Your Father's Favorite Movies
by Kai Haaland
A fresh generational perspective on movies your dad probably thought were pretty cool back in the day. Join Kai Haaland, Chase Crawford, Derek Julian, Jake Toarmina, Dakota Gray, and plenty of our favorite guests and fellow film fanatics as we break down your father's favorite action movies from the 80's and 90's (post-screening), offer fresh takes, provide some behind the scenes trivia, celebrate our nostalgic ties and introducing them to first time viewers.
Episodes
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Die Hard, 1988
@YFFMPodcast The 1988 movie, Die Hard. "40 stories of sheer adventure!" Come out to the coast, get together, and have a few laughs with Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, and Paul Gleason. For this year's holiday episode, we encourage you to kick back, relax, take…
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Speed, 1994
@YFFMPodcast The 1994 movie, Speed. "Get ready for rush hour." Enjoy your morning commute on various forms of LA public transit with Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Daniels, and Joe Morton. This movie is The wild ride of 1994, starting hot out of the gate with the action that...
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Police Story, 1985
@YFFMPodcast The 1985 movie, Police Story. "From the master of action comes more screen excitement than you've ever seen." Clear your good name by taking your boss hostage at gunpoint with Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Yuen Chor, and Bill Tung. So you think you know Jackie Chan??…
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Under Siege, 1992
@YFFMPodcast The 1992 movie, Under Siege. "In 1992 a battleship's been sabotaged by nuclear pirates out to steal its warheads. Now, surrounded by terrorists, a lone man stands with a deadly plan of attack." Take those pies out of the oven and save Honolulu from nuclear annihilation with Steven...
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Halloween, 1978
@YFFMPodcast The 1978 movie, Halloween. "The night he came home!" Make some popcorn, put on a scary movie and try not to get murdered with Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, P.J. Soles, Nancy Kyes, and Kyle Richards. This Halloween, for our final edition of spooky season, the gang does perhaps…
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Dawn of the Dead, 1978
@YFFMPodcast The 1978 movie, Dawn of the Dead. "When there's no more room in hell... the dead will walk the earth!" Let's go to the mall with David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, Gaylen Ross, and Rudy Ricci. For our third edition of Spooky Season we enter the world of Zombies. The gang asks the...
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The Lost Boys, 1987
@YFFMPodcast The 1987 movie, The Lost Boys "Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire." Jump in the family van for a trip out to Santa Carla (the murder capitol of the world) with Keifer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Jami Gertz, Dianne Wiest, and Edward...
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The Thing, 1982
@YFFMPodcast The 1982 movie, The Thing. "Man is the warmest place to hide." Grab your favorite whiskey and spend an Antarctic winter one thousand miles from no where with Kurt Russel, Keith David, A. Wilford Brimley, Donald Moffat, and David Clennon. In this episode we kick off spooky season with...
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RoboCop, 1987
@YFFMPodcast The 1987 movie, RoboCop. "Part man. Part Machine. All cop." Keep crime off the streets of Detroit, and corruption out of 15 story boardrooms with Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith, Ronny Cox, and Michael Ferrer. This episode we are joined by *actual human police officer* Ryan...
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The Mummy, 1999
@YFFMPodcast The 1999 movie, The Mummy. "The sands will rise. The heavens will part. The power will be unleashed." Find out just how much harm could ever come from reading a book with Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, John Hannah, Kevin J. O'Connor, and Jonathan Hyde. A librarian...
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Commando, 1985
@YFFMPodcast The 1985 movie, Commando. "Somewhere, somehow, someone's going to pay." See how many men have to die in order to save one daughter with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano, Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells, and Bill Duke. Colonel John Matrix has left his military career…
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Road House, 1989
@yffmpodcast The 1989 movie, Road House. "Dalton's the best bouncer in the business. His nights are filled with fast action, hot music and beautiful women. It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it" Tonight is BYOK night (bring your own knife) to this Rowdy* 2 hour bar fight, with Patrick...
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Top Gun, 1986
The 1986 movie, Top Gun. "Up there.. With the best.. Of the best." Feel the need.. The need for speed with Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Meg Ryan, and Tom Skerritt. Feel free to fast forward past cringy sex scenes in order to get to your favorite shirtless male volley...
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True Romance, 1993
@yffmpodcast The 1993 movie, True Romance. "Stealing, Cheating, Killing.. Who said romance is dead?" Fall in love and leave your sketchy pimp on the frigid streets of Detroit for the glamorous, sunny lifestyle of selling cocaine to movie executives in Los Angeles with Christian Slater, Patricia...
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Face/Off, 1997
The 1997 movie, Face/Off. "In order to catch him.. he must become him." Avenge the death of your child and save the world from a maniacal lunatic with Nicholas Cage, John Travolta, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon and Alessandro Nivola. Casper Troy's face: who wore it better? You decide in this...
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Cliffhanger, 1993
The 1993 movie Cliffhanger. "Hang on!" Don't look look down as you embark on this vertigo-inducing thrill ride through peaks and valleys with Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, Janine Turner and Rex Lynn. When a plane crashes in the mountains of Colorado, the baddest mofo of the...
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Point Break, 1991 (sloppy edition)
@yffmpodcast The 1991 movie Point Break. "twenty seven banks in three years. Anything to catch the perfect wave" Shred some gnar with Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Gary Busey, Lari Petty, and John C. McGinley in this action movie about a former football star turned FBI agent that has to learn to...
About this show
A fresh generational perspective on movies your dad probably thought were pretty cool back in the day.
Join Kai Haaland, Chase Crawford, Derek Julian, Jake Toarmina, Dakota Gray, and plenty of our favorite guests and fellow film fanatics as we break down your father's favorite action movies from the 80's and 90's (post-screening), offer fresh takes, provide some behind the scenes trivia, celebrate our nostalgic ties and introducing them to first time viewers.
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Kai Haaland