Forgotten Film Club
Join hosts Sarah and John as they re-imagine forgotten movies of the 80s, 90s, and 2000s for a modern audience. In each episode, Sarah tells the story of a film lost to time (or VHS). Then Sarah, John, and a special guest chat about what the film would look like if it was remade today--the cast, the soundtrack, the character that would have the biggest TikTok following...but actually they're just guessing on that last one because they're old enough to remember Myspace.
Episodes
Sarah and John are joined by special guest Pam (Sarah's mom!) to discuss one of the biggest box office bombs of all time, 1995's Cutthroat Island, starring Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, and Frank Langella.
Sources for this episode:
Broeske, Pat. Geena Davis quits ''Mistress of the Seas'.' Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 1993. https://ew.com/article/1993/08/06/geena-davis-quits-mistress-seas/
Jeffreys, Daniel. “The ...
John and Sarah are joined by John's husband, Jerry, to discuss 1982's Making Love, starring Harry Hamlin, Kate Jackson, and Michael Ontkean.
Sources for this episode:
The Celluloid Closet. Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, Sony Pictures Classics, 15 Feb. 1996.
American Film Institute. “AFI Catalogue of Feature Films - the First 100 Years - 1893-1993 - Making Love (1982).” Afi.com, 2021, catalog.afi.com/Catalog/movi...
John and Sarah are joined by our pal Ali to discuss the apocalyptic rom-com Seek a Friend for the End of the World, starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley.
Sources for this episode:
“Seeking a Cast for the END of the WORLD.” Focusfeatures.com, 2024, www.focusfeatures.com/article/seeking_a_cast_for_the_end_of_the_world. Accessed 27 May 2025.
Lisa Schwarzbaum. “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.” EW.com, 22 June 2012, ew.com...
Sarah takes a field trip to the new Night Owl Video. A self-described, "place for film fanatics, celluloid crackpots, gore hounds, cinephiles, Letterboxd patrons, and everyone in between to gather and worship at the altar of the mighty motion picture."
In the second installment of Childhood Film Showdown (okay, okay, only one of these films was released during our childhoods) John and Sarah welcome John's friend of 20 years, Cameron!
John and Sarah are joined by friend of the pod, Taryn (who you may remember from our phenomenal Swan's Crossing bonus episode) to discuss 1993's Indian Summer, starring Alan Arkin, Bill Paxton, Diane Lane, Elizabeth Perkins, and Kimberly Williams-Paisley.
Sources for this episode:
Pollak, Kevin . “KPCS: Mike Binder #25.” Youtube, 2013, youtu.be/E_qtDP9pFso?si=rMinz8KyXAtZQcg1. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
Our theme music is by Suno.
...Sarah and John are joined today by Host of Enough Wicker, a Golden Girls podcast, and pop culture enthusiast Lauren Kelly to discuss 1997's Mouse Hunt, starring Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, and Christopher Walken.
Sources for this episode:
Wygant, Bobbie. “Mouse Hunt - Nathan Lane.” Bobbie Wygant Archives, 15 Nov. 1997. Multiple parts viewable at: youtu.be/V6zahQSekNc?si=SKZgzs6Q0bV2H1DQ
youtu.be/V6zahQSekNc?si=SKZgzs6Q0bV2H1DQ
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John and Sarah welcome pop culture historian and author of AKA Lucy, Sarah Royal, back to the pod to discuss 1977's Looking for Mr. Goodbar, starring Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, LeVar Burton, William Atherton, and Tom Berenger.
Sources for this episode:
www.nytimes.com/1977/04/17/archives/diane-keaton-from-mr-allen-to-mr-goodbar-diane-keaton-turns.html
web.archive.org/web/20180119235146/www.nysun.com/obituaries/judith-rossner-...
Feeling stressed today? Visualize yourself in a 1990s Blockbuster store and de-stress with us!
Sarah and John are joined by special guest, John's husband Jerry! They discuss the 1996 superhero movie, The Phantom, starring Billy Zane, Treat Williams, James Remar, Kristy Swanson, and Catherine Zeta-Jones in the first installment of a franchise (that got cancelled because no one went to see this movie).
Sources for this episode
Brew, Simon. “The Den of Geek Interview: Joe Dante.” Den of Geek, 21 Feb. 2008, www.denofgeek.com/m...
John, Sarah, and Hallie discuss their favorite films from the podcast in 2024 and a few films released in 2024 that they think will become forgotten films of the future!
Sarah, Hallie, and John discuss this forgotten family fantasy (and maybe body horror) holiday film, Jack Frost, starring Michael Keaton. Other topic include the perfect cup of hot cocoa and John's penchant for watching The Grinch with cookies and whisky on Christmas Eve.
Sources for this episode:
Ebert, Roger. "Jack Frost." Chicago Sun-Times. 11 Dec. 1998. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
King, Susan. “He’s Winter’s Warmest Snowman.” Los Ange...
John, Hallie, and Sarah discuss the multicultural holiday film, What's Cooking?, starring Mercedes Ruehl, Joan Chen, Alfre Woodward, Julianna Marguiles, and Kyra Sedgwick. They also give a little preview of what's on their Thanksgiving menus this year!
Sources for this episode:
Roe, Mike. “Before “Bend It like Beckham,” Its Director Made This LA Thanksgiving Movie.” LAist, 27 Nov. 2019, laist.com/news/entertainment/whats-cooking-mo...
John settles Hallie and Sarah's long standing debate about which Frances Hodgson Burnett film adaptation is more traumatic: The Secret Garden (1993) or A Little Princess (1995).
Sources for this Episode:
The Secret Garden (1993) via AFI Catalog
A Little Princess (1995) via AFI Catalog
A Little Princess (1905) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden (1911) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden Trivia via Internet Movie D...
John, Sarah, and Hallie discuss The Skeleton Key.
Sources for this episode:
Key, Skeleton. “Skeleton Key 2005 Making of & behind the Scenes.” YouTube, 19 Feb. 2023, youtu.be/6YS7mDIByhk?si=hPEk0OuHyRnq-RKK. Accessed 20 Oct. 2024.
Weiss, Josh. “This Underrated, 2005 Kate Hudson Horror Film Channeled Get out 12 Years before Get Out.” SYFY Official Site, SYFY, 29 Sept. 2022, www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/skeleton-key-director-iain-softle...
Sarah, Hallie, and John share their recommended watches for Spooky Season!
Our theme music is by Suno. For a transcript of this episode, please visit our website.
Hallie and Sarah have a life-changing experience while completing Angela Lansbury's home fitness workout tape, "Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves."
Sources for this episode:
"Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves Fitness Tape 1988." VHS Retro Rewind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM8hsbjEYnU
“Angela Lansbury.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2023. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Angela-Lansbury
“An...
Sarah, John, and Hallie discuss their final romcom of the year, 1992's HouseSitter, starring Goldie Hawn, Steve Martin, and Dana Delaney. Other topics include, Don Bluth cartoons, A League of Their Own, the trailers on the 1996 VHS release of "Now & Then," and old fashioned faces.
Sources for this episode:
AFI Catalog. Housesitter (1992).
Ebert, Roger (June 12, 1992). "Housesitter". Chicago Sun-Times
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