The ONE and ONLY dinosaur movie. Okay, not the one and only, but the one that stomps and roars above the rest. The original dino flick. Join us as we discuss "Jurassic Park".

Recorded: 07.31.2025

- Flick Details -

Country of Origin: United States

Release Date: June 11, 1993 (U.S.)

Run Time: 2 Hr 7 Min

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writer(s): Michael Crichton, David Koepp

Producer(s): Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy (among others)

Composer: John Williams

Cinematographer: Dean Cundey

Editor: Michael Kahn

Cast: Sam Neill (Grant), Laura Dern (Ellie), Jeff Goldblum (Malcolm)

Genre: Dinosaur, adventure, sci-fi thriller

Rating and Why: PG-13 for intense science fiction terror

Film Location(s): California and Hawaii

Budget: 63M

Box Office: 47M opening weekend US & Canada, 1.1B worldwide

Awards: 3 Oscars - best sound, effects (sound and visual)

Time Frame: Early 1990s

Setting: Isla Nubar near Costa Rica

Synopsis: Dinosaur park trial goes horribly wrong…

Tagline: “An adventure 65 million years in the making”

Watch On: Peacock and Rent on Prime Video

IMDb - 8.2 (1.1M), #140 in Top 250

Letterboxd - 4.1 (182K)

Rotten Tomatoes - 91% critic (202), 91% audience (250K+)

Metacritic - 68 Metascore (21) ”Generally Favorable”, 8.9 User Score (1.2K) “Universal Acclaim”

Critic Consensus (RT) - “Jurassic Park is a spectacle of special effects and life-like animatronics, with some of Spielberg’s best sequences of sustained awe and sheer terror since Jaws.”

- Our Ratings -

Dylan: 5

Jesse: 5.3

Dawson: 5.3

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YOU TALKIN' TO ME??? De Niro puts on a clinic in this powerful flick. Join us as we discuss "Taxi Driver".

Recorded: 09.12.2024

- Flick Details -

Origin: US

Release Date: February 9, 1976

Run Time: 1 Hr 54 Min

Director: Martin Scorsese

Writer: Paul Shrader

Producers: Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips

Composer: Bernard Herrmann

Cinematographer: Michael Chapman

Cast: Robert De Niro (Travis), Jodie Foster (Iris), Cybill Shepherd (Betsy)

Genre: Psychological drama, crime

Rating and Why: R for obvious reasons

Film Location: Brooklyn & Manhattan

Budget: 1.3M

Box office: 28.5M worldwide, 116K opening weekend (US & Canada), 28M gross (US & Canada)

Awards: Oscar Nominee for Best Music/Original Score, Supporting Actress, Leading Actor, and Best Picture

Timeframe: Post Vietnam War

Setting: New York City

Synopsis: Vietnam vet with PTSD and insomnia becomes Batman… sort of…

Tagline: "On every street in every city in this country, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody."

Watch On: Prime Video

IMDb - 8.2 (939K), #126

Letterboxd - 4.2 (1.99M)

Rotten Tomatoes - 89% critic (161), 93% audience (250K+)

Metacritic Metascore - 94 (23 critics)”Must-See”, 8.6 (1,200 users)

Critic Consensus (RT) - "A must-see film for movie lovers, this Martin Scorsese masterpiece is as hard-hitting as it is compelling, with Robert De Niro at his best."

- Our Ratings -

Dylan: 3.5

Jesse: 3.7

Dawson: 3.9

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Time to jump back into the good old filing cabinet! This week we go back to last year when we had a long talk about some manly men with mustaches. This flick will make you want to put on a holster, jump on a horse and yell "I'm coming! And hell's coming with me!" Join us as we discuss "Tombstone".

Recorded: 04.03.2025

- Flick Details -

Origin: US

Release Date: December 25, 1993

Run Time: 2 Hr 10 Min

Director: George P. Cosmatos

Writer: Kevin Jarre (helped direct a little bit also)

Composer: Bruce Broughton

Cast: Kurt Russell (Wyatt Earp), Val Kilmer (Doc Holliday), Sam Elliott (Virgil Earp), Bill Paxton (Morgan Earp), Powers Boothe (Curly Bill Brocius), Michael Biehn (Johnny Ringo)

Genre: Western Epic, Biography, Drama

Rating and Why: R for violence, language, drinking

Film Location: Arizona

Budget: 25M

Box Office: 56.5M worldwide, 6.5M opening weekend (US & Canada), 56.5M gross (US & Canada) - only showed in US

Awards: Nominated for 2 MTV movie awards - best male performance and most desirable male (Val Kilmer)

Timeframe: 19th century, 1880s, 1881

Synopsis: A bunch of manly men with mustaches shoot each other in the wild west!

Tagline: “I’m your huckleberry!”

Watch On: Hulu, Peacock, Rent on Prime/Amazon

IMDb - 7.8

Letterboxd - 3.8

Rotten Tomatoes - 73% critic, 94% audience

Metacritic Metascore - 50

- Our Ratings -

Dylan: 3.9

Jesse: 4.4

Dawson: 4.4

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