TOMMY 'N' JACOB'S MIX TAPE

Take a leap with us as we review 2001’s Kate & Leopold. A duke from 1876 is thrust into 2001’s New York City, where he makes a companion with a successful business woman.  Directed by: James Mangold Written by: James Mangold and Steven Rogers Starring: Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear...

Join us today for our review of 1999’s Blast from the Past! A man born and raised in a fallout shelter is sent out into the world to help his family find supplies and, hopefully, find himself love.  Directed by: Hugh Wilson Written by: Hugh Wilson and Bill Kelly Starring: Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, and Sissy Spacek Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of thi...

He doesn’t know how to use the seashells. Today we start our ‘Out of Time’ Block, reviewing movies where our main characters find themselves in an unfamiliar era. Starting off with 1993’s Demolition Man. A violent cop and a violent criminal's years-long feud spills out into a not-so-distant peaceful future after awakening from a cryogenic prison sentence. Directed by: Marco Brambilla Written by: P...

Happy New Year! Please join us this Friday as we take a break from our usual reviews and will be discussing a variety of media properties we are looking forward to in 2025. Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Happy holidays everyone. Today we finish our seasonal movie review, with a look back on 2004’s The Polar Express.  We follow a  skeptical child, as he and others are taken to the North Pole on a magical train to meet the one and only, Santa Claus.  Directed by: Robert Zemekis Written by: Robert Zemekis and William Broyles Jr .Based on the book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg Starring: Tom H...

We’re going to the mall in our Holiday Block with a review of 2003’s Bad Santa. A set of con men use the guise of a hired mall Santa and elf to rob department stores during the Christmas season.  Directed by: Terry Swigoff Written by: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, and Lauren Graham Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? Wh...

Let’s take a glimpse at an alternate life with a review of 2000’s The Family Man. A successful investment banker living in New York, awakes one Christmas day to find his life has turned upside down, and now he has a life and family with the one that got away.  Directed by: Brett Ratner Written by: David Diamond and David Weissman Starring: Nicolas Cage and Téa Leoni Come on in and have a listen! W...

This week we light up our 2024 Holiday Block with a discussion on 2022’s Violent Night.  A disillusioned Santa Clause fights for his life to save a little girl and her family during a violent Christmas Eve heist. Directed by: Tommy Wirkola Written by: Josh “Worm” Miller and Patrick Casey Starring: David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Beverly D’Angelo, Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, and Leah Brady Come on...

Join us today for our Must Watch TV Episode! We will be taking a break from movie reviews and just go back and forth on some programs we think should be enjoyed.  We discuss such titles as; Futurama, Arcane, The Witcher, True Detective, and more. Talk to you Friday! Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Pleas...

Today we wrap up our Golden Years Block on the ice with a review 1993’s Grumpy Old Men.  Two lifelong feuding neighbors begin to vie over the affections of a woman who moved in next door.  Directed by: Donald Petrie Written by: Mark Steven Johnson Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, and Ann-Margret Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoye...

Today we’re hanging out at the retirement center for our Golden Years Block with a review of 1985’s Cocoon. A group of seniors discover a pool with rejuvenating properties due to hibernating alien pods being stored there.  Directed by: Ron Howard Written by: Tom Benedek and David Saperstein Starring: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Maureen Stapleton, Gwen Verdon, Brian Den...

Come with us to the cafe as we continue our Golden Years Block with a review of 1991’s Fried Green Tomatoes. A forty-something-year-old woman befriends an elderly woman at a retirement community, who regales her with a story of two women in the small town she grew up in. With every story the woman begins to uncover a new found confidence and sense of worth.  Directed by: Jon Avnet Written by: Caro...

Wake up from your naps and join us for our Golden Years Block! We will be kicking it off with a review of 2007’s The Bucket List. While receiving treatment for cancer two very different men become unlikely friends that travel the world, completing adventures they always wanted to have.  Directed by: Rob Reiner Written by: Justin Zackham Starring: Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman Come on in and ha...

Happy Halloween! Today is the end of our Spooky Season with a review of 2002’s The Ring. A journalist discovers a cursed VHS tape that causes the death of any that view it in seven days. We follow her journey to uncover the source of the footage and save herself and her young son from a terrible fate. We hope everyone has a safe and wonderful spooky evening! Directed by: Gore Verbinski Written by:...

Happy Spooky Season! Come on in, the house is not very warm or cozy, and join us for our review of 1999’s The Haunting. A doctor conducting a study on fear tricks four strangers into staying at a haunted house for research.  Directed by: Jan de Bont Written by: David Self Starring: Lili Taylor, Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta Jones, and Owen Wilson Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of th...

Happy Spooky Season everyone! Today we continue our ghost movies with a review of 2001’s The Others. In 1945, a woman and her children living in Jersey, discover unseen intruders have infiltrated their island home.  Written and Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar Starring: Nicole Kidman, Fionulla Flannigan, Alakina Mann, James Bentley, and Christopher Eccleston Come on in and have a listen! What do yo...

Happy Spooky Season everyone! Today we are kicking off October with a review of 1996’s horror comedy The Frighteners. A psychic con man who uses the dead to haunt the living finds himself at the center of a supernatural killing spree that is picking off the citizens of a small, sleepy town.  Directed by: Peter Jackson Written by: Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh Starring: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarad...

Today is the end of our 4th season! Join us for our M.O.G.W.A.I Awards. We will recap and touch base on a variety of movies we have done over the past year and discuss which we think were the best and which were the worst. Come on in and take a listen! Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow...

Court is in session today with a review of 1996’s crime thriller Primal Fear. A hot shot detective takes on the case of his career. An altar boy is arrested for the murder of Chicago’s beloved Archbishop.  Directed by: Gregory Holt Written by: Steve Shagan and Ann Biderman Based on the novel by William Diehl Starring: Richard Gere, Edward Norton, and Laura Linney Come on in and have a listen! What...

Join us today for our review of 1992’s My Cousin Vinny. Two ‘youts’ are arrested for a murder they didn't commit while on a road trip. Their only hope? A fast talking New York lawyer with no real experience in the court.  Directed by: Jonathan Lynn Written by: Dale Launer Starring: Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Mitchell Whitfield, Fred Gwynne, and Lane Smith Come on in and have a listen!...

With the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice release today, we decided to review where it all started, 1988’s haunting adventure, Beetlejuice. A recently deceased couple hires an evil spirit to act as a bio-exorcist to scare off a living family from the home they love.   Directed by: Tim Burton Written by: Warren Skaaren, Michael McDowell, and Larry Wilson Starring: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton,...

Today we finish off our young adult novels block with a review of 2013’s sci-fi adventure Ender’s Game. Fifty years after a devastating alien attack, the human race has begun to train gifted youths in the art of war. Hoping one of these people will be a leader that will finally decimate the extraterrestrial threat once and for all.  Written and Directed by: Gavin Hood Based on the book Ender’s Gam...

Today we join the circus and review 2009’s Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant. Two young men have an encounter with a vampire that changes the course of their friendship and lives forever.  Directed by: Paul Weitz Written by: Brian Helgeland and Paul Weitz Based on the book series The Saga of Darren Shan by Darren Shan Starring: Chris Massoglia, John C. Reilly, and Josh Hutcherson Come on in...

Continuing our YA novels block, today we review 2007’s The Golden Compass. Based on the first installment of the His Dark Materials Trilogy, we follow a young girl on the adventure of her life as she attempts to rescue a group of missing children in a fantastical world.  Written and Directed by: Chris Weitz Based on the book Northern Lights by Philip Pullman Starring: Dakota Blue Richards, Freddie...

Today we begin a journey into young adult novels turned movies failures, and we begin with a review of 2006’s action adventure Eragon. A young man comes into possession of a rare dragon egg which puts him in the sight of a maniacal king, hellbent on destroying any and all possible opposition to his evil reign. Directed by: Stefen Fangmeier Written by: Peter Buchman Based on the book by: Christophe...