Welcome to the Hidden Gems Podcast. Talking about your favorite movies!
Teenage brothers Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim) move with their mother (Dianne Wiest) to Santa Cara, California. While Sam meets a pair of kindred spirits in geeky comic-book nerds Edward (Corey Feldman) and Alan (Jamison Newlander), the angst-ridden Michael soon falls for Star (Jami Gertz) -- who turns out to be in thrall to David (Kiefer Sutherland), leader of a local gang of vampires. Sam and his new friends must save Michael and Star from the undead. Facebook.com/hiddengemspodcast Instragram.com/hiddengemspodcast Twitter.com/hiddengemspodcast Please Rate and Review us on iTunes!
A Bronx Tale is a '93 Crime drama set in the the Bronx in the 60s. The movie follows an Italian-American teenager guided by two father figures. His own father (Robert De Niro) and the local mafia boss played by Chazz Palminteri.
Dangal a 2016 Indian film, loosely based on the story of Mahavir Phogat, an amateur wrestler, who trains his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to be world-class wrestlers.
The true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a struggling salesman from Illinois, met Mac (John Carroll Lynch) and Dick McDonald (Nick Offerman), who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers' speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. Kroc soon maneuvers himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a multi-billion dollar empire.
Kurt Russell plays hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton, who gets caught in a bizarre conflict within, and underneath, San Francisco's Chinatown. An ancient Chinese prince and Chinatown crime lord has kidnapped a beautiful green-eyed woman, who is the fiancee to Jack's best friend. Jack must help his friend rescue the girl before the evil Lo Pan uses her to break the ancient curse that keeps him a fleshless and immortal spirit.
The film follows John Preston (Christian Bale), an enforcement officer in a future in which both feelings and artistic expression are outlawed and citizens take daily injections of drugs to suppress their emotions. After accidentally missing a dose, Preston begins to experience emotions, which makes him question his own morality and moderate his actions while attempting to remain undetected by the suspicious society in which he lives. Ultimately, he aids a resistance movement using advanced martial arts, which he was taught by the very regime he is helping to overthrow.
While in the process of an ugly divorce from his wife (Maria Bello), writer Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp) relocates to his remote cabin in upstate New York for solitude. Attempting to recover his mental health, Rainey has the misfortune of being found by John Shooter (John Turturro), a farmer who claims Rainey plagiarized his work. At first, Rainey ignores the accusations, but Shooter has no intention of quietly disappearing. Soon, Shooter becomes increasingly vicious in his quest for retribution.
Kevin Bacon stars in Stir of Echoes. After being hypnotized by his sister in law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around him.
The Others. "Sooner or later they will find you." A woman (Nicole Kidman) who lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her family home is haunted.
Strength or Frailty where do you stand in your faith? Frailty is a 2001 American psychological thriller film, directed by and starring Bill Paxton, and co-starring Matthew McConaughey. The plot focuses on the strange relationship between two young boys and their fanatically religious father, who believes that he has been commanded by God to kill demons disguised as people.
Can you escape the mysterious Cube? Tune in as we talk about the movie Cube that premiered in 1997. The film follows a group of people led by Quintin, a policeman, as they cross industrialized cube-shaped rooms, with rooms rigged with various traps designed to kill.
Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Steven E. de Souzaand Jeb Stuart. It follows off-duty New York City Police Department officer John McClane (Bruce Willis) as he takes on a group of highly organized criminals led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), who perform a heist in a Los Angeles skyscraper under the guise of a terrorist attack using hostages, including McClane's wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia), to keep the police at bay.
Celebrating our one year anniversary with the Hidden Gems Podcast! Listen in as we talk about the action adventure movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark! Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) races against a group of Nazis who are searching for the Ark of the Covenant, which Adolf Hitler believes will make his army invincible. The film co-stars Karen Allen as Indiana's former lover, Marion Ravenwood; Paul Freeman as Indiana's nemesis, French archaeologist René Belloq; John Rhys-Davies as Indiana's sidekick, Sallah; Ronald Lacey as Gestapoagent Arnold Toht; and Denholm Elliott as Indiana's colleague, Marcus Brody.
Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) is a successful banker who keeps mostly to himself. When his estranged brother Conrad (Sean Penn) returns on his birthday with an odd gift, an invitation to a game. The game grows increasingly personal, and Orton begins to fear for his life as he eludes agents from the mysterious game's organizers. With no one left to trust and his money gone, Orton must find answers for himself.
Twenty One quiz show scandals of the 1950s, the rise and fall of popular contestant Charles Van Doren after the rigged loss of Herb Stempel, and Congressional investigator Richard Goodwin's subsequent probe.
Do you believe in Hoodoo witchcraft? You better not or else Mama Cecile and Papa Justify gonna get ya! Follow Caroline, (Kate Hudson) as she enters the bayous of southern Louisiana. Where she meets the mysterious couple, Violet and Benjamin Devereaux. Enter the world of the hoodoo and ritual spells in this supernatural drama called The Skeleton Key.
No Escape starring Owen Wilson, Lake Bell, and Pierce Brosnan, tells the story of an American businessman (Jack) trapped with his family in Southeast Asia to begin a new life. As his company plans to improve the region's water quality, the family quickly learns that they're right in the middle of a political uprising. Jack must find a way to save himself and his loved ones from the violence erupting all around them.
A man begins to suspect his neighbors are not what they appear to be and their secrets could be deadly. Starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack. Catch the movie then tune into the podcast!
Our next movie recommend is Run All Night. Starring Liam Neeson, Ed Harris, Joel Kinnaman and Vincent D'Onofrio . Check out the movie then listen in to hear what the guys have to say.
Are you afraid of the Boogie Man? John Wick isn't. Tune in to hear about John Wick (Keanu Reeves) the legendary assassin, take on an entire mob. In this action packed movie of vengeance.
How far would you go for the one that you love? Listen to what Ed and Ryan have to say about this action drama!
Ed and Ryan discuss the 1992 movie called Sneakers. Does this movie still hold today? Tune in and hear what they have to say.
Ed and Ryan dissect the mystery thriller movie called Identity. A fantastic recommend that you'll surely enjoy. Starring John Cusak, Ray Liotta and Amanda Peet.
Today Ed and Ryan talk about the 2000 thriller called The Gift. Starting Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Hillary Swank and Giovanni Rabisi.
The boys talk about the Sci-Fi noir flick called Dark City. Listen to see what they have to say.
In this episode Ed and Ryan talk about the movie Frequency. A son's only hope to stop a murder is the father who's been dead for 30 years.
Ed and Ryan talk about this Hidden Gem of a movie.