The Silver Screenings: Recent Episodes
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Michael Mann's drama takes on the tobacco companies and corporate media, while Nate takes on Matt and Bryan's anti-freedom crusade. Smoke 'em if you've got 'em.
The evil of Imhotep infects the podcast as Bryan, Matt, and Nate all tear into each other over this 1999 cinematic masterpiece starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. Please leave us a review and follow us wherever you get your podcasts.
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It's 1999's biggest hit! George Lucas takes us back to where it all began with a collection of characters nobody cares about. Nate, Matt, and Bryan look back at their 1999 selves with utmost contempt.
To tackle "Analyze This", Matt, Bryan, and Nate sit on the couch, listen to one another, and achieve no great, actionable insights. It must be a therapy session!
DreamWorks successfully made "Galaxy Quest" a PG, family favorite movie in 1999. Matt works hard to make this a family friendly pod, but Nate and Bryan thwart his efforts. BY GRABTHAR'S HAMMER!!!
Bryan, Matt, and Nate start 2024 off with a bang as they enter the Matrix. What would it have been like with Will Smith and Val Kilmer? Or a little Jennifer Connelly, amirite?
Nate, Matt, and Bryan finish up 1998's silver anniversary with Peter Weir's "The Truman Show"--now a lived reality on social media!
Happy Halloween! Matt and Nate talk about Martin Brest's "Meet Joe Black," a movie about death. And peanut butter. But no chocolate.
It’s a pre-War on Terror surveillance bonanza! Nate, Matt, and Bryan spy in on Will Smith and Gene Hackman.
Matt, our resident Soderbergh fan is a little cool about "Out of Sight," but George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez are red hot. Nate is a gushing fanboy.
Like a comet hurling towards Earth, Nate and Matt clash over Mimi Leder's 1998 disaster drama, "Deep Impact." Watch out for inexplicable car explosions!
"Rounders" hit theaters on September 11th, 1998. It's the second most noteworthy thing to happen on that day in history.
Take a leisurely drive through the streets of Paris and Nice as Nate and Matt talk about John Frankenheimer's "Ronin" starring Robert De Niro.
The 1954 Japanese classic "Godzilla" is now considered a masterpiece of Cold War, nuclear fear drama. For some reason, Matt and Nate decide to talk about the 1998 American remake from Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin instead.
Check out our episode on the actual classic over at our flagship podcast, The Criterion Chat.
Matt and Nate boldly go back to 1998's "Star Trek: Insurrection"--perhaps the most uninspired movie in the entire series! Nate forgets to mention his name in the introductions he's so excited, or else he is trying to keep it on the DL that he actually enjoys Trek.
Long before he became a household name, Christopher Nolan produced this "no budget" film that launched his career and garnered him an instant, er, following. Check out Nate and Matt's thoughts on "Following" as it celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Moonwalk back to 1998 as it plays a mix tape of ’80s hits in “The Wedding Singer.” Matt and Nate are now older than everyone who headlines this movie.
As 1997 comes to an end, Matt Peterson, Nate Meyers, and Bryan Piras take a look back at Andrew Niccol’s dystopian sci-fi film “Gattaca” and wonder if they can get some genetic modifications in their middle age.
Another podcast on movies? That's right!
Check out The Silver Screenings, where we focus solely on films celebrating their 25th anniversary. For our inaugural episode, Nate and Matt reminisce over Curtis Hanson's adaptation of James Ellroy's neo-noir novel L.A. Confidential. Noir November anybody?