Review Rewind

"I didn't watch the Fugitive."

"I don't care."

Well, we care and we hope you join us in talking about The Fugitive!

Director

Andrew Davis

Producer

Arnold Kopelson

Screenwriter

Jeb Stuart, David Twohy

Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Co

Warner Brothers

Rating

PG-13

Genre

Action, Mystery & Thriller

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

Aug 6, 1993

Budget

$44,000,000 (estimated)

Gross US & Canada

$183,875,760

Opening weekend US & Canada

$23,758,855 Aug 8, 1993

Gross worldwide

$368,875,760

A spectacle  of 90s movie magic... no - just kidding - this movie kinda sucked - we watched Double Dragon... Mike also gets mad and swears a bit 

Directed by James Yukich

Screenplay byMichael Davis, Peter Gould

Story by Paul Dini, Neal Shusterman

Based on Double Dragon

by Technōs Japan

Produced by Sunil R. Shah, Ash R. Shah, Alan Schechter, Jane Hamsher, Don Murphy

Production Co

Greenleaf Productions, Imperial Entertainment

Rating

PG-13

Genre

Sci-Fi

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

Nov 4, 1994

Starring

Robert Patrick

Mark Dacascos

Scott Wolf

Julia Nickson

Alyssa Milano

Budget

$7,850,000 (estimated)

Gross US & Canada

$2,341,309

Opening weekend US & Canada

$1,376,561Nov 6, 1994

Gross worldwide

$2,341,309

As Doctor Zoidberg has said "wooooobloobloobloobloooo - what robutt?" and in that same vain, we contemplate the moral implications of robots and Will Smith's continued ability to pick roles that suck at talking to women in the 2004 sci-fi flick i, Robot

Director

Alex Proyas

Producer

John Davis, Topher Dow, Wyck Godfrey, Laurence Mark, Michael Lee Baron

Screenwriter

Isaac Asimov, Jeff Vintar, Akiva Goldsman

Distributor

20th Century Fox

Production Co

20th Century Fox, Laurence Mark Productions, Davis Entertainment, Overbrook Entertainment

Rating

PG-13 (Intense Stylized Action|Brief Partial Nudity)

Genre

Sci-Fi, Action, Mystery & Thriller

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

Jul 15, 2004

Budget

$120,000,000 (estimated)

Gross US & Canada

$144,801,023

Opening weekend US & Canada

$52,179,887Jul 18, 2004

Gross worldwide

$353,133,898

Staring

Will Smith

Bridget Moynahan

Bruce Greenwood

James Cromwell

Chi McBride

Alan Tudyk

Somewhere over the rainbow Mike and Tristan watch The Wizard of Oz

Director

Victor Fleming

Producer

Victor Fleming, Mervyn LeRoy

Screenwriter

L. Frank Baum, Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf

Distributor

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Co

Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Rating

G

Genre

Kids & Family, Fantasy, Musical

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

Aug 25, 1939

Budget

$2,777,000 (estimated)

Gross US & Canada

$24,668,669

Opening weekend US & Canada

$5,354,311Nov 8, 1998

Gross worldwide

$25,637,669

Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, The Munchkins

Is this a love letter to Kung Fu movies or a terrible mistake? Take a ride with us as we watching John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China

Director

John Carpenter

Producer

Larry J. Franco

Screenwriter

Gary Goldman, David Weinstein, W.D. Richter

Distributor

20th Century Fox

Production Co

TAFT Entertainment, SLM Production Group, Twentieth Century Fox

Rating

PG-13

Genre

Action, Fantasy

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

May 30, 1986

Budget

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Gross US & Canada

$11,100,000

Opening weekend US & Canada

$2,723,211Jul 6, 1986

Gross worldwide

$11,107,720

Kurt Russell - Jack Burton

Kim Cattrall- Gracie Law

Dennis Dun -Wang Chi

James Hong - David Lo Pan

Victor Wong - Egg Shen

Kate Burton - Margo

Donald Li - Eddie Lee

We're on a hunt to see if National Treasure deserves its abysmal reviews... and to steal the Declaration of Independence 

Director

Jon Turteltaub

Producer

Oren Aviv, Jerry Bruckheimer

Screenwriter

Ted Elliott, E. Max Frye, Jim Kouf, Marianne Wibberley, Cormac Wibberley

Distributor

Buena Vista Pictures

Production Co

Declaration Productions Inc., Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Junction

Rating

PG (Some Scary Images|Action/Violence)

Genre

Adventure, Action

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

Nov 19, 2004

Budget

$100,000,000 (estimated)

Gross US & Canada

$173,008,894

Opening weekend US & Canada

$35,142,554Nov 21, 2004

Gross worldwide

$347,512,530

Nicolas Cage

Harvey Keitel

Jon Voight

Diane Kruger

Sean Bean

Justin Bartha

Christopher Plummer

The guys finally watch an actual movie of old in the 1957 classic Twelve Angry Men

Director
Sidney Lumet
Producer
Henry Fonda, Reginald Rose
Screenwriter
Reginald Rose
Distributor
Criterion Collection, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co
Orion-Nova Pictures
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 20, 1957
Budget($335,000) uncertain box office
Starring (and their age)
Martin Balsam(Juror 1, 38), John Fieldler(Juror 2, 32), Lee J. Cobb(Juror 3, 46), E.G. Marshall(Juror 4, 43), Jack Klugman(Juror 5, 35), Edward Binns(Juror 6, 41), Jack Warden(Juror 7, 37), Henry Fonda(Juror 8, 52), Joseph Sweeney(Juror 9, 73), Ed Begley(Juror 10, 56), George Voskovec(Juror 11, 52), Robert Webber(Juror 12, 32)

This week, Mike and Tristan watch the seminal 1995 Michael Mann film Heat. 

Director
Michael Mann
Producer
Art Linson, Michael Mann
Screenwriter
Michael Mann
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
New Regency Productions, Warner Brothers, Regency Enterprises, Forward Pass
Rating
R
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 15, 1995
Budget
$60,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$67,436,818
Opening weekend US & Canada
$8,445,656Dec 17, 1995
Gross worldwide
$187,436,818

Take a journey back to the distance past of 2004 where Hugh Jackman, in his budding stardom stars in the Horror(?) spectacle Van Helsing 

Director

Stephen Sommers

Producer

Stephen Sommers, Bob Ducsay

Screenwriter

Stephen Sommers

Distributor

Universal Pictures

Production Co

Universal Pictures, The Sommers Company, Carpathian Pictures

Rating

PG-13 (Nonstop Creature Action Viol.|Frightening Images|Sensuality)

Genre

Fantasy, Adventure, Action

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

May 3, 2004

Budget

$160,000,000 (estimated)

Gross US & Canada

$120,177,084

Opening weekend US & Canada

$51,748,040May 9, 2004

Gross worldwide

$300,157,638

Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Will Kemp, Kevin J. O'Connor, Shuler Hensley

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's three guys getting their butts kicked throughout Champion City! Mike and Tristin talk about the 1999 superhero parody Mystery Men

Director
Kinka Usher
Producer
Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Mike Richardson
Screenwriter
Bob Burden, Neil Cuthbert
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Lawrence Gordon Productions, Dark Horse Entertainment
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Fantasy, Comedy, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 6, 1999
Budget
$68,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$29,762,011
Opening weekend US & Canada
$10,017,865Aug 8, 1999
Gross worldwide
$33,461,746
Starring
Ben Stiller,Hank Azaria, Claire Forlani, Janeane Garofalo, Suzy Eddie Izzard, Greg Kinnear, William H. Macy, Kel Mitchell, Lena Olin, Paul Reubens, Geoffrey Rush, Wes Studi, Tom Waits