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Confessions of a Not-So-Dangerous Mind*

Movies, sports, fitness, and life’s cataclysmic ups and downs, through nearly a half-century on this rock.

tv & film film history

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00:29:49

Tim Burton's Batman Turns 35

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2024/06/24

A mega-hyped event movie which exceeded expectations, Tim Burton's Batman is now 35 years old.

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00:28:34

The Karate Kid Turns 40!

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2024/06/23

Who could have imagined on June 22, 1984... 4 decades later, we're all eagerly awaiting the release of Cobra Kai Season 6 😫😆 !

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00:28:10

Episode 220: Chinatown Turns 50

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2024/06/22

"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." Happy 50th to Roman Polanski's Chinatown: a mystery, a thriller, a meditation on good and evil, and Jack Nicholson's finest hour.

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00:41:38

Donald Sutherland: An Actor's Actor

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2024/06/21

Donald Sutherland passed today at age 88. Join me for a look back at his life and career.

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00:29:58

The Say Hey Kid: In Appreciation of Willie Mays

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2024/06/19

Generally regarded as The Greatest Living Baseball Player since Joe DiMaggio's passing in 1999, Willie Mays died yesterday at the age of 93. Many historians argue that Willie was the greatest all around player the sport has ever seen.

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Episode 217: Arnold, Sly, Clint, and Last Action Hero

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2024/06/18

The most underrated film from the best movie year in the greatest movie decade, Last Action Hero opened 6/18/93. Equal parts fantasy, comedy, and multiversal action decades before the MCU, the film also teaches a valuable life lesson: don't trust F. Murray Abraham! He killed Mozart!

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00:29:27

Episode 216: The Witches of Eastwick, at 37

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2024/06/17

The Witches of Eastwick opened the same day as the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic Predator (6/12/87). A modest boxoffice hit, the film has aged magnificently. Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer are strong, but Jack Nicholson's devilishly funny 'Daryl' steals the movie right out from under them.

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00:32:51

Father's Day

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2024/06/17

2nd Father's Day without my dad. I didn't fully understand and appreciate the miracle of his own life until I began to see the miracle of mine. Happy Father's Day in memory of Alan Philip Cohen.

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00:31:48

Episode 214: NYY Baseball ⚾

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2024/06/15

Just shy of the halfway point of the season, the 2024 New York Yankees are the best team in baseball. Will this year mark their first World Series appearance and/or win since 2009?

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00:35:53

Arnold, Predator, and "The Final Girl"

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2024/06/13

Easily a Top 5 'Arnold Classic,' Predator was released in the summer of 1987. The film's success spawned a franchise. For better or worse.

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00:29:58

Jurassic Park Turns 31

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2024/06/12

Jurassic Park opened OTD 1993. Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Michael Crichton's runaway bestseller scored HUGE with audiences, grossing over $900 million, making it (at the time) the most successful $$ ever.

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00:26:19

"The Summer of Rick Moranis"

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2024/06/11

Summer 1989 saw huge films such as Lethal Weapon 2, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Batman, Do the Right Thing, Licence to Kill... and three hugely successful films starring Rick Moranis: Ghostbusters 2, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, and Parenthood.

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00:33:55

Happy Birthday, Michael J. Fox!

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2024/06/10

A look back at the life and career of the multiple Emmy-winning tv actor, 80s and 90s 🎥 icon and tireless advocate for Parkinson's research.

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00:33:17

"Who Ya Gonna Call? GHOST-BUSTERS!"

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2024/06/09

Ghostbusters turns 40 today! Releasing during the ultra-stacked 1984 summer season, the film dazzles audiences and critics, rolling up over $300 million! The whole cast kills (especially Bill Murray) and Ray Parker Jr 's insanely catchy title track quickly reaches iconic status. Other Summer '84 🎥: Beverly Hills Cop, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Karate Kid, Gremlins, Star Trek 3, and others.

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00:29:59

Episode 208: Goonies Forever!

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2024/06/07

The Goonies opened 6/7/85 - 39 years ago today! An immediate hit with critics and audiences, it remains a Gen X Standard and is one of the most beloved films of its decade.

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00:23:48

Episode 207: D-Day... and Hollywood Takes

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2024/06/07

D-Day. June 6, 1944. The Allies land at Normandy. There's learning about it in a history book, then there's seeing it on the big screen. Hollywood's two most famous films about 6/6/44 -- The Longest Day (1962) and Saving Private Ryan (1998) take radically different approaches, but are both very effective at communicating the terrible price of freedom.

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00:29:59

Episode 206: The Truman Show, at 26

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2024/06/05

"Happy 26th birthday" to The Truman Show, which opened 6/5/98. A bruising work of art beneath its bright veneer, the film predicts the future of TV, viral media, and "zombified masses." Jim Carrey's Truman is a wide-eyed innocent who realizes he's little more than a practical joke... and refuses to conform. From a purely emotional POV, Big Jim's final bow stands as my top singular moment in 90s cinema.

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00:29:59

'Beautiful Boy,' Addiction, and Recovery

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2024/06/05

The 2018 film Beautiful Boy (starring Steve Carell and Timothy Chalamet) is a well-acted, harrowing true story of addiction, recovery, relapse, and the stages of grief a parent goes through. Hard to believe, but The Lost Weekend -- Hollywood's first large-scale movie about addiction and recovery -- is now nearly 80 years old!

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Episode 204: Big

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2024/06/04

Penny Marshall's wonderful, whimsical fable Big opened 36 years ago today. 31 year-old Tom Hanks dazzles in the lead role of a literal "child in a man's body." A huge hit with both audiences and critics, Hanks went on to receive his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor.

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00:32:17

Episode 203: The Bridges of Madison County

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2024/06/02

Clint Eastwood's strong adaptation of Robert James Waller's "problematic" bestseller The Bridges of Madison County landed in theaters on 6/2/95. A rare example of a movie being wayyy better than the book upon which it was based, the film scored with critics and audiences, racking up $182 mil at the boxoffice and earning Meryl Streep yet another Oscar nom.

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