Illumin80s

In space, no one can hear you scream - but EVERYONE can hear a badass hand slap! Could Predator have been a more perfect movie if they'd just hired a sniper played by Lance Henriksen? If one of the Aliens impregnated Burke, would it's offspring inherit flop-sweat and an appreciation for the substantial dollar value of it's nest? It's the episode so long in the making we decided to make it a double, as we pit “Aliens” vs. “Predator” - and EVERYONE vs. “Alien vs. Predator!”

It’s Christmas in March as Kelly & Brent break through the limits of traditional holiday release windows AND their own podcast’s premise like an ejector seat through the roof of a cargo plane - with 1990’s Die Hard TWO! Is naked Sadler shooting blanks? Has “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” left our hosts both physically and emotionally scarred? Just how many birds would constitute an entire John Amos? Listen now to catch up before the next exciting addition to the expanding Val Verde Cinematic Universe!

Just in time for Valentine’s Day - it’s our surprise Christmas episode! Join us as the guy from Moonlighting takes on the Evil Ocean’s 11 and discovers the true meaning of foot pain. How does one reconcile the dubious moral choices of Albus Dumbledore? Is everyone aware of how great Timothy Olyphant and Sam Rockwell are (we’re just checking)? Why can’t Ellis do coke in his OWN office? Only one of these questions has anything to do with the movie, but our tangents tend to - DIE HARD!

One for each other and all for one - the brave Two Amigos are we! Is the town of Santa Poco up to fire code? How well should you know someone before you kiss them “on the veranda?” And why is anyone still taking direction from John Landis? Slather on your grease paint and join us for the episode that ended up short on guests, but with a plethora of ideas - it’s ¡Three Amigos!

After effectively annihilating half of downtown Detroit over the rising cost of cigarettes, Axel Foley decides it might be a good time to get WAYYYY out of town and drive 32 hours to Beverly Hills! There, the local constabulary comes fully equipped with tactical nuclear strike capability - but don’t worry, Bogomil’s doing everything by the book! Join Kelly & Brent as they yet again defend one another’s screwball antics to their world-weary chief... with Illumin80s!

From out of the mist-enshrouded depths of a long-forgotten age – it’s the Return of Illumin80s with Season 2! Are the male and female leads of this film simply too beautiful for this world? How much do we really know about Emperor Palpatine’s parents? Can love truly bloom in the time it takes to pass the chicken? Follow us down the rabbit hole that’s got more mystical caves than Liam Neeson has wives - as Brent and Kelly spin 1983’s sci-fi fantasy adventure, KRULL!

Do the makers of this film have some pretty compelling grounds for suing the makers of Back to the Future? What are the moral and ethical implications of hooking up with the secret twin of your deceased wife? Should 10-year-olds really be allowed to run tactical assaults on alien strongholds? Laugh while you can, Monkey Boys, as Brent and Kelly dive into the action/comedy/scifi/soap opera that dares to ask whether some films seek out cult status or merely have it thrust upon them - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!

Hey Kids! Do you like Nintendo? ‘Cause we’ve got Nintendo up-up, down-down, left-right, and sideways with 1989’s The Wizard! What IS the irresistible pull of that most perfect of all states – the state of California? How the hell did people EVER successfully use fold-out paper maps? Where does a movie about video games get off making Beau Bridges cry? We’d like to think you need these answers as much as we do! We really would like to think that.

Just what are the terrible crimes of Uncle “Jailbird” Joey? How does one sustain 24 hour scientific services? Are 20 minute thunderstorms really all that memorable 30 years later? All right guys, listen, this is an 80s Movie podcast in B, watch us for the changes and try to keep up....as we go Back to the Future!

Roll for initiative as Kelly and Brent make a critical hit reviewing the 80s cartoon that...maybe wasn’t such a critical hit - but COULD BE! Curl up and get comfy on your Tiamats with Dungeons & Dragons! Warning: you probably should NOT lay down on Tiamat...

This episode, we dive into the 80s fantasy adventure that asks the age old questions: should horses be allowed in church? Do lyncanthropes mate for life? Was Ferris Bueller a direct descendant of Philippe Gaston? Aim your double crossbows for adventure with LADYHAWKE!

Join us for the very first episode of Illumin80s! We look back on the shows and films of yesteryear and see if they still hold up, and how they could be remade today! Today we're checking out Defenders of the Earth (Defenders of the Earth!)