John Travolta’s military cop investigates a brutal murder in Con Air director Simon West’s exceedingly problematic, William Goldman-co-written adaptation of Nelson DeMille’s 1992 bestseller.
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Nicolas Cage’s run of cheesily fun Jerry Bruckheimer-produced action extravaganzas continues with the wildly entertaining 2000 gear-head blockbuster Gone in 60 Seconds.
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The screenwriter of the upcoming Face/Off remake joins us to chat about two late-90s potboilers for Travolta and Cage!
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John Travolta and an Oscar-nominated Robert Duvall lead a remarkable ensemble cast in hotshot screenwriter turned director Steven Zaillian’s overachieving 1999 legal drama A Civil Action, a sleeper which is infinitely more entertaining and rich than its dry title and half-forgotten reputation would suggest
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Josh Gondelman joins us to talk about two good-to-great movies for the pair!
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Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader and Nicolas Cage got together for 1999’s Bringing Out the Dead, a pitch-black paramedic comedy of sin and salvation that, in an unsurprising turn of events is very intense and pretty fucking terrific.
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Nathan and Clint talk about a war film masterwork with barely any Travolta, and a piece of Joel Schumacher sleaze with far too much Cage!
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Terence Malick returned to filmmaking with 1998’s The Thin Red Line, a towering masterpiece completely ruined by John Travolta’s weird mustache.
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The only thing keeping Joel Schumacher’s 1999 Neo-Noir 8MM from being a harrowing glimpse into humanity’s seedy underbelly is that it’s incredibly stupid and silly, and has roughly the verisimilitude of Warriors of Virtue.
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Emily VanDerWerff jumps on the campaign trail with us to discuss Travolta’s Bill Clinton impression in Primary Colors and Nic Cage screaming in floral shirts in Brian De Palma’s sleazy Snake Eyes!
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