Landon Defever of the Valley Vanguard podcast joins us to talk about the seminal coming of age film Stand By Me, where some of the best work of Steve King, Rob Reiner, and a well-cast group of talented young actors came together.

The discussion focuses heavily on the coming of age movies and how they tick; male relationships and how they are treated in film; and the underappreciated art that is the non-blockbuster, non-awards bait movie. We also speculate on how mad the internet would be about an all-female Stand By Me reboot, and Kayla gets hyped on Chris Evans. Again. Every time.

Show notes: http://bit.ly/1NG2MGq

0:29 Intro

2:50 The Night Before + Hunger Games marketing

8:42 Straight Outta Compton, award chances +Letterboxd

17:38 The Chris Evans Corner Corner - not a typo

21:10 Kill La Kill

24:55 John Mulaney's The Comeback Kid

27:33 Room + Brie Larson

30:10 Stand By Me discussion, background information, initial reactions

34:05 Coming of age movies and what makes them work

44:04 Let's talk about Steve King

49:33 Rob Reiner had a run

52:25 The cast and the bad guys

57:24 The increasing dominance of blockbusters and awards bait

1:01:56 Male friendships and the Apatow universe

1:2:10 The ending

1:21:25 The mid-2000s look

1:21:27 Recommendations, trivia, stat of the week, and outro

1:36:22 Bloopers