Season 2
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 ...