Nell and Matt's Obsolete Movies

We fired up our finicky laserdisc player to watch a Pink Panther movie. In our discussion we talk about what happens to a parody of a genre when the genre…

In this episode we revisit a film I was way too young to understand when I last watched it (in the 80's), but Nell has seen several times AND even…

Well, technically it's John Carpenter's Escape from New York, and it was Matt's first time seeing the movie. We also realized halfway through that we unintentionally picked a perfect film…

For our Valentine's Day special, we went with a movie we both have always loved, and in watching it again kinda sorta ruined it for ourselves. That said, we miss…

It was morning in America, and Working Girl was celebrated with 6 Oscar nominations and a whole lot of positive reviews. This rom-com meets female-centered Horatio Alger tale set in…

We watch Groundhog Day again, for the first time, just like we did last year on this day.

Did you know that computers were the future? Well, in case you didn't, we revisit this futuristic fairytale from 1984 where a guy buys a computer and gets into a…

The Legend of Billie Jean is not a perfect film, yet it's a film that is a perfect fable of the kind of avenging angel anti-hero a lot of us…

Finally a film we disagree on, Sister Sister is a 90's thriller set in Louisiana perfect for people who have seen Eve's Bayou and have a desperate hope of seeing…

Welp, there aren't many films set on New Years, and our slim pickings did not yield a good one. Four Rooms is an anthology film with famous directors and a…

For this very special episode of Nell and Matt's Obsolete Movies, we decided to discuss a film about the birth of a child, family, and all things wholesomely American. The…

Halloween season is also Roger Corman season. In this episode we discuss the 1980 film Humanoids from the Deep starring Vic Morrow 2 years before his fatal accident on the…

Once again we ask: What ever happened to Ken Russell? Remember when he was cool? An auteur even? We try to answer these questions and more as we talk about…

In a tribute to Mike Shank, we discuss both American Movie and the movie American Movie is about, Coven. In our discussion of both movies, we profess our love for…

Remember when Cinemax was a relevant, even aspirational premium cable network you kinda cared about? Looking for strangely satisfying cinematic junk food? Feel like you missed out on an early…

For our spooky season comeback, we decided to take on a British classic that made us question why we like horror movies in the first place. Peeping Tom is a…

New season! New obsolete format! For this episode we take on the wonderful world of HD-DVD with the interesting failure that is the 1984 film Streets of Fire! Streets of…

If we hustled, we could have recorded this episode a week ago, and it would have been our Valentine's Day Special. However, this movie isn't very special. Riding the coat…

We watched Groundhog Day on Groundhog Day. The irony that we watch Groundhog Day over and over again is not lost on us, either. In our comeback from an unannounced,…

For this episode we wax nostalgic about: a long lost Pittsburgh video store, mid-century upper middle class anxieties, an old dog we used to have, and why being Gen X…

Back in the 90's everyone who saw this movie saw themselves as so sophisticated, so modern, yet still fell for a gay panic mythology. In this episode, we talk about…

Are broken things more beautiful in their own way? Is the 1979 horror film Phantasm really like the painting Madonna with the Long Neck? We try to answer all of…

Yes, we should do an episode about Poltergeist. Yes, Poltergeist is a better film, BUT Barbara Hershey is fantastic in the other early-80's poltergeist movie that scared us both so…

Do you miss the bad pizza your school cafeteria used to serve on Fridays in the 80's? Are you confused by the constant pressure to choose from too many available…

Listen up campers, we're back from a late school year hiatus. In this episode we discuss watching the original Friday the 13th on Hell's Official Format, CED Selectavision. The movie…

For this adventure in podcasting, we try our first ever double feature, pitting a Saturday night popcorn movie against a film directed by arthouse staple Gus Van Sant One movie…