BACK 2 THE BALCONY

This week we cover the 1993 B-Movie Curiosity - CARNOSAUR!

When nefarious geneticist Dr. Jane Tiptree (Diane Ladd) plots to wipe out all humans and replace them with flesh-eating dinosaurs, it's up to security guard Doc Smith (Raphael Sbarge) to stop her. As Jane plans to release her dangerous prehistoric creations, one of them accidentally kills a number of environmental activists as well as Doc's friend Ann Thrush (Jennifer Runyon). Dodging deadly dinosaurs left and right, Doc must somehow prevent Jane's plans from coming to fruition.

Hear our take on the film and on the review of SISKEL and EBERT.

SUBSCRIBE TODAY!

• Visit thecultworthy.com
• Visit https://www.themoviewire.com
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/@back2thebalcony

This week we discuss John Carpenter's MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN.

Nick Halloway (Chevy Chase) is an average businessman who undergoes an extraordinary change when an experiment gone awry turns him invisible. Government operative David Jenkins (Sam Neill) discovers Nick in his see-through condition at the scene of the accident and arranges for him to be taken into custody, but he escapes. As Nick tries to find out more about his strange situation, he receives aid from Alice Monroe (Daryl Hannah), a pretty acquaintance who helps him avoid capture.

Hear our take on the film and on the review of SISKEL and EBERT.

SUBSCRIBE TODAY!

• Visit thecultworthy.com
• Visit https://www.themoviewire.com
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/@back2thebalcony

This week we tackle the 90's comedy - COP AND A HALF!

Young Devon Butler (Norman D. Golden II) lives with his grandmother, Rachel (Ruby Dee), spending his days obsessing over television cop shows and his aspirations to be an officer of the law. When he witnesses a murder committed by a gang led by Vinnie Fountain (Ray Sharkey), Devon refuses to testify unless he is offered the chance to be a policeman. To humor him, Devon is paired up with fiery cop Nick McKenna (Burt Reynolds) for a day as the two pursue the killers.

Hear our take on the film and on the review of SISKEL and EBERT.

SUBSCRIBE TODAY!

• Visit thecultworthy.com
• Visit https://www.themoviewire.com
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/@back2thebalcony

This week we discuss the 1985 film - MASK.

Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz) is an intelligent, outgoing and humorous teenager who suffers from a facial deformity called "lionitis" and has now outlived his life expectancy. While his mother, Rusty (Cher), struggles to fight for his acceptance in the public school system, he proves himself to be a highly accomplished student. Though Rocky endures ridicule for his appearance, he finds love and respect from his mother's biker gang family, and even experiences his first love.

Hear our take on the film and on the review of SISKEL and EBERT.

SUBSCRIBE TODAY!

• Visit thecultworthy.com
• Visit https://www.themoviewire.com
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/@back2thebalcony

This week we tackle the 1993 film A HOME OF OUR OWN!

Widow Frances Lacey (Kathy Bates) is being sexually harassed by her boss while she tries to provide for her brood of six children. Also, her oldest son, Shayne (Edward Furlong), is constantly in trouble. When she's fired from her job, Frances decides to abandon Los Angeles. She and her family end up in Idaho, where she buys a dilapidated piece of land and tries to build a home. As she struggles to make a fresh start, Frances encounters both encouragement and new problems.

Hear our take on the film and on the critique of SISKEL AND EBERT!

Be sure to subscribe on your favorite pod platform and our YOUTUBE channel!

• Visit thecultworthy.com
• Visit https://www.themoviewire.com
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/@back2thebalcony

This week we cover the 1993 film - A HOME OF OUR OWN!

Widow Frances Lacey (Kathy Bates) is being sexually harassed by her boss while she tries to provide for her brood of six children. Also, her oldest son, Shayne (Edward Furlong), is constantly in trouble. When she's fired from her job, Frances decides to abandon Los Angeles. She and her family end up in Idaho, where she buys a dilapidated piece of land and tries to build a home. As she struggles to make a fresh start, Frances encounters both encouragement and new problems.

Hear our take on the film and on the critique of SISKEL AND EBERT!

Be sure to subscribe on your favorite pod platform and our YOUTUBE channel!

• Visit thecultworthy.com
• Visit https://www.themoviewire.com
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/@back2thebalcony

This week we discuss the film CASUALTIES OF WAR.

Pvt. Max Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) is stationed in Vietnam under Sgt. Tony Meserve (Sean Penn). Though Meserve saves Eriksson's life during battle, the two men clash when the callous senior officer orders the abduction of Than Thi Oanh (Thuy Thu Le), a young Vietnamese woman, to be used as a sex slave. When Eriksson refuses to take part in the abuse of Oanh, tensions between him, Meserve and the rest of the unit heat up and finally explode during a firefight with Viet Cong troops.

Hear our take on the film and on the critique of SISKEL AND EBERT!

Be sure to subscribe on your favorite pod platform and our YOUTUBE channel!

• Visit thecultworthy.com
• Visit https://www.themoviewire.com
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/@back2thebalcony

This week we dive into the 1997 horror/sci-fi flick EVENT HORIZON!

After disappearing for seven years, revolutionary spaceship Event Horizon is rediscovered. The team of scientists sent to investigate find that the entire crew is dead, and a terrifying, malevolent presence is lurking on board.

Hear our take on the film and on the review of SISKEL AND EBERT.

Be sure to subscribe on your favorite pod platform and our YOUTUBE channel!

• Visit thecultworthy.com
• Visit https://www.themoviewire.com
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/@back2thebalcony

This week we cover the obscure Robert Altman film - BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS!

By 1885, beloved cavalryman Buffalo Bill Cody (Paul Newman) has hired a publicist and producer to help shape and promote his traveling Wild West show, which presents historically inaccurate reenactments of conflicts between U.S. troops and Native Americans. Cody hires Chief Sitting Bull (Frank Kaquitts) to play himself, as a villain, in stagings of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. But, to Cody's dismay, star performer Annie Oakley (Geraldine Chaplin) and spectators both take to Sitting Bull.

Hear our take on the film and on the review of SISKEL AND EBERT.

Be sure to subscribe on your favorite pod platform and our YOUTUBE channel!

• Visit thecultworthy.com
• Visit https://www.themoviewire.com
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/@back2thebalcony

This week we cover the 1989 comedy - THE DREAM TEAM!

Psychiatrist Dr. Weitzman (Dennis Boutsikaris) takes four mental patients on an outing to Yankee Stadium. Billy (Michael Keaton) is a nihilistic author, Henry (Christopher Lloyd) lost his bearings while working as a mailman, Jack (Peter Boyle) thinks he is the world's scapegoat and the childlike Albert (Stephen Furst) is obsessed with baseball broadcasts. When two corrupt cops incapacitate Dr. Weitzman, the four troubled men must fend for themselves amid the lunacy of New York City.

Hear our take on the film and on the review of SISKEL AND EBERT.

Be sure to subscribe on your favorite pod platform and our YOUTUBE channel!

• Visit thecultworthy.com
• Visit https://www.themoviewire.com
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/@back2thebalcony