Shrishma is in charge as we break our own rules and take it back to 1989 for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids! Mad scientist tech, robot ants, and a brief detour into Harry Potter shipping are all here for your enjoyment. So, please do. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids was directed by Joe Johnston and stars Rick Moranis and Marcia Strassman. We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and follow the show: YouTube:...

The matters of how many neon crosses are too many, whether or not Hawaiian shirts are cool again, and the final referendum ever on Shakespeare him/herself are all addressed in our new episode about 1996's Romeo + Juliet. Bish, prithee! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  Romeo + Juliet was directed by Baz Luhrmann and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and follow the show:  YouTube:...

This is all we need: a couple of smokes, a cup of coffee, and some good conversation. You and me and five bucks, earned at the GAP, where your friend was recently promoted while you were busy buying Rippled Pringles and cans of Minute Maid with your dad's gas card. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  Reality Bites was directed by Ben Stiller and stars Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke. We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and follow the...

Slip into your roomiest woolen sweater, embrace an elderly stranger whose family you are grifting (with love), and pull a sweet Lucy Move by savoring every moment of our breakdown of 1995's While You Were Sleeping. Which is a totally different movie than Serendipity. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  While You Were Sleeping was directed by Jon Turteltaub and stars Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman. We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and...

Gel your hair, wipe your goggles, and bust out your old pudding jeans - we're headed into 1998's Can't Hardly Wait. Did someone order a Loveburger? No, but they did order this episode. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  Can't Hardly Wait was directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont and stars Ethan Embry and Jennifer Love Hewitt. We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and follow the show:  YouTube: youtube.com/@oldmovietimemachine Instagram:...

We dig into the 1990s with gusto by celebrating a symbolic end to the 1980s and its latchkey-tinted definition of family. Big, blown out hair and big, blown out shoulder pads will have their time in the sun as we examine the awkward transition from the go-go 80s to the keeping-it-real 90s. Dishes are done, man, and so is this podcast recording. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead was directed by Stephen Herek and stars Christina...

Dive deep into some excellent band talk and enjoy the period-accurate vacuum cleaners of 1996's That Thing You Do! Tom Hanks made it with love, just for you and fans of transistor radios everywhere. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  That Thing You Do! was directed by Tom Hanks and stars Tom Everett Scott and Liv Tyler. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length...

On the 60th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, we take a peek at Oliver Stone's great American conspiracy fever dream, 1991's JFK! The ballistics are conclusive! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa.  JFK was directed by Oliver Stone and stars Kevin Costner and Gary Oldman. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes:  patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine  We appreciate your support, so please...

Old Time Movie Machine month continues with Todd Haynes rolling a grenade into 1957 with the 2002 banger, Far From Heaven! We're going deep into mid-century race relations, human sexuality, and what different types of skirts represent in a semiotic sense. Who knew? Featuring Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa.  Far From Heaven was directed by Todd Haynes and stars Julianne Moore and Dennis Haysbert. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in...

Welcome to a new cycle of episodes in which we invert our formula and look at our Cold War era through the eyes of modern storytellers. We're calling this Old Time Movie Machine (cuz we're so clever) and you're all in for a treat as we dive into 2019's fabulous recreation of 1958, The Vast of Night! Loads of UFO talk here, plus we get to chew on more of our favorite thing: ancient telephone technology! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa.  The Vast of...

Happy Halloween, you creeps! We're indulging in some amazing mid-60s nonsense called Munster, Go Home! and we're tackling all the important questions: How do a Frankenstein and a vampire have a werewolf baby? What if there was a family of monsters who inexplicably decided to sail instead of fly? Also: who doesn't love a gift basket? Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa.  Munster, Go Home! was directed by Earl Bellamy and stars Fred Gwynne and Yvonne De...

All bets are off as we look at our first black and white picture, the classic 1960 creepfest, Psycho! We learn that at least one of our cohosts would not kick a silent Norman Bates out of bed, plus, the horror of musty motel linens is finally addressed. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa.  Psycho was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and stars Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the...

Please mind your balance, for we are about to plummet into the spirograph drawings of 1958's Vertigo! Celebrate the mysteries and wallpaper of this classic psychological thriller, but beware of projecting your feelings about previous movies onto this one, EVEN IF the movies look exactly the same but with slightly different hair. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa.  Vertigo was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and stars James Stewart and Kim Novak. Join...

Hitchcocktober keeps a-rolling, this time in a wheelchair; oh yeah, we're talking about Hitchcock's most famous peeping-thriller, 1954's Rear Window! Listen, we've all wondered which of our neighbors is a cold-blooded killer, and this movie simply validates all of those concerns through the eagle-eyed vessel of Jimmy Stewart. Also, somehow Grace Kelly is hella thirsty here - someone please help this woman out! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin...

We're back and we're strangling you with the good stuff - 1954's Dial M for Murder! The struggles of a retired athlete adjusting to civilian life are brought to the big screen, along with a healthy dose of stalking, blackmail, and manipulative scrapbook projects. We're briefly haunted by the ghost of lagging Google meets in this ep, but hang in there, we do get it sorted! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa.  Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for...

The inevitable Barbenheimer episode has arrived - sorry, the podcasting bylaws demand that we talk about it. Are we qualified to do this? No! Do we care? NO! So enjoy! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa.  Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes:  patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine  We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and follow the show:  Instagram:...

Just because we're on vacation doesn't mean the movies stop! Here's a spoiler-fueled rundown of what's happening in theaters during the summer of 2023, including: Indiana Jones and Dial of Destiny, Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part I, The Flash, Asteroid City, and... uh, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? Well, we'll never be over it, I guess. Take some notes, Steve and Wesley! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa.  Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive,...

We're wrapping our season with the biggest, loudest spectacle put to film during the era, 1963's It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World! Drive your car into some people and fly your plane into a restaurant as we celebrate mid-century greed and drink Old Fashioneds, just like dear old Dad used to make. And after? See you all at Moonshadows, whoop! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa.  It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World was directed by Stanley Kramer and stars Spencer...

Ah yes, more melodrama messaging this week with 1954's Magnificent Obsession! Why didn't these rich people just buy a second resuscitator? How does a car accident leave someone perfectly intact other than total blindness? And why do some women wear little white gloves while others do not? All of this and more will be asked and sometimes answered. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa.  Magnificent Obsession was directed by Douglas Sirk and stars Rock...

Rejoice, fellow time travelers, for it's a very Beatles day - yes, we're watching John, Paul, George, and Ringo in 1965's Help! and you're gonna sit there and hear all about it. The short review? "Help! is a great record. Oh, you meant the movie? Uhhhhhh... Help! is a great record." Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa.  Help! was directed by Richard Lester and stars John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.  Join us on Patreon at...

Let's journey back to an economy that values racecar engines and houseboat prices as financial equals (maybe they are?) and then blow some cash on the old strip. Elvis is here, and he's bringing his hair, so strap in for the musical romance that is 1964's Viva Las Vegas! Featuring Carolyn Naoroz and Justin Zeppa.  Viva Las Vegas was directed by George Sidney and stars Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of...

Who could talk midcentury showbiz without mentioning the trending soundtrack to juvenile delinquency known as rock'n'roll? No one, that's who! Save your energy now for the sighing you will be doing later because we're talking about 1956's The Girl Can't Help It! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa. The Girl Can't Help It was directed by Frank Tashlin and stars Jayne Mansfield and Tom Ewell. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the...

She's trading her garters for grades?? That's what the university in 1952's She's Working Her Way Through College would have you believe, even as they adopt her burlesque ways and chorus girl lifestyle! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. She's Working Her Way Through College was directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and stars Ronald Reagan and Virginia Mayo. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of...

Hooray for Hollywood, that tempting purveyor of all things showbiz! Get a look at what the post-war hayseeds were sold about moving out to California for fame and fortune - it's 1949's It's a Great Feeling! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. It's a Great Feeling was directed by David Butler and stars Doris Day and Dennis Morgan. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes:...