Does It Hold Up?

Does It Hold Up?

We discuss older movies from all eras and determine if they still hold up or not. We look at the directing, cinematography, acting, writing, and everything else before making our final decision. Some movies we are watching for the very first time and others we have seen more time than we can count. Join us on our journey to see what does and what doesn’t hold up.

Episodes

December 24, 2025 42 mins

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! This week we have a little fun with movie franchises. Emily made a tournament featuring 32 of the biggest franchises of all time. Now it's time for Adam to pick winners until there is only ONE! Hope you enjoy.

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You have heard of us. We may be just the best podcast you've ever listened to. But honestly, we just want to know why's the rum gone?

This week we revisit 2003's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl does it hold up? Find out now.

 

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December 10, 2025 95 mins

Sometimes the game changes in ways that no one expects. Sometimes the new works better than the old. When it comes to baseball tradition always beats progress, until the 2002 Oakland Athletics changed everything. 

This week we revisit 2011's Moneyball, does it hold up? Find out now.

 

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December 3, 2025 80 mins

Imagine your father drops you at a boarding school to go fight in World War I. Then he never comes back, you go broke, and become a servant to a mad headmistress. That's the start of some crazy horror movie type stuff, just kidding. That's just the story of the movie we watched this week that was made for children. 

This week we revisit 1995's A Little Princess, does it hold up? Find out now.

 

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November 26, 2025 79 mins

We are back! Shia LaBeouf was a megastar in the making. Especially with his breakout role in this 2003 movie based on a book of the same name. This was a childhood staple for many, but 22 years later is it as good as you remember?

This week we revisit 2003's Holes, does it hold up? Find out now.

 

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November 12, 2025 47 mins

This week Adam revisits all 12 movies directed by Christopher Nolan to tell you which is his favorite. 

 

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October 29, 2025 75 mins

The 80s were an iconic time for slasher movies and Freddy Kreuger might be the scariest of them all. But was his first outing a dream or a nightmare?

This week we revisit 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street, does it hold up? Find out now.

 

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October 22, 2025 51 mins

Horror movies come in all shapes and sizes. On this week's episode Emily and Adam tackle the task of ranking 11 different horror movie subgenres to come to the conclusion of what scares us most. 

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October 15, 2025 85 mins

Walt Disney took a big risk combining animation with classical music, did it pay off? At the time maybe it didn't but over the years the appreciation has come. 

This week we revisit 1940's Fantasia, does it hold up? Find out now.

 

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October 8, 2025 81 mins

A comedy action movie. A big success. A love is found. A cheating scandal. BrAngelina is born.

This week we revisit 2005's Mr. and Mrs. Smith, does it hold up? Find out now.

 

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October 1, 2025 91 mins

An accident as a child left Matt Murdock blind but with his other senses heightened. Now as an adult he fights crime as Daredevil. Ben Affleck puts on the red suit in his first superhero outing.

This week we revisit 2003's Daredevil, does it hold up? Find out now.

 

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September 24, 2025 56 mins

Have you ever watched a movie and immediately wanted more? Wanted to be a part of that world? Experience that world in a brand new way? How about experiencing the movie as a video game? On this episode Emily and Adam talk about movies they loved and how they would turn them into video games if they could. Hope y'all enjoy. 

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September 17, 2025 95 mins

Everyone keeps asking us if we're back. We never really had an answer. But now, yeah, we're thinking we're back! 

This week we revisit 2014's John Wick, does it hold up? Find out now.

 

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September 10, 2025 97 mins

We can't survive on just one or two high altitude podcasts per year. We wish we knew how to quit you. All we have now is Brokeback. 

This week we revisit 2005's Brokeback Mountain, does it hold up? Find out now.

 

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September 3, 2025 75 mins

Actors and actresses inside of massive franchises usually go on to great success. Why didn't anyone from Twilight or other YA movies from that time period. We are talking about the cast of the some of the biggest YA movies of the 2000s and 2010s to discuss why. 

This week we revisit YA Movie Casts to see which one holds up the best. Find out now.

 

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August 27, 2025 103 mins

We're impossibly fast. And strong. Our skin is pale white and ice cold. Our eyes change color. And sometimes we speak like, like we're from a different time. We never eat or drink anything. We don't go out in the sunlight...

This week we revisit 2008's Twilight, does it hold up? Find out now.

 

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August 20, 2025 83 mins

Emily's birthday is on the horizon again so she picked this week's movie to cover. And after two years in a row revisiting Jurassic Park, we finally get to move on to something new...sort of. 

This week we revisit 1997's The Lost World: Jurassic Park, does it hold up? Find out now.

 

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August 13, 2025 65 mins

Do you understand the words that are coming out of our mouths?!?! We hope so. 

This week we revisit 1995's Rush Hour, does it hold up? Find out now.

 

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July 30, 2025 63 mins

20 years ago, the story of some blah blah blah hit theaters. And now this summer we are going back. That's what every legacy sequel does and sometimes they are damn good and sometimes they aren't.

This week we revisit some legacy sequels, do they hold up? Find out now.

 

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July 23, 2025 85 mins

One year ago we did something horrific and now someone is reminding us. Thank God because we can't remember what we had for breakfast! 

This week we revisit 1997's I Know What You Did Last Summer, does it hold up? Find out now.

 

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