Vintage Cinema Rewind

The Big Lebowski (1998) Pt 1. Primer

Bowling. Urine-stained rugs. Ferrets. Labyrinthine plots. Plans gone awry. Plans gone even further awry. More bowling. Put it all in a blender and what do you get? The Big Lebowski--an iconic cult film by the Coen Brothers. On this week's Vintage Cinema Rewind, Blake and Michael prepare to negotiate a kidnapped trophy wife's safe return. Can they make the exchange? Or should they just stay in their lane?
 
Where to watch: The Big Lebowski - movie: watch streaming online (justwatch.com)
 
One Scene to sell the movie:
Michael: The Big Lebowski (1998) - He Peed On My Rug Scene | Movieclips - YouTube
Blake: The Big Lebowski (1998) - Nobody F's With Jesus Scene | Movieclips - YouTube

Bloodsport (1988) Pt. 2 Spoiler Full Deep Dive

Prepare to explode some bricks on Vintage Cinema Rewind! This week, Blake and Jason cover their Deep Dive on Jean-Claude Van Damme's Bloodsport. As the Kumite draws to a close, they prepare for their final bout. But before a victor can be declared, they take some time to reflect on the film's charming performances, outlandish displays of martial arts, and score. Now put up your dukes!
 
Where to watch: Bloodsport - movie: where to watch streaming online (justwatch.com)

Bloodsport (1988) Pt. 1 Spoiler Free Primer

Prepare to do the splits. On this week's Vintage Cinema Rewind, Blake and Jason discuss Jean-Claude Van Damme's star-making role in 1988's Bloodsport! As the two enroll in the world's deadliest (and most implausible) mixed martial arts tournament, the Kumite, they take some time to weigh in on the big questions. Just how accurate is the story this movie is based on? How well does the action hold up? And just how good a performer is the Muscles from Brussels?
 
Where to watch: Bloodsport - movie: where to watch streaming online (justwatch.com)
 
One Scene to sell the movie:
Blake: Bloodsport (7/9) Movie CLIP - Dux vs. Paco (1988) HD (youtube.com)
Jason: Bloodsport (6/9) Movie CLIP - A Quarter Trick (1988) HD (youtube.com)

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) Pt. 2 Spoiler Full Deep Dive

Goooooooood morning Vietnam! It's 0600 hours. What does the "O" stand for? Oh my God, it's—another episode of Vintage Cinema Rewind! On this week’s Deep Dive, Blake and Michael are having issues with the top brass. Their irreverent tendencies and off-colour parodies have been ruffling too many feathers. Now, they’ve been replaced by a man with an airhorn and a predilection for polka music. They decide to take advantage of their rare down time to discuss the film’s treatment of the controversial war, the second half’s pivot into drama, and the incredible performance of Robin Williams. Can they make it back onto the airwaves? Or will none of this look good on a resume?
 
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Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) Pt 1. Spoiler Free Primer

GOOOOD MORNING VIETNAM! Vintage Cinema Rewind is about to get reassigned! That's right, Blake and Michael are deployed to Saigon to analyze Barry Levinson's Good Morning Vietnam! Take a trip overseas to look at Robin Williams's first starring role. Do the laughs hold up? Or should we break out the airhorns?
 
Where to watch: Good Morning, Vietnam - movie: watch streaming online (justwatch.com)
 
One Scene to sell the movie: Good Morning Vietnam - Funny scene (youtube.com)

2010s Movie Draft

It's that time again, Dear Listeners! The three-headed hydra known as Blake, Jason, and Michael return for another of Vintage Cinema Rewind's Draft Episodes! This episode's topic: The Best of the 2010s. The Terrible Trio discusses their favourite films of the previous decade, across a range of different genres. Some choices won't surprise you, Dear Listeners. Some may lift both eyebrows. Find out now on Vintage Cinema Rewind!
 
Where to find the movies: JustWatch - The Streaming Guide

The Rules of the Game (1939) Pt. 2 Deep Dive

The rabbit hunt continues on Vintage Cinema Rewind. On this week’s Deep Dive into Jean Renior’s 1939 masterpiece, The Rules of the Game, a baffling web of clandestine romantic liaisons closes in around Jason and Michael. While everyone else is distracted by the masquerade, they take some time to discuss the labyrinthine plot, complex characters, and innovative filmmaking techniques. Can they help Christine reunite with her erstwhile lover(s)? Or will they end up chased around by a jealous gamekeeper?

The Rules of the Game (1939) Pt. 1 Primer

"The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons." On Vintage Cinema Rewind's first ever Blakeless episode, Jason and Michael come together to discuss Jean Renoir's 1939 French masterpiece, The Rules of the Game. In pre-World War II Paris, adultery is a pleasant romp so long as you abide by a simple rule: don't get caught. But then, one French aviator disrupts the whole system by professing his love for a married woman across the airwaves. As the aristocracy embarks on an affair-laden rabbit hunt in the countryside, can Jason and Michael smooth the whole mess over? Or will they end up caught in the crosshairs? 

Chinatown (1974) Pt. 2 Deep Dive

It's all fun and games until Jack Nicholson gets his nostrils cut open. The investigation continues at Vintage Cinema Rewind! Blake and Jason continue with their Deep Dive on Roman Polanski's Chinatown, examining the performances, historical context, and themes. But with the dead ends and dead bodies piling up around them, can they crack this case in time? Or will they end up getting fed to the goldfish?
 
Where to watch: Chinatown - movie: where to watch streaming online (justwatch.com)

Chinatown (1974) Pt.1 Primer

Forget it, Jake. It's... a middling podcast starring three thirtysomethings and less listeners than the legs on a spider. That's right, Vintage Cinema Rewind is back with Roman Polanski's (eesh) Chinatown! Blake and Jason are on the case! Can they uncover the case of the missing water? Or is this investigation all wet?
 
Where to watch: Chinatown - movie: where to watch streaming online (justwatch.com)
 
One scene to sell the movie: Chinatown (4/9) Movie CLIP - A Respectable Man (1974) HD - YouTube
 

Watership Down (1978) Pt. 2 Deep Dive

The fields are (still?) covered with blood! Blake, Michael, and the other rabbits have made their way to the relative safety of Watership Down, but this is a paradise easily lost. In order to ensure their new warren survives, they'll need mates--lots of mates! So while they get ready to slip into General Woundwort's clutches, they take the time to discuss the characters, setting, and luxurious wordbuilding. Such is Vintage Cinema Rewind's monument, and perhaps it would not have displeased them.
 
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Watership Down (1978) Pt. 1 Primer

"All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first, they must catch you." And so begins the weirdest, darkest children's movie Vintage Cinema Rewind has ever encountered. This week, Blake and Michael introduce 1978's Watership Down -- an animated movie about talking rabbits, bloody fields, caste systems, and totalitarianism. Can they make it to the safety of their burrow? Or will they end up caught in a snare?
 
Where to watch: Watership Down - movie: watch streaming online (justwatch.com)
 
One Scene to Sell the Movie: Watership Down Prologue (youtube.com)

Road House (1989) Pt. 2 Deep Dive

"People who really want to have a good time won't come to a slaughterhouse." The Double Deuce is waiting for you. That's right, Vintage Cinema Rewind is back with a Deep Dive in 1989's Road House! Can Blake and Jason outwit crime lord Brad Wesley? Will they have to rip any throats out in the process? Will their butts end up in a trophy room? Or should they just pay their tab and enroll in barber college?
 
Where to watch: Road House - movie: where to watch streaming online (justwatch.com)

Road House (2024) Review

Vintage Cinema Rewind is back with a BONUS EPISODE! This week, Blake and Jason take a break from 1989's Road House to review... 2024's Road House. They answer several pertinent questions. How defined are Jake Gyllenhaal's abs? Can Connor McGregor actually act? How does late eighties camp translate into our disenfranchised, post-apocalyptic nightmare world of the mid-2020s? Find out today! (Or whenever the algorithm jabs this episode in your direction.)
 
Where to watch: Road House - movie: where to watch streaming online (justwatch.com)

Road House (1989) Pt. 1 Primer

Vintage Cinema Rewind takes a trip down to Florida to visit Patrick Swayze's Road House. Blake and Jason don their tightest jeans and take jobs as a pair of bouncers. They'll have to contend with everything--everything. Mullets. Cheesy dialogue. And performances that don't so much chew so much as consume and defecate out the scenery. (1989 was a weird year, okay?)
 
Where to watch: Road House - movie: where to watch streaming online (justwatch.com)
 
One Scene to sell the movie: Road House (4/11) Movie CLIP - The Double Deuce (1989) HD (youtube.com)

VCR at the 1963 Oscars Presents: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Pt. 2 Deep Dive

You never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view. Until you climb inside of their skin and walk around in it. Or until you listen to their podcast. That's right, Vintage Cinema Rewind is back with their Deep Dive on Robert Mulligan's To Kill a Mockingbird! As the court date approaches, Blake and Michael have to prepare their evidence. But can they survive in Maycomb long enough to make it to trial?
 
 
Where to watch: To Kill a Mockingbird - movie: watch streaming online (justwatch.com)

VCR at the 1963 Oscars Presents: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Pt. 1 Primer

Some men are born to do our unpleasant jobs. And by listening to this podcast, you're one of them. Oscar Month continues on Vintage Cinema Rewind! This week, Blake and Michael look back at the '60s--err, the '30s--and watch the iconic 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Join them as they take a tour through Depression-era Alabama. Does this classic hold up? Or is this movie for the birds?
 
Where to watch: To Kill a Mockingbird - movie: watch streaming online (justwatch.com)
 
One Scene to Sell the Movie:
To Kill a Mockingbird (3/10) Movie CLIP - The Children Save Atticus (1962) HD - YouTube

VCR at the 1963 Oscars Presents: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Pt. 2 Deep Dive

Oscar Month continues at Vintage Cinema Rewind. In this week's Deep Dive into David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, Blake and Michael continue their guerrilla campaign against the Ottoman Turks. But with all the quicksand and floggings and stray bullets, can these two defeat the invaders and say something smart? Or are they ultimately just the two most shameless exhibitionists since Barnum and Bailey?
 
 
Where to watch: Lawrence of Arabia - movie: watch streaming online (justwatch.com)

VCR at the 1963 Oscars Presents: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Pt. 1 Primer

Vintage Cinema Rewind would like to thank the Academy. That's right, it's Oscar Month! This year, Blake and Michael are taking a look back at the 1963 awards season, starting with David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia! This epic film has everything. Swords. Matches. Match cuts. Can Blake and Michael make contact with Prince Fesial in time? Or is this week's episode already off the tracks?
 
Where to watch: Lawrence of Arabia - movie: watch streaming online (justwatch.com)
 
One Scene to Sell the Movie:
Blake: Lawrence of Arabia: Sherif Ali gives Lawrence Arab robes for saving Gasim (youtube.com)
Michael: Lawrence of Arabia (1/8) Movie CLIP - A Funny Sense of Fun (1962) HD (youtube.com)

True Romance (1993) Pt. 2 Deep Dive

Christian Slater. Patricia Arquette. Gary Oldman. Blake. Jason. Vintage Cinema Rewind is back with a Deep Dive on Tony Scott's (and sort of Quentin Tarantino's) True Romance. Can Blake and Jason get away with the score in time? Or is romance well and truly dead?
 
Where to watch: True Romance - movie: where to watch streaming online (justwatch.com)