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The Gen X Files
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For all things Gen X, check out The Gen X Files! With your hosts, Jim and Adam, The Gen X Files covers a single topic every week that resonates with Generation X. Covering movies, tv, technology, and social issues that resonate with today, it's the most Gen X hour of the week.
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The Gen X Files 284 - 18 Again!
4d ago01:37:23Tap to summarizeTo close out our Doubledoo-Switcheroo month, we cover the George Burns vehicle 18 Again!, that barely features George Burns. Also starring Charlie Schlatter, Tony Roberts, Anita Morris, and Red Buttons. Directed by Paul Flaherty.
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The Gen X Files 283 - Vice Versa
2w ago01:18:31Tap to summarizeThis week, we have the pleasure of watching a good body-switching movie: Vice Versa, starring Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage, Corrine Bohrer, and Swoosie Kurtz. Written by Dick Clement and Ian Le Fresnais with direction from Brian Gilbert.
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The Gen X Files 282 - Like Father Like Son
3w ago01:34:34Tap to summarizeWell, I guess after a good movie, we had to have a bad one. This week we're covering Like Father Like Son, starring Dudley Moore (who really, really tries in this movie), Kirk Cameron, Margaret Colin, Catherine Hicks, and a super sleazy Sean Astin. There is no plot, no character development, and even the actors had no idea what the movie was trying to say.
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The Gen X Files 281 - Freaky Friday
4w ago01:25:35Tap to summarizeFrist up in our Doubledoo-Switcheroo month, we're starting with the grandmama of the body switching movies, Freaky Friday. Starring Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster, John Astin, Mark McClure, and Sparky Marcus. It's way more fun than you remember!
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The Gen X Files 280 - June Doom V: Awful '80s
Jun 2601:29:29Tap to summarizeJoin your ol' Stepdads as we discuss awful movies and try to prove that the three movies we watched this month were the worst movies or if there are movies that are worse. Spoiler alert: there isn't. We also discuss America's upcoming birthday, as well as the movies, TV, and video games we've been playing, or are excited about.
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The Gen X Files 279 - The Wizard
Jun 1901:37:25Tap to summarizeYou know, after The Garbage Pail Kids Movie and Mac and Me, we really thought that The Wizard was going to be the best of the month and boy, oh boy, were we wrong. A 90 minute commercial for Nintendo that can't even do that right, The Wizard is directed by Todd Holland and stars Fred Savage, Jenny Lewis, Beau Bridges, and Christian Slater.
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The Gen X Files 278 - Mac and Me
Jun 1201:12:40Tap to summarizeWe didn't think something could be worse than The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, but boy howdy were we wrong. No complaints about the cast; they did what they could with a script (?), lazy direction, and a producer that wanted everything yesterday. Throw in the constant McDonald's sponsorship and aliens with butthole mouths that treat Coca-Cola like the elixir of life, and you've got the long-running joke from Paul Rudd that is Mac and Me. Starring Christine Ebersole, Jade Calegory, Jonathan Ward, Tina Caspary, and Lauren Stanley.
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The Gen X Files 277 - The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Jun 501:22:49Tap to summarizeWelcome to June Doom V! This June, we're covering some of the worst disasters of the '80s! First up, it's The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, the awful adaptation of a trading card series that not only doesn't make sense, it's one of the most unsettling movies ever made. Starring Mackenzie Astin, Anthony Newley, and Katie Barberi, with Phil Phondacaro, Jim Cummings, and Debbie Lee Carrington.
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The Gen X Files 276 - For the Stepdads: Not So Terrible 2s
May 2901:35:06Tap to summarizeJoin your ol' Stepdads as we discuss great sequels, movies, TV shows, and video games. Enjoy this, because next month is going to get weird.
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The Gen X Files 275 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
May 2202:16:21Tap to summarizeTo close out our Not-So-Terrible-2s month, we're covering what could be a perfect sequel: Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Written and Directed by James Cameron, he brings what he learned on Aliens and blew it up, even bigger. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong, Earl Boen, and Joe Morton.
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