The ONE and ONLY dinosaur movie. Okay, not the one and only, but the one that stomps and roars above the rest. The original dino flick. Join us as we discuss "Jurassic Park".

Recorded: 07.31.2025

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Country of Origin: United States

Release Date: June 11, 1993 (U.S.)

Run Time: 2 Hr 7 Min

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writer(s): Michael Crichton, David Koepp

Producer(s): Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy (among others)

Composer: John Williams

Cinematographer: Dean Cundey

Editor: Michael Kahn

Cast: Sam Neill (Grant), Laura Dern (Ellie), Jeff Goldblum (Malcolm)

Genre: Dinosaur, adventure, sci-fi thriller

Rating and Why: PG-13 for intense science fiction terror

Film Location(s): California and Hawaii

Budget: 63M

Box Office: 47M opening weekend US & Canada, 1.1B worldwide

Awards: 3 Oscars - best sound, effects (sound and visual)

Time Frame: Early 1990s

Setting: Isla Nubar near Costa Rica

Synopsis: Dinosaur park trial goes horribly wrong…

Tagline: “An adventure 65 million years in the making”

Watch On: Peacock and Rent on Prime Video

IMDb - 8.2 (1.1M), #140 in Top 250

Letterboxd - 4.1 (182K)

Rotten Tomatoes - 91% critic (202), 91% audience (250K+)

Metacritic - 68 Metascore (21) ”Generally Favorable”, 8.9 User Score (1.2K) “Universal Acclaim”

Critic Consensus (RT) - “Jurassic Park is a spectacle of special effects and life-like animatronics, with some of Spielberg’s best sequences of sustained awe and sheer terror since Jaws.”

- Our Ratings -

Dylan: 5

Jesse: 5.3

Dawson: 5.3

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YOU TALKIN' TO ME??? De Niro puts on a clinic in this powerful flick. Join us as we discuss "Taxi Driver".

Recorded: 09.12.2024

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Origin: US

Release Date: February 9, 1976

Run Time: 1 Hr 54 Min

Director: Martin Scorsese

Writer: Paul Shrader

Producers: Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips

Composer: Bernard Herrmann

Cinematographer: Michael Chapman

Cast: Robert De Niro (Travis), Jodie Foster (Iris), Cybill Shepherd (Betsy)

Genre: Psychological drama, crime

Rating and Why: R for obvious reasons

Film Location: Brooklyn & Manhattan

Budget: 1.3M

Box office: 28.5M worldwide, 116K opening weekend (US & Canada), 28M gross (US & Canada)

Awards: Oscar Nominee for Best Music/Original Score, Supporting Actress, Leading Actor, and Best Picture

Timeframe: Post Vietnam War

Setting: New York City

Synopsis: Vietnam vet with PTSD and insomnia becomes Batman… sort of…

Tagline: "On every street in every city in this country, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody."

Watch On: Prime Video

IMDb - 8.2 (939K), #126

Letterboxd - 4.2 (1.99M)

Rotten Tomatoes - 89% critic (161), 93% audience (250K+)

Metacritic Metascore - 94 (23 critics)”Must-See”, 8.6 (1,200 users)

Critic Consensus (RT) - "A must-see film for movie lovers, this Martin Scorsese masterpiece is as hard-hitting as it is compelling, with Robert De Niro at his best."

- Our Ratings -

Dylan: 3.5

Jesse: 3.7

Dawson: 3.9

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Time to jump back into the good old filing cabinet! This week we go back to last year when we had a long talk about some manly men with mustaches. This flick will make you want to put on a holster, jump on a horse and yell "I'm coming! And hell's coming with me!" Join us as we discuss "Tombstone".

Recorded: 04.03.2025

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Origin: US

Release Date: December 25, 1993

Run Time: 2 Hr 10 Min

Director: George P. Cosmatos

Writer: Kevin Jarre (helped direct a little bit also)

Composer: Bruce Broughton

Cast: Kurt Russell (Wyatt Earp), Val Kilmer (Doc Holliday), Sam Elliott (Virgil Earp), Bill Paxton (Morgan Earp), Powers Boothe (Curly Bill Brocius), Michael Biehn (Johnny Ringo) 

Genre: Western Epic, Biography, Drama

Rating and Why: R for violence, language, drinking

Film Location: Arizona

Budget: 25M

Box Office: 56.5M worldwide, 6.5M opening weekend (US & Canada), 56.5M gross (US & Canada) - only showed in US

Awards: Nominated for 2 MTV movie awards - best male performance and most desirable male (Val Kilmer)

Timeframe: 19th century, 1880s, 1881

Synopsis: A bunch of manly men with mustaches shoot each other in the wild west!

Tagline: “I’m your huckleberry!”

Watch On: Hulu, Peacock, Rent on Prime/Amazon

IMDb - 7.8

Letterboxd - 3.8

Rotten Tomatoes - 73% critic, 94% audience

Metacritic Metascore - 50

- Our Ratings -

Dylan: 3.9

Jesse: 4.4

Dawson: 4.4

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Do you like British movies? How about British crime movies? How about British crime dark comedies? How about British crime dark comedies with Brad Pitt as an incomprehensible gypsy bareknuckle boxer? Then we have the right flick for you! Join us as we discuss "Snatch".

Recorded: 07.08.2025

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Country of Origin: United Kingdom, United States

Release Date: January 19, 2001 (U.S.)

Run Time: 1 Hr 42 Min

Director: Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Gentleman)

Writer(s): Guy Ritchie

Producer(s): Stephen Marks, Peter Morton, Trudie Styler (among others)

Composer: John Murphy (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Cinematographer: Tim Maurice-Jones

Editor: John Harris (127 Hours), a lot done by Guy even though he did not get credit.

Cast: Jason Statham (Turkish), Brad Pitt (Mickey O’Neil), Stephen Graham (Tommy)

Genre: Caper, gangster, crime, dark comedy

Rating and Why: R for strong violence, language and some nudity

Film Location(s): England

Budget: 6M (Euros)

Box Office: 28K opening weekend (US & Canada), 83M worldwide

Awards: Best British Director and Actor (Empire Awards, UK)

Time Frame: Early 2000s

Setting: London

Synopsis: A bunch of criminals do bad things and a huge diamond gets eaten by a dog.

Tagline: “Stealin’ Stones and Breakin’ Bones”

Watch On: Pluto TV and Rent on Prime Video

IMDb: 8.2 (950K), #122 in Top 250

Letterboxd: 4.0 (69K)

Rotten Tomatoes: 74% critic (142), 93% audience (250K+)

Metacritic: 55 Metascore (21) ”Mixed or Average”, 8.3 User Score (473) “Universal Acclaim”

Critic Consensus (RT): “Though perhaps a case of style over substance, Guy Ritchie’s second crime caper is full of snappy dialogue, dark comedy, and interesting characters.”

- Our Ratings - 

Dylan: 3.9

Jesse: 5.2

Dawson: 4.1

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We are digging through the files yet again. Get ready to smell some napalm during this week's episode as we dive into one of the most renowned war flicks ever. Join us as we discuss "Apocalypse Now".

Recorded: 03.19.2024

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Run Time: 2 Hr 27 Min

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Cast: Martin Sheen (Captain Willard), Marlon Brando (Colonel Kurtz)

Release Date: August 15, 1979

Budget: $31.5m

Box Office: $105m worldwide

Awards: Won 2 Oscars (Best Cinematography and Best Sound)

Tagline: "The Horror... The Horror..."

Watch On: MovieSphere and Prime

- Our Ratings - 

Dylan: 4.1

Jesse: 4.6

Dawson: 4.9

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Let's dig through the old files. This was our very first trial episode! And we picked a doozy. To make it an even more immersive experience, we recorded it inside the actual Endurance spaceship (aka sucky sound quality). Though we thought it was impossible to cover such an epic space flick, it was necessary (said with a McConaughey accent). Join us as we discuss "Interstellar".

Recorded: 03.13.2024

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Origin: US / UK / Canada

Release Date: November 7, 2014

Run Time: 2 Hr 49 Min

Director: Christopher Nolan 

Writer(s): Jonathan and Christopher Nolan

Composer: Hans Zimmer (has done 7 for Nolan, this is probably the best)

Cast: Matthew M (Cooper), Anne H (Brand), Jessica Chastain (Murph) 

Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure Epic, Quest, Drama

Rating and Why: PG-13, some intense perilous action and brief strong language

Film Location(s): Iceland, Calgary, Alberta

Budget: 165M

Box Office: 731M worldwide, 47.5M opening weekend (US & Canada), 188M gross (US & Canada)

Awards: Won 1 Oscar (Visual Effects, should've got more)

Tagline: "Mankind was born on Earth, it was never meant to die here."

Watch On: Paramount+, Pluto TV, Prime Video

- Our Ratings -

Dylan: 5.2

Jesse: 5.4

Dawson: 5.4

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HAPPY 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO BRUCE! Let's sink our teethers into this iconic movie that set the bar HIGH for all shark flicks to come. Join us as we discuss "Jaws".

Recorded: 06.18.2025

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Country of Origin: United States

Release Date: June 20, 1975 (U.S.)

Run Time: 2 Hr 4 Min

Director: Steven Spielberg (E.T., Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan)

Writer(s): Peter Benchley (wrote novel, cameo as new reporter on the beach), Carl Gottlieb

Producer(s): David Brown, Richard Zanuch 

Composer: John Williams (THE GOAT)

Cinematographer: Bill Butler (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Grease)

Editing: Verna Fields

Cast: Roy Scheider (Brody), Robert Shaw (Quint), Richard Dreyfuss (Hooper), Lorraine Gary (Ellen)

Genre: Monster horror, sea adventure, survival, thriller

Rating and Why: PG (great for kids)

Film Location(s): Massachusetts, Australia, LA

Budget: 70M

Box Office: 478M worldwide, 7M opening weekend (US & Canada), 267M gross (US & Canada)

Awards: Oscar Winner: Best Sound, Best Film Editing and Best Music, Original Dramatic Score.

Time Frame: Summer of 1975 

Setting: Amity Island off coast of New York

Synopsis: Shark eats multiple people before anyone does anything about it.

Tagline: “You’ll never go in the water again”

Watch On: Peacock and Rent on Prime Video

IMDb: 8.1 (698K), #202 in Top 250

Letterboxd: 3.9 (148K)

Rotten Tomatoes: 97% critic (149), 90% audience (250K+)

Metacritic: 87 (21 critics) ”Universal Acclaim, Must-See”, 8.7 (779 users) “Universal Acclaim”

Critic Consensus (RT): “Compelling, well-crafted storytelling and a judicious sense of terror ensure Steven Spielberg’s Jaws has remained a benchmark in the art of delivering modern blockbuster thrills.”

- Our Ratings -

Dylan: 4.2

Jesse: 4.7

Dawson: 5.2

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Let's talk about one of the best monster (war) flicks out there. It's weird. It's creepy. It's sad. It's also kinda sweet. Join us as we discuss "Pan's Labyrinth".

Recorded: 10.17.2024

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Origin: Spain, Mexico

Release Date: January 19, 2007 (U.S.)

Run Time: 1 Hr 58 Min

Director: Guillermo Del Toro (Shape of Water, Pinocchio)

Written By: Guillermo Del Toro

Producer: Belen Atienza and Guillermo Del Toro (among others)

Composer: Javier Navarrete (Wrath of the Titans)

Cinematographer: Guillermo Navarro (Pacific Rim, I am Number Four)

Editing: Bernat Vilaplana (Society of the Snow, A Monster Calls, The Impossible)

Cast: Ivana Baquero as Ofelia, Ariadna Gil as Carmen, Sergi Lopez as Vidal, Maribel Verdu as Mercedes and Doug Jones as Fauno / Pale Man

Genre: Coming-of-age, Fantasy (dark), Period drama, War

Rating and Why: R for language and violence

Film Location: Many areas of Spain

Budget: 19M

Box Office: 83.9M worldwide, 569K opening weekend (US & Canada), 37.6M gross (US & Canada)

Awards: Oscar Winner: Writing (Original Screenplay), Cinematography, Art Direction & Makeup. Oscar Nominee: Original Score & Foreign Language Film of the Year.

Timeframe: 1944 WWII and Post Spanish Civil War

Setting: Spain mountains/forests

Synopsis: Lost Princess must find her way back to her magical kingdom… 

Tagline: "What happens when make-believe believes it’s real?"

Watch On: Tubi and Rent on Prime Video

IMDb: 8.2 (711K) #146

Letterboxd: 4.2 (54K)

Rotten Tomatoes: 95% critic (244), 91% audience (250K+)

Metacritic: 98 (37 critics) ”Must-See”, 8.7 (1,700 users)

Critic Consensus (RT): "Pan's Labyrinth is Alice in Wonderland for grown-ups, with horrors of both reality and fantasy blended together into an extraordinary, spellbinding fable."

- Our Ratings -

Dylan: 4.2

Jesse: 3.8

Dawson: 3.3

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