90mins On Film

It's our final episode of the Halloween season, and we’re going out with a bang... Or at least a giant bucket of pig’s blood. Monica Heidt from Spooky Tuesday joins us to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Brian De Palma’s acclaimed adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie . This Halloween season we’re looking back at what's aged well and what hasn't, how the film has influenced countless others, and why this tale has maintained enough relevance, that it's somehow made its way to the small screen yet again in 2026. Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

Freddy’s back, the fourth wall is broken, and Wes Craven has officially made Hollywood part of the nightmare. This week on 90mins On Film , we’re diving into Wes Craven's New Nightmare , the 1994 meta-horror experiment that asks the question: what happens when Freddy Krueger decides to terrorize the people who made him famous? And joining us is Fidel Medina (from the Betamax Podcast) to help us ask the question: is this a clever reinvention of the franchise, Craven's trial run for "Scream," or just Freddy outgrowing the franchise that made him an icon? Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

Grab your badges and keep your mouth shut, because this week we head into Garrison, New Jersey, to revisit "Cop Land," a film about loyalty, corruption, masculinity, and what happens when the guy everyone underestimates finally decides he's had enough. But when your entire town is populated by New York cops, their families, and enough dirty secrets to fill an evidence locker, “keeping the peace” can get a little complicated, even for Sylvester Stallone. So, is Cop Land a modern day Western, an overlooked crime classic, a trial run for 'The Soprano's,' or Hollywood's most expensive reunion of "Goodfellas"? Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

This week on 90mins On Film , we’re heading back to 1992 for "Juice," a movie about friendship, hip-hop, ambition, and the dangers of giving the wrong guy a loaded weapon. Joined by special guest and rapper 60 East to talk Tupac, Omar Epps, Harlem, DJ battles, questionable life decisions, and why Bishop apparently woke up one morning and decided, “You know what this friendship needs..? Murder.” We'll break down the music, the performances, the culture, and Bishop’s slow descent into absolute lunacy. Grab your headphones and turn it up, because this week, we've got the juice ... Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

No one can ruin a terrorist’s day like Jack Ryan can. Which is why we're revisiting Harrison Ford’s first outing as the titular character: a CIA analyst who apparently thought retirement from the agency meant he could simply take a family vacation without someone trying to kill him. And nothing quite says “I’m done with the CIA” like immediately getting sucked right back into it with both Darth Vader and Mace Windu backing you up. So grab your passport, hide your family, and join us as we revisit "Patriot Games," a movie where Haarrison Ford saves the day, gets promoted, gets traumatized, and probably doesn’t get a refund on his vacation. Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

Everyone's friendly neighborhood wall-crawler is back, and so are our wildly different opinions. This week we dive into Spider-Man: Brand New Day , a film that has two of us swinging high with excitement, despite its uneven pacing and story, while the third can't seem to look past them. Over the course of nearly two hours, we break down the film's biggest moments, debate whether its emotional highs outweigh its narrative missteps, and discuss whether the film's reliance on shoehorned appearances from characters like Black Widow, The Hulk, and Jean Grey has become the MCU's latest (and weakest) M.O. This spoiler-filled conversation is packed with passionate takes & friendly debates as we ask whether Brand New Day is a flawed but thrilling return to form, or just another example of the MCU struggling to let its heroes stand on their own. Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

What started as our long-awaited "Best of Christopher Nolan" retrospective, takes an unexpected detour after a conversation about ' The Odyssey,' quickly spirals into an extended look at the film, and commandeers the entire episode. The excitement of witnessing Christopher Nolan's adaptation on the big screen quickly evolves into an unprecedented in-depth discussion about the challenges Nolan and his team faced bringing this ambitious tale to the screen, the sudden excitement surrounding seeing the film in multiple formats, and what the film ultimately represents; not just within Nolan's filmography, but to us as movie fans. Join us for an unscripted voyage through one of Christopher Nolan's most ambitious cinematic achievements, our reactions, and where we think the acclaimed director's journey will take him next. Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

It's "The King of Cinema's" birthday, and we're celebrating it the only way we know how: by buzzing the tower and taking a look back at 'Top Gun' as it hits the big 4-0. Strap into the cockpit as we revisit Maverick, Goose, Iceman, sweaty locker room conversations, oiled-up volleyball matches, and enough ego-driven dialogue to make your MiG spin out of control. We'll also find out if this 1980s classic still has the need for speed, or if nostalgia is the really what's keeping it airborne... Lock in, oil up, and join us for nearly 2 hours of dangerously low-altitude movie talk as we celebrate Tom Cruise's 64th birthday. Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

"C.E. Garcia Month" comes to a close with one of the Coen Brothers' most beloved, and possibly most bewildering films in their catalog: 'Miller's Crossing.' While one host sees it as a masterclass in layered storytelling, dialogue, and double-crosses, the other isn't entirely convinced they understood what happened, why it happened, or whether anyone in this movie actually likes each other. Join us as we untangle the hats, the loyalties, the Irish & Italian mob politics, and the endlessly quotable dialogue to try and figure out if Miller's Crossing is a timeless noir masterpiece, or a film that demands a second (or third... or even fourth) viewing before it finally clicks. Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

C.E. Garcia Month kicks off with "Brawl in Cell Block 99," starring Vince Vaughn in an against-type performance as a former boxer whose attempt to provide for his family sends him down a path that leads straight into the depths of hell. We'll discuss director S. Craig Zahler's uncompromising style, the film's deliberate pacing, its shocking violence, and why this modern grindhouse throwback has become a cult favorite. Along the way, the conversation takes an unexpected detour into the current state of Hollywood, and how the surprise box-office success of 'Obsession' and 'Backrooms' says about modern audiences, and the lessons to be learned by the industry. From prison brawls to box-office trends, this episode has it all, whether you want it to or not. Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

We're closing out "Gabe 'The Calilobo' Month" and marching straight into the chaos that is Steven Spielberg's 'Saving Private Ryan'. We'll dive into the movie that redefined the modern war epic, break down how it balanced the brutal battlefield realism and human drama, and how it maneuvered one of the most stressful opening sequences ever to be put on film. Come for the impossible mission, the exploding tanks (and people), the painfully accurate military jargon, and stick around for a slew jokes in between the existential crises and that is the journey to find one single soldier. Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

Yo-Ho-Yo-Ho! “Gabe Month” sets sail with a bottle of rum, a cursed treasure, and enough eyeliner to sink the British Navy as our crew dives into the movie that turned a theme park ride into one of the biggest blockbuster franchises of the 2000s. We'll break down why this movie somehow balances swashbuckling action, supernatural horror, slapstick comedy, and Johnny Depp behaving like an 18th Century rockstar. Come for the sword fights & cursed skeletons, and stay for Geoffrey Rush delivering an all-time great pirate performance that gives his Captain Jack a run for his money (or treasure)... Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

Wackoe Month comes to a close the only way it can: with baseball, ghosts, cornfields, and daddy issues. This week we step onto the diamond with the movie that asks, “what if you built a baseball field in the middle of nowhere because a mysterious voice told you to..?” We break down the heartfelt magic, the all-time dad tearjerker moments, and why this movie somehow convinces generations of grown men to cry over catch. It’s the final stop of Wackoe Month, and we’re ending it with a home run straight to your emotions. Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

April is " Wackoe Month," and we’re sliding head first into the ultimate misfit baseball movie, 'Major League,' where the Cleveland Indians are less of a professional MLB team, and more of a social experiment in chaos. We'll break down the film’s iconic one-liners, its wild performances, and a roster of characters that feel like they were rejected from every other sports movie ever made. From Charlie Sheen’s “wild thing” approach, to the team’s complete disregard for anything resembling structure, we ask the big question: does chemistry beat talent..? Either way, step up to the plate, because Wackoe Month is in full swing!! Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

Boston Bad Guys Month continues with Martin Scorsese’s Boston crime classic, "The Departed." It's a story of dueling moles (a cop inside the mob and a mobster inside the police) that raises a key question: is this a sophisticated game of chess, or just two guys aggressively panicking while using flip phone technology that seems light years away? We'll discuss Leonardo DiCaprio's slow descent into paranoia, Matt Damon's constant failing upward, and Jack Nicholson's chewing scenery like it owes him money. It’s a world of double-crosses, triple-crosses, surprise elevators executions, and a workplace culture where performance reviews are apparently conducted with a gun, and it's so good that it won 4 Academy Awards. Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

Boston Bad Guys Month kicks off with Ben Affleck’s sophomore directing effort, the gritty crime thriller, The Town . We'll dive into this blue-collar bank-robbing drama set in Charlestown, a neighborhood the movie insists produces more professional criminals per square mile than anywhere else on Earth, and ask an important question:are the criminals masterminds, or just very (over) confident guys making (really) stupid decisions? Along the way we discuss the scene-stealing chaos agent (Jeremy Renner), the perpetually frustrated FBI presence (Jon Hamm), and a group of law enforcement agents and career criminals that might be sharing the same brain cell. Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

For this week’s episode, we dive headfirst into “Uncut Gems”, the Safdie Brothers’ relentless crime thriller that feels less like a movie, and more like a 2-hour panic attack. Anchored by a career-best performance from Adam Sandler as the gambling addicted jeweler with a talent for digging himself deeper and deeper, we unpack the film’s nerve-shredding style, its stacked supporting cast (including an NBA All-Star Kevin Garnett playing himself), and why this might be one of the most stressful theatrical experiences of the last decade. Is it a masterpiece of controlled chaos, a cautionary tale about ego & addiction, or just weaponized cinematic anxiety? Buckle up, because this is how we win... Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

Season 4 is kicking off with chaos... as we head back to school with Adam Sandler’s "Billy Madison" (1995), his first studio lead film and a cornerstone of ‘90s studio comedy, and a film that firmly tests the patience of at least one of our hosts... Is it a dumb comedy classic, or the exact kind of low-brow humor that should’ve been "held back forever"? Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

On our milestone 75th episode, and final episode of the season, we're joined by filmmakers (and returning guests) Samantha Garcia and David Wong, to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Michael Mann's Los Angeles crime saga: "Heat." This is a dive deep into Mann’s meticulous craftsmanship, the iconic performances from Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, the legendary downtown shootout, and how LA was utilized as a living, breathing character, why it remains endlessly rewatchable, and why, even 30 years later, it still sets the standard. Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

This week we’re marking a major moment in cinephile history: the long-awaited "official" release of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair , Quentin Tarantino’s fully realized, razor-sharp vision, presented as one seamless epic. Joining us to break it all down are the founders of Hong Kong Cinema Club, an organization dedicated to preserving the golden age of Hong Kong action cinema in Los Angeles. Together we'll explore how the style, spirit, and violence of Hong Kong action filmmaking helped shape Tarantino’s revenge opera, what this unified cut means for fans, and why the legacy of these films continues to echo through to modern times. Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!