Does This Still Work?

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

271 Polyester (1981) Guest Mark Cannistraro 06/04/2025

271 Polyester (1981) Guest Mark Cannistraro Did you know polyester is derived from petroleum? Were you aware it’s wrinkle and shrink resistant? It’s also bad for the environment and releases microplastics? What’s that got to do with this movie that’s a parody of melodramas from the 1950s? Nothing. But this is the boys first John Waters movie for the pod. They’re joined by John Waters fanboy Mark Cannistraro to further the conversation. 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 . /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/36808340

270 Constantine 2005 05/28/2025

270 Constantine 2005 Is it Dogma without jokes? White people’s Blade?A subpar Matrix? How would you describe Constantine? The boys discuss. Links Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts . You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Creator Accountability Network Exorcism Suicide and Relgion /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/36522755

269 Eraserhead 1977 05/21/2025

269 Eraserhead 1977 In heaven everything is fine but can the same be said for this movie? This is the story of a man who knocks up his girlfriend and enters an unhappy marriage. The twist? The film is directed by David Lynch so nothing about it is that straight forward. Join the boys as they discuss. Links Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts . You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Creator Accountability Network Blackout Son of Sam /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/36522425

268 Signs 2002 05/14/2025

268 Signs 2002 Mel Gibson, Hollywood’s version of Elon Musk, stars in this movie about a man who loses his faith and then gets it back. Of course, he loses his religion for the same exact reason he had one. Because the script says so, that’s why! Join the boys as they discuss. Links Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts . You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Creator Accountability Network Episcopal Priest Out Plagiarism Child abuse /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/36522370

267 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 05/07/2025

267 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 The first kind is unidentified flying objects. The second kind is finding some sort of physical evidence. But this? This is the third kind. And those aren’t the answers the boys need. The answer they need to know is if this movie 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 Creator Accountability Network . IMDB Trivia Entry about the writers Wikipedia entry on the Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/36428420

265 Unfaithful 2002 04/30/2025

265 Unfaithful 2002 George Michael said you gotta have faith but nobody told the characters in this erotic thriller starring Diane Lane and Richard Gere. 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 . Chandra Levy /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/36350285

265 Uncle Buck 1989 04/23/2025

265 Uncle Buck 1989 Dead John Hughes pops in from Hell to answer some questions then the boys discuss this hit from the late great Canadian comedian, John Candy. That’s right, the star of today’s film was from America’s new axis of evil, Canada. Oh, how the world has changed since 1989. 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 . Berlin Wall /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/36234690

264 Lust, Caution 2007 04/16/2025

264 Lust, Caution 2007 No, that’s not the name Joe has for his dating life. Instead it’s a movie about university students seeking to assassinate the leader of a puppet government in Japanese occupied Hong Kong during WW 2. There is also lots of sex, though, weirdly, not by most of the students.Listen to find out 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 Creator Accountability Network . Hong Kong leader ‘elected’ /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/36138320

263 Mona Lisa Smile 2003 04/09/2025

263 Mona Lisa Smile 2003 We’re not sure what Mona Lisa had to smile about but you can’t have a Julia Roberts’s movie without her flashing one. But, did this movie leave the boys smiling? 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 . Wellesley’s Most Famous Grad College Boys and Girls /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/36042845

262 HOFFA (1992) 04/02/2025

262 HOFFA (1992) Do the young folks even know who Jimmy Hoffa was? More importantly, would they after seeing this movie? 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 Creator Accountability Network . Teamsters Endorse a Democrat Bureau of Labor Statistics Report on Strikes in 1942 Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/35926895

261 Hook 1991 03/26/2025

261 Hook 1991 Steven Spielberg, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts and Dustin Hoffman bring us a redux of Peter Pan but who the hell was asking for it? 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 . Peter Pan First Appearance The Play Peter Pan Impersonator JM Barrie /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/35824655

259 FaceOff 1997 03/19/2025

259 FaceOff 1997 The faces go on and off when John Travolta and Nicolas Cage team up this goofy late 90s action flick. Join the boys as they discuss how workable face transplant surgery and this movie actually are. 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 South Africa Ellen Fun Facts about Face/Off /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/35709390

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

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