Video Dropbox

This week's challenge: A sequel in name only! And Joe reached into his own basket to pull out Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights! Will you represent Cuba or do you only wanna dance?Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcastJosh: @queerbaitmixtapeJoe: @something_of_borisTheme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

This week's challenge: A film based on a comic strip! And Joe's love of director Robert Altman steers him towards the 1980 musical Popeye! Take a listen on your trip to Malta to visit Popeye Village!Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcastJosh: @queerbaitmixtapeJoe: @something_of_borisTheme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

This week's challenge: A 1980's sword & sorcery movie! And Josh choses his She-Ra surrogate Red Sonja!Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcastJosh: @queerbaitmixtapeJoe: @something_of_borisTheme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

Special report! Josh & Joe road tripped to Wisconsin this past weekend to meet Sleepaway Camp's Felissa Rose at the new Milwaukee Horror Con! Who else did they see? What did they buy? Who did Josh dress up as? Tune in to find out!Milwaukee Horror Con: Instagram @milwaukee_horror_con, Facebook @MilwaukeeHorrorConFind us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcastJosh: @queerbaitmixtapeJoe: @something_of_borisTheme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

This week's challenge: A cult movie musical! And while Joe initially chose the Australian sci-fi Sons of Steel, he can't help but go Beyond the Valley of the Dolls!Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcastJosh: @queerbaitmixtapeJoe: @something_of_borisTheme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

We welcome special guest James Reeves from the Cult Musicals podcast to chat about Filmation's animated fantasy Happily Ever After! Featuring Irene Cara as Snow White & an all-star cast for the Dwarfelles (Carol Channing, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Tracey Ullman, Sally Kellerman, & Linda Gary)!Watch the film for free on YouTube!Find Cult Musicals on Instagram at @cultmusicalsFind us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcastJosh: @queerbaitmixtapeJoe: @something_of_borisTheme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

It's a special Valentine's Day episode with 1993's The Crush! Alicia Silverstone sure is Crazy 4CaryElwes, but is this really a secret prequel to The In Crowd?!Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcastJosh: @queerbaitmixtapeJoe: @something_of_borisTheme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

In this special episode, we're joined by the creative force behind 1998's Edge of Seventeen, as well as the director of Gypsy 83, Swan Song, & the Another Gay Movie franchise! We're honored to talk with him about his seminal coming-of-age film that had such an impact on Josh's life. Stream Edge of Seventeen on Kanopy or Strand Releasing! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitmixtape Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

A Very Special Episode! Joe's just been diagnosed as autistic, so we revisit a particularly relatable character from his younger days - Tobey Maguire in 2000's Wonder Boys! Also: our favorite films from 2024! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitmixtape Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

It's a special New Year's episode, and we're FINALLY picking the legendary Grease 2 from our wall of staff picks! Featuring a return visit from video store customer/girl for all seasons Amanda Mitchell! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitmixtape Joe: @something_of_boris Special Guest Amanda: @luvmoptop Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

Merry Chrysler! It's Christmas (all over the world), so we're picking a forgotten holiday classic off of the video shelves - Santa Claus: The Movie! Much maligned upon its 1985 release, this ambitious colorful tale of Santa's origin deserves a revisit! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitmixtape Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

We're stringing up lights in the video store for the holiday season, so there's no better time for this final film in Josh's Maudlin Gay Christmas trilogy! How will it compare to previous entries Happiest Season & Spoiler Alert? Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitmixtape Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

It seems Thanksgiving is upon us, and we're celebrating in the video store with toast, pretzels, popcorn, and our favorite holiday movie - 1995's Home For the Holidays! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitmixtape Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

This week's challenge: A movie where a real starlet went bad! And Joe goes with both Kristy McNichol & Tatum O'Neal in the '80s teen sex dramedy Little Darlings! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitmixtape Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

Special report! It's been a heck of a year for horror films & we touch on quite a few in this year's 31 Days of Horror recap! But just what were our favorites this time around? The Substance would be a good guess... Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

It's our Halloween special as we welcome special guests Joe Lipsett & Trace Thurman from the Horror Queers podcast! They selected Stephen King's Sleepwalkers from the video store shelves, so of course we chat about Brian Krause, Alice Krige, Madchen Amick, creature incest, and Enya music. Find Horror Queers on Instagram at @horrorqueers Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

"Welcome to the Hotel Dante!" It's getting steamy in the video store as we watch the premiere episode of Here TV's queer supernatural soap that mixes together Dark Shadows, Buffy, Melrose Place, The O.C., lots of baby oil, and of course that classic theme song! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

Behold, our Video Dropbox cut of this much-maligned Halloween sequel skips the notorious intro sequence & begins at 16:45! But is this even the most satisfying edit? And just how will our duo rank the entire Halloween franchise?! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

Our spooky staff picks continue with Abel Ferrara's 1993 adaptation of Invasion of the Body Snatchers! Where you gonna go, where you gonna run, where you gonna hide? Our video store, as our Halloween specials continue! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

We've put together our video wall of spooky staff picks for the Halloween season, and first up is Dario Argento's giallo shot in our very own Minneapolis, Minnesota! Featuring Piper Laurie, Brad Dourif, & icky relationships! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

While we break to prepare for the Halloween season, we dug through our bins for this retro episode originally posted September 14, 2022! Halloween comes early this year with this pick from our video store's Mary Kate & Ashley section! Come celebrate the megastar entrepreneurial duo as we see how their ABC TV movie fares against holiday classics like Ernest Scared Stupid! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

This week's challenge: A movie starring a supermodel! Josh turns his eye towards Billy Baldwin alongside Cindy Crawford in 1995's Fair Game, PLUS the official ranking of Best Male Butt Cameos in Cinema! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

This week's challenge: A teen movie musical! And Joe deferred to Josh's basket pick of the cult classic Starstruck! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

This week's challenge: A film based on 19th century literature! And Josh picks this Charles Dickens adaptation, complete with Ethan Hawke & a tremendous soundtrack! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

This week's challenge: Dip back into our video dropbox & select a past unchosen basket pick! So of course Joe went with Mary Kate & Ashley! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

It's Josh's birthday & we're celebrating with Rainbow Brite! Starlite will fly right before our eyes and rainbow colors will cheer us up, but you probably won't be able to see any of that since this is a podcast. Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

It's the TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY of Video Dropbox & we're once again celebrating with Sandra Bullock! Cue the theme song to Dante's Cove & get ready to party with sort of a downer movie! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

It's the Video Dropbox Pride Special! Featuring the '90s queer film - and monumental movie of Josh's life - Edge of Seventeen! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

It's Joe's birthday so he's picking a film from the Staff Favorites section! This year he exposes Josh to kung-fu in the form of Clan of the White Lotus, featuring the dastardly Pai Mei! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, and CastBox! Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

We welcome special guest Jesse Krempel from Cult Cinema Circle to chat about Alexander Payne's very timely debut film! Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Find Jesse Krempel on Instagram at @cultcinemacircle Find us on Instagram at @videodropboxpodcast Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

This week's challenge: A sequel where a major character from the previous film dies immediately! Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

This week's challenge: A natural disaster film! Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

Come celebrate our 50th episode with special guest Mark J. Parker from Release Date Rewind! And if you've got a taste for terror, take Carrie 2 the party! Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Find Mark J. Parker at @mjp_pov & @releasedaterewind Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

Yabba dabba doo-it! Josh & Joe talk Hanna-Barbera & explore the fantastical world of the live-action Flintstones movie. Come down to Bedrock to reminisce about the iconic McDonalds merchandise & ponder whether Rick Moranis makes a good Barney Rubble. Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

"Merry Christmas Eve, bitch!" This week our duo bathe in the sleazy (neo)realism of Sean Baker's Tangerine and try to figure out just what the heck kind of film genre this is, anyway. What do you, the listeners at home think? Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

It's a hazy cosmic jive as we welcome Josh's bestie Stephanie Hoover to chat about a movie from her childhood, John Carpenter's Starman! But will our intrepid trio be able to get some satisfaction? Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Sound mix & theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

It's Valentine's Day, so of course we're celebrating with a 90's erotic thriller! This direct-to-video sequel to the Drew Barrymore classic one-ups the original with Alyssa Milano's Lily! Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Sound mix & theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

Behold, our Madonna special! Josh is soon to see the queen of pop's Celebration Tour, so we stop by 1930's China for a Shanghai Surprise! But those Madonna songs sure do sound a lot like George Harrison... Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Sound mix & theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

Reunite with the seminal '90s film Now & Then! Samantha, Roberta, Teeny, & Chrissy - which one did you imagine yourself to be as a kid, and who are you most like now? Featuring a returning special guest! Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Sound mix & theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

It's a New Years party at the video store with a shirtless Ryan Phillippe & the DIRECTOR'S CUT of 54! The original lacked a certain queer finesse back in 1998, but that's now transformed in one of the all-time refreshing re-cuts! And look, it's Breckin Meyer's first on-screen kiss! Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Sound mix & theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

We close out the year with a white Christmas as we Let It Snow! What was our favorite media of 2023? What are our favorite snowy movies? Why are our nipples bleeding? Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Sound mix & theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

It's a blue Christmas at the video store as we check out last year's Spoiler Alert! Do you think there are enough decorations to qualify this as a holiday film? And what might be our favorite Christmas scenes in otherwise not-Christmas movies? Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Sound mix & theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

Christmas comes early with the 1986 NBC television movie Babes in Toyland! This peculiar love letter to the pretty little city of C-I-N-C-I-N-N-A-T-I features young Drew Barrymore & Keanu Reeves, but also a frightful menagerie of anthropomorphic townsfolk! Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Sound mix & theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

"Don't reject me!" No one quite knew what to make of Martin Short playing a ten year-old boy back in 1994 - Siskel & Ebert sure hated it - but Joe always considered it one of the funniest movies ever made. Who was on the right side of history? Was this film ahead of its time? Is it still? Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Logo & theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

Special report! As Halloween comes to a close, Josh & Joe recap their 31 Days of Horror! But just what were their favorites this time around? Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Logo & theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

In honor of director Anthony Hickox, our final episode of the spooky season features his magnum opus, Waxwork! This almost-anthology structure (inspired by the enthralling last ten minutes of old Hammer horror films) allowed for his full creativity, and we hope you'll give it a watch this Halloween. Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Logo & theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

Don't turn that dial, it's the infamous BBC special Ghostwatch! Banned for a decade after thousands of phone complaints & causing PTSD in children, could this be the scariest film ever made?! Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Logo & theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

Our Halloween season continues with the haunted police station spook-tacular Last Shift! What's with all the cults these days, and how does this 2014 original compare to its 2023 remake? Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Logo & theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

The spooky season is upon us! And with it this week comes the original "screenlife" horror movie, The Collingswood Story! Listen around the campfire as Josh offers a cornucopia of twisted theories, Joe presents the perfect way to watch Unfriended, and we explore the forbidden Dante's Cove! Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Logo & theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell

Special report! Josh & Joe returned to the Minnesota horror convention Crypticon over the weekend, with Joe double-dipping at the immersive X-Men-themed Uncanny Experience, so here is a bonus mini-sode to regale listeners with their adventures! Which stars did they meet, and just what character was Josh repeatedly mistaken for?! Available to listen on your favorite podcast app! For questions/comments, connect with us on Instagram @videodropboxpodcast or e-mail at videodropboxpodcast@gmail.com Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Logo & theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell Crypticon: Instagram @crypticon_mn, Facebook/Twitter @crypticonMN Uncanny Experience: Instagram/Facebook/Twitter @theuncannyexp

In this special episode, Josh & Joe chat with video store guest Adam Gorski about the lil bunny movie that traumatized an entire generation, Watership Down! Listen in & let's all learn that death is inevitable together! Available on Amazon, Apple, Castbox, Google, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, Spotify, & Stitcher! Josh: @queerbaitdanceparty Joe: @something_of_boris Logo & theme music by Jason Mitchell: @jasonlynnmitchell