Hello Movie Podcast
by hellomoviepodcast
The 1980s - a decade that saw great social and cultural change, full of important events and innovations. The fashion, the music, the cocaine, the Cold War, the cocaine, and most importantly - the movies. We tasked ourselves with this podcast to go through every movie that reached number 1 in the box office during this insane decade. From films that changed the medium to films that need to be forgotten we give insight and dive deep in between the scenes of all these films!Join us as we journey through this crazed era and say HELLO, Movie!
Episodes
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Happy Halloween! Byron and Drew wanted you guys to have a special spoopy season so they decided to hit ya on the back with TWO halloweenie specials! and what is this?!? THEYRE GOING FURTHER BACK IN TIME!?!? Well they have to if they wanna get one of the 4 horror movie killers on Mt Rushmore! Join...
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The Evil Dead
Just in time for Halloweenie we are getting SPOOPED! Byron and Drew give you a quick history lesson how this classic low budget film started a massive franchise that is still going strong today!
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Halloween 2
Drew and Byron are ready for the Halloween spoopy season! HBY? Join us as we talk about the production of the sequel to a film that MAAAAYBEEEE didn't need a franchise. At least that is what Carpenter thought!
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Super Man 2
The gods must be crazy! A NEW MOVIE!?!? FEAST YOUR EYES! We are back and we now have a new format with our show! Listen in and check out what we mean while we talk about not only the movie you might have seen in theaters back in 81, but we also watched the Donner cut! Listen as we talk about one…
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Raiders of the Lost Ark pt 3 (THE FINALE)
One final word! We have reached the end! Join us as we talk about the epic conclusion of the film that we never meant to talk so long about! We finally made it! It hurt!
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Raiders of the Lost Ark Pt 2
We continue with our conversation of Raiders of the Lost Ark! Listen as we now dive into the movie for our scene by scene! Listen as Drew gets disconnected and has no clue what the conversation is at leading to an embarrassing moment! Listen to us fan girl at one of the greatest action films ever...
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Raiders of the Lost Ark!!!! Part 1
It has taken us a looooong summer, a cruel, cruel one at that! But we somehow still found time to record and perfect what wound up being a 6 hour long project! Don't worry! We won't shove that alllllll down your throat right away! We broke them up instead! So enjoy as we start the series off with...
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MONDAYMOVIECASTPOD 3/15
Well we made it through another awards show without physical altercation! Job well done, I say! Now join us as we go over the 98th Academy Awards and if we are really happy with the final votes and winners of this year. (hint...we were pretty stoked!)
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Hello Monday Podcast Featuring Special Guest Michelle Singletary
It's the final countdown! With the Oscars right around the corner we bring on a good friend of ours, Michelle Singletary, to discuss our final thoughts on who goes home big! (Yall listen to the costuming about Frankenstein though!!) We also do a deep dive into the puzzle piece corpse of a film...
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Hello Monday Monday 3/2!
Drew and Andy talk about this week in the movies! WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO THE OSCARSSSSS
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Drew's Disney Dump: WALT PT 2
We are back with Part 2 of Walt's insane life! After the betrayal from the previous episode will Walt learn his ways? WILL WALT CONQUER ALL!?!??! WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND SNOW WHITE!?!?!??!??!!? well.....lets start with a mouse....
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Cheech and Chong: Nice Dreams!
We're back into the main feed with a whole new outlook! No more movies you haven't heard of! NOSIREE! We are just going straight to the movies WE WANT TO DO (in the timeline that is!) Our Flux Capacitors have been fixed and we are able to skip ahead so please join us while we come up to a cloudy...
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HELLO MONDAY PODCAST! Feb 24 2026
It's the most inconsistent weekly Monday show only one could expect from us! And this time ANDY IS HOME! join Jay Drew and Andy as they act absolutely dumb and nerd out and even go back in time to go over all the new movies that are out and the news of the industry!
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Hello Monday, Movie!? Feb 2nd 2026
Our weekly show has now been accomplished two weeks in a row! THATS A RECORD!
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Drew's Disney Dump: The Life of Walt: Ch. 1: You Can Pick Your Mouse but You Can't Pick Your Dad!
It's here! The bridge we must cross in our side show series, Drew's Disney Dump! This will be our first mini-series for the Hello Movie family and it is well deserved! While Byron and I were going through all those Disney films in my Disney Dump we noticed a lot of drama going on in the…
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Your Weekly Hello! 1/26/26
A new side series we decided to start up! Drew realized that he and Jay had nothing to do on most Mondays but lay in bed and be lazy so he said "why not annoy some of the Podmates with another series!?!?" Here we will talk about Events in Cinema, Celebrity Gossip, Box Office Returns, New movies…
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2025 Year in Review!
WE ARE BACK!!! Sorry about the break folks! The holidays, once again, gave us more than we bargained for! But don't you worry we are back and at it once again! And what better way to start of the new year with an episode talking about LAST YEAR!?!? Yessir! listen to us talk about our top 5 and...
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BONUS: Drew’s Disney Dump: Jungle Book
We have hit a milestone! It’s the end of an era! Sadly, that era is Walt’s time with this world. But he definitely went out with a bang on what is, in my opinion, one of the best Disney films out there. The Jungle Book! It’s in my top 5 for sure! Learn just how special Walt was when this film was...
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Season 2 Episode 8: Friday the 13th, Part 2
Just before Halloween, we are throwin' out the second part of the amazing slasher series, Friday the 13th. It's the one where we finally get Jason, albeit without his mask, and we have the most popular final girl in the franchise! Oh, and even better: all the cuts that the MPAA made to the movie...
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BONUS: Drewview - 2025 Summer Movie Review!
All the blockbusters that came out this past summer, along with our takes on them! From Jurassic World to Weapons! Fantastic Four to Superman! Get our takes and our insight on this year's hits!
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BONUS: Drew’s Disney Dump: Sword and the Stone
Come forth and hear the legend of the one true king, KING ARTHUR! Of course, we all know the legend, but let’s dive into the making of it! Let’s see how this film came into Walt’s hands back in the 30’s (because of course it did). Byron and Drew look at one of the greatest stories of the young…
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BONUS: Drew’s Disney Dump: 101 Dalmatians
If you’re having dog problems, I feel bad for you, son. I got 101 problems but Cruella ain’t one! And just like that we have moved on to what is now a more modern era of Disney! Yes sir we are jumping into yet another classic with 101 Dalmatians, the film that CHANGED animation with its usage of...
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Season 2 Episode 7: Excalibur
John Boorman’s fantasy epic spans the entirety of King Arthur’s life and reign - filled with magnificent set pieces, grandiose music and themes, and an all-star cast that gives some truly amazing performances. Join us as we sit at the Round Table and discuss the film that launched several…
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Season 2 Episode 6: Star Wars
Are we REALLY a movie podcast if we don’t cover this one? I didn’t think so. It’s the film that would kick off a franchise that has only gotten stronger almost 50 years later! We go over the original 77 release and complain about the insane additions George added decades later. Get ready for warp...
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Season 2 Episode 5: Hardly Working
Comedy legend Jerry Lewis makes his return to the big screen for the first time in a decade. Was it worth the wait? What was he working on in the years leading up to this film? Join us as we talk about all this and more in our discussion of the 1981 comedy, Hardly Working
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BONUS: Drewview - Movies This Year
Drewview middle of year cinema update: Drewviews on Sinners, Thunderbolts, Final Destination Bloodlines, Mission Impossible the Final Reckoning, LILO and Stitch and we talk about the upcoming King of the Hill and movies we are looking forward to!
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BONUS: Drew’s Disney Dump: Lady and the Tramp
Doggone it! It’s Disney’s first “original” movie! (We were just as confused about this as well!). It’s one of the best pasta eating scenes in film history and it almost didn’t make the cut! Join this group of tramps as we avoid the doghouse while digging deep into the Disney classic: Lady and the...
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Season 2 Episode 5: Omen 3
Oh MAN, it’s the O…MEN….3. And there’s not much conflict whatsoever so this movie is just all around a big lie! Join us as we dive into this trilogy’s end and question why even make it. Even Sam Neil, who admittedly didn’t try, can’t save this bore, but maybe our jokes can give some sort of comfort!
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BONUS: Drew’s Disney Dump: Peter Pan
IT'S THE END OF THE THREE! And we are flying off into Neverland! If you listen to this podcast, you'll assume that we, too, never grew up! Join us as we fly into the...not brightest...history of Disney's classic, Peter Pan!
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Season 2 Episode 4: Back Roads
Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field star in this romantic comedy about a drifter and a prostitute making their way from Mobile, Alabama, to Los Angeles. Join us as we look at their journey down…the Back Roads!
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Season 2 Episode 3: Fort Apache, The Bronx
Fort Apache (not a sequel) The Bronx! Join Drew, Byron, and Cody as we dive into this seemingly lost coo drama starring the legendary Paul Newman! HOW did this movie stay at the top for 4 weeks?? WHAT was the point of it? SOMEONE PLEASE TELL US!
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BONUS: Drew’s Disney Dump: Alice in Wonderland
MY VISION! The words screamed by Walt after 30 years of deciding wether or not he wanted to work on this damn movie! Join Byron and Drew as we go through this bumpy road to just get into a rabbit hole! Also, Lewis Carroll wasn’t a weird drug head? Who knew?! He was maybe a nerd though
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BONUS: Drew's Disney Dump: Cinderella
Cinderelly, Cinderelly! We’re back with a new Dump! My Disney Dump! I know it’s been a while but we were finally able to get Jay back from the forest! (See previous Disney Dump please.) So join us as we do a deep dive into how Disney was saved by this timeless classic and learn just WHY…
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Season 2 Episode 2:The Incredible Shrinking Women
It's the back-to-back Lily Tomlin extravaganza! Lily's second movie at the top of the box office is...well...it's something Join us with our incredible shrinking patience as we try to decide what exactly they were trying to achieve with Joel Schumacher's film debut of The Incredible Shrinking Women!
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BONUS: 2024 Wrapped
With 2024 behind us, we all got together to have a retrospect on the films that have passed us by! So listen as we all talk about our favorite and least favorite films of 2024!!!
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Season 2 Episode 1: 9-5
New season, who dis?! We are finally back, and the kickoff of 1981 is none other than the female-led comedy Nine to Five! Join all 4 of us as we jump into this wild popular comedy and dissect moments of it. Like what happened to Eddie, the mail room guy?! Or how Andy hates the mechanism that is...
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Episode 18: Stir Crazy
For our season finale, we conclude 1980 with the buddy comedy Stir Crazy! Directed by the legendary Sidney Poitier, the film stars Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor as two down-on-their-luck New yorkers who head west for a change of pace, only to find themselves wrongfully sent to prison! Will their...
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Episode 17: Flash Gordan
When Ming the Merciless, Emperor of the Planet Mongo sets his diabolical sights on Earth, there is only one man who can save every one of us - FLASH! After decades as a popular comic strip, and a handful of adaptations as a TV series and film serial, Flash Gordon finally gets a proper big screen...
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Episode 16: Ordinary People
Robert Redford's directorial debut didn't reach #1 at the box office, although it garnered six Oscar nominations, of which it won four, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film - an adaptation of the novel by Judith Guest - chronicles the tribulations of a shattered family as they each...
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Episode 15: Private Benjamin
Drop and give us twenty, because we're headed to boot camp with Goldie Hawn in this week's film, Private Benjamin. Hawn's comedic talents shine in her role as the fish out of water who is tricked into joining the Army by an unscrupulous recruiter. Will she learn to adapt to her new environment…
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Episode 14: Hopstoch
The great Walter Matthau's talents are utterly wasted in this comedy spy thriller that lacks comedy, thrills, and come to think of it doesn't really have much spying in it either. Take a trip around the globe with us as we lead the CIA on a wild goose chase and discuss Hopscotch, a movie that…
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Episode 13: The Exterminator
This episode will take us from the horrors of war in Vietnam to the mean streets of New York City, as we follow the story of veteran-turned-vigilante John Eastland in The Exterminator. We'll go over all of the plot contrivances, questionable story decisions and gruesome violence in this tale of…
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Episode 12: Smokey and Bandit 2
The gang is back together in the sequel to the 1977 classic that put the Pontiac Trans Am and Coors Banquet beer on the map. Were they able to recapture the same magic they made in the first film? Not so much. This one was so rough we had to recruit a new co-host to help us out. Join us in...
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BONUS: Drews Disney Dump - Bambi
We have finally hit the war! But right before that: a little movie about a lovable fawn came into our lives. As the animator strike ends we take a tale into one of the most beautiful Disney films imaginable. Join Byron and Drew as we go over both the book that inspired the movie, and the movie...
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BONUS: Drewview - Deadpool and Wolverine
It’s the long anticipated team up that fans have been waiting for! Not only does Hugh Jackman make his return as the iconic X Man, but Ryan Reynolds is catapulted into the Disney MCU in a film as unapologetically vulgar as it is brutally violent. Does Deadpool and Wolverine do justice to the...
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Episode 11: Dressed to Kill
Brian De Palma has directed some of the most legendary films of the 20th century - including Carrie, Scarface, and The Untouchables. This psychological thriller starring Michael Caine is a direct homage to Alfred Hitchcock…so why is Dressed to Kill even more controversial now than it was upon...
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BONUS: Drew's Disney Dump - Dumbo
WHEN I SEE AN ELEPHANT FLY! But before we fly high with our favorite big-eared, trunk swinging friend…we had to endure a dark point. That’s right! THE ANIMATOR’S STRIKE IS A-FOOT! Join Byron and Drew as we go through the bizarre dark side of Disney before the film that would save his studio! And...
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Episode 10: Airplane!
It’s the the biggest spoof film of all time! Join Andy, Byron, and Drew as we talk about the film that started in a small comedy troupe and grew to a massive success and arguably one of the greatest comedies ever!
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Out of the Box (Office) : Raging Bull
The classic Scorsese film that won Robert DeNiro his Best Actor Oscar! And the movie NEVER got the top spot at the box office!!! Join Me, Cody, Byron, and Andy as we go into this amazing film and learn a very interesting secret about DeNiro!
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BONUS: Drewivew - In a Violent Nature
Byron and Drew give a quick review on the new horror movie everyone is talking about!
About this show
The 1980s - a decade that saw great social and cultural change, full of important events and innovations. The fashion, the music, the cocaine, the Cold War, the cocaine, and most importantly - the movies. We tasked ourselves with this podcast to go through every movie that reached number 1 in the box office during this insane decade. From films that changed the medium to films that need to be forgotten we give insight and dive deep in between the scenes of all these films!Join us as we journey through this crazed era and say HELLO, Movie!
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