Sober Cinema

Sober Cinema

By Michael Denniston and Jared DotsonTV & FilmFilm ReviewsFilm History
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Sober Cinema episodes

  • 1996 at the Movies: FEELING MINNESOTA
    Twenty-five years of Keanu being confused.

    And why wouldn't he be by the uncomfortable shifts in tone in this mid90s Tarantino ripoff? However we have bigger questions, SUCHAS:

    • How dirty does a bathroom have to be before you wouldn't have sex with Cameron Diaz in it?
    • Does it matter if said bathroom has been used more than once (though once is enough) by the bug from MEN IN BLACK?
    • And back to the bathroom business... one host is ready to answer in the affirmative even if it's the stall from TRAINSPOTTING.

      • We are all disgusted.

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      37 min
    • 1996 at the Movies: SWINGERS
      Yes, this is kind of like Vince Vaughn unpausing the Sega Genesis game of hockey...

      ...but if we didn't cover HAPPY GILMORE then we most certainly were not talking Adam Sandler's lesser known 1996 comedy BULLETPROOF. Unlike that wide release Jon Favreau and friends were making the festival circuit in fall of 96 and your hosts of SOBER CINEMA were nowhere near it.

      For one host it would be stumbling across this gem on cable.

      For another host it was the above host quoting this movie incessantly and ruining the whole thing.

      And for yet another host he believes he lived SWINGERS during his single days in Miami. His name is Jairo. He is an idiot.

      Enjoy!

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      Jairo @truebromance Jared @jgdotson Josh @SoberCinema Mike @projectingfilm

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      0 min
    • 1996 at the Movies: THE TRIGGER EFFECT
      We prepare for the breakdown of society caused by confusing Dermot Mulroney with Dylan McDermott.

      As 2020 proved... nothing can be agreed upon ESPECIALLY with the talents of Ms. Shue standing in between with her futile attempts at mediation in David Koepp's THE TRIGGER EFFECT.

      Along the way we learn about the inherent madness of participating in one host's homeowner's association and perhaps less strangely the participation of auteur David Cronenberg in a Tom Arnold comedy called THE STUPIDS.

      This episode is illuminating.

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      Jairo @truebromance Jared @jgdotson Josh @SoberCinema Mike @projectingfilm

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      30 min
    • 1996 at the Movies: THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU
      This is an episode about blowholes.

      And penile implants.

      Also it's sometimes about John Frankenheimer's bullpen assignment for the Val Kilmer starring THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU.

      Two boys lost all faith in cinema that day while somewhere in Peru... a man wanted to become a bigger man. Enjoy!

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      Jairo @truebromance Jared @jgdotson Josh @SoberCinema Mike @projectingfilm

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      31 min
    • 1996 at the Movies: THE FAN
      Wesley Snipes vs. Robert De Niro in a movie that is not HEAT.

      It's also not SEVEN.

      Or even THE SANDLOT.

      It just stinks.

      And we'd rather be watching Tony Scott's THE HUNGER.

      But that also goes for every movie.

      Enjoy!

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      Jairo @truebromance Jared @jgdotson Josh @SoberCinema Mike @projectingfilm

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      33 min
    • 1996 at the Movies: JACK
      Francis Ford Coppola apologized for the third GODFATHER with... JACK.

      And we never knew how good we had it with Sofia Coppola's acting until we saw a much beloved comedian facing impending death and impending baldness in a film now relegated to terrifying children on Disney Plus.

      But back in 1996 we were innocent. And then Bill Cosby walked onscreen as a mentor to a ten year old kid with the sexual desires of a forty year old.

      On that day we turned into men. Deviant men. Enjoy!

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      Jairo @truebromance Jared @jgdotson Josh @SoberCinema Mike @projectingfilm

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      34 min
    • 1996 at the Movies: CHAIN REACTION
      Twenty-five years of Michael Shannon being The Pride of Chicago.

      That may be a bit misleading but one of our hosts named Jairo is an idiot. He attempts an overcorrection by praising the followup to THE FUGITIVE from auteur Andrew Davis in the Keanu Reeves and Rachel Weisz on the run movie about some science stuff. Morgan Freeman uses that great voice to try to talk Keanu down from the public fat shaming that never came for his girth in this film while Ms. Weisz waits for SPEED to drag her around to the next set piece.

      It's not much fun. Enjoy!

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      Jairo @truebromance Jared @jgdotson Josh @SoberCinema Mike @projectingfilm

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      25 min
    • 1996 at the Movies: A TIME TO KILL
      Twenty-five years of choosing Ashley Judd over Sandra Bullock...

      ...along with some other tragedies in Joel Schumacher's adaptation of John Grisham's A TIME TO KILL. The finest film podcast from the South have a few notes to give the filmmakers:

      • We accept all cast members sweating profusely EXCEPT for Brenda Fricker.
      • More Oliver Platt.
      • Less Kevin Spacey.
      • More Olvier Platt sweating. PROFUSELY.

        • All of this and more as one Florida Man schools two Kentuckians on just why this film represents The Nipple of the South. And we avoid any talk of race relations. It's for the best.

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        Jairo @truebromance Jared @jgdotson Josh @SoberCinema Mike @projectingfilm

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        33 min
      • 1996 at the Movies: TRAINSPOTTING
        Twenty-five years of borrowing videotapes from your mates that have the same results as THE RING.

        As three upstanding citizens we don't have much experience with the drug culture as presented in this Danny Boyle film... but we do know a thing or two about taking movies from your buddy's highly cultivated collection. With that in mind we feel free to condemn one of the most well regarded cinematic experiences of 1996 as well as one host being rather insistent of his fandom for one cast member who would go on to star in BOARDWALK EMPIRE.

        Also a hatred of short people. Enjoy!

        Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on Patreon

        Listen: Apple Podcasts/Spotify

        Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @sobercinema

        Follow your hosts on Letterboxd for sneak peaks at film criticism GENIUS:

        Jairo @truebromance Jared @jgdotson Josh @SoberCinema Mike @projectingfilm

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        31 min
      • 1996 at the Movies: COURAGE UNDER FIRE
        Twenty-five years of Denzel Washington not taking sass from Lou Diamond Phillips.

        Also Matt Damon got skinny. Uncomfortably skinny.

        We try to be respectful of our military on the silver screen but then Bronson Pinchot shows up and we just give up. And in the end it's Sean Astin's fault. As it always would be.

        Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on Patreon

        Listen: Apple Podcasts/Spotify

        Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @sobercinema

        Follow your hosts on Letterboxd for sneak peaks at film criticism GENIUS:

        Jairo @truebromance Jared @jgdotson Josh @SoberCinema Mike @projectingfilm

        Find out more at https://sobercinema.pinecast.co

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        29 min

      About Sober Cinema

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      A movie podcast that's late... but still too early.