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The Gen X Files

The Gen X Files

For all things Gen X, check out The Gen X Files! With your hosts, Jim and Adam, The Gen X Files covers a single topic every week that resonates with Generation X. Covering movies, tv, technology, and social issues that resonate with today, it"s the most Gen X hour of the week.

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01:47:05

The Gen X Files 249 - Back to the Future Part III

The Gen X Files ·

2025/11/21

We finish out our Back to the Futures month with Back to the Future Part III, a welcome return to form for the franchise. Primarily a Western, the 1885 setting allows the film to calm down from the frenetic Part II. With the same cast and crew, with the addition of the amazing Mary Steenburgen, Back to the Future Part III sticks the landing.

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01:33:43

The Gen X Files 248 - Back to the Future Part II

The Gen X Files ·

2025/11/14

Today, we explore the sequel to the perfect movie, Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II! It picks up right were the 1985 original film left off, but with a few slight changes to the cast. The creative team of Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale stay the same, along with the cast of Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, and Thomas F. Wilson, but with the addition of Elisabeth Shue and Jeffery Weissman, who does his best Crispin Glover impression.

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01:38:20

The Gen X Files 247 - Back to the Future

The Gen X Files ·

2025/11/07

Back to the Future is a classic. A must-see for anyone that grew up in the Gen X era. The story of how Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale managed to the get movie made is incredible. Starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, and Thomas F. Wilson. Back to the Future: the movie that shouldn't have been made!

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01:10:27

The Gen X Files 246 - For the Stepdads: Die Laughing

The Gen X Files ·

2025/10/31

Join your ol' Stepdads as we explore one of the most underrated subgenres: horror comedies. You'll die laughing as we recap Student Bodies, House, April Fool's Day, and The 'Burbs! We'll also discuss some spooky movies we watched this month (including an insane film from 1983), TV shows we've been watching, and video games we've been playing.

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01:45:37

The Gen X Files 245 - The 'Burbs

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2025/10/24

Is The 'Burbs a Halloween movie? We think so! Join us as explore the movie, The 'Burbs, with Tom Hanks. A microscopic look at the mundanity of the suburbs and how easy it is to imagine your neighbors are up to no good, even if they actually are. Directed by Joe Dante, with Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, and Corey Feldman.

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01:23:54

The Gen X Files 244 - April Fool's Day

The Gen X Files ·

2025/10/17

No show this week. April Fool's! Today, we're covering a subversive dark comedy that may or may not be horror: April Fool's Day from 1986. Starring Thomas F. Wilson, Deborah Foreman, and Griffin O'Neal, it's a twisty-turny, what's-happening-next, slasher film.

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01:22:07

The Gen X Files 243 - House

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2025/10/10

Join us as we cover one of the forgotten horror movies of the 80s: House! The 1985 movie stars William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll, and Kay Lenz, with a story by Fred Dekker, screenplay by Ethan Wiley, and directed by Steve Miner, who directed Friday the 13th Part II! It's a great haunted house tale with some amazing practical effects.

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00:59:22

The Gen X Files 242 - Student Bodies

The Gen X Files ·

2025/10/03

What do horse head bookends, a gangly super bendy Gumby-like dude, and heavy breathing have in common? They're all parts of Student Bodies, the the first horror spoof movie, in the nature of Friday the 13th and Airplane!. Released in 1981 and written and directed by Mickey Rose, childhood friend of Woody Allen, it does a good send-up of the young slasher genre.

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01:41:08

The Gen X Files 241 - For the Stepdads: CompuKids

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2025/09/26

Join your ol' Stepdads as we discuss the new movies, TV, and video games that have been entertaining us this month, including Alien Earth on FX, Brightburn on Peacock, Haunted Hotel on Netflix, and Gotham Knights, No Man's Sky, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. We also have a very special guest to discuss Tron, Tron Legacy and Tron Ares!

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01:45:32

The Gen X Files 240 - Super Mario Bros.

The Gen X Files ·

2025/09/19

This week, we cover one of the most ill-advised, weirdest adaptations of any kind: Super Mario Bros.! Released in 1993, this movie was a travesty of an adaptation of the NES Super Mario Bros games. Based on Super Mario World, having been recently released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the movie barely resembles the bright, colorful world that everyone knew with the original Super Mario Bros, released in 1985 on the NES. Brought to the screen by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, starring

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01:26:50

The Gen X Files 239 - The Last Starfighter

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2025/09/12

Join us as explore a sadly underrated gem, The Last Starfighter. It's every video game kid's dream: get so good at a video game that an alien comes down and asks you to save the universe. It also featured a ton of early CGI sequences. Directed by Nick Castle, starring Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, and Robert Preston.

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01:31:52

The Gen X Files 238 - Tron

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2025/09/05

We dive head first into CompuKids month with our first entry: the original Tron from 1982! Starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, and Cindy Morgan. Written and directed by Steve Lisberger. Find out the history of Tron before Tron Ares hits the theaters.

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01:42:52

The Gen X Files 237 - For the Stepdads: When Animals...

The Gen X Files ·

2025/08/29

We wrap up our When Animals Attack month and welcome in a special guest. We also discuss the movies we've seen (we went to the theater!), TV shows we've been watching, and games we've been playing.

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01:48:36

The Gen X Files 236 - The Swarm

The Gen X Files ·

2025/08/22

NO, NOT THE BEES!!!! Sorry, wrong movie. But the sentiment stands. The '70s were fraught with Killer Bee Phobia and The Swarm was the movie that ended it all. And the disaster genre. At least for a while. All orchestrated by Irwin Allen, master of The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno. The Swarm is a good indicator of how one needs to grow and change with society. Starring Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, Ben Johnson, Lee Grant,

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01:16:52

The Gen X Files 235 - Kingdom of the Spiders

The Gen X Files ·

2025/08/15

Today, we explore a world of runaway spiders, mostly tarantulas, that are killing everyone in sight! It's the super-weird Kingdom of the Spiders, starring William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode, Altovise Davis, and Marcy Lafferty.

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01:15:11

The Gen X Files 234 - Night of the Lepus

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2025/08/08

How do you make cute little bunnies terrifying? You don't. Or at least, the makers of Night of the Lepus never figured it out. But hey, they're huge and in slow motion and completely adorable. It's the eco-horror movie that couldn't: Night of the Lepus. Starring Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, and DeForest Kelley.

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01:29:45

The Gen X Files 233 - Frogs

The Gen X Files ·

2025/08/01

For our first entry into When Animals Attack, we're featuring Frogs, a movie that doesn't have giant frogs nor frogs actually killing anyone. It's a great eco-horror film from 1972 starring Ray Milland, Sam Elliot (almost unrecognizable without his mustache), and Joan Van Ark.

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01:30:31

The Gen X Files 232 - For the Stepdads: Kids in Trouble

The Gen X Files ·

2025/07/25

Join your ol' Stepdads this week as we discuss kids in trouble, what movies we've been watching, TV shows we're excited to see, and what video games are worth playing.

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01:39:39

The Gen X Files 231 - River's Edge

The Gen X Files ·

2025/07/18

For our third entry into Kids in Trouble, we're covering one of the best indie movies of the '80s: River's Edge. An amazing study on death, apathy, and friendship, this movie is a phenomenal look into what it is to be a kid and have to grow up, quickly. Written by Neal Jimenez, directed by Tim Hunter, with incredible performances from Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Roxana Zal, Daniel Roebuck, Joshua Miller, and Dennis Hopper.

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01:42:08

The Gen X Files 230 - Bad Boys

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2025/07/11

This week, we explore some Bad Boys, including Sean Penn, Esai Morales, Eric Gurry, Alan Ruck, and Clancy Brown, with help from Ally Sheedy, Reni Santoni, Jim Moody, and John Zenda. It's the Hollywood version of bored high school kids and the consequences of their actions. It's gritty and tough and filled with good lookin' Hollywood actors, directed by Rick Rosenthal, with a screenplay from Richard DiLello.

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