Mar 30, 2024
"Let It Ride" is a 1989 comedy starring Richard Dreyfuss as Jay Trotter, a perpetually unlucky gambler who, after overhearing a tip about a longshot horse, decides to bet all his savings on it. As Jay's luck suddenly turns around, he finds himself on an exhilarating winning streak at the racetrack, encountering...
Mar 20, 2024
Discussing race in America is never easy, and it was even harder in 1989 when Spike Lee released "Do The Right Thing," a film filled with ambiguity, tension and Rosie Perez dancing.
This supersized episode, commissioned by listener Grant Leisure, compelled the Shat Crew to take a hard look at police...
Mar 13, 2024
Before "Matilda the Musical," "Madeline" and "Coraline," there was Danny DeVito's 1996 adaptation of Roald Dahl's "Matilda," a film the entire Shat Crew enjoyed — for very different reasons.
Ash was the most familiar with "Matilda," having seen it in theaters. Gene had read other Dahl books and knew what to...
Mar 8, 2024
We've all seen that scene from "Perfect" where John Travolta is humping his way through a Jamie Lee Curtis aerobics class, but there's another two hours to this 1985 box-office bomb. And we had to watch all of it.
Longtime Shat The Movies beer buddy Scott in Friendswood, Texas, was kind enough to commission a film about...