Videoblivious

Apr 15 2024 14 ep. 57 mins 2

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Zack Bennett was born in 1981... but between obsessing over Super Nintendo, Michael Jordan, and baseball cards, he never got around to watching some of the most iconic films of the '80s. Now, in his 40s, with the help of his movie-loving friends, he's finally going to get caught up. Listen as your favorite childhood films are recapped by the people who love them most, and a guy who is just now seeing them for the first time. Email: [email protected] Instagram: videoblivious Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/moire/space-ranger License code: RDDJNOUVQCDNNUPB

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⏸️ Pause Button

Apr 15 2024 5 mins

In this short bonus episode, Zack gives some bad news... Videoblivious has to hit the "pause button" for a while, and he explains why. It's all good things, we promise! The podcast will be back for a new season later this year (hopefully late Summer or early Fall), and if you want to be a part of it, we'd love to have you as a guest. Find "the list" right here: https://docs.google

Friday the 13th (1980)

Apr 01 2024 70 mins

UPDATED FILE, NOW WITH THE FULL EPISODE! Oops. Sorry about that... The iconic 1980 slasher flick, Friday the 13th, is the subject of this episode. Zack and his childhood friend, Ryan Smith, discuss the movie that spawned 11 sequels and continues to inspire the horror genre today. Listen as they discuss the mundane lives of teenage camp counselors who get picked off by a crazed kill

Labyrinth (1986)

Mar 18 2024 88 mins

Sixteen-year-old Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) must navigate an elaborate labyrinth to save her baby brother from the evil Goblin King, Jareth (David Bowie), but along the way, she is helped & hindered by a bunch of Muppets... well, not THE Muppets, but similar puppeteered creatures from the workshop of Jim Henson. It's 1986's box office bomb Labyrinth, which despite its poor performan

The Lost Boys (1987)

Mar 04 2024 97 mins

Santa Carla, California is the murder capital of the world, and there's a reason: the town is overrun with vampires. Two brothers, new to town, find themselves on opposite sides of the vampire epidemic. It's the comedy/horror hybrid that has become a cult classic -- 1987's "The Lost Boys", starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Kiefer Sutherland, Dianne Weist, Jami Gertz

Footloose (1984)

Feb 19 2024 88 mins

You know the song. You can't help but tap your toes. But don't do it in Bomont, because dancing is illegal there... at least, until the teenagers challenge the status quo. It's the wildly successful 1984 film, "Footloose", starring Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Chris Penn, and Dianne Weist. Zack's wife, Audrey Bennett, joins him for this look back at a film that, as pop

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Feb 05 2024 81 mins

Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is a street-wise cop from Detroit who - against his boss's orders - goes "on vacation" to Beverly Hills, California to solve his best friend's murder... drawing the ire of the very by-the-book police department there. Michael Yeager joins me this week to discuss 1984's biggest hit movie: Paramount Pictures' Beverly Hills Cop, co-starring Judge Reinhold, Jo

Teen Wolf (1985)

Jan 22 2024 80 mins

Scott Howard (Michael J. Fox) gets into a hairy situation when he discovers he's a teenage werewolf. He becomes the most popular kid in town, gets his dream girl, and becomes a basketball star...but does he lose himself in the process? My guest this time around is my former boss, Adam Stanco. We discuss the cult classic in great detail on this episode of "Videoblivious"! --- Music

The Terminator (1984)

Jan 08 2024 66 mins

We're living in a world where artificial intelligence has become a legitimate threat. It's not 2023... it's 1984. But two mysterious figures have traveled back in time from 2029 to kill the mother of the man who will save humanity. They arrive naked - and bring all sorts of plot holes with them. Keith Conrad joins me to discuss 1984's epic sci-fi/action flick: "The Terminator". A m

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Dec 18 2023 74 mins

It's the feel-good Christmas movie of the year... that was released in March. Two detectives - one a family man who's getting too old for this shit, and the other a loose cannon who's deep into grieving the loss of his wife - are paired up to solve a homicide, and instead get caught in the middle of a massive drug ring. It's 1987's Lethal Weapon, and my guest to discuss it is Sebas

The Karate Kid (1984)

Dec 04 2023 60 mins

This episode of Videoblivious covers the sleeper hit of 1984: The Karate Kid. It's a movie about a son without a father, and a father without a son. And there's lots of karate... and 1984's version of an anti-hero. Also, some real jerks. I welcome my best friend, Steve Reinker, onto the show to discuss this great film, what it's meant to him over the past four decades...and what it