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DOG DAY AFTERNOON: Robbery gone wrong | Pacino's legendary performance
Episode 3
Sidney Lumet's 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon focuses on an intimate cast of characters during a tense hostage negotiation after a robbery gone wrong. T…
2 years, 7 months ago
THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR: A kernel of intelligence in dumb male fantasy
Episode 2
The 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair presents Pierce Brosnan as the slick, titular character indulging in a heist dripping in male fantasy. Joh…
2 years, 7 months ago
HEAT: Mann's masterpiece of tone and tension | Shakespearian in scope
Episode 1
Michael Mann's 1995 film Heat finally arrives on Four Play, an inevitable addition to the show since it's one of all of our hosts' favorite films. No…
2 years, 7 months ago
TOKYO GODFATHERS: An anime Christmas film packed with miracles
Episode 4
Satoshi Kon's seminal 2003 film Tokyo Godfathers explores the touching stories of three homeless people who have created a found family on the street…
2 years, 8 months ago
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A pure, feel-good Christmas classic
Episode 3
Four Play revisits an all-time Christmas classic, Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. Notable for its saccharine ending and celebration of…
2 years, 9 months ago
SCROOGED: TV executives, 80's excess, and A Christmas Carol
Episode 2
Bill Murray led film Scrooged as a 1988 re-telling of the classic Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol, directed by Richard Donner. Four Play exam…
2 years, 9 months ago
BATMAN RETURNS: WORSE than we remembered, cursed by nostalgia
Episode 1
We thought Batman Returns was good. As it turns out, Tim Burton's 1992 movie lived in Richard, Thorin, and Monte's minds in rosy nostalgia that simpl…
2 years, 10 months ago
CON AIR: Murderous maniacs, an epic ensemble cast, & plain dumb fun
Episode 4
Con Air takes flight this week's Four Play, featuring a cast brimming with top stars and character actors from 1997. The film serves up some amazing …
2 years, 10 months ago
TOTAL RECALL: Memory implants, the American fantasy & sci-fi satire
Episode 3
Total Recall stands apart from our other 90's action films in this Four Play cycle through its cutting satire, intriguing themes on the nature of rea…
2 years, 10 months ago
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: The most iconic hacking scene and a mole hunt
Episode 2
The first Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible film debuted in 1996 and created a multi-decade film franchise that continues to this day. Director Brian De…
2 years, 11 months ago