Old Movie Time Machine

As it's the Halloween season, we're shouting "Boo!...mer." 1995's Casper is here to put you through a lot of silliness before getting to that Sawa cameo you gals were all talking about at your slumber parties. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  Casper was directed by Brad Silberling and stars Christina Ricci and Bill Pullman. We appreciate your support, so please subscribe...

Because history demands an inventory! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and follow the show:  YouTube: youtube.com/@oldmovietimemachine Instagram: @timemachinepodcasts  Facebook: facebook.com/oldmovietimemachine   Buy our luxurious merchandise:  www.teepublic.com/user/old-movie-time-machine ★ Support this podc...

We don't know football, but we DO know the many fluctuations and varieties of Al Pacino performances and hairpieces. Establish your location from orbit, then zoom into this thrilling breakdown of 1999's Any Given Sunday! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  Any Given Sunday was directed by Olive Stone and stars Al Pacino and Cameron Diaz. We appreciate your support, so pleas...

Roll the dice on your marriage and sleep with billionaire Robert Redford for a cool mil - what could possibly go wrong? Get your god*mned dirt-shoes off the table and learn the answer during our convo about 1993's Indecent Proposal! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  Indecent Proposal was directed by Adrian Lyne and stars Robert Redford and Demi Moore. We appreciate your s...

How many secrets? Too many. How many Sneakers? At least 5-6 pairs. How many Sidneys? Just the one - Poitier - inarguably the best one. Listen, we recorded this ep before Redford's death, so it's really more a tribute to old computers than anything else, but RIP anyway, "Mr. BRICE." Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  Sneakers was directed by Phil Alden Robinson and stars Ro...

Horse Girls of the world, it's your time to shine! We've let Carolyn out of the barn and she's attaching a big ol' feedbag of equine knowledge to your face as we discuss a childhood fave, 1991's Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken was directed by Steve Miner and stars Gabrielle Anwar and Michael Schoeffling. We apprec...

A quick dive into thoughts and feelings about Jurassic World: Rebirth and the latest Superman reboot. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and follow the show:  YouTube: youtube.com/@oldmovietimemachine Instagram: @timemachinepodcasts  Facebook: facebook.com/oldmovietimemachine   Buy our luxurious merchandise:  w...

Just getting right to the point with this one, the beating, dinosaurian heart of the early 90s. We dare to ask: is Jurassic Park the greatest movie ever made? And the answer returns, again and again: “Probably??” Be a clever girl and listen to these riveting tales of totemic dust jackets and frothy TV newsmagazine trailer debuts, won’t you? Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa...

Explore the ins and outs of that Carter crack life in the big city. Which city? 1991's New Jack City, of course. Or maybe it's the New York City of the OG Ninja Turtles movie? Or maybe even Tim Burton's Gotham City? They are all virtually indistinguishable from one another. Now sit your $5 ass down and listen before I make change. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  New Jac...

It's a heated episode today as a seemingly harmless baseball movie about a well-meaning child zealot and his friend Tony Danza sparks a debate about faith, the foster system, and the perils of league expansion and realignment. Don't believe me, non-believer? It could happen... especially in 1994's Angels in the Outfield! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  Angels in the Out...

I think we can all agree that of all the big boats, Titanic was one of the biggest. But can we agree on a resale value for the Heart of the Ocean? Swim with us as we sink to the level of 1997's world-conquering Titanic! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa. Titanic was directed by James Cameron and stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. We appreciate your support, so please...

Our journey continues with a look at the most 90s idea ever: a peacekeeping submarine with a talking dolphin wanders the oceans of the future and gets into wacky adventures for (checks notes) 3 seasons?? Okay, Spielberg, whatever you say. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  SeaQuest DSV "Photon Bullet" was directed by Steve Dubin and stars Roy Scheider and Jonathan Brandis....

Shrishma is in charge as we break our own rules and take it back to 1989 for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids! Mad scientist tech, robot ants, and a brief detour into Harry Potter shipping are all here for your enjoyment. So, please do. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids was directed by Joe Johnston and stars Rick Moranis and Marcia Strassman. We appreciate...

The matters of how many neon crosses are too many, whether or not Hawaiian shirts are cool again, and the final referendum ever on Shakespeare him/herself are all addressed in our new episode about 1996's Romeo + Juliet. Bish, prithee! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  Romeo + Juliet was directed by Baz Luhrmann and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. We appreciate...

This is all we need: a couple of smokes, a cup of coffee, and some good conversation. You and me and five bucks, earned at the GAP, where your friend was recently promoted while you were busy buying Rippled Pringles and cans of Minute Maid with your dad's gas card. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  Reality Bites was directed by Ben Stiller and stars Winona Ryder and Ethan...

Slip into your roomiest woolen sweater, embrace an elderly stranger whose family you are grifting (with love), and pull a sweet Lucy Move by savoring every moment of our breakdown of 1995's While You Were Sleeping. Which is a totally different movie than Serendipity. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  While You Were Sleeping was directed by Jon Turteltaub and stars Sandra...

Gel your hair, wipe your goggles, and bust out your old pudding jeans - we're headed into 1998's Can't Hardly Wait. Did someone order a Loveburger? No, but they did order this episode. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  Can't Hardly Wait was directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont and stars Ethan Embry and Jennifer Love Hewitt. We appreciate your support, so please sub...

We dig into the 1990s with gusto by celebrating a symbolic end to the 1980s and its latchkey-tinted definition of family. Big, blown out hair and big, blown out shoulder pads will have their time in the sun as we examine the awkward transition from the go-go 80s to the keeping-it-real 90s. Dishes are done, man, and so is this podcast recording. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Z...

Dive deep into some excellent band talk and enjoy the period-accurate vacuum cleaners of 1996's That Thing You Do! Tom Hanks made it with love, just for you and fans of transistor radios everywhere. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.  That Thing You Do! was directed by Tom Hanks and stars Tom Everett Scott and Liv Tyler. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad...

On the 60th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, we take a peek at Oliver Stone's great American conspiracy fever dream, 1991's JFK! The ballistics are conclusive! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa.  JFK was directed by Oliver Stone and stars Kevin Costner and Gary Oldman. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super...

Old Time Movie Machine month continues with Todd Haynes rolling a grenade into 1957 with the 2002 banger, Far From Heaven! We're going deep into mid-century race relations, human sexuality, and what different types of skirts represent in a semiotic sense. Who knew? Featuring Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa.  Far From Heaven was directed by Todd Haynes and stars Julianne Moore...

Welcome to a new cycle of episodes in which we invert our formula and look at our Cold War era through the eyes of modern storytellers. We're calling this Old Time Movie Machine (cuz we're so clever) and you're all in for a treat as we dive into 2019's fabulous recreation of 1958, The Vast of Night! Loads of UFO talk here, plus we get to chew on more of our favorite thing: ancient telephone techno...

Happy Halloween, you creeps! We're indulging in some amazing mid-60s nonsense called Munster, Go Home! and we're tackling all the important questions: How do a Frankenstein and a vampire have a werewolf baby? What if there was a family of monsters who inexplicably decided to sail instead of fly? Also: who doesn't love a gift basket? Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and...

All bets are off as we look at our first black and white picture, the classic 1960 creepfest, Psycho! We learn that at least one of our cohosts would not kick a silent Norman Bates out of bed, plus, the horror of musty motel linens is finally addressed. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa.  Psycho was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and stars Janet Leigh and...

Please mind your balance, for we are about to plummet into the spirograph drawings of 1958's Vertigo! Celebrate the mysteries and wallpaper of this classic psychological thriller, but beware of projecting your feelings about previous movies onto this one, EVEN IF the movies look exactly the same but with slightly different hair. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Just...