Confidently Controversial

Summer School

Sometimes you just have to be delighted. You have to stop thinking you are cooler than everyone else and leave the negativity at the door and just enjoy a gosh darn movie. Yeah, we are talking to you, Ebert. You're not better than us... Guys, we are watching the 1987 solid gold film, Summer School, starring the truly talented and extremely handsome, Mr. Mark Harmon. You'll love it - we promise!
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Teen Wolf

He's a teen. But, he is also a wolf. Guys, he's a teen wolf. And before you young folk get all excited, please know that this movie has no relationship to that sassy teen wolf nonsense that took place on MTV a few years ago. Nope, this is the real deal. The Mike Fox wolf. The OG, basketball playing, van surfing, bestie to Stiles wolf that won our hearts way back in 1985. If you can't handle it - look away.
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Jumpin' Jack Flash

It's a gas, gas, gas? Well, I never... 
Whoopi deserved so much more with this film, but here we are, huh? It's 1986's cyber thriller/comedy Jumpin' Jack Flash. Tune in as we decode the madness, dive into the fabulous fashion, and ask the real question: did anyone actually understand that plot—or were we all just vibing with Whoopi?
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Sleeping With the Enemy

This week on Confidently Controversial, we take off our shoes, grab our trowels and head to the ocean to watch 1991's Sleeping With the Enemy, a film that gave many of us our first brush with domestic violence, obsessive compulsive disorder, and Van Morrison. Tune in as we unpack the ups and downs of this movie, while also trying to determine if that neighbor guy was hot or not. 
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Swamp Thing

This week on Confidently Controversial, we dive into 1982's Swamp Thing. Tune in as we unpack government conspiracies, questionable science, and what happens when goosparks start flying. It's not great, but somehow it isn't terrible either.
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Full disclosure, this ep happens over the course of two days because we get tired and silly real easily and it was late and we just couldn't handle it. That being said, join us as we watch a Disney staple from our youth that explores the treachery of being small in a great big world, the idea that our parents are just people, too, and the joyful concept that everyone adds value in their own way. Even you. Yes, you. It's 1989's Honey I Shrunk the Kids.
 
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The Running Man

The Running Man is a popular hip-hop move, widely believed to have originated in the late 1980s in Oakland, California. It was popularized by award-winning rapper, dancer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor MC Hammer. Jk...I truly wish I could tell you that we are discussing one of the true highlights of the 1980’s -  the amazing dance called the running man, howmever, our moves and grooves podcast has yet to make it to air, so I guess we’ll chat about the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie instead… Connies, it’s 1987’s The Running Man! 
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Wayne's World

Wayne's World, Wayne's World [INSERT WOO WOO WOO SOUNDS HERE] - Party on, guys, we're watching 1992's Saturday Night Live sketch spin-off Wayne's World! Starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, this movie remains iconically schwingy and you can utter your eternal thanks to it for giving Rob Lowe his first comedy role. Oh and Bohemian Rhapsody is there. Five stars.
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Vibes

So, you know that thing when you are at your psychic club meeting and you get bamboozled into finding a lost Incan City in Ecuador by the guy who played Columbo? No? Seriously? Huh. Okay, well then you may not relate too much with this movie, but it does have Cyndi Lauper and Jeff Goldblum in it, so at least you have that to look forward to, right? Guys, it's 1988's Vibes.
 
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Lisa (1990)

If you are a gen-xer who loves to relax to the sweet sounds of true crime, 1990's Lisa might be the reason why. Was this a made for TV movie you may ask yourself as you watch... absolutely not, ladies, this masterpiece somehow made it to the theatres! Join us as this week as we explore the dark side of prank phone calls, answering machines, growing up too soon, and, of course, early 90's fashion.   
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