90mins On Film

Freddy’s back, the fourth wall is broken, and Wes Craven has officially made Hollywood part of the nightmare. This week on 90mins On Film, we’re diving into Wes Craven's New Nightmare, the 1994 meta-horror experiment that asks the question: what happens when Freddy Krueger decides to terrorize the people who made him famous? And joining us is Fidel Medina (from the Betamax Podcast) to help us ask the question: is this a clever reinvention of the franchise, Craven's trial run for "Scream," or just Freddy outgrowing the franchise that made him an icon?

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Grab your badges and keep your mouth shut, because this week we head into Garrison, New Jersey, to revisit "Cop Land," a film about loyalty, corruption, masculinity, and what happens when the guy everyone underestimates finally decides he's had enough. 

But when your entire town is populated by New York cops, their families, and enough dirty secrets to fill an evidence locker, “keeping the peace” can get a little complicated, even for Sylvester Stallone. 

So, is Cop Land a modern day Western, an overlooked crime classic, a trial run for 'The Soprano's,' or Hollywood's most expensive reunion of "Goodfellas"?

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This week on 90mins On Film, we’re heading back to 1992 for "Juice," a movie about friendship, hip-hop, ambition, and the dangers of giving the wrong guy a loaded weapon. Joined by special guest and rapper 60 East to talk Tupac, Omar Epps, Harlem, DJ battles, questionable life decisions, and why Bishop apparently woke up one morning and decided, “You know what this friendship needs..? Murder.” We'll break down the music, the performances, the culture, and Bishop’s slow descent into absolute lunacy. Grab your headphones and turn it up, because this week, we've got the juice...

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No one can ruin a terrorist’s day like Jack Ryan can. Which is why we're revisiting Harrison Ford’s first outing as the titular character: a CIA analyst who apparently thought retirement from the agency meant he could simply take a family vacation without someone trying to kill him. 

And nothing quite says “I’m done with the CIA”  like immediately getting sucked right back into it with both Darth Vader and Mace Windu backing you up.

So grab your passport, hide your family, and join us as we revisit "Patriot Games," a movie where Haarrison Ford saves the day, gets promoted, gets traumatized, and probably doesn’t get a refund on his vacation.

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Everyone's friendly neighborhood wall-crawler is back, and so are our wildly different opinions. This week we dive into Spider-Man: Brand New Day, a film that has two of us swinging high with excitement, despite its uneven pacing and story, while the third can't seem to look past them.

Over the course of nearly two hours, we break down the film's biggest moments, debate whether its emotional highs outweigh its narrative missteps, and discuss whether the film's reliance on shoehorned appearances from characters like Black Widow, The Hulk, and Jean Grey has become the MCU's latest (and weakest) M.O.

This spoiler-filled conversation is packed with passionate takes & friendly debates as we ask whether Brand New Day is a flawed but thrilling return to form, or just another example of the MCU struggling to let its heroes stand on their own.

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What started as our long-awaited "Best of Christopher Nolan" retrospective, takes an unexpected detour after a conversation about 'The Odyssey,' quickly spirals into an extended look at the film, and commandeers the entire episode. 

The excitement of witnessing Christopher Nolan's adaptation on the big screen quickly evolves into an unprecedented in-depth discussion about the challenges Nolan and his team faced bringing this ambitious tale to the screen, the sudden excitement surrounding seeing the film in multiple formats, and what the film ultimately represents; not just within Nolan's filmography, but to us as movie fans.

Join us for an unscripted voyage through one of Christopher Nolan's most ambitious cinematic achievements, our reactions, and where we think the acclaimed director's journey will take him next.

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It's "The King of Cinema's" birthday, and we're celebrating it the only way we know how: by buzzing the tower and taking a look back at 'Top Gun' as it hits the big 4-0. Strap into the cockpit as we revisit Maverick, Goose, Iceman, sweaty locker room conversations, oiled-up volleyball matches, and enough ego-driven dialogue to make your MiG spin out of control. We'll also find out if this 1980s classic still has the need for speed, or if nostalgia is the really what's keeping it airborne... Lock in, oil up, and join us for nearly 2 hours of dangerously low-altitude movie talk as we celebrate Tom Cruise's 64th birthday.

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"C.E. Garcia Month" comes to a close with one of the Coen Brothers' most beloved, and possibly most bewildering films in their catalog: 'Miller's Crossing.' 

While one host sees it as a masterclass in layered storytelling, dialogue, and double-crosses, the other isn't entirely convinced they understood what happened, why it happened, or whether anyone in this movie actually likes each other.

Join us as we untangle the hats, the loyalties, the Irish & Italian mob politics, and the endlessly quotable dialogue to try and figure out if Miller's Crossing is a timeless noir masterpiece, or a film that demands a second (or third... or even fourth) viewing before it finally clicks.

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C.E. Garcia Month kicks off with "Brawl in Cell Block 99," starring Vince Vaughn in an against-type performance as a former boxer whose attempt to provide for his family sends him down a path that leads straight into the depths of hell. We'll discuss director S. Craig Zahler's uncompromising style, the film's deliberate pacing, its shocking violence, and why this modern grindhouse throwback has become a cult favorite.

Along the way, the conversation takes an unexpected detour into the current state of Hollywood, and how the surprise box-office success of 'Obsession' and 'Backrooms' says about modern audiences, and the lessons to be learned by the industry. From prison brawls to box-office trends, this episode has it all, whether you want it to or not.

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We're closing out "Gabe 'The Calilobo' Month" and marching straight into the chaos that is Steven Spielberg's 'Saving Private Ryan'. We'll dive into the movie that redefined the modern war epic, break down how it balanced the brutal battlefield realism and human drama, and how it maneuvered one of the most stressful opening sequences ever to be put on film. Come for the impossible mission, the exploding tanks (and people), the painfully accurate military jargon, and stick around for a slew jokes in between the existential crises and that is the journey to find one single soldier.

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