Damn Good Movie Memories – Details, episodes & analysis

Based on true events, two bumbling thieves (Al Pacino & John Cazale) attempt to rob a bank, which quickly becomes a comedy of errors leading to a media and spectator frenzy outside the bank.  Co-starring Charles Durning and Chris Sarandon.  Directed by Sidney Lumet.

A paroled bank robber (Robert Duvall) seeks revenge on the mob who killed his brother. With help from his partner (Joe Don Baker), they decide to rob all of the mob-run fences as retribution.  Co-starring Karen Black and Robert Ryan.

An unmotivated slacker (Adam Sandler) has his life upended when a 5-year old boy is dropped off at his apartment.  Co-starring Joey Lauren Adams, Rob Schneider, Jon Stewart, Steve Buscemi, Kristy Swanson, Leslie Mann and Dylan & Cole Sprouse.

An iconic film that helped define 1980s culture and another example of the immense talent of writer/director John Hughes.  Starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Mia Sara, and Charlie Sheen.  This is a crossover episode with our friends from the Growin' Up Rock Podcast.

A very fun screwball comedy starring Claudette Colbert as a creative-minded wife who decides the only way to save her marriage and allow her inventor husband (Joel McCrea) to succeed is to divorce him and find another husband who's rich to finance her ex-husband's inventions!  Co-starring Rudy Vallée and Mary Astor. Written and directed by Preston Sturges.

One of the best road-trip comedies ever made. Starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Randy Quaid, John Candy, and Eugene Levy.  Directed by Harold Ramis and written by John Hughes.

The greatly influential horror classic written and directed by John Carpenter, which spawned numerous sequels about the crimes of psycho killer Michael Myers. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, and P.J. Soles.

John Wayne stars as a hard-living US Marshall hired by a teenage girl (Kim Darby) to capture the man that killed her father.  Co-starring Glen Campbell, Robert Duvall, Strother Martin, and Dennis Hopper.

Kevin Costner stars as a talented and gregarious golfer who can never seem to achieve greatness due to his self-destructive decisions.  Co-starring Rene Russo, Cheech Marin, and Don Johnson.  Directed by Ron Shelton.

A fabulous satire about a successful film director (Joel McCrea) who decides to make a serious film for the era and prepares for his "masterpiece" by living as a hobo to gain street credibility and wisdom. Co-starring Veronica Lake.  Written and directed by Preston Sturges.