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In this episode, Tim and Andrew revisit the 1996 rom com, The Truth About Cats and Dogs. Starring Uma Thurman, Janeane Garofalo and Ben Chaplin, this movie explores how women who are short, fat and ugly like Garofalo can compete in the quest for a man with tall, blonde, stunning women like Thurman.…

One of the true 90's classics - Tim and Andrew dive into She's All That. Starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Freddie Prinze Jnr, Matthew Lillard, Paul Walker and Jodi Lyn O'Keefe with appearances from a heap of classic 90's actors, this is the movie that created the She's All That…

Pop quiz hotshot: Name a movie from the late 90s involving lots of deaths on a huge ship in the middle of the ocean. No, this is not Titanic!  Why settle for Leonardo DiCaprio when you can have Treat Williams?  Kate Winslet?  Try Famke Jansson!  Falling into a propeller and then freezing in the icy…

In 1999, David E Kelley, the star writer who had brought the world (at that time) Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice and Ally McBeal, said - "I can do more than write TV shows about quirky lawyers and doctors... I can write movies about quirky cops, quirky palaeontologists and giant (pr…

Tim and Andrew watch 1998's Snake Eyes. Directed by Brian de Palma on a hot streak, Snake Eyes was ambitious and highly anticipated. Showy camerawork?  Tick.  Nicolas Cage overacting?  Tick.  Gary Sinise scowling?  Tick. Following on from Carlito's Way and Mission Impossible, has de Palma…

Tim and Andrew watch 1996's The Craft.Starring Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True and Skeet Ulrich, a group of teenage witches use their powers to deal with bullies, racism and physical disfigurement.  But in a shock twist, things go wrong, resulting in a magical face-off b…

Tim and Andrew watch 1996's Daylight.Sylvester Stallone at the peak of his powers, battles his nastiest foe to date - a New York tunnel.  Thrilling!  Supported by Amy Brenneman before she was Judging and a young, brash Viggo Mortensen years before he picked up a sword, Sly is tasked with rescu…

Tim and Andrew watch 1992's Buffy the Vampire Slayer.Starring Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Luke Perry, Rutger Hauer and Paul (Pee Wee Herman) Reubens, this was somewhat of an oddity at the time, given more significance in light of the enormous success of the TV show that followed.So how …

Tim and Andrew watch 1999's Idle Hands.A young man's hand is possessed by an evil presence.  No, it's not the vastly superior Evil Dead 2 but rather Idle Hands, a stoner/horror/comedy starring Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson (character name - Pnub, obviously) and a very early Je…