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  • The Gen X Files 262 - Air Force One
    Feb 20 2026

    To close out our Good Presidents month, we end with the toughest President ever put on screen: Harrison Ford in Air Force One. Co-starring Gary Oldman, Wendy Crewson, Paul Guilfoyle, William H. Macy, Liesel Matthews, and Dean Stockwell, with gritty direction from Wolfgang Peterson. Ford might force you off your plane, but you won't want to leave this thrill ride.

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    1 Std. und 44 Min.
  • The Gen X Files 261 - The American President
    Feb 13 2026

    For our next President in our Good Presidents month, we hit up the quintessential American President: The American President. Generic name? Sure. Love story or political drama? Both. With amazing performances from Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, David Paymer, Samantha Mathis, and Michael J. Fox; witty writing from Aaron Sorkin; and deft direction from Rob Reiner, the American President is a movie that we need right now.

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    1 Std. und 40 Min.
  • The Gen X Files 260 - Dave
    Feb 6 2026

    Welcome to Good Presidents month! We're starting with the man that wasn't technically the President, just someone that looked just like him: Dave! Starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver, along with a bevy of amazing actors, and directed with a deft hand by Ivan Reitman, this is the feel-good comedy that will give you the gut punch of hope that we all desperately need right now.

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    1 Std. und 35 Min.
  • The Gen X Files 259 - For the Stepdads: Teen Toons
    Jan 30 2026

    Join your ol' Stepdads as we discuss more adult animation, what we've been watching in movies and TV, and finally getting some good video games back.

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    1 Std. und 39 Min.
  • The Gen X Files 258 - Fire and Ice
    Jan 23 2026

    We're finishing out our teen toons month with the adult animated sword and sorcery epic, Fire and Ice. With animation from Ralph Bakshi and Frank Frazetta and a script from two Conan comic book writers, and support work from Thomas Kincade, James Gurney, and Peter Chung, you'd think this movie would be better. It looks really pretty! But, that's about it.

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    1 Std. und 21 Min.
  • The Gen X Files 257 - The Time Masters
    Jan 16 2026

    This time, we cover an obscure 1982 animated French feature from René Laloux and Moebius. It's The Time Masters, the super weird and quite amazing sci-fi adventure. The animation is fascinating, the story is simple, and it is insanely French.

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    56 Min.
  • The Gen X Files 256 - Heavy Metal
    Jan 9 2026

    Today, we cover what is definitely an adult animated film that inspired a ton of creators: Heavy Metal. From the magazine that was first published in the US in 1977, Ivan Reitman saw the value of adult animation and produced a pretty good anthology film.

    Featuring the voice talents of John Candy, Eugene Levy, and a ton of others!It's a classic!


    Now pass me the Plutonium Nyborg.

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    1 Std. und 29 Min.
  • The Gen X Files 255 - Wizards
    Jan 2 2026

    For our first foray into Teen Toons, we're covering what Ralph Bakshi considered to be a 'family film', the super weird Wizards. Combining cartoonish animation, rotoscoping, and a guest appearance from the worst dictator in history, Wizards is a movie you will never forget.

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    1 Std. und 7 Min.