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BACK 2 THE BALCONY

Antonio Palacios and Justin Henson

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert - two titans of cinematic review. Sometimes right, sometimes wrong - but always captivating. Your hosts Antonio Palacios (host of THE CULTWORTHY CINEMA PODACST) and Justin Henson ( host of THE MOVIE WIRE PODCAST) - are here to take you BACK TO THE BALCONY!! Each week we will discuss a film from the 70"s, 80"s and 90"s in order to determine where we stand with the critique of this infamous television duo. Be sure to tune in each week - don"t forget to like, rate and

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#119- LIFE STINKS!

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2026/04/24

This week we cover Mel Brook's - LIFE STINKS! Affluent and arrogant businessman Goddard Bolt (Mel Brooks), feuding with rival Vance Crasswell (Jeffrey Tambor) over a land deal, makes a bet with Crasswell that he has the wits and street smarts to live penniless and anonymous on the rough streets of Los Angeles for 30 days. But Bolt has a rude awakening when the reality of homelessness hits him. Still, he finds a silver lining in a burgeoning romance with Molly (Lesley Ann Warren), a former Broadway

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#118- OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY!

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2026/04/17

This week on the show - we cover the 1991 comedy, OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.Larry the Liquidator Garfield (Danny DeVito) is a corporate raider, deconstructing companies and selling off the parts for a profit. His new target is a small-town cable company that employs the majority of the town's residents. With everyone's livelihood depending on him, company chairman Andrew Jorgenson (Gregory Peck) hires his sexy stepdaughter, Kate (Penelope Ann Miller), to distract the ruthless raider. Larry takes the bait

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#117 - DICK TRACY!

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2026/04/09

THIS WEEK we cover the 1990 blockbuster film DICK TRACY!Hard-boiled detective Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty) is searching for evidence that proves Alphonse Big Boy Caprice is the city's most dangerous crime boss. He may have found the key to unraveling the crime lord's illegal empire in Breathless Mahoney (Madonna), an enigmatic barroom singer who has witnessed some of Caprice's crimes firsthand. However, she seems more set on stealing Dick away from his girlfriend, Tess (Glenne Headly), than helping

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#116- THE LAST STARFIGHTER!

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2026/04/03

This week we cover the 80's scif-fi classic, THE LAST STARFIGHTER!! After finally achieving the high score on Starfighter, his favorite arcade game, everyday teenager Alex Rogan (Lance Guest) meets the game's designer, Centauri (Robert Preston) -- who reveals that he created Starfighter as a training ground for developing and recruiting actual pilots to help fight a war in space. Hear our take on the film and on the critique of SISKEL AND EBERT.SUBSCRIBE TODAY!Visit thecultworthy.comVisit

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#115- GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH!!

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2026/03/26

This week we cover the 1990 classic. GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH! The magical collectibles store that Gizmo calls home has just been destroyed, and the tiny monster finds his way into a newly erected skyscraper. Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) and his bride-to-be, Kate (Phoebe Cates), who have previously dealt with Gremlins run amok, discover that Gizmo and an impish legion of reptilian pals are inhabiting the downtown building. The couple tries to stop the creatures from escaping into New York City,

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#114- VIRTUOSITY!!

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2026/03/19

This week we cover the 1995 sci-fi thriller - VIRTUOSITY!A former cop who has been imprisoned for murdering the psychopath who killed his family, Parker Barnes (Denzel Washington) is recruited to test out a new virtual-reality program where the goal is to apprehend a computer-generated being called SID 6.7 (Russell Crowe), who has been modeled on hundreds of deranged criminals. When SID manages to escape into the real world, Barnes must capture or destroy him before the soulless entity can go on a

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#113- STARSHIP TROOPERS!

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2026/03/13

This week we discuss the 1997 sci-fi action flick STARSHIP TROOPERS! In the distant future, the Earth is at war with a race of giant alien insects. Little is known about the Bugs except that they are intent on the eradication of all human life. But there was a time before the war... A Mobile Infantry travels to distant alien planets to take the war to the Bugs. They are a ruthless enemy with only one mission: Survival of their species no matter what the cost... Hear our take on the film and on the

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#112- OUTBREAK!

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2026/03/06

This week we cover 1995's OUTBREAK! A dangerous airborne virus threatens civilization in this tense thriller. After an African monkey carrying a lethal virus is smuggled into the U.S., an outbreak occurs in a California town. To control the spread of the disease, a team of doctors is brought in that includes a contagious disease expert (Dustin Hoffman) and his ex-wife (Rene Russo). Once the Army intervenes to handle the situation, though, the doctors must fight against the clock to save the town and

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#111- HOOP DREAMS!

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2026/02/27

This week on the show - we are covering the film HOOP DREAMS with special guest: MICHAEL BURGETT of the SCREEN NERDS PODCAST! Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominately white suburban school well-known for the excellence of its basketball program. Gates and Agee dream of NBA stardom, and with the support of their close-knit families, they battle the

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#110 - FAR FROM HOME: THE...

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2026/02/19

This week we cover the 1995 adventure classic - FAR FROM HOME: THE ADVENTURES OF YELLOW DOG. While sailing off the shore of British Columbia, John McCormick (Bruce Davison), his son, Angus (Jesse Bradford), and the boy's Labrador retriever, Yellow, encounter severe weather. When Angus and Jesse are knocked overboard, John struggles to rescue them, but to no avail. After washing up on the coast of a remote wilderness region, Angus and his dog do their best to survive, contending with both the

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#109 - THE ADVENTURES OF MILO...

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2026/02/13

This week we cover the 1989 film - THE ADVENTURES OF MILO AND OTIS. Milo is one lucky cat. He’s got nine lives and a best friend. When Milo the cat and Otis the dog are separated, they each set off on an adventurous and often perilous quest across mountains, plains, and snow-covered lands to reunite with one another. We cover the film, our childhood memories of it, the animal cruelty controversy - and of course, the critique of Siskel and Ebert! SUBSCRIBE TODAY!Visit thecultworthy.comVisit

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#108 - HOME ALONE 3!

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2026/02/05

This week we cover the 1997 film HOME ALONE 3!When an inept group of criminals tries to get a stolen top-secret computer chip through airport security, it ends up in a toy car in the luggage of the elderly Mrs. Hess (Marian Seldes). Unable to promptly retrieve the chip, the felons follow Hess and the car to her neighborhood. After she gives the toy to young Alex Pruitt (Alex D. Linz), who is home sick from school, he becomes the target of the criminals. However, the precocious kid is on to their

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#107 - RATED K FOR KIDS, BY KIDS!

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2026/01/29

This week we cover Siskel an Ebert's appearance on the Nickelodeon program - RATED K FOR KIDS, BY KIDS. Running in the latter half of the 1980's , the show featured film reviews done by kids - and in this very special episode they were joined by ROGER AND GENE!Check it out!SUBSCRIBE TODAY!Visit thecultworthy.comVisit https://www.themoviewire.comVideo: https://www.youtube.com/@back2thebalcony

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#106- ALASKA!

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2026/01/22

This week we cover the 1996 adventure film - ALASKA!Jake Barnes moves his daughter and son to Alaska and earns money by ferrying supplies to locations throughout the state. His daughter loves it, but her brother doesn't, and he can't wait to leave. However, they join forces to look for their father when they learn that he has gone down in an airplane accident. The official search party is called off and Jake is assumed dead, but the children will have none of it, and go off on their own into the

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#105 - A TRIBUTE TO ROB REINER

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2026/01/14

This week we take a break from movie reviews and pay tribute to the late, great Rob Reiner. We discuss his films that were released during the time of Siskel and Ebert's TV run, as well as the critiques given.We Miss You Rob!SUBSCRIBE TODAY!Visit thecultworthy.comVisit https://www.themoviewire.comVideo: https://www.youtube.com/@back2thebalcony

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#104- SEASON 2 AWARDS SHOW!

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2026/01/07

This week we continue our annual tradition of awarding our favorite and least favorite films, performers, directors and critiques of season 2!Thanks to all our listeners and supporters for another great year!See you in season 3!SUBSCRIBE TODAY!Visit thecultworthy.comVisit https://www.themoviewire.comVideo: https://www.youtube.com/@back2thebalcony

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#103 - TRAPPED IN PARADISE!

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2026/01/01

This week we cover the cult classic - TRAPPED IN PARADISE!Fresh out of prison, Alvin (Dana Carvey) and Dave Firpo (Jon Lovitz) pull their brother Bill (Nicolas Cage) back into a life of crime. But the siblings' foolproof bank heist takes a tailspin when Alvin gets lost in the getaway car. That's how the criminal nitwits wind up trapped in the snowbound burg of Paradise, Pa., on Christmas Eve with a bag full of stolen cash. With suspicious police on one side and hospitable townsfolk on the other,

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#102 - BETTER OFF DEAD!

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2025/12/26

This week we tackle the review of Siskel and Ebert on the film BETTER OFF DEAD. Lane Meyer (John Cusack) is a teen with a peculiar family and a bizarre fixation with his girlfriend, Beth (Amanda Wyss). When Beth dumps Lane, he decides to kill himself, making bumbling attempts at suicide. Outside of his morbid endeavors, Lane spends time with his oddball buddy, Charles (Curtis Armstrong), and befriends Monique (Diane Franklin), a visiting French student. Eventually, Lane resolves to race Beth's

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#101 - THE REF!

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2025/12/18

This week we tackle the holiday classic - THE REF! Denis Leary plays an unfortunate cat burglar, who is abandonded by his partner in the middle of a heist and is forced to take an irritating Connecticut couple (Kevin Spacey and Judy Davis) hostage. He soon finds that he got more than he bargained for when the couple's blackmailing son and despicable in-laws step into the picture. Before long they're driving him nuts with their petty bickering and family problems. The only way for him to survive is

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#100 - 100TH EPISODE! THE HOUSE...

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2025/12/10

This week we celebrate our 100th episode by appreciating our fans (and our critics) before we get into the critique of the 1997 film THE HOUSE OF YES! Jackie-O is anxiously awaiting the visit of her brother home for Thanksgiving, but isn’t expecting him to bring a friend — and she’s even more shocked to learn that this friend is his fiance. It soon becomes clear that her obsession with Jackie Kennedy is nothing compared to her obsession with her brother, and she isn’t the only member of the family

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