The Goonies (1985 Jason's Pick)

The Goonies (1985 Jason's Pick)

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April 15, 2026 · 1h 4m · Season 24 · Episode 9

About this episode

This episode discusses Jason's pick, The Goonies, exploring its production and reviews.

The ninth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1985 features Jason’s personal pick, Richard Donner’s The Goonies . Directed by Richard Donner from a screenplay by Chris Columbus and starring Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen and Ke Huy Quan, The Goonies is based on a story by producer Steven Spielberg. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert ( https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-goonies-1985 ), Janet Maslin in The New York Times ( https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/07/movies/screen-the-goonies-written-by-spielberg.html ) and Paul Attanasio in The Washington Post ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/06/07/goonies/718634c1-8878-47b5-a886-1e5ecab819cf/ ). Check out more info and the entire archive of past episodes at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear You can find Jason on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/ , on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/ You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/ , on Facebook at…

People in this episode

Host: Jason

Topics covered

  • 1985 movies
  • The Goonies
  • film reviews
  • directors
  • screenwriters

Keywords

  • The Goonies
  • Richard Donner
  • 1985
  • film review
  • Sean Astin

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Roger Ebert, The New York Times, The Washington Post

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