Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, and Nora Ephron team up for one of the best romantic comedies in history. Does it feature Meg Ryan being super creepy towards Tom Hanks while wearing a trenchcoat? 100%. Does it also feature Rob Reiner and Rosie O'Donnell as hilarious best friends to our respective…
PICKLE! Listen up, you L7 weenies, it's finally time for the Sandlot. Nothing like a cult classic ensemble comedy about pre-teens in 1962 playing baseball to get our nostalgia juices really flowing. Man, do we love us some baseball movies! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)
Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gary Busey, Wilford Brimley, and David Straitharn (+ Holly Hunter) all "star" in this John Grisham adaptation that ends up being the 5th biggest movie of 1993. How did it happen? Is this the first movie Tom Cruise does the now famous…
The Richard Linklater cult classic coming of age comedy from 1993, here with us at long last. Featuring Jason London, Anthony Rapp, Parker Posey, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Cole Hauser, and introducing Matthew McConaughey! Stellar cast, incredible soundtrack, and a must watch for potheads of all ages. Support the…
Before there was Shrek, Fat Bastard, or the Pentavarit, there was Stuart Mackenzie in So I Married An Ax Murderer. Jeff and JT go back to the cult classic dark comedy that's highly quotable and also mildly watchable, because how could they not? Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)
Jeff and JT pulled out all the stops for this cult classic sequel to 1992's Sister Act. There are exclusive interviews with not just Ryan Toby, who plays Ahmal (and destroys Oh Happy Day), but also the guy responsible for those timeless choir arrangements: 5-time Grammy winner Mervyn Warren! Incredible…
Mel Brooks, the king of film parody, writes and directs this 1993 movie taking on Prince Of Thieves and just generally lampooning the Robin Hood mythology. Cary Elwes (with an English accent!), Richard Lewis, Dave Chappelle (in his first ever movie), Tracy Ullman, and more round out the cast. Highly…
Old style movie stars vs new style movie stars, from this latest podcast episode on Indecent Proposal (1993), starring Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore, and Robert Redford. Full episode out on www.movielifecrisis.com
The classic erotic thriller (that's not especially thrilling or erotic) featuring Robert Redford, Woody Harrelson, and Demi Moore. Plus the always delightful Oliver Platt! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)
We were lucky enough to get Ned Ryerson himself to chat with us about Groundhog Day in this episode, available now on www.movielifecrisis.com/groundhogday #shorts #groundhogday #90s #movies
That's right, woodchuck chuckers, it's GROUNDHOG DAY! This episode Jeff and JT take on one of the all-time best comedies of the modern era. And, just when you thought it couldn't get any better, they also get to sit down with Ned Ryerson himself, actor Stephen Tobolowsky! Stephen breaks down…
"I should've done more," says the incomparable Liam Neeson in Schinder's List, to Sir Ben Kingsley. "Man, I sure can drive this boat!" says Bruce Willis to Sarah Jessica Parker in Striking Distance, probably. This episode we tackle a two-fer, two historically vital movies from 1993. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)
1993 movies are here! Kicking off season 3 with the Tony Scott/Tarantino film True Romance, starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette. Is it a Bonnie and Clyde for the 90s? Is there any better scene in a movie this year than Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper in this one? Also…
If you're like us, you're asking yourself "What in the deuces exactly was going on in nineteen hundred and ninety-three?" Welp, we've got you covered. From Waco to apartheid to Zima to I Will Always Love You, it's here. Plus, Jeff has a vignette we've entitled Friday Night At Pizza…
Jeff and JT break down their top movies, performances, quotes, and a lot of nerdy data from this year's podcast movies. The best of MLC 1992 films are all here on the docket, if you're traveling for the holidays and are bored! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)
We finish our 1992 season with the Aaron Sorkin/Rob Reiner/Jack Nicholson/Tom Cruise/Demi Moore/Kevin Bacon/Kiefer Sutherland/Kevin Pollak masterpiece, A Few Good Men. We want the truth, and yet.... Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)
First prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired. This star-studded character study that Ed Harris referred to as Death of A F$*&ing Salesman is wall to wall great dialogue and outstanding performances. 4 Oscar winners and 2 Oscar…
Kevin Costner stars as a dour, stoic law enforcement-type dude (way against type for him) who's protecting a pop princess in Whitney Houston (also playing way against type, obvs), in this MASSIVELY HUGE SMASH HIT SOUNDTRACK erm I mean MOVIE! Written by Lawrence Kasdan (Empire Strikes Back, Return of the…
The first, and possibly only, movie that spun off a professional sports franchise: this week Jeff and JT take on Disney's The Mighty Ducks. They're joined by guest Steve Kamb, the head nerd at nerdfitness.com, to help explain hockey to them. And whatever happened to Emilio Estevez? Support the show…
Joss Whedon's first attempt at creating the buffy-verse in this '92 film, starring Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, Paul Reubens, David Arquette, and Hilary Swank (and more!). The dialogue is snappy, the action is nice, and the cast list is miles deep. Join Jeff and JT as…
In the immortal words of Christina Aguilera: sweet, sugar, candyman. Except rather than the horn-driven big band pop tune we're talking about the 1992 horror movie where a spirit comes through the mirror when you say his name and murderlizes people. Also we brought in a horror correspondent, Shawn, since…
The 9th biggest movie of 1992, with Gary Oldman as Dracula, Anthony Hopkins as Van Helsing, and Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Something-or-other, the English barrister. Directed by Francis Ford Coppolla, this movie made 219 million bucks and won 3 oscars! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis)
The biggest movie of 1992, the animated Disney musical starring Robin Williams (and our favorite Gilbert Gottfried), ALADDIN! Oh man, it's so clear why this movie made 500 million bucks. Hear our favorite songs, best lines, and how close this plot was to the original folk tale. Support the show…
Mel Gibson and Danny Glover come back for the 3rd installment of the Lethal Weapon franchise, directed by Richard Donner (Superman, Goonies), and created by Shane Black. Murtaugh is still too old for this shit, and also Rene Russo and Joe Pesci are there. Product placement, how bullets really work,…
