Just Play It lives out the dream going trick or treating on Elm Street, but little did we know, we got a burn victim running around in an ugly Christmas sweater! Nick & James join an angry mob of gasoline toting parents and head straight to the boiler room for this one. We watched for the first time Wes Craven's 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'. We share thoughts, reactions, reveal inspirations for the movie and go behind the scenes of how movie magic brought Freddy Krueger to your nightmares....

Have we seen this movie? Nope! But did we like it? Yup! The Just Play It crew avoid eye contact with a hungry-hungry UAP in this genre morphing horror-western! The ghoulish fool and the spookie dookie take a wild trip to the Burbank Fry's Electronics to check out Jordan Peele's blockbuster movie, Nope. We get into the details of this film that make it so cool. We can't tell what would be scarier, the Star Lasso Experience or missing out on this spooky episode. - Music by these extremely t...

James & Nick 'trick or trick' in the wrong neighborhood. This one being Santa Carla, the murder capital of the world. But weirdly enough it looks like the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (BOARDWALK!). The JPI boys vamp it up this week jumping off a foggy bridge into a first watch of The Lost Boys. Music by these extremely talented artists: "Spooky Swing (Electro Swing Mix)" - Captain Matt & Electro Swing Thing "Halloween Theme (Electro Swing Mix)" - Betty Booom "Danger" - Odd Chap "Night...

IT'S MORBIN' TIME! Time for us to Morb out to the places we will be Morb. Can you you feel it Morbin' in the air tonight? Oh MORB! Halloween season kicks off here at the Just Play It Podcast and boy howdy it is a banger. To start the great month of October, we watched Morbius and during our first-watch reaction & movie-review breakdown episode, you will witness the very first Hotcorn Challenge. A new spooky season brings us a new pipin' hot tradition which involves crunching down popcorn ...

Steven Seagal is here to blow up the Alaskan landscape with oil, fire, shell casings and explosives. In order to save the environment, you gotta play a little dirty! James & Nick hop on a snowmobile to the last frontier of Hollywood, also known as, 1990s martial arts(?) movies! After a first watch, we share our reactions and thoughts on the only movie Steven Seagal ever directed. In this monumental episode, we have our very first GUEST on the podcast. Our special guest for this one is a ...

Just Play It watched 3 Fantastic movies so far this year, so why not make it a Fantastic 4th trip to the Baxter Building to round out 2025. This time though, we had to search the corners of the internet to find this hidden, no buried, gem of Roger Corman's unreleased Fantastic Four movie from 1994. Or as the Chief Corndog himself would call it, The Fantastic 199FOUR. We get into the complicated origins of this project, the story on and off the screen, our reactions, our breakdown, and ultimat...

Halloween comes early this year as James and Nick return to the annual tradition of watching a Disney Channel Original Movie. This year our trusty wheel gave us a bit of a scare landing on the fourth installment of a beloved DCOM classic franchise, Return to Halloweentown. A movie that's just a bit past our time, with a recast main character and leans on post-Potter influence, what can go wrong? Just Play It is gonna make the call - spooky or dookie! Thanks for tuning in. For more, follow ...

We herald a Galactus size episode to fully get into The Fantastic Four: First Steps. James' in theaters pick of the year is the latest MCU project featuring the live-action Incredibles. We get immersed into conversation completely breaking down this movie and discussing how well it captures Marvel's first family. Strap in for a complete review, the latest in movie news, and if this movie was worth the hype. Thanks for tuning in. For more, follow us on Instagram & YouTube @justpla...

Justin Time-berlake stars in the 2011 sci-fi, Andrew Niccol directed movie, In Time. Just in time for Nick's birthday (close enough), we celebrate with his movie pick (#NicksPick) of year 3 for Just Play It. Does 'In Time' stand the test of time? Is it a forgotten gem? We take a timeout to breakdown this movie in full and discuss. Times up! Cuz you're on JPI's time. Thanks for tuning in. For more, follow us on Instagram & YouTube @justplayitpodcast & X (fka Twitter) @justplayitpod

We're so Back to the Future, Marty! It's Part II, Marty! MARTY! Wake up it's time to fast forward the clock, garbage-up Mr. Fusion, and tell Griff to BEAT IT! James and Nick get back into the DeLorean after a stint in a suspended animation kennel to revisit and rewind the clock in the franchise of the year. Thanks for tuning in. For more, follow us on Instagram & YouTube @justplayitpodcast & X (fka Twitter) @justplayitpod

It's Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man and Cap'n Pop and the Corndog himself! Here on a whacky 90s adventure. Crank your hog into the not so distant future of 1996 to drop some Crystal Dream, mack on some macho man cheese, and see Daniel Baldwin in a Japanese Kevlar trench coat. Just Play It gives its review after a first watch of this Mickey Rourke meets Don Johnson ride. Thanks for tuning in. For more, follow us on Instagram & YouTube @justplayitpodcast & X (fka Twitter) @just...

Before they brought you Sharknado, the guys at The Asylum decided to become 'The Quick and the Angry' with a knock off Paul Walker, an acidic Doc Hudson, the most corrupt small time parole officer ever and MICKEY F***IN' STYLES. James and Nick go straight to video this week reusing cars and passing by in a red Taurus 3 times. They couldn't BUST the BLOCK, so they said "well then we MUST MOCK". Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a mockbuster ride. Thanks for tuning in. For more, follow...

Nick and James wandered into a store just looking for some Old E, instead they found themselves as accomplices to movie snackin' and a car jackin'. We give Menace II Society a first watch review, and what we took away from the ending. Get ready, it's going to be a ruthless ride, you strapped? Thanks for tuning in. For more, follow us on Instagram & YouTube @justplayitpodcast & X (fka Twitter) @justplayitpod

Happy Star Wars week, part III! Just Play It goes Rogue and watches the best Star Wars Story LucasFilm has to offer. We discuss if it can go head-to-head against Empire and what makes this movie stand out. Thanks for tuning in. For more, follow us on Instagram & YouTube @justplayitpodcast & X (fka Twitter) @justplayitpod

Ronin De Niro has got one more score to settle before he hits his angry dad phase in his career. Just Play It discovers this little known action movie with a killer cast, excellent stunt driving, and good ole fashioned twists. Thanks for tuning in. For more, follow us on Instagram & YouTube @justplayitpodcast & X (fka Twitter) @justplayitpod

Baby Mac, Big Mac, Mac Daddy, Mickey Deez, don't matter, this movie DELIVERS not quality, but content. What started as an idea to bring the late 80s its "own version" of a classic Steven Spielberg story, ends in a fiery explosion caused by tasteless misfires, bad effects, and a priceless 'so bad that it's good' experience. James, Nick, and Ronald McDonald invite you to the McParty as we review the epic movie, Mac and Me (1988). Thanks for tuning in. For more, follow us on Instagram & Yo...

What do you get when you combine Tupac, Janet Jackson, and the United States Postal Service? You get road trip featuring romance, fighting, and a very confusing route from Los Angeles to Oakland. Thanks for tuning in. For more, follow us on Instagram & YouTube @justplayitpodcast & X (fka Twitter) @justplayitpod

Surfs up! It's CLOBBERIN' time as Nick and James got some serious double duty this episode. We take a look at Tim Story's two Fantastic Four movies from the 2000s to highlight their triumphs and study their missteps. We also reveal the results from the blind Oscar's predictions and check in with our multiversal-selves. Another pair of textbook "NCU" movies to add to the collection for JPI. This is gonna be FANTASTIC.......say that again. Thanks for tuning in. For more, follow us on Instagra...

Oscars Week is here! As we prepare for the 97th Academy Awards this weekend, we do our annual tradition of a Best Picture review. Our Wheel-o-Best-Pictures landed on the 78th Academy Awards, which means we watched, reviewed, and totally broke down Crash. We were not ready for this kind of content. Get ready for a crash-course on a car-crash of a movie trying(?) to tackle a topic for some not-so-good reasons. Time to smack into an airbag as Nick and James are here to question the Academy's cho...

You'll never guess that there's a huge problem in the small Chinese area of San Francisco. Good thing ole Jack Burton is here to do absolutely nothing, and ask 'what the hell?'. James, Nick, Wang, and Egg Shen are here to actually do something about it. A fresh look, a deep dive, and a full review that's all in the reflexes is here! Thanks for tuning in. For more, follow us on Instagram & YouTube @justplayitpodcast & X (fka Twitter) @justplayitpod