Episode 70 - "Miami Vice" Part 2
When writer/director Michael Mann adapted his hit series into a feature length film, he ditched the flashy 80's aesthetic for a dark, gritty and hyper-realistic vision of global drug trafficking that ...
24 Aug 1h 7min
Episode 69 - "Miami Vice" Part 1
Two words changed television forever: “MTV Cops.” In 1984, “Miami Vice” exploded onto screens where neon lights, pastel suits and synth-pop beats masked a criminal underworld that redefined cool. Crea...
22 Aug 1h 27min
Episode 68 - "Entourage"
A defining monument to HBO’s golden age of Sunday night dominance, “Entourage” captured the pre-streaming, pre-social media Hollywood landscape with vivid, nostalgic accuracy. Decades later, the serie...
1 Aug 1h 32min
Episode 67 - "Bloodsport"
Ready for the Kumite? In the ‘80s, Cannon Films pumped out cheap, glorious B-movies fueled by the home video boom. 1988’s “Bloodsport” was the crown jewel of this era. While it stumbled in theaters it...
1 Jul 1h 32min
Episode 66 - "Moneyball"
Michael Lewis’ acclaimed best seller "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" may not have been obvious source material for a major Hollywood screen adaptation. After all, the book was about sab...
27 Jun 1h 46min
Episode 65 - The Length Paradox with Professor Akira Mizuta Lippit
In today’s highly fragmented media landscape, most people can’t last more than a few seconds without checking their phones for another dopamine hit. We live in a doomscroll culture where audiences rai...
7 Jun 1h 27min
Episode 64 - "Rocky III"
Propelled by Survivor’s massive hit single ”Eye of the Tiger,” 1982’s “Rocky III” mirrored Sylvester Stallone’s meteoric rise to fame and ushered in the Reagan 80’s with energy and vibrancy. The film ...
5 Jun 1h 27min
