Movielife Crisis

Feel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme! Get on up, it's bobsled time! Indeed it is, here for the 30th anniversary of Cool Runnings, the "based on a true story" account of the jamaican bobsled team. John Candy, Leon, with director Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure, 3 Ninjas), and a low key banger score by Hans Zimmer! Yep, it's still awesome.  Support the show http://www.movielifecrisis.com <-- we...

Our first entree into the catalogue of Sylvester Stallone, here with John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, and a pretty deep ensemble cast. One of the top 10 box office movies of 1993, Stallone rock climbs in fingerless weightlifting gloves and fights John Lithgow on a helicopter. A wild time, 1993 was.  Support the show http://www.movielifecrisis.com <-- website http://www.patreon.com/movielifecr...

One of the two underrated Michael J. Fox movies that came out in '93, we wound up on this one over Life With Mikey just on pure chance. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, Raising Arizona), and co-starring Gabriel Anwar (Scent of A Woman, Burn Notice), this is a tight 90 minutes full of quips and behind the scenes in a big hotel.  Unfortunately it doesn't exist digitally anywhere in 2...

Tommy Lee Jones, in an Academy-award winning role. Harrison Ford, with a beard. Joe Pantoliano, aka Joey Pants, stealing scenes. Julianne Moore, mostly on the cutting room floor.  The third biggest movie of 1993, it's the Fugitive! Now let's have a hard target search of every doghouse henhouse barnhouse and outhouse in the next fifteen miles! Support the show http://www.movielifecrisis.com &l...

Not only one of the finest frozen pizzas of our childhood, this classic western is both fairly historically accurate about the last chapter of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the OK Corral, and also a tour de force from Val Kilmer. Insanely quotable still today! With a wild ensemble featuring Kurt Russell, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Charlton Heston, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Priestley, Billy Zane, Mi...

The deep cut gritty college football flick from David S. Ward (Sleepless in Seattle, Major League), starring James Caan, Kristy Swanson, Craig Sheffer, Omar Epps, Halle Berry, Duane Davis, and Andrew Bryniarski is coming at you like Lattimer's head comes at a car window after he gets a starting job.  JT loves it, Jeff hasn't seen it -- how does it hold up? Support the show http://www.movielif...

Rosenbagger! This classic kids/sports comedy from Daniel Stern (director, brilliant comic sidekick) and starring Thomas Ian Nichols (American Pie) is an absolute blast. Especially if you're ages 5-13. Or if you were that age in 1993.  Join Jeff and JT as they break it all down, plus our annual check-in from intern Mike Jones.  Support the show http://www.movielifecrisis.com <-- websit...

This bizarrely entertaining action-genre satire is one of the most fun movies we've ever done on the pod. Arnold Schwartzenegger stars, with cameos from Danny DeVito to Sharon Stone to Little Richard. Directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard, Predator), written by Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, A Long Kiss Goodnight, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), and scored by Michael Kamen (Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Robin Hood:...

Jaws on land coming in hot as the biggest movie ever when it was released. From Spielberg and Michael Crichton, with help from ILM, John Williams, and Jeff Goldblum, this monstrosity of a monster movie made nearly a billion dollars in 1993, becoming the biggest movie of all time (until it was dethroned by a large boat in 1997).  Support the show http://www.movielifecrisis.com <-- website h...

Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, and Nora Ephron team up for one of the best romantic comedies in history. Does it feature Meg Ryan being super creepy towards Tom Hanks while wearing a trenchcoat? 100%. Does it also feature Rob Reiner and Rosie O'Donnell as hilarious best friends to our respective leads? 100%. Support the show http://www.movielifecrisis.com <-- website http://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisi...

PICKLE! Listen up, you L7 weenies, it's finally time for the Sandlot. Nothing like a cult classic ensemble comedy about pre-teens in 1962 playing baseball to get our nostalgia juices really flowing. Man, do we love us some baseball movies! Support the show http://www.movielifecrisis.com <-- website http://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis <-- bonus episodes + support the arts

Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gary Busey, Wilford Brimley, and David Straitharn (+ Holly Hunter) all "star" in this John Grisham adaptation that ends up being the 5th biggest movie of 1993. How did it happen? Is this the first movie Tom Cruise does the now famous Cruise run? These questions and more answered by Jeff and JT within the episode.  Support the show http:...

The Richard Linklater cult classic coming of age comedy from 1993, here with us at long last.  Featuring Jason London, Anthony Rapp, Parker Posey, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Cole Hauser, and introducing Matthew McConaughey! Stellar cast, incredible soundtrack, and a must watch for potheads of all ages.  Support the show http://www.movielifecrisis.com <-- website http://www.patreo...

Before there was Shrek, Fat Bastard, or the Pentavarit, there was Stuart Mackenzie in So I Married  An Ax Murderer.  Jeff and JT go back to the cult classic dark comedy that's highly quotable and also mildly watchable, because how could they not? Support the show http://www.movielifecrisis.com <-- website http://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis <-- bonus episodes + support the arts

Jeff and JT pulled out all the stops for this cult classic sequel to 1992's Sister Act. There are exclusive interviews with not just Ryan Toby, who plays Ahmal (and destroys Oh Happy Day), but also the guy responsible for those timeless choir arrangements: 5-time Grammy winner Mervyn Warren! Incredible never heard before stories from the making of Sister Act 2, yeah, that happened.  Support t...

Mel Brooks, the king of film parody, writes and directs this 1993 movie taking on Prince Of Thieves and just generally lampooning the Robin Hood mythology.  Cary Elwes (with an English accent!), Richard Lewis, Dave Chappelle (in his first ever movie), Tracy Ullman, and more round out the cast. Highly quotable but strangely slow, and Jeff and JT break it all down for you.  Support the sho...

The classic erotic thriller (that's not especially thrilling or erotic) featuring Robert Redford, Woody Harrelson, and Demi Moore.  Plus the always delightful Oliver Platt! Support the show http://www.movielifecrisis.com <-- website http://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis <-- bonus episodes + support the arts

That's right, woodchuck chuckers, it's GROUNDHOG DAY! This episode Jeff and JT take on one of the all-time best comedies of the modern era. And, just when you thought it couldn't get any better, they also get to sit down with Ned Ryerson himself, actor Stephen Tobolowsky! Stephen breaks down reading with Harold Ramis for his audition, improv with Bill Murray, and tons more! We also have the entire...

"I should've done more," says the incomparable Liam Neeson in Schinder's List, to Sir Ben Kingsley. "Man, I sure can drive this boat!" says Bruce Willis to Sarah Jessica Parker in Striking Distance, probably.  This episode we tackle a two-fer, two historically vital movies from 1993.  Support the show http://www.movielifecrisis.com <-- website http://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis &l...

1993 movies are here! Kicking off season 3 with the Tony Scott/Tarantino film True Romance, starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette. Is it a Bonnie and Clyde for the 90s? Is there any better scene in a movie this year than Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper in this one?  Also killer performances from Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Michael Rappaport, and Gary Oldman. Oh and Val Kilmer...

If you're like us, you're asking yourself "What in the deuces exactly was going on in nineteen hundred and ninety-three?" Welp, we've got you covered. From Waco to apartheid to Zima to I Will Always Love You, it's here. Plus, Jeff has a vignette we've entitled Friday Night At Pizza Hut that you may enjoy. First movie coming at you next week! Support the show http://www.movielifecrisis.com <-- w...

Jeff and JT break down their top movies, performances, quotes, and a lot of nerdy data from this year's podcast movies. The best of MLC 1992 films are all here on the docket, if you're traveling for the holidays and are bored! Support the show http://www.movielifecrisis.com <-- website http://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis <-- bonus episodes + support the arts

We finish our 1992 season with the Aaron Sorkin/Rob Reiner/Jack Nicholson/Tom Cruise/Demi Moore/Kevin Bacon/Kiefer Sutherland/Kevin Pollak masterpiece, A Few Good Men. We want the truth, and yet.... Support the show http://www.movielifecrisis.com <-- website http://www.patreon.com/movielifecrisis <-- bonus episodes + support the arts

First prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired. This star-studded character study that Ed Harris referred to as Death of A F$*&ing Salesman is wall to wall great dialogue and outstanding performances. 4 Oscar winners and 2 Oscar nominees make up the 6 person cast.  Alec Baldwin's coffee is for closers speech is iconic, and it's in t...

Kevin Costner stars as a dour, stoic law enforcement-type dude (way against type for him) who's protecting a pop princess in Whitney Houston (also playing way against type, obvs), in this MASSIVELY HUGE SMASH HIT SOUNDTRACK erm I mean MOVIE! Written by Lawrence Kasdan (Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Big Chill, Raiders of the Lost Ark), soooooooo yeah.  I mean Whitney sings a lot, so...