NostalgiaCast – Details, episodes & analysis

It's Tarantino time, baby! In this special interim episode of NostalgiaCast, Jonny and Darin sit down for a discussion of Quentin Tarantino's "controversial" Top 20 Films Of The 21st Century (so far). Listen as your objective hosts chat about the subjectivity of "Best Of" lists, why it makes no sense to lose your mind over someone else's opinions, and even compile their own lists of the Top 10 films they loved most over the past 25 years, as a proof of concept as to why any list should be emphatically 100% your own.

The future is history as NostalgiaCast winds the clock back... then forward... then back again for a mind-altering discussion of TWELVE MONKEYS, directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, and Madeleine Stowe. Jonny and Darin are joined by friend, film scholar, and Sonic Cinema podcast host Brian Skutle for an attempt to unravel the timey-wimey plot twists and wackadoo acting choices of a movie so apocalyptic, it takes several watches just to get your bearings on it. Plus, Jonny, Darin, and Brian rank their Top 3 films from Gilliam, Willis, and Pitt. Colonics for everyone! Listen now!

That's not gonna happen! NostalgiaCast continues its '90s Bucket List season with a look back at IN THE LINE OF FIRE, directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, and Rene Russo. Our buddy and actor/director extraordinaire Jeannette Miller returns to the 'Cast to help Jonny and Darin recap the pulse-pounding performances and cat-and-mouse thrills of Petersen's 1993 action classic, and also the unfortunate "window dressing" that hampers so many '90s films.

It's time to cut loose and kick off your Sunday shoes as Jonny and Darin wind back the clock on FOOTLOOSE, Herbert Ross's Utah-based musical classic starring John Lithgow and Kevin Bacon. But does this feature-length string of music videos make us wanna get up and dance? Or will it have us boogying to a different beat? Lose your blues with the latest episode of NostalgiaCast!

It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing! Author R.J. Craddock joins Jonny and Darin for a jump jivin' discussion on SWING KIDS, starring Christian Bale, Robert Sean Leonard, and Kenneth Branagh. But does this Disney-fied peek into history give us a goose-stepping good time? Take to the dance floor for the latest episode of NostalgiaCast!

Turn back the clock to your childhood, as Jonny and Darin reminisce about the Stephen King novella-turned-Rob Reiner coming-of-age classic, STAND BY ME. Leeches, cherry-flavored Pez, Mighty Mouse versus Superman, no pie plate is left unturned. But does the movie give us warm, fuzzy feelings about times and friendships past? Listen to the latest episode of NostalgiaCast and find out!

Regulators! Journey back to the time of cowboys, cattle barons, and Billy the Kid, as Jonny and Darin saddle up for Christopher Cain's Brat-Packing Western classic, YOUNG GUNS. But is this ode to frontier justice worth the trip? Or will its hip cast and electric guitar-heavy music score chap our hides? Strap on your six-guns and join us for the latest episode of NostalgiaCast!

Party on, dudes, as Jonny and Darin wind back the clock on BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, Stephen Herek's time-travel comedy classic starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. But is it time for these bodacious buds to face the music? Or is their trip through history anything but a bogus journey? Be excellent to yourself and find out!

It's time to wax on, wax off in the latest episode of NostalgiaCast! Join Jonny and Darin as they talk the continuing adventures of Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso in COBRA KAI, Netflix's reboot/revival of THE KARATE KID. But is the show just another wallow in nostalgia for nostalgia's sake? Or does it deepen the mythology we loved so much as kids? Enter the dojo and find out!

Johnny 5 is alive in the latest episode of NostalgiaCast! Join Jonny and Darin for a spirited discussion on John Badham's SHORT CIRCUIT, starring box office behemoths Steve Guttenberg and Ally Sheedy. But is this sci-fi comedy classic still just as charming and memorable today, or should its dated '80s attitudes relegate it to the scrap heap?