Strange Days & Repeat Performance

Strange Days & Repeat Performance

THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAAAAY! The first Double Feature Date Night Friday of 2026, and the last Double Feature Date Night Friday of Season 2. Out with the old, in with the new, as they say. The champagne bottles are in the recycling, the confetti is cleared away and the When Harry Met Sally Blu-ray is back on the shelf. New Resolutions are being written out to commemorate a New Year and, dare we say, a whole New You? Welcome to Episode Twelve of Season Two of A Couple of Old Fashioneds: Becca and Joe’s Double Feature Date Night at the Movies, the Season Finale! On this episode the Theme is, “New Year, New You”, and the movies are: STRANGE DAYS & REPEAT PERFORMANCE!  Who felt an underrated Bigelow deserved a repeat viewing and who wanted to make an underrated film noir less of a stranger? And will this movie mashup make for a strange day, or will it merit a repeat performance? And is anyone else getting sufficiently full of these bios’ questionable wordplays yet?  Watch the episode to find out if you guessed right! Don’t forget now the show is its own broadcast to please subscribe to its YouTube and Podcast channels, share with anyone you think would enjoy and stay up to date on latest episodes! Follow it on Instagram and Letterboxd to see the complete movie lists and let Becca and Joe know in the Comment Sections on YouTube or leave a Review wherever you Podcast about whether you agree with their picks and what movie you would’ve brought if it had been a Triple Feature.  After all, the greatest gift a movie lover can give another is a great title they have yet to discover. That’s what movies are all about - they’re the only kind of marathon worth participating in and they’re what Date Nights are made for. No matter what year it is, that’s one thing that will never change.  So settle in, grab your favorite old fashioned drink with your favorite old fashioned person (if that’s the pleasure of your own company then we completely feel you), and revel in a couple old fashioned conversations with Becca and Joe. They are, let’s face it, a pretty old fashioned kind of couple themselves. And alright, once more (for old fashioned times’ sake): THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAAAAY! PLUS! SOME OF THE OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED:  WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989) DIR: Rob Reiner CASABLANCA (1942) DIR: Michael Curtiz SKATETOWN, USA (1979) DIR: William A. Levey DIRTY DANCING (1987) DIR: Emile Ardolino ROAD HOUSE (1989) DIR: Rowdy Herrington SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993) DIR: Steven Spielberg NEAR DARK (1987) DIR: Kathryn Bigelow VIDEODROME (1983) DIR: David Cronenberg EXISTENZ (1999) DIR: David Cronenberg BRAINSTORM (1983) DIR: Douglas Trumbull SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL (1987) DIR: Howard Deutch ALIENS (1986) DIR: James Cameron THE CABLE GUY (1996) DIR: Ben Stiller THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1959) DIR: Rod Serling THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK (1939) DIR: James Whale  THE SON OF MONTE CRISTO (1940) DIR: Rowland V. Lee THE HARD WAY (1943) DIR: Vincent Sherman HIGH SIERRA (1941) DIR: Raoul Walsh DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) DIR: Billy Wilder SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) DIR: Billy Wilder ARTHUR (1996) DIR: Marc Brown

Portrait of a Lady on Fire & Star Wars: Episode V - Empire Strikes Back

THANK GOD IT’S POST-CHRISTMAS-FRIDAAAAY! It’s that special fugue state time of the season between Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve when one celebration is over but another is about to begin. If we’re lucky, we’re full of food, full of family, and full of movies: like a boxer taking a breath between bouts in the ring, we’re down…but not quite out. Welcome to Episode Eleven of Season Two of A Couple of Old Fashioneds: Becca and Joe’s Double Feature Date Night at the Movies! On this episode the Theme is, “Down but not Out”, and the movies are: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE & STAR WARS: EPISODE V - EMPIRE STRIKES BACK!  Which of the two interpreted the theme emotionally to mean the downwards moment of a blockbuster trilogy’s rollercoaster story arc, and which of the two interpreted the theme literally to mean the act of love between two women never able to be out of the closet their society’s trapped them in. And will Becca and Joe be down with this double feature, or is this one out of sync? Watch the episode to find out if you guessed right, and stay tuned to the end to find out what the Theme will be next week! Don’t forget now the show is its own broadcast to please subscribe to its YouTube and Podcast channels, share with anyone you think would enjoy and stay up to date on latest episodes! Follow it on Instagram and Letterboxd to see the complete movie lists and let Becca and Joe know in the Comment Sections on YouTube or leave a Review wherever you Podcast about whether you agree with their picks and what movie you would’ve brought if it had been a Triple Feature.  This Theme was in fact chosen by Brian Clancy, who suggested it on the YouTube version of the show. Thank you Brian, and thank you to our amazing community for supporting the show and offering incredible suggestions like this one! Please keep throwing them out there, you never know whose Theme might be chosen next… After all, the greatest gift a movie lover can give another is a great title they have yet to discover. That’s what movies are all about - they’re the only kind of marathon worth participating in and they’re what Date Nights are made for. So settle in, grab your favorite old fashioned drink with your favorite old fashioned person (if that’s the pleasure of your own company then we completely feel you), and revel in a couple old fashioned conversations with Becca and Joe. They are, let’s face it, a pretty old fashioned kind of couple themselves. PLUS! SOME OF THE OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED:  DAS BOOT (1981) DIR: Wolfgang Petersen TOMBOY (2011) DIR: Céline Sciamma PERSONA (1966) DIR: Ingmar Bergman DUNE (2021) DIR: Denis Villeneuve STAR WARS: EPISODE VI - REVENGE OF THE JEDI (1983) DIR: Richard Marquand THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY (2001-2003) DIR: Peter Jackson RATATOUILLE (2007) DIR: Brad Bird JOKER (2019) DIR: Todd Phillips JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX (2024) DIR: Todd Phillips THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007) DIR: Paul Thomas Anderson EYES WIDE SHUT (1999) DIR: Stanley Kubrick DAS BOOT (1981) DIR: Wolfgang Petersen THE KEEP (1983) DIR: Michael Mann NEW YEAR’S EVIL (1980) DIR: Emmett Alston

8 Women & The Long Kiss Goodnight

THANK GOD IT’S CHRISTMAAAAS! Breaking open the box of Christmas VHS movies is for some people as ubiquitous a part of the season as breaking open the box of Christmas tree decorations. There are the old favorites that everyone typically knows, your Wonderful Life’s, your Home Alone’s, then there are the newer favorites, the ones we’re introduced to later in life, that start to adorn our cinematic seasonal hit lists long after we stop writing letters to Santa.  This special Christmas episode is about those kind of movies. Welcome to Episode Ten of Season Two of A Couple of Old Fashioneds: Becca and Joe’s Double Feature Date Night at the Movies! On this episode the Theme is, “Secret Santa”, and the movies are: 8 WOMEN & THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT! Watch Becca and Joe introduce entirely new Christmas films to one another’s seasonal lives. Which of the two brought a French lesbian murder mystery musical to the table, and which of the two brought an American amnesiac hitwoman action comedy? Do movies which feature Christmas as more of a backdrop than a plot point still count as Christmas movies? And will either of these become essential seasonal viewing for either Becca or Joe? Watch the episode to find out if you guessed right, and stay tuned to the end to find out what the Theme will be next week! Don’t forget now the show is its own broadcast to please subscribe to its YouTube and Podcast channels, share with anyone you think would enjoy and stay up to date on latest episodes! Follow it on Instagram and Letterboxd to see the complete movie lists and let Becca and Joe know in the Comment Sections on YouTube or leave a Review wherever you Podcast about whether you agree with their picks and what movie you would’ve brought if it had been a Triple Feature.  Wherever you are, whoever you’re celebrating with, we hope there’s a great movie of any variety playing on your TV. Let us know the title to what hip pocket, underrated Christmas movie(s) you wish you could introduce more people to! After all, the greatest gift a movie lover can give another is a great title they have yet to discover. That’s what movies are all about - they’re the only kind of marathon worth participating in and they’re what Date Nights are made for. So settle in, grab your favorite old fashioned drink with your favorite old fashioned person (if that’s the pleasure of your own company then we completely feel you), and revel in a couple old fashioned conversations with Becca and Joe. They are, let’s face it, a pretty old fashioned kind of couple themselves. PLUS! SOME OF THE OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED:  ELF (2003) DIR: Jon Favreau DIE HARD (1988) DIR: John McTiernan THE POLAR EXPRESS (2004) DIR: Robert Zemeckis EYES WIDE SHUT (1999) DIR: Stanley Kubrick KNIVES OUT (2019) DIR: Rian Johnson LETHAL WEAPON (1987) DIR: Richard Donner THE NICE GUYS (2016) DIR: Shane Black CLUE (1985) DIR: Jonathan Lynn IMITATION OF LIFE (1959) DIR: Douglas Sirk PULP FICTION (1994) DIR: Quentin Tarantino WAIT UNTIL DARK (1968) DIR: Terence Young ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955) DIR: Douglas Sirk THE WOMEN (1939) DIR: George Cukor HIGH SOCIETY (1956) DIR: Charles Walters SHE’S ALL THAT (1999) DIR: Robert Iscove THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (1967) DIR: Jacques Demy VERTIGO (1958) DIR: Alfred Hitchcock  JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (1975) DIR: Chantal Akerman PULP FICTION (1994) DIR: Quentin Tarantino  BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) DIR: Bob Clark THE OMEN (1976) DIR: Richard Donner  KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005) DIR: Shane Black DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (1995) DIR: John McTiernan EVERLY (2014) DIR: Joe Lynch

Scarface & The Hateful Eight

THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAAAAY! We all have wonderful snow day memories, don’t we? That amazing moment we find out that school has been cancelled and we grab our winter coat, our sledge, our chainsaw, our mug of poisoned coffee…wait, did we lose you? Some of us just take Snow Days up to eleven, I guess. Welcome to Episode Nine of Season Two of A Couple of Old Fashioneds: Becca and Joe’s Double Feature Date Night at the Movies! On this episode the Theme is, “Snow Days”, and the movies are: SCARFACE & THE HATEFUL EIGHT! Who thought of snow as the street name for a certain famous ‘80s vice, and who thought of snow as merely the backdrop for inciting a bright red blizzard of bloodshed? And do you know what the rule is when the same movie is accidentally brought by both to the same double feature? Hey, when like minds think alike, it was bound to happen one of these snow days.  Watch the episode to find out if you guessed right, and stay tuned to the end to find out what the Theme will be next week! Don’t forget now the show is its own broadcast to please subscribe to its YouTube and Podcast channels, share with anyone you think would enjoy and stay up to date on latest episodes! Follow it on Instagram and Letterboxd to see the complete movie lists and let Becca and Joe know in the Comment Sections on YouTube or leave a Review wherever you Podcast about whether you agree with their picks and what movie you would’ve brought if it had been a Triple Feature.  We hope these movies brought back memories of Snow Days of yore…or at least inspired some movie marathons of your own the next time you’re taking shelter on the couch. ‘Cause baby, it’s cold outside.  After all, the greatest gift a movie lover can give another is a great title they have yet to discover. That’s what movies are all about - they’re the only kind of marathon worth participating in and they’re what Date Nights are made for. So settle in, grab your favorite old fashioned drink with your favorite old fashioned person (if that’s the pleasure of your own company then we completely feel you), and revel in a couple old fashioned conversations with Becca and Joe. They are, let’s face it, a pretty old fashioned kind of couple themselves. PLUS! SOME OF THE OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED:  LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008) DIR: Tomas Alfredson MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER (1971) DIR: Robert Altman THE GREAT SILENCE (1968) DIR: Sergio Corbucci SCARFACE (1932) DIR: Howard Hawks  KISS ME DEADLY (1955) DIR: Robert Aldrich PULP FICTION (1994) DIR: Quentin Tarantino VERTIGO (1958) DIR: Alfred Hitchcock CARLITO’S WAY (1993) DIR: Brian De Palma CARRIE (1976) DIR: Brian De Palma DEATH PROOF (2007) DIR: Quentin Tarantino THE THING (1982) DIR: John Carpenter DEAD OF NIGHT (1945) DIR: Multiple KWAIDAN (1964) DIR: Masaki Kobayashi THE EVIL DEAD (1981) DIR: Sam Raimi HELLRAISER (1987) DIR: Clive Barker  EVIL DEAD II (1987) DIR: Sam Raimi  MAGNOLIA (1999) DIR: Paul Thomas Anderson INGLORIOUS BASTERDS (2009) DIR: Quentin Tarantino  RESEVOIR DOGS (1992) DIR: Quentin Tarantino  ELF (2003) DIR: Jon Favreau

The Black Hole & There Will Be Blood

THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAAAAY! Some of us always putt holes in one, and some of us become god complex egomaniacal robot overlords conquering black holes in space. Every friend group has one, right? Welcome to Episode Eight of Season Two of A Couple of Old Fashioneds: Becca and Joe’s Double Feature Date Night at the Movies! On this episode the Theme is, “A Hole in One”, and the movies are: THE BLACK HOLE & THERE WILL BE BLOOD! No, this isn’t code speak for that time of the month. Who interpreted the theme to suggest the esoteric pursuit of a man’s fortune hunting in the hole he digs underground while never filling the one he digs in his own heart, and who interpreted the theme to suggest one big space hole? And did these two holes fill each other up or suck each other out of space? Watch the episode to find out if you guessed right, and stay tuned to the end to find out what the Theme will be next week! Don’t forget now the show is its own broadcast to please subscribe to its YouTube and Podcast channels, share with anyone you think would enjoy and stay up to date on latest episodes! Follow it on Instagram and Letterboxd to see the complete movie lists and let Becca and Joe know in the Comment Sections on YouTube or leave a Review wherever you Podcast about whether you agree with their picks and what movie you would’ve brought if it had been a Triple Feature.  We hope these movies plugged some holes in your own film knowledge, or that our discussion made you look at them in a new light(speed).  After all, the greatest gift a movie lover can give another is a great title they have yet to discover. That’s what movies are all about - they’re the only kind of marathon worth participating in and they’re what Date Nights are made for. So settle in, grab your favorite old fashioned drink with your favorite old fashioned person (if that’s the pleasure of your own company then we completely feel you), and revel in a couple old fashioned conversations with Becca and Joe. They are, let’s face it, a pretty old fashioned kind of couple themselves. PLUS! SOME OF THE OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED:  CADDYSHACK (1980) DIR: Harold Ramis STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE (1977) DIR: George Lucas  FREAKY FRIDAY (1976) DIR: Gary Nelson 20000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954) DIR: Richard Fleischer GALAXY QUEST (1999) DIR: Dean Parisot ALIEN (1979) DIR: Ridley Scott CINDERELLA (1950) DIR: Multiple directors DAY OF THE DEAD (1985) DIR: George A. Romero RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) DIR: Steven Spielberg BRAINSTORM (1983) DIR: Douglas Trumbull  2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) DIR: Stanley Kubrick FANTASIA (1940) DIR: Multiple CONTACT (1997 DIR: Robert Zemeckis A.I ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (2001) DIR: Steven Spielberg  PUNCH DRUNK LOVE (2002) DIR: Paul Thomas Anderson JAWS (1975) DIR: Steven Spielberg BARRY LYNDON (1975) DIR: Barry Lyndon BURIED (2010) DIR: Rodrigo Cortés