Episode 10 - Election

May 31, 2020 Oliver Jones

This week we've managed to get to the end of the 90s miniseries, and we are rounding it off with a whopper. Alexander Payne's Election, starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon. A movie that has managed to land somewhat in the public zeitgeist after flopping in 1999. Satrying modern politics in the world of a mid-America high school election. We have our friend Paul Nadin on the show and we talk a lot about modern videogames, narrative and morality in games, and process of indie game development. We also talk trans narratives in 1999 movies and round it off with Phantom Menace talk.

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Episode 09 - Last Days of Disco

May 31, 2020 Oliver Jones

Nearing the end of our 90s adventure.

We delve into the nightlife of young graduates, Doomed-Bourgeois-in-Love in New York in the very early 80s in Whit Stillman's The Last Days of Disco, starring Chloë Sevigny & Kate Beckinsale, bit of a disagreement this week and Ollie and Liam have different takes on the films, other topics include 80s Gameshows, Bill & Ted, Ewoks and Lethal Weapon.

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Episode 08 - Perfect Blue

May 31, 2020 Oliver Jones

The 90s adventure rocks on.

This week we cover our animated film for the miniseries, Perfect Blue. The debut film for iconic Japanese director Satoshi Kon. A completely terrifying film that manages to tear apart the lines between reality, fiction, and dreams in a decent into self-doubt and murder as an obsessive fan torments ex-Pop Idol turned actress Mima as she struggles with her new career path. We also talk DC Comics movies and the The Beastie Boys Story.

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Episode 07 - SubUrbia

May 10, 2020 Oliver Jones

Our adventure through our 90s series of films we had never seen before continues.

This week we catch up with Austin, Texas native Richard Linklater with an early career film that barely exists in the world. SubUrbia, Starring Giovanni Ribisi, Parker Posey and Ajay Naidu, sounds like it should have everything you need for a classic GenX picture but we go into why this one just misses the mark. We hang out for 2 hours in a parking lot, listen to some sweet 90s indie rock, and talk the Frighteners and Cats for far too long.

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Episode 06 - Dead Presidents

May 10, 2020 Oliver Jones

The 90s miniseries continues! Exploring ten films from the nineties from our videotape backlog as we make our way to

It's the Hughes Brothers sophomore picture with the ambitious Dead Presidents, with Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker and Bokeem Woodbine. The film takes a look at how Black American veterans were treated after they returned from the Vietnam War with a backdrop to the civil rights uprisings in New York City? An ambitious project which still is a very debated by critics how successful it was. We also get into Ron Howard films, David Lean and we attempt out best George McFly laughs.

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Episode 5 - Chungking Express

April 26, 2020 Oliver Jones

This week it's over to Hong Kong for Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express, starring Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung and Faye Wong. We follow two stories of heartbreak in the daily lives of two cops in Hong Kong. DO you like pineapple? How does an apartment cry? Is Faye the original Manic Pixie Dream Girl? We also talk about Hong Kong, Quentin Tarantino, Flintstones and oddly Metal Gear Solid.

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Episode 04 - Remains of the Day

April 22, 2020 Oliver Jones

This week it's right into the life of English stately homes in the 1930s as Anthony Hopkins alongside Emma Thompson, has to navigate repressed love and Nazi bosses in the Remains of the Day. The film looks at repressed English society and displays the life of a Butler and how he sacrificed everything for his job, but realised too late what it cost him. We also discuss the Sonic the Hedgehog movie. Alex Winter's Freaked. And what to do when you find a spot of dirt?

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Episode 03 - 1992 Glengarry Glen Ross

April 12, 2020 Oliver Jones

We continue our 90s miniseries, exploring ten films from the nineties that we never got round to watching before.

This week podcasting is only for closers when we dive into the adaptation of the David Mamet Play, Glengarry Glen Ross, starring amongst other Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon and Alec Baldwin. The film depicts two days in the lives of four real estate salesmen and how desperate they become when the corporate office sends a trainer who tells them all expect two of them will be fired. How comfortable are 90s suits? Which Simpsons character was inspired by this film? What is Mamet Speak? Jack Lemmon as a contemporary dramatic actor? And it's time for the new game show Which Baldwin Am I?

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Episode 02 - 1991 Boyz n the Hood

April 6, 2020 Oliver Jones

We continue our 90s miniseries, exploring ten films from the nineties that we never got round to watching before.

This week we are in the hood for John Singleton's seminal director debut, Boyz n the Hood, starring an insane cast that features Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, and Angela Basset. The films charts the life of a boy who is trying to navigate life in South Central Los Angeles and the growing gang culture. As we discuss the allusions to Stand by Me, the career of Cuba Gooding Jr, Hollywood's treatment of black films, is it Larry or Laurence Fishburne? and what is with plastic on seats?

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Episode 01 - 1990 Wild At Heart

April 6, 2020 Oliver Jones

It's a start of our new miniseries, exploring ten films from the nineties that we never got round to watching before.

It's 1990 first and we are watching David Lynch's 'romantic' road movie, Wild at Heart, starring Nic Cage and Laura Dern as two lovers on the run from a psychotic mother and the hitmen she hired to kill them. What does the Wizard of Oz have to do with this? Can a cobra skin jacket be a symbol of freedom? Is Willem Dafoe even more terrifying with tiny teeth? All these and more on Adjust Your Tracking!

Episode 00 - Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

April 6, 2020 Oliver Jones

An inaugural bonus episode to introduce everyone to Adjust Your Tracking Podcast, Ollie and Liam check in on an old friend from the 90s and see what he's been up to lately, as they check out Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. Does anyone know the name of any character in this film? Is there any joy in watching this understanding the references? What are Henry Rollins' best films? All these and more on Adjust Your Tracking!