NostalgiaCast

Grab your tringlers, fuzzles, dafflers, and wuzzles as NostalgiaCast celebrates the season with Chuck Jones's 1966 animated classic HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS, featuring the smooth intonations of Boris Karloff. Then stick around as we set our sights on Ron Howard's live-action 2000 remake starring Jim Carrey, and decide whether its countless embellishments add to (or take away from) Dr. Seuss's seminal book. You're guaranteed a Grinchy-good time!

In the mood for a basic riches-to-rags story? Join Jonny and Darin as they discuss Walter Hill's comedy classic BREWSTER'S MILLIONS, starring late greats Richard Pryor and John Candy. But is this umpteenth adaptation of 1902's most popular novel worth the price tag and moral degradation? NostalgiaCast serves it up to you on a very hot plate!

The streets are paved with cheese in our latest episode of NostalgiaCast. Robert Yaniz Jr. of Crooked Table Productions joins Jonny and Darin for a 35th Anniversary discussion of AN AMERICAN TAIL, Don Bluth's second attempt to usurp Disney's animation throne. But is this melancholy tale of a Russian-Jewish family of mice emigrating to America too heavy for kids? Hold tight to your family and find out!

Strap on your proton packs and dive feet first into a river of slime as NostalgiaCast takes a fond(?) look back at GHOSTBUSTERS II, Ivan Reitman's much-maligned follow-up to his supernatural comedy hit. The comic genius of Murray-Aykroyd-Ramis, the toxicity of fandoms, the difference between lackluster sequels and quality ones... we ain't afraid of no topic!

Don't fall asleep! NostalgiaCast celebrates Halloween 2021 with everyone's favorite wisecracking serial murderer of children, Freddy Krueger! Join Jonny and Darin as they revisit Wes Craven's A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, to see if this iconic horror classic still has the power to keep us awake at night. Then stick around as your haunted hosts recap their Top 3 Craven films. You're in for a spook-tacular time!

NostalgiaCast returns for another fun-filled season of revisiting your childhood favorite films through adult eyes. Speaking of childhoods, fellow film fanatic Judd Harris joins Jonny and Darin for a discussion of Joe Dante's kiddie classic EXPLORERS, starring River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke. But how does this wannabe blockbuster stack up against Dante's other classics, GREMLINS and INNERSPACE? Adventure awaits!

NostalgiaCast returns for another bite-sized (?) special episode to tide you over until we embark on our latest season! Climb aboard as Jonny and Darin take you on a quick tour of Disney's JUNGLE CRUISE, starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. But does this wannabe summer blockbuster make us feel fitfully nostalgic for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, THE AFRICAN QUEEN, and the like? Or does it leave us stuck between The Rock and a hard place? Set sail with us and find out!

Saddle up for the latest episode of NostalgiaCast, as Jonny and Darin welcome cinephile/ Sylvester Stallone enthusiast Lauren K. for a high-diving discussion of WILD HEARTS CAN'T BE BROKEN, 1991's Disney classic about a girl and her horse. But is this ANNE OF GREEN GABLES-esque period romance worth a ticket to the fair? Take the reins and find out!

Pull up a rocking chair and sip your iced tea as NostalgiaCast takes a fond look back at SECONDHAND LIONS, starring Haley Joel Osment, Michael Caine, and Robert Duvall. Twitter's own Dallin The Film Fanatic joins Jonny and Darin for an enlightening discussion on the difference between fantasy, memory, and defective imported wildlife.

"And they'll work you when the day is through on the night shift. / And they'll comfort you, and they'll love you, too, on the night shift!" Actor-writer-director-blogger extraordinaire Jeannette Mickenham joins Jonny and Darin for a dramatic discussion of Ron Howard's NIGHT SHIFT, starring Michael Keaton and Henry Winkler. But is this 1982 comedy classic dead on arrival? Pull up a slab and find out!