And that's why you always leave a note... Listen Roald Dahl, we appreciate your valiant attempts to keep kids safe by teaching them a lesson, but did you have to do it with so much terror, scalp itch and villainization of chubby kids? I'll wait... Guys, this week, we watched 1990's The Witches and while Angelica Huston is an icon who should be wors…

Spooky season is upon us and this year, guys - we. are. ready. I mean, sorta. Week one features another wildly weird pick straight from the tortured youth of Emily's living room - a 1983 kids movie (?) that might be about sin? Or maybe friendship? Or probably something else entirely that we completely missed because honestly this movie was a lot. A…

Tom Hanks laughing manically into the giant hole in the floor where his bathtub once stood is hands down one of the top scenes in any movie, any where, of all time. I will fight you if you think otherwise. Get excited, because this week, we are watching the 1986 film about poor decision making, things that are too good to be true, and of course, ad…

Don’t just love it when mandatory high school reading becomes a movie? I mean, pros and cons, right? Either way, Emily gave us an assignment this week and gosh darn it did we earn a solid B+ watching and discussing S.E. (The S stands for seriously, I’m a lady) Hinton’s The Outsiders. It became a film in 1983 and features pretty much all of your fav…

Beverly Hills, What a thrill! Guys, we are going through a Shelly Long phase and it starts with 1989's feminist redemption story - Troop Beverly Hills. Hated by critics, but universally loved by us two schmos, this film is a delight and we simply aren't interested in varying opinions. Like all good 80's movies, it does have its issues, but none of …

On its surface, what's not to love? A big yellow bird, a grumpy green grouch, and tons of friends that are always up for an impromptu sing-a-long. But we are here to tell you that this movie is a dark, sad, and twisted tale about what happens when the powers that be think they know what's best. Why Sesame Street picked this plot for their first fea…

Why are these people always rushing to get to and/or running late for their illegal, after-hours attempted murders of one another? I just feel like this should be something you plan your day around, you make a schedule for, you leave a little early for to beat traffic for - but, no, not this group of ragtag, totally messed up, amazing looking medic…

Get excited guys, we are dipping our toe into the 1970's this week, with Emily's insane, yet incredible choice of 1978's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Never before have I meant it more when I say this movie has everything... Peter Frampton, Peter Frampton in overalls, feathered bangs, weird robots, the Bee Gees, Phyllis Diller, Steve Marti…

Who framed him? We honestly could not tell you. Why? We don't know that either. This week we are watching 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, a film that delighted neither of us and really made us question the fact that Disney has a whole area dedicated to this odd cartoon rabbit. I think this firmly falls into the boy movie category (we're looking at…

Oh boy, guys... I have some great news for you. If you thought deeply buried psychological trauma wasn't a thing, this episode is here to prove otherwise. How do we know, you ask? Well, we watched 1985's old people go to space drama, Cocoon and Kim had a nervous breakdown on mic. You'll love it - we promise. Email us if you want us to send you our …

Somebody get me Annette! This week on the pod, we're going Back to the Beach to watch this quirky 1987 film starring Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello and Lori Loughlin. It's campy, it's silly, it has Pee Wee Herman in it - what more do you guys want? Email us confidentlycontrovesial@gmail.com TikTok @confidentlycontro Instagram @confidentlycontrov…

John Candy and Dan Aykroyd being silly in the woods with a big bald butted bear and some sassy-mouthed raccoons - this is all we needed in the 80s to be happy. What can I say? It was simpler time. Today on the pod we are watching 1988's The Great Outdoors - a fine, fine film and one we will happily fist fight the haters on. You've been warned. Need…

Hey you guys... we're back, Con Connies! Greetings and salutations, friends - we've missed you so very much and greatly appreciate your patience while we took a much longer than anticipated break. Don't worry, in no way, shape or form did we get our shit together while we were off, so you can expect the same level of madness and procrastination you…

If you listen to this show you know that if there's one thing Kim and I hate, it's a bucket list. However, watching this movie together would have been on ours if we approved of such things. Listen to us try to talk about a movie that makes no sense to anyone and probably shouldn't exist...but we are so glad it does. BONUS: You also get to hear us …

Look, we are silly people. We laugh uncontrollably at the dumbest things. We spent a week cracking up about a meme that alluded to a toilet getting married. At the end of the day, we are basically 10 year old boys trapped in the bodies of wildly elegant and beautiful middle aged women. All that being said, I think we held back a little on some of o…

Why do we love this episode? Is it because we learn about Emily's fears of confrontation at the post office? Maybe it's the deep dive we take into lawn skeletons? Or maybe it's because we are two ladies who keep our emotions locked down real tight and we need a movie like Steel Magnolias to feel. Probably the last one, but if you haven't heard this…

Happy 50th episode, friends! Thanks for joining us in this thing called podcasting for over a year now - we are truly grateful. In our final episode of season 1, we are bringing Mr. James Spader back to the pod, this time in the role that gave women everywhere confusing feelings in their hearts, minds, and second-hand prom dresses. Join us as we po…

Ssssshock the Monkey with us as we explore the evils of animal testing and the scariness of chimpanzees with the 1987 film Project X. This movie has it all - Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, sign language, chimpanzees addicted to cigarettes, actors doing animal sound voiceovers, the list goes on and on. Was this episode was worth the two week wait an…

It's a rerun! No new ep this week, but why not listen to an old fave with a new intro? So, Eddie in the Cruisers is a movie about a band that sings songs that you probably thought were by Bruce Springsteen. The End. Ok, ok, ok, on this week’s episode of Confidently Controversial Emily shares one of her family faves, 1983’s Eddie and the Cruisers. S…

She's the devil in disguise... oh yes she is. Is she though? Like really? Or is she a woman who has been lied to, cheated on, and made to feel like she doesn't matter? Huh, society? What about that? Anyway, this week on Confidently Controversial we are watching a movie that kinda helped us form the idea for this crazy little pod, 1989's She-Devil, …

Is Michael Douglas hot? We gotta be honest, even after watching peak Douglas trapse through the jungle without sleeves for days and days, we still can't really come up with a definitive answer. We did, however, rewrite the theme song to this movie and it is a hit. Won't you join us as we watch Kathleen Turner (who Emily hates for some reason), the …

Somehow we recorded this episode like two days before The Breakfast Club kids celebrated the 40 year anniversary of their big Saturday detention. March 24, 1984. I want to tell you we did it on purpose, but you know us by now and you know that this is simply not true. We are messy and it was a total accident. Either way, 40 years. Rough. You will l…

What are the Muppet rules? Do they know they are Muppets? Can they have relationships with any species? Is it okay that some of them are naked most of the time or is Kermit just a weirdo? We don't really answer any of these questions on this week's episode of Confidently Controversial, but we do watch 1984's The Muppets Take Manhattan and talk a lo…

So, you've recently become a ghost and you aren't sure what to do? Well, you've come to the right place... Step 1: For the love of Pete, try to get back in your body. Lay on it. Hover over it. Sneak up on it. Step 2: Ghost punch your bestie. Step 3: Find Whoopi Goldberg. Step 4. Avenge Step 5. Ceramics, probably. Our research is not extensive or va…

What do girls want? They just wanna have fun and they want to dance and wear cool clothes and hang out with boyz. Oh yeah and fundamental rights, too, please and thank you. This week we are taking it back to 1985 with Sarica Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt where their only mission was to DANCE!! Follow us on Instagram @confidentlycontroversial On Tik…

Oh man, never meet your heroes, huh? This week on Confidently Controversial we are watching 1992's Singles, the movie that helped welcome grunge to the mainstream by introducing the world to the beautiful human that is Eddie Vedder and gave us one of the best movie soundtracks of all time. Unfortunately, that might be all it has and we now have a b…

Why were we so obsessed with orphans in the 80s? Webster, those Rags to Riches children, and of course, the most famous orphan of all, Ms. Bet Your Bottom Dollar, You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile. That's right ladies and gentleman, we needed some frigging sunshine and we just couldn't wait until tomorrow - so we're watching the 1982 music…

We're renaming this week's episode "a study of chest hair in three parts" and we advise you to tune in and pay close attention. I mean, what the heck was happening here, folks? Was it something in the water? A particularly delicious crop of peppers? An extremely potent tonic? No matter the cause, we definitely see why our moms liked this movie so m…

Disclaimer - there are absolutely zero pizza pies in this movie. There is, however, a very young and very sweaty Nicholas Cage, so that's something. Today, we're channeling our inner single-named female music icon and watching 1987's Moonstruck! Long story short, the moon gets real full and people start doing strange things. How fun! Listen in to g…

Remember that time in school when you were asked to use your superior intellect to craft a weapon of mass destruction for the government? Yeah, us too. You'd be shocked at the number of times writers get asked for scathing rhetoric that can be used to weaken the will of foreign nations. For realsies... Anyway, all that lying aside, this week we are…

Ah, the 80's, a beautiful time when books for young adults were chock full of batshit crazy things and our parents were just happy we were quiet and reading in another room. This week on the pod, Emily and Kim are watching the 1987 drama Flowers in the Attic, a movie based on a book that takes bad parenting and family trauma to the next level, stru…

If you want to hear two middle aged ladies ugly cry on the radio, you've come to the right place! This week on Con Con we're watching 1989's Steel Magnolias and boy oh boy did we have a tough time. Starring Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Sally Field, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MacLaine, Tom Skeritt, and Dylan McDermott this movie explores…

Guys, guys, guys... If you haven't, you definitely should. Holy Toledo, what a ride. 1981's Mommie Dearest tells the possibly true, possibly fabricated story of Hollywood icon Joan Crawford from the POV of her adopted daughter Christina and it's like seriously bananas. This much-discussed, highly adored (and mocked) movie has become the guide for a…

We are kicking off 2024 by channeling the vibe we are bringing to the new year... that's right, we've got that sweet bodacious dude energy coursing through our lady bods and we are spewing facts and spinning tales until we get the A+ we deserve. All that to say, it's time to watch a most excellent film made in ancient times - Bill & Ted's Excellent…

We're back - just in time to let old acquaintances be forgot and all that other New Year's Eve business. Before we shed the skin of the craptastic year called 2023 (gross), we are watching the one film we could both think of that features NYE - When Harry Met Sally! The rom-com to end all rom-coms, this 1989 Nora Ephron gem asks if men and women be…

It's almost Christmas... time to put a little love in your heart or prepare yourself to be visited by three ghosts giving you the business about being a real dick all year. Frankly, you should save yourself the hassle and be a decent human being for once in your life. Jeeze. This week on the podcast affectionately known as ConCon, we are keeping th…

Well, poor parenting choices waste no time revealing themselves in everyone's favorite Christmas movie about space lizards, 1984's Gremlins. Come along on this not so family friendly ride as we try to figure out why someone didn't just flip on a light and get this whole thing over with in the first place. Follow Confidently Controversial on... Inst…

Alliances crumble and friendships falter as Confidently Controversial begins the holiday season with a "Christmas" episode that may or may not be a "Christmas" episode depending on which one of the hosts you ask. Today the ladies are watching 1988's Funny Farm, which firmly spends a chunk of time celebrating Christmas and a few other seasons, but a…

Ah, the 80's, a time when movies succeeded at the box office solely because of their star power and maybe because we didn't have anything else to look at? This week we are watching a film that combines martial arts moves, sci-fi creatures, a vampire magician, a half snake/half lady and of course, Eddie Murphy like it is totally a normal thing. That…

Martin and Candy. Tweed and Paul. Name two more iconic comedy duos... we will certainly wait. Well, that was surprisingly quick. And a little hurtful, honestly. Anyway, today is your lucky day because these four powerhouse comedy minds are coming together for a heartfelt Thanksgiving episode of the Confidently Controversial pod. That's right, it's …

It's midnight. It's also madness. What else do you need to know? No, really, what else? 1980's Midnight Madness sets five teams loose in the city of Los Angeles overnight to solve clues in what is called The Great All Nighter. Why? Well, I don't really remember why, except this weird dude named Leon who is about to get evicted told them to do it. O…

Yay Sports! In this episode of Confidently Controversial, we've ditched the spooky movies in favor of a film covering a topic we know gobs about, baseball! The 80s and 90s were surprisingly thick with sports films, but only one featured Charlie Sheen getting paid to the wild thing... that's right, it's 1989's Major League! Our old podcast friend To…

Join us for our first live episode as we watch 1999's Terror Firmer with Casey Kaufman himself, Will Keenan! Despite multiple warnings from Will and our ability to do internet research, we watched this Troma Film anyway and we actually kinda liked it. Chock full of guts, gore, boobs, and pickles, this film is at its best delightful in its humor and…

Sure, ghosts, ghouls, and dead things are terrifying, but to know absolute horror you must simply watch the rap battle scene in 1989’s mystifyingly wonderful Teen Witch. This Tweed Family fave does not have strong acting or a complete plot line, but what it lacks in quality is made up for in cringiness, iconic 80s fashion, and a little brother acti…

Well, here it is guys, the movie that truly scarred one of your hosts irrevocably for all of time – Poltergeist! We couldn’t traverse the confidently controversial landscape of spooky season without watching this 1982 film that haunts Emily almost daily. Starring our forever coach Craig T. Nelson, snappy dresser in the face of fear JoBeth Williams,…

Sometimes dead is better, but it is especially best when you take it upon yourself to bury your pets, children and significant others in a mystical native american burial ground that your weird neighbor told you about. In our first spooky Halloween episode of Confidently Controversial, we're watching 1989's Pet Sematary. It's a Steven King classic …

It’s not Star Wars! While you may be confused by the similarity of many of the space creatures, this movie is not a star war. It’s 1984’s The Last Starfighter starring Lance Guest, Catherine Mary Stewart and ol’ jazz hands Robert Preston. Join your Confidently Controversial hosts as they day dream about being so special that they are whisked away t…

This episode of Confidently Controversial turned out much like the movie we watched this week - a little all over the place, full of weird comments, and with us blocking traffic. It's 1980's Fame! Join us as we explore life at a NYC dramatic high school, where the kids sing, dance, play music, and do whatever it was that Montgomery and Doris were u…

Hot tip for anyone trying to get away with something - don't twin with your partner in crime. It, um, draws attention, looks weird, isn't necessary, costs a lot... Do I need to go on? On this week's episode of Confidently Controversial, Emily and Kim watch 1988's Rain Man featuring Dustin Hoffman and a very angry Tom Cruise. Certainly groundbreakin…

Turns out choosing a movie based solely on watching the associated music video doesn't work out very well. This week we watch 1985's Desperately Seeking Susan starring Madonna, Rosanna Arquette, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum and Laurie Metcalf. While the movie isn't the best, the fashion sure is... bring back the bedazzled fold down bootie! After you list…