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The Movies of 1985

In season 1 we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the movies of 1999, reckoned by many to be the greatest year of movies of all time. This season we’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of the movies of 1985, taking the opportunity to watch moves that we missed in our youth because they were something for the oldies. Now WE’RE the old ones!

tv & film film reviews

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51:34

S01E19 - Galaxy Quest and Mystery Men

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/05/12

While Craig attempts to set up a WiFi Mesh using root vegetables, Jason is beamed up to an intergalactic adventure in the wonderful Galaxy Quest, only to return to Earth with a thud, to the tune of "All Star" by Smash Mouth, as he finds himself in the ho-hum superhero parody of Mystery Men. See you at the movies! Shovel Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtiu2gEedN8 Galaxy Quest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzwJgFhMbL4 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177789 Mystery

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57:20

S01E18 - The Winslow Boy and Mumford

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/05/05

This week a sickly Craig attempts to steal Jason's limelight but is temporarily expelled from the podcast instead as the pair declare their love for Yes, Minister and enter the filmed stage play of David Mamet's "The Winslow Boy" before seeking psychological help in small-town USA with the understated but very funny "Mumford". See you at the movies!The Winslow

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49:51

S01E17 - Pleasantville and Girl, Interrupted

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/04/28

Craig and Jason fight over a mysterious remote control and are transported first back to the melodramatic 1990s, and then to the monochromatic 1950s, to disrupt fictitious lives in the eventually colourful Pleasantville, before time-jumping again to the 1960s where Winona is waiting with a strong female cast to transport us into the world of Girl, Interrupted. See you at the movies! Pleasantville: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-4pnXcqyt0 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120789 Girl,

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49:14

S01E16 - American History X and Crazy in Alabama

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/04/21

This week Jason and Craig try the American Romper Stomper on for size with the Edwards Norton and Furlong in the controversial moral tale of American History X before entering the bizarre world of Anthony Banderas's farcical melodrama in Crazy in Alabama. See you at the movies! American History X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfQYHqsiN5g https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120586 Crazy in

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49:54

S01E15 - Eyes Wide Shut and The Thomas Crown Affair

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/04/14

Jason and Craig enter Kubrik's dreamscape to travel under the rainbow to the tune of a single, repeated note on the piano in the curious fable of fidelity in Eyes Wide Shut before retreating to a heist turned romance in the strangely nude The Thomas Crown Affair. See you at the movies!Eyes Wide Shut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgVo96JaqeM https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120663 The Thomas Crown

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54:10

S01E14 - Affliction and Drop Dead Gorgeous

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/04/07

Craig and Jason begin this week's episode with a bleak exploration of generational toxic masculinity in snowy New Hampshire with the dismal and redemptionless Affliction, before venturing into the world of beauty pageants with the hilarious mockumentary Drop Dead Gorgeous. See you at the movies! Affliction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_CDpH7ieko https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118564 Drop Dead

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49:35

S01E13 - Bowfinger and 200 Cigarettes

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/03/31

This week Jason records the podcast surreptitiously by hiding behind bushes and following Craig around, all while sheltering from chubby rain, as the pair somehow produce a discussion about the Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy comedy Bowfinger, directed by Yoda. The pair then bum a smoke and enter the world of punk NYC for a second week running to find out what Elvis Costello did for NYE in 1981. See you at the

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50:19

S01E12 - Ronin and Summer of Sam

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/03/24

It's off to race cars around Paris and Nice in pursuit of a classic McGuffin this week as Jason and Craig dive over railings into the world of Espionage and Samurai with the classic De Niro movie Ronin, after which they regret their decision to move to 1977 New York in search of serial killers in Spike Lee's bad joint Summer of Sam. Stick around for the ball drop to see what we'll be talking about on next week's show, and see you at the

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51:34

S01E11 - Enemy of the State and Mickey Blue Eyes

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/03/17

This week Jason and Craig eat a lot of spaghetti and talk with a New York accent as the enter the world of the mafia, beginning with Enemy of the State, a prescient surveillance-state thriller starring a pre-slap Will Smith before wondering about what went wrong with the woeful Mickey Blue Eyes, a forgettable rom-com that milks the last drop out of the world's fascination with the awkward and foppish Hugh Grant. Intermission this week features a look at Harry Potter. See you at the movies!Enemy of

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40:47

S01E10 - The Talented Mr Ripley and Hideous Kinky

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/03/10

Once more into the breach Jason and Craig travel to 1950's Italy this week to join the beautiful, fashionable, privileged youth of America in the original White Lotus as we follow the psychopath Tom Ripley as he sabotages his own happiness, before fleeing to Morocco where a 1970's mum drags her two girls along with her in a voyage of self-discovery in the autobiographical and strangely named Hideous Kinky. We then cut live to this week's movie night to find out if the gambler's fallacy is really as

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44:14

S01E09 - Twin Falls Idaho and Pushing Tin

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/03/03

It's a twinpeat! Jason and Craig slow down to consider things as the Lynchian drama of Twin Falls Idaho unfolds, bad puns and all, before travelling to NYC to watch Aldi Top Gun as the alpha males of the air traffic control industry duke it out. At least we have our very own Cate Blanchett to admire. Finally, we tune in to the ninth movie night to find out which to films we'll be delving into during next week's episode. Believe it, or not! And see you at the movies.Twin Falls

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41:20

S01E08 - Rushmore and The Faculty

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/02/25

Join us this week as Jason and Craig return to school (well, Jason at least) to find out what's different with high school dramedies from the nineties. Either it's hyper-real Roald Dahl storybook fantasy or schlock-horror sci-fi mashup with an unlikely cast of characters, from our old mate Shooter McGavin to everyone's favourite host of The Daily Show with Hobbits and Terminators in the mix for good luck. Finally, Wil is trapped in a time loop this week with Phillip Jeffries so listen as he phones

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47:26

S01E07 - Office Space and Holy Smoke

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/02/18

This week Jason and Craig come to an epiphany when talking about Mike Judge's office culture comedy which took them back to the vibe of a late-nineties software consultancy mired in joyless Y2K patching before heading to India to visit Baba the Guru with Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel in Jane Campion's very different and surprisingly deep psycho-sexual tale of transformation.Office Space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_fG_zLbBeU https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804 Holy

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44:36

S01E06 - The Straight Story and Strange Planet

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/02/11

Join Jason and Craig once again as we chat about David Lynch's "The Straight Story", a languorous road trip on a lawnmower, this week complemented by a niche Australian rom-com starring Naomi Watts, a long-time Lynch collaborator. And don't forget to hang around for the spinning of the bingo ball as we discover which two films we'll be chatting about next week. See you at the movies! The Straight Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BauhJIjn9Uk https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166896/ Strange

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46:02

S01E05 - The Cider House Rules and Mansfield Park

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/02/04

It's time once again for our double-feature of an A-list and a B-list movie from 1999; this time Craig and Jason sit down to discuss a pair of period dramas, one based on a John Irving classic and featuring far too much snow (the fourth movie so far to be based in a state abutting the Canadian border), while our optional palate-cleanser this week was a Jane Austin chick flick with a bit of a dark underbelly. So grab yourselves a glass of white wine and settle back to listen to two old blokes trying

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45:57

S01E04 - American Movie and The Ninth Gate

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/01/28

Craig and Jason meet one again to chat through American Movie, a humorous and inspiring documentary about the making of Coven, a low-budget horror film, that we watched at last week's movie night. We also talk about The Ninth Gate, a neo-noir supernatural "book detective" thriller, which we watched as an extra-curricular activity during the week. Finally, we cut live to this week's movie night, where we select the most unlikely follow-up to the run of movies we've had so far. Hope you can join us

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33:30

S01E03 - The Iron Giant and Tarzan

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/01/21

Craig and Jason talk about The Iron Giant, the movie we watched on our second movie night last week, followed by Disney's Tarzan, the palate-cleanser movie from Jason's B-list that we watched mid-week as homework. We then cross live to Jason's house for our third movie night to listen in as Dana mixes the bingo ball to select the movie that we'll be talking about on next week's episode. See you at the movies! The Iron Giant: YouTube Trailer IMDB Page Tarzan: YouTube Trailer IMDB

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36:44

S01E02 - A Simple Plan and Toy Story 2

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/01/14

Join Jason and Craig as we chat about A Simple Plan, the movie we watched on our very first movie night last week. We also watched Toy Story 2 during the week, another movie from 1999 which didn't make Jason's list of movies on a technicality (it's a sequel). We then cross live to the second movie nights at Jason's house to find out which of the 51 remaining movies we'll be talking about on next week's episode. See you at the movies! A Simple Plan: YouTube Trailer IMDB Page Toy Story 2: YouTube

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38:09

S01E01 - Princess Mononoke

The Movies of 1985 ·

2024/01/07

In this, our very first proper episode, Craig and Jason talk about Princess Mononoke, which didn't make our official list of movies to watch due to a technicality. We then cross live to the first of 52 movie nights at Jason's house for the spinning of the bingo ball, to find out which movie we'll be watching this week and talking about on next week's episode. Resources mentioned at the beginning of the podcast: 1999: The Podcast 1999: The Year That Rocked Cinema Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999

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44:02

Pilot - The F List

The Movies of 1985 ·

2023/12/31

Listen in as Jason Hutchens and Craig Talbot talk about the background of our year-long project to watch 52 movies from 1999, one each week for the entirety of 2024. In fact, we may watch 104 movies, as I've paired each of my A-list movies with an optional B-list movie. We also talk about the 26 F-list movies which didn't make the cut; the full list of these is available as a Google Sheet. Finally, we announce that we'll be starting with one movie that didn't make the A-list on a technicality;

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