Best Movie Year

Simon Foster and Dan Barrett
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Best Movie Year

Was 1987 the best movie year? Simon Foster & Dan Barrett intend to find out. Join them as they watch and discuss one 1987 movie each week. With 100 curated films across a pretty incredible year for movies, there's a lot of viewing that needs to get done.

  1. 1987's The Fourth Protocol

    3 DAYS AGO

    1987's The Fourth Protocol

    Released into UK cinemas March 20, 1987, The Fourth Protocol is a British cold war thriller starring Michael Caine. He's an MI5 agent who is battling the MI5 bureaucracy as much as he is the KGB who are working on assembling a nuclear weapon on home soil. It's Michael Caine vs a pre-Bond Pierce Brosnan, who is cast here as a KGB agent posing as a visiting American. It's great stuff with an over-supply of stiff British upper-lips. Dan Barrett and Simon Foster take a look at the movie, which neither of them had seen until now. It is part of their deep dive into the films of 1987. Was it, in fact, the Best Movie Year?

    42 min
  2. 1987's Burglar

    FEB 10

    1987's Burglar

    Whoopi Goldberg is, as the name of the film suggests. a burglar. But what happens when a theft goes wrong and she witnesses a murder? You guessed it: high stakes comedy 80s-style. As the Best Movie Year continues to explore the films of 1987, this week it is Burglar getting a look-in. This is a podcast that doesn't support use of the stop button, so Dan Barrett and Simon Foster watched the whole film.

    40 min
  3. 1987's Evil Dead 2... groovy!

    JAN 31

    1987's Evil Dead 2... groovy!

    Released March 13, 1987, Evil Dead 2 occupies a very special place in the heart of horror and cult movie fans. It's ridiculous, gory, and sometimes ridiculously glory. It is the sort of movie that your VHS player was made to play. Simon Foster and Dan Barrett watched the film this week for the Best Movie Year podcast as they try to work out whether 1987 was the "best movie year"...

    38 min
  4. 1987's Tin Men

    JAN 27

    1987's Tin Men

    Released March 6, 1987, it would be understandable if you didn't really know the movie Tin Men. Despite being widely available, it's not really a film that gets talked about a lot these days. It's a Barry Levinson film set in the 50s about ill-mannered, slimy sales guys. After a car accident brings two of them together, their lives will never be the same. Danny DeVito, Richard Dreyfus, and Barbara Hershey star. But, after watching the film, will podcast hosts Dan Barrett and Simon Foster ever be the same again?

    38 min
  5. 1987's Raising Arizona

    JAN 17

    1987's Raising Arizona

    Released March 6, 1987, Raising Arizona was the first Coen Brothers comedy and has thrived on a cult status since it debuted. SIMON FOSTER and DAN BARRETT watch the film for their ongoing project to see if 1987 is the "best movie year." How does the film hold up today and does it lend 1987 weight as the best movie year?

    47 min
  6. 1987's Angel Heart

    JAN 10

    1987's Angel Heart

    Released March 6, 1987, ANGEL HEART is a batty film. For the first hour viewers are lulled into believing they are watching a 1950s era detective noir. But then our PI Harry Angel follows the investigation to New Orleans where we discover what has really been going on. And it is bonkers. Angel Heart stars Micky Rourke, Lisa Bonet, and has Robert De Niro credited as making a "special appearance." This week on the podcast, DAN BARRETT and SIMON FOSTER press play on the film as they explore whether 1987 was the best year for movies.

    53 min
  7. 1987's Some Kind of Wonderful

    JAN 2

    1987's Some Kind of Wonderful

    Co-host Simon Foster can usually be reliably defensive of movies that he loved as a 1980s movie fan. Dan Barrett lacks any sentimentality, so calls a spade a spade. Join us this week as Simon's faith is tested with the John Hughes-written teenage fantasy romcom starring Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Lea Thompson.

    33 min
  8. 1987's Lethal Weapon

    12/24/2024

    1987's Lethal Weapon

    Released March 6, 1987, Lethal Weapon is the GOAT buddy cop film. Rewatching this, it turns out neither podcast hosts Simon Foster or Dan Barrett were too old for this sh!t. Hang out with the guys as they pore over Lethal Weapon and discuss the good and the couple of moments that left them thinking: 'huh?'

    1h 1m
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Was 1987 the best movie year? Simon Foster & Dan Barrett intend to find out. Join them as they watch and discuss one 1987 movie each week. With 100 curated films across a pretty incredible year for movies, there's a lot of viewing that needs to get done.

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  • Creator
    Simon Foster and Dan Barrett
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    17
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    Explicit
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    © Simon Foster and Dan Barrett
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