It's late August, and you know what that means. Time to visit the local, kinda sad amusement park. In Pittsburgh, that would be Adventureland. Greg Mottola made a movie about it, and I'm happy to report, it's still a thoughtful film about growing up a bit on the precipice of big life changes. Jesse Eisenberg and Kirsten Stewart lead a talented cast in this slice of late 80s life. Thanks for joining us.

If you'd like to email us, we have addresses for that. [email protected] or [email protected]

We're also on BlueSky (liberal Twitter), OKVideo.
And instagram (old people Tik-Tok), okvideopodcast.
Ryan is on Tik-Tok, but no idea what his handle is.

Have a nice week.

-N

"See you next summer?"

Come back in time to 2007. No smartphones, porn was behind a paywall and The Getaway: Black Monday was a video game you might be playing. 

Superbad ruled late August at the box office, and Ryan and Nathan remember it well. 

We also get into a discussion about podcasts themselves, so fans of meta-text may be interested. Thanks for joining us for the latest in our Summer of Change series.

Email: [email protected]//[email protected]
Instagram: okvideopodcast
BlueSky: OKVideo

-N

"I am McLovin"

 Richard Linklater is back with another Huntsville Hangout movie. Everybody Wants Some!! is the safest way to hang out with fifteen baseball players for a weekend without getting belittled or hearing some questionable politics or personal beliefs. This makes it a winner in our books. 

email [email protected] or [email protected] if you have any questions or feedback

You can also interact with us on BlueSky, OKVideo, or instagram, okvideopodcast

Have a great summer!

-N

With apologies to Jimmy Carter

Hey man, cool of you to hang out with us during the summer of change, man. We got us a special episode today. Dazed and Confused, you seen this thing? INCREDIBLE vibes, dude. Straight up time machine back to May 1976. Man, I hope Jimmy Carter wins that election, dude. 

So, you can write us a letter. But like, through the computer, man. email [email protected]. Nathan should see that too,  but just in case, [email protected] would also be cool. And BlueSky, dude. We're on there, OKVideo. And Instagram. I mostly just look for exciting trans chicks on there, but, like, you can message us I guess. okvideopodcast. 

Thanks for listening man. Enjoy your summer. It's my birthday today, if you can believe that.

-Nathan

See you linkLater, dude

 Thanks for Standing By Us these past few years. Very Chris Chambers of you.

Ryan and Nathan continue the Summer of Change with a dive into Stand By Me, the Rob Reiner-directed, Stephen King creation starring Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman and Jerry O'Connell as four remarkable boys on an adventure that will change their worldviews forever. 

Thanks for joining us.

Follow us on Instagram at okvideopodcast.
BlueSky at OKVideo.
And you can always email, [email protected]

Have a great summer!

-N

His name was David Hogan

 Ryan and Nathan are finally back from an important, extended break. Thanks for your patience.

It is the "Summer of Change" and Ryan and Nathan are taking a look at a defining work in the career of George Lucas and the genre of the "Coming of Age" story, American Graffiti. 

We are also expanding our "Heart Media" segment with a spirited discussion of JAWS, the Spielberg Classic.

We are happily on Instagram and BlueSky. okvideopodcast is our name on Insta, OKVideo is our BlueSky handle. 

For questions and feedback, email [email protected] or [email protected]

Thanks for listening!

-N

I didn't forget about Harrison Ford, he's just barely in it

We reached the end of another batch, our 22nd!

Nathan and Ryan look back over this batch of Criminally Unknown films and discuss their favourites and not-so favourites. Will their lists line up? You'll have to tune in to find out. Thank you for joining us!

If you'd like to send us questions for future shows, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and instagram, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo. We also write reviews on Letterboxd fairly regularly, ramcculloch and Kraznor.

-R

Whose First?

We kicked off this batch of Criminally Unknown films with Cop, a movie focused on one cop, so it's only appropriate that we end this batch with a movie about a whole bunch of cops that have created their own land, of sorts, Cop Land. I know, it's a bit of a stretch but I couldn't think of anything else. Hopefully you still join us.

If you'd like to send us questions for future shows, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and instagram, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo. We also write reviews on Letterboxd fairly regularly, ramcculloch and Kraznor.

-R

Oscar Bait

Ryan and Nathan are heading undercover with Bill Duke's Deep Cover, the last film to feature Larry Fishburne (he went by Laurence after this). Crack Babies, diplomatic immunity, cocaine snorting, this is a dark journey into the underworld. 

If you'd like to send us some questions for a future show, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and instagram, okvideopodcast. And we're BlueSky compatible via OKVideo. This message was hand typed by Kraznor (letterboxd) and rammculloch is featured in audio only. 

-N

What's the difference between a...

Run, run, run as fast as you can.

You’ll never catch me, I’m the gingerbread man.

Now what does that have to do with this week's film, very little. Robert Altman writes and directs this week's film, based upon a discarded manuscript by John Grisham, The Gingerbread Man quietly released in January 1998 and doesn't get talked about much these days. So we asked, is The Gingerbread Man Criminally Unknown?

If you'd like to email us questions for future shows or weigh in on our Director Showdown segment, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and Instagram, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo. 

-R

I always preferred Robert Munsch