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Whoa! We’re back here on MOVIE PODCAST WEEKLY, Episode 369, to party like it’s 1986! Yeah, here in this episode, your 47th favorite movie podcast hosts bring you their coverage of new releases from July 2025, as well as the Top 10 Lesser-Seen Movies of 1986 to celebrate the birthday of MPW fanboy, friend, and listener, Mack Robins! Happy birthday, Mack! During this show, you will get actual Top 10 lists of 1986 from Jason, Andy, Karl — and even Mackula! In fact, Andy actually creates an actual list and he even gets real about his movie-watching of late. Also, inexplicably, Karl and Andy give all of us an impromptu update on their prescription medication, but you know, that kind of stuff happens on this show. Make sure you hear our next show, Episode 370, for “an historic” announcement! Happy birthday, Mack — don’t play “Leapfrog” with any unicorns!
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I. Introduction
II. Reviews
Superman (2025)
Karl = 8 ( Theater / Buy it! )
Jason = 8.5 ( Theater / Buy it! )
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
Jason = 7.5 ( Theater / Low-priority Buy )
Karl = 7.5 ( Theater / Rental )
The Residence (2025) – on Netflix
Andy = High-priority Stream!
Karl recommends streaming:
Ballard (2025)
Untamed (2025)
Jay tells Karl and Andy to go see the Horror movie Together (2025), together.
III. MAIN EVENT: Celebrating the Best of Lesser-Seen Movies From Mack’s Birth Year: 1986
Karl’s Lesser-Seen 1986 Recommendations:
1. Manhunter (1986)
2. The Money Pit (1986)
3. Stand by Me (1986)
4. The Color of Money (1986)
5. Back to School (1986)
6. Pretty in Pink (1986)
7. Platoon (1986)
8. Three Amigos! (1986)
9. Gung Ho (1986)
10. Sid and Nancy (1986)
Andy’s Lesser-Seen 1986 Recommendations:
1. Rad (1986)
2. The Money Pit (1986)
3. Legal Eagles (1986)
4. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) – or – Aliens (1986)
5. The Fly (1986)
6. Labyrinth (1986)
7. Flight of the Navigator (1986)
8. Stand by Me (1986)
9. The Golden Child (1986)
10. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Jason’s Lesser-Seen 1986 Recommendations:
1. Crossroads (1986)
2. Jean de Florette (1986)
3. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
4. Night of the Creeps (1986)
5. River’s Edge (1986)
6. Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
7. Iron Eagle (1986)
8. Wise Guys (1986)
9. No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)
10. Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Ryan couldn’t attend this episode, but he said all 10 of his picks would have been David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet” (1986), naturally.
IV. Post-Production Addendum: Mack’s Top 10 Movies of 1986:
1. Castle in the Sky (1986)
2. Top Gun (1986)
3. Flight of the Navigator (1986)
4. Aliens (1986)
5. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
6. The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
7. One Crazy Summer (1986)
8. Pretty in Pink (1986)
9. Nutcracker (1986)
10. Solarbabies (1986)
Links for this episode:
— Hear Jason’s Halloween Horror Movie guest appearance on Geek Cast Live Podcast
Jay says check out his MPW buddies here:
— Movie Podcast Weekly
— On Twitter: Karl Huddleston
— On Twitter: Geek Cast Ryan Elliott
— Ryan’s show: Geek Cast Live Podcast
— On Twitter: William Rowan Jr.
— William’s shows: Movie Moments Podcast and The Sci-Fi Podcast
Want to hear more Horror movie reviews? Check out Jay’s weekly horror podcast:
– Horror Movie Weekly.com
– On Twitter: @horror_weekly
Considering the Cinema links:
On Twitter: @ConsiderCinema
Film Blog / Audio Podcast: ConsideringTheCinema.com
HORROR-Only Content: ConsideringHorrorCinema.com
Email: ConsideringTheCinema@gmail.com
Voicemail: (801) 215-9704
Letterboxd: Letterboxd.com/ConsiderCinema
Happy Birthday to Andy’s longest-running MPW shtick, the performance art piece where he pretends to be a workplace friend of Jay’s named Mick. When Andy commits to a bit, he really commits. (Unless the bit is pretending that his first name is Carlton.)
It’s interesting how many truly cool films came out in 1986. If I had to single out a random and probably mostly forgotten film that I remember enjoying at the time (and that probably doesn’t hold up), it would be TOUGH GUYS. Somehow Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster got roped into a Disney farce about senior citizen gangsters released from prison who struggle to adjust to life on the outside. The fellas eventually decide to pull one last job, recreating their most famous heist by hijacking a train.
Disney chickened out and ultimately released this as a Touchstone film (the Touchstone label had only come into being about 18 months prior to the film’s release). It was rated PG and played at the SCERA Theater in Orem because of their agreement with Disney. The theater was embarrassed about some of the content (Kirk Douglas moons a police helicopter and has a relationship with a younger woman, etc.) and had signs up in the lobby to warn viewers. Pretty funny given how tame this would seem by today’s standards.
Charles Durning, a young Dana Carvey (the movie came out a few months before he joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live”) and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are also involved.
ALSO: So the moment pops up in this episode where Jay can’t remember which film THREE AMIGOS borrows its plot structure and basic story from. Just as I am making a mental note to mock him in the comments for not being able to think of SEVEN SAMURAI, or even just THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, Post-Production Jay pops up to redeem his own brain fart. Nice save, sir.