E15 | Blockbuster Video

You might be wondering why a podcast about the '90s has taken 15 episodes to land on the subject of film. It’s the kind of inconsistency that filmmakers of the time certainly wouldn’t have worried about. After all, when in doubt, just add a talking dog.

This week, chatty animals, friendly ghosts, and spectacled ugmos are dominating Tom and Tomek’s thoughts, set against the backdrop of what may not have been the golden age of cinema but certainly was the golden age of video rental.

There are sticky carpets to tread and tricky questions to answer, like: Who were Pearl and Dean? Why bother with a self-destruct feature? And how many Eddie Murphys is too many?