, witty, charming, handsome genius. Will the government and an egotistical professor spoil their discovery, or will a kernel of revenge planted by students pop up at the right moment? Hear fake Brains discuss Real Genius (1985), wherever you listen to podcasts.