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A show dedicated to watching, reviewing, and bickering over the entertainment of yesteryear. Whether they're the classics that defined the era, blockbuster failures that fell off the face of the Earth, or features that never made a name for themselves, it's all fair game!
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13. Magnolia is all about guilt, trauma, and the need to be excellent to each other (Glaring Admissions) (opens the original)
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Nick and Raekwon sit down to discuss Magnolia. The 1999 film is an ensemble Drama that was written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (PTA). It follows several characters in the San Fernando Valley through their day as they pursue happiness, forgiveness, peace, and meaning (while music by Aimee Mann plays). It was released to critical acclaim and was nominated for several Academy Awards, along with two Golden Globes. Of them, Tom Cruise brought home the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor.
12. Trainspotting: How to Choose Life, According to the "Anti-John Hughes Movie" (Glaring Admissions) (opens the original)
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Danny Boyle’s 1996 feature Trainspotting (based on the Irvine Welsh book of the same name) is one of the most iconic films of the 90s. And seeing as it’s the 30th anniversary of that seminal Miramax feature, we thought there was no better time to sit down and discuss it. Because behind the absolute beast of a soundtrack, the endless parade of quotable lines, and that hyper-stylized 90s cinematography, there’s also a deeply resonant story about coming-of-age and choosing life, as opposed to stewi
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