Nostalgium Arcanum
A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are
Displaying items 31-40 of 59 in total of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag "1990s".
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A League of Their Own
March 18th, 2024 | 2 hrs 4 mins
1990s, 90s, aagpbl, athletics, baseball, entertainment, film, geena davis, madonna, movies, penny marshall, racine, rockford, rosie o'donnell, softball, sports, tom hanks, world series
Batter up, hear that call. The time has come for one and all... To play ball. We load the bases with guests Ami Lief, Ryan Merlo, and Tania Newton to revisit "A League of Their Own", a seminal sports movie that's still in a league of its own.
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Happy Gilmore
March 11th, 2024 | 1 hr 51 mins
1990s, 90s, adam sandler, carl weathers, comedy, entertainment, film, golf, julie bowen, movies, sandler, saturday night live, snl, sports
The price is right for this classic golf comedy in which Adam Sadler tees off on everyone and everything in his path. Guest Dave Jackson (Tales From The Backlog) joins us to revisit a movie that never fails to take us to our happy place.
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Matchbox Twenty
January 15th, 2024 | 1 hr 35 mins
1990s, 90s, concert, entertainment, mainstream, matchbox 20, matchbox twenty, mb20, music, rob thomas, rock
Let's see how far we've come. Since the late 1990s Matchbox Twenty has been entertaining audiences with mass appeal and mass success. This week guests Ami Lief, Betsy Allen, and Kyle Lieberman join us to roundtable their top ten MB20 songs.
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Independence Day
January 8th, 2024 | 1 hr 56 mins
1990s, alien, aliens, area 51, bill pullman, conspiracy theories, extraterrestrial, extraterrestrials, id4, invasion, jeff goldblum, martian, martians, randy quaid, roswell, scifi, war of the worlds, will smith, x-files
Welcome to Earth. This week guest Matt Powers joins us to revisit a 1990s disaster classic that, like its extraterrestrial scourge, loomed large over the action blockbusters of the era.
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Batman Returns
December 25th, 2023 | 2 hrs 30 mins
1990s, batman, christmas, christopher walken, comic book, comic books, comics, danny devito, danny elfman, dc comics, freaks, gothic, horror, michael keaton, michelle pfeiffer, superhero, tim burton, xmas
It's Christmas in Gotham and writer/director of horror short "The Canyon" Alex Sosin joins to once again delve into Tim Burton's gothic nightmare vision of the Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin in a supersized present of an episode. It's bigger and more unwieldy than its predecessor, but no less compelling and terrifying.
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My Best Friend's Wedding
December 11th, 2023 | 1 hr 29 mins
1990s, 90s, cameron diaz, comedy, entertainment, film, julia roberts, movies, rom-com, romantic comedy, romcom
My Best Friend's Wedding is, despite its trappings, not a romantic comedy. The film cleverly subverts expectations by making the villain appear to be the protagonist, making a happily never after the proper ending. We're joined again by Ami Lief and Ryan Merlo to revisit Julie Roberts doing worst what she usually does best.
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Muppet Treasure Island
November 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 36 mins
1990s, 90s, comedy, disney, electric mayhem, fozzie, gonzo, jim henson, kermit, muppets, muppets mayhem, pirate, pirates, puppeteering, puppets, rizzo, robert louis stevenson, sea shanties, sea shanty, shanty, tim curry, treasure island
Shiver me felt timbers! We're shovin' off for adventure as Josh Covel of the Still Loading podcast (@StillLoadingPod) joins our crew to revisit the Muppets' take on the Robert Louis Stevenson classic.
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Doom
August 14th, 2023 | 1 hr 1 min
1990s, 90s, first person shooter, fps, games, gaming, horror, mod, modding, pc games, pc gaming, retro games, video games
Doom's lasting impact on the world of video games remains as potent as ever 30 years on. Comedian Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) throws on a helmet with us to return to Mars and blast away at all manner of digital demons.
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My Cousin Vinny
July 31st, 2023 | 1 hr 39 mins
1990s, 90s, cinema, comedy, film, joe pesci, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, legal, litigation, litigators, marisa tomei, movies, pesci, tomei
Hailed by audiences and lawyers alike, My Cousin Vinny has been sustained while other legal comedies have been overruled. Returning guest Ami Lief brings her best Marisa Tomei impression along with lifelong friend Ryan Merlo to celebrate, quote ad nauseum, and happily render a verdict in favor of this classic.
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Chrono Trigger
July 24th, 2023 | 1 hr 9 mins
1990s, 90s, games, gaming, jrpg, nintendo, playstation, retro games, retro gaming, role playing game, role playing games, rpg, snes, square-enix, squaresoft, time travel, video games
Time keeps on slippin' as Matt Storm of the Fun & Games podcast (@funandgamespod) travels with us back to 1995 to revisit Chrono Trigger, one of the most highly regarded and influential video games ever. With an adventure that criss-crosses eons and an indelible soundtrack, the story of Chrono remains enthralling nearly three decades on.