Total 90s Recall

We’re feeding you some more delicious 90s movie nostalgia and rewatching Danny DeVito’s magical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s MATILDA. Crack open your favourite book and dish up an entire chocolate cake, lessons have started.

Molly and Chloe page back to 1996, the era of TV dinners and catalogue shopping. We discuss DeVito’s madcap filmmaking and how it puts the child at the heart of the story, why reading i...

In ancient times, one cunning man embarked on a multi-decade odyssey to find his rightful place… as Hollywood’s most legendary blockbuster director. That’s right: this episode, we’re journeying back to the antique era of 1998, to rewatch Christopher Nolan’s very first feature film, FOLLOWING. 

Molly and Chloe snap back to unreality as we muse on non-linear storytelling, puzzle box noir plots a...

We’re back with your latest dose of 90s movie nostalgia, and rewatching 1998’s gross-out rom com blockbuster, There’s Something About Mary, starring Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz. Reel in your fishing line and stock up on hair gel, we’re heading on over to 90s Miami.

Molly and Chloe take a road trip down memory lane, reviewing the film’s outrageous comic shocks, particularly the famous opening sequen...

We’re saying happy 250th birthday to America this July 4th by rewatching Roland Emmerich’s 1996 alien invasion disaster movie, Independence Day. Evacuate the White House, fire up the jets, and grab your Apple PowerBook 5300, we’re going to take this mothership down.

Molly and Chloe venture into the exclusion zone and scope out the multiple plotlines starring Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman as they de...

For Pride month we’re looking back at a key, tragic moment in LGBT+ history, the AIDS crisis, and watching Jonathan Demme’s Oscar-winning legal drama, Philadelphia. 

Molly and Chloe enter the court with Best Actor-winner Tom Hanks and his maverick lawyer Denzel Washington, and give their verdicts on the film’s representation of gay men, homophobia and early 90s attitudes towards HIV-positive people, and ho...

Can you ever just be, like, whelmed? We’re asking this and more as we sit down with 1999’s 10 Things I Hate About You. Set up the decks, hook up some speakers, and get ready to crash a future MBA’s cheese and wine party.

Molly and Chloe welcome actor, writer and audio producer, Steph MacGaraidh to run riot grrrl through this Shakespeare-inspired high school rom com. We discuss the casting of relative unknowns J...

Bond is bungee jumping onto our screens as we rewatch 1995’s GOLDENEYE, the first of the series with Pearce Brosnan as the gadget-loving superspy and all-round ladies’ man. Arm your T-55 tank and reload your Walther PPK, we’re on a new mission.

Molly and Chloe are shaken and stirred by the fabulous casting of Brosnan, Sean Bean, Judi Dench, Alan Cumming and Izabella Scorupco, though we have a particular love fo...

Houston, we have a problem. For our 13th episode, we’re launching into a discussion of Ron Howard’s true-life space adventure, APOLLO 13. Fasten your helmet and head to the launchpad, we have lift-off.

Molly and Chloe crunch the numbers on this adventure blockbuster based on astronaut Jim Lovell’s memoir about the ill-fated 1970 NASA mission to the moon. We talk superstition, space shuttles, seventies fashion a...

We’re off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush as we discuss Curtis Hanson’s 1997 Oscar-winning adaptation of L.A. CONFIDENTIAL. Rev up your 1952 Mercury and smile for the paparazzi, cos we’re heading on down to take a closer look.

Molly and Chloe wind through this complex detective thriller based on James Ellroy’s novel, mapping out the starry cast, including Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe and Guy Pear...

Pick up your rotary phone and tune in your radio, cos we’re chatting about Nora Ephron’s 1993 wisecracking rom com, SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE.

Molly and Chloe map out the filmmaking choices that made an otherwise nostalgic tale of destiny and true love into a smartly scripted comedy blockbuster, and how Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Rob Reiner and Rosie O’Donnell’s performances dial up the humour. 

Plus we call...

They may be outlaws, but they’re stealin’ our hearts: to celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re talking about Ridley Scott’s 1991 feminist road-trip classic, THELMA AND LOUISE. Rev up the T-bird, we’re getting outta town and letting our hair down.

Riding shotgun with our not-so-careful lady drivers Molly and Chloe is Sarah Asante, a script consultant with an eye for a great storyline. Together...

What’s your favourite scary movie? Our latest episode is pulling the mask off Wes Craven’s 1996 slasher satire SCREAM. Plug in your landline and rewind those rental videos, cos we’re heading back to the very first film in the franchise.

Final girls Molly and Chloe run rampage through the film’s production history, including Kevin Williamson’s script, the casting of Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox as...

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose this podcast. Yup, we are getting high on the pure unadulterated cinema that is Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting to mark its 30th anniversary. 

Molly and Chloe are joined by award-winning writer and director Yasmin Godo to talk about the finer points of the film, from hypodermic needles to needle drops. We plunge into the darkest, most intense scenes (including how that toilet scene was cr...

Alan Rickman, we love you truly, madly, passionately... juicily? In this episode, we huddle under the blankets with Anthony Minghella’s romantic ghost story Truly, Madly, Deeply. 

Molly and Chloe are looking at the film emotionally, musically, deeply, as we discuss how Minghella came to write and direct his debut film, why Juliet Stevenson is heartbreakingly perfect for the lead role, and the magic touch the late Alan...

Can you handle the truth? This episode we’re talking fast and furiously about A Few Good Men, Rob Reiner’s 1992 military legal drama. Gather your legal files and grab your softball bat, it’s time for the ultimate courtroom showdown.

Molly and Chloe take the stand to discuss how screenwriter Aaron Sorkin set the standard for walkin’ and talkin’ screen dialogue and testify on Tom Cruise’s livewi...

What’s this? What’s this? It’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, the classic stop-motion animation that takes the term ‘festive spirits’ quite literally. Load up the coffin and gee up the skeleton reindeer, we’re going for a sleigh ride!

Molly and Chloe discuss the personalities behind the movie, including Tim Burton, director Henry Selick and composer Danny Elfman, and the production’s so...

We joyfully announce our new episode about SENSE & SENSIBILITY, in honour of the 250th birthday of Miss Jane Austen. Adapted from that august lady’s 1811 novel, this beloved picture was decorated with many pretty awards and kind remarks upon its release in the year of 1995. 

Ms Molly and Miss Chloe are delighted to welcome costume designer Miss Eleanor Bull, who was part of the Oscar-winning team behind Poor Thing...

Alright, alright, alright! It’s back to ’76 with Richard Linklater’s freewheeling cult classic, Dazed and Confused. Fill your trunk with beers, put on some classic rock and hit the road, cos it’s time for some L-I-V-I-N’.

Molly and Chloe take a ride through the 1993 movie’s themes: disaffected teens, post-Vietnam cynicism and living for the moment. We talk about Linklater’s approach to c...

We cordially invite you to 1994, to witness the marriage of Hugh Grant’s charming star-making performance and Richard Curtis’s screamingly funny screenplay. Rev up the Land Rover, wear your best hat, and yes, smoking is permitted at the wedding breakfast.

Molly and Chloe get stuck into the buffet of excruciating social faux pas, nineties fashion and romantic regrets. We lift the veil on what makes the film’s co...