Jen Howell of the Every Rom Com podcast joins to help us answer the quesion: What if the dangerous stranger who is going to wreck your life…is a kid? 

Go grab Mr. Highway and strap in for THE GOOD SON (1993) starring Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood, written by Ian McEwan and directed by Joseph Ruben.

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We’re under a strict “return to office” mandate as we look at two films where the danger is in the workplace: THE TEMP (1993) starring Timothy Hutton and Lara Flynn Boyle trying to make that cheddar in the world of cookies, and DISCLOSURE (1994) where Michael Douglas and Demi Moore deal with Malaysian supply chain issues.

When dangerous strangers wreak havoc on yuppie couples — the police protect the stranger! How’s a yuppie supposed to guard their investment in decorative glass blocks? This week's episode has the answers as we watch:

PACIFIC HEIGHTS (1990) starring Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, and Michael Keaton as the con man who’s one step ahead.

UNLAWFUL ENTRY (1992) starring Kurt Russell, Madeleine Stowe, and Ray Liotta with an electric performance as an obsessed, psychopathic cop.

This week we have a pair of thrillers about guys who meet a “New Friend from Hell” and pay the consequences. 

Explore the dark side with BAD INFLUENCE (1990) from writer David Koepp and director Curtis Hanson, starring James Spader and Rob Lowe. 

Then it’s time to get way to close to the creepy new neighbors in CONSENTING ADULTS (1992) starring Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Space, and Rebecca Miller.

We’ve flirted with you, gone out to dinner, and talked movies. But now, this podcast demands you face the consequences because it’s time to dive into the wave of “dangerous stranger” psychological thrillers launched by Adrian Lyne’s FATAL ATTRACTION (1987) starring very naughty boy Michael Douglas and the unignorable Glenn Close. We then examine the evidence in Alan J. Pakula’s legal thriller PRESUMED INNOCENT (1990) starring Harrison Ford, Bonnie Bedelia, and Greta Scacchi.

This week we look at Spike Lee’s biographical epic masterpiece MALCOLM X (1992) starring Denzel Washington in a film that attracted controversy, much like the man whose life story it told.

We discuss Spike Lee’s breathrough feature film DO THE RIGHT THING (1989) which centers on race relations on a neighborhood block in Brooklyn.