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$To the \'90s and Beyond! Film Podcast$ To the '90s and Beyond! Film PodcastThe Animatrix (2003)Film writer Vince Leo explores the nine-episode animated short film anthology, *The Animatrix*, released in 2003. Each short expands the lore of *The Matrix* universe. Produced by the Wachowskis, the creators of *The Matrix* trilogy, the anthology features contributions from various anime directors. *The Animatrix* offers a unique perspective on the *Matrix* world, delving deeper into its themes and characters than the original films. 2025-05-2550 min

Fitness Business University PodcastWork Life Balance is Killing Your IncomeClick below to join us May 2–3, 2025 at Perform Better Headquarters in Rhode Island for an exclusive 2-day event:https://www.performbetter.com/2025-Business-Secrets-for-Gym-Owners-May-2-3-2025/ In this lively and real-talk episode of Ask Vince, Leo and Vince dive deep into the nitty gritty of business ownership, culture-building, and personal growth—with some solid laughs and stories along the way (including breaking into Fenway Park!). From hiring the right team to dealing with burnout, Vince brings candid advice gym owners need to hear—especially when excuses like “the economy” creep in.This one’s packed with...2025-04-0334 min

Fitness Business University Podcast2+ hours of Vince Gabriele grilling gym owners and then telling them what to do about their business problemsBook a FREE Hot Seat Call with Us Now by Clicking the Link Below!https://calendly.com/spf-leo/spf-mastermind-discovery-call In this episode, we take you inside a LIVE SPF Mastermind coaching call, where gym owners bring their biggest challenges to the table and get real-time solutions. These hot seat sessions cover critical business issues that gym owners face every day, from increasing profits to refining marketing strategies and structuring training programs for maximum success.Many of the challenges addressed in this call will sound familiar to any gym owner looking to grow t...2025-02-211h 52

Fitness Business University PodcastThe Ask Vince Podcast: How Dodging a Tennis Racket Taught Me to Close More SalesIn this episode of the Ask Vince podcast, hosts Leo and Vince Gabriele dive into strategies for overcoming sales objections and fostering trust with potential gym clients. Vince shares insights from his experience in sales and gym ownership, explaining why prospects may be hesitant to commit and how past disappointments influence their decisions. They discuss the importance of establishing authority, handling common objections, and creating a supportive, community-oriented environment that builds trust. The episode also teases the upcoming "Gym Business Mania" event in Orlando, Florida, a unique blend of business development and wrestling-inspired fun with WW...2024-11-1530 min

Fitness Business University PodcastThe Ask Vince Podcast: I Got Embarrassed By a 60 Year Old WomanLearn more about who is speaking at our next Live Mastermind Event on November 8th and 9th by CLICKING HERE!Get a FREE copy of all Vince's books by Clicking Here!Podcast Summary:In this episode of Ask Vince, Vince dives into the importance of understanding and tracking key metrics for gym owners. Vince shares a powerful story from his early career about the moment he realized how essential it is to know your numbers and the transformation it led to in his business. The discussion includes a detailed breakdown of leading indicators...2024-10-0332 min

Fitness Business University PodcastThe Ask Vince Podcast: The best parenting advice I’ve ever received is also the best business adviceApply to Win 12 months of marketing valued at $35,597 and receive the "Fall into Fitness Playbook" FREE:CLICK HEREHere is what you'll get if you win!Build you a NEW custom website from scratchRun your ads on Facebook and Instagram for 12 monthsSet up your automated follow-up systemPlan out your marketing calendar for the next 12 monthsProvide expert marketing support and advice for 12 monthsShow Notes:Introduction:Leo and Vince welcome listeners and tease the upcoming Brand Hypertrophy event in San Antonio, TX (Nov 8-9).Topic 1: Brand Hypertrophy:What it means to grow a b...2024-09-1226 min

Fitness Business University PodcastThe Ask Vince Podcast: Should Gym Owners Do Direct Mail?Apply to Win 12 months of marketing valued at $35,597: CLICK HERECheck out "Annihilate the Fear" a book written by Vince and the winner of the sweepstakes discussed in the podcast: Click HereDownload Vince's New Small Group Training Book by clicking here!Key Topics Covered:KISS Marketing Giveaway: A full year of digital marketing services, valued at $35,597, including a new website, Facebook and Instagram ads, and a marketing coach.Success Story: Vince recounts how a previous sweepstakes campaign helped his gym grow and transformed a participant’s life.Marketing During Back-to-School: Vince exp...2024-09-0538 min

Fitness Business University Podcast[Ask Vince] Lessons from my Grand Canyon Journey: Failure, Business and BeyondJoin Tom (aka Leo) and Vince Gabriel on this episode of Ask Vince as they discuss Vince's recent hiking adventure at the Grand Canyon. Vince shares his experience of attempting to hike from the South Rim to the North Rim and back again, a challenging 50-mile journey. Although he didn't complete the hike, he met a fellow hiker who turned out to be a valuable business connection. They discuss the importance of listening to your body and mind, and how experience and trust play a role in overcoming uncertainty and fear.If you're a gym owner seeking answers on how...2024-05-0239 min

Fitness Business University Podcast[Ask Vince]: Mastering the Marketing Glove, Employee Retention, and Strategic HiringIn this engaging episode of the Ask Vince podcast, Vince Gabriel and co-host Tom Leonard (Leo) discuss a myriad of inquiries and insights shared by their mastermind members, new client academy participants, and those following their six-week surge program. Vince shares his passion for the Marketing Sherpa program he’s rolling out. This innovative six-month marketing program stands out by offering a hybrid model of "done with you" and "done for you" services, designed to equip gym owners with the tactical tools and campaigns necessary for client acquisition. Vince contrasts this with his high-level marketing perspective, emphasizing Sherpa's focus on ac...2024-03-2842 min

Fitness Business University Podcast[Ask Vince] Mastering Turbulence, The Power of Community Marketing, and Unlocking Financial Discipline!Join Vince Gabriel and host Leo as they share the highlights and transformative insights from their recent mastermind event in Orlando, Florida. Reflecting on the event, Vince dives deep into the concept of 'Think and Grow Rich for Gym Owners,' exploring the nuanced meanings of wealth and success. Through engaging discussions, they uncover the psychological barriers represented by 'turbulence' in business and life, revealing how overcoming these can lead to significant growth and achievement. The episode also delves into the importance of robust internal and external community marketing, the impact of personal development on client retention, and identifies the...2024-03-1437 min

Fitness Business University Podcast[Ask Vince] Mastering Payroll, Leadership Challenges & Expanding Your Gym with Multiple LocationsIn this episode of the Ask Vince podcast, host Tom “Leo" and Vince dive into essential strategies for gym ownership success. They tackle the challenges of payroll management, the essence of strong leadership, and the critical steps for expanding your gym business. Vince shares expert insights on optimizing profitability and developing a robust team dynamic, offering practical advice for gym owners at any stage. This episode has a multitude of actionable tips for enhancing gym visibility, engaging your community, and ensuring sustainable growth. Tune in for a masterclass in transforming your gym into a thriving fitness center.If you're a gy...2024-02-1536 min $To the \'90s and Beyond! Film Podcast$ To the '90s and Beyond! Film PodcastThe Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) | Steven SpielbergIt's four years later, and the chief creator of Jurassic Park sends an expedition of four people to check on "Site B", a secret place where the dinosaurs were developed and which now sports dinosaurs roaming free. The quartet is supposed to document the goings-on, but soon discover they will not be alone on the island, as the creator's nephew envisions Jurassic Parks across America and wants to capture some dinos to exploit for profit. Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, and Vince Vaughn star. Directed by Steven Spielberg.2022-03-2136 min $To the \'90s and Beyond! Film Podcast$ To the '90s and Beyond! Film PodcastJurassic Park (1993) | Steven SpielbergVince goes in-depth on all of the history, trivia, and behind-the-scenes action of 1993's JURASSIC PARK, directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the best-selling book by Michael Crichton. Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough star in this thrilling adventure of an eccentric billionaire who builds a theme park attraction full of cloned dinosaurs that doesn't go according to plan.2022-02-0841 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesThe Brother from Another Planet (1984) | John SaylesA mute extraterrestrial resembling a black man (but with feet that have three toes) crash lands his spaceship near New York City. Not understanding where he is or what people are saying, he finds his way to Harlem's 125th Street. Although derided as either crazy or homeless, others discover his worth when he can heal broken electronics and human injuries with a single touch. A concerned social worker helps him get a job as a repairman. Hobnobbing with patrons at a local bar, the Brother finds a dangerous world outside of junkies, thieves, and thugs. Bounty hunters from his homeworld...2020-09-0431 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesStarman (1984) | John CarpenterAn alien race intercepts Voyager II, a space probe describing Earth, effectively inviting aliens to visit. These aliens take Earth up on the offer, sending a scout pod to see what we're up to. American fighter jets greet it and the alien scout crashlands up in the American backwoods in Wisconsin. Using DNA found in the hair in recent widow Jenny Hayden's photo album, he transforms himself into the likeness of Jenny's dead husband, a house painter named Scott (Jeff Bridges). Now, not-Scott must get to a rendezvous point at Meteor Crater, Arizona to get back to the mothership before...2020-08-2831 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesE.T. the Extraterrestrial (1982) | Steven SpielbergE.T.: The Extraterrestrial starts in a forest outside a California suburb. An alien spacecraft lands, and several extraterrestrials emerge, gathering flora samples. Suspicious humans arrive, the aliens escape, leaving one behind. He hides in a backyard shed, discovered by a 10-year-old boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas). Startled and scared, Elliott hides the alien, whom he dubs “E.T.,” in his room, and they become friends. E.T. determines to find his way back to his world by gathering the materials necessary to build a transmitter and “phone home” for his kin to come back and get him, as he appears to b...2020-08-2132 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesClose Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | Steven SpielbergRichard Dreyfuss stars as Muncie, Indiana electricity lineman, Roy Neary, one of many people in the world to experience a close encounter with a UFO. Others experiencing the phenomenon exhibit the same odd behavior — radiation burns and an obsession with a mountainous shape. Roy’s obsession strains his relationship with his family, who think he is mentally ill. The eyewitnesses are compelled to converge at a location where the US military also plans for a close encounter of the third kind. Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr, Cary Guffey, and Melinda Dillon also appear in this influential film written and directed by Steve...2020-08-1433 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesThe Abyss (1989) | James CameronVirgil 'Bud' Brigman (Ed Harris) is the lead foreman of Deepcore, an underwater oil drilling rig 2,000-feet deep. Deepcore receives word of a downed US Navy nuclear submarine in the area near the Cayman Trough. As Russian subs are close by, foul play is suspected. The crew must escort Bud's soon-to-be ex-wife Lindsay (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), the project engineer for Deepcore, and a crew of Navy SEALs for a rescue mission. A hurricane cuts communication outside, effectively leaving Navy SEAL Lieutenant Coffey (Michael Biehn) in command. Psychosis from pressurization makes Coffey unstable and paranoid, viewing the various neon-colored NTIs (Non-Terrestrial I...2020-07-3134 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesDeepStar Six (1989) | Sean S. CunninghamThe plot of DeepStar Six involves a team of eleven scientists working for the US Navy is constructing a facility stationed six miles beneath the surface of the ocean for the launching of nuclear missiles. They discover they are building atop what appears to be a vast underground cavern. The Navy might scrap the project if they don't complete it before their six-month stint is up. Once they destroy the cavern, they discover that they aren't alone down there, as some strange and massive prehistoric arthropod creature begins to attack their undersea vehicles. Nancy Everhard, Greg Evigan, Miguel Ferrer, Taurean...2020-07-2426 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesLeviathan (1989) | George P. CosmatosScientists on the last few days of their stint in a deep sea mining operation stumble upon a mysterious Russian ship, "Leviathan", which has sunk and perhaps was ambushed by their own navy. They loot some cargo on board and inadvertently bring back the remnants of a genetic experiment gone awry, which they also set loose upon their own vessel, to gruesome and nightmarish results. Peter Weller, Amanda Pays, Richard Crenna, Daniel Stern, Ernie Hudson, and Hector Elizondo appear in this film directed by George Cosmatos.2020-07-1729 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesHumanoids from the Deep / Monster (1980) | Barbara PeetersIn a small coastal fishing village called Noyo in northern California, the residents are set to celebrate their annual salmon festival. The festival has been on the decline of late because the fish population has dwindled, leaving the town suffering Doug McClure plays a fisherman and trusted community leader named Jim Hill (Doug McClure), doing what he can to keep harmony among his neighbors. Vic Morrow is the town's more aggressive type, twisting whatever arms necessary to get a company to establish a cannery in town. Anthony Pena is among the Native Americans protesting the cannery planning to exploit his t...2020-07-1031 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesPiranha II: The Spawning (1981) | James CameronThe story for Piranha II doesn't connect to Piranha save for a reference to fish used as bioweapons for a top-secret U.S. Army experiment. Those experiments continued into cross-breeding piranhas with grunions and flying fish to make them dangerous in both air and water. A ship has sunk and a container of their eggs breaks open in the area near Club Elysium, a posh Jamaican resort, on the verge of their annual Fish Fry Beach Festival, when the grunions hatch and walk upon the shore. That's where Anne (Tricia O'Neil), a marine biologist, works as a scuba instructor. Anne's s...2020-07-0329 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesPiranha (1978) | Joe DanteBradford Dillman stars as Paul Grogan, a reclusive alcoholic living in a cabin out in the woods in an undisclosed part of the United States. He's visited by a skiptracer named Maggie McKeown (Heather Menzies), who is out to find a couple of backpackers who have disappeared without a trace. Their search leads them to an abandoned Army research facility solely inhabited by a strange scientist, Dr. Hoak (Kevin McCarthy). Hoak has been keeping up the research on "Operation Razorteeth," where mutant carnivorous piranha fish became bioweapons they can use to destroy the coldwater river systems of North Vietnam. The w...2020-06-2629 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesJaws: The Revenge (1987) | Joseph SargentThe Brody family, not led by the widow Ellen Brody (Lorraine Gary), continues to experience shark attacks, starting with when Ellen's younger son, Sean. While mourning the loss, Ellen visits her other son, Michael (Lance Guest), in the Bahamas, where she meets the rascally Hoagie Newcombe (Michael Caine). Meanwhile, the same shark that got her boy appears off the coast of the island, and Ellen has to take it down or never escape the shark's wrath. Mario Van Peebles also appears in this Joseph Sargent film so bad that it killed off the Jaws franchise once and for all.2020-06-1928 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesJaws 3-D (1983) | Joe AlvesJaws 3 sees the sons of Sheriff Brody now in Florida, as eldest son Mike (Dennis Quaid) has laid the foundations for a two-year project to bring an underwater structure in the lagoon at Sea World to life. The younger brother, Sean (John Putch) is also visiting, although he is still suffering from a strong phobia about getting in the water, brought about from his harrowing near-death experiences with sharks from his youth. He has reason to fear, as it appears that a young Great White shark has entered the lagoon and is terrorizing the pre-opening day adjustments, having gotten through th...2020-06-1229 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesJaws 2 (1978) | Jeannot SzwarcJaws 2 is set four years after Jaws, in the same island community of Amity. Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) still patrols, though now shaken from his ordeal with the shark. Mayor Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) is catering to a land developer on the construction of new waterfront condominiums that will be very lucrative for a town still struggling to bring in tourists after the shark attacks of the past. When calamities occur again in the ocean, Brody becomes suspicious that another shark is on the prowl. Once again, the mayor and city council of the town refuse to listen due to economic in...2020-06-0530 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesJaws (1975) | Steven SpielbergRoy Scheider stars as police chief Martin Brody of Amity, a Long Island resort community just about to enjoy its most popular season of the year, in the sun and fun of the 4th of July. All is not idyllic on this day, however. A teenage girl has been found washed up on the beach, apparently the victim of a shark attack. Brody's instinct is to close the beach, but he pulls back when the mayor of Amity reminds him how important it is to keep the tourists coming, warning that news of a shark in the water could cost the...2020-05-2929 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesKing Kong Lives (1986) | John GuillerminIn this sequel to the 1976 remake of Kong Kong, none of the original cast returns, except in archival footage shown in the intro depicting Kong after getting shot down from the top of the World Trade Center and falling to the streets below. We come to learn that Kong (Peter Elliott) improbably survived, existing in a coma for ten years on life support in a giant lab facility in Atlanta awaiting a giant artificial heart to replace the organic one that can no longer support him without medical assistance. Kong also needs lots of ape plasma for the surgery but...2020-05-2227 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesKing Kong (1976) | John GuillerminIn this remake of the 1933 classic of the same name, Petrox, a gasoline corporation, sends an expedition to an uncharted island near Micronesia obscured by perpetual fog to find out if there’s oil there. Stowing away is Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges), a paleontologist from Princeton University curious if the reports of a giant primate residing on there are true. they pick up another unexpected passenger in Dwan (Jessica Lange), an aspiring American actress adrift in a lifeboat. What they find instead of useable oil is a gorilla six times the size of a normal ape, who is the god to...2020-05-1532 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesTarzan, the Ape Man (1981) | John DerekSet in 1910, virginal Jane Parker (Bo Derek), a feminist who thinks women should be able to explore the world the same as men. She travels to Africa to find the father she never knew, renowned explorer James Parker (Richard Harris). James, who abandoned her when she was an infant, thinks Jane is the spitting image of his late wife, which brings up all manner of incestuous feelings. James continues his safari to find the fabled elephant graveyard where precious ivory exists. Jane insists on coming along despite her father's protests. Tarzan's primal yelling makes their native entourage nervous, forbidden to...2020-05-0830 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) | Hugh HudsonBased on elements within Edgar Rice Burroughs's 1912 novel, "Tarzan of the Apes," Greystoke begins in the late 19th century, where a young couple born into Scottish nobility, Jack Clayton and his pregnant wife Alice, find themselves shipwrecked off the coast of Western Africa. Months later, they give birth to a boy who quickly becomes an orphan when his mother dies of malaria, and his father is killed in an altercation with nearby apes. One of the apes adopts the human baby as her own. When the boy grows into a man, he takes on the alpha male to become the...2020-05-0127 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesThe Beastmaster (1982) | Don CoscarelliThe Beastmaster follows the hero, Dar (Marc Singer), the son of a king snatched away from his mother's womb by a witch under the employ of the evil magician named Maax (Rip Torn). Maax had been prophesied to be killed by the son of a king (to which he takes to slaughtering all of the young'uns he can). The intended infanticide is thwarted by a goodly peasant, who raises Dar as his own, and harnesses the boy's skill in fighting and farming. Dar soon discovers an uncanny ability to communicate telepathically with whatever animals reside nearby. Dar's village is decimated b...2020-04-2426 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesSheena (1984) | John GuillerminThe story of Sheena involves a young girl orphaned after her geologist parents are killed in a cave-in while exploring the source of mystical healing soil found near the jungle in the fictional African country of Tigora. The native Zambouli villagers immediately adopt the girl, dubbing her "Sheena," prophecied to be their savior and the future queen of the jungle. Sheena grows up to be a strikingly beautiful woman (Tanya Roberts), learning how to communicate and control animals with her mind, ride a zebra, and other mystical arts. Trouble brews in her territory when Prince Otwani (Trevor Thomas), an ex-football pl...2020-04-1725 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesRed Sonja (1985) | Richard FleischerAn unofficial spinoff of sorts to the Conan franchise, Red Sonja starts off with Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen) as an attractive farm girl that evil lesbian Queen Gedren of Berkubane (Sandahl Bergman) finds fetching enough to invite over. Sonja finds the offer so repulsive she ends up giving the queen's face a nasty gash. Spurned, Sonja's family is soon murdered by Gedren's army, while they also destroy her home and she ends up raped by Gedren's soldiers. Gedren seeks a powerful talisman, which grows stronger the more exposure it has to light, enough to destroy the world if left unchecked within a...2020-04-1029 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesConan the Destroyer (1984) | Richard FleischerPower-hungry Queen Tamaris of Shadizar (Sarah Douglas), who offers Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) a bargain. Taramis will resurrect his dead lover Valeria upon completion of a special mission. He is to assist with the protection of her niece, a young virgin princess named Jehnna (Olivia d'Abo). Jehnna travels with her bodyguard Bombaata (Wilt Chamberlain), to venture into the mystical castle to retrieve a key in the form of a magic jewel called the Heart of Ahriman that, by prophecy, only someone who bears the distinctive mark like Jehnna can touch. This key will unlock a fabled horn that promises to bring t...2020-04-0330 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesConan the Barbarian (1982) | John MiliusThe setting of this fantasy-adventure based on Robert E. Howard's literary creations is the Hyborian Age, a fictional period invented by Howard, around 10,000 B.C. It is a time of magic, madmen, and mercenaries, and barbarians who kill before they end up killed. The film starts with Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) as a young lad in Cimmeria, orphaned at the hands of an evil snake cult-leader and a black-magic sorcerer named Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones), and becomes a slave. As he grows, he soon fights in an arena for sport and becomes very good at what he does. Soon, he es...2020-03-2728 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesFire and Ice (1983) | Ralph BakshiThis animated story involves a fantasy world imagined before the last ice age, featuring human civilizations and exotic dinosaurs coexisting. It is a time where the lands are divided among two factions, the evil Ice Peak sorcerer warlords, Queen Juliana and her wicked son Nekron, leading an army of ape-like subhumans, and the goodly Fire Keep clan led by King Jarol. The ice clan's Nekron is using his telekinetic powers to send giant glaciers out to freeze over the rest of the world, forcing the good humans to set up camp near the volcanoes. Our main hero is vengeful Larn...2020-03-2017 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesReturn to Oz (1985) | Walter MurchNine months after her Oz experience, Dorothy wants to return to check in with her friends. Aunt Em thinks Dorothy is mentally ill. She seeks treatment from an experimental clinic using electroshock therapy to treat maladies of the mind. Dorothy is taken to an eerie clinic run by an uncaring Dr. Worley and the stern Nurse Wilson. During the treatment, a mysterious girl watching over Dorothy intervenes during a lightning strike that halts the experiment. Dorothy escapes down a nearby river, washing ashore in the land of Oz again. Except the Yellow Brock Road is demolished. The Emerald City is...2020-03-1328 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesWillow (1988) | Ron HowardThe story involves Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis), a farmer who dreams of becoming a sorcerer's apprentice among the Nerwyns, which are a race of little people. One day, he encounters a baby who has washed onto the riverbank near his farm. The baby, who we come to learn is named Elora Danan, is a Daikini, a race much larger than the Nerwyns, but Willow's brethren don't think it's a good idea to keep her. The evil-witch Queen Bavmorda (Jean Marsh) has minions, including her warrior-princess daughter Sorsha (Joanne Whalley) and vicious skull-faced warrior General Kael (Pat Roach), actively searching for...2020-03-0624 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesEwoks: The Battle for Endor (1985) | Ken & Jim WheatThe moon of Endor gets attacked by a vicious band of thuggish Sanyassan marauders, whose ancestors also crashlanded on Endor some time ago, and a powerful shape-shifting sorceress named Charal under the leadership of King Terak. They attack the Ewok village, taking the crashed Towani ship's power source after killing Cindel's family, then take away all of the Ewoks except Wicket back to their dungeons as prisoners. While roving the forest, Cindel and Wicket encounter a mysterious creature named Teek who leads them to the home of a grumpy hermit named Noa Briqualon, who we come to find has also c...2020-02-2823 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesThe Ewok Adventure | Caravan of Courage (1984)George Lucas's story for this made-for-TV spin-off from the Star Wars films involves a spacecraft that crash lands on Endor. The mother and father spend the film looking for their two children, a fourteen-year-old named Mace Towani and his four-year-old sister, Cindel, not knowing that they've been taken in by the kindly Ewoks whose village lies a bit of a distance away from the crash site. Cindel befriends the Ewoks instantly, but Mace is not too sure about their intentions, concentrating more on finding the monstrous, ax-wielding Gorax might have captured the whereabouts of their parents, who the Ewoks begin...2020-02-2117 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesThe Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) | Steve Binder (with David Acomba)The Star Wars Holiday Special is a two-hour made-for-TV musical variety show movie that aired on November 17. 1978 on CBS for its November sweeps period.). Variety shows were hot on TV in the 1970s and this effort would serve as a ratings bonanza, putting the hottest cultural phenomenon of the last year in front of as many eyeballs as they could on a Friday night when kids could stay up to watch TV. The Force was not with this one. Chewbacca's family living in a giant treehouse on Kashyyyk. The family trio includes Chewbacca's wife Malla, his father Itchy, and his...2020-02-1426 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) | Nicholas MeyerThe final of the Star Trek films to feature the entire original cast, Star Trek VI draws many parallels to the end of the Cold War between the United States (represented here by the Federation) and the Soviet Union (the big bad Klingons). An explosion occurs on the Klingon moon known as Praxis (an allusion to the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl), which makes the Klingon race face possible extinction, as their way of life crumbles, rendering them a superpower no longer (akin to the breakup of the USSR). The crew of the Enterprise is called upon to be an escort for...2020-02-0726 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesStar Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) | William ShatnerStar Trek V starts off with the crew taking over the reins of new Enterprise starship, and their first impromptu mission requires them to travel to the near desolate planet of Nimbus III, where a rogue Vulcan known as Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill) has placed several key ambassadors as hostages in order to draw a starship to the planet. His plans are to hijack the ship and crew, taking them on an odyssey to the Great Barrier, a place that no other ship has successfully breached. His mission is to find the Higher Being that all life in the universe refers to...2020-01-3130 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) | Leonard NimoyStar Trek IV starts with our heroes on planet Vulcan, loading up to go home and face punishment from the Federation for their hijacking of the Enterprise and its subsequent destruction, as well as the sabotage of the Excelsior. As they approach Earth, they find that a giant space probe is threatening to destroy the planet, emitting a signal that those on Earth are baffled how to respond to. It is determined that the probe is sending messages in the language of humpback whales, which have been extinct for over 200 years. With seemingly no obvious solution, Kirk and crew decide to...2020-01-2426 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesStar Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) | Leonard NimoyStar Trek III starts off with the weary Enterprise crew returning home after their near-death battle with Khan, and the actual death of Spock, whose body had been torpedoed to the Genesis world, which was a newly transformed planet, formerly without life. While all involved are a bit worse for wear, the biggest effect on a crew member seems to be with Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley), who is exhibiting strange behavior that suggests he may be cracking from the experience, babbling something about returning to Spock's homeworld of Vulcan. Spock's father, Sarek (Mark Lenard), is convinced that Spock's "essence" has so...2020-01-1726 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) | Nicholas MeyerWith Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the series took a swing in the exact opposite direction from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, putting things on a raw emotional level. This is a sequel, not of the first film, but of an original "Star Trek" episode, "The Space Seed", also starring Ricardo Montalban in the Khan role. Now, it is 15 years later, and Khan and his men are marooned on a desert planet which is slated as an experiment in the Federation's Genesis project. This project is actually a bomb of sorts that can take any uninhabited planet and...2020-01-1029 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesStar Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) | Robert WiseFast approaching Earth is a cloudlike alien entity that has destroys all that approaches its nebulous form. The not-quite-fully-refitted Enterprise is the closest vessel available in its approach toward Earth. Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) pushes his way to take over the mission over the man he picked for his successor as the captain, Willard Decker (Stephen Collins). Kirk makes every attempt to reason with this living entity, who goes by the moniker, V’ger. V’ger abducts the Enterprise’s navigator, Ilia (Persis Khambatta), who then returns in a mechanical form, giving voice to the entity. The bad news: V’ger wants to...2020-01-0334 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesDragnet (1987) | Tom MankiewiczIn this semi-spoof sequel to the classic TV show, "Dragnet", Dan Aykroyd isn't playing Jack Webb's character, Joe Friday, in this film, but rather, his nephew, with the same name and personality. He's assigned a roguish new partner named Pep Streebeck (Tom Hanks) with which to fight crime with, though he's of a new breed of a police officer, not really respecting the rule of law that Sergeant Friday does to his core. Their first case together sees them trying to crack a slew of recent murders in Los Angeles, ostensibly done by a mysterious cult known simply as P.A.G...2019-12-2725 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesGet Smart, Again! (1989) | Gary NelsonIn this "Get Smart" sequel movie made for network television, KAOS makes a comeback in a world that hasn't been terrorized by them since CONTROL took them down and put themselves out of the international terror business. Recurring "Get Smart" actor Bernie Kopell returns as Maxwell Smart's (Don Adams) main nemesis Conrad Siegreid, who leads the new KAOS after it has been bought out in a corporate takeover and is now encountering budget cuts requiring a quick influx of cash. Siegried launches his own plans for world domination with the formula to create a Weather-Control Machine, which gives them the p...2019-12-2018 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesThe Nude Bomb / The Return of Maxwell Smart (1980) | Clive DonnerMaxwell Smart (Don Adams), the dimwitted super-spy from the hit TV series from the 1960s, "Get Smart" returned in 1980 for a brand new, racier adventure. Entitled The Nude Bomb, it has lost that title over the years in favor of the more TV-programming friendly The Return of Maxwell Smart. The gist of the film is that an agent from the super-terrorist organization, KAOS, is threatening to rid the world of all clothing if demands aren't met, using a bomb capable of destroying all forms of fabric. It's up to Agent 86 of PITS, Maxwell Smart, to put an end to these nefar...2019-12-1325 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesThe Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988) | David ZuckerThe comedy writing team of Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker brought this first of a trilogy, based on their short-lived 1982 TV show "Police Squad", of zany screwball comedies to Hollywood in 1988, offering plenty of sight gags, plays on words, pop culture sendups, and downright silly slapstick. Leslie Nielsen returns to star as Lt. Frank Drebin, who seems to have a high success rate in closing his cases despite being an overconfident buffoon. His latest case involves trying to prevent the assassination of Queen Elizabeth II while on a visit to America. A hunch leads Drebin to look into w...2019-12-0622 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesCurse of the Pink Panther (1983) | Blake EdwardsTed Wass stars as New York City police sergeant Clifton Sleigh, who ends up getting selected by an Interpol computer that is choosing the second-best sleuth in the world to use to find the missing best sleuth, Inspector Clouseau. Except Sleigh isn't the best, as Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) deliberately sabotaged the computer to try to find the worst and assure the whereabouts of Clouseau remains a mystery. Meanwhile, Clouseau is still alive in the care of health spa operator Countess Chandra (Joanna Lumley), who aims to change his looks through plastic surgery. Meanwhile, the criminal element of the F...2019-11-2923 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesTrail of the Pink Panther (1982) | Blake EdwardsTrail of the Pink Panther is a film done nearly two years after the death of Pink Panther franchise star Peter Sellers, compiling the best clips and unused outtakes from prior films, along with new material to hang together a plot around the. That plot involves the theft of the infamous and priceless Pink Panther diamond from the fictional country of Lugash, and Chief Inspector Clouseau, at the request of the president of Lugash, is brought in yet again to investigate its whereabouts, against the wishes of Commissioner Dreyfus. In the course of the globe-hopping investigation, a plane carrying Clouseau g...2019-11-2224 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesWho’s Harry Crumb? | Paul FlahertyJohn Candy plays Harry Crumb, the bumbling son who never quite lived up to the reputation of his sleuthing father and grandfather in his family's long-standing detective agency. Instead of running the company, he's been relegated to being a lowly trainee as their Tulsa office. Ineptitude is just what the CEO of the company, Eliot Draisen (Jeffrey Jones), in Los Angeles wants from an investigator for reasons of his own. Draisen flies out Crumb to Los Angeles to crack the case involving the kidnapping and ransom of Jennifer Downing, the beautiful heiress daughter of P.D. Downing (Barry Corbin) and h...2019-11-1513 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesFletch Lives (1989) | Michael RitchieFletch (Chevy Chase) quits his job as an investigative reporter when he learns he has inherited his aunt's expansive plantation estate in Louisiana called Belle Isle. Unfortunately, he arrives to find that the property is completely run down through many years of lack of upkeep, though there are offers for the land from mysterious sources. When the executor of the will ends up dead in Fletch's bed, he becomes the top suspect in the murder. He soon learns that the reason for foul play is likely because someone out there desperately wants Fletch off of the property, with the main s...2019-11-0926 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesFletch (1985) | Michael RitchieChevy Chase plays a Los Angeles Times investigative reporter named Irwin M. Fletcher (he prefers to be called by his nickname, “Fletch”) under the pseudonym of Jane Doe. While working undercover trying to uncover the secret to a major beachside drug ring, Fletch is approached by a wealthy businessman named Alan Stanwyk (Tim Matheson) who thinks he is a transient and makes him an offer of $50,000 to kill him. The story is that he has bone cancer and doesn’t want to be around to enjoy the most painful aspects of the disease and wants his wife to get the insura...2019-11-0221 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesOutrageous Fortune (1987) | Arthur HillerShelley Long plays prissy longtime acting student Lauren Ames who has never gotten an actual gig, finally finding some hope when she makes her way into a prestigious drama class led by an all-time great international acting coach. Bette Midler co-stars as Sandy Brozinsky, a mouthy, earthy waitress who also suddenly finds herself in the same class without any of the talent or desire to be there. The two have a personality clash immediately that only gets worse once it is discovered that they are both in a relationship with the same dreamboat of a man, Michael Santers (Peter Coyote...2019-10-2716 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesReal Men (1987) | Dennis FeldmanJames Belushi stars as Nick Pirandello, a crude smart-ass that just so happens to be one of the country's top CIA agents, who is ordered to recruit a mild-mannered suburban insurance salesman father, Bob Wilson (John Ritter), a lookalike for a recently iced agent, to join him on a secret mission that may have interplanetary implications that may result in the end of the world as we know it. But Bob is such a sweet-natured man, he needs a crash course in toughening up to the task, which Nick must do in order to achieve the mission's success. Meanwhile, Bob t...2019-10-1810 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesSpies Like Us (1985) | John LandisThe plot of Spies Like Us involves the two most inept, low-level U.S. intelligence agents they could find to go on a mission as expendable decoys for the real agents. Emmett Fitz-Hume (Chevy Chase) and Austin Millbarge (Dan Aykroyd) were scouted by the CIA after cheating on their advanced placement exams, with a mission that sees them parachuting into Pakistan. From there, the bumbling duo ends up in Afghanistan, where they're mistaken for doctors there on a humanitarian mission for the United Nations, followed by run-ins with the Russians during an effort to draw out the identities of Soviet s...2019-10-1217 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesRambo III (1988) | Peter MacDonaldThis time it's a bit more personal for John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone), as his former Vietnam commander and friend, Colonel Trautman (Richard Crenna), has been captured by Russian forces as he tries to rally the Afghan rebels who have been winning the resistance. The Afghani people are too suspicious of the American to willingly join his crusade to spring Trautman from his prison cell, leaving him to go it mostly alone, with one or two friends he has made in his short introduction to their ranks. He faces formidable odds, as the prison is surrounded by landmines, tanks, and hundreds of...2019-10-0517 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesRambo: First Blood Part 2 (1985) | George P. CosmatosThe story follows First Blood, where John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is in prison for his one-man army heroics against law enforcement in the first film. Here, Colonel Trautman (Richard Crenna) approaches Rambo to undergo a covert operation that will presumably save the lives of thousands of POWs still in Southeast Asia, if he can find evidence that they are still being held captive. Rambo is hired only to take pictures, but that doesn’t sit well with the disgruntled vet, who uses the opportunity to get them out while he can. However, corrupt government officials don’t want Rambo to find any...2019-09-2923 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesFirst Blood (1982) | Ted KotcheffSylvester Stallon stars as John Rambo, who has spent years trying to track down the only family he ever really knew -- the soldiers who fought alongside him in the war. To Rambo's dismay, he finds he is all alone, as all of the rest were killed in action, or died from cancerous war-related exposure to chemicals, leaving him but to drift along the roads in search of new meaning to his life. In the small town of Hope, the local sheriff (Brian Dennehy) named Will Teasle tags Rambo as a vagrant drifter and quickly ushers him out of town. How...2019-09-2226 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesThe Delta Force (1986)Cannon Films and Golan-Globus productions push out this ultra-patriotic film in the middle of the 1980s whereby American elite commandos kick major butt when trying to secure the freedom of a plane full of hostages hijacked by a group of Lebanese terrorists. Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin head the super-soldiers to action on the hope of saving not only as many lives as they can, but their own reputation after a botched mission sees them go down in disgrace, they feel, due to bureaucratic missteps. Menahem Golan directs this quintessentially jingoistic but gloriously unabashed entry in the Chuck Norris filmography.2019-09-1422 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesCommando (1985) | Mark L. LesterIn this onscreen persona-defining movie, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Col. John Matrix, a highly-trained military special-ops expert whose unit was disbanded and now live under secret identities in retirement. Matrix spends his days as a single father taking care of his spirited young daughter, Jenny (Alyssa Milano), to whom he has promised not to go out on any more special missions. However, John’s hand is forced when Jenny is abducted by a displaced South American dictator (Dan Hedaya) of a banana republic named Val Verde who wants his old gig back, planning to use her for ransom as John puts...2019-09-0826 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesPredator (1987) | John McTiernanArnold Schwarzenegger stars as Major "Dutch" Schaeffer, who, along with his crew of elite special ops commandos, is sent to the jungle of a hostile Latin American country on a covert hostage rescue mission. However, he soon finds out there's more to the mission than he had originally been told by his old friend, Major George Dillon (Weathers), leaving them in a firefight with other military factions in a country they aren't supposed to be in. Worse, they discover that some of the soldiers in the area have been killed in a most disturbing manner, skinned, disemboweled, and left for vu...2019-08-3124 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesAliens (1986) | James CameronAliens starts where the first one leaves off, with Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in hypersleep drifting in the escape shuttle. What Ripley doesn't know until after she is rescued is that she has been that way for 57 years. When she gets back, the company that owned her ship is very interested in why she decided to blow it to smithereens, and are not too impressed with her implausible "alien on board" story, since they have recently inhabited the newly terraformed world Ripley claims to have encountered the alien on, and have found nothing to indicate there is any danger there. That is...2019-08-2427 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesAlien (1979) | Ridley ScottThe story begins in the year 2122, onboard the commercial towing vessel, the Nostromo. Its mostly blue-collar crew, five men and two women, are awakened prematurely while still in deep space from their cryogenic slumber en route back to Earth. The reason for their early disturbance has to do with the company’s policy to investigate potential alien life forms, so when what appears to be an SOS signal is being transmitted from a moon in their relative vicinity, their overriding primary mission is changed to checking out the situation. Upon landing on the desolate planet, the scientists discover what appears to b...2019-08-1926 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesLifeforce (1985) | Tobe HooperIn Cannon Films' Lifeforce, we find a space shuttle mission co-funded by American and British space agencies traveling to explore Halley's Comet up close. They soon make a discovery of an alien ship hiding in the comet's coma, so they go on board to investigate, only to find desiccated bat-like creatures and three naked humanoid beings, a woman and two men, seemingly in a perpetual state of sleep in their individual glass sarcophagus-like pods. They bring the pods aboard to bring to study, but things go awry in ways that we don't quite learn about until the pods are brought d...2019-08-1020 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesFright Night Part 2 (1989) | Tommy Lee WallaceFright Night Part 2 is a follow-up to the 1985 cult hit, Fright Night (naturally), where we find the same protagonist, Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale), as a college student no longer believing in the existence of vampires after three years of therapy. Also helping him overcome his supposed fantasies is his new girlfriend and fellow student at the college, Alex (Traci Lind). However, things get dicey in their relationship when Charley gets seduced through his dreams by a sexy vampire posing as a performance artist named Regine Dandridge (Julie Carmen), the sister of the vampire that Jerry defeated in the first film. R...2019-08-0316 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesFright Night (1985) | Tom HollandCharley Brewster (William Ragsdale) is a typical suburban teenager with a special interest in old-time horror b-movies, the kind seen on the local creep-fest TV showcase, "Fright Night", hosted by the self-proclaimed king of vampire hunting films, Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall). It's all fantasy to Charley until he spies on his new neighbors in the house next door to discover that there is a man there that is, in fact, a vampire himself (Chris Sarandon). As bodies end up dead throughout the town, no one will listen to Charley's assertions. Trouble brews when his tenaciousness draws the ire of Jerry, the...2019-07-2812 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesThe Lost Boys (1987) | Joel SchumacherLucy Emerson (Dianne Wiest) is a divorced mother of two teenage sons, Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Coey Haim), who relocates to the strange oceanside California town of Santa Carla, which is filled with a mix of punk and hippie cultures. The residents of Santa Carla have taken to calling it the "murder capital of the world", with deaths and disappearances occurring on an increasingly frequent basis. Kiefer Sutherland plays David, the leader of a motorcycle gang that has been terrorizing the community, and one of the members, a sexy female named Star (Jami Gertz), has taken a mutual liking to...2019-07-2116 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesNear Dark (1987) | Kathryn BigelowAdrian Pasdar stars as Caleb Colton, a young and somewhat passive small-town guy in Oklahoma who has his eye set on a visiting mysterious boyish beauty named Mae (Jenny Wright). Caleb and Mae spend the night talking and flirting, but Mae has to make it home before the sun comes up, for reasons that aren't too clear for Caleb. Before the end of the evening, Mae bites Caleb on the neck, although she doesn't really drink his blood, setting forth a reaction in his body that makes him very strong and agile, fry up in direct sunlight, and crave human bl...2019-07-1417 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesThe Hitcher (1986) | Robert HarmonC. Thomas Howell stars as Jim Halsey, a young Chicago native driving a car cross-country to California. The Texas road he's currently on is lonely and Jim is tired, but he spies a way he might stay awake in the form of hitchhiker John Ryder (Rutger Hauer). It doesn't take long before Jim becomes unnerved by his new passenger, as Ryder claims he's decapitated viciously the last person to give him a ride and that he will do the same to Jim. Jim finds a way to kick Ryder out of the vehicle, but he keeps showing up again, killing...2019-07-0721 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesRoad Games (1981) | Richard FranklinRoad Games (aka Roadgames) is a Hitchcockian suspense-thriller set primarily out on the open roads running through the Australian outback. Jamie Lee Curtis is Pamela, who, along with independent truck driver Pat Quid (Stacy Keach) and his pet dingo Boswell, tries to get to the bottom of a story which might connect a series of killings which have surfaced around Australia to a mysterious driver of a creepy looking van that's on the road with them, as Quid attempts to deliver a rig full of pork to Perth, which is undergoing a meat shortage at the time due to butchers goin...2019-06-3017 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesMad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985) | George Miller & George OgilvieIn this entry of the Mad Max series, set a few years after the events of The Road Warrior, Max's nomadic travels lead him to Bartertown, which, as the name implies, is the methane-fueled hub where anyone can go to exchange something they have for something they need. The town is overseen by Aunty (Tina Turner), though it is really run by a dwarf named Master (Angelo Rossito), who gets into a scuffle with Max, where the only resolution anyone will abide by is to battle to the death in a caged arena called 'Thunderdome'. Following his ordeal, Max manages to m...2019-06-2211 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesMad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) | George MillerMax's wanderings through the now lawless Wasteland formerly known as Australia take him to a fortified oil refinery where there's plenty of precious fuel, but a vicious gang of murdering marauders, led by a hockey-masked and muscle-bound leader named Lord Humungus, wants to get their hands on it, giving the residents an ultimatum of imminent death should they not comply with their demands. The colony living there needs to escape in a hurry but wants their fuel. Max strikes a bargain -- he'll secure an abandoned big rig for them to haul their fuel in exchange for as much gas a...2019-06-1714 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesMad Max (1979) | George MillerSet in the near future, Mel Gibson stars as the titular Max, one of the best police officers working for the MFP fighting against the increasingly hostile lands, full of marauding car and biker gangs who have no regard for life, or for laws, and especially not for law officers. One such gang of bikers, led by a psychopath named Toecutter, is on the rampage and is targeting MFP officers who've messed with their way of doing things, putting them all in potential harm's way. A family man, Max doesn't know if he's really cut out to put his neck on...2019-06-0910 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesEscape from New York (1981) | John CarpenterEscape from New York is set in a future 1997, during a time when, after the crime rate has skyrocketed out of control, the island of Manhattan has been turned into an ultra-maximum security prison where the worst of the worst violent criminals are put to live in a state of walled-in anarchy. A potential global crisis emerges when Air Force One is hijacked, forcing the President's (Donald Pleasance) escape pod to crash land on the island, where he is immediately taken and held hostage by the criminals there, led by the vicious warlord, The Duke (Isaac Hayes). As they will k...2019-06-0214 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesAkira (1988) | Katsuhiro OtomoIn this breakthrough anime masterwork, Akira starts out in 1988, much of Tokyo is destroyed by a mysterious that spreads like a dome of energy over the city. The rest of the film is set in the year 2019, as we peek into the post-apocalyptic megalopolis that has been rebuilt as Neo-Tokyo, where the government is corrupt, civil unrest looms large, and biker gangs run the streets. One member of such a biker gang is Tetsuo Shima, who ends up seemingly running into an escapee from a government experiment who uses some sort of powers to protect himself from getting run over. T...2019-05-2618 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesBlade Runner (1982) | Ridley ScottThe date is November 2019. The city is Los Angeles. Earth has undergone massive population explosions in the urban areas, the city landscape is a mish-mash of every culture, and almost everywhere you go there are advertisements. The most prominent of these advertisements is floating space-barge advertising the Off-World colonies, offering excitement and adventure. It appears there’s much excitement to be true, when six replicants (android-like creations that resemble humans in nearly every possible way, with the exception of enhanced agility and strength, constructed to work as slaves in off-world colonies) commit mutiny and escape to Earth, where they have be...2019-05-1827 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesTrancers (1984/1985) | Charles BandTrancers starts off in the neon-tinged year of 2247, where we find much of old Los Angeles (now called "Angel City") submerged by the ocean. Law enforcement officers called "Troopers", like Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson), are taking down (referred to as "singeing") "trancers", which are weak-minded people (dubbed "squids") who can easily come under the hypnotic, homicidal zombie-like spell ("not quite alive, not dead enough") of nefarious Charles Manson-esque cult leader Martin Whistler (Michael Stefani), who Deth sees as responsible for the murder of his wife. Deth thinks he has taken down Whistler once and for all, only to learn that th...2019-05-1012 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesTerminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | James CameronLinda Hamilton returns as buffed out Sarah Connor, the mother of humanity's future savior, now holed up in a mental institution for her claims that the world is going to end in an apocalyptic nuclear war instigated by a sentient advanced computer system. That savior, John (Edward Furlong), is a rebellious teen living in foster care who soon learns his mother isn't a crackpot after all after being chased by a cop who is actually a T-1000 model Terminator - a shape-shifting, liquid metallic artificial entity (Robert Patrick) - sent from the future to kill him. John's own savior is a...2019-05-0421 min $To the \'90s and Beyond! Film Podcast$ To the '90s and Beyond! Film PodcastDragged Across Concrete (2018)Dragged Across Concrete is writer-director S. Craig Zahler’s further exploration of the seamy underbelly of American society, particularly through the prism of how that experience causes ripple effects that throw even innocent people into the wake of the criminals. Most of the action follows the exploits of two cops in the fictional city of Bulwark, the older burnout Brett Ridgeman (Mel Gibson) and his younger partner Anthony Lurasetti (Vince Vaughn), who get suspended from the force after they are caught on camera going a little too far in roughing up a suspect in the current environment that frowns on the...2019-03-2712 min $To the \'90s and Beyond! Film Podcast$ To the '90s and Beyond! Film PodcastDragged Across Concrete (2018) | S. Craig ZahlerDragged Across Concrete is writer-director S. Craig Zahler’s further exploration of the seamy underbelly of American society, particularly through the prism of how that experience causes ripple effects that throw even innocent people into the wake of the criminals. Most of the action follows the exploits of two cops in the fictional city of Bulwark, the older burnout Brett Ridgeman (Mel Gibson) and his younger partner Anthony Lurasetti (Vince Vaughn), who get suspended from the force after they are caught on camera going a little too far in roughing up a suspect in the current environment that frowns on the...2019-03-2712 min

Catching up with VinceEp 48 - Leo BridgewaterYou can't talk marijuana legislation in the state of New Jersey without mentioning Leo Bridgewater. Leo is an advocate for the use of marijuana as a treatment for people with PTSD. He has spent a number of years working with our governor to create a bill that will bring as much freedom to the people as possible. This one gets really deep really quick. But that's what you've come to expect, right? Follow Leo:@Leo_BridgewaterFollow Vince:@CatchingupwithVince@TryVeganNJ@GardenStateKombuchaTryVeganNj.comCatchingupwithVince.com 2019-01-1139 min

Around the World in 80s Movies45 - Superbad: SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE (1987) - A Podcast Film ReviewAlthough he had claimed to be done putting on the red cape after SUPERMAN III, Reeve is lured back to make a fourth entry with a different studio from an idea he had written himself to bring back the series to respectability. Alas, it didn't quite work out that way in the end. Superman makes a decision to meddle in Earth's affairs by getting rid of all of the nuclear missiles, but Lex Luthor has his own super-powered being to take the Man of Steel down before he interrupts the business of war that Lex relies upon for his riches. I...2018-08-1016 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) | Sidney J. FurieAlthough he had claimed to be done putting on the red cape after SUPERMAN III, Reeve is lured back to make a fourth entry with a different studio from an idea he had written himself to bring back the series to respectability. Alas, it didn't quite work out that way in the end. Superman makes a decision to meddle in Earth's affairs by getting rid of all of the nuclear missiles, but Lex Luthor has his own super-powered being to take the Man of Steel down before he interrupts the business of war that Lex relies upon for his riches. I...2018-08-1016 min $To the \'90s and Beyond! Film Podcast$ To the '90s and Beyond! Film PodcastThe Equalizer 2 (2018) – A Podcast Film ReviewDenzel Washington returns to exact some brutal vigilante justice on the predators of the world in this follow-up to the 2014 hit, the first sequel in the veteran actor's long and varied career. In this one, he seeks to avenge the murder of one of his old friends from his black ops days, only to find that he has to battle with forces that may outgun him at every turn. Melissa Leo co-stars in Antoine Fuqua's intense actioner.2018-08-0608 min $To the \'90s and Beyond! Film Podcast$ To the '90s and Beyond! Film PodcastThe Equalizer 2 (2018) – A Podcast Film ReviewDenzel Washington returns to exact some brutal vigilante justice on the predators of the world in this follow-up to the 2014 hit, the first sequel in the veteran actor's long and varied career. In this one, he seeks to avenge the murder of one of his old friends from his black ops days, only to find that he has to battle with forces that may outgun him at every turn. Melissa Leo co-stars in Antoine Fuqua's intense actioner.2018-08-0608 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesInnerspace (1987) | Joe DanteIn this episode, Vince takes a look at "Innerspace" from director Joe Dante, starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, and Meg Ryan. produced by Steven Spielberg, this sci-fi based comedy riffs on "Fantastic Voyage" where an unassuming supermarket clerk is injected with the microscopic vessel containing an ace test pilot who is wanted by hi-tech thieves looking to score.2017-11-2708 min

Around the World in 80s Movies8: Let's Get Small - Innerspace (1987) Podcast Film ReviewIn this episode, Vince takes a look at "Innerspace" from director Joe Dante, starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, and Meg Ryan. produced by Steven Spielberg, this sci-fi based comedy riffs on "Fantastic Voyage" where an unassuming supermarket clerk is injected with the microscopic vessel containing an ace test pilot who is wanted by hi-tech thieves looking to score.2017-11-2608 min $To the \'90s and Beyond! Film Podcast$ To the '90s and Beyond! Film PodcastTop 10 Films of 2015 – Best moviesThe end-of-they-year podcast. Vince Leo runs down his favorite films of the year 2015, as well as some honorable mentions. Happy New Year everyone!2016-01-0217 min