PODCAST

Sober Cinema

Michael Denniston and Jairo Benavides

A movie podcast that"s late... but still too early.

tv & film film reviews

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00:33:33

1992 at the Movies: SINGLES

Sober Cinema ·

2022/09/17

Insult Bridget Fonda all you want but don't you dare misspell the drummer's name from the fictional band CITIZEN DICK. Those are the rules here on SOBER CINEMA. Apparently one host's early 90s dream girl provides no charm in this Cameron Crowe look at grunge rock. This is among the many obscenities from this sweet little movie: Bill Pullman with his professional misconduct of NOT recommending larger breasts. Campbell Scott predicting a better basketball career for Xavier McDaniel over Sir Charles

00:30:59

1992 at the Movies: SNEAKERS

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2022/09/16

Thirty years of Robert Redford vilifying the bald. Our official career retrospective episode on the work of Sidney Poitier is finally here as he is naturally compared to... Brad Pitt. Who is not in SNEAKERS. But Mary McDonnell is as the honeypot, River Phoenix as a simp before that was common vernacular (RIP by the way) and David Strathairn as a man that one host really has a problem with doing... well, anything. Also a timely update on the 2022 Eastern Conference Finals! Support what we do on

00:27:07

1992 at the Movies: HONEYMOON IN VEGAS

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2022/09/15

Thirty years of Nicolas Cage having outbursts. Although HONEYMOON IN VEGAS is slightly more pleasant than his Oscar-winning turn in LEAVING LAS VEGAS. Your dedicated author of these show notes will not bring Elisabeth Shue into this fight as INDECENT PROPOSAL casts a large shadow over this far sillier version of a fiancee being sold as an escort to an older gentlemen by our leading men. It's safe to say that we also prefer Robert Redford to James Caan. And somehow Christina Hendricks gets brought

00:33:08

1992 at the Movies: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS THE DISCOVERY

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2022/09/14

Thirty years of Benicio del Toro being the best part of every movie. Not that he's playing a nice guy here. But can one expect perfect gentlemen in a film on the exploits of Christopher Columbus. Well in 1992 this was the DEEP IMPACT to Ridley Scott's ARMAGEDDON as America got two dull movies on this jerk. So we open things up with suspecting our guest of abandoning podcasting for Only Fans and end the show when the beer runs out. Just as Columbus deserves. Enjoy a true Italian guest in Dave

00:35:42

1992 at the Movies: SINGLE WHITE FEMALE

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2022/09/13

Thirty years of actors from the sitcom WINGS wrecking havoc. Or maybe it's starring in the unfortunate ABC mini-series of THE SHINING? Whatever the origin of evil we find ourselves suffering along with poor Bridget Fonda as that once sweet heartbreaker from FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH forms the worst co-parenting relationship over a dog. And then Jennifer Jason Leigh has the audacity to copy POINT OF NO RETURN's unfortunate haircut that no one of sound mind would mimic. All of this AND THEN Stephen

00:25:45

1992 at the Movies: RAISING CAIN

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2022/08/13

Thirty years of Brian De Palma making Hitchcockian events funny AND sexy. Well... maybe the sexy comes up for debate on our anniversary episode for RAISING CAIN. What is not up for debate is that the Boston Celtics did not need the front court depth offered here by one idiot host (Jairo) in their 2022 playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks. We are nothing if not topical and on point as we continue to time travel back to 1992 at the movies. Some might say that this is the podcast that a

00:29:47

1992 at the Movies: DEATH BECOMES HER

Sober Cinema ·

2022/08/06

Thirty years of admiring the acting of Meryl Streep's butt. Along with Goldie Hawn's abs. And Bruce Willis doing his best to fend off all the lovely ladies Robert Zemeckis could throw at him all so SOBER CINEMA could come to the conclusion that objectifying women is not only funny... but right. To help us make this case we have Dr. Bone return to provide her female viewpoint on the charms of the undead. Enjoy but also check out the previous time one host discussed this film at this link as well as

00:26:33

1992 at the Movies: MO' MONEY

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2022/08/04

Thirty years of remembering Jim Carrey from IN LIVING COLOR. But thankfully (?) MO' MONEY released in 1992 so we can properly immortalize the work of a couple of the Wayans brothers as they bring us a comedy... romance... thriller... that manages to be consistently off putting no matter the genre. While we attempt to not mention the much funnier sketch comedy veteran Eddie Murphy romcom BOOMERANG that released a few weeks earlier we are also struggling to not pay too many compliments to Stacey

00:28:12

1992 at the Movies: A STRANGER AMONG US

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2022/08/03

Thirty years of ignoring this entry in Sidney Lumet's filmography. That's okay though. We got to learn a thing or two from the extremely inquisitive and aggressive Ms. Griffith in this fish out of water detective story. One in which the ignorant barks out a lot of orders and is the hero for aggressively insulting the entire basis for the lives of others. As podcasters we understood the hero's journey that Melanie was on and we applaud her efforts. The movie... not so much. Support what we do on

00:30:19

1992 at the Movies: COOL WORLD

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2022/08/02

Thirty years of self-imposed abstinence for Brad Pitt. But only because he's surrounded by cartoons in Ralph Bakshi's self-imposed check cashing return to animation in COOL WORLD. Unfortunately for us (and you, the listener) we get hung up on the world-building in COOL WORLD and perhaps the sexual politics of... COOL WORLD. It's uncomfortable. Enjoy! Support what we do on Patreon with bonus episodes and even more afterparties (you have been warned.) Listen: Apple Podcasts/Spotify/Amazon Music/Google

00:31:43

1992 at the Movies: A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN

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2022/08/01

Thirty years of the best women ballplayers being demeaned... ... by Penny Marshall! Which is not good. Shame on you, auteur. However when Tom Hanks and Jon Lovitz contribute... it is admittedly pretty funny. Perhaps not so much when we do it. So we come to the defense of the best hitter to ever wear a Rockford Peach uniform and Jairo yet again gets to reminisce about another early 90s soundtrack he played while alone and unloved. Enjoy! Support what we do on Patreon with bonus episodes and even more

00:30:45

1992 at the Movies: UNLAWFUL ENTRY

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2022/06/27

Thirty years of Ray Liotta being a good fella. Recorded before Mr. Liotta's passing we got an opportunity to praise him in our review of 1992 mainly because he terrorizes a possibly racist yuppie played by Kurt Russell. Sorry, Captain Ron but we will formally apologize with that film's anniversary in September. For now... one host is attacked for his love of grilled cheese while the another attacks the lovely Ms. Stowe for a notable speaking voice. It's titillating. Listen: Apple

00:35:21

1992 at the Movies: BATMAN RETURNS

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2022/06/20

Thirty years ago Michael Keaton was not tall enough for Michelle Pfeiffer. Thank god. This eventually leads us to one host's undying lust for Ben Affleck but before that we discuss if Tim Burton's continued dorkdom in BATMAN RETURNS is appropriate Christmas season material for children, if using penguins with rockets is an appropriate Plan B and if Danny Devito is worthy of kissing at a Comic-Con. Another host says yes. Most definitely, yes. Enjoy! Listen: Apple Podcasts/Spotify/Amazon Music/Google

1992 at the Movies: HOUSESITTER

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2022/06/13

Thirty years ago Goldie Hawn had a nice butt. Probably still does. Which made it all the more frustrating to listen to Steve Martin's complaints about Ms. Hawn's squatting in his empty home. An empty house constructed for Dana Delaney. This leads to a revelation from one host who knows quite a bit about early 90s television starlets. His name is Jairo. He is old. Enjoy! Listen: Apple Podcasts/Spotify/Amazon Music/Google Podcasts Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @sobercinema Follow your hosts on

00:29:49

1992 at the Movies: PATRIOT GAMES

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2022/06/06

Thirty years of one host dismissing Samuel L. Jackson as any sort of threat. However that same host wants to emulate James Earl Jones upper management style. This is how SOBER CINEMA approaches Harrison Ford taking the reins from Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan in PATRIOT GAMES. One thing we can all agree on though is that Mr. Baldwin may not have been the best Tom Clancy hero but he is most definitely an intimidating father figure and lover of Meryl Streep. Enjoy our well researched take on the IRA as

00:28:24

1992 at the Movies: SISTER ACT

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2022/05/31

Thirty years of Whoopi Goldberg being a sexy nun. That's according to one person on my social media doom scrolling. However we don't take the bait there and instead mainly pick on Maggie Smith's horrible lack of martyr skills as Mother Superior along with her modest amount of racism. Also when we aren't distracted by a shirtless Harvey Keitel we make the horrific discovery that Bill Duke directed the sequel SISTER ACT 2: BACK IN THE HABIT. Nothing was learned, nothing was gained from this episode

00:29:46

1992 at the Movies: FAR AND AWAY

Sober Cinema ·

2022/05/23

Thirty years of Tom Cruise's hats getting no respect. This episode is about horses and so we bring on a graduate of a horse university to discuss Tom Cruise's ability or lack thereof in taming the wild stallion that is Nicole Kidman in Ron Howard's FAR AND AWAY. However one host has no need for equine experts and is more enamored with the boxing etiquette of a Scientologist while the other is oddly obsessed with Greg from DHARMA & GREG. Wasn't Dharma from DHARMA & GREG also a Scientologist

00:37:16

1992 at the Movies: LETHAL WEAPON 3

Sober Cinema ·

2022/05/18

Just to be clear... thirty years later Mel Gibson is still Australia's doing. Now that the elephant in the room is out of the way we get back to more topical podcast subject matter like declaring BOTH 1992's summer movie season and our 2022 Oscars recap special. We also feel very sorry for both Danny Glover the man and the character he plays in Richard Donner's (but NOT Shane Black's) LETHAL WEAPON 3. Jairo insults another beautiful white woman in Rene Russo and we insult our listeners ears by

00:34:16

1992 at the Movies: ONE FALSE MOVE

Sober Cinema ·

2022/05/09

Thirty years of Billy Bob Thornton refusing to cut his ponytail even when on the run from the law. God bless that man. Or at least that character (who knows what sins Mr. Thornton has committed.) Okay, so maybe not even his character in ONE FALSE MOVE for although he admirably hates children he also commits some other less noble crimes that lead him on a collision course with the greatest cop in Arkansas cinematic history: The Hurricane as played by Bill Paxton. One of the finest dumb characters

00:41:06

1992 at the Movies: POISON IVY

Sober Cinema ·

2022/05/03

Thirty years of a child actor shocking us before retiring to a daytime talk show. For our regular listeners we want to apologize for not being particularly aroused by one of the pioneers of 90s "slutsploitation genre" for we do not have our regular old man Jairo on this episode. Instead guest Dave "Hey Bobby" Giannini of OFF SCREEN DEATH steps in to tell the rest of the hosts about a time before WILD THINGS existed. We choose to not believe in events before Neve Campbell and Denise Richards got in

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