David Lynch really knew how to challenge himself. He never made the same movie twice, and surprised us with many choices. You never knew what he could get up to. We might not have Ronnie Rocket or other projects that went with his passing, but we have classics to own for the rest of our lives. The Elephant Man, along with The Straight Story, turned out to be his most mainstream success story, and firmly put him on the map, and ultimately the path of greatness.

We also talk about the passing of Gene Hackman who was also a painter in his own right. Gene weaved a tremendously memorable tapestry of film roles and made sure we never forgot who he was when he made his entrances.

Continuing our tribute to David Lynch by talking about the movie Eraserhead. Now I have to apologize for the movie sound of Eraserhead that appeared to drown out Stephen's words, but we managed to hopefully pepper this rather short episode with some great interviews with Catherine Coulson (otherwise known as the Log Lady in Twin Peaks) Jack Nance and David Lynch. They are the ones who made Eraserhead possible, and there is nothing we could say to make the experience any more relatable than what you can find in their interviews on Youtube. So this is a short one. Next time, we will do much better.

We begin a very special tribute season dedicated to the one and only, boy from Missoula, Montana who became the painter with a vision. We navigate through his early years specifically lining up his sudden realization that he was an artist. The moment that captured his interest in filmmaking followed shortly after, no pun intended.

We talk about the early short films, SIX MEN GETTING SICK, THE ALPHABET, THE GRANDMOTHER & THE AMPUTEE.

We will always think fondly of David Lynch, because he thought so much about goodness. He transcended the human spirit.

This season has been about the 90s cinema for a reason. Andy and I think back at the 90s with great fondness. We both grew into full-minded human beings, not just because of our schooling and social experiences... but mainly because of the movies we saw. Ending with 1999 turned out to be more symbolic an end as it was made a week after the sad passing of David Lynch. We begin with his legacy, but we will continue on. For 1999 however, we saw these films: THE MATRIX, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, MAN ON THE MOON, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, DOGMA, THE SIXTH SENSE AND THE STRAIGHT STORY. Peace. Always.

Here we go again. Back into the warm comforter that is 90s nostalgia. The year 1998 brought about challenges and original adventures. There was very little in the way of imitation which is ironic as one of our choices started a whole multiverse of unoriginal ideas, and another just lacked kung fu and bullet time. Yes, we talk about NIGHTWATCH, THE BIG LABOWSKY, THE TRUMAN SHOW, THE WEDDING SINGER, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, BLADE, WHAT DREAMS MAY COME, DARK CITY, THE X FILES & RINGU.

This is a full on two hour episode so strap in and listen to us trying to make sense of the biggest year for movies in the entire decade. 1997 had it all. - LA CONFIDENTIAL, AUSTIN POWERS, AS GOOD AS IT GETS, EVENT HORIZON, CONTACT, JACKIE BROWN, GOOD WILL HUNTING, LOST HIGHWAY... not to mention SPICE WORLD and BURN HOLLYWOOD BURN just for variety purposes only.

Andy and Stephen continue the ride along through the 90s with 3 movies that appeared on both of their lists. Rules are rules. There really wasn't anything they could do. So, they talk about Scream, Sleepers | A Time to Kill, Jerry Maguire, Fargo, The Late Shift, From Dusk till Dawn, Swingers. They also sneak in a little bit about Liv Tyler. Jackie Chan as always gets his corner struck.

Another wild year, and this year was pretty much about coming of age: GOLDENEYE, EMPIRE RECORDS, COPYCAT, MALLRATS, BEFORE SUNRISE, TWELVE MONKEYS, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, SE7EN and BOYS ON THE SIDE.

Another tricky year for choices, with some surprises along the way. We went for movies that either affected us at their time of release, or ones that came later to become impactful above those of blockbusters or box office successes. We had LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL, THE CROW, SWIMMING WITH SHARKS, THE STAND, THE MASK, SPEED, CLERKS (for both lists) DRUNKEN MASTER 2 and DEATH AND THE MAIDEN.

Movies we cover are films we remember from the year 1993. One thing to note is that we may have watched them on home video a year later. You see, we used to have a period of time between cinema release and video home release. We didn't stream, and we had to rewind to be kind.