A podcast that looks back on the films of the 1990s, an "undiscovered decade" for the four co-hosts - Tristan More, Cory Taylor, James Milliron and Jeff Seesselberg. As they dive into a specific month per episode, they learn about the entertainment world around them as they were too young to know any better.
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For the seventh month of 1996, we witnessed the rise and fall…and rise…and fall of wunderkind Roy Munson (Woody Harrelson), a bowling marvel who loses his good hand after grifting some yokels in a backwater. As a deadbeat salesman years later, he discovers another killer kegler - Ishmael Boorg (Randy Quaid). Munson thinks he can relive his glory days through Boorg, but unfortunately, he's Amish!…
For the sixth month of 1996, we reached the apex of 90’s pulp fiction with the final box office bomb in the genre. Kit Walker (Billy Zane) leads a double life masquerading as a jungle vigilante protecting the hidden treasures that lie deep with the tropical caves. When rich and powerful Xander Drax (Treat Williams) send pirates to infiltrate the forests and steal three mystical skulls, Walker must…
For the fifth month of 1996, the trio is joined by a special guest and try to discover if the truth is out there! Zane Zaminsky (Charlie Sheen) and his partner Calvin (Richard Schiff) discover an extraterrestrial radio signal while working as astronomers at a SETI funded lab. When Zane is unceremoniously fired and their work thrown out, it leads him down a path towards something even his wildest…
For the fourth month of 1996, the boys put on their detective caps to help solve a murder! Gangster squad leader Maxwell Hoover (Nick Nolte) discovers that his latest case involves the death of a former lover, Allison Pond (Jennifer Connelly). With his fellow LAPD detectives, he must uncover the secret plot that led to her demise - involving nuclear scientists (John Malkovich) and angry military…
For the third month of 1996, we soul-searched alongside some of the best comedians of the past and the future! Mel Coplin (Ben Stiller) is hoping to discover more about his origins when he takes up with an adoption agent (Téa Leoni) and embarks on a cross-country mission to find his birth parents. His wife Nancy (Patricia Arquette) is along for the ride, as are two federal agents (Josh Brolin &…
February 1996 - Mary Reilly & Muppet Treasure Island For the second month of 1996, we double dipped on two vastly different cinematic editions of classic British novels! Julia Roberts plays a maid who finds herself in over her head at her new estate. The master of the house is none other than the infamous researcher Henry Jekyll (John Malkovich). When his experiments start invading their everyday…
For the first month of 1996, we found our hearts stolen by a romantic comedy unceremoniously dumped in winter! Roz (Sandra Bullock) and Frank (Denis Leary) team up as a pair of art thieves fed up with their itinerant lifestyle. Will they finally settle down after one last job, or is the lure of the game too enticing? Hopefully they don’t get their signals crossed as they realize it’s… Two If by…
In the season finale, our hosts sit down in person to review the past year and think about how far they've come. Together they've assembled a top five consisting of some of the best films they covered during the past few months. This is the best of 1995!
For the twelfth and final month of 1995, we watched what the Guinness Book of World Records lists as the biggest box-office bomb in cinematic history! Pirate Morgan Adams (Geena Davis) watches her father die a bloody death on the high seas at the hand of her uncle Douglas Brown (Frank Langella). With a map aimed towards buried treasure, Morgan must enlist a rakish translator named William Shaw…
For the eleventh month of 1995, the boys contemplate grief, vengeance and redemption in one of the most melancholic tragedies of the 90s! Freddy Gale (Jack Nicholson) is a bereft jeweler whose daughter’s death due to a drunk driver has overtaken his whole life. Vengeance is first and foremost on his mind when the man responsible, John Booth (David Morse) is set to be released from prison after…
