30something Movie Podcast

Join us on stage as we swap daggers for gold-plated 9mm pistols. Whether you're here for the heartbreaking balcony scenes or just staying for Mercutio in drag, grab your sword-named firearms and press play. A plague o' both your houses if you don't listen! 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

This week, we pull up a chair for Stanley Tucci's semi-autobiographical love letter to food and family, Big Night (1996) — joined by special guests Chris Webre and Dayton Johnson (Dockingbay 77 Podcast). We trace Tucci's real family recipes behind the film, stack it up against food-movie royalty like Tampopo and Babette's Feast, and dig into that unforgettable 1950s Italian soundtrack. 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

The guys from Accidental Legends join us as we share our mission statement with the masses. And frankly — they... they complete us. It's a super-group of podcasters tackling Jerry Maguire. 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

We've spoken the forbidden words and this episode came crawling out of the vault ready to swallow all of our souls! Join us for an episode that escaped from behind the paywall as our special guest Rob Perry comes with us to the cabin in the woods to talk about Evil Dead (1981). 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

John Travolta plays an ordinary, small-town auto mechanic who gets struck by a mysterious flash of light on his 37th birthday and suddenly develops super-intelligence and telekinesis. But when the government and local townspeople become terrified and overwhelmed by his extraordinary gifts, he discovers that his sudden brilliance comes with a heartbreaking, earthly catch. 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

John Travolta plays an ordinary, cigar-smoking, pie-loving archangel sent down to Earth. But when a group of cynical tabloid reporters come to investigate him, they end up taking a whimsical, life-changing road trip filled with miraculous detours. 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

Get ready for some high-flying 90s action! In this episode, we’re joined by Andy Frye, author of 90 Days in the 90s to break down John Woo’s explosive thriller, Broken Arrow (1996). Tune in as we talk stolen nukes, John Travolta chewing the absolute scenery, Christian Slater playing it cool in the desert, and all the glorious, slow-motion, action-packed cheese that makes 90s blockbuster cinema so unforgettable. 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

Of course, a group of teachers is going to enjoy a movie called Eraser! Arnold's in charge of protecting those in high-stakes witness protection. But when a witness's life is in danger because she holds the secrets of a new high-tech weapon, Arnold starts deleting bad guys. Join us as we erase all doubts about the maximum absurdity/destruction of this 90s action blockbuster. 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

VX gas. Alcatraz. This week: The Rock (1996) — Nicolas Cage is bringing the chemical warfare, Sean Connery is escaping the inescapable, and we've got Matthew and Dirk from the Accidental Legends podcast joining us to break down the ultimate 90s action masterpiece. 🔗 Check out Matthew and Dirk on the Accidental Legends Podcast ! 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

Cows fly. Trucks fly. Bill Paxton chases the wind like it owes him money. This week: Twister (1996) — "Maximum Destruction" month rolls on with the disaster flick that made a generation scared of Oklahoma weather reports. 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

We’re revisiting the 1996 fantasy classic Dragonheart... a film that perfectly captures the mid-90s urge to put a cynical knight and a wisecracking dragon in the same scene. We’re talking about the CGI revolution, Sean Connery voicing a giant lizard, and, of course, Dennis Quaid’s legendary decision to do… whatever accent that was supposed to be. 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

Ever have one of those movies that just feels like summer? We’re revisiting the 1996 classic that basically invented the modern disaster epic... complete with Will Smith at his peak, Goldblum being Goldblum, and enough explosions to fill every skyline in America. 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

Join us this week as we, uh, look at this movie where we, like, go on a road trip across the country. We end up meeting these people like Muddy and Dallas, and there’s, like, guns and stuff. It’s pretty cool. You should watch it, or you’re a dumb@$$ . 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

Join us this week as we take a look at Spike Lee's 1996 indie drama Get On The Bus, a raw, character-driven examination of race, unity, and conflict on the road to the Million Man March. 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

Chris Farley and David Spade reunited just one year after Tommy Boy to prove that politics is a dirty, chaotic, and heavily concussed business. This time around, Spade is a straight-laced campaign lackey tasked with babysitting his candidate's secret weapon of mass PR destruction: a well-meaning, boulder-tumbling brother played by Farley. Can they expose an incumbent governor’s voter fraud scheme, or will they just accidentally level another greenhouse and get terrorized by a hyper-aggressive bat? 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

Anthony just got out of the mental hospital in time for his friend, Dignan, to bring him along on the epic 75-year crime spree he's got planned. As they go further down the road toward a life of crime, they begin to realize they know nothing about committing crimes. 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

It's the John Grisham film that begs the question: What would you do? This gripping courtroom thriller forces us to confront our deepest biases, exposing the fractures in the American legal system through a harrowing story of vengeance, race, and moral crisis in the deep South. 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

When you forget to buy your child the coveted Christmas toy everyone wants, do you just apologize and model healthy and honest behavior? Heck no! You tear up the entire city, hold a radio station hostage, and endanger countless lives in an attempt to get that colorful hunk of plastic for your kid. 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

The Martians have decimated the world's major cities, they've vaporized our celebrities... but you still have the 30something Movie Podcast working for you... and that ain't bad. 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!

This week, we kick off our 'Pre-Prequel Parts' month by diving into 1996's Trainspotting. Join us to explore how Ewan McGregor’s chaotic, star-making performance as Renton provided a glimpse of the actor who would soon become our definitive Obi-Wan Kenobi in The Phantom Menace. 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscribe button and join us for more throwback movie breakdowns, hot takes, and retro film love. 🚀 Want even more content? Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes chatter, and a direct line to the hosts. 📡 For past episodes, show notes, and more: Head to www.30podcast.com . And if you're loving the show, leave us a five-star review—especially on Apple Podcasts. It helps more movie lovers find us!