To the '90s and Beyond! Film Podcast
324 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratings“To the 90’s and Beyond” offers concise deep-dives into the origin, making, production, and legacy for movies of the 1990s, as well as looks at newer films that were influenced by the films that came out in the 1980s/1990s. It also serves as a companion podcast to “Around the World in 80s Movies”.
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
November 08, 2018 03:24 - 9 minutes - 10.9 MBMackenzie Foy stars as Clara, suffering through grief with her father and two siblings during their first holiday without her recently deceased mother, Marie. Clara receives an enigmatic and ornate Christmas gift, the last from her mother, a metallic contraption shaped like an egg with an elaborate keyhole that came with no key that might fit accompanying it. She is despondent that she cannot open it without ruining it, and it causes her to be depressed during the big holiday gala put on by ...
Bullitt County (2018)
October 27, 2018 23:49 - 10 minutes - 12.5 MBBULLITT COUNTY is a small-scale dramatic thriller set in the late 1970s, where a bachelor party trip to Kentucky Bourbon country could prove lucrative when the quatrtet of friends decide to head off the beaten path to search for a cache of buried treasure on Bullitt family private property. Written, directed and co-starring David McCracken, the film echoes bits and pieces of '70s character-driven thrillers mixed with more modern film-making takes from the likes of Tarantino and the Coen Brot...
Halloween (2018)
October 22, 2018 11:41 - 12 minutes - 17.7 MBJamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode in this sequel that ignores all others in the franchise after John Carpenter's 1978 original HALLOWEEN. Michael Myers breaks from his prison existence to return to where it all started, in Haddonfield, IL, during Halloween. Esteemed filmmaker David Gordon Green directs and co-scripts this intriguing return to look at trauma-survivor Strode and the inevitability that predator and prey will once again battle it out for survival, even forty years later.
Destination Wedding (2018)
October 16, 2018 01:57 - 9 minutes - 10.9 MBKeanu Reeves and Winona Ryder star as bickering travelers who just so happen to be going to the same destination: a wedding of her ex, and his half-brother, who neither of them particularly hopes is happy. Two unhappy people surrounded by mirth leads to a toxic concoction of feelings, but the two unlucky lovers find a bond in their despair that may be just as strong as that of initial attraction. "Mad About You" producer Victor Levin directs this anti-romantic comedy.
Venom (2018)
October 09, 2018 00:44 - 14 minutes - 17.1 MBThe Marvel Comics villain gets the antihero treatment in this Spiderman-less origin story filled with grotesque body horror and lots of crazy CGI-infused action. Tom Hardy stars as reporter Eddie Brock, who finds himself the host of an alien symbiote he discovers within a hi-tech laboratory he's investigating. That alien needs live organs to feast upon, which means Eddie's if he can't find other things for "Venom", which is what the symbiote calls himself, to ravenously consume. Michelle W...
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
September 25, 2018 03:28 - 8 minutes - 9.65 MBSet in a small town called New Zebedee, in Michigan during the mid 1950s, we follow the adventures of a ten-year-old orphan named Lewis Barnavelt, mourning the recent loss of his parents to a fatal car accident, staying in the rickety and seemingly haunted Victorian mansion of his uncle, Jonathan. Jonathan is an eccentric warlock often visited by his neighbor, a witch named Mrs. Zimmerman, and the mansion he resides in is anything but mundane. A new home also means a new school for Lewis, wh...
The Predator (2018)
September 22, 2018 19:16 - 9 minutes - 11.5 MBShane Black tries to do what no one has done thus far, and that's to make a good follow-up to John McTiernan's 1997 action classic, PREDATOR. Here, the Predators are back searching for their old technology, and possibly taking over the Earth, having to confront a rag-tag group of disgrace military vets in their way. Boyd Holdbrook, Olivia Munn, Thomas Jane, Keegan-Michael Key, Trevante Rhodes and Jacob Tremblay also appear.
Searching (2018)
September 17, 2018 00:45 - 10 minutes - 12.8 MBJohn Cho stars as a widower father whose life gets turned upside down when his teenage daughter goes missing. As he goes online to search for clues to her whereabouts, he discovers that the close relationship he thought he had with her may not have been as tight-knit as he was led to believe. Debra Messing co-stars as the missing-persons detective on the beat in this nifty thriller that sets all of its actions on the screens of a variety of computer devices.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor (2018)
September 09, 2018 01:17 - 8 minutes - 10.4 MBWon't You Be My Neighbor? examines the life and work of Fred Rogers, aka Mr. Rogers, who was the creator and star of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" on public television (PBS) from the years 1968 to 2001. He invited children to come into his home, sing them a song, make them feel safe as he imparted life lessons, then whisked them off to the Land of Make-Believe to further explore metaphors of understanding before he saw them off to the rest of their day. Rogers followed the career path to tel...
The Happytime Murders (2018) – A Podcast Film Review
September 03, 2018 17:27 - 11 minutes - 13.6 MBIn this puppet/human effort directed by Brian Henson, son of Muppets creator Jim Henson, Bill Barretta voices the top puppet character known as disgraced burnout Los Angeles-based private investigator Phil Phillips, who has to get to the bottom of a series of murders among the stars of a decades-old television show with a puppet cast of actors called, “The Happytime Gang”. Melissa McCarthy gets the top human role, playing police detective Connie Edwards, Phil’s former, now estranged, partner...
Summer of 84 (2018) – A Podcast Film Review
August 26, 2018 16:46 - 13 minutes - 15.7 MBRKSS return after their Turbo Kid to deliver yet another throwback to the 1980s in the mystery-suspense-horror flick, SUMMER OF 84. A quartet of boys go out in search of a serial killer of teenage boys (just like them) that they feel could be the cop that lives in their very own neighborhood, and seek to find the evidence needed to bring him to justice. The further they go out, however, the more exposed they are to becoming the next victim in their manhunt.
Crazy Rich Asians (2018) – A Podcast Film Review
August 20, 2018 01:21 - 11 minutes - 13.5 MBConstance Wu stars as Rachel Chu, who essentially serves as our best surrogate for the story, the daughter of a single Chinese immigrant mother, who rose above her station to become a professor of Economics at NYU. Her current boyfriend is a man names Nick Young (played by Henry Golding), who, for over a year since they’ve been dating, has never divulged to her that his family back home in Singapore is insanely wealthy. The cat has to be let out of the bag, however, when Nick asks Rachel to...
The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) – A Podcast Film Review
August 16, 2018 00:24 - 8 minutes - 9.6 MBMila Kunis and Kate McKinnon star in this buddy comedy about two best friends who end up embroiled in a spy assassin plot when some terrorists come looking for them for information that Kunis' most recent boyfriend, who she didn't know was a secret agent, may have in his possessions. Laughs, thrills, and action are promised, but does it deliver?
The Meg (2018) – A Podcast Film Review
August 11, 2018 20:38 - 10 minutes - 12.3 MBA big shark and Jason Statham are the big draws to THE MEG, in which a rescue team of humans must try to survive, and eventually take on, a prehistoric shark of gargantuan proportions that threatens everyone off of the coast of China. Jon Turteltaub directs this PG-13 action-horror hybrid that some compare to the JAWS and JURASSIC PARK series, or, at least, its low-aiming sequels.
The Equalizer 2 (2018) – A Podcast Film Review
August 06, 2018 03:23 - 8 minutes - 9.46 MBDenzel Washington returns to exact some brutal vigilante justice on the predators of the world in this follow-up to the 2014 hit, the first sequel in the veteran actor's long and varied career. In this one, he seeks to avenge the murder of one of his old friends from his black ops days, only to find that he has to battle with forces that may outgun him at every turn. Melissa Leo co-stars in Antoine Fuqua's intense actioner.
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) – A Podcast Film Review
July 28, 2018 02:39 - 8 minutes - 10.6 MBThe sixth film in the franchise sees Ethan Hunt trying to recover some plutonium before it gets employed by a ruthless anarchist terrorist group out to shake up the world order through detonating these bombs in the the world's most revered religious meccas. Tom Cruise gives hit his all, amid a fine supporting cast and some of the best technical crew in the business. ROGUE NATION's Christopher McQuarrie returns to deliver one of the most satisfying entries in the series and one of the best ac...
The First Purge (2018) – A Podcast Movie Review
July 24, 2018 02:32 - 11 minutes - 13.5 MBThe fourth film in the Purge series is a prequel to the other three, as The First Purge shifts directors to Gerard McMurray, though retaining James DeMonaco's services as screenwriter. This one showcases the trial run' experiment that led to the Purge, as the alt-right government seeks to cure societal ills by finding a way to eradicate crime throughout most of the year, mostly by sweeping house and trying to get rid of the nation's poor. Social commentary abounds in this franchise that is ...
Skyscraper (2018) – A Podcast Film Review
July 18, 2018 01:18 - 7 minutes - 9.16 MBDwayne "The Rock" Johnson stars in this high-rise thriller, playing a security consultant for the Pearl, the world's largest building in Hong Kong, set to open to the public soon. While in the mostly empty building, it gets taken over by terrorist out to steal money from its billionaire owner, and to pin the blame on Johnson, who is staying there with his family. Now he has to clear his name, rescue his family, and save a building from being destroyed, all single-handedly. Neve Campbell co...
Ant-Man and the Wasp – A Podcast Film Review
July 09, 2018 00:36 - 12 minutes - 14.6 MBAnt-Man's second foray in his own Marvel Cinematic Universe film isn't quite a solo adventure, as now he has a partner in Hope, who dons a high-powered suit as The Wasp. They're out to save her mother from the Quantum Realm, where she's been presumed missing for the last thirty years. Unfortunately, Scott Lang, aka Ant-Man, is under house arrest and not quite able to get out and join in on the quest easily. Meanwhile, a bevy of parties are out to steal the hi-tech suits before they can com...
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) – A Podcast Film Review
June 21, 2018 00:54 - 10 minutes - 11.9 MBAcclaimed director J.A. Bayona takes over the reins of this lucrative franchise with JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM, the follow-up to 2015's biggest box-office smash. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard reprise their roles, this time having to figure out if the dinosaurs on Isla Nublar should be saved, or if the active volcano that's in full flow should course correct their existence back to extinction. A wealthy benefactor wants to put them into sanctuary, but someone in his organization s...
Hereditary (2018) – A Podcast Film Review
June 19, 2018 03:02 - 9 minutes - 11.2 MBFirst-time feature film director Ari Aster makes a splash in this thoughtful and well-acted blend of family melodrama and supernatural horror. Toni Collette's performance anchors this tale of a mother trying to cope with the loss of her own manipulative mother, and a couple of teenage kids who seem to be losing their way in the death's wake.
Ocean’s 8 (2018) – A Podcast Film Review
June 11, 2018 20:40 - 9 minutes - 12.7 MB11 years after we last saw the Ocean's gang pull down a big heist, we have Danny Ocean's sister, Debbie (Sandra Bullock), freshly out of prison and ready to hatch a new plan to get herself and her fellow female partners in crime millions by lifting a one-of-a-kind diamond necklace worth over $150 million. Steven Soderbergh steps into the producer chair in this Gary Ross-helmed attempt to recapture the magic of the prior trilogy.
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) Alden Ehrenreich – Review
May 27, 2018 23:49 - 16.7 MBRon Howard directs this spin-off prequel, showing us how the iconic reluctant hero Han Solo went from his lowly existence on the planet Corellia to becoming one of the best smugglers int he galaxy. Alden Ehrenreich, Amelia Clark, Donald Glover and Woody Harrelson star in this big budget space adventure.
Deadpool 2 (2018) – Ryan Reynolds – Film Review Podcast
May 19, 2018 14:48 - 13.5 MBRyan Reynolds returns as the mer with a mouth, this time trying to mature into potential fatherhod, with DEADPOOL 2, the follow-up to 2016's surprise smash hit. This one introduces Josh Brolin as Cable and the pulling together of their mutant super-team, X-Force, as Wade Wilson seeks to stop the wrath of a vengeful, troubled teen about to go on a killing spree.
Ready Player One (2018) Steven Spielberg – Movie Review
April 05, 2018 09:57 - 13 minutes - 15 MBSteven Spielberg adapts Ernest Cline's best-selling novel about a future in which many, if not most, of the world escape into a massive multiplayer online game known as the OASIS. The creator of the OASIS has passed away, but as a final act, promises to bestow upon the first finder of three hidden keys the actual "keys to the kingdom" with full ownership of the wildly popular virtual realm.
Tomb Raider (2018) Alicia Vikander – Movie Review
March 30, 2018 10:40 - 13.2 MBAlicia VIkander takes the starring role in this reboot of a film series that once famously starred Angelina Jolie, TOMB RAIDER, based on the wildly popular video game. Unlike most other films based on games, this one tries for a more traditional approach to its storyline, and with a cast that includes a couple of Oscar-winning actresses, does it break the game-to-film curse?
Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) – Film Review Podcast
March 25, 2018 21:29 - 14.6 MBThis follow-up to the off-the-wall Gullermo del Toro kaiju flick sees more emphasis on action and effects with less overhead. Kaiju are gone but something is causing the new drone Jaegers to go amiss. Does new director Steven DeKnight do justice to the original?
A Wrinkle in TIme (2018) Disney Movie Review Podcast
March 15, 2018 23:13 - 17.1 MBAva DuVernay gets her first crack at a big-budget adventure, and the results have been wildly mixed among critics and fans alike. Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling and Chris Pine star in this extravagant romp through space and time for one tween in search of her long-lost father.
Mute (2018) Duncan Jones | Netflix Movie Review
March 12, 2018 23:56 - 17.6 MBDuncan Jones tries to course correct after the disappointing WARCRAFT with the passion project he has been wanting to make since before his smash debut feature, MOON. MUTE is a futuristic noir starring Alexander Skarsgard, a mute nartender searching for his missing girlfriend amid the seedy underbelly of Berlin in 2052. Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux play the wisecracking baddies that just might have the answers he is seeking, if he can survive long enough to crack the mystery.
Annihilation (2018) Alex Garland – Podcast Movie Review
February 28, 2018 01:52 - 16.4 MBAlex Garland follows up EX MACHINA with another heady science fiction exploration of the human condition, this time showing us how we either must fight or adapt to change, and how adverse conditions may result in us destroying ourselves in the process of that fight. Natalie Portman and Oscar Isaac star.
Black Panther (2018) Marvel, Ryan Coogler – Movie Review
February 18, 2018 01:36 - 18.4 MBFrom the pages of Marvel Comics comes Black Panther, directed by the very skilled Ryan Coogler, starring Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa. The MCU continues its roll in delivering a quality entertainment, this time with more to think about beyond the run time than usual blockbuster fare.
Fifty Shades Freed (2018) Dakota Johnson – Movie Review
February 11, 2018 21:31 - 15.3 MBThe third and final film in the FIFTY SHADES trilogy sees the much anticipated marriage of Anastasia Steele to mega-billionaire Christian Grey, while they overcome trust issues, the question of children, and a psycho maniac hell-bent on revenge.
Justice League (2017) Zack Snyder, Joss Whedon – Movie
February 04, 2018 00:10 - 15.7 MBAt last, the Justice league puts together Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Flash (and Cyborg) into one film. Is it worth all the hype?
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) Film Review
January 20, 2018 23:39 - 10.1 MBFrances McDormand shines in this potent dark comedy from Martin McDonagh, playing a grieving mother who goads the local police force to action when they haven't found any leads to her daughter's grisly death. Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell support.
Lady Bird (2017) Greta Gerwig – Podcast Movie Review
January 07, 2018 22:42 - 10.1 MBSaoirse Ronan stars in Greta Gerwig's splash solo directorial effort that takes from her own life as a teen in Sacramento, in LADY BIRD, one of the best teen comedies to come out in many years. Laurie Metcalf is fantastic as the mother who has trouble letting her 'lady bird' fly from the nest.
Thor: Ragnarok (2017) – Marvel Cinematic Universe Review
January 02, 2018 01:02 - 14.7 MBTaika Waititi takes over the reins of the Thor segment of the MCU and employs lots of his trademark humor, resulting in perhaps the funniest of the Marvel films to date. Thor, Hulk, and lots of surprises add up to a wild and funny ride.
Ferdinand (2017) John Cena – Podcast Movie Review
December 22, 2017 19:47 - 10.9 MBJohn Cena voices the titular bull who would rather sniff flowers than fight against matadors. Blue Sky Studios offers another colorful animated adventure for younger viewers. Based on the children's book by Munro Leaf.
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017) movie review
December 18, 2017 16:36 - 21.3 MBRian Johnson takes over the reins of the venerable franchise. Does he hit a new height, or is this progressing the wrong direction? Fans are debating, and I offer my take here.
The Shape of Water (2017) Guillermo del Toro – Movie Review
December 06, 2017 01:44 - 15.4 MBGuillermo del Toro returns to the dark fairy tale genre in this story about an unlikely relationship that develops between a mute janitor and a strange creature that is part man and part fish.
Coco (2017) Pixar Disney – a podcast movie review
November 26, 2017 21:36 - 9.88 MBTaking a look at Pixar's latest big film, Coco, which incorporates the Dia de los Muertos tradition into yet another heartwarming family tale.
Darkest Hour (2017) Gary Oldman – Movie Review
November 24, 2017 15:40 - 11.8 MBThis true story begins at the onset of World War II when, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill has to face one of his most critical of trials: contemplating a peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the principles, independence, and free will of a nation. As the seemingly insurmountable Nazi forces trample through Western Europe and invasion appears imminent, and with a nervous public, a wavering King, and his own party conspiring ag...
Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Denis Villenueve Film Review
October 09, 2017 00:50 - 16.3 MBA podcast review of Denis Villenueve's continuation of Ridley Scott's 1982 science fiction masterpiece.
Detroit (2017) Kathryn Bigelow film review
September 29, 2017 13:54 - 19.9 MBThe riots and looting in Detroit, 1967, were sparked by the mostly white police force coming into a predominantly black neighborhood in order to infiltrate a nightclub operating without a license, which ended up with yet another incident of police aggression and harassment in the area that has seemingly gone on unchecked. Specifically, the film concentrates on the Algiers Motel incident, which which a group of black men, and two white women, end up having a terrifying night while being inter...
It (2017) Stephen King – Movie Review
September 10, 2017 18:20 - 18.9 MBThe action in It takes place in the fictional small town of Derry, Maine, where we mostly follow a group of about seven adolescents on their break during the summer. The de-facto leader of the group, Bill Denbrough, has recently been plagued by thoughts of his younger brother Georgie's disappearance, though we in the audience know that the tyke is but the latest victim of a sewer-dwelling, fear-feeding demon who mostly presents himself in the form of a clown named Pennywise. Georgie's not t...
Atomic Blonde (2017) Charlize Theron – Movie Review
August 13, 2017 19:30 - 15.9 MBSet in Berlin in 1989, shortly before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, we find an MI6 agent named Lorraine Broughton on a mission to try to get a much sought after highly classified list of spies working for Western agencies around the world, kept hidden within the case of a luxury watch, in order to prevent it from going to the KGB. Operating in flashbacks as the bruised and fatigued agent divulges the details of her botched mission to her immediate superior, as well as to a bigwig in the C...
The Big Sick (2017) Kumail Nanjiani – Movie Review
July 19, 2017 13:20 - 14.1 MBKumail Nanjiani stars and co-scripts this romantic comedy about himself (more or less), a Pakistani immigrant to America turned stand-up comedian living in Chicago who ends up going out and then falling into a romantic relationship with a white, non-Muslim psychology graduate student named Emily. Contrary to both of their desires to stay unattached, things are going remarkably well, though that is also part of the problem, as his very strict and traditional Pakistani family expect - no, requi...
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) Tom Holland – Movie Review
July 10, 2017 02:07 - 19.5 MBIn this outing, we find Peter Parker as an awkward teenager, who has a crush on schoolmate Liz, while also brushing up on his knowledge on a school team vying for a national academic competition. He also happens to have an internship with part-time father figure Tony Stark, who is using the opportunity to mentor the lad on the ways to use his technologically advanced costume that's enhanced like a magic Swiss-army knife by an AI control device Peter dubs 'Karen' (all tech courtesy of Stark In...
Baby Driver (2017) Edgar Wright – Movie Review
July 01, 2017 22:10 - 12.5 MBSet in Atlanta, Ansel Elgort plays Baby, a baby-faced (naturally) but extremely talented driver who constantly plays music on several of his old iPods while he works to overcome his persistent tinnitus, the result of a childhood car accident that left him an orphan. The trouble is that Baby hates what he does and wants out as soon as his debt is paid off, which he does, only to find Doc knows he's the best driver in the business and won't let his golden goose go.
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996) – Encore Movie Review
June 18, 2017 13:36 - 15.5 MBBrain Candy deals with a drug company, Roritor Pharmaceuticals, that is in need of a hit wonder drug, launching a new and mostly untested antidepressant they call Gleemonex, which promises to locks its patient into the sensation of reliving their happiest memory. The new drug quickly becomes the number one on the market (even more popular than penicillin), as we follow several people who use the product, as well as the drug's inventor, and the CEO and board members of Roritor as they deal wi...
The Mummy (2017) Tom Cruise – Movie Review
June 13, 2017 23:17 - 11.9 MBTom Cruise plays a roguish armed forces associate who doubling as a tomb-raiding antiquities procurer, Nick Morton, who, along with smart-alecky partner-in-crypts, Chris Vail, earns his living digging up ancient artifacts, then selling for the highest price he can get on the black market. Soon the men join forces with noted Egypt expert and archaeologist (and Morton's chance to hook up) Jenny Halsey while in Iraq, where a mammoth underground burial site lies under the sand, housing a mysteri...