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Total 90s Recall

Total 90s Recall

By: Chloe Sackur & Molly Merwin
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Rewind back to the 90s with Molly and Chloe as we watch all the best, worst and coolest movies of the decade.


Some films were blockbusters, others cult classics. And some didn’t even break even. We’re watching these films and asking ourselves if they really were as good, or bad, as we remember. Plus we invite our expert industry friends to give us some insights on how well these films hold up. What's aged badly? Which film is a forever classic?


Updates every second and fourth Thursday of the month.


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  • GoldenEye: Brosnan, Bond Girls & Bombshells
    May 14 2026

    Bond is bungee jumping onto our screens as we rewatch 1995’s GOLDENEYE, the first of the series with Pearce Brosnan as the gadget-loving superspy and all-round ladies’ man. Arm your T-55 tank and reload your Walther PPK, we’re on a new mission.


    Molly and Chloe are shaken and stirred by the fabulous casting of Brosnan, Sean Bean, Judi Dench, Alan Cumming and Izabella Scorupco, though we have a particular love for Famke Janssen’s outrageously camp performance as baddy Bond girl, Xenia Onatopp. You could say she’s Xenia Overthetop. We talk post-Cold War politics, innuendo, action scenes, 90s CGI, Tina Turner, and whether Dench’s M is right that Bond is a ‘sexist, misogynist dinosaur’.


    Plus we target our most 90s moments (hacking! Minnie Driver!), assign some awards to best outfit and most catastrophic scene plus line up some top class recommendations for future spy thriller viewing.


    The quote at the start is from James Berardinelli’s 1995 review for Reelviews


    Classic FM’s rating of all the Bond themes


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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Apollo 13: Exploding Tanks, Courageous Yanks & Tom Hanks
    Apr 23 2026

    Houston, we have a problem. For our 13th episode, we’re launching into a discussion of Ron Howard’s true-life space adventure, APOLLO 13. Fasten your helmet and head to the launchpad, we have lift-off.


    Molly and Chloe crunch the numbers on this adventure blockbuster based on astronaut Jim Lovell’s memoir about the ill-fated 1970 NASA mission to the moon. We talk superstition, space shuttles, seventies fashion and scientific calculus, and what makes Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Kevin Bacon and Ed Harris’s performances so believable. Plus we weigh up the film’s authenticity: while its commitment to replica sets and antigravity filming in the ‘vomit comet’ had even Buzz Aldrin fooled, there’s still something missing from Mission Control…


    Finally, we calculate the funniest line and best 70s spectacles for our awards section, play a quick round of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon and make some out-of-this-world recommendations for what to watch next.


    Correction! The seamstress we mentioned who made the Apollo spacesuits was called Hazel Fellows. Learn about her here.


    Janet Maslin’s original 1995 review for the New York Times


    An article featuring behind-the-scenes footage of the anti-gravity shoots


    An interview with Ron Howard to mark the film’s 25th anniversary


    Follow us on Instagram: @total90srecall


    Check out the other films we recommended on Letterboxd


    Got an episode suggestion? Email us: total90srecall@gmail.com


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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • L.A. Confidential: Crooked Cops, Twisty Plots & Noir Shocks
    Apr 9 2026

    We’re off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush as we discuss Curtis Hanson’s 1997 Oscar-winning adaptation of L.A. CONFIDENTIAL. Rev up your 1952 Mercury and smile for the paparazzi, cos we’re heading on down to take a closer look.


    Molly and Chloe wind through this complex detective thriller based on James Ellroy’s novel, mapping out the starry cast, including Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce. We give the movie’s themes of violence and public image a shakedown and consider how well it has aged since the late 90s (or not). Plus we reflect on what it means to watch a Hollywood film with problematic stars such as Kevin Spacey in a post-Me Too age.


    Finally, we deal out some medals and make some top-class recommendations of what to watch next.


    Little correction! The Veronica Lake film mentioned is This Gun For Hire (1942).


    The quote at the start is from this 1997 interview with Russell Crowe.


    Cinematographer Dante Spinotti’s inspiration, Robert Frank’s The Americans.


    Claire Dederer’s essay ‘What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men?’ for the Paris Review.


    Follow us on Instagram: @total90srecall


    Check out the other films we recommended on Letterboxd


    Got an episode suggestion? Email us: total90srecall@gmail.com


    Find all our links here!

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    1 hr
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