Comfort Films Podcast

In this last episode of the Christmas season, John and Georgia discuss the 2008 Vince Vaughn/Reese Witherspoon comedy Four Christmases, touching on family-free holidays, the child-free lifestyle, and the futility of trying to keep secrets in a long-term relationship.

In this bonus Christmas episode, Georgia and John discuss Jim Henson's masterful Muppet/hillbilly Gift of the Magi, which is technically not a "film," but a fantastic Christmas special and a Macey family Christmas viewing must.

In this double header of Christmas classics, John & Georgia discuss classic tales adapted to modern settings, the similarities between Victorian England and the America of the 80s, and ponder why all Gen X kids frequently hung out in abandoned buildings.

In this second episode of the Christmas series, John and Georgia talk about Christmas traditions, exalted expectations, eccentric family, and how sometimes a good story about a bad experience is more fun than having a good experience in the first place.

Yippee-ki-yay comfort lovers! In the first of four Christmas-themed episodes, John and Georgia make the case for Die Hard as a definitive Christmas action movie, discuss the perfection of Alan Rickman’s performance as Hans Gruber, philosophize as to what a TV dinner actually feels like, and uncover the many doppelgangers of Huey Lewis. Take off your shoes and join us for a real holiday rager at Nakatomi Tower!

Happy Thanksgiving from Comfort Films!  In this holiday episode, John and Georgia take on the heartwarming and hilarious Thanksgiving classic Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. They talk road movies, non-traditional Thanksgiving celebrations, the two sides of John's personality (perfectly expressed in this film by Steve Martin and John Candy), and the ultimate question - should pie be served a la mode?

Bustin' makes us feel good!  Bustin' out another episode of Comfort Films, that is.  This week, John and Georgia turn their attention to paranormal comedy classic Ghostbusters, its basically perfect script and cast, and why an ancient Sumerian monster dog would have a first and last name.  Strap on your proton pack, climb into Ecto-1, crank up the Ray Parker Jr., and join us in cleaning up the town!

This week, John and Georgia talk about the 80s pop sci-fi classic:  the brilliance of Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox, the sublime weirdness of Crispin Glover, time travel anxiety, and cola wars.

This week, John and Georgia examine the seminal baseball comedy Major League, how it's possible to love sports movies even if you don't really love sports, and complicated reactions to problematic content in old favorites.  

This week, to celebrate Halloween, John and Georgia take a bite out of the classic 80s teen vampire flick The Lost Boys, starring Kiefer Sutherland, the Coreys (Haim and Feldman), Jason Patric, and Jami Gertz. They talk fangs, flying, Frog brothers, the magic of shirtless saxophonist Tim Capello, and debate who would win in a Nanook/Thorn face/off. Get yourself a garlic T-shirt, grab your squirt guns filled with holy water, and take a trip to Santa Carla with us!