GenreVision
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)
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
SHOW LINKS
Man’s Best Friend
Slither
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Poor Things
STARGATE
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
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
SHOW LINKS
Fateful Findings
Super Mario Bros. on 4K Blu-ray
PREDATOR vs THE THING
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
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
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
SHOW LINKS
Support the Girls
Inside Man
Cloud Atlas
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Dario...
NEW JACK CITY
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
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
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
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