Box Office Birthday

Welcome to Box Office Birthday, a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year 1997 in film by choosing a new theatrical release to watch each Friday. 

Brandon and Megan watched Metro, starring Eddie Murphy as a cop with few distinguishing characteristics this week. They debate how many bait and switches one movie can reasonably have, theorize about what they wish would have happened (more montages!), and finally try a new Horoscope Corner segment to analyze the birth chart of the film with little to no knowledge of astrology. 

Coming Attractions trailers for January 24: 

In Love and War

Zeus and Roxanne

Fierce Creatures

Mother

Prefontaine

Welcome to Box Office Birthday, a calendar-accurate cinema rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the 1997 year in film by choosing a new movie release to watch each Friday.  

Brandon and Megan chose to watch Jackie Chan’s First Strike as the first new release of the year. They ponder the narrative significance of koala bear underwear, debate the best Jackie Chan fight sequences, and try to understand the complex numbering system of the First Strike franchise. Oh, and Megan worries she doesn’t know enough about the geopolitical landscape of 1997 to “get” this movie. Don’t come for us, history majors! 

Coming Attractions trailers for January 17: 

Welcome to Box Office Birthday, a calendar-accurate cinema rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the 1997 year in film by choosing a new movie release to watch each Friday. There were absolutely no new movies on January 3, 1997, so Brandon and Megan take this opportunity to introduce the podcast and peruse the coming attractions for next week's inaugural podcast film.

Coming Attractions trailers