HeyJaredOff The Shelf with Phil and Dave-A Movie Podcast
In this light, funny, and surprisingly informative film podcast, each host picks a movie straight off their shelf and presents it to the other for the very first time.
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1990's Arachnophobia (opens the original)
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Phil and Dave take on 1990’s Arachnophobia , the creepy-crawly horror-comedy starring Jeff Daniels and John Goodman. Does Frank Marshall’s blend of laughs, scares and killer spiders still hold up more than 35 years later? From the film’s practical effects and surprisingly effective tension to Goodman’s scene-stealing exterminator and Daniels’ terrified performance, the guys break down what makes Arachnophobia such a unique ’90s movie. Plus: childhood fears, unwanted encounters with bugs, familia
1997's Starship Troopers (opens the original)
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This week on Off the Shelf with Phil and Dave , we’re doing our part and revisiting Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 sci-fi cult classic Starship Troopers . After years of requests, Dave finally gives the movie a proper watch, while Phil returns to the bug-infested battlefield for the first time in nearly 30 years. Would you like to know more? We dig into Casper Van Dien’s Johnny Rico, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Neil Patrick Harris and the always-welcome Michael Ironside, while debating the intentionally
1998's Rushmore (opens the original)
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This week on Off the Shelf with Phil and Dave , we head back to 1998 for Wes Anderson’s Rushmore . Phil has loved it for years, but can Jason Schwartzman’s endlessly ambitious—and occasionally insufferable—Max Fischer win Dave over? We dig into Schwartzman’s unforgettable debut, Bill Murray’s surprisingly sad and layered Herman Blume, Olivia Williams as Rosemary Cross, and the soundtrack that first made Phil fall in love with the movie. Along the way, we debate Max’s questionable decisions, the
1996'S Mission Impossible (opens the original)
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This week on Off the Shelf with Phil and Dave , we’re accepting the mission and going back to 1996 for Brian De Palma’s Mission: Impossible . Dave has seen Tom Cruise’s first outing as Ethan Hunt countless times; Phil somehow made it 30 years without seeing it at all. Does this spy thriller still hold up? We dig into the iconic CIA Langley break-in, that unforgettable theme, the very ’90s technology, Jim Phelps, Kittridge, the original TV series connection, De Palma’s direction and an explosive
1985's After Hours (opens the original)
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Martin Scorsese doing a dark comedy? This week on Off the Shelf with Phil and Dave , we revisit the bizarre, frustrating and increasingly absurd nightmare that is After Hours (1985) . Phil thinks this overlooked Scorsese film is hilarious; Dave just watched wanted the night to end. We get into Griffin Dunne’s performance, the film’s strange cast of characters, its brand of deadpan comedy, the never-ending obstacles keeping Paul Hackett from getting home, and whether all that frustration is exact
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