90mins On Film

Yo-Ho-Yo-Ho! “Gabe Month” sets sail with a bottle of rum, a cursed treasure, and enough eyeliner to sink the British Navy as our crew dives into the movie that turned a theme park ride into one of the biggest blockbuster franchises of the 2000s. We'll break down why this movie somehow balances swashbuckling action, supernatural horror, slapstick comedy, and Johnny Depp behaving like an 18th Century rockstar. Come for the sword fights & cursed skeletons, and stay for Geoffrey Rush delivering an all-time great pirate performance that gives his Captain Jack a run for his money (or treasure)...

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Wackoe Month comes to a close the only way it can: with baseball, ghosts, cornfields, and daddy issues. This week we step onto the diamond with the movie that asks, “what if you built a baseball field in the middle of nowhere because a mysterious voice told you to..?” We break down the heartfelt magic, the all-time dad tearjerker moments, and why this movie somehow convinces generations of grown men to cry over catch. It’s the final stop of Wackoe Month, and we’re ending it with a home run straight to your emotions.

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April is "Wackoe Month,"  and we’re sliding head first into the ultimate misfit baseball movie, 'Major League,' where the Cleveland Indians are less of a professional MLB team, and more of a social experiment in chaos. We'll break down the film’s iconic one-liners, its wild performances, and a roster of characters that feel like they were rejected from every other sports movie ever made. From Charlie Sheen’s “wild thing” approach, to the team’s complete disregard for anything resembling structure, we ask the big question: does chemistry beat talent..? Either way, step up to the plate, because Wackoe Month is in full swing!!

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Boston Bad Guys Month continues with Martin Scorsese’s Boston crime classic, "The Departed." It's a story of dueling moles (a cop inside the mob and a mobster inside the police) that raises a key question: is this a sophisticated game of chess, or just two guys aggressively panicking while using flip phone technology that seems light years away? We'll discuss Leonardo DiCaprio's slow descent into paranoia, Matt Damon's constant failing upward, and Jack Nicholson's chewing scenery like it owes him money. It’s a world of double-crosses, triple-crosses, surprise elevators executions, and a workplace culture where performance reviews are apparently conducted with a gun, and it's so good that it won 4 Academy Awards. 

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Boston Bad Guys Month kicks off with Ben Affleck’s sophomore directing effort, the gritty crime thriller, The Town. We'll dive into this blue-collar bank-robbing drama set in Charlestown, a neighborhood the movie insists produces more professional criminals per square mile than anywhere else on Earth, and ask an important question:are the criminals masterminds, or just very (over) confident guys making (really) stupid decisions? Along the way we discuss the scene-stealing chaos agent (Jeremy Renner), the perpetually frustrated FBI presence (Jon Hamm), and a group of law enforcement agents and career criminals that might be sharing the same brain cell. 

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For this week’s episode, we dive headfirst into “Uncut Gems”, the Safdie Brothers’ relentless crime thriller that feels less like a movie, and more like a 2-hour panic attack. Anchored by a career-best performance from Adam Sandler as the gambling addicted jeweler with a talent for digging himself deeper and deeper, we unpack the film’s nerve-shredding style, its stacked supporting cast (including an NBA All-Star Kevin Garnett playing himself), and why this might be one of the most stressful theatrical experiences of the last decade. Is it a masterpiece of controlled chaos, a cautionary tale about ego & addiction, or just weaponized cinematic anxiety? 

Buckle up, because this is how we win...

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Season 4 is kicking off with chaos... as we head back to school with Adam Sandler’s "Billy Madison" (1995), his first studio lead film and a cornerstone of ‘90s studio comedy, and a film that firmly tests the patience of at least one of our hosts... Is it a dumb comedy classic, or the exact kind of low-brow humor that should’ve been "held back forever"? 

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On our milestone 75th episode, and final episode of the season, we're joined by filmmakers (and returning guests) Samantha Garcia and David Wong, to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Michael Mann's Los Angeles crime saga: "Heat." This is a dive deep into Mann’s meticulous craftsmanship, the iconic performances from Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, the legendary downtown shootout, and how LA was utilized as a living, breathing character, why it remains endlessly rewatchable, and why, even 30 years later, it still sets the standard.

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This week we’re marking a major moment in cinephile history: the long-awaited "official" release of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, Quentin Tarantino’s fully realized, razor-sharp vision, presented as one seamless epic. Joining us to break it all down are the founders of Hong Kong Cinema Club, an organization dedicated to preserving the golden age of Hong Kong action cinema in Los Angeles. Together we'll explore how the style, spirit, and violence of Hong Kong action filmmaking helped shape Tarantino’s revenge opera, what this unified cut means for fans, and why the legacy of these films continues to echo through to modern times.

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On November 22, 1995, Martin Scorsese released one of the greatest gangster pictures ever made... For the second time... On this episode we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Martin Scorsese’s 'Casino', the neon-soaked epic that proved nobody can portray beautiful chaos quite like Marty, Pileggi, De Niro, Stone, and Pesci. We'll break down the film’s wild production, the real-life mob influences, why the film's costume budget was over a million dollars, and why Casino still shines brighter than any Las Vegas marquee did three decades later.

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