Box Office Birthday

This week, Brandon and Megan blast off to Mars for RocketMan, an inspiring tale of how you can be both really weird and good at your job at the same time! Coming Attractions trailers for October 17 Playing God I Know What You Did Last Summer The Devil's Advocate Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year 1997 in film by choosing a new theatr...

Looking for a niche group Halloween costume? Brandon and Megan have found it for you with this week's movie, U-Turn . (Must be willing to shave head!) Coming Attractions for October 10 Gang Related Most Wanted Seven Years in Tibet RocketMan Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year 1997 in film by choosing a new theatrical release to watch...

It's man versus bear versus man versus man in this week's movie, The Edge ! Brandon and Megan contemplate their own wilderness survival skills and the cutting edge of bearskin fashion. Coming Attractions trailers for October 3 The Matchmaker Kiss the Girls U-Turn Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year 1997 in film by choosing a new t...

Have you ever needed a list of things that make you gay (tucking in your shirt all the way) or not gay (standing up straight but also back pain?) in 1990s Indiana? Look no further than this week's movie, In & Out . But before we get there, Brandon and Megan discuss their love of movies within movies and bemoan the lack of Barbra Streisand songs. Coming Attractions trailers for September 26...

This week, Brandon and Megan watch The Game (and oops, you just lost it). Join us as we learn what David Fincher looks like, demonstrate our entirely unearned expertise in how to escape a flooding car, and critique mediocre burgers. Coming Attractions trailers for September 19  L.A. Confidential In & Out Wishmaster Career Girls A Thousand Acres Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie...

Brandon and Megan dive into the esteemed study of Seagalogy with the one and very only option at the theaters, Fire Down Below . We learn about beekeeping attire, the job responsibilities of EPA agents, and also why it's called a four-poster bed. (Actually, we didn't really solve that one. Thanks, Mark McGrath!) Coming Attractions for September 12: The Game Kiss Me, Guido Box Office Birthd...

Another America's Sweetheart candidate enters the ring this week when Brandon and Megan watch Alicia Silverstone in Excess Baggage . They discuss fashion, crimes of passion, and the mystery of Greg Spinach. This episode contains spoilers for The Usual Suspects and the 1997 IU football season. Coming Attractions for September 5: Fire Down Below Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie r...

This week, Brandon and Megan watched the kiddie version of Die Hard : Masterminds . It may not be a cult classic, but it does have possibly the most iconic 90s opening we've ever seen! But first, we waffle through some dubious choices for next week's Labor Day weekend movie pick, and inexplicably discuss the ABCU ( Air Bud Cinematic Universe) at length. Coming Attractions trailers for Augu...

We knew we should have stayed home today! But instead, Brandon and Megan take a trip to the far reaches of space and indeed, the Event Horizon . But what is an event horizon? And do aliens believe in ghosts (or vice versa)? Should you really be smoking on a spaceship? All this, plus we discuss the Boxcar Children. Coming Attractions trailers for August 22: Mimic Masterminds Leave It To Beaver G.I....

This week, Brandon and Megan are plunged into the mysterious world of Conspiracy Theory. Will Julia Roberts manage to defend her title of America's Sweetheart? Would a cab ride with Mel Gibson be better or worse than a robot car? We also say goodbye to the Bloomington Herald-Times' film critic, Rocco Versaci. Forever in our hearts, no longer in town. Coming Attractions trailers for August...

This week, Brandon and Megan watch America's Third Sweetheart, Jennifer Aniston, in Picture Perfect . We have a wide ranging conversation that somehow is still mostly about mustard. Coming Attractions trailers for August 8: Free Willy 3: The Rescue Conspiracy Theory How to Be a Player Temptress Moon Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we relive the year...

Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger (movie rewatch podcast). Can Brandon and Megan take your order? Or perhaps, interest you in their own fast food burger taste test? If not that, how about an etymology lesson on the word "mondo"? Coming Attractions trailers for August 1: Air Bud Picture Perfect Spawn 187 Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcast! Join us as we r...

This week, Brandon and Megan return to the oeuvre of their very first episode: Jackie Chan movies! We watched Operation Condor , also known as Armor of God II, but in the US it's #1 and Armor of God I is #2. Got it? Megan mispronounces and forgets more vocabulary words than usual, and Brandon kind of but not really went to college with Jackie Chan's son! Coming Attractions trailers for Jul...

This week, Megan talks Brandon's ear off because not only did they watch Contact , but Megan read the book too, and she has big feelings! We also answer important questions like, why do so many scientists in movies wear Hawaiian shirts? What sound effect should an alien noise make? Is it okay to use crayons in bed? Coming Attractions trailers for July 18: Nothing to Lose George of the Jungle U...

It's the Fourth of July and Brandon and Megan watched Men in Black . However, we definitely have mixed feelings about the patriotism of a movie that's about a shadowy organization that constantly monitors, harasses, and polices refugees - even if they are aliens from another planet. Abolish ICE! Coming Attractions trailers for July 11: A Simple Wish Contact   Box Office Birthday is a calen...

It's not about hockey, but it could be called Freaky Friday for the boys: this week, Brandon and Megan watched Face/Off! First, we debate which celebrity we'd most like to pilot our plane, but then it's the big question - could you recognize your face . . . off? Coming Attractions trailers for July 4: Out to Sea Men in Black Wild America Love! Valour! Compassion! Box Office Birthday is...

Get ready for the Barbenheimer of 1997: MY BEST BAT’S WEDDING. Brandon and Megan couldn’t possibly decide between Batman & Robin and My Best Friend’s Wedding so they watched both! We go on probably too many tangents for trying to accomplish a double feature, but most importantly, Brandon doesn’t know the rules for writing an acrostic poem, but at least his Bane voice is better than Megan’s. Co...

Megan hates cruises and Brandon has a real issue with the title, but this week we watched Speed 2: Cruise Control . Go UWM Panthers (of which both Megan and the esteemed Willem Dafoe are alums) and don’t forget to support your local library! Coming Attractions trailers for June 20: My Best Friend's Wedding Batman & Robin Traveller Box Office Birthday is a calendar-accurate movie rewatch podcas...

Brandon and Megan welcome you aboard Convict Airlines – aka Con Air ! Brandon spends a lot of time explaining the plot points Megan didn’t get, but hey, at least she can spot a tertiary character that also appeared in the Twilight movies from a mile away. We also cover the popularity of bird-based pick-up lines, debate wigs, and honor the dueling soundtrack singles with not one, but two musical in...

What better time for a Thanksgiving movie than the last week of May? Brandon and Megan watched Gone Fishin’, a buddy comedy not at all known for jump-starting the screenwriting career of one J.J. Abrams. We unlock the zen inner life lessons of a film about exploding boats and mischievous crocodiles. Most importantly, Megan teaches Brandon how to test if you’ll look good with bangs.  Coming Attract...

Happy Memorial Day weekend! Brandon and Megan hit the theater to see the box office monster of 1997, The Lost World: Jurassic Park . We have many opinions about dinosaurs (scariness factor, gender, lack of buttholes) but first have to make an impossible choice for which trailer seems the least terrible for next week’s episode.  Coming Attractions trailers for May 30: Trial and Error Gone Fishin&#3...

This week, Brandon and Megan take a quick side trip back to 1996 to watch Jerry Maguire and discover what all the fuss (and 19+ weeks in the Bloomington, IN movie theater) is all about. They debate the many iconic lines: what exactly is quan? which hello did she have him at?  Coming Attractions trailers for May 23 Addicted to Love The Lost World: Jurassic Park Box Office Birthday is a calendar-acc...

Brandon and Megan revisit a sci-fi favorite that some (but definitely not Brandon) are calling the Star Wars of the ‘90s, The Fifth Element . Megan works through several lists including her favorite alien species, her favorite character costumes, and her favorite interior design aspects of Korben Dallas’ apartment.   Coming Attractions for May 16 No new movies came out next week! Instead join us t...

This week, Brandon and Megan watch Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery . Make sure you get that subtitle down correctly because Megan accidentally purchased and started watching the sequel instead (and it took Brandon about five minutes to notice). After that gets sorted out, we explore the theory of relativity as it pertains to spinning beds and Brandon gets to flex his James Bond nerd kn...

Brandon and Megan discuss the importance of emergency management, as well as work/life balance when there’s suddenly a Volcano in downtown LA! But don’t worry, lava is significantly slower than you’d think and this movie is weirdly committed to realism in that regard. Brandon questions if the LA subway really exists (he’s lived there almost five years) and Megan questions why there are so many not...