Antz (1998) & A Bug's Life (1998)
When Pixar released Toy Story in 1995, it forever changed the approach movie studios took toward animation. Whatever came next was going to have some big steps to follow and several studios decided to throw their hats into the ring, including DreamWorks.A Bug's Life was Pixar's follow-up, while Antz...
The Lion King (1994) & The Northman (2022)
Vengeance is a cultural and literary trope going back to the beginning of the arts. Many of the films, books and TV shows of today use Shakespeare as source material but even The Bard took inspiration from the lore of his time.One such source was the work of Saxo Grammaticus, whose Gesta Danorum ind...
Jaws (1975) & Rocky (1976)
Some movies can be watched over and over again. We all have them - the reliable, rainy day favorite that you catch when flipping channels and can't help but stop to watch. The movies on today's GMR are probably on many peoples' "must watch" lists, as they are for us.Surprisingly, Kyle had never actu...
Castle In The Sky (1986) & Spirited Away (2001)
We would expect that most people when they think of animated movies, are thinking of Snow White or The Little Mermaid. However, starting in the 1980s, a whole new generation of filmmakers out of Japan started Studio Ghibli. The product coming from Studio Ghibli started a revolution of sorts in the a...
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2003) & Moonstruck (1987)
As Lori & Jim approach their 20th anniversary, the meaning of love has a special pertinence in their lives. For Valentine's Day, the GMR crew thought it would be appropriate to tackle the Romantic Comedy genre with two classics bound to set hearts aflutter.My Big Fat Greek Wedding is an obvious ...
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) & A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
When thinking about comedies, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and A Fish Called Wanda are definitely near the top of any movie fan's list. But, if you were to describe the plots to someone who never saw either of these films, it would seem hard to believe they were intended to be funny!Both films explore th...
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) & Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982)
To start the second season of the Generations Movie Review podcast, Kyle, Jim & Lori welcome Uncle Mike as a guest host and go deep into the first two films of the epic cult TV series-turned-epic movie series. The Motion Picture and The Wrath Of Khan relate the tenets of existence and friendship...
It's A Wonderful Life (1946) & The Family Man (2000)
In our memories, The Family Man seems like an upside down remake of It's A Wonderful Life and, if you choose to see it that way, it works! But, as Kyle & Jim further explore, not everything is as it appears in The Family Man.Is It's A Wonderful Life the greatest movie of all-time? If it's not, t...
Christmas Bonus Episode - Our Family History With The Movies
Just in time for the holidays, The GMR Crew Kyle, Jim & Lori figured that it would provide great context to listeners to understand how we've come to the movies since we were each kids, since we started to understand what we like and don't like in movies, and since we became a family nearly 20 y...