Episode 102: GREASE (1978)

To celebrate the new school year, we're kicking off the first of our two part BACK TO SCHOOL miniseries by discussing the iconic 70s comedy musical: GREASE. This was one of John's favourites, so he went into detail about why this was such a beloved movie for him growing up. We talked about 1950s nostalgia reguitated for the 70s; the film's satirical and dreamy tone; and some of our favourite scenes. Before all that though, we discussed what movies we've watched recently. Next week we will return with the second part of the BACK TO SCHOOL series, discussing the 1982 horror comedy CLASS OF 1984. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction What we watched last week 00:05:33 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Curtis) 00:08:00 Curse of the Blair Witch (Curtis) 00:08:55 On The Basis of Sex (Curtis) 00:09:42 Leviathan The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II (Curtis) 00:10:47 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Simon) 00:11:20 Blue Beetle (Simon) 00:11:37 Wild Men... and Wild Boys (Simon) 00:13:00 Wes Craven's New Nightmare (John) 00:18:356 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (John) 00:22:15 Castle Freak (John) 00:24:53 Massacre at Central High (John) 00:27:06 GREASE Discussion 00:57:00 Our Ratings for GREASE 00:59:20 Coming Up Next! CREDITS AND PLUGS Intro and Outro: Grease - Frankie Valli Quinn: @seatstruckreviews Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month' Rotten Tomatoes article: https://www.vulture.com/article/rotten-tomatoes-movie-rating.html https://curtisrunstedler.ca/ Support Curtis's run for cancer research here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/curtis-first-marathon-42k-for-cancer-research John: johnnycakes.substack.com @johnnycakes on Letterboxd Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.