50 Percent Fresh

Two married dummies (Mark and Taylor) discuss AIRHEADS (1994), which scored a paltry 29% on RT. Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, and Adam Sandler star as an unsuccessful rock band, The Lone Rangers. Desperate to get their demo played on the air, the group breaks into a radio station. But when met with resistance, they wind up holding the station employees hostage with realistic toy guns. The reviews were largely negative, but it's almost universally loved by people who've, at one time or another, drank in a van parked outside of an all-ages show. We discuss AIRHEADS, how it connects to the punk satire site The Hard Times, what critics misunderstood, LIVING IN OBLIVION (1995), and Nakatomi Plaza.

What has two Ghostbusters, one Kramer, and a member of Spinal Tap? This movie.

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Mark and Taylor discuss NO HOLDS BARRED (1989), the movie that was meant to showcase Hulk Hogan's acting chops and launch his career as Hollywood's new leading man.

Hulk stars as Rip, the mega-popular WWF champion who is fiercely loyal to the TV network he wrestles for. But a new evil dude (Kurt Fuller) takes over as head of a rival network, and he desperately wants to lure Rip so he can dominate TV ratings.

It's all very silly, so there's a lot to talk about. Injured costars, an inexplicable reference to IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934), and the many bizarre lies that Hulk Hogan's told over the years.

“What Hulk, or his advisors, have done is taken a multimillion dollar image and really trashed it better than anybody else could do it for them.” - Roger Ebert

"There are some movies you can’t get off IMDb no matter how hard you try. That’s all I’m going to say." - Kurt Fuller

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Mark and Taylor are back from hiatus to discuss THE GOOD SON (1993), wherein the world's most bankable child star plays a cigarette-smoking, murderous psychopath.

The story follows a grieving young boy (Elijah Wood) who goes to visit his aunt and uncle's family while his father leaves the country on an urgent business trip. While there, he meets his cousin (Macaulay Culkin), who is definitely not evil personified.

Reviews read more like lists of grievances, with critics viscerally rejecting the movie and condemning any/all adults who allowed the involvement of children.

Ironically, the only adult who wanted Macaulay to be involved was his manager/father, who refused to sign the contract for HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK (1992) unless the studio agreed to cast him.

Three directors, two casts, a slew of producers, an absurd amount of rewrites and revisions, an unsuccessful intervention from John Hughes, and a 60-person crew left jobless at Christmastime. Worth it.

"Even now, the ill will generated by THE GOOD SON is hard to overestimate." - LA Times, 1995

“Who in the world would want to see this movie?” - Roger Ebert, 1/2 star

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Two married dummies (Mark and Taylor) discuss GOTTI (2018), which scored an exceptional 0% on RT. John Travolta stars as New York City mobster John Gotti in a biopic that feels like it was written and directed by Christopher Moltisanti. It's gotta be one of the most bizarre movies in history — both on screen and behind the scenes. We dive into the movie's baffling marketing campaign, Joe Pesci's lawsuit, and how MoviePass played a part in all the weirdness. Spoilers ahead!

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Mark and Taylor dive into DEEP BLUE SEA (1999), which scored 60% on Rotten Tomatoes. Director Renny Harlin sought to reclaim the horror genre, utilizing airplane technology and LL Cool J to create a good ole fashioned shark movie. What happens when scientists inadvertently create super smart, pissed off sharks? Cinematic gold in the form of a near-perfect popcorn horror/action flick starring Samuel L. Jackson. We talk about the legacy of shark movies, the agent who didn’t want their client to play a chef, and Taylor’s irrational afraid of swimming pools.

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