On the surface Sugar Town seems like a cutesy song, but it's about someone taking LSD (on sugar cubes) Lee Hazlewood wrote it as a subversive coded message to 'the kids', to get it past the censors. I haven't seen Kid Detective yet, so I'm not sure if that fits in at all with the plot/themes of the movie, or if he just used it for mood music. Maybe on the level of something seeming innocent that has a darker subtext?
Mel
2021-05-10 11:31:47 +0000 UTC
ditto - this was one of those 'get out of here - go to prime vid - watch movie - come back' moments...
My fiancee and I stopped in the middle of your talk, went straight to Vudu, and enjoyed the hell out of this movie. Thank you so much for helping us find these gems (we also loved "Vast of Night")!
2021-02-17 17:43:23 +0000 UTC
Do a review of Barb and Star
ItsPatreonYo
2021-02-16 13:24:21 +0000 UTC
Wow! Thanks SO much for the heads-up. A really, really solid film. And one that I probably never would have seen otherwise.
LB876
2021-02-16 02:53:25 +0000 UTC
I'm going to wait and double feature this with the upcoming Danzig vampire western.
Harold
2021-02-15 16:31:20 +0000 UTC
Thanks for the recommendation! Watching it right now. Going to watch your review afterwards.
2021-02-14 21:23:04 +0000 UTC
Just watched The Kid Detective- thanks guys! 👍😎
Joseph Mazza
2021-02-14 01:52:16 +0000 UTC
this movie rules
A White 1993 Camry
2021-02-13 23:01:17 +0000 UTC
Excellent film.
2021-02-13 21:10:20 +0000 UTC
I have no intention of ever watching this, so I just went and checked the final scene on YouTube... okay, I'm probably missing a lot of context there, but, yeah, nothing funny about what I was seeing there... :/
Manuel Johnen
2021-02-13 04:44:14 +0000 UTC
Watched it last night. Liked it, but am totally not seeing the humorous stuff about the ending that they were talking about.
Matthew Gladney
2021-02-13 00:12:10 +0000 UTC
Just watched it too, enjoyable romp
Tomas
2021-02-12 22:35:00 +0000 UTC
Thanks for the recommendation guys, we just watched it here. Unique movie
Seo Hurley
2021-02-12 22:05:58 +0000 UTC
I always feel it's easier to be negative when reviewing media, and I can kinda understand the criticism RLM sometimes gets for kicking dead horses etc. But these more positive shorts shine brighter because of it. It's great to see Mike and Jay be critical-but-positive about movies like these. (re:view is similar, but there is always that nostalgic element that muddies the waters, so to speak)
Jaap van Muijden
2021-02-12 17:47:39 +0000 UTC
Yeah, can anyone explain the point about the title reveal? It didn't make a big impression on me. I also really liked the film.
Galewolf
2021-02-12 06:14:20 +0000 UTC
I liked the movie but I certainly didn’t have the same reaction as Mike and Jay to the ending. I think it would have been the same with or without the title reveal.
Zach Dewoody
2021-02-12 05:37:36 +0000 UTC
Stupid Amazon Prime. I notice every time RLM talks about a movie they make you pay for it and they seem to jack up the prices. Bastards!
2021-02-12 02:31:16 +0000 UTC
I really loved this movie, and I would have never heard of it had it not been for this post. Thank you RLM.
Ryan Lind
2021-02-12 00:51:43 +0000 UTC
The best idea Mike has ever had was suggesting the Olsen twins bring back The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley.
Jessica
2021-02-11 21:26:57 +0000 UTC
Needless to say, I enjoy your old content, and when you reuse old props and costumes (iirc, the helmet Rich (Evans) wore in the bit in BotW, where he made whatever movie it was better by ejecting it out of the spaceship, was the same helmet Cliff Grabowski's alien friend wore), so I liked to watch the Olsen Twins b-roll footage. Besides that I'd watch The Kid Detective based on your recommendation.
Marvin Falz
2021-02-11 21:19:22 +0000 UTC
Until PYW I only knew Adam Brody from the OC which I never actually watched but going to jr. high/high school in Orange County during the time it aired meant there was no escaping it. He's great in this and I hope to see him given more leading roles.
Glad you guys are giving this film some well-deserved exposure.
Rhea
2021-02-11 20:46:20 +0000 UTC
Getting recommendations for movies like this I would otherwise never have seen is great! Thank you!
Matthew Riley
2021-02-11 20:30:10 +0000 UTC
I'm just here for the Armie Hammer jokes.
Lisa
2021-02-11 19:01:41 +0000 UTC
I was wondering what to watch later, thanks guys
Yarn From Space
2021-02-11 16:45:06 +0000 UTC
There actually IS an early 90s movie named "The Detective Kid"...
Watched it last night! It kept us guessing all the way through.
Joshua McAllister
2021-02-11 14:34:14 +0000 UTC
I assumed The Kid Detective was a direct to video 90s movie somebody sent them
Jim Rocco
2021-02-11 14:29:48 +0000 UTC
i watched this a couple of days ago on their initial recommendation. quite a good flick!
mike bouchard
2021-02-11 14:20:11 +0000 UTC
What's this then, A Quarter In The Bag? thanks for the recommendation, I've watched the movie since your last post, and it is really good! take care guys!