satellite – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) | Robert Wise

January 3, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

Fast approaching Earth is a cloudlike alien entity that has destroys all that approaches its nebulous form. The not-quite-fully-refitted Enterprise is the closest vessel available in its approach toward Earth. Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) pushes his way to take over the mission over the man he picked for his successor as the captain, Willard Decker […]

Spies Like Us (1985) | John Landis

October 12, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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The plot of Spies Like Us involves the two most inept, low-level U.S. intelligence agents they could find to go on a mission as expendable decoys for the real agents. Emmett Fitz-Hume (Chevy Chase) and Austin Millbarge (Dan Aykroyd) were scouted by the CIA after cheating on their advanced placement exams, with a mission that sees […]