"Unfortunately, by breaking quarantine, you risk everybody's life."
Survival is hard enough when a deadly Alien is hunting you — but even worse when everyone has an opinion. Ripley must navigate groupthink, step up as a leader, and make the tough choices that keep everyone alive. We break down whose story it really is, what the characters want vs. what they truly need, and why Alien still terrifies and captivates — all with laughs, debate, and iconic movie fun.
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In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and attaches itself to one of the crew, causing him to fall into a coma.
Release date: June 22, 1979 (USA)
Director: Ridley Scott
Sequel: Aliens
Story by: Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon
Screenplay: Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon
Awards: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
"Are You Telling Me That You Built a Time Machine... Out of a DeLorean!?"
Marty McFly accidentally interferes with the past — including the awkward moment when his mom starts falling for him. We break down whose story it really is, what Marty wants vs. what he needs, and how he navigates moral and ethical chaos while trying to fix time. All with laughs, playful debate, and a love for iconic movies.
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Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents’ first meeting and attracting his mother’s romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents’ romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
Release date: July 3, 1985 (USA)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Running time: 1h 56m
Awards: Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
MPAA rating: PG
Distributed by: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
"You're not perfect, sport, and let me save you the suspense: this girl you've met, she's not perfect either. But the question is whether or not you're perfect for each other"
Will Hunting must navigate genius, trauma, and the fear of letting people in. We break down whose story it really is, what Will wants vs. what he truly needs, and how growth, vulnerability, and true friendship make this story resonate — all with laughs, curiosity, and playful debate.
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Will Hunting (Matt Damon) has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgard), who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. When Will is arrested for attacking a police officer, Professor Lambeau makes a deal to get leniency for him if he will get treatment from therapist Sean Maguire (Robin Williams).
Release date: December 5, 1997
Director: Gus Van Sant
Screenplay: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
Awards: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Running time: 2h 6m
Budget: 10 million USD
“Revenge is for suckers.”
Johnny Hooker navigates revenge, elaborate schemes, and the search for purpose in a world built on deception. We break down whose story it really is, what he wants vs. what he truly needs, and why trust, cleverness, and moral choices make The Sting an iconic and endlessly entertaining caper — all with laughs, playful debate, and a love for classic movies.
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Following the murder of a mutual friend, aspiring con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) teams up with old pro Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) to take revenge on the ruthless crime boss responsible, Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). Hooker and Gondorff set about implementing an elaborate scheme, one so crafty that Lonnegan won't even know he's been swindled. As their big con unfolds, however, things don't go according to plan, requiring some last-minute improvisation by the undaunted duo.
Release date: December 25, 1973 (USA)
Director: George Roy Hill
Screenplay: David S. Ward
Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture
"This is the way."
Does The Mandalorian and Grogu look like a Legend or Letdown? Come see our reaction to the trailer and drop your thoughts in the comments!
"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
Casablanca, Legend or Letdown? Come Join our discussion as we unravel this iconic film!
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Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), who owns a nightclub in Casablanca, discovers his old flame Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) is in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid). Laszlo is a famed rebel, and with Germans on his tail, Ilsa knows Rick can help them get out of the country.
Release date: January 23, 1943 (USA)
Director: Michael Curtiz
Story by: Joan Alison, Murray Burnett
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture
"Dreams feel real while we’re in them. It’s only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange."
Is there a cost to deception? Are women and their innate abilities crucial to our health? Is Cobb still sleeping? We break down the story, characters and morality and give our takes on whether this film is a Legend or a Letdown — all while having a good time!
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Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: “inception”, the implantation of another person’s idea into a target’s subconscious.
Release date: July 13, 2010 (USA)
Director: Christopher Nolan
Awards: Empire Award for Best Film
Budget: 160 million USD
Running time: 2h 28m
Distributed by: Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures, Sandrew Metronome, Warner Bros. Entertainment France
"My father taught me many things here — he taught me in this room. He taught me — keep your friends close but your enemies closer."
The Godfather II, Legend or Letdown? Come join as we unravel the characters, story, and morality of the sequel to The Godfather.
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The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
Release date: December 20, 1974 (USA)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture
Sequel: The Godfather Part III
Prequel: The Godfather
Running time: 3h 22m
“I am a Jedi, like my father before me.”
Return of the Jedi, Legend or Letdown? Come join the discussion!
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Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.
Release date: May 25, 1983 (USA)
Director: Richard Marquand
Story by: George Lucas
Running time: 2h 15m
Budget: 32.5 million USD
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios
“England is under threat of invasion, and though we be on the far side of the world, this ship is our home. This ship is England.”
Do men look up to strength more than kindness? What comes first as a leader, duty or friendship? Why don't we see more naval ship movies? We break down the story, characters and morality and give our takes on whether this film is a Legend or a Letdown — all with laughs, curiosity, and a love for movies!
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In 1805, aboard the H.M.S. Surprise, the brash Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) and his trusted friend, the ship's scholarly surgeon, Stephen Maturin (Paul Bettany), are ordered to hunt down and capture a powerful French vessel off the South American coast. Though Napoleon is winning the war and the men and their crew face an onslaught of obstacles, including their own internal battles, "Lucky Jack" is determined that nothing will stop the Surprise from completing its mission.
Release date: November 14, 2003 (USA)
Director: Peter Weir
Awards: Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Adapted from: Master and Commander
Running time: 2h 18m
Budget: 150 million USD
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." Do we have a choice in who we become? Is family the most important thing in life? Would you ever refuse an offer from Don Vito Corleone? We break down the story, characters and morality and give our takes on whether this film is a Legend or a Letdown — all with laughs, curiosity, and a love for movies!
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The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Release date: March 24, 1972 (USA)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Awards: Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, +
Story by: Mario Puzo
Adapted from: The Godfather
Running time: 2h 55m
"No! Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try."
The Empire Strikes Back (later retitled Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back), Legend or Letdown? Come join the discussion!
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The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader, more determined than ever to capture Luke, pursues Han & Leia across the galaxy!
Release date: May 21, 1980 (USA)
Director: Irvin Kershner
Budget: 18 million USD
Story by: George Lucas
Awards: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing and more
Sequel: Return of the Jedi
"I don’t even have any good skills... You know, like nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills..."
Napoleon Dynamite — Legend or Letdown? Come join the discussion as we give our takes & break down this iconic film!
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In small-town Preston, Idaho, awkward teen Napoleon Dynamite has trouble fitting in. After his grandmother is injured in an accident, his life is made even worse when his strangely nostalgic uncle, Rico, shows up to keep an eye on him. With no safe haven at home or at school, Napoleon befriends the new kid, Pedro, a morose Hispanic boy who speaks little English. Together the two launch a campaign to run for class president.
Release date: June 11, 2004 (USA)
Director: Jared Hess
Starring: Jon Heder; Jon Gries; Aaron Ruell; Efren Ramirez; Tina Majorino; Diedrich Bader
Screenplay: Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess
Budget: $400,000 USD
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, Paramount Pictures
"Our greatest accomplishments cannot be behind us, because our destiny lies above us.”
Interstellar, legend or letdown? Come join our discussion of the film!
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In Earth's future, a global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. Professor Brand (Michael Caine), a brilliant NASA physicist, is working on plans to save mankind by transporting Earth's population to a new home via a wormhole. But first, Brand must send former NASA pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and a team of researchers through the wormhole and across the galaxy to find out which of three planets could be mankind's new home.
Release date: October 26, 2014 (USA)
Director: Christopher Nolan
Running time: 2h 49m
Budget: 165 million USD (2013)
Music composed by: Hans Zimmer
“Snakes… why’d it have to be snakes?”
Raiders of the Lost Ark --- Legend or Letdown? Come Join the discussion!
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In 1936, archaeologist Indiana Jones is tasked by US Army Intelligence to help locate a legendary ancient power, the Ark of Covenant, before the Nazis get it first.
Release date: June 12, 1981 (USA)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Story by: George Lucas, Philip Kaufman
Prequel: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Budget: 20 million USD
Running time: 2 hours
“The Force will be with you, always.”
Is Luke Skywalker the protagonist of Star wars? Is The Force something you are born into? Is it solely a story of Good vs Evil? We break down the story, characters and morality and give our takes on whether this film is a Legend or a Letdown!
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The Imperial Forces -- under orders from cruel Darth Vader (David Prowse) -- hold Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) hostage, in their efforts to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford), captain of the Millennium Falcon, work together with the companionable droid duo R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) to rescue the beautiful princess, help the Rebel Alliance, and restore freedom and justice to the Galaxy.
Release date: May 25, 1977 (USA)
Director: George Lucas
Story by: George Lucas
Awards: Academy Award for Best Music (Original Score) more
Budget: 11 million USD
“Chancho, when you are a man, sometimes you wear stretchy pants in your room... It’s for fun.”
Is there a story in this silly movie? Do our actions affect others? Can corn be used as a weapon? We break down the story, characters and morality and give our takes on whether this film is a Legend or a Letdown!
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Ignacio (Jack Black), or Nacho to his friends, works as a cook in the Mexican monastery where he grew up. The monastery is home to a host of orphans whom Nacho cares for deeply, but there is not much money to feed them properly. Nacho decides to raise money for the children by moonlighting as a Lucha Libre wrestler with his partner Esqueleto (Héctor Jiménez), but since the church forbids Lucha, Nacho must disguise his identity.
Release date: June 16, 2006 (USA)
Director: Jared Hess
Screenplay: Jared Hess, Mike White, Jerusha Hess
MPAA rating: PG
Budget: 35 million USD, 25 million USD
Running time: 1h 32m
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“Your mission, should you choose to accept it…”
Is this movie overly complex? Are their plot holes? Does Ethan do the right thing? We break down the story, characters and morality and give our takes on whether this film is a Legend or a Letdown!
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When U.S. government operative Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his mentor, Jim Phelps (Jon Voight), go on a covert assignment, the mission takes a disastrous turn when fellow agents begin dying and Ethan becomes the prime murder suspect. Now a fugitive, Hunt must unravel who the true villain is before it's too late.
Release date: May 22, 1996 (USA)
Director: Brian De Palma
Sequel: Mission: Impossible 2
Running time: 1h 50m
Adapted from: Mission: Impossible
Budget: 80 million USD
“The crime you see now, it’s hard to even take its measure. It’s not that I’m afraid of it. I always knew you had to be willing to die to even do this job. But I don’t want to push my chips forward and go out and meet something I don’t understand.”
Who is the protagonist of this movie? Does merciless evil actually exist? Do our choices matter? We break down the story, characters and morality and give our takes on whether this film is a Legend or a Letdown!
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While out hunting, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) finds the grisly aftermath of a drug deal. Though he knows better, he cannot resist the cash left behind and takes it with him. The hunter becomes the hunted when a merciless killer named Chigurh (Javier Bardem) picks up his trail. Also looking for Moss is Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), an aging lawman who reflects on a changing world and a dark secret of his own, as he tries to find and protect Moss.
Release date: November 9, 2007 (USA)
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Screenplay: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Story by: Cormac McCarthy
Running time: 2h 2m
Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture