We're on a hunt to see if National Treasure deserves its abysmal reviews... and to steal the Declaration of Independence

Director

Jon Turteltaub

Producer

Oren Aviv, Jerry Bruckheimer

Screenwriter

Ted Elliott, E. Max Frye, Jim Kouf, Marianne Wibberley, Cormac Wibberley

Distributor

Buena Vista Pictures

Production Co

Declaration Productions Inc., Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Junction

Rating

PG (Some Scary Images|Action/Violence)

Genre

Adventure, Action

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

Nov 19, 2004

Budget

$100,000,000 (estimated)

Gross US & Canada

$173,008,894

Opening weekend US & Canada

$35,142,554Nov 21, 2004

Gross worldwide

$347,512,530

Nicolas Cage

Harvey Keitel

Jon Voight

Diane Kruger

Sean Bean

Justin Bartha

Christopher Plummer

The guys finally watch an actual movie of old in the 1957 classic Twelve Angry Men

Director
Sidney Lumet
Producer
Henry Fonda, Reginald Rose
Screenwriter
Reginald Rose
Distributor
Criterion Collection, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co
Orion-Nova Pictures
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 20, 1957
Budget($335,000) uncertain box office
Starring (and their age)
Martin Balsam(Juror 1, 38), John Fieldler(Juror 2, 32), Lee J. Cobb(Juror 3, 46), E.G. Marshall(Juror 4, 43), Jack Klugman(Juror 5, 35), Edward Binns(Juror 6, 41), Jack Warden(Juror 7, 37), Henry Fonda(Juror 8, 52), Joseph Sweeney(Juror 9, 73), Ed Begley(Juror 10, 56), George Voskovec(Juror 11, 52), Robert Webber(Juror 12, 32)

This week, Mike and Tristan watch the seminal 1995 Michael Mann film Heat.

Director
Michael Mann
Producer
Art Linson, Michael Mann
Screenwriter
Michael Mann
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
New Regency Productions, Warner Brothers, Regency Enterprises, Forward Pass
Rating
R
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 15, 1995
Budget
$60,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$67,436,818
Opening weekend US & Canada
$8,445,656Dec 17, 1995
Gross worldwide
$187,436,818

Take a journey back to the distance past of 2004 where Hugh Jackman, in his budding stardom stars in the Horror(?) spectacle Van Helsing

Director

Stephen Sommers

Producer

Stephen Sommers, Bob Ducsay

Screenwriter

Stephen Sommers

Distributor

Universal Pictures

Production Co

Universal Pictures, The Sommers Company, Carpathian Pictures

Rating

PG-13 (Nonstop Creature Action Viol.|Frightening Images|Sensuality)

Genre

Fantasy, Adventure, Action

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

May 3, 2004

Budget

$160,000,000 (estimated)

Gross US & Canada

$120,177,084

Opening weekend US & Canada

$51,748,040May 9, 2004

Gross worldwide

$300,157,638

Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Will Kemp, Kevin J. O'Connor, Shuler Hensley

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's three guys getting their butts kicked throughout Champion City! Mike and Tristin talk about the 1999 superhero parody Mystery Men

Director
Kinka Usher
Producer
Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Mike Richardson
Screenwriter
Bob Burden, Neil Cuthbert
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Lawrence Gordon Productions, Dark Horse Entertainment
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Fantasy, Comedy, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 6, 1999
Budget
$68,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$29,762,011
Opening weekend US & Canada
$10,017,865Aug 8, 1999
Gross worldwide
$33,461,746
Starring
Ben Stiller,Hank Azaria, Claire Forlani, Janeane Garofalo, Suzy Eddie Izzard, Greg Kinnear, William H. Macy, Kel Mitchell, Lena Olin, Paul Reubens, Geoffrey Rush, Wes Studi, Tom Waits

You've got the shinning - no - Shining and Tristan and Mike are going to try to help you see... Look, I got distracted - we talk about Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film, The Shining

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Producer

Robert Fryer, Stanley Kubrick

Screenwriter

Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson

Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Co

Producers Circle, Warner Brothers, Peregrine, Hawk Films

Rating

R

Genre

Horror, Mystery & Thriller

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

May 23, 1980

Staring

Jack Nicholson

Shelley Duvall

Scatman Crothers

Danny Lloyd

Budget

$19,000,000 (estimated)

Gross US & Canada

$45,634,352

Opening weekend US & Canada

$622,337May 26, 1980

Gross worldwide

$47,962,534

Get your totum and check to see if you're dreaming because this week we talk about Christopher Nolan's 2010 mind bender Inception

Director

Christopher Nolan

Producer

Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas

Screenwriter

Christopher Nolan

Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Co

Syncopy, Warner Bros.

Rating

PG-13 (Sequences of Violence|Sequences of Action)

Genre

Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

Jul 16, 2010

Leonardo DiCaprio

Ken Watanabe

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Marion Cotillard

Elliot Page

Tom Hardy

Cillian Murphy

Tom Berenger

Michael Caine

Our first stand alone sequel! The guys have Halloween in January and watch Ghostbusters II

Director

Ivan Reitman

Producer

Ivan Reitman

Screenwriter

Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis

Distributor

Columbia Pictures

Production Co

Columbia Pictures

Rating

PG

Genre

Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

Jun 16, 1989

Budget

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Gross US & Canada

$112,494,738

Opening weekend US & Canada

$29,472,894Jun 18, 1989

Gross worldwide

$215,394,738