THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAAAAY!

The first Double Feature Date Night Friday of 2026, and the last Double Feature Date Night Friday of Season 2. Out with the old, in with the new, as they say. The champagne bottles are in the recycling, the confetti is cleared away and the When Harry Met Sally Blu-ray is back on the shelf. New Resolutions are being written out to commemorate a New Year and, dare we say, a whole New You? Welcome to Episode Twelve of Season Two of A Couple of Old Fashioneds: Becca and Joe’s Double Feature Date Night at the Movies, the Season Finale!

On this episode the Theme is, “New Year, New You”, and the movies are:

STRANGE DAYS & REPEAT PERFORMANCE!

Who felt an underrated Bigelow deserved a repeat viewing and who wanted to make an underrated film noir less of a stranger? And will this movie mashup make for a strange day, or will it merit a repeat performance? And is anyone else getting sufficiently full of these bios’ questionable wordplays yet?

Watch the episode to find out if you guessed right!

Don’t forget now the show is its own broadcast to please subscribe to its YouTube and Podcast channels, share with anyone you think would enjoy and stay up to date on latest episodes! Follow it on Instagram and Letterboxd to see the complete movie lists and let Becca and Joe know in the Comment Sections on YouTube or leave a Review wherever you Podcast about whether you agree with their picks and what movie you would’ve brought if it had been a Triple Feature.

After all, the greatest gift a movie lover can give another is a great title they have yet to discover. That’s what movies are all about - they’re the only kind of marathon worth participating in and they’re what Date Nights are made for. No matter what year it is, that’s one thing that will never change.

So settle in, grab your favorite old fashioned drink with your favorite old fashioned person (if that’s the pleasure of your own company then we completely feel you), and revel in a couple old fashioned conversations with Becca and Joe. They are, let’s face it, a pretty old fashioned kind of couple themselves.

And alright, once more (for old fashioned times’ sake): THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAAAAY!

PLUS! SOME OF THE OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED:

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989) DIR: Rob Reiner

CASABLANCA (1942) DIR: Michael Curtiz

SKATETOWN, USA (1979) DIR: William A. Levey

DIRTY DANCING (1987) DIR: Emile Ardolino

ROAD HOUSE (1989) DIR: Rowdy Herrington

SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993) DIR: Steven Spielberg

NEAR DARK (1987) DIR: Kathryn Bigelow

VIDEODROME (1983) DIR: David Cronenberg

EXISTENZ (1999) DIR: David Cronenberg

BRAINSTORM (1983) DIR: Douglas Trumbull

SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL (1987) DIR: Howard Deutch

ALIENS (1986) DIR: James Cameron

THE CABLE GUY (1996) DIR: Ben Stiller

THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1959) DIR: Rod Serling

THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK (1939) DIR: James Whale

THE SON OF MONTE CRISTO (1940) DIR: Rowland V. Lee

THE HARD WAY (1943) DIR: Vincent Sherman

HIGH SIERRA (1941) DIR: Raoul Walsh

DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) DIR: Billy Wilder

SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) DIR: Billy Wilder

ARTHUR (1996) DIR: Marc Brown

THANK GOD IT’S POST-CHRISTMAS-FRIDAAAAY!

It’s that special fugue state time of the season between Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve when one celebration is over but another is about to begin. If we’re lucky, we’re full of food, full of family, and full of movies: like a boxer taking a breath between bouts in the ring, we’re down…but not quite out. Welcome to Episode Eleven of Season Two of A Couple of Old Fashioneds: Becca and Joe’s Double Feature Date Night at the Movies!

On this episode the Theme is, “Down but not Out”, and the movies are:

PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE & STAR WARS: EPISODE V - EMPIRE STRIKES BACK!

Which of the two interpreted the theme emotionally to mean the downwards moment of a blockbuster trilogy’s rollercoaster story arc, and which of the two interpreted the theme literally to mean the act of love between two women never able to be out of the closet their society’s trapped them in. And will Becca and Joe be down with this double feature, or is this one out of sync?

Watch the episode to find out if you guessed right, and stay tuned to the end to find out what the Theme will be next week!

Don’t forget now the show is its own broadcast to please subscribe to its YouTube and Podcast channels, share with anyone you think would enjoy and stay up to date on latest episodes! Follow it on Instagram and Letterboxd to see the complete movie lists and let Becca and Joe know in the Comment Sections on YouTube or leave a Review wherever you Podcast about whether you agree with their picks and what movie you would’ve brought if it had been a Triple Feature.

This Theme was in fact chosen by Brian Clancy, who suggested it on the YouTube version of the show. Thank you Brian, and thank you to our amazing community for supporting the show and offering incredible suggestions like this one! Please keep throwing them out there, you never know whose Theme might be chosen next…

After all, the greatest gift a movie lover can give another is a great title they have yet to discover. That’s what movies are all about - they’re the only kind of marathon worth participating in and they’re what Date Nights are made for.

So settle in, grab your favorite old fashioned drink with your favorite old fashioned person (if that’s the pleasure of your own company then we completely feel you), and revel in a couple old fashioned conversations with Becca and Joe. They are, let’s face it, a pretty old fashioned kind of couple themselves.

PLUS! SOME OF THE OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED:

DAS BOOT (1981) DIR: Wolfgang Petersen

TOMBOY (2011) DIR: Céline Sciamma

PERSONA (1966) DIR: Ingmar Bergman

DUNE (2021) DIR: Denis Villeneuve

STAR WARS: EPISODE VI - REVENGE OF THE JEDI (1983) DIR: Richard Marquand

THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY (2001-2003) DIR: Peter Jackson

RATATOUILLE (2007) DIR: Brad Bird

JOKER (2019) DIR: Todd Phillips

JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX (2024) DIR: Todd Phillips

THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007) DIR: Paul Thomas Anderson

EYES WIDE SHUT (1999) DIR: Stanley Kubrick

DAS BOOT (1981) DIR: Wolfgang Petersen

THE KEEP (1983) DIR: Michael Mann

NEW YEAR’S EVIL (1980) DIR: Emmett Alston

THANK GOD IT’S CHRISTMAAAAS!

Breaking open the box of Christmas VHS movies is for some people as ubiquitous a part of the season as breaking open the box of Christmas tree decorations. There are the old favorites that everyone typically knows, your Wonderful Life’s, your Home Alone’s, then there are the newer favorites, the ones we’re introduced to later in life, that start to adorn our cinematic seasonal hit lists long after we stop writing letters to Santa.

This special Christmas episode is about those kind of movies. Welcome to Episode Ten of Season Two of A Couple of Old Fashioneds: Becca and Joe’s Double Feature Date Night at the Movies!

On this episode the Theme is, “Secret Santa”, and the movies are:

8 WOMEN & THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT!

Watch Becca and Joe introduce entirely new Christmas films to one another’s seasonal lives. Which of the two brought a French lesbian murder mystery musical to the table, and which of the two brought an American amnesiac hitwoman action comedy? Do movies which feature Christmas as more of a backdrop than a plot point still count as Christmas movies? And will either of these become essential seasonal viewing for either Becca or Joe?

Watch the episode to find out if you guessed right, and stay tuned to the end to find out what the Theme will be next week!

Don’t forget now the show is its own broadcast to please subscribe to its YouTube and Podcast channels, share with anyone you think would enjoy and stay up to date on latest episodes! Follow it on Instagram and Letterboxd to see the complete movie lists and let Becca and Joe know in the Comment Sections on YouTube or leave a Review wherever you Podcast about whether you agree with their picks and what movie you would’ve brought if it had been a Triple Feature.

Wherever you are, whoever you’re celebrating with, we hope there’s a great movie of any variety playing on your TV. Let us know the title to what hip pocket, underrated Christmas movie(s) you wish you could introduce more people to!

After all, the greatest gift a movie lover can give another is a great title they have yet to discover. That’s what movies are all about - they’re the only kind of marathon worth participating in and they’re what Date Nights are made for.

So settle in, grab your favorite old fashioned drink with your favorite old fashioned person (if that’s the pleasure of your own company then we completely feel you), and revel in a couple old fashioned conversations with Becca and Joe. They are, let’s face it, a pretty old fashioned kind of couple themselves.

PLUS! SOME OF THE OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED:

ELF (2003) DIR: Jon Favreau

DIE HARD (1988) DIR: John McTiernan

THE POLAR EXPRESS (2004) DIR: Robert Zemeckis

EYES WIDE SHUT (1999) DIR: Stanley Kubrick

KNIVES OUT (2019) DIR: Rian Johnson

LETHAL WEAPON (1987) DIR: Richard Donner

THE NICE GUYS (2016) DIR: Shane Black

CLUE (1985) DIR: Jonathan Lynn

IMITATION OF LIFE (1959) DIR: Douglas Sirk

PULP FICTION (1994) DIR: Quentin Tarantino

WAIT UNTIL DARK (1968) DIR: Terence Young

ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955) DIR: Douglas Sirk

THE WOMEN (1939) DIR: George Cukor

HIGH SOCIETY (1956) DIR: Charles Walters

SHE’S ALL THAT (1999) DIR: Robert Iscove

THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (1967) DIR: Jacques Demy

VERTIGO (1958) DIR: Alfred Hitchcock

JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (1975) DIR: Chantal Akerman

PULP FICTION (1994) DIR: Quentin Tarantino

BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) DIR: Bob Clark

THE OMEN (1976) DIR: Richard Donner

KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005) DIR: Shane Black

DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (1995) DIR: John McTiernan

EVERLY (2014) DIR: Joe Lynch