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Episode 1 - "Meet Your Hosts" - A Blockbuster Year 🎬
Episode 1
jeudi 24 juillet 2025 • Duration 01:34:56
A new podcast series and weekly LIVE show asking the question, “Was 1985 the best year for movies?”
Back to the Future, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Goonies and so many more…
Join hosts and historians Brandon Mindel @bcdelorean & J Ryan @latenightplayset as they rewatch and discuss the production, release and lasting effects these films have had on our culture.
Plus YOU in the LIVE chat. Comments, questions, suggestions… drop them below. Thank you for being with us!
#ablockbusteryear #movies #podcast
Episode 2 - “Brewster’s Millions” - A Blockbuster Year: 1985 🎬
Episode 2
jeudi 31 juillet 2025 • Duration 01:48:45
Could you spend 30 Million dollars in 30 days in order to inherit $300,000,000??
J & Brandon tackle the question “Was 1985 the best year for movies?” beginning with the Richard Pryor/John Candy classic “Brewster’s Millions”
Thoughts about the movie? Comments about the show?
Suggestions for us? Drop them below or join us LIVE on the show.
This thing is brand new so please bear with us. Still lots of kinks to work out.
Thanks for being here.
#ablockbusteryear #movies #podcast
Episode 3 - " CLUE" - A Blockbuster Year: 1985 🎬
Episode 3
jeudi 7 août 2025 • Duration 02:07:03
The butler did it… In the study… with the candlestick!
J & Brandon and special guest Steve 3 tackle the question “Was 1985 the best year for movies?”
This week, we’re talking “CLUE.”
Thoughts about the movie?
Comments about the show?
Suggestions for future films?
Drop them below or join LIVE on the show. This thing is brand new. Thanks for bearing with us while we work out the kinks. 🙏❤️🎬
#ablockbusteryear #movies #podcast
Episode 5 - “Enemy Mine” - A Blockbuster Year
Episode 5
jeudi 21 août 2025 • Duration 01:42:48
This is a first… none of us have seen this one until now.This week J and Brandon, along with their special guest, actor Phil Morris (Seinfeld, Mission Impossible, Fire Country) tackle the ultimate question… Was 1985 a blockbuster year? This week we’re talking Wolfgang Petersen’s “Enemy Mine”Thoughts about the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future films?Drop them and anything else below or join LIVE on the show.This thing is still very new… thank you for being with us while we work it all out. 🙏❤️🎬#ablockbusteryear #movies #podcast
Episode 4 - “European Vacation” - A Blockbuster Year: 1985 🎬
Episode 4
jeudi 14 août 2025 • Duration 02:12:55
Clark and the Griswolds are at it again… this time across the pond, thanks to “Pig in the Poke”J & Brandon along with guest Sean Bishop tackle the question “Was 1985 the greatest year in movies? This week, we’re talking “National Lampoon’s European Vacation.”Thoughts about the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future films?Drop them below or join LIVE on the show.This thing is still very new… thanks for bearing with us while we work out the kinks. 🙏❤️🎬#ablockbusteryear #movies #podcast
Episode 6 - "Lost in America" - A Blockbuster Year: 1985 podcast
Episode 6
jeudi 28 août 2025 • Duration 02:04:52
Albert Brooks’ “Lost in America”This week J, Brandon and special guest ( @justinscarred on YouTube) are all in-studio to tackle the question… Was 1985 a blockbuster year? This week we’re talking Albert Brooks’ “Lost in America” Ooof... buckle up. This one has some heat.Thoughts on the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future films?Drop them and anything else below or join LIVE on the show.This thing is still new…thank you for being with us while we figure it out. 🙏❤️✨
Episode 7 - "Saturday Night Live: Weird Year" - A Blockbuster Year: 1985 podcast
Episode 7
vendredi 5 septembre 2025 • Duration 01:41:23
Tonight is a bonus episode. Brandon is back in Canada and J is sick as a dog, but SNL is in the news, so we’re talking about the 1985 season, more appropriately called “the weird year.”Thoughts on SNL?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future episodes?Drop them and anything else below or join LIVE on the show.This thing is still new. Thank you for being with us while we figure it out 🙏❤️🎬
Episode 8 - "Rambo: First Blood II" - A Blockbuster Year: 1985 podcast
Episode 8
jeudi 11 septembre 2025 • Duration 02:40:11
Rambo: First Blood, Part II... Oh Johnny the sequel (1985)This week, J, Brandon and special guest Paul Sun-Hyung Lee tackle the question… was 1985 a blockbuster year?This week we’re talking Rambo 2. Thoughts on the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future films?Drop them and anything else below or join LIVE on the show.This thing is still new… thanks for being with us as we figure it out LIVE with you! 🙏❤️✨
Episode 12 - “Day of the Dead” with Jacob Walsh - A Blockbuster Year: 1985 podcast 🎬
Episode 12
jeudi 9 octobre 2025 • Duration 03:02:38
Welcome back to A Blockbuster Year: 1985It’s Halloween month and that means horror season…In this episode… Brandon, J Ryan, and special guest Jacob Walsh (@yhspodcast & @YHSToyAnxiety ) are tackling the 1985 George Romero cult classic… “Day of the Dead”Thoughts on the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future guests/films?Drop them and anything else below or join us LIVE on the show.This thing is still new…thank you for being with us while we figure it out.🙏❤️✨
Episode 11 - “Re-Animator” with Sean Clark - A Blockbuster Year: 1985 podcast
Episode 11
jeudi 2 octobre 2025 • Duration 02:33:47
Welcome back to A Blockbuster Year: 1985It’s Halloween month and that means horror season…In this episode… Brandon, J Ryan, and special guest Sean Clark (Malfuncsean & Horror’s Hallowed Ground) are tackling the 1985 cult classic… “Re-Animator”Thoughts on the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future guests/films?Drop them and anything else below or join us LIVE on the show.This thing is still new…thank you for being with us while we figure it out.🙏❤️✨









