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The Film With Three BrainsThe Gate 1987 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewIs there any better way to sum up 80’s tween horror than to send mom and dad away for the very weekend two boys accidentally open the doorway to hell in the backyard? Stop-motion animation monsters, heavy metal, and squealing teenage girls round out expectations leaving the Brains to wonder about stranger things. The gate’s open, step inside our podcast.
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2025-07-2450 min
The Film With Three BrainsCarrie 1976 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewCreepy Carrie epitomizes the sage advice: Don’t mess with a telekinetic teenager on prom night. Do people ever learn? Did Stephen King really say the movie is better than his book? Did the Brains even go to prom? Are you going to tune in or what? Carrie (1976), wherever you listen to podcasts.
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2025-07-111h 11
The Film With Three BrainsHeat 1995 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewThis much anticipated cops and robbers showdown from movie maven Michael Mann featured a film first: DeNiro and Pacino sharing a scene. Criminals found it inspiring, but is it still worth the hype? Cool off during this Heat wave with the Brains.
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2025-07-011h 03
The Film With Three BrainsTommy Boy 1995 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewHoly Schnikes! Saturday Night Live alumni have crafted some of the best and worst comedies. Their success boils down to whether sketch bit actors can stretch their skills into a full-length feature. So where do Chris Farley and David Spade fall in line with this not-your-buddy salesmen’s roadtrip shtick? Listen up, this’ll only take a second…with the Brains.
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2025-06-171h 01
The Film With Three BrainsMikey and Nicky 1976 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewWhen Nicky the narcissist gets a contract on his head for ripping off the gang’s boss, he calls childhood pal and gang co-member, Mikey, for help. As the night unravels, Mikey is faced with the years of rights and wrongs Nicky did to him and has to choose Nicky’s fate as friend, frenemy, or foe. This rough-around-the-edges, indie-esque sleeper has all the ingredients of greatness, so is it? The Brains decide.
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2025-06-0953 min
The Film With Three BrainsAlmost Famous 2000 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewCameron Crowe scores the assignment of a lifetime - follow the rock 'n roll lifestyle of a rising band on the brink of stardom. Heartbreak ensues when like a rolling stone, he (journalist) falls for groupie, or rather, Band Aid - Kate Hudson. Does this bittersweet symphony still hit the high notes or has it gone out of tune with age? Come together with the Brains as they ramble on.
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2025-04-2658 min
The Film With Three BrainsDark City 1998 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewAn amnesiac awakes from SLEEP to find something strange is at HAND where there's never RAIN and it's always dark. He finds his back against the WALL as reality warps, identities swap and mysteries unravel QUICK in this sci-fi flick that loosely inspired The Matrix, so why doesn't anybody remember it? BOOK your trip to Shell Beach... and Murdoch, we're coming to get you.
2025-01-2549 min
The Film With Three BrainsGood Will Hunting 1997 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewMatt Damon and Ben Affleck kick off their careers with this Oscar-bait tale of an angry young genius who can't find his way in life. But what you really are left wondering is "can one dumbass line ruin a movie?" The Brains calculate and conclude: when life gives you apples, make cider.
2025-01-0857 min
The Film With Three BrainsWarGames 1983 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewPre-too-cool-for-school, future Ferris starred as a gifted underachiever gamer who hacks (before it was a word!) his way into an Air Force supercomputer name WOPR. This "HAL" knockoff only plays high stakes and tries to trigger WWIII - in real life, unless Broderick and Ally Sheedy can save the world from the rogue AI and humans who keep upping the ante. Does this virtual premise hold up in the 21st century? Dial in and join the Brains in battle!
2024-12-251h 01
The Film With Three BrainsCritters 1986 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewFerocious fuzzballs from outer space descend upon a Midwest family farm for a feeding frenzy while morphologically-fluid alien bounty hunters give chase. Should you go watch this I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-A-Gremlins-Knockoff? Or just watch it go? Grab some food and the Brains and tuck in!
2024-12-1157 min
The Film With Three BrainsStand By Me 1986 - The Film with Three Brains Review"Do you guys want to see a dead body?" Stephen King and Rob Reiner capture a weekend of 1950's boys being boys via future star-studded adventure. Can post-millennial viewers relate to a yarn sans video game, smart phone, and heli-parent? Ah, who cares... these Brains would never let today's youth get int the way of a boss review.
2024-12-031h 07
The Film With Three BrainsTrue Romance 1993 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewDespite its glut of stars, memorable scenes, and winning performances, Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette's wild ride often gets overlooked. Can anyone romanticize a Mexican standoff better than Tarantino, even when director Tony Scott is the one visualizing his script? Hit the road with the Brains to see if this Hollywood rollercoaster leaves you queasy or jonesing for more.
2024-11-221h 00
The Film With Three BrainsCliffhanger 1993 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewSly Stallone tops this aptly-named blockbuster by literally hanging off cliffs. John Lithgow is a big bad guy (not Bigfoot) for this weathering heights heist-gone-wrong in the Colorado wilderness. With a few decades dulling its star power, has it ascended beyond being Die Hard on a Mountain? Tune into the snow-it-alls! Baahhhh.
2024-11-1156 min
The Film With Three BrainsThere's Something About Mary 1998 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewThis 90's (rom?)-com starring Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller was the inspiration for button-fly jeans and pet pythons. Is there still something about Mary? At the next rest stop, tune in the Brains and find out!
2024-10-2953 min
The Film With Three BrainsSlumber Party Massacre 1982 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewWhen a (30-year-old playing a) teenager invites her b-ball teammates over for a girls night, laughter turns to screams once an escaped killer arrives with his favorite power tool. Is it a sexploitation B-movie with feminist undertones? A poorly-made thriller? An ingenious parody gone a bit wrong? Put on your pjs and drill down with the Brains into cult movie mayhem!
2024-10-1455 min
The Film With Three BrainsSomething Wicked This Way Comes 1983 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewA spooky-ass carnival led by Mr. Dark preys on small town misfortune by granting Monkey's Paw wishes in this older-audience Disney experiment. But could Disney resist being Disney? Why doesn't anybody remember this film!?! By the pricking of my thumbs, something Brainy this way comes.
2024-10-0348 min
The Film With Three BrainsYoung Guns 1988 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewA group of rootin' tootin' 80's heartthrobs strap on holsters and learn to cowboy to bring the exploits of Billy the Kid's Regulators to the silver screen. Emilio Estevez called it a "heavy metal western," so if you to rock, make the sign of the horns and blast the Brains!
2024-09-2057 min
The Film With Three BrainsAnnie Hall 1977 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewDiane Keaton hauls in a Best Performance Academy Award on the Best Picture winner of 1977. How did Woody Allen funnel kvetching and pathos into an award-winning romantic comedy when so many are dead sharks? The Brains explore awkward moments like no other; come squirm with us!
2024-09-0850 min
The Film With Three BrainsRingu 1998 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewVCRs, landline telephones, tube televisions, the Dewey Decimal System... what is scarier: antiquated 90's technology or a cursed VHS tape that kills hapless viewers? The Brains dismantle this Japanese export to discern how a cheesy premise provided such a spooktacular outcome.
2024-08-1554 min
The Film With Three Brains48 Hrs. 1982 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewDetective Nick Nolte gets con Eddie Murphy out of the slammer for 48 hours to catch a thief in Murphy's first major film. This early 80's buddy "cop" comedy inspired countless copycats. It's far from PC, but can modern film lovers enjoy this piece of history? The Brains own your ass, so tune in.
2024-08-0650 min
The Film With Three BrainsFargo 1996 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewJoel and Ethan Coen helm a botched-kidnapping-indie-blockbuster boasting fascinating characters, Midwest accents, unapologetic violence, plus a search for a tan Ciera and a funny-looking guy, destined for the wood-chipper. With the bevy of low-budget 90's flicks, how do the Coen brothers uniquely cajole a simple plan into an unforgettable masterpiece? Put out an APB for the Brains or you might regret it, dontcha know?
2024-07-221h 03
The Film With Three BrainsRobin Hood Prince of Thieves 1991 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewKevin Costner stars as a Robin Hood with the winning smile and bow skills to make maidens quiver. Yet it's Alan Rickman who steals the show portraying a villain dark as Snape and as cold as Hans Gruber. Is robbing the rich to help the poor even relevant today? Clamber up a tree and join the Brains in the 'Ewok Village' of Sherwood Forest!
2024-07-111h 03
The Film With Three BrainsAkira 1988 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewThis late 80's adaptation of a cyberpunk graphic novel kicked off America's fascination with Japanimation [sic]. Akira explores what happens when children have the power to destroy Tokyo. And The Brains consider, "aren't we all children?" Tetsuo!! Kaneda!! AKIRA! Wherever you listen to podcasts.
2024-06-2850 min
The Film With Three BrainsStarship Troopers 1997 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewCan satire be so subtle no one gets it? Would Paul Verhoeven make an over the top space war movie just to mock the genre without letting the actors in on it? Would anyone suspect Starship Troopers to inspire such philosophical pondering? Hear the Brains work out the Bugs.
2024-06-1256 min
The Film With Three BrainsReal Genius 1985 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewA precocious scientist goes to college at 15 for lessons on lasers and love. His roommate, Val Kilmer, earns an easy A as the unicorn of nerds: an extroverted, witty, charming, handsome genius. Will the government and an egotistical professor spoil their discovery, or will a kernel of revenge planted by students pop up at the right moment? Hear fake Brains discuss Real Genius (1985), wherever you listen to podcasts.
2024-06-0354 min
The Film With Three BrainsApocalypse Now 1979 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewA rogue Martin Sheen surfs upriver in simultaneous pursuit of a mythical leader, a fellow soldier, an enemy and his destiny. There is no making sense of the Vietnam War, but this acclaimed Coppola passion-project adaptation may make you think differently about both war and moviemaking itself. Come aboard and let the Brains help you appreciate the darkness. Apocalypse Now, wherever you listen to podcasts.
2024-05-2356 min
The Film With Three BrainsThree Amigos 1986 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewSteve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short - what more could could a 1980's comedy ask for? The answer is more than just a plane with cajones, pero we'll get into that. Tres Brains review Three Amigos. Escucha hoy!
2024-05-1351 min
The Film With Three BrainsStrange Brew 1983 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewYa der hey. Welcome to our movie review, ya hosers. This week is a beauty... we go to the Great White North to the Elsinore Brewery to see what's in der Strange Brew. Ready to take off, eh?
2024-04-3052 min
The Film With Three BrainsAliens 1986 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewA creature feature sequel that echoes the plot of the original is usually a Hollywood recipe for disaster. So how did James Cameron simultaneously out-Alien "Alien" and create a gold standard for genre-swapping sequels? Game over, man, time to tune into the Brains for this bug-hunt-gone-bad!
2024-04-191h 08
The Film With Three BrainsAlien 1979 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewWhile everyone was trying to make the next Star Wars, Ridley Scott unleashed the face-hugging, chest-bursting alien sci-fi horror film that inspired decades of imitations. Alien also gave birth to the first standalone female action hero: the unstoppable Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver. What not to like? The Brains will tell you.
2024-04-121h 03
The Film With Three BrainsRambo-First Blood Part II 1985 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewOff-screen it's Stallone versus Schwarzenegger. On-screen, Rambo's an unstoppable monosyllabic army of one, leaving a trail of death and destruction in the name of saving fellow POWs. This movie made Rambo (and his survival knife) a pop culture staple but does it still make sense? The Brains are coming to get you!
2024-04-051h 13
The Film With Three BrainsArthur 1981 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewDudley Moore is a rich Manhattanite tipsy with privilege and alcohol. Resigned to marry the high society bride of his family's choosing, a vivacious Liza Minnelli catches his eye despite the threat to his inheritance. Does this comedic drama still have heart and laughs? Get caught between the brains and New York City. "Arthur" 1981, wherever you listen to podasts.
2024-03-2851 min
The Film With Three BrainsOffice Space 1999 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewBeavis & Butthead creator, Mike Judge grows up and gets - a desk job? Three software programmers discover the ultimate loophole to beat the system: stop caring! Has corporate culture changed in the last 25 years? People sure haven't. Cure your case of the Mondays with a hefty dose of Brains!
2024-03-1752 min
The Film With Three BrainsCommando 1985 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewArnold is back: a retired Special Forces Colonel looks for his kidnapped daughter and demolishes anyone in his way in this progenitor of John Wick, first-person shooters and over-the-top silly violence. With more muscles than plot, does this testosterone-fueled, macho bullshit still "kill"? Let of some steam with the Brains.
2024-03-051h 02
The Film With Three BrainsL.A. Confidential 1997 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewGuy Pearce and Russell Crowe share a precinct while being a world apart in their approach to policing the dirty underbelly of 1950's Hollywood. Are drugs, murder, double-crosses and celebrity lookalike call girls still off the record, on the QT and very hush-hush 70 years later? Join us for our best review yet!
2024-03-0251 min
The Film With Three BrainsMarathon Man 1976 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewCrooked clandestine government agents and a sadistic Nazi dentist give chase to Dustin Hoffman in this shoestring-plotted thriller. Does solid acting and a fast pace help the Marathon Man finish strong? Strap on your Adidas and try to keep up with the Brains.
2024-02-2654 min
The Film With Three BrainsGrumpy Old Men 1991 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewLemmon, Matthau and Ann-Margret form a love triangle that both threatens and redefines the men's grumpy friendship. Do they have enough spark to fuel this age-old plot? Can the frigit Minnesota setting nip at the hearts of viewers? Crack a cold Schmidt's and come warm up in the ice shanty with the Brains.
2024-02-1656 min
The Film With Three BrainsSomething Wild 1986 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewMelanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels are flirting with disaster (and each other) in this unpredictable flick. Does Something Wild refer to their weekend adventure or scriptwriting that meanders from goofy to ominous to violent? The Brains are back in town so come along for a wild ride.
2024-02-0856 min
The Film With Three BrainsJurassic Park 1993 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewIn 1993, Sam was given a Jurassic Park t-shirt. He put it in storage assuming he would pull it out in 30 years and no one would remember it. The brains discuss how wrong he was.
2024-01-281h 07
The Film With Three BrainsThe Adventures of Ford Fairlane 1990 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewAndrew "Dice" Clay, toxic misogynist comedian, becomes LA's Rock 'n' Roll Detective Ford Fairlane in this scarce cult film, chock full of raunchy jokes and surprising cameos. After sitting on the shelf a few decades, can it still make Brains giggle? Or just squirm?
2024-01-2052 min
The Film With Three BrainsThe Jerk 1979 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewCarl Reiner's steady collaboration with Steve Martin began with this cross-eyed comedy. Irreverent, uneven in execution yet imbued with Steve's charm and comedic bravado, is this throwback foolhardy - or fool-tastic?
2024-01-0852 min
The Film With Three BrainsStalker 1979 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewA barren Russian landscape is the setting for this acclaimed, barren "psy-fi" film that explores whether or not we really want our deepest wishes to come true. Get into the zone on the brain train.
2023-12-1452 min
The Film With Three BrainsBroadcast News 1987 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewHunt, Hurt, Brooks: a coworker love triangle, each angling to create ideal TV news at another's expense. Smart comedy always rings true, but does the integrity of broadcast journalism still mean anything? The Brains go live on the scene for an update on this 1988 Oscar nominee.
2023-11-291h 02
The Film With Three BrainsMidnight Run 1988 - The Film With Three Brains Review E157Robert De Niro hones his comic chops with Charles Grodin in this odd couple road trip flick. Grumpy bounty hunter De Niro is bound for L.A. with (and sometimes bound to) mob accountant Grodin, with feds and mafia hitmen in hot pursuit. Director Martin Brest caught lightning in a bottle with Beverly Hills Cop - did he nab another winner here? Catch up with the Brains before you come down with Fistaphobia.
2023-11-171h 01
The Film With Three BrainsCronos 1993 - The Film With Three Brains Review E156Guillermo del Toro's creepy debut gives a new origin to the age-old vampire story. How did this low budget body-horror flick give birth to del Toro's career? Gather carcasses around the radio for a nibble of the Brains.
2023-11-1050 min
The Film With Three BrainsPee-Wee’s Big Adventure 1985 - The Film With Three Brains Review E155Tim Burton's unique directorial style was evident in his debut—a quirky tale of a stolen bicycle—featuring gags galore, no ground floor, and many things never seen before. Is Pee-Wee an irritating man-child or a clever trickster marching to his own beat? We don’t make monkeys, we just train them to listen to reviews. Tune in, KWYJIBO’s!
2023-10-281h 03
The Film With Three BrainsDonnie Brasco 1997 - The Film With Three Brains Review E154Johnny Depp and Al Pacino develop a bromance as undercover Fed and mobster in this true story of a mafia mole mentored by a made man who hasn't got it made. A rom-com director takes a swing at the gritty, not so pretty, even petty life of the criminal underworld - is it a wild pitch or can two heavy hitter actors knock it out of the park? Hears the brains call it.
2023-10-2048 min
The Film With Three BrainsComing to America 1988 - The Film With Three Brains Review E153Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall star/costar/cameo/come-of-age in this princely fish-out-of-water (romantic) comedy. Eddie and director John Landis disagreed at every turn, but you'd never know it. Is it "that boy is good" good or more than just nostalgic fun? You conscious? The brains want to tear it apart - and your friend, too - wherever you listen to podcasts.
2023-10-091h 12
The Film With Three BrainsDawn of the Dead 1978 - The Film With Three Brains Review E152Zombies run rampant in George Romero's seminal undead apocalypse sequel. Romero laid the foundation for decades of zombie flicks, but more importantly, how often do we get to review a sequel that just might be better than the original? Get your fill of brains in this lively review!
2023-09-251h 03
The Film With Three BrainsBeing John Malkovich 1999 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewThe big screen debuts of Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman show us what it's like to see through the eyes of a celebrity. Literally. John Cusack plays master of puppets in this mind-bending movie. Mayhem? Magnificence? Or Malarky? Malkovich Malkovich, wherever you Malkovich Malkovich.
2023-09-191h 00The Film With Three BrainsThe Breakfast Club 1985 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewA brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal walk into a high school library...
2023-09-081h 10The Film With Three BrainsThe Rocketeer 1991 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewIn yesteryear there was a rocket.
Stored in a swashbuckler's cockpit.
Saving girl, USA
Mob and Nazis at bay
Will the Brains embrace or knock it?
2023-08-311h 04The Film With Three BrainsThe Shootist 1976 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewIn John Wayne's swan song, he plays a dying gunslinger who has outlived his era and wants nothing more than to ride off into the sunset. He settles down at Lauren Bacall and Ron Howard's B&B. But locals with visions of glory want to take the gunman out themselves. See bullets fly! Hears Brains gush.
2023-08-2258 minThe Film With Three BrainsThe Truman Show 1998 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewPeter Weir posits: what if Orwell's Big Brother cameras were there just for the ratings? Can reality be reality TV? What's true, man? Jim Carrey tones it down for his first drama, but is he stills "aces?" Join our not live feed for lively conversation.
2023-08-041h 05The Film With Three BrainsLast Action Hero 1993 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewLast Action Hero:
SatisfAction?
StupefAction?
MalefAction?
OverreAction?
Fecal ImpAction!?
Or, Last Action Zero?
2023-07-271h 01The Film With Three BrainsBorn on the Fourth of July 1989 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewTom Cruise set aside his looks and 80's charisma for this mostly-true story of Ron Kovic, a paraplegic Vietnam veteran turned anti-war activist. Oliver Stone snagged his third Oscar for this biopic, but will the new generation of moviegoers love it or leave it?
2023-07-2158 minThe Film With Three BrainsJacob’s Ladder 1990 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewFractured Vietnam Vet, Tim Robbins as his best. spirals into the sinister unknown as his inner (and outer) demons claw their way to reality. Losing one's mind is a risky movie investment. Do terror, regret. confusion, and conspiracy add up to payoff worthy by today's standards? Come climb that ladder with us.
2023-07-1359 minThe Film With Three BrainsBeetlejuice 1988 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewAlec Baldwin and Geena Davis are recently deceased and dying to rid their house of the new family that moved in. They summon Beetlejuice, the scene stealing bio-exorcist for help, but he has plans of his own. Is this quirky charmer worth watching 167 times or is the ghost with the most toast?
2023-06-221h 00The Film With Three BrainsBut I’m a Cheerleader 1999 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewNatasha Lyonne's cheerleading is put on hold when friends and family force her into a reformation program (Don't Say Hoortay). Lighthearted satire about "curing" homosexuality was what the 1990's needed, but is it still funny - and relevant? The brains review with pride and their friend Riley.
2023-06-1255 minThe Film With Three BrainsThe Straight Story 1999 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewFor this no-frills true tale of an aging man determined to see his sick brother, David Lynch plays it straight. Watching an old coot ride a lawnmower across Iowa sounds akin to watching paint dry; what exactly does this film do to make our critics coo? Is it what you say or how you say it? Time we cut the grass, friends.
2023-05-221h 00The Film With Three BrainsFace/Off 1997 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewGood badge, John Travolta swaps spit-&-image with bad seed, Nicolas Cage to infiltrate the latter's scheming empire in this case of disordered identity. With John Woo's stylized flare and more impromptu action than an adult diaper, there is no other movie like this. To flush or not to flush, that is the question. The answer? Depends.
2023-05-121h 07The Film With Three BrainsMad Max 1979 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewMel Gibson's Mad Max debut is also George Miller's first step into the fast and furious world of vehicular mayhem. Does one of the most successful indie movies in history have enough in the tank to fuel fable and franchise? Or is it a mer skid mark on the Fury Road?
2023-04-2756 minThe Film With Three BrainsRuthless People 1986 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewDanny DeVito is a snickering toad of a husband who hopes kidnappers make good on their pledge to kill his wife if he doesn't pay a ransom. Do Abrahams, Zucker and Zucker deliver on a premise full of promise or do they misstep into a pile of schtick. Hear us place the Bette and Judge away to Helen back.
2023-04-0957 minThe Film With Three BrainsHeathers 1989 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewWinona Ryder and Christian Slater give teen angst a body count in this anti-John Hughes high school revenge romp. This irreverent suicide flick is satiric and sometimes sophomoric, but does it still make the grade? Hear certified fresh men debate.
2023-03-281h 09The Film With Three BrainsShort Circuit 1986 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewJohnny 5 is alive! Can we say the same of the movie? Does the charm of the puppeteer's voice (and Steve Guttenburg) create a winning metal Pinocchio? Or do stereotypes cause it to disassemble? Take a rest and listen to our Turing test.
2023-03-2153 minThe Film With Three BrainsChungking Express 1994 - The Film with Three Brains ReviewThis acclaimed 90s foreign flick tells two tales of lovesick policemen in Hong Kong who frequent the same takeout joint. Does putting two stylish stories together add to the intrigue, or just the confusion? We more or less discuss if more is less or less is more.
2023-03-1558 minThe Film With Three BrainsFire in the Sky 1993 - The Film with Three Brains Review 134It's a lumberjack's worst nightmare: abducted by aliens on the way home from work. While veracity and quality inform good filmmaking, can just one suffice? Does a true story require suspension of disbelief as do other films? Join us in probing for answers in the annals of alien abduction.
2023-03-0257 minThe Film With Three BrainsAn American Werewolf in London 1981 - The Film with Three Brains Review 133Where wolves roam far north of London, two yout(h)s meet their fate: one undead, the other succumbing to a lycanthropic curse. Can award-winning effects and makeup make up for a monster movie with scarcely a scary monster? Can John Landis land this? Bark at the moon with us.
2023-02-241h 01The Film With Three BrainsThe Commitments 1991 - The Film with Three Brains Review 132Working-class Dubliners cause a stir playing in Alan Parker's fictional band of misfits. It takes more than music to give a movie soul. Does this cult classic still hit the high notes? Join us for a listen and a pint - no two drink minimum required.
2023-02-1753 minThe Film With Three BrainsGattaca 1997 - The Film with Three Brains Review 131In a dystopian future, DNA is the basis of life's caste system. Flawed Ethan Hawk plans to fake it until he makes it... to space, until a murder investigation threatens to expose him. Gene editing is still as relevant as ever, but is 90's low budget sci-fi? Turn off the tube and test this.
2023-02-011h 03The Film With Three BrainsThe Fisher King 1991 - The Film with Three Brains Review 130The Fisher King features neither fish nor kings, but it does have Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams firing on all cylinders. Terry Gilliam brings his trademark visual flare to this tale of modern mythology and the dangers of megalomania, but does it serve the quest? Tally ho brave listener, glory awaits!
2023-01-161h 01The Film With Three BrainsScrooged 1988 - The Film With Three Brains Review 129Bill Murray shines in the other Christmas Story. Does it take guts to retell a classic. Can star power win over the scrooges? Is this a better way to spend your Christmas Vacation? Drop your steaming Yule log and grab a listen to the jolliest review yet.
2022-12-221h 06The Film With Three BrainsAmerican Movie 1999 - The Film With Three Brains Review 128An aspiring indie filmmaker chasing his destiny in a clown car shines as the star of this right-place-right-time documentary. Hindsight separates fool from visionary; either one might require gas money from "ma" to fuel the trip to stardom. Put your sight on our hinds and your ears on this episode.
2022-12-111h 03The Film With Three BrainsPrivate Benjamin 1980 - The Film With Three Brains Review 127Goldie Hawn is an entitled twenty-something whose privileged whimsy and whiny co-dependence find her two DOA marriages (one quite literally), then an impromptu Army enlistment. Can a woman break convention by breaking enemy lines? Are me Major A-holes worldwide? Stand at attention to receive our best review since the last one.
2022-11-2457 minThe Film With Three BrainsShoot to Kill 1988 - The Film With Three Brains Review 126A diamond heist-double murder-getaway sucks street savvy Sidney Poitier out of his element into the backwoods. Mountain man, Tom Berenger is his mismatch made in Heaven in this buddy cop flick turned wilderness chase. Will Shoot to Kill still thrill? Chill with us.
2022-11-161h 03The Film With Three BrainsTales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight 1995 - The Film With Three Brains Review 125Tales from the Crypt presents a common horror comedy recipe: one part disparate group of social outcasts, one part Billy Zane/hoard of demons, and one part isolated location (a rundown hotel whose sole housekeeper is Jada Pinkett pre-Smith). Mix 'em together and what do ya got: celluloid gold? Tune in to find out, ya f---ing hoedown podunk well then there MOTHERF---ERS!!
2022-11-0852 minThe Film With Three BrainsBird 1988 - The Film With Three Brains Review 124Clint Eastwood directs Forest Whitaker as swinging Charlie "Bird" Parker. Neither drugs, race, the FBI, nor critics - ever came between Bird and his alto sax. Is this bebopping biopic as dedicated to getting its groove on as the musician? Hear us toot our horns.
2022-11-031h 01The Film With Three BrainsTrainspotting 1996 - The Film With Three Brains Review 123Danny Boyle directs Ewan McGregor in this acclaimed indie endeavor about heroin addicts destroying everything in their path. It's amusing, disgusting, obstreperous and unflinching in hitting the lows of lives less than ordinary. Does it deserve another chance, like its characters? Or should it be buried in a shallow grave?
2022-10-201h 01The Film With Three BrainsThe Changeling 1980 - The Film With Three Brains Review 122A boy haunts a house from a hidden grave and George C. Scott is hellbent on unearthing why. This 1980 horror flick helped set the stage for the next decade of spooky films. Will it have you changeling your undies or the channel? Hear us coast to ghost.
2022-10-0457 minThe Film With Three BrainsThe Hunt for Red October 1990 - The Film With Three Brains Review 121The once "Sexiest Man Alive" (now deceased), Sean Connery pilots a killer Russian sub into the open arms of the original Jack Ryan, Alex Baldwin (also a "Sexiest Man Alive", still living). Does this defector flick have any defects? Hear three "arrogant asses" assess.
2022-09-271h 09The Film With Three BrainsDragonslayer 1981 - The Film With Three Brains Review 120Dragons, sorcerers, magical amulets, secret identities, virgin sacrifices, reincarnation, enchanted weapons, early Christianity and more. Does this 1981 fantasy film try to do too much or not enough? Conjure up some time to sit with us for a spell.
2022-09-191h 05The Film With Three BrainsBack to School 1986 - The Film With Three Brains Review 119Rodney Dangerfield is a rich businessman who joins his son at college to "help" him find his way - and finds himself hot for teacher. Can the kind of self-deprecating one-liners pass his classes AND stay classy? We do a Triple Lindy into our best review yet.
2022-09-151h 08The Film With Three BrainsMajor League 1989 - The Film With Three Brains Review 118Is it possible - To watch a movie so much it stops being funny? - To root for a fictional version of an actual franchise? - To cast actors so perfectly it becomes the best film in all their careers? Come visit David S. Ward's fantasy baseball team and see if this movie still touches all the bases.
2022-09-081h 02The Film With Three BrainsRounders 1998 - The Film With Three Brains Review 117Damon, Norton, Malkovich, Turturro... the greatest hits of the late 90's play big stakes underground poker instead of getting real jobs. In short, you've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em. Know when to walk away, know when to run... and tune into the brains.
2022-08-301h 02The Film With Three BrainsThe Outsiders 1983 - The Film With Three Brains Review 116This brat-packed adaptation of S.E. Hinton's novel follows the rumbling teens of Tulsa through traumatic times. Coppola nails casting, but is out of his comfort zone with this YA film. Did it stay gold... or should it remain on the shelf?
2022-08-111h 11The Film With Three BrainsStraight Time 1978 - The Film With Three Brains Review 115Dustin Hoffman is out of the pen and claims he's going legit. When his sour parole officer serves him a double dose of "doubtful hard ass," all bets are off. Is a crime spree nature versus nurture? Is working straight time hard than doing hard time? Check in with us!
2022-08-0659 minThe Film With Three BrainsThree Kings 1999 - The Film With Three Brains Review 114We Three Kings of film review are
Talkin' about Ice Cube & costars...
Wahlberg, Clooney, & gold robbery.
Still a film above par?
2022-07-271h 07The Film With Three BrainsReturn of the Living Dead 1985 - The Film With Three Brains Review 113It takes a campy zombie movie to prove that true love never dies, but it sometimes comes back from the dead and tries to eat your brains! This early zombie flick helped define the genre but should it be resurrected? Feast on this!
2022-07-1347 minThe Film With Three BrainsGoodfellas 1990 - The Film With Three Brains Review 112A whole lotta Liotta, De Niro, and Pesci make Scorsese's screenplay sizzle. Does one of the best films of the 90's stand tough, or back away from The Brains' ruthless brand of review? Do we amuse you?
2022-06-221h 00The Film With Three BrainsUHF 1989 - The Film With Three Brains Review 111"Weird Al" parodies 1980's pop culture in this skit-ish sketch-fest co-starring a not-yet-Kramer, Michael Richards. A Free Spatula or a drink from the firehose for our first listener!
2022-06-0854 minThe Film With Three BrainsTremors 1990 - The Film With Three Brains Review 110Meat-eating sandworms atttack A-listers Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward in this horror comedy B-movie. On paper it's drier than old Nevada cow dung - so what makes this flick so fun? Graboid your head out of the sand and into our brains.
2022-05-2550 minThe Film With Three BrainsMarried to the Mob 1988 - The Film With Three Brains Review 109Big accents and even bigger hair abound in this 80's flick from Jonathan Demme. Michelle Pfeiffer wants out of the mob and the don offing her husband is just the beginning of the ensuing hijinks. Is this rare comedy from Demme a hit or does it sleep with fishes?
2022-05-1646 minThe Film With Three BrainsOrdinary People 1980 - The Film With Three Brains Review 108Tragedy exposes the flaws of an outwardly perfect family in Robert Redford's directorial debut. Can heartfelt grief, forgiveness, and recovery still draw an audience in our superhero/sequel/reboot-addicted era? Tune in for another therapeutic review.
2022-04-291h 01The Film With Three BrainsRapid Fire 1992 - The Film With Three Brains Review 107Before he was The Crow, Brandon Lee single-footedly kicked the ass of each and every bad guy in this martial arts mishmash. (The inaccurately titled) Rapid Fire inadvertently explores B-movie existentialism: "If the fighting is good enough, do you even need a plot?” We know the answer. Do you?
2022-04-1355 minThe Film With Three BrainsGrave of the Fireflies 1988 - The Film With Three Brains Review 106Studio Ghibli - known for creativity and dazzling animated mythology - also created this uncomplicated tearjerker. Wars not make one great; what might it take to make a war movie great? Brainstorm with the boys on this not-so-childish cartoon.
2022-04-0553 minThe Film With Three BrainsOne Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest 1975 - The Film With Three Brains Review 105Jack Nicholson must be insane to think an asylum is an escape from a prison work farm. He's shocked to learn how wrong he was when he tangles with Nurse Ratched in a battle fo wills. Lay back on the couch, close your eyes and tell us how your feel about this mind-bending review.
2022-03-251h 09The Film With Three BrainsTron 1982 - The Film With Three Brains Review 104Getting sucked into a video game is every kid's dream. Turns out every movie reviewer too. Jeff Bridges takes a byte out of crime in this cyber-adventure. Is Version 1.0 still the best? Unencrypted answer if you log on, User.
2022-03-1859 minThe Film With Three BrainsOpen Your Eyes 1997 - The Film With Three Brains Review 103Realty unravels for a rich playboy after surviving a car cash and then being accused of killing his dream girl. Penelope Cruz costars in this and the US remake, Vanilla Sky. We unplug from the Matrix to bring you our best review yet... again.
2022-03-0649 minThe Film With Three BrainsCroupier 1998 - The Film With Three Brains Review 102Odds are you haven't seen Clive Owen's debut: a neo-noir casino crime story about a croupier with a sense of morality as random as the roulette wheel he spins. Is it worth another round? Place your bets and tune in for the answer.
2022-02-2855 minThe Film With Three BrainsThe Money Pit 1986 - The Film With Three Brains Review 101Tom Hanks and Shelley Long go wrong when they buy a home for a song. Is this fixer-upper comedy still worth the time? We tear down The Money Pit in this wreck of a review.
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