Does It Hold Up?

A Jewish barber, a dictator, and a pilot walk into a bar. Sounds like the setup for a terrible joke, but it's just the three leads of one of Sir Charles Chaplin's greatest works. A satirical look at Nazi Germany and the bufoon that was their leader. Let's talk about it.

This week we revisit 1941's The Great Dictator, does it hold up? Find out now.

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We fell asleep on a plane while traveling for Emily's birthday and when we woke up a raptor looked right at us and said "Emily". Let's talk about it.

There was no episode last week because it was Emily's birthday and we were busy. She made the decision to delay this classic for one week. Hope you enjoy. 

This week we revisit 2001's Jurassic Park III, does it hold up? Find out now.

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We love being positive about movies and many of our episodes not about a specific movie focus on the good side of cinema. But there are also a lot of things that irk us like no other when it comes to modern filmmaking and film watching. So it's time to talk about some of the biggest complaints we have with modern cinema from small single movie issues to large industry wide problems. Hope you enjoy. 

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If you could travel back in time, where would you go, what would you do? I doubt any of us would travel to when our parents were young and get hit on by them. And yet everyone loves a movie that does just that. Is it all nostalgia sake or is the movie actually still good? Let's talk about it.

This week we revisit 1985's Back to the Future, does it hold up? Find out now.

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As If we weren't going to eventually cover this 90s staple. Cher and her outfits have turned into icons over the last 36 years, but do the story, the performances, the directing, the editing, the whole package really still work or has everyone just become clueless. And what was up with them being siblings? Let's talk about it.

This week we revisit 1995's Clueless, does it hold up? Find out now.

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Emily takes the lead this week as she made a list of some of the most underseen movies in recent years. These are movies she never would have seen if it wasn't for expanding her vision of what movies can be worth watching over the years. So, she wanted to come on here and give you all a list of movies she thinks more people should have watched and hopes you'll give them a chance. Great job Emily, and thank you for your list.

Hope you all enjoy and check out some of her recommendations.  

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Do you remember chatting online with a stranger? Did you ever hope that stranger could be your soulmate? Joe is here to ruin Kathleen's life by shutting down her bookstore, but he's also secretly the person Kathleen confides in most through email and instant messenger. This classic rom-com was a product of its time.

This week we revisit 1998's You've Got Mail, does it hold up? Find out now.

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We are back to check in with our box office guesses from the first half of 2026. There's a new format that is hopefully easier to understand how well or how poor we did. We also talk best and worst of the year so far. Then finishing up by making our box office predicitons for the second half of 2026. 

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What's the very first animated movie you remember watching? This is the one for Adam and maybe even Emily. 4 adorable dinosaurs and 1 annoying dinosaur must bond together and travel to The Great Valley. And their journey will be perilous.  

This week we revisit 1988's The Land Before Time, does it hold up? Find out now.

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It's the birthday week for Adam, so he decided to play a little game. Welcome to This or That, a game wehre the two hosts go back and forth giving the other one a choice, This or That. Every question is centered around movies and some answers are....unexpected. Hope you enjoy.

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