Does This Still Work?

A podcast where we look at old movies and ask "Does this still work?"

259 The Avengers 1998 03/12/2025

259 The Avengers 1998 Yes, it’s the Avengers. No, it’s not that one. Wait, you ask. Isn’t this Avengers the one with Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman that has a 5% rating on Rotten Tomatoes? Why are we covering a movie that everyone knows doesn’t work? Good question, audience. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts CAN History Weather Machine CIA recruitment Israeli Spy scandal /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/35592275

258 The Bodyguard 1992 03/05/2025

258 The Bodyguard 1992 Whitney Houston may always love you but will the boys love this movie? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Creator Accountability Network . Music video Bodyguard for son /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/35518480

257 Selma 2014 02/26/2025

257 Selma 2014 Show Notes Before he got turned into a cartoon who dreamed race didn’t matter Martin Luther King was a flesh and blood human being who knew full well race totally mattered. This movie attempts to set the record straight. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Protest lack of action on Climate Change Protest Police Brutality Solo Gaza Protest? Turnaround Tuesday /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/35300280

256 Glory 1989 02/19/2025

256 Glory 1989 We continue our black history movie watch with the film that got Denzel Washington his first Oscar win. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Tanks Invasion /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/35341210

255 12 Years A Slave 2012 02/12/2025

255 12 Years A Slave 2012 Show Notes No, it’s not about being a food service worker. 12 Years A Slave is about an actual slave. And, spoiler alert, being a slave is really, really bad. But is the film? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Slavery By Another Name Modern Day Slavery Louisiana Indians Who Defied Removal: as seen in "12 Years a Slave" /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/35135145

254 Misery 1990 02/05/2025

254 Misery 1990 Will George and Joe be the number one fan of this movie about the bookworm who goes way, way too far? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Elvis Stamp Stalker 15 Fictional Movie Pharmaceutical Drugs and Their Real-Life Alternatives /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/35135105

253 Blade 1998 01/22/2025

253 Blade 1998 He’s half man and half vampire but all Wesley Snipes. Join the boys as they go back to 1998 and chat about the very first entry in what would one day become the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Wikipedia on Blade Facts about Blade /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/34933480

252 Cool Runnings 1993 01/15/2025

252 Cool Runnings 1993 This film is described as loosely based on the Jamaican national bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Olympics. But the word, loosely, is doing a lot of work there. Regardless of that though, does this picture still hold up? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Interview with two of the REAL 1988 Jamaican Olympic Bobsledders /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/34680045

251 Addams Family Values 1993 01/08/2025

251 Addams Family Values 1993 In popular culture the term Family Values originated with George W. Bush Administration and was used in the 1990s as shorthand for morally upright but really meant, no social safety net and “let’s discriminate against The Gays.” Fortunately, this movie has nothing to do with that so that’s a point in its favor. But does it offer anything more? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts The Bobbitts Lobster Boy Grady Stiles Ojibwe - Wikipedia /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/34747025

250 Audition 1999 01/01/2025

250 Audition 1999 It’s our 250th episode! Join the boys in celebration by listening to them do what they do every week. But just because it’s not out of the ordinary doesn’t mean this episode isn’t special. On today’s show we look at a Japanese horror classic that is considered both feminist and anti feminist at the same time. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Audition (The Movie) @ Internet Archive Japanese Recession Dioxin Nuclear Random facts /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/34663195

249 Home Alone 1990 12/25/2024

249 Home Alone 1990 Were this a drama, this would be the story of someone suffering from severe psychopathy but it's a comedy so when a kid sets up a blow torch to fry someone’s scalp it becomes a laugh riot. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts High School Break In Big bucks /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/34592515

248 Killer of Sheep 1978 12/18/2024

248 Killer of Sheep 1978 This story of a slaughterhouse employee living in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts in the late 70s certainly has it’s fans but will the boys be among them? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Watts Festival 1978 Killer of Sheep Press Kit Judas Goats: Agriculture’s Bizarre, Drug-Addicted Masters of Deceit Once Ruled the Killing Floor /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/34458295

247 The Candidate 1972 12/11/2024

247 The Candidate 1972 At one time in America you couldn’t be a convicted felon and rapist and still get to be President of the United States. The boys take look at a film from that bygone era. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Nixon defeats McGovern Real Reason for War On Drugs /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/34338690

246 The Breakfast Club 1985 12/04/2024

246 The Breakfast Club 1985 Don't you forget about this movie. Don't, don't, don't, don't don't you, forget about this movie. Join the boys as they discuss this popular John Hughes flick otherwise they’ll be alone, dancing, you know it, baby. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Summer jobs Teen preg /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/34212175

245 Dear White People 2014 11/27/2024

245 Dear White People 2014 We pop back a mere 10 years ago (doesn’t it seem longer than that?) and check out this film about black college students on a predominately white campus and the tensions that went along with it. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Brock University Blackface Arizona Blackout /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/34177035

244 The Last Detail 1973 11/20/2024

244 The Last Detail 1973 Baby faced Randy Quid gets led to the hoosegow by a mustachioed Jack Nicholson and a not- as-famous-as-those-two-Otis Young. And that’s it. That’s the movie. Could a story this basic not work? Have a listen and find out. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Sailors Smoke The Ganja Black Sailors Complaints Sailor Given Prison Time /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/33953642

243 How Stella Got Her Groove Back 1998 11/15/2024

243 How Stella Got Her Groove Back 1998 Spoiler: She got her groove back by schtupping a guy half her age. Would you like to know more? Join the boys as they discuss. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Jamaican Tourism Wealth Romance Novels /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/33948942

242 Panic in The Streets 1950 11/06/2024

242 Panic in The Streets 1950 Show Notes We’re going back over 70 years to explore this story of sick crooks and the attempt to bring them in before they contaminate the whole town with bubonic plague. This flick is a way long time ago, can it possibly still work? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Panic in the Streets @ Internet Archive Polio Outbreak Measles Udulant Fever /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/33766477

241 Beetlejuice 1988 10/30/2024

241 Beetlejuice 1988 We hear this movie got a sequel. Did you know about that? Anyway, the boys take a look at the original. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Ghost Vacaction Ghost Ship /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/33649957

240 Gloria 1980 10/23/2024

240 Gloria 1980 No, it's not Archie Bunker’s daughter (Wait, does anyone born after 1983 get that reference?). Rather she’s a mob moll with a little boy to protect. It’s the pod’s first John Cassavetes movie. Cassavetes was a big deal director in his time but are the boys impressed? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts John Lennon Murder, Aftermath Not enough Lock ‘Em Ups Mafia /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/33523947

239 The Professional 1994 10/16/2024

239 The Professional 1994 This is a heartwarming story of a hitman who protects a 12 year old girl from murderous cops and the little girl turns around and…falls in love with him? Wait, what?! No, honestly what the f- Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/33464517

238 The Evil Dead 1981 Guest Kitt Nowokunski 10/09/2024

238 The Evil Dead 1981 Guest Kitt Nowokunski See Bruce Campbell as you’ve never seen him before…with one eyebrow. Bruce’s unibrow is the least disturbing thing to come out of this film that kicked off The Evil Dead films series. Will that unfortunate scene with the tree ruin this horror epic? Listen in as Kitt and the boys discuss. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Log Cabin Demonic Possession Shots fired /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/33364932

237 Stir Crazy 1980 10/02/2024

237 Stir Crazy 1980 With this film Richard Pryor became the first black actor in US history to get a million bucks for a movie.This is also the first R-rated comedy by a black director (Sidney Poiter!) to make more than $100 million. Which is great and all but does the film still work? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Bank Robberies Escapee /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/33254762

236 Little Shop of Horrors 1986 09/25/2024

236 Little Shop of Horrors 1986 On the 19th day of the month of December in a middle year of a decade not too long before our own the human race suddenly encountered a movie musical starring Rick Moranis. Join the boys as they tap their feet and discuss if it still works. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Skid Row Musicals /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32891702

235 Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2005 Guest Jacqueline Carr 09/18/2024

235 Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2005 Guest Jacqueline Carr In the UK pants are what Americans call underwear. Was this movie called traveling pants in England? And if so, were people disappointed when they weren’t watching a film with everyone running around in their panties? Anyway, what did Joe and George think of this movie? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Documentary Girl’s Soccer Mall /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32891672

234 The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996 09/11/2024

234 The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996 He’s a smut peddler. She’s a drug-addled stripper. And they are…in love? That aside, the most shocking thing in this pic is being reminded that the Supreme Court wasn’t always a rubber stamp for right wing BS. Join the boys as they discuss that and anything else that pops into their heads. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Porn Ban Cable Ban Making Porn Play Susan Faludi article Jerry Falwell, Hustler Capri Ad Patron Script Link: /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32891752

233 Ten Things I Hate About You 1999 09/04/2024

233 Ten Things I Hate About You 1999 It’s Taming of the Shrew but set in a high school because, honestly, would you sit through Shakespeare unless it had an updated spin? Shakespeare straight is boring. Dude wrote his plays over 400 years ago. You think his stuff is still fresh? And is this movie? The boys find out. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts WTO Protests The Truth About 7 Common Concussion Myths /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32852432

232 Win Win 2011 08/28/2024

232 Win Win 2011 Paul Giamatti plays a lawyer who engages in defrauding an elderly client while getting mixed up in the life of a nice teenager and his not so nice mom. Joe hasn’t seen this movie since it came out. George has never seen it. Will it win the boys over? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts HS Wrestling. Crooked Lawyer Patron Script Link: /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32753632

231 Anger Management 2003 08/21/2024

231 Anger Management 2003 One of the hosts of this program had to manage his anger as he sat through this Adam Sandler\Jack Nicholson movie that he…did…not…like.. Listen and find out which one. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Pill Culture Pops Genetic Map /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32625017

230 Gone Baby Gone 2007 08/14/2024

230 Gone Baby Gone 2007 The world’s worst mom, Boston’s dirtiest cops , a very young PI and a missing child add up to one very unusual child abduction case. Or is it a child abduction case? George and Joe look into the mystery that was Gone Baby Gone. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts World Series Baby Names Bomb Scare /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32553577

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