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Jan. 4, 2025

1994 Nathan's Awards

1994 Nathan's Awards

Yeah, it is awards season on Movielife Crisis, here in the taint part of 2024. Our top performances, scores, movies, and more from our 1994 movie season! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)

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Dec. 30, 2024

1994 Nathan's Awards

1994 Nathan's Awards

Yeah, it is awards season on Movielife Crisis, here in the taint part of 2024. Our top performances, scores, movies, and more from our 1994 movie season! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)

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Dec. 30, 2024

1994 Nathan's Awards (Best of the Year!)

1994 Nathan's Awards (Best of the Year!)

Where we go back over our 1994 movies and give our off-brand Oscars to Best Actor, Best Movie, Best Song, Best Score, etc.

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Dec. 23, 2024

With Honors

With Honors

Take a bow, Madonna sings a song at the end of this movie. And who doesn't love Brendan Fraser and Joe Pesci together! With Moira Kelly, McDreamy, and that other dude from the thing? Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)

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Dec. 23, 2024

With Honors

With Honors

Take a bow, Madonna sings a song at the end of this movie. And who doesn't love Brendan Fraser and Joe Pesci together! With Moira Kelly, McDreamy, and that other dude from the thing? Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)

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Dec. 8, 2024

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

Run, Forrest, Run! What is the 90s without this movie? This is one of the most quotable, most enjoyable, and most memorable movies of the entire decade, much less 1994. It also made nearly 700 million dollars and basically swept the Oscars. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)

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Nov. 25, 2024

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

Turns out Stephen King books don't all feature scary clowns. In fact this one has zero clowns, but instead has incredible performances by Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, and others as well. Is it the best movie of 1994? The best King adaptation? Tune in to find out, this week on…

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Nov. 11, 2024

Reality Bites

Reality Bites

The classic Gen X movie for us middle-aged slackers everywhere, Reality Bites is finally here! Starring Ethan Hawke, Winona Ryder, Janeane Garofolo, Steve Zahn, and directed by Ben Stiller. Plus the soundtrack is great! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)

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Oct. 28, 2024

The Chase

The Chase

Anyone else remember the '94 movie where Charlie Sheen and Kristy Swanson have sex in a moving car? This is it. Also Henry Rollins, Josh Mostel, written and directed by Adam Rifkin. It's entirely gone from the legal corners of the internet, so join us as we discuss! Support the…

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Oct. 14, 2024

Interview With The Vampire

Interview With The Vampire

Tom Cruise, Christian Slater, Antonio Banderas, and introducing Kirsten Dunst, in the 4th movie in the saga of Brad Pitt's long hair: Interview With The Vampire. Based on the insanely popular Anne Rice book series and spanning nearly 200 years of "history", Jeff and JT struggle to figure out why…

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Sept. 30, 2024

True Lies

True Lies

What's James Cameron up to between Terminator 2 and Titanic, I wonder? Oh, right, this massive action-comedy hit with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis. Also Tom Arnold throwing heat as the funny sidekick, Charlton Heston with an eyepatch, and exploding helicopters everywhere! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)

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Sept. 16, 2024

Hudsucker Proxy

Hudsucker Proxy

A Coen Brothers movie (Fargo, Big Lebowski, Oh Brother Where Are Thou?) starring Tim Robbins and Paul Newman -- is it the weirdest movie of the year or does Pulp Fiction take that title? The important thing is that it's incredibly beautifully designed and shot, and also did we mention…

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Sept. 2, 2024

Renaissance Man with screenwriter Jim Burnstein!

Renaissance Man with screenwriter Jim Burnstein!

Double D Squad reporting for duty! Danny DeVito, Mark Wahlberg (in his first movie), Stacey Dash, Gregory Hines, in a Penny Marshall film. Also we get a chance to talk to the writer of the movie, Jim Burnstein, who tells us how Penny Marshall got involved, why he's scared of…

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Aug. 19, 2024

Legends of the Fall

Legends of the Fall

The long-awaited sequel to A River Runs Through It (🧢) is finally here. Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins teach us everything there is to know about how not to parent, and Jeff gets frustrated with life before AC and hair conditioner. Support the Show. (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)

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Aug. 5, 2024

I.Q.

I.Q.

Meg Ryan as Einstein's (fictional) niece, Tim Robbins as her mechanic-turned-fake-physicist suitor, and Walter Matthau as Einstein in this '94 RomCom. Some memorable quotes, excellent performances, and Matthau-as-Einstein.... Yep, that happened. Support the Show. (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)

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July 22, 2024

City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold

City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold

The sequel to our very first podcast episode (og City Slickers, from 1991) is finally here! The gang is back, but with Jon Lovitz. Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, with a script from Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel. Does it hold up? Come and see. Also learn about inflation as it…

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July 8, 2024

The Lion King

The Lion King

Here we go! Biggest movie of the year and biggest animated film of all time (at the time of release)! It's bambi with lions crossed with Hamlet. Y'all know the drill. We sing, we dance, after all, this is France. Support the Show. (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)

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June 24, 2024

Quiz Show

Quiz Show

Pop quiz, hotshot -- what was the Oscar-nominated movie about quiz shows starring Ralph Fiennes and directed by Robert Redford? Shoutout also to our man John Turturro, who is always great! Support the Show. (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)

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June 10, 2024

Timecop

Timecop

How have we only done one Jean Claude Van Damme movie in 4 seasons?! Also, can he still do the splits? This and more on this episode.... Support the Show. (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)

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May 27, 2024

Speed

Speed

Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, and Dennis Hopper coming at you in 1994's classic action movie about a bus that have to drive a certain speed or else...you know the joke. Also Alan Ruck, Jeff Daniels, and Joe Morgan! Is it the best action movie of the year? Decade? OUR LIVES?!…

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May 12, 2024

Clerks

Clerks

The inaugural Kevin Smith movie, the darling of Sundance, the indie film sensation, is finally upon us! Clerks. And yes, your kids shouldn't listen to this episode. Support the Show. (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)

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April 29, 2024

Dumb and Dumber

Dumb and Dumber

The final episode of Jim Carrey month is here, and it's our favorite movie of the 3 he released in 1994 -- Dumb and Dumber! Jeff Daniels, Lauren, Holly, the Farrelly brothers, and also the John Hughes connection we never knew about.... Support the Show. (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)

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April 14, 2024

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (also OJ died?!)

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (also OJ died?!)

Alllllllrighty then, it's movie 2 in Jim Carrey Month: Ace Ventura. He's a pet detective. Hired to rescue the missing dolphin mascot of the Miami Dolphins. And Dan Marino is there. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)

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April 1, 2024

The Mask

The Mask

We begin Jim Carrey Month here at Movielife Crisis with the surprise hit, The Mask. Other than wild FX and the first appearance on screen from Cameron Diaz, is there anything noteworthy about it? Well, yeah! Richard Jeni! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)

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