30 Years Later

The Crow

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 16:17:28 GMT

This week we're talking about a movie Roger Ebert said created "the best version of a comic book universe I've seen," The Crow. We talk not just about its infamous place in film history for the on-set death of star Brandon Lee on March 31st, 1993, but about its real accomplishments in translating a comic and cartoon look and feel to live action, as well as the surprisingly long tail of its influence via Chad Stahelski. A stuntman and best friend of Brandon Lee who was on set the day of Lee's accidental killing, Stahelski has been fanatical about safety ever since, taking it right through his work as the director of the John Wick franchise.

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Falling Down

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:59:44 GMT

We emerge from our thousand year slumber to talk about the 30th anniversary of Joel Schumacher's white man rage masterpiece, Falling Down.

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Light Sleeper

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:09:55 GMT

Hey gang! It's bittersweet to post today's episode, which is on a great film, and really the perfect one for our show, Paul Schrader's Light Sleeper, which is also going to be our last one for a while. Thank you to all the listeners over the years. Maybe we'll be back, who knows! And keep an eye on Ricky, he should have some ~~very exciting~~ things to announce soon!

Thank you again, everyone. Was truly great to think about these transcendent, awful, perplexing, and beautiful movies with you. Talk soon.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: LIVE

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 12:33:45 GMT

This week, it's our live show from Nitehawk Williamsburg about Buffy the Vampire Slayer! We were joined by Fanbyte's Merritt K, who talked with us about locker room-lurking Donald Sutherland, the importance of lyrca to vampire slaying, and the whole Joss Whedon thing.

Thanks to Merritt, Nitehawk, and past guest Cristina Cappioco for getting this together!

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Mo' Money

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:57:10 GMT

It's 3 PM in 1994, and you're popping in your cassette of Mo' Money to watch it for the 500th time. Sounds great! Watching it as an adult in 2022, tho ... let's say it hits different.

Also!! We're back at Nitehawk in just under two weeks, on Sunday, July 31st at 11:15 AM, for a 30th anniversary screening of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. See you there!

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A League of Their Own

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 20:23:02 GMT

This week, journalist and critic Tyler Coates joins to talk about one of his all-time favorite films, A League of Their Own. Catch Tyler in The Hollywood Reporter, where he's Awards Editor, or on Twitter at @TylerCoates.

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Cronenberg Patreon Preview!

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 15:46:07 GMT

SPECIAL PATREON PREVIEW! We've got a Pattern! It's a place for us to talk about things we love that don't fit into the 30 Years Later framework (because they're not 30 years old). On this special preview, hear Crooked Marquee's Zach Vasquez join us to talk about Crimes of the Future -- the first film David Cronenberg's directed in 8 years -- which we also use as an excuse to talk about Zach's favorite Cronenberg film, 1991's Naked Lunch.

Visit the Patreon here! https://patreon.com/30yearslater

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Patriot Games

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 19:33:00 GMT

Thrilled to have Jesse Hawken (Junk Filter Podcast) join us this week to talk about one of the ur-Dad Movies, Patriot Games. Which nobody but Chris likes!!! What!!

Follow Jesse here and Junk Filter here!

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Alien 3

Tue, 24 May 2022 04:00:51 GMT

This week, we're joined by the great Patrick Cotnoir (The George Lucas Talk Show and @RAAAATSCRAPS, fka ASSSSCAT) to talk Alien 3, the movie everyone can agree tore its bloody way out of David Fincher's chest. But did he maybe also lovingly cradle it on the way to their mutual destruction??

Find Pat on Twitter at @patrickcotnoir.

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One False Move

Tue, 10 May 2022 13:49:03 GMT

This week, TCM's Matt Goldberg joins us to talk about One False Move, an early breakout role for Billy Bob Thornton, who also wrote the film with his partner Tom Epperson. It's a genre movie that's just a little smarter, trickier, and more interesting than it has any right to be.

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Deep Cover

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 13:49:05 GMT

Laurence Fishburn and Jeff Goldblum star in a movie that's way smarter and more perceptive than it has any right to be. Just Ricky & Chris on this one, come hang out.

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The Player

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 13:56:22 GMT

This week, IndieWire Executive Managing Editor Christian Blauvelt returns to the show to talk Robert Altman's return to Hollywood, The Player. Christian's also the author of Hollywood Victory: The Movies, Stars, and Stories of World War II, which you can and should buy here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0762499923/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&ref_=tmm_hrd_swatch_0&sr=

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White Men Can't Jump

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:58:52 GMT

This week we're very excited to be joined by the hosts of the Hit Factory podcast, Aaron and Carlee, to talk about the surprisingly progressive Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson basketball hustling romp, White Men Can't Jump.

Follow Hit Factory, another extremely entertaining 90s culture show, wherever you get podcasts, or on Twitter at @HitFactoryPod; you can find Carlee at @deepimpactcrier.

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Lawnmower Man

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 18:47:20 GMT

We're back! This week, we're talking with god-tier poster Warrior Cop (@wyatt_privilege), of the ALAB Series Podcast, about Lawnmower Man, a movie "from the imagination of Stephen King" that really wasn't, that stars Pierce Brosnan at his scummiest, and that made promises about VR 30 years ago it's still struggling to actually accomplish today.

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Freejack

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 21:04:24 GMT

In 1992 you could just film Mick Jagger and Emilio Estevez driving weird tanks around Atlanta and it would make $34 million (inflation-adjusted). Today, Stephen Spielberg's West Side Story has only made $33 million (domestic). Hard time to be optimistic about movies.

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Kuffs

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:09:31 GMT

Happy New Year! We barge into 1992 -- full of some of the 1990s' most beloved and critically acclaimed films, including Aladdin, Basic Instinct, The Crying Game, Last of the Mohicans, Unforgiven, and actually LOTS more -- by talking about the Christian Slater with his shirt off vehicle, Kuffs. It was the big directorial debut from the screenwriter of Stand By Me (he never directed another film).

Good movies don't come out the first week of the year, sorry everybody!

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JFK

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 00:36:52 GMT

It's a riddle wrapped in an enigma, covered in mystery ... sauce? This week, comedian Brian Faas joins us to discuss Oliver Stone's two-plus-hours of dudes delivering paranoid monologues, JFK.

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The Last Boy Scout - Live

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 01:41:49 GMT

In our first-ever live show, author Rax King joins us to talk about The Last Boy Scout, live from Nitehawk Prospect Park!

You are now legally required to buy Rax's book Tacky, here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669783/tacky-by-rax-king/

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LIVE @ Nitehawk Prospect Park 12/13!

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 22:58:27 GMT

Come see The Last Boy Scout live at Nitehawk Prospect Park on Monday, December 13 at 9 PM to watch The Last Boy Scout & hear us try to process the insane thing we just saw -- and go over the original script that is in fact **much** crazier (many more chainsaws!) with the great Rax King!

Tickets and more info here:

https://nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark/showtimes/the-last-boy-scout-12-13-21-900-pm/?date=2021-12-13

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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 00:32:10 GMT

Ethan Alter, Senior Writer for Yahoo! Entertainment, joins Chris for a lively and informed chat about many people's favorite Star Trek movie while Ricky desperately tries to understand what is going on.

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My Girl

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:45:51 GMT

Comedian Chris Duffy host of TED's How To Be A Better Human podcast, joins us to talk about one of the best movies where someone's stung to death by bees, My Girl. Surprisingly stiff competition in that category.

For more on what Chris is up to, check out https://chrisduffycomedy.com/

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The Addams Family

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 03:44:12 GMT

As a cinematographer, Barry Sonnenfeld lensed the first three Coen Brothers movies and several iconic 80s movies that have aged pretty differently: Big, When Harry Met Sally, and Throw Mama From the Train. He'd go on to direct Get Shorty and all the Men in Black movies, but not before making his directorial debut with The Addams Family.

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A little note!

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 17:17:33 GMT

No full episode this week but a little note from Chris and a BIG REQUEST that you come see us in our first-ever live show at Nitehawk for The Last Boy Scout. Tickets here: https://nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark/showtimes/the-last-boy-scout-12-13-21-900-pm/

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Cape Fear

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 16:44:11 GMT

What if you took a standard '90s Harrison Ford-style 'Dad in danger' movie and had Martin Scorsese direct it? You get Cape Fear. To quote Roger Ebert, "Everyone in this film is weak in one way or another, and there are no heroes. That's the Scorsese touch." Brilliant, no notes.

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The People Under the Stairs

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 03:12:32 GMT

Definitely the number one cannibal survival horror movie starring a child that's actually about inequality. Because it's also the only one. This week, it's Wes Craven's The People Under the Stairs.

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My Own Private Idaho

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 19:33:36 GMT

We're honestly thrilled to talk about the anniversary of the fantastic Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix-starring, Gus Van Sant-directed masterpiece, My Own Private Idaho.

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Ricochet

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:56:03 GMT

This week, we're looking at the dark carnival of deranged suburban fantasties called Ricochet (starring an incandescent Denzel Washington and insane scene-chewing villainy from John Lithgow. Also Kevin Pollack for some reason??).

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City of Hope

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 14:49:16 GMT

This week, we're talking about City of Hope -- the film written directed, edited, and featuring an amazing performance from John Sayles.

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The Fisher King

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:51:59 GMT

This week, Robin Williams stars as a manic pixie homeless man in Terry Gilliam's The Fisher King.

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The Indian Runner

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:50:24 GMT

We're joined by Peter Renaldi, the host of Filmmaker Magazine's acting podcast Back to One, to talk about Sean Penn's directorial debut, The Indian Runner. In fact, Sean Penn just appeared on Peter's show! Did he say anything interesting? Let's find out!

Also, and this is Chris here, I somehow got through this entire episode without telling the story about the time Sean Penn's son took my backpack from LAX. Another time!

Listen to Back to One here:

https://filmmakermagazine.com/column/back-to-one-a-podcast-on-acting/#.YUiQxLhKjIU

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Freddy's Dead

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 00:27:10 GMT

Writer and critic Verne from Outlaw Verne joins us to talk about what was supposed to be the very last movie ever with Freddy Krueger -- Freddy's Dead.

Check out Vern's work here: https://outlawvern.com

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Child's Play 3

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 03:16:43 GMT

Come be astounded with us at the surprisingly ambitious Child's Play 3.

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Barton Fink

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 14:33:15 GMT

The Coen brothers classic turns 30 years old this week -- what does it all mean (if anything), and would anyone in Hollywood notice if the world ended?

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Double Impact

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 15:35:58 GMT

Film programmer and writer Cristina Cacioppo joins us to talk about the singular movie with double Van Damme -- Double Impact!

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Hot Shots

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 12:33:11 GMT

Just us bros in a late nite record, theoretically talking about Hot Shots. More normal episode next week, we promise!

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Mobsters

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 14:20:09 GMT

Comedian Brendan McLaughlin returns in his role as Richard Grieco expert, talking about the truly risible teen crime romance, Mobsters. Sorry Brendan!

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Slacker

Mon, 19 Jul 2021 14:27:34 GMT

Writer Charles Bramescon joins us to talk Richard Linklater's Gen X masterpiece, Slacker.

Check out Charles' great piece on the film at Decider, and follow him on Twitter!

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Point Break

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 15:18:35 GMT

David Rees (!!) joins us to talk about Kathryn Bigelow's undying action-romance that's maybe also secretly an anti-capitalist masterpiece. David Rees is the co-host of the Election Profit Makers podcast and the co-creator of Dicktown, available on Hulu.

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Terminator 2

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 14:00:23 GMT

This week, the film programmer at Brooklyn's Spectacle theatre, Steve MacFarlane, joins us to talk about 1991's highest-grossing movie, and maybe the most culturally impactful movie of the 1990s (??), Terminator 2. Come with us if you want to live.

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Problem Child 2

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 18:58:10 GMT

It's our Heaven's Gate, Problem Child 2.

Sorry it's late, I was on vacation!

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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 13:50:57 GMT

Comedian Christian Finnegan (@ChristFinnegan) joins us to talk about the original gritty reboot (and definitely the one with the best hair), Kevin Costner's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Possibly the best film ever to be punched up at a Pizza Express!

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Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:36:29 GMT

Comedian and podcaster Jamie Loftus joins this week to talk about the movie that's just the boring parts of Big -- Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead. It is **really** a cult classic, even though nobody but Chris had seen it!

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Backdraft

Mon, 31 May 2021 15:47:21 GMT

This week, it's just us kids talking about the Ron Howard wanna-be generational firefighting blockbuster, Backdraft. Fire is sexy and more movies should be about this.

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Thelma and Louise

Mon, 24 May 2021 15:33:51 GMT

Becky Aikman is the author of the fantastic behind-the-scenes book Off The Cliff: How the Making of Thelma & Louise Drove Hollywood to the Edge. You should absolutely go buy it! https://bookshop.org/books/off-the-cliff-how-the-making-of-thelma-louise-drove-hollywood-to-the-edge/9780143131489 (and absolutely listen to her talk Thelma and Louise with us!).

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What About Bob?

Mon, 17 May 2021 14:47:02 GMT

David White, the director of the hit New Zealand black comedy This Town, joins us to talk about What About Bob?, the charming Frank Oz film where Bill Murray terrorizes Richard Dreyfuss, reportedly offscreen as well as on.

Steam This Town on Topic!

https://www.topic.com

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Truth or Dare

Mon, 10 May 2021 15:50:53 GMT

We're joined by Matthew Jacobs to talk about Madonna's concert film/reality show, Truth or Dare. Matthew wrote an amazing oral history of the film for Vulture, which you should go read right now! It's here: https://www.vulture.com/2021/05/madonna-truth-or-dare-oral-history.html

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One Good Cop

Tue, 04 May 2021 13:14:11 GMT

Jesse Hawken, host of Junk Filter Podcast, joins us to talk about the extremely bizarre Michael Keaton crime melodrama One Good Cop. Features a **very memorable** supporting performance by Rene Russo's hair!

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Citizen Kane

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 13:54:09 GMT

Citizen Kane scholar Evan Davis joins us again this week, talking Orson Welles' first flim, re-released 30 years ago this week. How did it become 'the best movie ever made'? Why was it re-released when it was? Is Mank awful or just **fine**? All this and more!

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Drop Dead Fred

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:51:01 GMT

Heartwarming tale about self-actualization or dark look into the world of the severely mentally unstable? This week, it's Drop Dead Fred.

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Out for Justice

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 22:42:45 GMT

This week, we're for some reason training the substantial intellect and film-world insights of Vadim Rizov, managing editor of Filmmaker Magazine, onto Stephan Seagal's truly Trumpian performance in Out for Justice.

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The Marrying Man

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 02:54:46 GMT

Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger met and fell in love on this Neil Simon romantic farce. And then totally derailed the production. It's The Marrying Man.

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Comfort of Strangers

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:17:56 GMT

Enter unwashed into Paul Schrader's elegant sleazefest The Comfort of Strangers, starring Christopher Walken as an Italian man who coincidentally speaks just like Christopher Walken.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:48:31 GMT

In what is perhaps the clearest distillation of our show to date, we have an anti-nostalgic look back at this awful movie and do several very dirty extended bits.

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If Looks Could Kill

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:49:33 GMT

This week, author and comedian Brendan McLaughlin joins us to travel back in time to peak Greco -- Peako -- to talk the spy "comedy" If Looks Could Kill.

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New Jack City

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 15:13:43 GMT

This week, it's Ice-T and Wesley Snipes in Mario Van Peebles' massively influential crime epic, New Jack City. We talk about the culture of hysteria around this movie, all the more ironic because it's basically a straightforward, moralistic 'crime doesn't pay' movie!

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The Doors

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:47:35 GMT

We're joined by Maggie Serota (@maggieserota, formerly of SPIN) to talk Oliver Stone's epic look at the most annoying guy in your dorm's favorite band, The Doors.

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Nothing But Trouble

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 21:44:33 GMT

This week, we're talking about the grotesque Dan Akroyd disaster Nothing But Trouble with extreme movie buff (and sports broadcaster) Evan Davis!

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Silence of the Lambs

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:55:19 GMT

We're joined by the great Sean T. Collins this week (Vulture, Decider) to talk about the all-time classic Silence of the Lambs. Still spawning spin-offs 30 years later (check out Clarice on CBS).

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Ski School

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 19:28:52 GMT

This week, we're joined by Brian Faas (Page Six, ex-Best Week Ever) to talk about the winter disasterpiece, Ski School.

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Too Much Sun

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 01:33:15 GMT

Robert Downey, Sr directs Robert Downey, Jr (and Andrea Martin and Eric Idle and Ralph Macchio) in Too Much Sun. Which is awful (this is Chris, don't be mad, Ricky).

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Once Around

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:44:08 GMT

This week, it's the criminally forgotten Lasse Hallström film Once Around, starring Holly Hunter, Danny Aiello, and an AMAZING performance for Richard Dreyfuss of all people!

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Lionheart

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 20:58:36 GMT

Welcome to 1991!! We kick the year off with a later, lesser Van Damme: the absolutely confonding streefighting, niece-saving adventure, Lionheart. Plus an extremely meandering discussion of Tenet, strap in!!

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Godfather Part 3

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 19:52:56 GMT

This week, Vanity Fair contributing writer Chris Rosen joins us to talk Godfather Part 3 (really actually we're talking about the just-released Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone).

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Alice

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 18:06:05 GMT

This week, writer-director Dan Schechter joins us to talk about Woody Allen's Alice. And don't worry, we get into the Woody stuff basically immediately.

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Kindergarten Cop

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 03:52:44 GMT

This week, comedian Mary Cella joins us to talk about the absolutely under-appreciated classic Kindergarten Cop. Also we uh had kind of a huge tecnical issue lol but don't worry!

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Misery

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 20:23:06 GMT

This week, it's 1990's biggest movie about smashing James Caan's ankles, Misery.

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Predator 2

Fri, 27 Nov 2020 21:03:00 GMT

In Predator 2, Danny Glover fistfights the Predator **and wins.** This is a wild one.

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Home Alone

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:17:25 GMT

We're joined by IndieWire's Christian Blauvelt to talk about "the Citizen Kane of family comedies," Home Alone.

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Dances With Wolves

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:34:51 GMT

This week, we're joined by Adam Piron, the associate director of Sundance's indigenous program, to talk about Kevin Costner's epic western, Dances with Wolves.

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Jacob's Ladder

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 15:16:03 GMT

This week, we're talking about the original Jacob's Ladder scenario: Jacob's Ladder. It's a weird one!

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Sibling Rivalry

Sat, 31 Oct 2020 00:54:14 GMT

How bad can a movie starring Bill Pullman, Sam Elliot, Carrie Fisher, Scott Bakula and Kristie Alley-- directed by Carl Reiner-- be? Tune in to find out!

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Night of the Living Dead

Sun, 25 Oct 2020 23:28:46 GMT

This week, it's the 1990 remake of the 1968 horror classic, made purely for legal and monetary reasons. So you know it has to be good!

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Mr. Destiny

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 15:02:09 GMT

Is this the best Jim-Belushi-starring movie that rips off It's A Wonderful Life, also featuring Michael Cain as some kid of mystical all-powerful being? Probably.

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Henry & June

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 19:00:11 GMT

This week we're talking the first-ever NC-17 movie, the sex-obsessed literary biopic Henry & June.

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King of New York

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 14:04:22 GMT

The New York Times' Jason Bailey joins us to talk about Abel Ferrara's gangster classic, King of New York, a move beloved by everyone from Biggie to Quentin Tarantino (to Ricky).

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Goodfellas

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:12:14 GMT

This week, we're joined by critic and author Glenn Kenny to talk Goodfellas and his book on the film, Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas. We try very hard to sound smart!

You can buy Glenn's book (which is fantastic!) right here: https://www.amazon.com/Made-Men-Goodfellas-Glenn-Kenny/dp/1335016503

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North to Alaska (1960)

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 00:29:02 GMT

A short note about our truly unprecedented lives in these truly unprecedented times.

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Postcards From the Edge

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 21:37:41 GMT

This week, it's Postcards From the Edge, a Very Important adult movie about addiction and stardom based on Carrie Fisher's semi-autobiographical novel (screenplay to this is also by her). Uh, but, actually it's kind of weird??

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Pump Up the Volume

Fri, 28 Aug 2020 15:52:07 GMT

This week, it's *peak* Christian Slater in the surprisingly relevant and charmingly naive teen pirate radio love story Pump Up the Volume.

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Flatliners

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 21:01:09 GMT

This week, we watch the brightest young stars of 1990 kill themselves over and over in the wildly overshot supernatural thriller Flatliners.

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Metropolitan

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 13:40:24 GMT

This week, it's Whit Stillman's extremely talky, extremely '90s indie, Metropolitan. The first actual good movie of the show? Possibly!

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Problem Child

Sat, 01 Aug 2020 12:37:04 GMT

This week, we have a very profound argument about the 'little kid breaks stuff' classic, Problem Child.

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Arachnaphobia

Sat, 25 Jul 2020 18:14:39 GMT

This week, it's the spider movie that's been haunting Chris for 30 years, but actually turns out to be a charming family comedy (with spider murders).

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Ghost

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 18:18:44 GMT

The movie so nice they talked about it twice. Following a disastrous audio snafu, Ricky and Chris return a second time to 1990's highest-grossing film, the fantasy-horror-romance Ghost.

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The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

Sat, 11 Jul 2020 22:00:13 GMT

This week, we're talking about The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, starring Andrew Dice Clay, who is a whole lot.

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Die Hard 2

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 14:32:08 GMT

This week Ricky and Chris completely crumble in front of the illogical, viewer-hostile, extremely 'sequel'-y sequel Die Hard 2. Why does this stuff keep happening to us??

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Days of Thunder

Wed, 24 Jun 2020 20:57:40 GMT

What if Top Gun was on the ground? This is basically the whole idea of Days of Thunder, which is a wild, incomprehensible movie.

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Dick Tracy

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 18:04:53 GMT

This week, it's the ultimate vanity project, Dick Tracy. PRODUCED BY Warren Beatty, DIRECTED BY Warren Beatty, and STARRING Warren Beatty. Can he do it all? No!

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Another 48 Hours

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 17:51:21 GMT

Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte star in this sequel to 48 Hours, which was at this point almost a decade old. When they cut a movie in half before its release, including cutting out 30 minutes a week before the premiere, you know it's a sign of quality!

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Total Recall

Sun, 31 May 2020 23:45:04 GMT

Schwarzenegger! Verhoeven! Sharon Stone! Michael Ironside! In the first episode of 30 Years Later, Ricky and Chris look back at Total Recall. What do we remember about it, and are memories even real?? Does it hold up? What can we learn about who we are now and who we were then from watching Arnold rip someone's arms off? Only one way to find out.

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