90mins On Film

It's "The King of Cinema's" birthday, and we're celebrating it the only way we know how: by buzzing the tower and taking a look back at 'Top Gun' as it hits the big 4-0. Strap into the cockpit as we revisit Maverick, Goose, Iceman, sweaty locker room conversations, oiled-up volleyball matches, and enough ego-driven dialogue to make your MiG spin out of control. W...

"C.E. Garcia Month" comes to a close with one of the Coen Brothers' most beloved, and possibly most bewildering films in their catalog: 'Miller's Crossing.'  While one host sees it as a masterclass in layered storytelling, dialogue, and double-crosses, the other isn't entirely convinced they understood what happened, why it happened, or whether anyone in this mov...

C.E. Garcia Month kicks off with "Brawl in Cell Block 99," starring Vince Vaughn in an against-type performance as a former boxer whose attempt to provide for his family sends him down a path that leads straight into the depths of hell. We'll discuss director S. Craig Zahler's uncompromising style, the film's deliberate pacing, its shocking violence, and why this modern gr...

We're closing out "Gabe 'The Calilobo' Month" and marching straight into the chaos that is Steven Spielberg's 'Saving Private Ryan'. We'll dive into the movie that redefined the modern war epic, break down how it balanced the brutal battlefield realism and human drama, and how it maneuvered one of the most stressful opening sequences ever to be put on f...

Yo-Ho-Yo-Ho! “Gabe Month” sets sail with a bottle of rum, a cursed treasure, and enough eyeliner to sink the British Navy as our crew dives into the movie that turned a theme park ride into one of the biggest blockbuster franchises of the 2000s. We'll break down why this movie somehow balances swashbuckling action, supernatural horror, slapstick comedy, and Johnny Depp behaving like an 18th C...

Wackoe Month comes to a close the only way it can: with baseball, ghosts, cornfields, and daddy issues. This week we step onto the diamond with the movie that asks, “what if you built a baseball field in the middle of nowhere because a mysterious voice told you to..?” We break down the heartfelt magic, the all-time dad tearjerker moments, and why this movie somehow convinces generations of grown m...

April is " Wackoe Month,"   and we’re sliding head first into the ultimate misfit baseball movie, 'Major League,' where the Cleveland Indians are less of a professional MLB team, and more of a social experiment in chaos. We'll break down the film’s iconic one-liners, its wild performances, and a roster of characters that feel like they were rejected from every other sports...

Boston Bad Guys Month continues with Martin Scorsese’s Boston crime classic, "The Departed." It's a story of dueling moles (a cop inside the mob and a mobster inside the police) that raises a key question: is this a sophisticated game of chess, or just two guys aggressively panicking while using flip phone technology that seems light years away? We'll discuss Leonardo DiCaprio&...

Boston Bad Guys Month kicks off with Ben Affleck’s sophomore directing effort, the gritty crime thriller, The Town . We'll dive into this blue-collar bank-robbing drama set in Charlestown, a neighborhood the movie insists produces more professional criminals per square mile than anywhere else on Earth, and ask an important question:are the criminals masterminds, or just very (over) confident...

For this week’s episode, we dive headfirst into “Uncut Gems”, the Safdie Brothers’ relentless crime thriller that feels less like a movie, and more like a 2-hour panic attack. Anchored by a career-best performance from Adam Sandler as the gambling addicted jeweler with a talent for digging himself deeper and deeper, we unpack the film’s nerve-shredding style, its stacked supporting cast (including...

Season 4 is kicking off with chaos... as we head back to school with Adam Sandler’s "Billy Madison" (1995), his first studio lead film and a cornerstone of ‘90s studio comedy, and a film that firmly tests the patience of at least one of our hosts... Is it a dumb comedy classic, or the exact kind of low-brow humor that should’ve been "held back forever"?  Make a film recommendat...

On our milestone 75th episode, and final episode of the season, we're joined by filmmakers (and returning guests) Samantha Garcia and David Wong, to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Michael Mann's Los Angeles crime saga: "Heat." This is a dive deep into Mann’s meticulous craftsmanship, the iconic performances from Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, the legendary downtown shootout,...

This week we’re marking a major moment in cinephile history: the long-awaited "official" release of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair , Quentin Tarantino’s fully realized, razor-sharp vision, presented as one seamless epic. Joining us to break it all down are the founders of Hong Kong Cinema Club, an organization dedicated to preserving the golden age of Hong Kong action cinema in Los A...

On November 22, 1995, Martin Scorsese released one of the greatest gangster pictures ever made... For the second time... On this episode we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Martin Scorsese’s 'Casino', the neon-soaked epic that proved nobody can portray beautiful chaos quite like Marty, Pileggi, De Niro, Stone, and Pesci. We'll break down the film’s wild production, the real-life mo...

On this episode we revisit the neon-soaked, one-liner-loaded survival game show satire, 1987's sci-fi action spectacle, 'The Running Man,' starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. From its razor-sharp satire of media and government to Arnie’s more than classic line deliveries, this film gives us more than enough to talk about. Joined by Ben Gonzalez, one-third of the Movies In Trouble podcas...

Recorded live at Beyond The Grave in Downey, California, the largest Halloween pop-up bar in Los Angeles, the 90mins On Film crew brings you a very special episode, just in time for spooky season! We’re diving into 2009’s 'Zombieland,' a horror-comedy classic that taught us the importance of cardio, the double-tap, and avoiding clown zombies at all costs. Joining us for this chaotic cele...

Producer Samantha Garcia returns to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of 'House of Wax',   the gory remake that turned mid-2000s pop culture into a horror show. A self-proclaimed defender of this very niche film, Samantha makes her case for why this film deserves more respect, while we dig into the fascinating reinvention of Paris Hilton, and the undeniably weird onscreen attraction between...

"As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be..." a podcaster..? In celebration of the 35th anniversary of Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas , we’re going full Henry Hill and breaking our own rules with our longest episode to date! We spend nearly 2hrs of us obsessing over Ray Liotta’s cocaine-fueled paranoia, Joe Pesci’s unhinged antices, and Robert De Niro’s villianous gazes. And sin...

It's 'Mob Movie Month' and we’re talkin' 'Donnie Brasco' (1997), the movie where Johnny Depp goes undercover in the mob still looking like Johnny Depp, and Al Pacino plays the most low-energy gangster of his career, and it somehow weirdly works. It’s a tale of friendship, betrayal, and the kind of loyalty that makes you wonder if friends are worth dying for. Joining u...

In this episode we tackle Steven Soderbergh’s "Out of Sight" (1998) , the smooth, stylish crime caper that helped make George Clooney a movie star, and, against all odds, convinced us that (the-artist-formerly-known-as) Jennifer Lopez could actually act... Yes, the same JLo responsible for a string of recent cinematic crimes turns in such a memorable performance here, that we’re forced t...

"90mins On Film returns ," and we’re headed back to 1995 for 'Get Shorty,' the slick, satirical crime-comedy that turned John Travolta into a cool leading man (again), gave us a peak into Elmore Leonard's swagger (again), and pulled back the velvet curtain on Hollywood’s sleazy underbelly. In this episdoe we break down Barry Sonnenfeld’s precision direction, the perfect ca...

It’s all in the reflexes... and we’re celebrating the anniversary of John Carpenter’s modern Western and kung fu cult classic "Big Trouble in Little China," and this time, we’ve brought backup!  Joining us all the way from Japan is special guest host (and 1/3 of 'Movies In Trouble') Ben Gonzalez, along with special guest Erns, a Southern Californian lens wizard, to help us shak...

In this episode we celebrate two milestones: the 63rd birthday of the one and only Tom Cruise, and the 25th Anniversary of the John Woo directed "Mission: Impossible 2."  Back for her 5th appearance is Producer/Writer/Director Samantha Garcia, returning to defend "M:I 2’s" slow-motion, doves, and the thinly veiled homoerotic love squared plot  involving Ethan Hunt, Nyah Hall, S...

After a short hiatus, " 90mins On Film returns!"  Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of 'Batman Begins,'   we'll examine how Christopher Nolan’s grounded, gritty reboot (starring Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman), reshaped the superhero movie landscape, launched the acclaimed Dark Knight Trilogy, gave birth to the now defunct DCU, and influenced...

"Yippee-ki-yay, mother**ker!" It's been 30 years since John McClane rolled out of bed (with a hangover) and straight into a city-wide terrorist scavenger hunt in 'Die Hard with a Vengeance.'   In this anniversary episode, we dive headfirst into the explosive third installment, which marked John McTiernan's glorious return to the franchise, and unpack the high-octane a...