At the Movies in the 90s

"Where you gonna go, where you gonna run, where you gonna hide? Nowhere... 'cause there's no one like you left." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your host Mark McManus is joined by previous guest, podcaster Colin Jackson-Brown, to look at Peter Jackson's 1992 comedy splatter film, Braindead. An absolute giant of the gore low-budget comedy horror genre, Jackson's film serves as a...

""I'll... be... right... here." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, we get in our DeLorean head back to the 1980s, as your host A. J. Black looks at Steven Spielberg's 1982 science-fiction drama, E. T. The Extra Terrestrial. Joined by co-host James Harvey, this was initially the pilot for an intended 80's focused spin-off podcast show, timed to co-incide with Spielberg's new film Di...

"I know how you feel. You don't know if you want to hit me or kiss me. I get a lot of that." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your hosts Mark McManus & A. J, Black dig into Warren Beatty's 1990 adaptation of classic American comic book detective, Dick Tracy. In the wake of Tim Burton's Batman, Beatty brings to life his passion project with a galaxy of stars, a palette of vibrant...

"Where you gonna go, where you gonna run, where you gonna hide? Nowhere... 'cause there's no one like you left." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your host Mark McManus is joined by previous guest, horror podcaster Emma Arneil, to look at Abel Ferrara's 1993 sci-fi horror, Body Snatchers. Remaking the classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers narrative, this gives the terror a chill...

"This is the LAPD. We're the most hated cops in all the free world. My own mama's ashamed of me. She tells everybody I'm a drug dealer." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your host A. J. Black is joined by brand new guest, host of spin-off AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES, Dev Elson, to look at the action buddy comedy from 1998, Rush Hour. The first of a hugely successful trilogy th...

"This is pitiful. A thousand people freezing their butts off waiting to worship a rat. What a hype. Groundhog Day used to mean something in this town. They used to pull the hog out, and they used to eat it. You're hypocrites, all of you!" In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your host Mark McManus is joined by previous guest, podcaster and comedy fan Rob Turnbull, to discuss the Haro...

"We're gonna be big Stu, we're gonna be too big for Liverpool, we're gonna be too big for Hamburg, we're gonna be too big for our own bloody good!" In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your host A. J. Black is joined by previous guest, music podcaster Colin Jackson-Brown, to look at the unheralded early Beatles biopic from 1994, Backbeat. Set in Germany at the top of the 1960s, Iain...

"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your hosts A. J. Black & Mark McManus take a look at 1995's modern noir from director Bryan Singer and writer Christopher McQuarrie, The Usual Suspects. Feted at the time as an immediate crime noir classic, a reputation that burned for two decades, Singer's film f...

"No dream is ever just a dream…" In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your hosts A. J. Black and Mark McManus, in a crossover with the LAST TAKE podcast, are joined by podcaster Sam Stokes to examine the career of Stanley Kubrick and his final film, 1999's Eyes Wide Shut. An elegy to marriage and a dark satire on sex and conspiracy, Kubrick's film took half his life to adapt and serv...

"I hate the way you're always right. I hate it when you lie. I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your host A. J. Black is joined by new guest, horror podcaster of THE HORROR AND HER, Emma Arneil, to take a look at the 1999 adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, 10 Things I Hate About You. Starring a re...

"Machines don't understand sacrifice - neither do morons." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your host Mark McManus is joined by new guest, horror fanatic Christopher P. Ward, to take a look at the 1990 dark comic cyberpunk film, Hardware. From the mind of cult director Richard Stanley, this unusual slice of science-fiction follows a cyborg rampage, leading to a discussion about t...

"I never walk into a place I don't know how to walk out of..." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, the first of 2026, your hosts A. J. Black & Mark McManus take a look at 1998's action thriller, Ronin. The last substantive work from John Frankenheimer, with Robert de Niro leading an all-star cast, they discuss a picture which harkens back to 70s conspiracy, classic action cinema, Hi...

"Would it please the court if I gave you your Christmas card? I don't think I'll see you again. Unless I get arrested which is highly unlikely because it's Christmas Eve and I'm going to bed uncharacteristically early." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your host A. J. Black & guest Mary Muñoz present a Christmas special by looking at 1994's heartwarming festive remake, Miracle on...

"Everyone knows, when you make an assumption, you make an ass out of "u" and "umption"" In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your hosts A. J. Black & Mark McManus get into the festive feeling with a look at 1996's action thriller The Long Kiss Goodnight... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Mark McManus Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Find the podcast on Linkt...

"Don't you want to be an urban legend, Nat? All your friends are now." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your host Mark McManus, alongside recurring guest Rob Turnbull, looks at 1998's teen horror slasher Urban Legend... Host / Editor Mark McManus Guest Rob Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/atthemovie...

"Soon they were hooked; all of them. They lived to see their dreams, and when they slept they dreamed about their dreams. They had arrived at the island of dreams together; but in a short time they were oceans apart." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your host Mark McManus, alongside recurring guest Ian Buckley, look at Wim Wenders sprawling, romantic science-fiction epic, 1991's...

""I'm a hip old granny who can hip-hop, bebop, dance til ya drop and yo-yo, make a wicked cup of cocoa."" In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your host A. J. Black, alongside brand new guest Mary Muñoz, look at the successful family comedy from Chris Columbus starring Robin Williams, 1993's Mrs Doubtfire. Plus! Mary discusses some of her favourite 90s movies... Host / Editor A. J. B...

"Give a guy a gun, he thinks he's Superman. Give him two and he thinks he's God." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your host Mark McManus, alongside recurring guest Ryan Lambie, tackle John Woo's epic slice of Hong Kong action cinema in 1992's Hard Boiled... Host / Editor Mark McManus Guest Ryan Lambie Executive Producer A. J. Black Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/ajbl...

"In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and to keep them coming back. The longer they play, the more they lose, and in the end, we get it all." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your host Mark McManus, alongside recurring guest Ian Buckley, tackle Martin Scorsese's return to the gangster epic with 1995's hard-nosed Casino... Host / Editor Mark McManus Guest Ian B...

"Thank you for not smoking." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your hosts Mark McManus and A. J. Black look at one of the lesser sequels of the 90s, the Irvin Kershner directed Robocop 2... Host / Editor Mark McManus Co-Host A. J. Black Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/atthemoviesinthe90s Support the Film Sto...

"I just have one question... what did you do last summer?" In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, in a crossover event with the MODERN HORROR podcast, your hosts A. J. Black and Mark McManus discuss a pair of 90s horror slashers - I Know & I Still Know What You Did Last Summer from 1997 and 1998 respectively. Plus, they discuss the brand new 2025 remake and figure out whether it passes...

"Jackie can tell me any story that comes into her pretty little head, just so long as at the end of that story she hands me my motherf*cking money." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your host A. J. Black and Mark McManus finally tackle Quentin Tarantino by looking at his 1997 Elmore Leonard adaptation, Jackie Brown... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Mark McManus Find A. J. on L...

In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, we're up to something a bit different. AJ Black and Mark McManus, your hosts, launch The Rank - a new 90s movies league table that each episode will see a new film challenge for supremacy on a sprawling document we will regularly update: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lOho7IdnNx7kZNipZuhEHdd8X6EsGBhv1r5jp0FEzJg/edit?usp=sharing To do that...

"Oh, wouldn't it be great if I was crazy? Then the world would be okay." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your host Mark McManus and guest Mark Adams travel back to 1995 for Terry Gilliam's science-fiction post-apocalpytic drama, 12 Monkeys... Host / Editor Mark McManus Guest Mark Adams Executive Producer A. J. Black Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Find t...

"No more talking. No more guessing. Don't even think about nothing that's not right in front of you. That's the real challenge. You've gotta save yourselves from yourselves." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your host Mark McManus and guest Kat Hughes travel back to 1997 for Vincenzo Natali's mind-bending science-fiction drama, Cube... Host / Editor Mark McManus Guest Kat Hughes...