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647: "Are you or are you not the Black Angel of Death?" | Black Sheep (1996)
June 10, 2026

647: "Are you or are you not the Black Angel of Death?" | Black Sheep…

Chris Farley and David Spade reunited just one year after Tommy Boy to prove that politics is a dirty, chaotic, and heavily concussed business. This time around, Spade is a straight-laced campaign lackey tasked with babysitti...

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646: "Let's get lucky" | Bottle Rocket (1996)
June 3, 2026

646: "Let's get lucky" | Bottle Rocket (1996)

Anthony just got out of the mental hospital in time for his friend, Dignan, to bring him along on the epic 75-year crime spree he's got planned. As they go further down the road toward a life of crime, they begin to realize t...

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645: "Astronomical Sweat Budget" | A Time to Kill (1996)
May 27, 2026

645: "Astronomical Sweat Budget" | A Time to Kill (1996)

It's the John Grisham film that begs the question: What would you do? This gripping courtroom thriller forces us to confront our deepest biases, exposing the fractures in the American legal system through a harrowing story of...

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644: "Put That Cookie Down. NOW!" | Jingle All The Way (1996)
May 20, 2026

644: "Put That Cookie Down. NOW!" | Jingle All The Way (1996)

When you forget to buy your child the coveted Christmas toy everyone wants, do you just apologize and model healthy and honest behavior? Heck no! You tear up the entire city, hold a radio station hostage, and endanger countle...

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643: "ACK ACK" | Mars Attacks (1996)
May 13, 2026

643: "ACK ACK" | Mars Attacks (1996)

The Martians have decimated the world's major cities, they've vaporized our celebrities... but you still have the 30something Movie Podcast working for you... and that ain't bad. 🎧 Did you enjoy the episode? Tap that subscrib...

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642: "Choose Life" | Trainspotting (1996)
May 6, 2026

642: "Choose Life" | Trainspotting (1996)

This week, we kick off our 'Pre-Prequel Parts' month by diving into 1996's Trainspotting . Join us to explore how Ewan McGregor’s chaotic, star-making performance as Renton provided a glimpse of the actor who would soon becom...

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641: "Spontaneity has its time and place" | The Sure Thing (1985)
April 29, 2026

641: "Spontaneity has its time and place" | The Sure Thing (1985)

We’re digging into the archives to bring you a former Patron-exclusive! This week, we’re unlocking a classic episode from a few years ago for everyone to enjoy: our breakdown of the 1985 quintessential road-trip rom-com, The ...

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640: "Between nowhere and not much else" | Lone Star (1996)
April 22, 2026

640: "Between nowhere and not much else" | Lone Star (1996)

In the dusty border town of Frontera, Texas, history has a way of refusing to stay buried. When a skeleton is unearthed in the desert alongside a rusted sheriff’s badge, current Sheriff Sam Deeds finds himself digging into a ...

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639: "All I'm guilty of is bad taste" | The People vs Larry Flynt (1996)
April 15, 2026

639: "All I'm guilty of is bad taste" | The People vs Larry Flynt (19…

Larry Flynt didn't set out to be a constitutional hero; he just wanted to sell a few magazines and cause a little trouble. But when his unapologetically tacky empire runs head-first into the buttoned-up world of moral watchdo...

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638: "Revenge, sweet, lasting revenge" | Sleepers (1996)
April 8, 2026

638: "Revenge, sweet, lasting revenge" | Sleepers (1996)

For four childhood friends in Hell's Kitchen, a single afternoon prank gone wrong doesn't just end their innocence—it lands them in the Wilkinson Home for Boys. There, under the shadow of a sadistic guard, they endure a night...

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637: "Don't Shoot" | Bound (1996)
April 1, 2026

637: "Don't Shoot" | Bound (1996)

Corky thought her life was just a series of cold showers and cheap paint until she was pulled through a literal hole in the wall by her seductive neighbor, Violet. What started as a plumbing gig quickly spirals into a lethal ...

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636: "No more Miss Nice Girl!" | Matilda (1996)
March 25, 2026

636: "No more Miss Nice Girl!" | Matilda (1996)

After years of surviving her family's TV obsession and her father’s shady car-dealership schemes, Matilda Wormwood finally goes to school—only to face the hammer-throwing tyranny of Miss Trunchbull. She quickly discovers that...

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635: "Sanctuary! Sanctuary!" | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
March 18, 2026

635: "Sanctuary! Sanctuary!" | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

Following a public shaming at the Feast of Fools, Quasimodo is swept from his lonely bell tower into the city’s gritty underground: the Court of Miracles. He joins a crew of spirited outcasts to plot a high-stakes rebellion a...

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634: "I tawt I taw Michael Jordan" | Space Jam (1996)
March 10, 2026

634: "I tawt I taw Michael Jordan" | Space Jam (1996)

After a humiliating run-in with basketball-stealing aliens, Michael Jordan is yanked through a golf hole and tumbled into the world’s strangest comeback story: Looney Tune Land. He teams up with a crew of animated underdogs—p...

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633: "Try looking at it another way" | James and the Giant Peach (1996)
March 4, 2026

633: "Try looking at it another way" | James and the Giant Peach (199…

After a tragically crunchy run-in with a rogue rhinoceros, young James escapes two nightmare aunts and tumbles into the world’s strangest road trip: a skyscraper-sized peach rolling across the countryside. Inside, he teams up...

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632: "Wibbly-Wobbly Ooby Dooby" | Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Feb. 25, 2026

632: "Wibbly-Wobbly Ooby Dooby" | Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Haunted by his past and a Borg collective that lives rent-free in his head, Captain Jean-Luc Picard must stop the cybernetic zombies from sabotaging Earth’s first warp flight—the very moment that puts humanity on the galactic...

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631: "She said hand-some, not hand-less" | Kingpin (1996)
Feb. 18, 2026

631: "She said hand-some, not hand-less" | Kingpin (1996)

After losing his bowling hand (and his dignity) to a vengeful scheme, washed-up pro Roy Munson survives on cheap booze and a comb-over that deserves its own zip code. His luck turns when he discovers Ishmael, an Amish bowling...

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630: "Just tap it in" | Happy Gilmore (1996)
Feb. 12, 2026

630: "Just tap it in" | Happy Gilmore (1996)

When a failed hockey player with a lethal slap shot and a short-fused temper discovers his grandmother is about to lose her home, he decides to trade the ice for the links. Happy Gilmore isn't your average golfer—he’s a beer-...

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629: "My pants are filled with starfish" | Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Feb. 4, 2026

629: "My pants are filled with starfish" | Muppet Treasure Island (19…

After inheriting a mysterious treasure map, young Jim Hawkins sets sail for the high seas with a crew of felt-covered misfits and a clueless captain. But the horizon turns dark when the ship’s charismatic cook, Long John Silv...

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628: "You need human contact. Touch it." | The Cable Guy (1996)
Jan. 28, 2026

628: "You need human contact. Touch it." | The Cable Guy (1996)

Newly single Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick) slips a $50 bribe to a manic technician (Jim Carrey) for free movie channels, but he gets more than "preferred" service. Soon, the pop-culture-obsessed Cable Guy is inserting him...

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627: "The Spandex!" | The Phantom (1996)
Jan. 21, 2026

627: "The Spandex!" | The Phantom (1996)

Deep in the heart of the Bengalla jungle, Kit Walker takes up the mantle of the twenty-first "Ghost Who Walks" to battle the cutthroat Sengh Brotherhood. When a ruthless businessman seeks to unite the mystical Skulls of Touga...

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626: "So much for rule number one" | Multiplicity (1996)
Jan. 14, 2026

626: "So much for rule number one" | Multiplicity (1996)

Overworked and spread thin, Doug Kinney (Michael Keaton) accepts a miracle solution from a scientist: a secret clone to handle the office while he enjoys life. But when the clones start making clones, Doug finds himself juggl...

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625: "Man down, Ethan" | Mission: Impossible (1996)
Jan. 7, 2026

625: "Man down, Ethan" | Mission: Impossible (1996)

Framed for a massacre in Prague, Ethan Hunt goes rogue to hunt down a mole and recover the stolen NOC list. From the silent, sweat-inducing vaults of Langley to a high-speed helicopter chase through the Channel Tunnel, Hunt m...

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624: "If you've gotta go..." | Goldeneye (1995)
Dec. 30, 2025

624: "If you've gotta go..." | Goldeneye (1995)

The fate of the global economy hangs in the balance as James Bond is thrust into a race against time to recover the keys to a devastating satellite weapon. From the dizzying heights of the Verzasca Dam to the gritty streets o...

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