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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00:30:26

1996 at the Movies: TRAINSPOTTING

Sober Cinema ·

2021/11/15

Twenty-five years of borrowing videotapes from your mates that have the same results as THE RING. As three upstanding citizens we don't have much experience with the drug culture as presented in this Danny Boyle film... but we do know a thing or two about taking movies from your buddy's highly cultivated collection. With that in mind we feel free to condemn one of the most well regarded cinematic experiences of 1996 as well as one host being rather insistent of his fandom for one cast member who

00:28:53

1996 at the Movies: COURAGE UNDER FIRE

Sober Cinema ·

2021/11/09

Twenty-five years of Denzel Washington not taking sass from Lou Diamond Phillips. Also Matt Damon got skinny. Uncomfortably skinny. We try to be respectful of our military on the silver screen but then Bronson Pinchot shows up and we just give up. And in the end it's Sean Astin's fault. As it always would be. Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on Patreon Listen: Apple Podcasts/Spotify Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @sobercinema Follow your hosts on Letterboxd for sneak peaks at

00:27:23

1996 at the Movies: PHENOMENON

Sober Cinema ·

2021/11/08

Twenty-five years of John Travolta being the smartest guy in the room. And yet... everyone still hates him. This includes one of our hosts who maintains his unnatural rage anytime he sees this great actor on screen. Unfortunately that includes this Capraesque film from 1996 that is about a small town man who just wants to solve simple problems. Usually involving animal excrement to fix cars. Also he holds hands with Kyra Sedgwick. It's a joyous episode of SOBER CINEMA! Support what we do with bonus

00:26:56

1996 at the Movies: STRIPTEASE

Sober Cinema ·

2021/10/25

Twenty-five years of Annie Lennox killing STRIPTEASE for us all. This is it. The entire reason we are covering the year of 1996 in film. And all we have to show for it is: One of our co-hosts (his name is Jairo) ruining the official SOBER CINEMA group text thread with an image of himself in a bathtub. One of our co-hosts (Jairo again) insisting on doing his Burt Reynolds impression talking about "feeling it in his boots" as a once great man is now covered in Vaseline. And also one co-host (still

00:42:59

1996 at the Movies: ERASER

Sober Cinema ·

2021/10/20

Twenty-five years of James Caan's moving parts. We didn't remember much about Arnold Schwarzenegger's last hurrah as an action star but ERASER somehow managed to provide us room to provide the definitive guesswork on the motivations of James Cromwell in this film: Upset with James Caan's nipples. Upset with Vanessa Williams' ability to burn a CD. Upset with Arnold Schwarzenegger's antics with a CGI alligator. As we said. DEFINITIVE. Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on

00:37:02

1996 at the Movies: THE CABLE GUY

Sober Cinema ·

2021/10/19

Twenty-five years of obscene word games with Matthew Broderick's family. The above is not the only sin Jim Carrey committed as THE CABLE GUY, one of the "bombs" of 1996 that accomplished the goal of revealing all of the buzzkills in our society. Such as: Those that don't appreciate a deluxe home entertainment as a friendly gift. Or an arranged date with a lady of the night. Or warm eggs lovingly prepared by a new best friend. In honor of no buzzkills ruining Ben Stiller's comedy masterpiece... our

00:29:07

1996 at the Movies: THE PHANTOM

Sober Cinema ·

2021/10/18

Twenty-five years of white saviors in purple spandex. Okay, so maybe it was more like one terrible opening weekend for that particular superhero trope and for that we lay the blame all around for the auteur Simon Wincer's summer blockbuster that wasn't: Treat Williams being bad... but not bad enough as the villain. Catherine Zeta-Jones being sidelined to a volume shooter off the bench. And Kristy Swanson's strange fascination with Jon Lovitz which we didn't know at the time... but we could tell

00:25:17

1996 at the Movies: DRAGONHEART

Sober Cinema ·

2021/10/15

Twenty-five years of evil gingers and dragons moved to tears over a pet names. The only good thing about this podcast experience was that the host who was most excited to do his Sean Connery as a dragon impression was absent. That's it. Enjoy our episode on DRAGONHEART! Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on Patreon Listen: Apple Podcasts/Spotify Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @sobercinema Follow your hosts on Letterboxd for sneak peaks at film criticism GENIUS: Jairo @truebromance

00:23:54

1996 at the Movies: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

Sober Cinema ·

2021/10/14

Twenty-five years of still not being able to pronounce the French female lead's name. And we wish we could forget that idiot Jon Voight's name who has managed to out crazy Tom Cruise. Also he's far less handsome. And far less charismatic. What a jerk. Meanwhile we find ourselves being jerks to Leslie Neilson of all people. Our apologies but enjoy our episode on one of the biggest hits of 1996 in Brian De Palma's MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE! Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on

00:32:03

1996 at the Movies: HEAVEN'S PRISONERS

Sober Cinema ·

2021/10/13

Twenty-five years of staying away from fighting Eric Roberts. Especially when he has cornrows. A lot of interesting visuals in Phil Joanou's HEAVEN'S PRISONERS. Including the entirety of our research material which includes perusing Teri Hatcher on Mr. Skin. But then like the Grinch... our cynical movie watching (and deeply perverted) hearts grew three times larger than our nether regions as we came under the sway of Alec Baldwin's bayou detective. That and we insult our missing host Jairo without

00:26:26

1996 at the Movies: TWISTER

Sober Cinema ·

2021/10/12

Twenty-five years of living in The Suck Zone. Apparently your three hosts can't agree on the greatness of Helen Hunt, Helen Hunt's tank top, or Bill Paxton... but Philip Seymour Hoffman does move us in interesting ways. Jan de Bont's TWISTER is a look at a profession/hobby that is "one step above LARPing" according to one super-Jamie Gertz fan. We continue to misunderstand the movies of 1996 but we do understand wet t-shirts. Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on

00:28:52

1996 at the Movies: THE PALLBEARER

Sober Cinema ·

2021/10/11

Twenty-five years of supporting Goop and hating Ross. On this episode your three hosts ignore what Entertainment Weekly once put on the cover of their Spring Movie Preview THE PALLBEARER to instead learn how to change their Zoom backgrounds. Also we discuss breadsticks. Enjoy! Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on Patreon Listen: Apple Podcasts/Spotify Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @sobercinema Follow your hosts on Letterboxd for sneak peaks at film criticism GENIUS: Jairo

00:27:06

1996 at the Movies: THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS & DOGS

Sober Cinema ·

2021/09/08

Twenty-five years of Janeane Garofalo needing a box to stand next to Uma Thurman. As three enlightened men here are our takeaways from THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS & DOGS: Jairo would have preferred Ms. Garofalo's character have a pig nose like Christina Ricci in PENELOPE. Jared will bump up a movie's star rating on Letterboxd if at any time it features a dog in roller skates. And Mike is (of course) okay with Uma Thurman bringing a turtle to bed. We hope those are enough insights into a movie a that

00:32:52

1996 at the Movies: MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000

Sober Cinema ·

2021/09/06

Twenty-five years of robot puppets beating podcasters to the punch. But the one podcaster who has taken the biggest L is our co-host Jairo. A list of things that Jairo does not understand: The humor of one Tom Servo. The joy of one Crow T. Robot. The value of Justise Winslow as an NBA prospect. All of this and more as the other two more refined hosts take in one of the best films of 1996 in MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: THE MOVIE! Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on Patreon

00:28:46

1996 at the Movies: FEAR

Sober Cinema ·

2021/08/23

Twenty-five years of the Funky Bunch not being suitable son-in-law material. If you ever wondered about possible wrist injuries on a roller coaster... Or perhaps the appropriate eye level that a man who would one day be in CSI needs to maintain with his daughter's school friends... Or even the obscure rental activity of schoolmates in an obscure (but allegedly wildly promiscuous) small Kentucky town... well we have the podcast for you on James Foley's FEAR! Actually we never mention director James

00:26:10

1996 at the Movies: PRIMAL FEAR

Sober Cinema ·

2021/08/19

Rears of Alfre Woodard just wanting a drink after witnessing endless Edward Norton twitches. Richard Gere has a massive ego. That's no different in PRIMAL FEAR. Maybe he's wrong in this one. But he is Richard Gere. And he still looks like Richard Gere. So he's probably not. Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on Patreon Listen: Apple Podcasts/Spotify Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @sobercinema Follow your hosts on Letterboxd for sneak peaks at film criticism GENIUS: Jairo

00:28:52

1996 at the Movies: A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE

Sober Cinema ·

2021/08/17

Twenty-five years of Martin Lawrence stroking his ego by writing, directing and starring in a comedic FATAL ATTRACTION. As hard as the above sentence is to believe... one of your hosts actually enjoyed these shenanigans from Mr. Lawrence. In particular the part where either himself or his property is assaulted for his scoundrel ways. But we think that was the point. On the other hand this same host finds GONE GIRL to be an aspirational look at marriage. Enjoy! Support what we do with bonus content

00:28:09

1996 at the Movies: FLIRTING WITH DISASTER

Sober Cinema ·

2021/08/15

Twenty-five years of sex comedies where the best the ladies can do is Josh Brolin licking their armpit. And so with that in mind, we show the same amount of respect to Ben Stiller and company in 1996's FLIRTING WITH DISASTER. A film where all manner of swapping is taking place... but Richard Jenkins finds no shelter from the storm. Except here on SOBER CINEMA. And it should go without saying that this does a great man such as Mr. Jenkins absolutely no good. Enjoy! Support what we do with bonus

00:39:13

1996 at the Movies: EXECUTIVE DECISION

Sober Cinema ·

2021/08/10

Twenty-five years of celebrating Steven Seagal learning how to fly. In perhaps the biggest deep dive in SOBER CINEMA history we discuss John Leguizamo as one of our favorite trash talkers, Marla Maples as our favorite Trump wife and the importance of all hosts being vaccinated as we continue our journey through the movies of 1996. Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on Patreon Listen: Apple Podcasts/Spotify Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @sobercinema Follow your hosts on Letterboxd

00:37:20

Not-So-Sober Cinema: ARMY OF THE DEAD

Sober Cinema ·

2021/08/05

Two months later and America looks like it's hell-bent on shutting down Las Vegas again. So we change our late summer vacation plans and stay inside... just as Netflix likes (although we must admit other factors were in play) and see what Drax can do when his oddly-shaped head takes on zombies both of the slow and fast-moving variety. We also lay claim to our new American prince and princess in Harry and Meghan. Sorry-not-sorry to the United Kingdom and Canada. Actually we like Canada. We don't much

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