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The Film With Three Brains
A film podcast in which three lifelong friends review movies released between 1975-2001 as if the very future of the world depended on it.
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Dreamscape 1984 - The Film With Three Brains Review E070
Four months before A Nightmare On Elm Street, Dennis Quaid was diving into dreams to best the baddies and impress a cute co-worker in this poli sci-fi…
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Go 1999- The Film With Three Brains Review E069
We're starting now so you should Go. Do you need to Go? You should try to Go now. This will be your last chance to Go for awhile. Hear the three of us Go.
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Midnight Madness 1980 - The Film With Three Brains Review E068
Disney hid their identity but left their feelgood fingerprints all over this goofy all-night scavenger hunt. The debut of a retainer-wearing Michael J. Fox…
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Benny & Joon 1993 - The Film With Three Brains Review E067
Johnny Depp steps into the near silent role of a Keaton/Chaplin revivalist in this quirky flick. Did the director step our of line making a mental health…
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Batman 1989 - The Film With Three Brains Review E066
Tim Burton reimagined the superhero movie with this graphic-novelesque caped crusader tale. In a world supersaturated with the genre does Keaton's Batman need…
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The Firm 1993 - The Film With Three Brains Review E065
Tom Cruise is a newbie lawyer who joins a crooked firm in this bestseller turned blockbuster. With enough star power to fuel ten movies this case should be…
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Action Jackson 1988 - The Film With Three Brains Review E064
What makes a movie memorable? The Brains recall all the offscreen action around this moviegoing experience. Join us for surprises, revelations, and eventually…
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Hooper 1978 - The Film With Three Brains Review E063
Super Duper Sonny Hooper is a fearless, aging stuntman about to be one-upped by the new kid in town. Burt Reynolds smiles his way through this lighthearted…
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Defending Your Life 1991 - The Film With Three Brains Review E062
Albert Brooks finds himself on trial in the afterlife in this tightly scripted postmortem romcom. With Meryl Streep and Rip Torn flawlessly costarring one has…
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Chaplin 1992 - The Film With Three Brains Review E061
From skid row scamp to rich Hollywood "Tramp," Robert Downey Jr. portrays Charlie Chaplin living out the immigrant's dream in America. This groundbreaking…
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Hard Times 1975 - The Film With Three Brains Review E060
Charles Bronson plays an itinerant, laconic bare-knuckle boxer during the Depression in this acclaimed fight flick. James Coburn occupies the opposite side of…
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When We Were Kings 1996 - The Film With Three Brains Review E059
Controversial as he was transcendent, Ali goes for a "Rumble in the Jungle" to reclaim his stripped title. Put on your headphones and let 3 non-boxing brains…
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Pump Up The Volume 1990 - The Film With Three Brains Review E058
Christian Slater is a teenage loner who kicks the proverbial hornet's nest at his new high school while airing his teen angst over pirate radio. Should you…
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Repo Man 1984 - The Film With Three Brains Review E057
A punk rock sci-fi comedy satire starring Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton! Genius filmmaking or just a plate of shrimp? Hear our special guest reviewer…
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Galaxy Quest 1999 - The Film With Three Brains Review E056
Tim Allen leads an all-star cast into space. This goofy sci-fi satire rises above the cheap shots of a spoof - but is it a movie we should never give up? Never…
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The Stuff 1985 - The Film With Three Brains Review E055
"That stuff'll kill you" seems to be the motivator for this not so subtle horror-esque satire reminding us that we don't know what's in our food. We do know…
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Zero Effect 1998 - The Film With Three Brains Review E054
Blackmail, murder, hidden identities. The usual mystery ingredients are spiced up by Daryl Zero - world's greatest agoraphobic detective. Is this understated…
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Can't Buy Me Love 1987 - The Film With Three Brains Review E053
Can anyone not named John Hughes make a decent teenage movie? Patrick Dempsey rents popularity but does this nerd actually "buy" love in the end? Does hanging…
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Out For Justice 1991 - The Film With Three Brains Review E052
Steven Seagal is a Brooklyn cop out for revenge, out for violence, out for bad accents, out for goofy knee fighting, but is he Out for Justice? Let us tell you…
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Life is Beautiful 1997 - The Film With Three Brains Review E051
A farce during the Holocaust? Roberto Benigni directs himself as an audacious Italian Jew in service of an even more audacious premise -- laughter can brighten…
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Ishtar 1987 - The Film With Three Brains Review E050
When you Ish upon a Tar Makes no difference who it stars. Slapstick espionage Leaves a scar. Oh look, it's Charles Grodinnnnnnnn.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 - The Film With Three Brains Review E049
Looking to share Halloween with the man of your dreams? Spunky, striped-sweater'ed night owl seeks to kill time with that special someone. Tune in at midnight…
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Three O'Clock High 1987 - The Film With Three Brains Review E048
A nerdy high schooler races the clock to dodge an after-school fight wit the new bully on the block in this oft-overlooked teen comedy. Our first surprise…
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Grosse Pointe Blank 1997 - The Film With Three Brains Review E047
John Cusack and Dan Ackroyd carry this hitman-high school reunion mashup. Comedy, romance, action and a killer soundtrack. But does it still hit its mark? We…
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House 1977 - The Film With Three Brains Review E046
This trippy, nearly incomprehensible Japanese horror film filled with soon-to-be-dead teenage girls almost paved the way for a Lady Godzilla who shoots fire…
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Big Trouble in Little China 1986 - The Film With Three Brains Review E045
This cult classic contains Kung Fu, monsters, ancient Chinese secrets, a nosy lawyer and Kurt Russell claiming, "It's all in the reflexes." Hear our super…
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Without Warning 1980 VS. Predator 1987
While "Without Warning" predates "Predator" by 7 years, both star Kevin Hall as an alien hunter stalking humans in the woods. Stick around. Hear what makes a…
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Fame 1980 - The Film With Three Brains Review E043
Today the world really is a stage and everyone is auditioning, so what does a 1980 musical about a high school for the performing arts in gritty NYC have to…
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The Black Stallion 1979 - The Film With Three Brains Review E042
A boy and his Wyld Stallyn become besties on a desert island after a boat wreck. Is this feel good flick more creative than naming a Black Stallion, "The…
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Good Morning, Vietnam 1987 - The Film With Three Brains Review E041
Sentimental and slapstick, is it more than Robin Williams's DJ schtick that makes this comedic war flick click? Tune in quick for this week's pick.
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Waterworld 1995 - The Film With Three Brains Review E040
Waterworld waterman, does whatever a watering can. Toes are webbed, gill-ed head, over budget, box office dead. We spout . . . about the water maaaan!
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Ghost in the Shell 1995 - The Film With Three Brains Review E039
Our first foray into anime paved the way for films like The Matrix and Avatar. But was this seminal sci-fi flick titillating or were we cyber "punked"?
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Goldeneye 1995 - The Film With Three Brains Review E038
Before Daniel Craig's gritty incarnation, James Bond was a suave Pierce Brosnan, with double the double entendre. His first turn as 007 is also the first to…
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The Blues Brothers 1980 - The Film With Three Brains Review E037
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Hit it.
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Tombstone 1993 vs Wyatt Earp 1994 - The Film With Three Brains Review E036
It's a showdown at the Ok Corral as we present our first Versus episode. Tombstone vs Wyatt Earp. "Same same but different." Which one will end up in a pine…
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Family Plot 1976 - The Film With Three Brains Review E035
The plot thickens. Hitchcock eschews MacGuffins for laughs in this "who-is-gonna-get-away-with-what" flick. Is his final film a firework or a fizzler? Listen…
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Supercop 1992 - The Film With Three Brains Review E034
Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh team up to beat up the bad guys. Need we say more? Well, we do.
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Juice 1992 - The Film With Three Brains Review E033
Ernest Dickerson's directorial debut features four friends struggling to gain respect in Harlem. Is their "cure" worse than the disease? Can too much juice be…
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Beverly Hills Cop 1984 - The Film With Three Brains Review E032
Eddie Murphy is a quick thinking, wise-cracking, rule-breaking detroit cop solving crime in L.A., but does a teenage girl even care? A guest brain weighs in.
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All of Me 1984 - The Film With Three Brains Review E031
Steve Martin channels his inner Lily Tomlin in this soul swapping comedy. 80's schtick or still-good pic? We decide... All of us.
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Out of Sight 1998 - The Film With Three Brains Review E030
This clever adaptation serves as a springboard for Clooney and Soderbergh. Is it a crime this burglary pic has fallen out of sight and out of mind?
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 - The Film With Three Brains Review E029
Save Ferris? A teenage guest reviewer tells us if John Hughes's classic school-skipping comedy still makes the grade.
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Blood Simple 1984 - The Film With Three Brains Review E028
The Coen Brothers' debut features Frances McDormand in a gritty, botched murder mix-up. Is it too simple? Too bloody? Hear us close the case on Blood Simple.
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Sorcerer 1977 - The Film With Three Brains Review E027
Roy Scheider captains this box office bomb about driving volatile explosives through South American jungle. Buried by Star Wars and blasted by critics in 1977…
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Dead Alive 1992 - The Film With Three Brains Review E026
Peter Jackson's more alive than dead splatstick zombiefest is also a love story? Find out if we like 'em gory.
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A Perfect World 1993 - The Film With Three Brains Review E025
Escaped convict, Kevin Costner and a young boy bond on the run, with a bevy of Texas Rangers in haphazard pursuit. See if you agree with our take on Clint…
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The Beastmaster 1982 - The Film With Three Brains Review E024
Animal Telepathy can really take you places. In the case of “Dar” - saving a city from barbarians, rescuing a slave girl from a sorcerer, and making friends…
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Weekend at Bernie's 1989 - The Film With Three Brains Review E023
Two schmucks, a stiff and a beach house. Stir ingredients and bake on medium for 90 minutes. Comedy is a “piece of cake!”
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Election 1999 - The Film With Three Brains Review E022
Reese Witherspoon steals the Election. We cast our vote on this high school movie made for adults.
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Witness 1985 - The Film With Three Brains Review E021
Harrison Ford runs amuck amidst the Amish. A witless mess? Or a mess of wit? Witness our studious tomfoolery.
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They Live 1988 - The Film With Three Brains Review E020
"We have come here to chew bubblegum and review films... and we are all out of bubblegum."
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The Secret of NIMH 1982 - The Film With Three Brains Review E019
A mouse and rat race against time. A tiny scale epic tale. Does it squeak by on nostalgia? Or is it an outdated mouse turd? You’re only a whisker away from…
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The Missouri Breaks 1976 - The Film With Three Brains Review E018
Did Marlon Brando’s infamous performance ruin the Western forever? Did he find a BFF in Jack Nicholson? We do more than just horse around this episode.
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Clue 1985 - The Film with Three Brains Review E17
Board game or clever whodunit? We solve the mystery... in the Library, with the Candlestick.
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Falling Down 1993 - The Film with Three Brains Review E15
Michael Douglas is Falling Down, Falling Down. A not so crazy movie about a guy going crazy, but are we crazy about it? You'll never know...unless you listen.
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Howard the Duck 1986 - The Film With Three Brains Review E014
How many duck puns are too many duck puns? We have a quick quack about it. We duckscuss. We wing it. But be warned... we may get fowl-mouthed. Ok, that's…
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Love and Death 1975 - The Film With Three Brains Review S01E13
Woody Allen's joke-a-second Russian/Napolean war comedy, better than borscht? We stew on it.
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Fever Pitch 1997 - The Film With Three Brains Review S01E12
The UK original - Colin Firth loves soccer more than anything, does that make the film lovable? We kick around the idea.
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Time Bandits 1981 - The Film With Three Brains Review S01E11
Swashbuckling time-traveling thieves team up with a boy to loot history...Terry Gilliam silliness or genius? We figure it out.