I'll Show You Mine

Welcome back to I'll Show You Mine! This week, Elyse shows James "Stand and Deliver" from 1988. Based on the inspiring true story of Jaime Escalante, the movie follows a determined math teacher as he tries to teach his East LA students calculus and get them to pass the Advanced Placement test. Join us as we discuss Stand and Deliver's place in the Mexican-American film canon, Elyse gets emotional...

Happy New Year and welcome to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This one was a doozy. We played Katamari Damacy, Elyse got sick, AGDQ was on, the government is shut down, it was A Lot. But we made it through the other side because this game is just that good. Join us as we talk about Katamari Damacy and its surreal charms, how satisfying it is to roll a bunch of stuff up into a ball (especial...

It's a Very Special Christmas episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week, Elyse shows James "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas", the Jim Henson directed Christmas TV special from 1977. It's the story of Emmet Otter and his Ma, who both want nothing more than to give the other a wonderful Christmas. Join us as we talk about how utterly charming this little movie is, marvel at the puppeteering innovati...

Welcome to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week, James is showing Elyse "Sonic Adventure" for the Sega Dreamcast, released in 1998. It's been 20 whole years since this game came out so we're digging in on that starting line and getting ready to take off! Some might say this game doesn't "hold up" and we would probably agree with them. But we still have plenty to say about Sonic and the...

Welcome back to I'll Show You Mine! This week we're settling into those post-Thanksgiving cozy vibes with the family favorite, Uncle Buck. We were ready for a little cooldown after the Halloween spooks and the raw intensity of Chrono Trigger so in this episode we're talking about those good good John Hughes feels, John Candy's greatness, and the characters of Buck and Tia making up the warm and fu...

Welcome back to I'll Show You Mine! Thanks for your patience as we dealt with some technical difficulties this episode but it was well worth it because this episode is our most extensive yet! This week, James shows Elyse Chrono Trigger for the SNES. One of the quintessential JRPGs, Chrono Trigger is a beloved game created by three titans of the Japanese role playing game world that set a new stand...

Welcome to Part 2 of our Halloween special! This time on I'll Show You Mine, Elyse brings the spooks and shows James "Mother" from 2009, directed by Bong Joon-ho. "Mother" tells the story of an adoring mother who will stop at nothing to ensure her son's safety when he is accused of a crime she is sure he did not commit. If you haven't seen this movie and want to check it out we would recommend you...

Welcome to the first Halloween episode of I'll Show You Mine! In this ghoulish installment, James shows Elyse the horror launch game for the Xbox 360, Condemned: Criminal Origins. Join us in the narrow corridors, sewer passages, and dark corners as FBI agent Ethan Thomas, a serial killer investigator who suddenly has a new suspect to watch out for: a serial killer-killer, aka Serial Killer X. But...

Welcome to another brand new season of I'll Show You Mine! This week, Elyse shows James "Fiddler on the Roof" from 1971, directed by Norman Jewison and starring Topol as Tevye, a poor Jewish milkman in the Ukraine in 1905. This iconic film adaptation of the 1964 Broadway musical has become a major part of popular culture, and we dive right in! Join us as we talk about the moment in history this st...

Welcome to I'll Show You Mine! This week, James shows Elyse the strange arcade classic Bubble Bobble (not to be confused with Puzzle Bobble, aka Bust-A-Move) as we wrap up another season. In this episode we're discussing how procrastinating for an audio design class led James to discover this game, reveling in how old arcade style dungeon grinding can be satisfying and hilarious as hell, and exorc...

Welcome to I'll Show You Mine! This week, Elyse shows James "Summer Magic" from 1963. Starring Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, and Dorothy McGuire in a good old fashioned tale about a down-on-their-luck family that moves to the country to live in their dream house after the death of their father. There's music! There's family bonding! There's Burl Ives, who James has never heard of before. What?? Join us...

It's time again for an episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week, James shows Elyse Bomberman 64, for the Nintendo 64. Bomberman being an absolutely prolific bomb-centric franchise that Elyse has somehow never heard of. Take a listen for James' history lesson on The Bomberman, Elyse guessing entirely wrong at what year the movie "Ghost" came out (it was 1990, can you believe that?), and a lot of ac...

Welcome back to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week, we're going back to our roots with The Karate Kid, another classic sports movie that has a lot of similarities to the subject of our first episode, Rocky. How is it possible James has never seen this movie? We just don't know. But what we do know is The Karate Kid is awesome. We're talking about the classic mentor character of Mr. M...

Welcome back to I'll Show You Mine! This week, James shows Elyse one of the titans of the simulator genre, RollerCoaster Tycoon for the PC. The word of this episode is... Granular. We're going deep friends, because RCT is just an incredibly dense and beloved game that is a lot more than meets the eye! Join us as we discuss the dollhouse appeal of building a tiny theme park, compare coaster creatio...

This week on I'll Show You Mine it's time to Be! Aggressive! B-E Aggressive! as we dive into the snarky and ridiculous teen classic, Bring It On, directed by Peyton Reed and starring Kirsten Dunst, Gabrielle Union, and Eliza Dushku. We're talking about this movie's place in the canon of teen comedies, the somewhat dated mean-spirited humor, and the subtext of gay relationships that bubble beneath...

Welcome to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week, we're floating back into the land of Kirby as James shows Elyse Kirby Super Star, the minigame extravaganza for the Super Nintendo released in 1996, This is our second foray into Kirby games, be sure to go back and check out our episode on Kirby's Dream Land 2 if you didn't hear it the first time. In this episode we're really digging int...

This week on I'll Show You Mine we're getting musical as Elyse shows James "State Fair" from 1945. The only Rodgers & Hammerstein musical written specifically for the screen, it's a good old fashioned story about the Frake family and one memorable trip to the Iowa State Fair. Join us as we talk about the movie's catchy tunes and uniquely 1940s flair, and James focuses purely on the scenes feat...

Welcome back to I'll Show You Mine! Did you miss us? We missed you. So, so much. And what a way to come back! This week, James shows Elyse WarioWare Inc for the Game Boy Advance. Released in 2003, this is the game that paved the way for Wario to become the star he was always meant to be. It's also super innovative, quirky, and fun to play! Join us as we dive into the world of "microgames" and meet...

Welcome to I'll Show You Mine! This week, Elyse shows James the 1990 film, The Witches, based on the book by Roald Dahl. A movie burned into the brains of many a 90s youth, it's the story of a young boy and his grandmother and their unexpected quest to destroy all the witches in England while on holiday at a seaside hotel, and stop their plan to turn all the children in the country into mice. We t...

Welcome back to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week, James shows Elyse Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, a video game for the N64 that was one part of a multimedia ancillary IP within the Star Wars extended universe, which featured a new villain named Prince Xizor and a familiar-yet-different roguish hero named Dash Rendar. In this episode, James recalls sleepovers past, Elyse sees an...

This week on I'll Show You Mine, we delve into the world of animation as Elyse shows James Turner Feature Animation's last movie, Cats Don't Dance. Though it didn't make big waves at the box office, the film has become something of a cult favorite within animation, and Elyse explains why she loved it so much as a kid. Join us as we vibe to some good good Randy Newman tunes, discuss the "grotesquer...

Welcome to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week it's James' turn and he shows Elyse the NES version of the 80s arcade classic, Paperboy. It's... kind of a mess. But a nostalgic and silly mess, arguably the best kind. We'll discuss our first memories of gaming, when a game goes from good-difficult to bad-difficult, and then the Grim Reaper shows up. Join us, won't you? Our theme song is...

This week on I'll Show You Mine... Elyse shows James the South Korean crime drama, Memories of Murder. Directed by Bong Joon-ho in 2003, the movie follows the true story of Korea's first recorded serial killer in 1986. The film stars Song Kang-ho as Inspector Park Doo-man and Kim Sang-kyung as Inspector Seo Tae-yoon, two detectives with completely opposing views on how best to catch the killer. We...

Welcome back to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week, James is showing Elyse a truly formative game, Halo: Combat Evolved. How is it that Elyse has never played such an iconic game? Is it perhaps because she is so bad at shooters? We play through the whole dang campaign and talk about the history and narrative of Halo, its mechanics, and all the ways it changed the game for fans of sci...

Welcome to Season 2 of I'll Show You Mine! We're back folks, did you miss us? This week, Elyse kicks things off by showing James "Paris When It Sizzles", starring William Holden and Audrey Hepburn, from 1964. It's a funny and fun meta-journey through the creation of a film script, with a little romance thrown in for flavor. In this episode, Elyse and James discuss why we love movies, what makes th...