Tag: Ben Affleck
59: “Earn This” – Shakespeare in Love vs. Saving Private Ryan
Don’t snub our latest episode! It’s awards season, so the When We Were Young podcast is taking a hard look back at the Academy Awards from 1999, which saw a battle royale between Steven Spielberg’s knockout WWII epic SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and the Harvey Weinstein-backed costume rom-com SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. First, the hosts reminisce about…
43: “Prepare the World for Bad News” – Deep Impact & Armageddon
Grab some tissues, because in our latest episode, we’re sharing the movies that made us cry when we were young! In the summer of 1998, two blockbusters hurtled into theaters with virtually the same premise: astronauts blasting up into space to blow up deadly space rocks with nuclear weapons. In many ways, these twin disaster…
18: “Your Mother’s A Tracer!” – Chasing Amy
The WHEN WE WERE YOUNG podcast isn’t even supposed to be here today! But in this episode, we took a fresh look at Kevin Smith’s influential 90’s romantic comedy CHASING AMY, and touched on CLERKS, DOGMA and the rest of the “View Askewniverse.” Does this quirky and queer comedy starring Joey Lauren Adams and Ben…