GenreVision

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Join culture writers Drew Dietsch and Travis Newton as they review and recommend horror films, action movies, fantasy flicks and more! New episodes every Sunday! (Formerly The Drew Reviews.)

THE CAT (1992)
Last Sunday at 4:01 AM

Drew and Travis get sweaty while watching Ngai Choi Lam’s The Cat, a notoriously bonkers Hong Kong flick about an alien cat fighting an evil alien blob!

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 - The Cat

00:46:18 - The Shelf

00:49:35 - Calls to Action

00:53:38 - Currently Consuming

01:15:26 - End

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Man’s Best Friend

Slither

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Poor Things


STARGATE
03/17/2024

Drew and Travis step through Roland Emmerich’s Stargate, the 1994 film that launched a long-running TV franchise!

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 - Stargate

00:39:42 - The Shelf

00:49:35 - Calls to Action

00:51:01 - Currently Consuming

01:15:09 - End

SHOW LINKS

Contact

The Fifth Element

Inscryption


Whitley Strieber's COMMUNION
03/10/2024

Drew and Travis visit the little blue doctors in Whitley Streiber’s Communion, the 1989 adaptation of his book of the same name.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 - Communion

00:46:12 - The Shelf

00:53:10 - Calls to Action

00:54:02 - Currently Consuming

01:05:34 - End

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Fateful Findings

Super Mario Bros. on 4K Blu-ray


PREDATOR vs THE THING
03/03/2024

Drew and Travis witness an extraterrestrial battle for the ages: Predator vs John Carpenter’s The Thing!

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 - Predator vs The Thing

01:06:39 - The Shelf

01:12:38 - Calls to Action

01:13:22 - Currently Consuming

01:26:05 - End

SHOW LINKS

10 Cloverfield Lane

Species II

Dark Side of the Moon Redux

Patrick H. Willems: The Rise and Fall of Muppet Cinema

Muppets Most Wanted


ONE FALSE MOVE
02/25/2024

Drew and Travis travel the backroads with director Carl Franklin’s One False Move, the last film of our month of ‘90s Crime Stories from Black Voices! This noir-western hybrid is now available on 4K Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 - One False Move

01:04:53 - The Shelf

01:12:47 - Calls to Action

01:13:41 - Currently Consuming

01:31:00 - End

SHOW LINKS

Blue Ruin

Southern Comfort

The Adventure Zone Versus Dracula

Dimension 20 - Fantasy High: Junior Year


SET IT OFF
02/18/2024

Drew and Travis set it off with Set It Off, the 1996 ensemble film about four Los Angeles women who are driven to rob banks! This crime story is the second feature from director F. Gary Gray, director of Friday and the remake of The Italian Job.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 - Set It Off

00:55:33 - The Shelf

01:03:01 - Calls to Action

01:03:41 - Currently Consuming

01:22:35 - End

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Support the Girls

Inside Man

Cloud Atlas

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Dario...


NEW JACK CITY
02/11/2024

Drew and Travis sit their five-dollar asses down for New Jack City, the 1991 drug lord flick from director Mario Van Peebles! New Jack City stars Ice-T, Wesley Snipes, Chris Rock and Judd Nelson.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 - New Jack City

00:58:11 - The Shelf

01:07:15 - Calls to Action

01:08:31 - Currently Consuming

01:23:48 - End

SHOW LINKS

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

King of New York

Thanksgiving

Arrow Video’s 4K Psycho Box Set


JUICE
02/04/2024

Drew and Travis get a sip of Juice, the 1992 feature directorial debut of acclaimed filmmaker and cinematographer Ernest R. Dickerson! Juice stars Tupac Shakur and Omar Epps as two kids in Harlem whose friendship shatters after a terrifying confrontation.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 - Juice

00:50:23 - The Shelf

00:59:26 - Calls to Action

01:00:42 - Currently Consuming

01:11:41 - End

SHOW LINKS

Tales from the Hood

The Wire, Season 4 Episode 13: Final Grades

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom


BLUE STEEL
01/28/2024

Drew and Travis fear the glint of Blue Steel, the 1990 collaboration between Kathryn Bigelow and Eric Red, starring Jamie Lee Curtis!

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 - Blue Steel

00:53:58 - The Shelf

00:59:57 - Calls to Action

01:01:27 - Currently Consuming

01:18:07 - End

SHOW LINKS

The Hitcher

Ricochet

Dream Scenario

We Might Hurt Each Other (a.k.a. Pensive)


BLACK RAIN
01/21/2024

Drew and Travis get wet with Black Rain, the 1989 neo-noir from director Ridley Scott, starring Michael Douglas!

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 - Black Rain

00:45:17 - The Shelf

00:52:08 - Calls to Action

00:53:21 - Currently Consuming

01:16:03 - End

SHOW LINKS

Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein

Alien Nation

The Exorcist: Believer

Fargo Season 5