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Summer Blockbusters Month: Twisters (2024)
In this episode, we wrap up Summer Blockbusters month with Twisters, the tentpole studio film of 2024. Currently, it's grossed north of $200 million, making it an undeniable candidate for our theme. Mike and Steven break down the expectations of the film, its highs and lows, and there's some big-time tornado talk.
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Summer Blockbusters: Terminator 2: Judgement Day with Gerik Gooch.
This week Steven and Mike welcome a special guest onto the show. Gerik Gooch is a filmmaker and cinephile who brings with him the holy grail of modern summer blockbusters: 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
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BONUS: Rewatch & Reconsider: Class Act (1992)
This week we're doing something a little different on the Weekly Movie Throwdown. When there are five-week months we'll post four films inside our topic for that month, and then we're going to offer up a bonus episode where either Mike or Steven brings a bad film to the show that they love and it's discussed . . . for better or worse.
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1990’s Unlikely Summer Blockbuster: Ghost
In a world where action and comedy ruled the summer, one film defied all expectations. 1990's Ghost—a romance/thriller/comedy—took the box office not only through the summer, but it was the highest-grossing film of the year.
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Summer Blockbuster Month Begins: Batman (1989)
This week Mike and Steven kick off Summer Blockbuster month with 1989's Batman. This Tim Burton classic had a huge impact on Mike as a kid, and he wasn't alone.
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We Wrap Up Hitman Month with Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
In this episode, Mike and Steven round out Hitman Month with a real gem: Grosse Pointe Blank.
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Hitman Month: David Fincher’s The Killer (2023)
Hitman Month continues this week with David Fincher's Netflix film The Killer. He is a director around whom there is a lot of conversation, primarily because of his meticulousness. Mike and Steven get deep into that in this episode and their different interpretations of the film. They also close out the show with a familiar topic: the state of movie theaters.
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Hitman Month Continues with Linklater’s Hit Man (2024)
This week Mike and Steven talk in-depth about Richard Linklater's new film Hit Man and how it fits into this month's theme of . . . hitmen. They also discuss Netflix's baffling release strategy of putting these films into a very small number of theaters for a short period of time.
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Hitman Month Kicks Off with 1995’s Assassins
In this episode, we kick off hitman month as we discuss the movie Joel Schumacher's Assassins, a vehicle for Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas that really allows them to show off their acting styles.
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’80s TV Adaptations Month Wraps Up with Michael Mann’s Miami Vice (2006)
This week we're wrapping up '80s TV Show Adaptation Month with a doozy: Michael Mann's 2006 Miami Vice. It's a bold swing that ended up being very divisive but is seeing a rise in popularity lately. With quite a lot of on-set drama—including shootings and hurricanes— and diva-like behavior, there's a lot to talk about and we get into all of it.
