The 1982 Project

Listen as Mike and Matt wrap up Project 1982. You'll hear what they think of this year in movies now that they're at the end, discussions about how good the year really is and if it's still worth remembering.

Listen as Mike and Matt discuss the Best Picture nominees from 1982. You'll hear if we think the Academy got it right with Gandhi, if there's another movie we love and if there's any film that was overlooked in this incredible year for movies.

Listen as Mike and Matt discuss the Oscar bait movies of 1982. You'll hear the nominees for the major categories and whether or not we think they got the winners right, discussions about our personal favorites for each category and if there were any omissions the academy made when giving out the nominations.

Listen as Mike and Matt discuss the buddy movies of 1982 including 48 HRS and The Toy. You'll hear discussions about just how much these movies are deeply problematic and why, which of the movies is the greater offender and if either of the movies still has something to offer today.

Listen as Mike and Matt discuss the children's movies of 1982 including The Dark Crystal and The Secret of Nimh. You'll hear how impressed we were by these movies and how well they hold up, discussions about the directors of these movies and what they think children can handle in entertainment and how nostalgic we feel about the kinds of animation and puppetry used oh so long ago.

Listen as Mike and Matt discuss the schlock of 1982 with five separate horror movies. You'll hear them discuss Friday the 13th: Part 3 3D, Cat People, Creeepshow, Halloween III and Swamp Thing, the two different ways in which they decide to rank these movies and how Matt has not at all come around to thinking Halloween III is a good movie.

Listen as Mike and Matt discuss the prestige horror movies from 1982 including The Thing and Poltergeist. You'll hear which of us is unimpressed with The Thing, how much we like Poltergeist and were surprised by it on a rewatch and discussions about these prestige horror movies before we get into the schlock of horror next week.

Listen as Mike and Matt discuss the movies with a not so bright future from 1982. You'll hear them discuss Blade Runner, The Road Warrior and Tron, hear which of us had never seen the original Tron and if these movies still hold up today.

Listen as Mike and Matt discuss all the brothel movies from 1982. You'll hear speculation as to why brothel movies were so big in this year, which of the three movies they think still holds up and which of the three holds up the least. Travel back in time with us to a place and time where you could put the word Whorehouse in the title of your movie!

Listen as Mike and Matt discuss the men in dresses movies from 1982. You'll hear them talk about Tootsie, The World According to Garp and Victor Victoria, which of these films they think holds up the best and which doesn't hold up much at all for them and discussions about what exactly makes a man in a dress automatically funny in 1982.

Listen as Mike and Matt discuss Part Two of the macho revenge films of 1982. You'll hear the few nice things they have to say about Death Wish II, what nice things they have to say about Ricardo Montalban and his performance in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn, and what works and doesn't work in Conan the Barbarian.

Listen as hosts Mike Shantz and Matthew Aldrich discuss the Part 1 of our Macho Grande Episode. You'll hear them discuss the 1982 Stallone films Rocky III & First Blood, which of the hosts has major problems with Rocky III, whether or not we think First Blood is still a good film, and how much salt is required to watch these movies today. Enjoy!

Listen as Mike and Matt discuss the coming of age films from 1982. You'll hear what your hosts have to say about Fast Times at Ridgemont High, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and Diner, which of the films they feel you can watch guilt free and which has problems we never considered before.

Listen as hosts Michael Shantz and Matthew Aldrich introduce what you can expect from the 1982 Project. You'll hear the astonishing list of movies that came out in the year 1982, as well as the list of directors who are first ballot hall of famers that directed a movie this year and finally which actors we saw at the beginning of their careers at this incredible time in cinema history. Through the show your hosts confront the movies that were our brain food and discuss what's troubling about them, what still works about them and in turn why they won't go away. We welcome you to The 1982 Project.