Back at the Movies

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Back at the Movies

Join lifelong friends Meranda Broder and Dylan Wilcox as they delve into the captivating world of 80s and 90s cinema on ”Back At the Movies.” In each episode, they revisit the (often contentious) film reviews of iconic critics Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert. Exploring the films they critique with fresh eyes, Broder and Wilcox uncover hidden gems, dissect what stands the test of time, and reminisce on forgotten classics as they candidly discuss what holds up and what doesn’t. The balcony is open… again.

Episodes

  1. AUG 4

    One Wedding and Two Funerals (The Fugitive/The Wedding Banquet/Manhattan Murder Mystery)

    A convicted killer on the run for the murder of his wife. A New York couple on the trail of a murder in their building. And a Taiwanese man in the closet! Today we go back to August 1993 and discuss a soon-to-be action classic, an early film from directing legend Ang Lee and, sigh, Woody Allen returning to his comedy roots with co-star Diane Keaton.

    54 min

  2. JUL 22

    What's Eating the Philadelphia Brief? (The Pelican Brief/Philadelphia/What's Eating Gilbert Grape)

    It's Denzel *and* Mary Steenburgen Week as we revisit the olden days of 1993 when people were still freaking out about AIDS and flagrant Supreme Court corruption had to be kept on the down-low. And how does Leonardo DiCaprio's performance in What's Eating Gilbert Grape hold up today? Join us as we discuss all this and more Back at the Movies.

    1h 4m

  3. JUN 24

    The Brat Pack, Part 2 (The Breakfast Club/St. Elmo's Fire)

    Join us Back at the Movies as we sit in Saturday detention and watch two more iconic Brat Pack movies: The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire. We sadly couldn't find Siskel and Ebert's discussion about The Breakfast Club, but they (and we!) certainly have a lot to say about St. Elmo's Fire.

    1 hr

  4. JUN 14

    The Brat Pack, Part 1 (Sixteen Candles/Pretty in Pink)

    What's happening, hot stuff? In honor of the new Hulu documentary BRATS, we're mixing it up and doing a grab bag of Siskel & Ebert reviews of movies starring the legendary Brat Pack. This week, it's a Molly Ringwald double header, as we revisit the iconic teen films SIXTEEN CANDLES and PRETTY IN PINK.

    59 min

  5. JUN 4

    The Pitt and the Pendulum (Boogie Nights/Seven Years in Tibet)

    In today’s episode from October 11th 1997, it’s a battle of the 90’s hunks, as we revisit Boogie Nights starring Mark “Marky Mark” Wahlberg, and Seven Years in Tibet starring Brad Pitt. We’re talking porn and Nazis, and we'll decide which is longer: Dirk Diggler’s uh, special talent, or Seven Years in Tibet’s runtime? All that and more, including Julianne Moore, Back at the Movies.

    38 min

  6. MAY 27

    Sleeping with the Lambs in LA (The Silence of the Lambs/Sleeping with the Enemy/LA Story)

    On today’s episode, which aired February 9th 1991, we try not to let Siskel kill our buzz too much as we delve into two "woman in peril" movies: the iconic The Silence of the Lambs and the less-iconic Sleeping with the Enemy. We also discuss Steve Martin’s LA Story and if the traffic jokes still land 30 years later. So put the lotion in the basket and rearrange those kitchen cupboards like a proper stalker, and join us Back at the Movies.

    47 min

  7. MAY 20

    Sex, Lies, and Parenthood (sex, lies, and videotape/Parenthood)

    The summer of 1989 at the multiplex was all about Batman and Honey I Shrunk the Kids, but by August 5th it was time to make room for the grown-ups, with two very different movies about adults: sex, lies and videotape and Parenthood. We couldn’t wait to revisit future Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh’s Cannes sensation, and future Oscar-winner Ron Howard’s multigenerational dramedy. What’s it like revisiting the movie that kickstarted the independent film movement of the 90s? And does the movie that introduced us to the “diarrhea song” still tug at our heartstrings? Join us as we dive into this and more Back at the Movies.

    41 min

  8. MAY 12

    Talking Raw in Vietnam (Good Morning, Vietnam/Eddie Murphy Raw/Leonard Part 6/Housekeeping)

    On today’s episode from December 26th, 1987, we spend time with Siskel & Ebert and two comedy legends, Robin Williams and Eddie Murphy. Both Good Morning, Vietnam and Eddie Murphy Raw were huge hits that year and were built around their stars’ personas, further cementing Williams and Murphy as two of the biggest stars of the decade. Do their brands of humor hold up all these years later? Can topical humor from back then work today? We get into all that as well as a Bill Cosby movie that most certainly does not hold up. We also look at a movie with a much different vibe starring Christine Lahti.

    51 min

  9. MAY 6

    Don't Scream For Me, Argentina (Evita/Scream/Beavis & Butthead Do America)

    Madonna may sing “You Must Love Me” at the end of Evita, but… must we? On this episode from December 21st 1996, we’re focusing on two movies from genres that were flailing in the mid 1990s: musicals and horror. Thirty years later, was Madonna as bad as we remember in Evita? And what did the guys think of Scream, which no one at the time was expecting to be the sleeper hit it ended up being that winter? We’ll also hit the road with cult slackers Beavis and Butthead as they do AMERICA, and discuss the surprising thumbs on this one. Join us as we dive into a bizarre 1996 holiday season Back at the Movies.

    50 min

  10. TRAILER

    Back at the Movies - TRAILER

    Welcome to Back at the Movies with Meranda Broder and Dylan Wilcox. The balcony is open.

    2 min

  11. APR 28

    Sins and the City (Showgirls & Se7en)

    On the weekend of September 23rd 1995, it was auteur vs. auteur, with Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls and David Fincher's SE7EN. Both movies live on for very different reasons, and we can’t wait to see what Siskel & Ebert thought of these two movies back in the day. Join us as we explore the Seven Deadly Sins in Sin City… Back at the Movies.

    44 min

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Join lifelong friends Meranda Broder and Dylan Wilcox as they delve into the captivating world of 80s and 90s cinema on ”Back At the Movies.” In each episode, they revisit the (often contentious) film reviews of iconic critics Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert. Exploring the films they critique with fresh eyes, Broder and Wilcox uncover hidden gems, dissect what stands the test of time, and reminisce on forgotten classics as they candidly discuss what holds up and what doesn’t. The balcony is open… again.

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