Interjections: The Undiscovered Decade

In the season finale, our hosts sit down in person to review the past year and think about how far they've come. Together they've assembled a top five consisting of some of the best films they covered during the past few months. This is the best of 1995!

For the twelfth and final month of 1995, we watched what the Guinness Book of World Records lists as the biggest box-office bomb in cinematic history!

Pirate Morgan Adams (Geena Davis) watches her father die a bloody death on the high seas at the hand of her uncle Douglas Brown (Frank Langella). With a map aimed towards buried treasure, Morgan must enlist a rakish translator named William Shaw (Matthew Modine) to help her find the exact location. With Brown and his crew hot on their trail, who will make it first to….Cutthroat Island!

For the eleventh month of 1995, the boys contemplate grief, vengeance and redemption in one of the most melancholic tragedies of the 90s!

Freddy Gale (Jack Nicholson) is a bereft jeweler whose daughter’s death due to a drunk driver has overtaken his whole life. Vengeance is first and foremost on his mind when the man responsible, John Booth (David Morse) is set to be released from prison after serving his time. After a botched attack, Gale gives Booth three days for them each to contemplate what good either of them still can do in this fucked up world. Soon they’ll both finally understand…The Crossing Guard!

For the tenth month of 1995, the trio travels back in time to an era of teenage tribulation!

Both T.S. (Jeremy London) & Brodie (Jason Lee) have just been dumped, so what else is there to do in suburban New Jersey but go to the mall! There they find an eclectic cast of characters like William (Ethan Suplee) who is obsessed with figuring out a Magic Eye poster, or Shannon Hamilton (Ben Affleck), a manager who has it out for Brodie. Best of all, Jay and Silent Bob return from Kevin Smith’s previous film Clerks to get into even more outrageous shenanigans. What binds them all together? The fact that they’re all….Mallrats!

For the ninth month of 1995, the boys head back to the mean streets of Brooklyn!

Local drug lord Rodney Little (Delroy Lindo) runs his tiny empire like clockwork - but one of his loyal lieutenants, Strike (Mekhi Phifer) gets cold feet over a killing he must act out. After the homicide detectives intervene and pin the crime on Strike’s brother Victor (Isaiah Washington), it’s only a matter of time until the cops (Harvey Keitel and John Turturro) discover the truth behind the cold-blooded murder. For Strike and his buddies, it’s just another day in the life of some….Clockers!

For the eighth month of 1995, the fellas get into some magical mischief!

Private detective Harry D’Amour (Scott Bakula) finds himself in Los Angeles hunting down the disparate members of a desert cult bent on world destruction. Former cultist Philip Swann (Kevin J. O’Connor), now a popular stage illusionist and his wife Dorothea (Famke Janssen) assist D’Amour through his trials against the cult. Will the magical terrors overtake the makeshift team, or can Harry shake them off and become the true….Lord of Illusions!

July 1995 - Kids

For the seventh month of 1995, the guys think back to their own licentious adolescence !

One of the most controversial films of the ‘90s, Larry Clark took a look at the everyday life of the bored teenager. Sex, drugs and other debauchery surrounds these skateboarding scoundrels. With a cast full of unknowns, we see New York City from their eyes, the ones with hope and promise in their future. It launched the careers of Chloe Sevigny and Rosario Dawson, but it was also a harsh examination of the reality facing so many people as they find their way through the world. It’s hard to believe but at some point, we’re all just….Kids!

For the sixth month of 1995, the boys search for the latest hidden gem…of a film !

Karen Ross (Laura Linney) works for the ruthless RB Travis (Joe Don Baker), whose telecommunications company longs for a very specific diamond that must be mined deep in the rainforests of central Africa. She assembles an eclectic team including mercenary Monroe Kelly (Ernie Hudson), philanthropist Herkermer Homolka (Tim Curry) and primatologist Peter Elliott (Dylan Walsh). The latter man is the key to this excursion, as Elliott’s prime subject is Amy, a mountain gorilla who has the ability to communicate with those around her. Will Amy’s skills translate well in the lost city of Zinj, where dangerous mutated gorillas command and kill those around them? Let’s find out as we trek into….Congo!

For the fifth month of 1995, romance is burning everything down around the boys!

NBA referee Mickey Gordon (Billy Crystal) and American expatriate Ellen (Debra Winger) meet cute - er, meet rough - when Mickey’s father’s casket is lost at Ellen’s French airport. What follows is an endless back and forth of won’t they or will they, as told by their many friends on the eve of one couple’s recent engagement. Attempting to deconstruct the modern romance, both of them will do anything they can to ….Forget Paris!

For the fourth month of 1995, romance is burning everything down around the boys!

There's love in the air, and it's baked into every move Sergio (John Leguizamo) makes. He'll do anything to win over the beautiful Hattie (Sadie Frost), but would he commit arson? His boss (Armin Mueller-Stahl) can't make the payments on his crumbling confectionary, and the pair consider the bleak option…until the bakery ignites on its own! What ensues is some fiery misconception, involving another couple (William Baldwin & Erika Eleniak) and one confused cop (Mike Start)! Is this the beginning of some beautiful friendships or is it just….A Pyromaniac's Love Story!