The VHS Strikes Back

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Nostalgic movie review show hosted by Whatever Entertainment team, Dave and Chris. The guys go back in time to review some wonderful and truly awful movies from the days before streaming and even DVD's and had to go to the video store to pick up the latest entertainment.

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Feb 18, 2020 · 55 min
Over The Top (1987)
The VHS Strikes Back EPS35 Chris picks a classic from his youth - Over The Top (1987)) starring Sylvester Stallone. This arm-wrestling romp was a childhood favourite of Chris’ but Dave doesn’t remember it as well. Plot Summary: Lincoln Hawk (Stallone) is a struggling trucker who arm wrestles on the side to make extra cash while trying to rebuild his life. After the death of his wife, he tries to make amends with his son who he left behind 10 years earlier. Upon their first meeting, his son does not think too highly of him until he enters the World Arm Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas. His hope is to receive the grand prize of $100,000 and an expensive current custom semi-truck and thus start his own trucking company. Rotten Tomatoes: 27/100% Imdb: 5.8/10 Metacritic: 40/100% If there are any movies/tv shows you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback
Feb 12, 2020 · 49 min
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
The VHS Strikes Back EPS34 Dave ends his trilogy of movies with the Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels comedy Dumb and Dumber (1994). Plot Summary: Harry and Lloyd are two good friends who happen to be really stupid. The duo set out on a cross country trip from Providence to Aspen, Colorado to return a briefcase full of money to its rightful owner, a beautiful woman named Mary Swanson. After a trip of one mishap after another, the duo eventually make it to Aspen. But the two soon realize that Mary and her briefcase are the least of their problems. Rotten Tomatoes: 67/100% Imdb: 7.3 /10 Metacritic: 41/100% If there are any movies/tv shows you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback
Feb 5, 2020 · 1 hr
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
The VHS Strikes Back EPS33 Dave and Chris bring From Dusk till Dawn (1996) to the table with this review. a Culture classic with famous Salma Hayek snake dance that made her a household name. Does it hold up 24 years later? Plot Summary: After a bank heist in Abilene with several casualties, the bank robber Seth Gecko and his psychopath and rapist brother Richard Gecko continue their crime spree in a convenience store in the middle of the desert while heading to Mexico with a hostage. They decide to stop for a while in a low-budget motel. Meanwhile the former minister Jacob Fuller is traveling on vacation with his son Scott and his daughter Kate in a RV. Jacob lost his faith after the death of his beloved wife in a car accident and quit his position of pastor of his community and stops for the night in the same motel Seth and Richard are lodged. When Seth sees the recreational vehicle, he abducts Jacob and his family to help his brother and him to cross the Mexico border, promising to release them on the next morning. They head to the truck drivers and bikers bar Titty Twister where Seth will meet with his partner Carlos in the dawn. When they are watching the dancer Santanico Pandemonium, Seth and Richard fight with three bodyguards. But soon they discover that the bar is a coven of vampires and they need to fight until dawn to leave the place alive. Rotten Tomatoes: 57/100% Imdb: 7.2/10 Metacritic: 62/100% If there are any movies/tv shows you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: vhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback
Jan 29, 2020 · 49 min
Snake in the Monkeys Shadow (1979)
The VHS Strikes Back Eps32 Dave gets his wish and brings to the table one of his favourite Kung-Fu movies of all time - Snake in the Monkeys Shadow (1979). Chris - well I would give the show a listen.... Plot Summary: A snake style expert travels the lands, imposing his mastery on others, until he runs into a monkey expert living on the edge of a small town, who defeats him soundly. The snake expert leaves vowing vengeance. A young peasant boy who is bullied by local noblemen seeks to learn drunken boxing from the head of a local martial arts school. The boys learns and eventually meets and befriends the monkey style expert. When the boy beats up his previous tormentors, the nobles patriarch challenges the boys teacher, the drunken master, who defeats the lot of them. Embarrased, the nobles retain two hired snake style killers, one of whom is the expert that that was beaten by the monkey style. They kill everyone except the peasant boy, feeling he is to weak and unskilled to be worth their honour. The peasant combines drunken' boxing with monkey style in an attempt to put down the snake killers. Rotten Tomatoes: 60/100% Imdb: 7.0/10 Metacritic: 62/100% If there are any movies/tv shows you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: vhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback
Jan 22, 2020 · 53 min
Roadhouse (1989)
The VHS Strikes Back Eps31 This week Chris and Dave are back reviewing the 1989 classic - Roadhouse starring Patrick Swayze. Chris has fond memories of this film and many a bad shoulder injury due to some of the memorable scenes. Dave hasn't seen this for years but does it still stand up? Email: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback
Jan 15, 2020 · 43 min
The Godfather (1972)
The VHS Strikes Back Eps30 Chris and Dave review the absolutely epic Gangster movie - The Godfather (1972). Dave has never seen this classic and Chris ranks it in his exclusive top 5 movies of all time! Plot Summary: The Godfather "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of the Corleone mafia family in New York. He is at the event of his daughter's wedding. Michael, Vito's youngest son and a decorated WW II Marine is also present at the wedding. Michael seems to be uninterested in being a part of the family business. Vito is a powerful man, and is kind to all those who give him respect but is ruthless against those who do not. But when a powerful and treacherous rival wants to sell drugs and needs the Don's influence for the same, Vito refuses to do it. What follows is a clash between Vito's fading old values and the new ways which may cause Michael to do the thing he was most reluctant in doing and wage a mob war against all the other mafia families which could tear the Corleone family apart. Rotten Tomatoes: 98/100% Imdb: 9.2/10 Metacritic: 100/100% If there are any movies/tv shows you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: thevhsatrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback
Jan 8, 2020 · 57 min
No Retreat No Surrender 3 (1990)
The VHS Strikes Back - Eps29 Chris gets his wish and concludes ones of his greatest trilogies - No Retreat No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers. The guys rip this to pieces but does it turn Dave from being a bad movie to something he liked? Plot Summary: Two feuding brothers (one a policeman, the other a martial arts expert) of different political views, join forces to avenge the death of their father, a retired agent, killed by the mafia. Rotten Tomatoes: 52/100% Imdb: 5.2/10 Metacritic: 30/100% If there are any movies/tv shows you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback
Dec 25, 2019 · 1 hr 5 min
Trading Places (1983)
The VHS Strikes Back - EPS28 For our Christmas Day movie review we have gone back to Eddie Murphys breakout role in the 1983 Trading places with co-star Dan Aykroyd. Does this movie stand up and will Chris finally enjoy one of these festive period movies Dave had chosen? Plot Summary: Louis Winthorpe is a businessman who works for commodities brokerage firm of Duke and Duke owned by the brothers Mortimer and Randolph Duke. Now they bicker over the most trivial of matters and what they are bickering about is whether it's a person's environment or heredity that determines how well they will do in life. When Winthorpe bumps into Billy Ray Valentine, a street hustler and assumes he is trying to rob him, he has him arrested. Upon seeing how different the two men are, the brothers decide to make a wager as to what would happen if Winthorpe loses his job, his home and is shunned by everyone he knows and if Valentine was given Winthorpe's job. So they proceed to have Winthorpe arrested and to be placed in a compromising position in front of his girlfriend. So all he has to rely on is the hooker who was hired to ruin him. Rotten Tomatoes: 87/100% Imdb: 7.5/10 Metacritic: 69/100% If there are any movies/tv shows you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: comicsinmotionpodcast@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/comicsinmotiop
Dec 18, 2019 · 1 hr 2 min
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation (1989)
The VHS Strikes Back - EPS27 As we are in the middle of Christmas season we continue our reviews on the theme with National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. A movie both of the guys loved but years later does it still hold up? Plot Summary: It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon. Rotten Tomatoes: 65/100% Imdb: 7.6/10 Metacritic: 49/100% If there are any movies/tv shows you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: comicsinmotionpodcast@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/comicsinmotiop
Dec 11, 2019 · 27 min
Gremlins (1984)
The VHS Strikes Back - EPS26 Dave sets Chris up with a pop culture classic - Gremlins (1984). Having never watched it before will Chris go full on heel with this much loved Steven Spielberg produced monster romp? What do you think? Plot Summary: When Billy Peltzer is given a small creature called a Mogwai by his father, he is unaware of the carnage he is about to encounter. There is a huge responsibility in looking after Gizmo as there are certain rules which must be followed. The Mogwai must be kept away from bright light, never made wet and never, ever be fed after midnight. When an accident occurs involving Gizmo and water, the next evolution stage of the Mogwai appears, and it isn't nice at all. Rotten Tomatoes: 84/100% Imdb: 7.3/10 Metacritic: 70/100% If there are any movies/tv shows you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: comicsinmotionpodcast@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/comicsinmotiop
Dec 4, 2019 · 59 min
Die Hard (1988)
The VHS Strikes Back - Eps25 Chris and Dave are back reviewing the icon ‘Christmas Movie’ starring Bruce Willis - Die Hard (1988). The guys walk through this absolute iconic movie - vest and all. Plot Summary: NYPD cop John McClane goes on a Christmas vacation to visit his wife Holly in Los Angeles where she works for the Nakatomi Corporation. While they are at the Nakatomi headquarters for a Christmas party, a group of robbers led by Hans Gruber take control of the building and hold everyone hostage, with the exception of John, while they plan to perform a lucrative heist. Unable to escape and with no immediate police response, John is forced to take matters into his own hands. Rotten Tomatoes: 93/100% Imdb: 8.2/10 Metacritic: 72/100% If there are any movies you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback
Nov 27, 2019 · 1 hr 1 min
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
The VHS Strikes Back - Eps24 Dave and Chris review the classic comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles starring Steve Martin and John Candy. Chris gets teary at the end of this movie every time and Dave gets R-Rated. Plot Summary: All that Neal Page wants to do is to get home for Thanksgiving. His flight has been cancelled due to bad weather, so he decides on other means of transport. As well as bad luck, Neal is blessed with the presence of Del Griffith, shower curtain ring salesman and all-around blabbermouth who is never short of advice, conversation, bad jokes, or company. And when he decides that he is going the same direction as Neal.... IMDB: 7.6/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 93/100% Metacritic: 72/100% If there are any movies you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback Sponsorships: on for this episode
Nov 24, 2019 · 1 hr 47 min
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
The VHS Strikes Back - Eps23 Dave and Chris are back reviewing: Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) This is a dual show review across both of their podcasts - The VHS Strikes Back and Comics In Motion For this special episode the guys are joined by two podcasting friends and more importantly Star Wars fans/nerds Mike Burton from the Genuine Chit Chat Podcast and Scott Weatherley from the 20th Century Geek Podcast. This is part 1 of a big crossover event discussing all things Star Wars. From the Prequels/sequels and future of the Franchise. The next Star Wars chat will be on Scott’s show - http://www.20thcenturygeek.com/episodes where the guys walk through the original movies and what they meant to them all. Plus some funny observations. After that we move to the much criticised prequels Jar Jar Binks and all. Again on the 20th Century Geek podcast. And finally the final 2 part show will over on Mike’ show - https://genuinechitchat.podbean.com . We discuss the recent Star Wars movies, what to expect out of Rise of Skywalker and where we go next. Plot Summary: Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader. Rotten Tomatoes: 93/100% IMDB Score: 8.6/10 Metacritic: 90/100% Give us a follow on twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback Email the show: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
Nov 20, 2019 · 1 hr 27 min
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
The VHS Strikes Back - EPS22 Chris and Dave are joined by Max Byrne. Max is a reviewer of various Comic book based media. As the guest he has chosen Terminator 2: Judgment Day to review. Arnie in his absolute prime. Give Max a follow on twitter: https://twitter.com/maxybyrne and follow the various links to see his work. Plot Summary: Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah. IMDB: 8.5/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 93/100% Metacritic: 75/100% If there are any movies you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback Sponsorships: on for this episode
Nov 13, 2019 · 56 min
The Cannonball Run (1981)
The VHS Strikes Back - EPS21 Chris gets to review one of his Mount Rushmore of films The Cannonball Run. Starring another of Chris' man crushes - Burt Reynolds. Dave goes in on some of the dated jokes and especially the way the women are portrayed in this movie. Plot Summary: IMDB: 6.3/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 30/100% Metacritic: 28/100% If there are any movies you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback Sponsorships: on for this episode
Nov 6, 2019 · 50 min
No Holds Barred (1989)
The VHS Strikes Back - EPS20 Chris gets Dave back for all the terrible movies he has made him sit down and review. No Holds Barred is a WWF produced and created action movie starring one of Chris' wrestling heroes Hulk Hogan. There is not much positive to talk about but its Hogan at his best. Plot Summary: Rip is the World Wrestling Federation champion who is faithful to his fans and the network he wrestles for. Brell, the new head of the World Television Network, wants Rip to wrestle for his network. Rip refuses and goes back to his normal life. Still looking for a way to raise ratings, Brell initiates a show called "The Battle of the Tough Guys", a violent brawling competition. A mysterious man, Zeus, wins the competition. This gets Brell to use him as an angle to get at Rip. IMDB: 4.4/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 11/100% Metacritic: 31/100% If there are any movies you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback
Oct 30, 2019 · 54 min
Poltergeist (1982)
The VHS Strikes Back EPS19 Dave introduces Chris to another Horror movie - Poltergeist (1982) but does it live upto the hype? Dave recalls some memories of this movie. Plot Summary: A young family are visited by ghosts in their home. At first the ghosts appear friendly, moving objects around the house to the amusement of everyone, then they turn nasty and start to terrorise the family before they "kidnap" the youngest daughter. IMDB: 7.3/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 85/100% Metacritic: 79/100% If there are any movies you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback
Oct 23, 2019 · 53 min
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
The VHS Strikes Back E18 Dave gets Chris to watch a movie that scared him so much he couldn't sleep as a kid if he saw the movie at his mates house. Does it stand up and will Chris still be as scared? Plot Summary: On Elm Street, Nancy Thompson and a group of her friends (comprising Tina Gray, Rod Lane and Glen Lantz) are being tormented by a clawed killer in their dreams named Fred Krueger. Nancy must think quickly, as Fred tries to pick them off one by one. When he has you in your sleep, who is there to save you? Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 94% IMDB Score: 7.5/10 If there are any movies you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback
Oct 16, 2019 · 1 hr 12 min
Karate Kid (1984)
The VHS Strikes Back E17 Dave and Chris review the 1984 pop culture classic - Karate Kid starring Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita and Elizabeth Shue. Chris calls out the terrible martial arts moves by some of the cast and Dave throws in some questions about Mr Myiagi Plot Summary: A boy and his mother move to California for a new job. He struggles to fit in, as a group of karate students starts to bully him for dating a rich girl from their clique. It's up to the Japanese landlord, Miyagi, to teach him karate. Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 88% IMDB Score: 7.2/10 Metacritic: 68% If there are any movies you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback
Oct 9, 2019 · 1 hr 5 min
Lethal Weapon (1987)
The VHS Strikes Back E16 Chris and Dave are back reviewing one of Chris' favourite movies of all time Lethal Weapon (1987). This movie means so much to Chris he digs his heels in when Dave has him at it within the review. Plot Summary: Martin Riggs is an L.A. cop with suicidal tendencies and Roger Murtaugh is the unlucky police officer with whom Riggs is assigned. Together they uncover a huge drug-smuggling operation, and as their success rate grows so does their friendship. Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 81% IMDB Score: 7.6/10 Metacritic: 68% If there are any movies you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback