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May 23, 2022

Encino Man

Brendan Fraser (the GOAT), Pauly Shore (great value Janis Joplin), and Sean Astin (Rudy) all get together in this fish out of water teen comedy from 1992, where Brendan Fraser is an unfrozen caveman who learns english from Pa...

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May 9, 2022

The Player

Robert Altman's iconic satire of Hollywood, starring Tim Robbins, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Lyle Lovett, and about nine thousand other people. People love this movie! Why? Jeff and JT do their best to try and figure that ou...

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April 25, 2022

Batman Returns

Today Jeff and JT tackle the second Tim Burton/Michael Keaton Batman movie, Batman Returns. With Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman, Danny DeVito as Penguin, and Christopher Walken and evil rich businessman/Great Value Doc Brown, ...

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April 11, 2022

Captain Ron

Always stand clear of the ladder, boss. Jeff and JT revisit the nautical "comedy" Captain Ron, featuring Kurt Russell and Martin Short. This is the first movie we've covered that lost money, and the guys disagree about why th...

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March 28, 2022

The Cutting Edge

Toe pick! Moira Kelly and D.B. Sweeney this week in one of the classic 90s romantic comedies, where an odd couple partners up to figure skate in the Olympics. Oh man. This one is not to be missed, as Jeff …

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March 14, 2022

Passenger 57

This week, JT and Jeff learn about roulette from Wesley Snipes (always bet on black!) in Passenger 57. Watch as Snipes spin kicks people in Louisiana while wearing a turtleneck, button-down shirt, and fly-ass leather jacket w...

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Feb. 28, 2022

Sneakers

No more secrets, Marty. This episode covers the unbelievably prescient movie from the writers of Wargames and the director of Field of Dreams, where security consultant Martin Bishop gets pulled into a dangerous situation wit...

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Feb. 14, 2022

Wayne's World

Coming to you live, from Wayne's Mom's basement, is the hit new podcast (sha, right!) Movielife Crisis, sponsored by Noah's Arcade. Party on, Wayne! Party on, Garth. ps -- this release date is 30 years to the day from the …

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Jan. 31, 2022

Under Siege

I'm just a cook , says the star of this movie, who definitely looks as though he knows a LOT about food. It's our one and only foray into the work of Steven Seagal, here with his biggest and best …

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Jan. 17, 2022

My Cousin Vinny

This week, the two utes (two what?) are looking back at one of 1992's funniest and most quotable movies, My Cousin Vinny. Featuring an Oscar-winning performance from Marisa Tomei, and Oscar-worthy performances from basically ...

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Jan. 4, 2022

Sister Act

Season 2 is here! We kick it off with a banger, the Whoopi Goldberg lounge-singer-turned-nun comedy, Sister Act. Not just the setup for Sister Act 2, this is a huge movie in '92 and way funnier than we remembered. Here's …

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Dec. 30, 2021

1992 Snapshot BONUS EP 2: Electric Boogaloo

WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS HAPPENING IN 1992?! We're bored, and we're back, to give you the highlights of 1992. Very little movie talk in this bonus ep, but you will hear about the proper spelling of "potato" and Hurricane …

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Dec. 27, 2021

1991: The Recap BONUS EPISODE!

Jeff and JT had so much fun this year, they couldn't quit recording. This short bonus episode breaks down the best and worst of the movies covered on season one of Movielife Crisis. Which movie was your #1? Support the …

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Dec. 24, 2021

T2: Judgment Day

I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle. Biggest movie of the year to close out season 1, 1991, HERE WE GO! Support the show (https://buymeacoff.ee/movielifecrisis) (Custom T2 Poster by http://patrickconnan.com/)

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Dec. 13, 2021

Beauty and the Beast

Today we venture headlong into a tale as old as time, tackling our first animated movie AND our first musical. What does a director do for an animated movie? Why can't we be friends with Jerry Orbach? And the story …

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Nov. 27, 2021

Point Break

VAYA CON DIOS! This week we look back at one of modern film's great love stories: Bodhi and Johnny Utah. Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Gary Busey, and our other daughter, Dottie's sister, Lori Petty. Get your jeans ready for ...

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Nov. 15, 2021

Cadence

"Gig for Bean!" This episode, we revisit Cadence, a passion project developed, directed by, and starring Martin Sheen. Alongside Charlie Sheen, Ramon Estevez (another Sheen brother), and Laurence Fishburn (as Larry Fishburn)....

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Nov. 1, 2021

Hook

1991 Ep. 107 Robin Williams! Dustin Hoffman! Steven Spielberg! Julia Roberts! The story of grown up Peter Pan on an epic scale coming to you this week, including: Mermaids, why? Tink being weird/creepy John Williams with one ...

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Oct. 17, 2021

Defending Your Life

1991, Ep. 6 Albert Brooks writes, directs, and stars in this movie about what happens after you die. Spoiler alert: you have to defend your life to a room of super-smart afterlife lawyers, who decide if you passed. The food …

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Oct. 4, 2021

Necessary Roughness

1991, Ep. 5 BLOW THE WHISTLE, BLOW THE WHISTLE! This week we're looking back at the TRUE STORY (totally not true at all) of the Texas State Armadillos, captained by aging-but-still-eligible QB Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap). Fea...

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Sept. 20, 2021

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

1991, Ep. 4 This week Jeff and JT are breaking down the epic Kevin Costner blockbuster, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. We Cover: Greater travesty: Costner's hair or his accent? Alan Rickman, the boy who lived Azeem's Wookie l...

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Sept. 6, 2021

Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead

1991, Ep. 3 Jeff, did you get the audio pulled from Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead so we can include it? I'm right on top of that, Rose! Yes, yes you are. Today we're on the cult classic Christina …

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Aug. 23, 2021

Doc Hollywood

1991, Ep. 2 This week, Jeff and JT tackle the classic (and oddly creepy) Michael J. Fox fish-out-of-water movie, Doc Hollywood. Co-starring Julie Warner, Woody Harrelson, and Bridget Fonda, and set in the fictional small tow...

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Aug. 9, 2021

City Slickers

1991, Ep. 1 Join hosts Jeff and JT as they embark upon an epic re-watch podcast of movies that came out 30 years ago, starting with the timeless masterpiece that is City Slickers. Starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno K...

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