November 2017 – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

Innerspace (1987) | Joe Dante

November 26, 2017April 16, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

In this episode, Vince takes a look at “Innerspace” from director Joe Dante, starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, and Meg Ryan. produced by Steven Spielberg, this sci-fi based comedy riffs on “Fantastic Voyage” where an unassuming supermarket clerk is injected with the microscopic vessel containing an ace test pilot who is wanted by hi-tech thieves […]

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) | Joe Johnston

November 19, 2017April 16, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Rick Moranis stars as lovable dad and ambitious college professor Wayne Szalinski, who has recently become something of a laughing stock to his peers when he dares to introduce a potential way to drastically reduce the size of everyday objects. His own experiments have proved futile, but a fluke accident causes the reduction machine to […]

Labyrinth (1986) | Jim Henson

November 5, 2017April 16, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Jennifer Connelly is cast in one of her first starring roles as Sarah, a teenage girl who has grown tired of her stepmother and father leaving her home alone to babysit her infant brother, Toby. In a bout of exasperation, she wishes him away, and inadvertently summons the vain and moody Goblin King of myth, […]