Episodes
It's Christmas and what better way to celebrate the birth of the Lord Jesus than by revisiting THE MATRIX? Hark the heralds, Agents sing, in excelsis Neo! In anticipation of Matrix: Resurrections we go back to where it all began. But is it rewatchable? Tune in to find out! And don’t forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher! Also, you can also support us by either contributing Patreon campaign, or by buying Rewatchability t-shirts from TeePublic.   See...
Published 12/22/21
Published 12/22/21
This week we get into the Christmas spirit with literal Christmas spirits, yes we're talking about the classic tale A CHRISTMAS CAROL in it many iterations. It's a beloved classic adored by millions, but how does it hold up today? Tune in to find out! And don’t forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher! Also, you can also support us by either contributing Patreon campaign, or by buying Rewatchability t-shirts from TeePublic.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy...
Published 12/16/21
This week it's all giant pancakes and cigar smoke as we get a visit from UNCLE BUCK! Yes, we're talking the 1989 John Hughes Film starring John Candy, an exceptionally precocious Macauley Culkin, the button-cute Gaby Hoffman and some other people. We loved this movie when we were kids, but how does it hold up now?   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Published 11/18/21
It's Hallowe'en and we take a bite out of the night with AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON and AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS! Yes, it's John Landau's celebrated 1981 horror-comedy starring David Naughton and Griffin Dunne and another similarly titled movie! Okay, at least Paris gives us Julie Delpy (Before Sunrise), but we have to endure some really bad CGI and a werewolf rave. We howl about both these flicks (for perhaps different reasons), but have they transformed over time? Tune in to find...
Published 10/31/21
This week we wise up about Paul Thomas Anderson's MAGNOLIA! Starring an ensemble cast featuring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Phillip Baker Hall and some other people with three word names or a prominent initial. Coincidence? Oh also, Tom Cruise shows up I think. It's a long, sprawling movie about regret and forgiveness, but can we forgive a movie with a three hour running time? Tune in to find out! And don’t forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple...
Published 10/07/21
Put down the chianti, this week we delve into the cinematic origins of the Hannibal Lecter saga with Michael Mann's MANHUNTER! Starring William Peterson, Dennis Farina, Tom Noonan, Kim Griest and Joan Allen, this stylized 80's thriller was not a blockbuster hit like Silence of The Lambs, but in recent years has attained cult movie status. But what do we think about it? Listen and find out! And don’t forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher! Also, you can also...
Published 09/30/21
This week we stick our... uh, noses into ROXANNE! It's the 1987 romantic comedy starring Steve Martin and Darryl Hannah based on the play Cyrano De Bergerac about a man with a very long nose who falls in love with a woman who loves another, less nosed man. Also featuring Shelly Duvall, Fred Willard and Damon Wayans, this movie was a hit when it was first released, how does it hold up now? Listen and find out! And don’t forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple...
Published 09/23/21
This week we operate on EXTREME MEASURES! Starring, umm, yes, well Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker and Gene Hackman, it's a medical thriller about a doctor that must get to the bottom of a vast conspiracy to use homeless people as unwilling test subjects! This movie got our pulse racing and our hearts beating like a drum (maybe we should see a doctor), but how does it hold up now? Listen and find out ! And don’t forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher! Also,...
Published 09/16/21
This week on the podcast... uh... sorry we seem to be experiencing technical difficulties. Please stand by.... ... ... ... GREMLINS GREMLINS GREMLINS!!!!!!! Starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Robert Picardo, John Glover and a bunch of Gremlins, we loved this movie when we were younger, but how does this insane movie hold up now? Listen and find out ! And don’t forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher! Also, you can also support us by either...
Published 09/02/21
This week we hole ourselves up in THE VILLAGE! Directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix and Adrian Brody, it's the movie about a mysterious old timey village where the color red is forbidden! But is it all a clever allegory? Does it somehow speak to our present moment? Is this movie part of the Arrested Development universe? Listen and find out ! And don’t forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher! Also, you can also...
Published 08/11/21
Gather the freaky ghosts that live inside you, this week we talk about HEART AND SOULS. It's the 1993 super-natural comedy starring Robert Downey Jr. as a man whose body is inhabited by three really great actors and also Tom Sizemore. Featuring Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard and Kyra Sedgwick, this movie had a spirit we loved when we were younger, but how does it hold up now? Lydia Bugg joins us! Listen here! And don’t forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple...
Published 07/29/21
Hit the creepy Halloween store, this week we're criming Boston-style in THE TOWN! Directed by Ben Affleck and starring Ben Affleck plus Jeremy Renner, Rebeca Hall, Jon Hamm and Titus Welliver, the town a crime thriller about a crook who gets romantically involved with a witness. Which is exactly why I put "No Bank Robbers" in my dating profile. Can the love of this woman inspire Ben Affleck to pull himself out of the world of crime before his hot-headed buddy gets him killed? Can Ben Affleck...
Published 07/22/21
Re-up on your provium, this week we take on the emotionless, yet ultra-violent, dystopia of EQUILIBRIUM! Starring Christian Bale, Taye Diggs and Emily Watson, this movie combined the high-intensity martial arts choreography of the Matrix with the insight and intelligence of your Grade 10 book report on Orwell's 1984 that got a C. Also Sean Bean is in it for a bit! This movie brought the world Gunkata and reminded us all about the beauty of Beethoven (the composer, not the dog). But how does...
Published 07/14/21
Grab your satellite phone, this week we're stuck on an island with CAST AWAY! Directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Cast Away is a movie about a dude who gives everything to his job and loses it all, his life, his love, his volleyball, and for what? So Billy can get his birthday presents on time? This movie made a splash when it came out (not be confused with Splash, which made waves), but how does it hold up today? Listen here to find out! Listen here to find out! Listen to...
Published 06/30/21
Grab your space-ankh, this week we walk like an Egyptian-from-another-planet with STARGATE! Starring Snake Plissken, I mean Kurt Russell, and the part of James Spader not obscured by his exceedingly floppy mop, this military sci-fi action flick combined your grade 4 history unit on Egypt with a random episode of Star Trek. Sina Rahmeni from The East Is A Podcast joins us once again to pick apart this Roland Emmerich blockbuster We thought it was fascinating and mysterious when we were kids,...
Published 06/24/21
Father's Day is coming up, and in honour of all the dear old dads out there we revisit FATHER'S DAY! Directed by movie dad Ivan Reitman and bringing together comedy titans Robin Williams and Billy Crystal, Father's Day is the story of two non-papas who get a taste of parenthood when Nastassja Kinski tells them each they're her missing son's father so they'll look for him. Also starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jared Harris and Bruce Greenwood as Ned Flanders, this movie made the old man laugh,...
Published 06/17/21
This week things get doggone wild with BEETHOVEN! Starring the late great Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt and a dog, this movie was a huge hit that spawned a litter of sequels (with quite a few runts). Also starring Stanley Tucci, Oliver Platt and David Duchovny, this movie slobbered its way into our hearts, but how does it hold up now? Tune in to find out! Listen here to find out! Listen to find out and don’t forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher! Also, you can...
Published 06/10/21
Silencio! This week we explore the world of dreams come true, I'm talking Hollywood and MULHOLLAND DR! Directed by David Lynch and starring Naomi Watts and Laura Harrings, it's the time-worn tale of an idealistic young actress who gets off the bus in L.A. to pursue her dreams, who meets a mysterious woman with amnesia. Who is she? Why does she have a purse full of money? Why is Billy Ray Cyrus in this movie? Also starring Justin Theroux and Robert Forrester, this movie revealed horrors in our...
Published 05/26/21
This week we delve into the world of folklore and campfire tales with URBAN LEGENDS! Starring Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Joshua Jackson and (allegedly) Jared Leto, this movie followed quickly on the heels of Scream and other teen slasher flicks. Also, I heard the entire cast of the movie died... Joshua Jackson's hair blonde. I mean dyed. Damn autocorrect. This movie scared us almost as much as saying "bloody mary" twice into the mirror while at home alone, and then hiding terrifed under...
Published 05/19/21
Hop on in, this week we're hitchin' a ride with BREAKDOWN! Starring Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan, it's a movie about a married couple who experience car trouble in the middle of the desert and get terrorized by JT Walsh and his gang of murderous yahoos. Should have had AAA. Also featuring MC Gainey and Jack Noseworthy, this movie made us anxious whenever our car started making a funny noise, but how does it hold up now? Listen here to find out! Listen to find out and don’t forget to...
Published 05/12/21
Slather on that grease paint, this week we clown around with QUICK CHANGE! Directed by Bill Murray and Howard Franklin and starring Bill Murray, Geena Davis and Randy Quaid, this movie chronicles the hapless attempts of three bank robbers to evade the law and escape from New York (shoulda asked Kurt Russell). Also starring Jason Robards, Phil Hartman and Stanley Tucci, this movie taught us that robbing banks is cool, I think. It stole our hearts, at gunpoint, but how does it hold up now?...
Published 05/05/21
This week we revisit the old school with GROSSE POINT BLANK! Directed by George Armitage and starring John Cusack, Minnie Driver and Dan Ackroyd, it's a classic boy-meets-girl, boy-disappears-and-becomes-professional killer, boy-returns-for-his-high-school-reunion-and-has-to-avoid-getting-killed-while-declaring-his-feeling-for-his-lost-love-story. Also hey, John brought the whole family out. This movie was a big "hit" with us when we were younger, but how does it hold up now? Listen here to...
Published 04/21/21
Hold onto to your raging libido, this week we study THE RULES OF ATTRACTION! Written and directed by Roger Avery (Pulp Fiction) and based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho), this movie zooms in on a group of overprivileged college kids who are just terrible to each other. Featuring Dawson (James Van Der Beek), Boone from Lost (Ian Somerhalder), that girl from things (Shannyn Sossamon) and Jessica Biel, this movie seemed deep and profound when we were younger, but how des it...
Published 04/14/21
Buckle in, this week we're behind the wheel with LICENSE TO DRIVE! Starring Coreys Haim and Feldman, plus Heather Graham, Richard Mazur and Carol Kane this movie is kind of the teen comedy equivalent of those gruesome driver safety videos they make drunk drivers watch. Also featuring the late great James Avery, this movie made afraid to cross the street, but how does it hold up today? Listen here to find out! Listen to find out and don’t forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple...
Published 04/07/21