Killing Your Darlings

We're bringing this episode to you a little early this month because we love you soooo much!  Well, actually, Chrysten has a show she wanted to shamelessly promote, so...you're welcome? This month we take a Rainbow Rescue Beam up to Cloud City, oh sorry...Care-A-Lot to visit those cuddly little harbingers of good feelings...The Care Bears!  This movie was another of Chrysten's taped off the TV repeat watch-ers, so when she saw it was on (F**KIN') HULU she knew she had to make Dan (a.k.a. Grumpy Bear) sit through it!  Our friends, the Care Bears, try to help two young orphans open their hearts to love and friendship while battling the forces of evil brought to Earth by an enchanted book of magic spells and the young magician's apprentice that it is enchanting!  But will the Care Bear Stare be able to work its magic on our hosts?  Join us and find out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!   Also...here's the link to tickets for Chrysten's show.  If you're in NYC come on out and see it! https://web

Grab your tissues, folks!  This month Dan and Chrysten are back and they are watching that renowned family drama...Follow That Bird...?  Yes, you read that right.  You may not think a Sesame Street movie could make you cry multiple times in one sitting, but you'd be mistaken. This movie was a special request from Dan's friend, Ashley, and since your hosts were raised on Sesame Street, they were all too happy to oblige!  In this big screen iteration of America's favorite children's television show, our large yellow protagonist, Big Bird, is spirited away from his home on Sesame Street to live with "his own kind" as part of a bird family in Oceanview, Illinois (this joke is never not funny).  When things don't work out with his foster family, Big Bird tries to run away back home to Sesame Street.  While on the lam, he is pursued by mean Miss Finch who placed him with the foster family, a team of carnie brothers that want to exploit him for money, and his own loving Sesame Street family who just want to bring hi

Happy Memorial Day, darlings!  We're back with another totally 90s episode of Killing Your Darlings!   This time it's Dan's pick and we are watching quite possibly the most nineties movie to have ever ninetied in the nineties, Hackers!  This movie made Angelina Jolie a star, motorcycle gear an essential fashion choice and Johnny Lee Miller...American? Miller plays a teen computer hacker named Crash Override who as a young boy pulled off one of the greatest hacks in history.  When he moves to NYC with his mom, he falls in with a group of fellow cool teens who are also deep into the hacking scene.  Together they work to prevent a nefarious oil company security magnate (Fisher Stevens) from stealing millions of dollars and framing them for the crime!  As a young hacker himself in the 90s, Dan loved this movie!  But will he love it as a full grown adult hacker*?  Join us and find out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!   *ATTENTION ALL INTERNET FBI PERSONNEL: Dan is not actually a hacker, nor was

Hello, darlings!  Sorry we've been a bit tardy with this month's ep.  We've been busy trying to turn our new house into a home!  And speaking of happy homes... Is there any home that seems more warm and full of familial bliss than the March family home in this month's film, Little Women?  Winona Ryder at her absolute charming best, Trini Alvarado as the consummate eldest sister, Claire Danes ugly crying in a non-annoying way, and Kirsten Dunst as the pain-in-the-ass lil' sis!  And don't forget the ultimate cool mom, Susan Sarandon, as Marmee!  Plus some young Christian Bale action, pre-batsuit! Chrysten loved watching this movie with her little sister when they were kids.  Dan...has never even heard of Little Women.  Can our wife-host convince our husband-host of the glories of this female-centric (as well as female directed AND female written!) film?  Join us and find out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!  

OK, ok...we know we're late.  But we've got a good excuse!  And we've got a new episode for you now!   Chrysten used to watch Dune with her dad when she was definitely way too young to be watching anything helmed by David Lynch.  Dan had started watching Dune awhile back and...thinks he stopped after the first twenty minutes or so?  So what do your two hosts do when they have just moved into a new apartment and have no time or money to go out in the new neighborhood?  They watch Dune. Based on the Frank Herbert novel, Dune is the epic saga of the feud between House Atreides and House Harkonnen and their political war over an intergalactic export called "The Spice."  There's a prophesy, some terrible knife fights, Sting, and lotsa David Lynch visuals!  But how do our hosts feel about Lynch's sci-fi endeavor?  Join us and find out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!

...Cuz we're back, baby!  After a few week hiatus, your hosts Dan & Chrysten are back with a brand new episode of KYD for your earholes!  This month, we decided to focus on a film that centers on the most famous holiday in the month of February...Groundhog Day!  That's right.  Valentine's Day is for suckers.   Bill Murray plays Pittsburgh weather man, Phil Connors, whose inflated ego causes him to treat everyone around him like a jerk, including his cameraman, Larry (Chris Elliott) & new producer, Rita (Andie MacDowell).  Every year, Phil and the crew from the TV station travel to Punxsutawney to film the eponymous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, seeing his shadow.  After the festivities, Phil & the crew try to make it back to Pittsburgh, but are stopped by a heavy snowstorm.  When Phil wakes up the next day in Punxsutawney, it's Groundhog Day all over again.  And Phil is forced to live the day over and over again until he basically stops being a s**thead.   This is one of those movies that was alwa

Last week, we took a request from you, our faithful listeners, and promptly ignored it.  Sorry 'bout it...we watched it this week instead.  Hope you're cool with that. What About Bob? is the story of successful psychiatrist, Dr. Leo Marvin (Richard Dreyfuss) and what happens when his new patient, Bob Wiley (Bill Murray) a "multi-phobic personality characterized by acute separation anxiety and extreme need for family connections" decides to follow Dr. Marvin on his family vacation to Lake Winnipesaukee against the wishes of Dr. Marvin.  At first, Dr. Marvin views Bob as an annoyance that is interfering with his downtime and his upcoming on-location interview for Good Morning America.  But as Bob continues to spend more time with Dr. Marvin's family despite Leo's protestations, the good doctor slowly starts to be the one more in need of therapy than Bob!  Featuring hilarious comic performances from Bill Murray (duh) and Richard Dreyfuss as the suffering straight man, this family friendly comedy was in constant

This week your hosts were absolutely freezing and thought it would be a good idea to watch a movie that takes place in summer to help get their minds off of how friggin' cold it is!  We put up a poll to get some suggestions from you, our faithful listeners, and you chose What About Bob!  But then Dan's sister and friend of the show, Ellie Cohen, ran into some serious travel woes and requested we do Planes, Trains & Automobiles and we agreed because, well, family first and all that.  We promise to return next week with our regularly scheduled audience requests!   Planes, Trains & Automobiles is the story of Neal Page (Steve Martin) an advertising executive on a business trip in New York who wants nothing more than to make it back home to his family in Chicago for Thanksgiving.  But when Neal's cab is accidentally stolen by curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith (John Candy) and his subsequent flight home is rerouted to St. Louis, his travel luck gets worse and worse.  Featuring stellar comic performances

Get on up!  It's Bobsled time!  That's right, darlings.  This week we took a poll to see which cold weather movie was your fave and by a landslide, you guys chose Disney's 1993 hit Cool Runnings!  Loosely (and we mean VERY loosely) based on the true story of the first Jamaican Olympic bobsled team!  Derice Bannock (played by the solo monikered Leon) dreams of competing for Olympic gold on the Jamaican track team, just like his father.  But when he is accidentally tripped by a fellow runner during the qualifying race, his dreams seem to be dashed forever.  Until he realizes that he can still compete in the winter Olympics...if he assembles the first ever Jamaican bobsled team!  Aided by his pushcart derby champ friend, Sanka Coffie (played by Doug E. Doug, remember him?), they recruit former bobsledding gold medalist, Irving Blitzer (played by John Candy) as their coach.  They add the runner that tripped Derice to the team as well as the OTHER runner that that dude also tripped (man, that was one serious fall)

This is it!  The one we've all be waiting for!  Your hosts have been waiting two years to watch and discuss this one, so hold on to your hats, darlings, cuz it's gonna be a doozy! When  eight year old, Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin, in the role that made him famous) and his large extended family plan a trip to Paris, his house in a Chicago suburb is a flurry of activity.  Kevin, being one of the youngest ones, always seems to be underfoot.  When he wishes that his family would disappear, his wish seems to be granted, as his family accidentally leaves for their Paris trip without him.  Typical kid behavior ensues, lots of jumping on the bed, eating junk food, watching movies he shouldn't watch...you know, exactly how the KYD team behaves all the time.  Little does Kevin know his house is being watched by two burglars (played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern)!  After a few attempts to break in, Kevin must defend his family home against the burglars through a spectacular series of Rube Goldberg-esque traps the

This year, our Holiday wish is to endeavor to be more inclusive! Since Dan is Jew-ish, he grew up celebrating both Christmas AND Chanukah.  So in the effort to focus on other holidays besides Christmas, we watched both A Rugrats Chanukah AND A Charlie Brown Christmas!  In A Rugrats Chanukah, our favorite gang of adventurous babies pay a visit to the local synagogue where Tommy Pickles' Grandpa Boris is set to star in the annual Chanukah play!  The gang learn a valuable lesson about friendship and tradition.  In A Charlie Brown Christmas the lovable Peanuts gang struggles to find the true meaning of Christmas by staging an annual Christmas play. The gang learn a valuable lesson about friendship and tradition.  Hmmm...perhaps our two holidays have more in common than we realize.  But will our two Holiday hosts get all they want this year from these two lovely specials?  Join us and find out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE! 

Real talk...we've all been watching bits and pieces of A Christmas Story ever since TBS got the brilliant idea to play this movie for 24 damn hours straight.  But when's the last time you actually sat down and watched it as a complete movie?  Your faithful hosts are currently in the thick of the Holiday Haze, so they're gonna sit down and watch it for you!  You know all the iconic moments: the leg lamp, the kid's tongue sticking to the frozen pole, "I can't put my arms down!" and of course..."You'll shoot your eye out!"  You all know the story...red-blooded midwestern boy wants a gun for Christmas.  It's got classic written all over it.  So you know that you love the bits and pieces you catch on TV in between the kids whining over opening presents and your forth glass of Christmas morning zinfandel (just me?)...but do you still love this movie the way Ralphie loves that BB gun?  Join us and find out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!

Thanksgiving has come and gone and we are officially on that Holiday creep, darlings... To celebrate this fun and festive time of year, we will be focusing on holiday themed movies for the whole month of December!  First up...The Muppet Christmas Carol!  Starring Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge, the most famous Christmas sourpuss of them all, and all of your favorite Muppet friends as various characters in the Dickens' classic: Kermit the Frog as Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy as his feisty missus, Fozzie Bear as Fozziewig, Statler & Waldorf as the Marley brothers, and Gonzo the Great as our narrator, Mr. Charles Dickens himself!  Disclaimer: Chrysten is pretty stoked on Christmas, and as such, watches this movie and many others every year.  But Dan has not seen this since he was just a lil one, so this should be a fun one!  Will Dan love this movie as much as he did when he was just a little Danny?  Will Chrysten love this as much this year as she does every year? (Probably) Join us and find out!  And don't

No, Brendan Fraser isn't in this one.  And no, Kurt Russell isn't in it either.  So it must be a pretty great movie if neither of those dudes are needed to buoy it up.  And hey!  What do you know?  It's just one of the greatest film classics of all time: Steven Spielberg's love letter to alien life, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial!  This is the incredible story of a boy named Elliott and his deep connection to an alien being that has accidentally been left behind by their spaceship.  This movie was such a phenomenon that it singlehandedly made Reese's Pieces a popular candy and Drew Barrymore a household name.  So much of this movie has permeated popular culture: E.T. phone home, the bike flying past the moon, the glowing fingertip.  But ask yourself this question...when was the last time you actually watched E.T. from beginning to end?  This was the question our hosts had to ask themselves...and then answer by watching and discussing it on this week's show.  So join us and find out...does E.T. live up to all the

We took to the streets again this week, and by "the streets" I mean Twitter, to ask the people which Brendan Fraser movie they wanted us to discuss next.  The people have spoken...and the people want Encino Man!  Sean Astin plays Dave, a typical 90s high school loser who just wants the girl he likes to notice him.  When he and his hippie buddy, Stoney (Pauly Shore) accidentally dig up a frozen caveman in Dave's backyard, Dave thinks they are one defrosting away from high school fame.  They pass the caveman (Brendan Fraser) off as an exchange student and this sexy missing link becomes the most popular dude in school overnight.  But when the object of Dave's affection decides she would rather go to the prom with the caveman than Dave, the whole plan starts to unravel!  Both Dan and Chrysten remember liking this as kids...but will Brendan Fraser's charm be lost on our hosts?  Join us and find out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE! 

Oh man...remember Brendan Fraser?  Remember what a babe he used to be?  Well, you can relive those glory days with us this week as your KYD hosts watch Airheads, starring Brendan Fraser, Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi and so many more recognizable faces!  (Seriously, the supporting cast features Michael McKean, Joe Mantegna, Chris Farley, Michael Richards, Judd Nelson, Ernie Hudson and David Arquette!  Whoa!)  All the LA based metal band, The Lone Rangers, want is to get their demo played on the air so that they can get exposure and sign a record deal.  Together they hatch a plan to hold a local radio station hostage with plastic guns loaded with pepper spray until their song gets played!  But when the cops show up, things get a little out of hand and the band winds up getting more than they bargained for!  This was one of those movies that always seemed to be on TV, and both of our hosts remember loving it.  Will it hold up over time, unlike the careers of most of its stars?  Join us and find out!  And don't fo

How's it going, righteous darlings?  Are you ready for a bodacious episode of KYD?  EXCELLENT!  This week we take a trip to the left coast and hang with those two most excellent of California bros, Bill S. Preston, Esquire and Ted "Theodore" Logan in the 1989 time travel classic Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure!  All these two high school buds want to do is start a band, but when their history teacher tells them they are dangerously close to flunking, Ted's dad threatens to send Ted to military school breaking the band up forever!  When Rufus (George Carlin), a dude from the future, lands in San Dimas and offers to lend them a time traveling phone booth so that they can ace their history report hilarity ensues!  Featuring charming performances by Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves as Bill and Ted, respectively, this movie carved a place in the childhood hearts of our hosts.  But will they feel as righteously awesome about Bill & Ted this time around?  Join us and find out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW

This week we are taking a request from one of our biggest fans, Lindsay "The Original" G and watching her childhood Halloween favorite Hocus Pocus!  Starring the incomparable Bette Midler, underrated comedienne Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker looking the hottest she's ever looked in a movie as the Sanderson sisters!  The Sandersons are a trio of witches in Salem, MA in 1693 who suck out the lives of little children to restore their own youth and vitality.  When the Sandersons are hung as witches, the eldest sister Winifred has cast a spell that will bring them back to life if a virgin lights the Black Flame Candle in their house.  Fast forward to 1993, where insufferable teenager, Max, is being a real pissant about having to take his little sister, Dani, trick or treating.  To impress his school crush, Allison, Max lights the candle, brings the Sanderson sisters back to life and the trio must find a way to defeat them before they suck the lives out of every child in Salem!  This much maligned movie has

They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky, they're all together ooky...Look out, it's KYD!  This week your favorite nostalgia nerds took a recommendation from you, our loyal listeners, and watched your second spooky October month choice: The Addams Family!  Starring Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd and Christina Ricci in the role that made her a star, this movie about everyone's favorite weirdo family next door is the perfect choice to help get us all into the Halloween spirit!  But Dan and Chrysten both remember the sequel better than the original...will they love this one as much as the second one?  Join us and find out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!

...And more Kurt Russell is what we're gonna give 'em!  This week we watch John Carpenter's 80's sci-fi horror classic The Thing!  Plus it's October, so something scary seemed appropriate.  When a Norwegian helicopter lands at the US McMurdo Station in Antarctica, they are chasing and trying to shoot a seemingly harmless dog.  What the team stationed at McMurdo doesn't realize, is that they are about to have a world of terror unleashed on them!  A murderous space alien goes on a rampage, taking on the physical traits of its host as it kills them from the inside...so they never know who is really a Thing or lying about not being a Thing!  Starring our personal fave, Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley and Keith David.  But will Kurt's baby blues help this movie win over our ever curmudgeonly hosts?  Join us and find out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!