The Movie Loft Podcast
The Movie Loft Podcast features three Boston boys, Tony, Phil and Thom, in an old barn loft talking about '80s movies and memories.
The name and premise is also a nod to a titular Boston institution, The Movie Loft, featuring Dana Hersey, which ran on WSBK TV-38 throughout our formative years. This project started as an excuse to capture our conversations for posterity. Highlighting a different movie in each episode, we revisit some long forgotten memories, and in the process weave together a documentary of our salad days.
The point of this show is not to walk anyone through a movie scene by scene - we’re well aware you’ve been watching these flicks for decades. The aim is to discuss our deep appreciation for what it took to get each picture made, where we were when we experienced them, and how they’re a part of the zeitgeist of their times. Sure, we have some opinions, maybe even a few “hot takes”, but we’re really just here for your entertainment. Hopefully you’ll finish each episode feeling like you had a seat at our table.
Episodes
100 episodes
The Malden Chronicles — The Hook
Another pull from one of The Malden Chronicles episodes that's worth a revisit.
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Jacobs Ladder 1990
Jacob’s Ladder is part psychological horror, part spiritual breakdown, and all sweaty paranoia. Tim Robbins nails it as a Vietnam vet whose post-war life turns into a fever dream of demons, flashbacks, and truly bad subway etiquet...
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1:01:23
The Thing 1982
Grab your flamethrower and your blood test kit, because we’re thawing out John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) — the frosty freakshow where Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, and the gang learn the hard way that trust is dead and...
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1:15:02
The Naked Gun 1988-2025
This is a special double header is brought to you hot from theater to loft. Bask in the greatness of a franchise that we're glad to see propagate through the decades. From Leslie to Liam, and Priscilla to Pam. Chef's kiss.
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1:32:06
Return Of The Living Dead 1985
July 3, 1984, 5:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time."Burt, I...I think things are gettin' outta hand!"If that isn't the understatement of the '80s. Return Of The Living Dead is serving up more brains, just in case ...
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Vision Quest 1985
"My name's Louden, Louden Swain. Last week I turned 18. I wasn't ready for it. I haven't done anything yet. So I made this deal with myself. This is the year I make my mark."What to say about Vision Quest? It's a staple of any well roun...
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1:11:02
Real Genius 1985
This scientific romp was part of the ultimate trio released in August 1985. Real Genius, Weird Science, and My Science Project were released within one week of each other and just one month after Back to the Future. With Martha Coolidge at the ...
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1:17:23
The Malden Chronicles — Diamonds In The Rough
Just some low key stories for posterity in this episode. Linden love and the lumps along the way.
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57:03
The Malden Chronicles — Let It Whip
Once again sitting down with my brothers Jamie and Jeff. This is the caliber of story that barely makes the cut for public consumption. Anything south of this stays in the family vault of recordings. If you've listened to any of The Malden Chro...
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17:47
Remote Control 1988
Here's another one from 2020 that was never going to see the light of day. It was originally over an hour. We can't put anyone through us walking through the movie minute by minute, so it's now about 25 minutes. Enjoy the silence....
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No Retreat, No Surrender 1986
November 27, 2020: We're going back to 2020 with this episode. Well before The Movie Loft Podcast was available on any streaming platform. As I've mentioned before, we have a whole unreleased first season in the back of our vault. It may not ri...
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1:16:46
The Malden Chronicles — Pig And A Poke
Here is an excerpt from The Malden Chronicle – Crime Does Pay episode. This is a slightly longer edit of the original story, so you can hear that some of what hits the cutting room floor is just as juicy.
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The Malden Chronicles — Ninja On The Loose
This is an excerpt taken from The Malden Chronicles – Tales Of The City episode. I always remembered it as a story of my brother intervening to protect a woman from her attacking boyfriend. How wrong I was....
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10:18
The Malden Chronicles — Stuck In The Middle With You
This is an excerpt from The Malden Chronicles – Rooms For Rent episode. That time a stereo of ours grew some legs and moved to a new address.
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11:39
The Malden Chronicles — Malden vs Melrose Matinee
This is an excerpt from The Malden Chronicles – Rooms For Rent episode. That day at the Granada Theater when the Melrose football team wanted to see what all the fuss was about with the Malden/Medford rivalry.
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5:47
The Malden Chronicles — The Song Remains The Same
This is a short excerpt from the Midnight Madness epiode. The Song Remains The Same riot at Granada Theater, Malden Square, December 1980.
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6:27
Nosferatu & Running Scared 1986
I'm splashing out four dollars for going six minute over my plan this month....you better appreciate it. Whatever your favorite six minutes may be, imagine that is where I spent all that extra scratch, just for you. On Christmas ni...
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1:34:16
A Black Christmas Story 1983
Christmas is a coming and the egg is in the nog! Enjoy our holiday double header of A Christmas Story and Black Christmas! Two great Bob Clark offerings that go great together. And don't forget to get over to Zayre for those last m...
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1:32:08
Christmas Rappin'
Here's some holiday company brought to you from a few Maldonians, Derek, Mic and Jamie. They sit down with me to shoot the proverbial shit. It should have been more Christmas centric, and that's in there for sure. I just took my hands off the w...
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1:56:21
The Malden Chronicles — The Lost Christmas of 1982 Minisode
Here's an excerpt from and olde Malden Chronicles that needs to be highlighted this Christmas season. Enjoy Jamie's lost Christmas Eve of 1982. All the way from Malden to Littleton Massachusetts....the spirits were felt.
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The Malden Chronicles — Robbin' Hood Trees
This is a simple tale of entrepreneurship, from brothers Donahue. Delivered early this year, here is the 28 Spring Street holiday classic, Robin Hood Trees. You don't need to sift through our catalog to find it. And what brings you this gem bef...
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