Silver Screen Sisters
Once upon a time, Sophie asked Billie, “Wanna start a podcast about 80s movies?”
Billie said, “Uh, no. I hate 80s movies.”
And the Silver Screen Sisters Podcast was born.
In truth, we just needed an education, as neither of us had watched many 80s movies. Who’s John Hughes? What are The Outsiders?
These are questions we ask. Because we have no clue.
And don’t even begin to ask us how to pronounce names.
We invite you to join us as we discover what makes the 80s such an iconic time for cinema and why people come back to them again and again.
Find our episodes and more here! https://linktr.ee/silverscreensisters
Episodes
53 episodes
Episode 51 - Our first time watching Field of Dreams
"Build it, they will come." Billie had no idea that quote came from a movie, let alone a movie about building a baseball field for ghosts. Starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, and Amy Madigan, this fantastical movie is still a ...
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Episode 51
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Episode 50 - We've both seen Batman
It's our 50th episode!! We can hardly believe it ourselves. And we fully intend on doing at least 50 more. More like 500.*** This episode is a bit longer than usual because we spend a little time reflecting on our first 50 episodes and ...
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Episode 50
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Episode 49 - We've both seen The Princess Bride
What can we say that hasn't already been said? A true classic, starring Carey Elwes, Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Mandy Patinkin, Andre the Giant, and Billy Crystal, to name a few. So many iconic moments to discuss in a new light a...
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Episode 49
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Episode 48 - Our First Time Watching Sophie's Choice
And yes, that's the title of the film, based on a book by William Styron. This wasn't a movie that Sophie picked for us to watch. Just to clarify. :)Directed by Alan J. Pakula, it stars Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Peter MacNicol and ...
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Episode 48
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Episode 47 - Our first time watching Re-Animator
With a "Mary Shelley meets Alfred Hitchcock" vibe, this Frankenstein story equal parts grossed us out and impressed us in its grotesqueness. (Sophie shares how many gallons of fake blood were used during Trivia.) Directed by Stuart Gordon, this...
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Episode 47
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Episode 46 - Our first time watching The Toxic Avenger
We were overdue for an 80s cult classic. One of those "it's so bad, it's good" movies. But we weren't ready for Toxie. A B movie that inspired an entire franchise (and maybe influenced others).In this episode, we ask, "How?"
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Episode 46
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Episode 45 - Billie's first time watching The Witches of Eastwick
Based on the book by John Updike, this 80s classic stars our main man Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Directed by George Miller, music by John Williams... On paper, this sounds like a great film and most people (we ...
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Episode 45
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Episode 44 - Our first time watching Red Dawn
A "hypothetical WWIII" movie, we weren't sure what to expect. All we knew was that the cast was phenomenal. Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Jennifer Grey, and Darren Dalton star as teenagers who escape to the moun...
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Episode 44
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Episode 43 - Sophie's first time watching Top Gun
"I feel the need, the need for speed!" For real, Sophie has never watched "Top Gun"... until now. Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tim Robbins, and Tom Skerritt bring Director Tony Scott's vision to life in a tru...
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Episode 43
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Episode 42 - Our first time watching The Outsiders
What happens when two sisters watch different versions of a movie they've never seen before? This. This is the result. The Outsiders, starring C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, and T...
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Episode 42
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Intermission - We're back!
We're back! And we apologize for our unexpected absence. The second half of 2023 was pretty rough for us, which we talk about in this episode. But! More reviews are coming and... *drumroll*...We'll be adding 90s movies to t...
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Episode 41 - Sophie's first time watching Tootsie
We're back! And to talk about an iconic movie that Sophie has never seen before, Tootsie! Starring Dustan Hoffman and Jessica Lange, this movie has been nominated for 10 academy awards and brings light to a subject we are still struggling with ...
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Episode 41
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Episode 40 - Sophie's first time watching Amadeus
Not only has Sophie never seen this film, but it's also about one of Billie's favorite subjects: music. Specifically, Mozart. Directed by Milos Forman and starring F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce, Amadeus tells the story of Salieri's jealousy o...
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Episode 40
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Episode 39 - Special 90s Edition - We've both seen Mars Attacks!
You read that right! We're delving into the world of '90s movies! Requested by one of our wonderful listeners, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to start our journey into the '90s. Tim Burton directs this cult classic starring almost ...
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Episode 39
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Episode 38 - Sophie's first time watching The Terminator
The Terminator is iconic. So, of course, we never would have seen it. (Billie only did for the first time a few years ago!) Full of terrible Arnold impersonations, this episode delves into some shocking trivia, Mr. Universe's booty, and time tr...
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Episode 38
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Episode 37 - Sophie's first time watching Romancing the Stone
Before The Lost City, there was this gem. Romancing the Stone, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, is the story of one sister getting the other sister into some shit... We wouldn't know anything about that. But really, Joan Wilder sho...
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Episode 37
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Episode 36 - Our first time watching Baby Boom
And we're back with our first taste of Diane Keaton and Nancy Meyers's 80s comedy! For a movie about a business woman who gets saddled with a baby and apparently loses her mind, it was pretty divisive for us. Sophie gives an insight into mother...
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Episode 36
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Episode 35 - Our first time watching Valley Girl
An 80s retelling of Romeo and Juliet? With Nicholas Cage? Sign us up! Add in Stacey's Mom, a light case of bathroom stalking, and questionable parents, and it sounds like a really fun flick! Except, that's not the reaction we had. ...
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Episode 35
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Episode 34 - Our first time watching The Blob
We're quickly realizing that 80s horror flicks didn't skimp on the gore. But they also didn't skimp on crazy action shots, either! Shawnee Smith and Kevin Dillon star in this remake of a 1958 classic, The Blob, which of course we haven't seen. ...
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Episode 34
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Episode 33 - Billie's first time watching Poltergeist
It's here... And yeah, totally one that Billie has never seen. Big shock. But what might actually be shocking is a lot of the trivia we uncover. It's truly haunting stuff. Although a box office bomb, it ended up being nominated for several Osca...
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Episode 33
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Episode 32 - Sophie's first time watching The Blues Brothers
It's one of Billie's favorite movies and also one that Sophie has never seen! A perfect combination for an episode. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd star as The Blues Brothers in this love letter to rhythm and blues music, with plenty of cameos suc...
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Episode 32
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Episode 31 - Our first time watching Highlander
A Frenchman playing a Scot, a Scot playing a Spaniard Egyptian, and red flags everywhere, Highlander offers no apologies for its bold take on immortality. A beloved cult classic, you might already know how we feel about watching this film with ...
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Episode 31
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Episode 30 - Sophie's first time watching Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Most excellent!! Sophie never watched this one! But with a cast like Keanu Reeves, Alex Winters, and George Carlin, what could be bad about it? Obviously nothing. But nobody actually knew it would be the hit that it was, paving the way for two ...
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Episode 30
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Episode 29 - Billie's first time watching A Nightmare on Elm Street
This movie took the world, and therapists's couches, by storm! Wes Craven's story genius made us twist the plot around and around as we talked about our favorite parts, which was definitely not all the blood. Billie hadn't watched this one befo...
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Episode 29
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Episode 28 - We have both watched Back to the Future
It was great seeing Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox reunite. But does anybody have some spare plutonium, a flux capacitor, and a Delorean we could borrow to go back and watching this film in theaters? Cuz that's what we all really want.&nb...
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Episode 28
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