Old V. Gold

In the well-regarded 1988 action hit "Die Hard," Bruce Willis single-handedly withstands the assault on an L.A. office building by Alan Rickman and his crew of well-moussed thugs. But can this man-against-the-world milestone withstand the decades of clichés and knockoffs it spawned?

Our nostalgia beams to the small screen for the second episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "The Naked Now", which itself hearkened back to the original series by once more showing what happens when the Enterprise crew gets infected by a strange ... something ... that makes everyone act not Starfleety at all.

"Gremlins" brings us Joe Dante and Chris Columbus's 1984 Christmas vision of the terror inflicted on a strangely isolated patch of Americana.

Like no straight teenage boy ever, the hero of "Fright Night" forgoes available girl sex to investigate whether a vampire lives next door.

The Goonies 'R' good enough for the first episode of Old v. Gold — or 'R' they?

A short introduction to our new podcast Old v. Gold, plus a few tasty clips from upcoming episodes.