460: Stand By Me
/Everybody enjoys a good coming of age story, so we figured it was high time we did an episode about the mother of them all: Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me. At the time it was made, Stephen King considered it the best adaptation of any of his stories, so the question is whether or not it still is. Or, to phrase it another way, does it still hold up? Listen up to find out, boppers!
459: Shrek 2
/We’re back after an unintended 2 week absence! This week, we’re finding out what happens after happily ever after as we finally watch Shrek become thicc daddy Shrek. So bring on the question we’ve all been waiting on: does Shrek 2 hold up!
453: True Romance
/Love is still in the air, and what goes better with love than pimps, the mob, actors, and cocaine? Nothing, the answer is nothing. At least, that’s the answer if you ask Quentin Tarantino and Tony Scott. So listen up, boppers, because this week we’re asking if True Romance holds up!
452: Titanic
/We’re making like Grover this week, because we go near… far… and also wherever you are our hearts will go on. Our month of love stories also goes on as we take a look at that time that Leonardo DiCaprio died on a sinking ship after drawing Kate Winslet like one of his French girls. So listen up boppers, because we’re asking if Titanic holds up this week!
451: Skin Deep
/We start off our month long look at romance with a movie about a man that cannot stop having sex with women. So we jump back to 1989 and a movie starring America’s sweet heart: John Ritter! This week, we’re asking if Skin Deep holds up!
450: Conan The Destroyer
/Here it is, boppers, our 450th episode! So of course that means we had to watch another Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. This time around, it’s the second Conan movie, the one in which he is a destroyer. So listen up and celebrate with us as we hit another milestone!
449: Burn After Reading
/What do we learn when mundane misunderstandings happen when people that work for clandestine organizations? We learn never to do it again, whatever it was they did. That’s what this week’s episode is about as we ask if Burn After Reading holds up!
448: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
/This week, we find Captain America throwing his mighty shield once again! This time around, he’s entangled in a world of intrigue and espionage. And we’re entangled with the lingering question: does “Captain America: The Winter Soldier hold up?
447: Frankenstein
/The new year is here and we are back from our vacation and all hell’s coming with us! Starting things off with Universal’s 1931 release of Frankenstein! So strap in for an exciting year and listen up, boppers, as we ask if this classic holds up!
446: Ocean's Eleven
/Here it is boppers, our 2023 finale! That’s right, we’re ending the year with a caper. What happens when George Clooney and Brad Pitt team up with just about every other well known actor of 2001 to do a heist. So listen up boppers, as we ask if Ocean’s Eleven holds up! Then join us next year as we’ll be celebrating our 450th episode and ten years of Plain Zero!
443: Dutch
/Do you like Planes, Trains, and Automobiles? Do you also like Uncle Buck? How does a movie that’s a bit of a mashup of both and not quite either sound? That’s 1991’s Dutch in a nutshell and we’re here to let you know if this other John Hughes Thanksgiving movie holds up!
442: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
/One of the greatest lessons a movie has ever taught us is that it does not pay to be James Franco’s neighbor. That lesson is never more apparent than it is in Rise of the Planet of the Apes. So listen up, boppers, because we’re asking if that movie holds up this week!