Purely Nostalgia

A sudden and tragic loss brings us back for a somber bonus episode to discuss Space Jam: A New Legacy. In this one, Lebron James.

Long ago, two boys bravely decided to start a podcast about Spy Kids. The idea eventually morphed into the idea you now know as Purely Nostalgia. Three years later for their series finale, rather than talk about one of the many movies they intended to get to but never did, they decided to just watch Spy Kids again. In this one, we’re done. Make sure to follow us to keep up with our future endeavors! Twitter: @elishapsmith and @ClintJHPage TikTok: @misterwallet and @theclontman YouTube: Dad’s Lunch Money

What have the Kung Fu Panda movies been missing this whole time? Pandas. I mean, there’s the one panda, sure. But what if there was a whole bunch of them? Kung Fu Panda 3 fixes this problem. In this one, we tie up some loose ends.

We’ve established that pandas can do Kung Fu, but can they achieve inner peace? That’s the big question that Kung Fu Panda 2 is concerned with. Also, did you know that gun powder was invented by peacocks? In this one, we make a pretty big announcement (make sure and listen to the end).

Is it Bear Month once again? Nope! There’s only one bear that we care about for these next three episodes, and his name is Po. Our good pal Josh Alexander once again joins us to kick off our journey through the Kung Fu Panda trilogy and to help us answer some important questions such as: who is better, Master Oogway or Master Yoda? What is Jack Black’s best performance? And should Clint watch Naruto? In this one, a Kung Fu does Panda.

You’re a wizard, Harry (Osborne)! The streaming wars have once again reignited, but we have taken cover in a nearby Hulu Hole to bring you a passionate discussion about Sam Raimi’s 2013 film Oz the Great and Powerful. In this one, Clint had to rotate his iPad.

In the series finale of podcast maxiseries Live and Let Cry, Cody Lunsford of Best Pictures makes one last attempt to make Eli Smith of Purely Nostalgia cry. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so Cody has employed his secret weapon: anime. Will Studio Ghibli's bleak war drama Grave of the Fireflies finally squeeze a tear out of old Dry Eyes? Is it a bummer when children die? And most importantly, what have we learned from this experiment? We'll answer all these questions in this final episode of Live and Let Cry.

We regret to inform you that we have returned to Oz. And folks, things aren’t lookin’ great there! But the good new is, they have TikTok now. In this one, Gump.

For the first time ever, Purely Nostalgia is brought to you in beautiful technicolor! We’re here to talk about the second movie ever made (the first one was that train movie), The Wizard of Oz! In this one, we are scared of tornadoes.

In this eighth episode of podcast maxiseries Live and Let Cry, Cody Lunsford of Best Pictures has not given up trying to make Eli Smith of Purely Nostalgia cry. Cody's Best Pictures co-host Chad Oliver joins to talk about his choice, the 1979 divorce drama Kramer vs. Kramer. How similar is this movie to Marriage Story? What's up with that french toast scene? Does Doctor Doom have a twitter account? All these questions and more will be answered in this episode of Live and Let Cry! Episodes of Live and Let Cry will release on both Purely Nostalgia and Best Pictures monthly!

You may have heard the news that Sharkboy and Lavagirl have a child. And you, like us, may have been concerned if you saw in the tabloids that both Sharkboy and Lavagirl have maintained ownership of their separate homes in the ocean and a volcano, respectively. Please rest assured: Sharkboy and Lavagirl are still married to each other and did NOT have a child out of wedlock. This episode is about We Can Be Heroes. In this one, they can be heroes.

It’s the second annual Nostalgia Awards! As we move beyond the bad year 2020 into the good and perfect year 2021, we take a look back at the films we covered on the show in the past twelve months. In this one, we are not cowards like the Academy.

In this seventh episode of podcast maxiseries Live and Let Cry, Cody Lunsford of Best Pictures tries to make Eli Smith of Purely Nostalgia cry once again…. Christmas style. This month they watched the 2015 romantic drama Carol! Is this a stealth remake of The Fox and the Hound? Is Eli destined to become a Mall Santa? And more importantly, will the sentimentality of the Christmas season finally make him cry? Tune in to find out! Episodes of Live and Let Cry will premiere on both Purely Nostalgia and Best Pictures monthly!

Early episode alert! We decided to drop this one on Shrimpmas Eve so that you don’t have to listen to a podcast about A Charlie Brown Shrimpmas on December 30th. You’re welcome! In this one, Merry Shrimpmas!

Kevin McCallister who? It’s all about Alex Pruitt now, baby! In this episode we’re discussing the famed prequel to Max Keeble’s Big Move, Home Alone 3. And unfortunately, Krystal is involved. In this one, 2020 is the year of Raja Gosnell.

As #BearMonth2020 comes to a close, we are talking about the 2002 film The Country Bears, which is based on an animatronic stage show at Disney World. Out of all the movies we covered during #BearMonth2020, this one has the most bears in it. If that matters to you. In this one, Clint is Clonging.

In this sixth episode of podcast maxiseries Live and Let Cry, Cody Lunsford of Best Pictures tries to make tears roll down Eli Smith’s cheeks once again. This time, the movie was picked by Purely Nostalgia co-host Clint Page, who went with the animated Disney animated classic The Fox and the Hound. Is this movie more similar to The Prince of Egypt or Brokeback Mountain? Do kids care about bugs? What DOES the fox say? Tune in to hear the answers to these important questions! Episodes of Live and Let Cry will premiere on both Purely Nostalgia and Best Pictures monthly!

For the second installment of #BearMonth2020, we are talking about a movie that dares to ask the question: what if a bear had a brother? It’s Brother Bear, the movie where the Joker is a bear. In this one, it’s Pre-Punch Rick.

In the first episode of #BearMonth2020, we're talking about the nicest bear of them all: Paddington. Be nice like Paddington. In this one, it's a fur cop!

In this fifth episode of podcast maxiseries Live and Let Cry, Cody Lunsford of Best Pictures tries to make Eli Smith cry by watching the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness.Is a movie that is ostensibly about happiness a good choice for a podcast about crying? Does Will Smith have any great movies? What's the deal with Rubik's Cubes? For answers to all of these important questions, hit that play button!Episodes of Live and Let Cry will premiere on both Purely Nostalgia and Best Pictures monthly!

Finally, we're talking about Scoob! And by Scoob, we mean Soob(y-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed). Did the second live action Scooby-Doo movie invent cancel culture? Tune in to find out!In this one, we pay our respects to Tall Betsy, the official goblin of Cleveland, Tennessee.

In celebration of #Nostalgiaween2020 we watched our favorite Reformation Day flick: the 2002 live action adaptation of Scooby-Doo. Read that last sentence again. Does it say “Scoob”? No, it says Scooby-Doo.  In this one, farts are scary.

In this fourth episode of podcast maxiseries Live and Let Cry, Cody Lunsford of Best Pictures tries to make Eli Smith cry once again. But this time, the movie was picked by Best Pictures co-host Mark Watlington, who went with the 2016 sci-fi drama Arrival. Is this movie depressing or hopeful? Mark and Cody think it’s the latter, but Eli’s not so sure. Tune in to find out if they can convince him, and to hear about Mark’s confusing crying tendencies. Episodes of Live and Let Cry will premiere on both Purely Nostalgia and Best Pictures monthly!

The 1997 remake of the classic Disney film The Absent-Minded Professor is called Flubber, but should it be called Weebo instead? Maybe! You decide! In this one, Clint learns about fruit!

Good news! They did another Left Behind movie! Actually, they did a couple more. But we’re skipping over the sequels to the 2000 version and instead talking about the 2014 remake of Left Behind, starring Nicolas Cage as beloved non-Christian airline pilot Rayford Steele. And Chad Michael Murray? That’s our Buck. In this one, less therapy, more Sully.

In this third episode of podcast maxiseries Live and Let Cry, Cody Lunsford of Best Pictures tries to make Eli Smith cry by making him watch Ratatouille, a film they both love dearly. What does Remy the rat have in common with Naruto? Is Ratatouille anime? And who is the REAL Disney Rat: Remy or Mickey? Tune in to find out! Episodes of Live and Let Cry will premiere on both Purely Nostalgia and Best Pictures monthly!

Welcome to Purely Nostalgia, the podcast where we look at the movies that we were forced to watch as kids with our adult eyes, and we try to figure out if they were actually traumatizing, or if we just thought they were. Listen, if you'd rather just delete this one and listen to the Bee Movie episode again, we won't be offended. But if you want to hear us vent about evangelical rapture anxiety, this one might just hit the spot. In this one, we go to therapy!

Pretty much all you need to know about this movie is in the title. It’s bees! In this one, it’s #AnimorphsMonth2020 AND #TaffyMonth2020!

In this second episode of podcast maxiseries Live and Let Cry, Cody Lunsford of Best Pictures tries to make Eli Smith cry by making him watch the 2020 live recording of the hit broadway musical Hamilton on Disney+.   They discuss whether or not it should be okay for Jonathan Groff to drool all over his chin, and whether or not that makes them cry.   Episodes of Live and Let Cry will premiere on both Purely Nostalgia and Best Pictures monthly!

As #SharkMonth2020 draws to a close, we are joined by our good friend Josh Alexander to discuss the 2004 DrewamWorks film Shark Tale. We would be remiss if we spent an entire month talking about shark cinema without acknowledging the important subgenre of organized shark crime cinema. And yes, it is cinema, because Martin Scorsese is in it. As a pufferfish.   In this one, we regret to inform you that Clint seems to be permanently out of the bathtub.

As our gift to you during this #SharkMonth2020, here is a bonus commentary episode about The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl. We covered this movie in one of the earliest episodes of our show, but we feel like we've gotten better at podcasting since then so we figured this was a great opportunity to take another crack at it. Is this better than our original Sharkboy and Lavagirl episode? You decide! (It's probably not.) In this one, Clint is not in the bathtub :(

For the second installment of #SharkMonth2020, we're discussing Pixar's classic 2003 film The Neo. There are at least three sharks in it.  In this one, Clint is still taking a bath.

We're kicking off #SharkMonth2020 with an episode about Jaws! Jaws is a very big shark that they made a movie about. And yes, the shark is named Jaws. That's not just the name of the movie. We asked Jaws if his name is Jaws and he said yes. In this one, Clint takes a bath.

On the premiere episode of podcast maxiseries Live and Let Die, Cody Lunsford, (co-host of Best Pictures) tries to make Eli Smith (co-host of Purely Nostalgia) cry by watching 2004's The Notebook. They dive into what normally makes them cry and whether Ryan Gosling's beard was tear-worthy. Subscribe to Purely Nostalgia and Best Pictures! Episodes of Live and Let Cry will premiere on both shows monthly!

What if there was a movie that had aliens from outer space, but also lots of scenes of characters just hanging out at the beach? And what if that movie also had several Elvis songs in it? Now, imagine for a moment that this movie also contains a character named Captain Gantu who is a 20-foot-tall shark man from space? And if you can bear with me for just a moment longer, can you entertain the possibility that this film also has a character named Cobra Bubbles who is played by Ving Rhames? If the prospect of this movie sounds tantalizing to you, my friend, it is my honor to introduce you to a movie called Lilo & Stitch. Also there is a movie called Artemis Fowl and it sucks. In this one, Clint uses Josh Gad's intestines to avoid paying taxes on hay-purchases.

The Looney Tunes are back in (live) action! They have to find a monkey! But the monkey is not a monkey, it’s a diamond! And Brendan Fraser is there! Cool! In this one, Eli saw a duck!

Although we have often been called the Michael Jordans of the podcast industry, even the most capable heroes have to ask for help sometimes. We’re talking about 2002’s Like Mike this week, but we don’t know a whole lot about basketball OR child labor laws. Since both of those subjects are relevant to this film, we called on our friend Scott Harvey (@Scarveydent) of Some Like it Scott, and he graciously joined us to talk about one of his favorite childhood movies. In this one, we are tied together and flung into the air by Baby Jesse Plemons.

Have you ever jammed in space? Michael Jordan has! If you’d like to learn about the movie we’re talking about on this episode, visit www.spacejam.com. If you get lost, visit the site map! https://spacejam.com/cmp/sitemap.html In this one, we spend a lot of time talking about cow bones!

The bad news is, we watched The Master of Disguise. The good news is, at least there are fart jokes in it! Well, really just one fart joke that’s done five times. In this one, just one 1 crap.

As a special bonus episode for absolutely no reason at all, we recorded our first ever commentary track! Feel free to watch along with Shrek the Musical (it's on Netflix as of this episode's release), or just listen. Who are we kidding? If you're watching Shrek The Musical, you should probably actually listen to the songs. Just listen to this track on its own! Or... do what you want! See if we care! In this one, they did a musical about Shrek!

We are living in unprecedented times. The Rugrats... have Gone Wild. We want to be there for you in any way possible as you figure out how to navigate the new social landscape caused by these babies going wild. We'll get through this together, and come out stronger on the other side. In this one, we move into our brand new podcasting house.

Well, the babies have already been to the woods, so where’s the next logical place for them to go in their sequel film? Paris! We’re talking French cinema with Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, and there are kaiju battles! In this one, we honor John Lithgow.

In their first big screen adventure, the babies are lost in the woods being attacked by monkeys and wolves. Hopefully they don’t die! It’s The Rugrats Movie!  ¯_(ツ)_/¯ In this one, there’s pee!

Chad Oliver (@Chadaoliver) of the Best Pictures podcast joins us to talk about the Sonic the Hedgehog movie! Apparently Sonic is lonely because he's from a different planet and his mom is an owl! I don't know! In this one, Clint learns that his life is even more intertwined with that of Bernie the Dolphin than he previously realized.

Did dinosaurs actually have feathers? Is a giraffe a dinosaur? How about an elephant? In this episode we will answer all of these questions and more as we talk about one of Clint's favorite movies of all time, Jurassic Park. We are basically scientists! In this one, dinosaurs don't real.

There was an animated movie called Delgo in 2008 and we watched it for some reason. If you haven't seen Delgo, don't worry! You can still listen to this episode, because we watched it right before recording this and could still barely remember the plot! Also, we were worried we wouldn't have a lot of intelligent thoughts about this movie, so we accidentally spent an unholy amount of time reading Delgo fan fiction on mic. Oops! In this one, we remember Dawn Oaks.

Unfortunately, there is Doogal. In this one, we are sorry.

It’s the first annual Nostalgie Awards! As a new year begins, we are taking a look back at all of the films we covered on our show in 2019 and handing out various awards through a very unorganized process. There are surprises, snubs, drama, laughs, but there is no host to be found! In this one, Clint doesn't know what a leap year is.

Whether you identify with Buddy the Elf on a spiritual level or whether you think he is a silly boy who needs to grow up, you have to admit: Elf has earned the title of "Christmas Classic" based on the number of times it plays on cable networks each December alone. The holiday season is a perfect time for important film discourse, and there is only one podcast that's brave enough to ask whether or not Elf is better than the 2016 film Arrival.  In this one, we managed to fit a whole Christmas With the Kranks episode right at the beginning!

One year after covering the first Home Alone film, we’re finally talking Home Alone 2, and for some reason Clint thinks this movie is flawless! One thing’s for sure: the pizza is thinner in the sequel. In this one, we bask in the warmth of Christmas commercialism.

Would you do it? Hm? What would you do...hm? What would any of you be willing to do, hm? Would you sail to the ends of the earth and beyond, to fetch back witty boys, and them precious podcast? To finish out our Gore Verbinski Pirates of the Caribbean series by talking about Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. In this one, we are sick.