https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-j8vgr-102323e Will dives into his childhood treasure trove and digs out the 1988 fantasy comedy “Big” starring Tom Hanks, but almost starring an insane number of other leading men, all of which we get into in the pod. There’s one major plot issue with this one, and a couple of surprises along the way, given […]

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-js6k4-1018cfa Our guest Dan Weber brings us to hell and halfway back with Roman Polanski’s “The Ninth Gate,” featuring a prime Johnny Depp, Frank Langella and Lena Olin. We unintentionally landed on the same general takeaway as Roger Ebert did in his original review of the film, which we reference, and which you can read […]

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-bezrw-100e2fe Noah brings the resplendent, spacious, nearly-three-hour-long “Meet Joe Black,” an oddball, small ensemble fantasy romance that’s well-acted, beautifully-shot, and just a little bit…off. If you haven’t seen the film, but want to see the car crash scene that thrust the movie back into the discourse, here’s the tweet that started that discussion. Also, be […]

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-a3h9e-10039f7 Will and Noah revisit the film version of the much more popular eventual TV show spinoff of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” which stands out in stark contrast from its sharply-written, empowering small screen cousin. While plenty of stuff from the early ’90s (and even a decade or more later) doesn’t hold up terribly well […]

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wc8p2-ff91bf We welcome our first guest to the pod as Noah’s college roommate Matt Poldberg (Twitter: @NotSpamIPromise) brings us the nearly memory-holed, 2001-I-mean-2002 box office dud “Big Trouble.” No, not “Big Trouble in Little China,” this is a sweaty, 85-minute ensemble slapstick comedy caper flick in the Miami swamp that’s as light and low-calorie as […]