Review Rewind

A retelling of Homer's epic - well, an attempt...

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Screenplay byDavid Benioff
Based on Iliad by Homer
Posthomerica by Quintus Smyrnaeus
Produced by Wolfgang Petersen, Diana Rathbun, Colin Wilson
Starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Peter O'Toole
Cinematography Roger Pratt
Edited by Peter Honess
Music by James Horner
Production companies Warner Bros. Pictures, Radiant Productions, Plan B Entertainment, Helena Productions, Latina Pictures, Nimar Studios
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release datesMay 13, 2004 (Cannes)
May 14, 2004 (United States)
Running time163 minutes
Budget
$175,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$133,378,256
Opening weekend US & Canada
$46,865,412May 16, 2004
Gross worldwide
$497,409,852

Test your might and join us as we discuss the 1995 film Mortal Kombat

Directed by Paul Anderson
Written by Kevin Droney
Based on Mortal Kombat by Ed Boon, John Tobias
Produced by Lawrence Kasanoff
Starring Linden Ashby, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Robin Shou, Bridgette Wilson, Talisa Soto, Christopher Lambert
Cinematography John R. Leonetti
Edited by Martin Hunter
Music by George S. Clinton
Production company Threshold Entertainment
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release date
August 18, 1995
Running time101 minutes
Budget
$18,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$70,454,098
Opening weekend US & Canada
$23,283,887Aug 20, 1995
Gross worldwide
$122,195,920

Ride along with us as we follow Axel Foley in his adventure in Beverly Hills with Eddie Murphy's breakout film, Beverly Hills Cop

Directed by Martin Brest

Screenplay byDaniel Petrie Jr.

Story by Danilo Bach, Daniel Petrie Jr.

Produced by Don Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer

Starring Eddie Murphy

Cinematography Bruce Surtees

Edited by Billy Weber Arthur Coburn

Music by Harold Faltermeyer

Production companies Paramount Pictures

Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Eddie Murphy Productions

Distributed byParamount Pictures

Release dates

December 1, 1984 (Los Angeles)

December 5, 1984 (United States)

Running time105 minutes

Budget

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Gross US & Canada

$234,760,478

Opening weekend US & Canada

$15,214,805Dec 9, 1984

Gross worldwide

$316,360,478

Metacritic: 66%

Rotten Tomatoes: 83% 

Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 82%

IMDB Audience: 7.4/10

We shift gears and celebrate 25 years since Robert Rodriguez's hit kids movie hit theaters. Join us as we chat about Spy Kids

Directed by Robert Rodriguez
Written by Robert Rodriguez
Produced by Elizabeth Avellán, Robert Rodriguez
Starring Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alan Cumming, Teri Hatcher,Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo, Robert Patrick, Tony Shalhoub, Alexa Vega
Daryl Sabara
Cinematography Guillermo Navarro
Edited by Robert Rodriguez
Music by Danny Elfman, Gavin Greenaway, Heitor Pereira, John Debney, Robert Rodriguez, Los Lobos
Production company Troublemaker Studios[1]
Distributed byDimension Films[1]
Release dates
March 18, 2001 (Disney California Adventure)
March 30, 2001 (United States)
Running time88 minutes
Budget
$35,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$112,719,001
Opening weekend US & Canada
$26,546,881Apr 1, 2001
Gross worldwide
$147,934,180

We're Rollin' into David Fincher's 4th feature length film, Fight Club

Directed by David Fincher
Screenplay byJim Uhls
Based on Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Produced by Art Linson, Ceán Chaffin, Ross Grayson Bell
Starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf Aday, Jared Leto
Cinematography Jeff Cronenweth
Edited by James Haygood
Music by The Dust Brothers
Production companies Fox 2000 Pictures, Regency Enterprises, Linson Films
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
September 10, 1999 (Venice)
October 15, 1999 (United States)
Running time139 minutes
Budget
$63,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$37,996,059
Opening weekend US & Canada
$11,035,485Oct 17, 1999
Gross worldwide
$102,420,200
13 Million DVD sales

This week Mike and Tristan take a trip down memory lane as they watch Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Directed by John Hughes

Written by John Hughes

Produced by John Hughes

Starring Steve Martin, John Candy

Cinematography Donald Peterman

Edited by Paul Hirsch

Music by Ira Newborn

Production companies Paramount Pictures[1], Hughes Entertainment[1]

Distributed byParamount Pictures

Release date November 25, 1987

Running time92 minutes

Budget

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Gross US & Canada

$49,530,280

Opening weekend US & Canada

$7,009,482Nov 29, 1987

Gross worldwide

$49,530,552

We're back! And this week we talk about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. A story about how sometimes trying to forget love might show you what true love is. Or it's about fruit... 

Directed by Michel Gondry
Screenplay byCharlie Kaufman
Story by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Pierre Bismuth
Produced by Steve Golin, Anthony Bregman
Starring, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Tom Wilkinson
Cinematography Ellen Kuras
Edited by Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Music by Jon Brion
Production
companies
Anonymous Content
This is that
Distributed byFocus Features
Release dates
March 9, 2004 (Los Angeles)[1]
March 19, 2004 (United States)
Running time108 minutes
Budget
$20,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$34,400,301
Opening weekend US & Canada
$8,175,198Mar 21, 2004
Gross worldwide
$73,315,187

Just a quick update from the pod!

Don't Panic and join us as we watch the 2005 retelling of the classic storyThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Directed by Garth Jennings
Screenplay byDouglas Adams, Karey Kirkpatrick
Based on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
Produced by Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Nick Goldsmith, Jay Roach
Starring Sam Rockwell, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy, Anna Chancellor, John Malkovich
Cinematography Igor Jadue-Lillo
Edited by Niven Howie
Music by Joby Talbot
Production companies Touchstone Pictures[1]
Spyglass Entertainment Hammer & Tongs Productions, Everyman Pictures
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release dates 28 April 2005 (United Kingdom)
29 April 2005 (United States)
Running time109 minutes[2]
Budget
$50,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$51,085,416
Opening weekend US & Canada
$21,103,203May 1, 2005
Gross worldwide
$104,478,416

Grab some fresh parmesan as we sit to watch our first Spaghetti Western - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Italian - Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
Literally The good, the ugly, the bad
Directed by Sergio Leone
Screenplay by Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Leone
Story by Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Leone
Produced by Alberto Grimaldi
Starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè, Antonio Casas, Rada Rassimov, Aldo Sambrell, Enzo Petito, Luigi Pistilli, Livio Lorenzon, Al Mulock, Sergio Mendizábal, Antonio Molino Rojo, Lorenzo Robledo, Mario Brega
Cinematography Tonino Delli Colli
Edited by Nino Baragli, Eugenio Alabiso
Music by Ennio Morricone
Production company PEA
Distributed byPEA
Release date
23 December 1966
Running time174 minutes
CountryItaly
Budget
$1,200,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$25,100,000
Gross worldwide
$25,273,906