Spotlighting Nicolas Cage! Con Air, Snake Eyes, Gone in 60 Seconds—he was on fire in the '90s, bringing his potent essence to a variety of roles in a variety of genres. Action, thrillers, or stunt spectaculars, it's all more interesting once Cage Rage gets involved. Guests: Andrew & Jon.

Sequels are a tricky thing. Should it be like the last one but bigger, or take a left turn that'll send the story into new territory? Or is it more nuanced than that? Will the audience care more about specific plot or character choices than the overall tone? Let's do a few dark horse sequels—Alien 3 and Quantum of Solace—that don't get nearly enough love in their franchises. Guest: Jon.

We conclude our look at remakes via the Invasion of the Body Snatchers franchise with Body Snatchers (1993). After the sleepy town in the original 1956 film, and the memorable '70s Donald Sutherland iteration set in San Francisco, how could the '90s version possibly compete? Why, by setting it at a military base, of course! (Part 2 of 2) Guest: Andrew.

Remakes and reboots have become a tired way of extending the life of a film franchise. Before every year seemed to be nothing but rehashes of the same, uninspired concepts, let's examine older remakes that were closer to a fresher, reinvigorating proposition; Invasion of the Body Snatchers from 1956 and its first remake from 1978. (Part 1 of 2.) Guest: Andrew.

Spotlighting Ingrid Bergman, the Swedish-American star of the black and white era. What made her so great? What were actresses all about in the Golden Age of Hollywood? Notorious. The Bells of St. Mary's. Intermezzo—the 1939 American remake where Bergman reprised her role from the original—she was so valuable! Let's see how romances were different back then, and how charmingly strong women like Bergman could be. Guest: Jon.

The '90s were a hodge-podge of genres we don't see much of anymore, including stop motion kids' movies. Tim Burton and Henry Selick collaborated on two such films—The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach—we'll take a look at what made them special. Guests: Sarah & Stacey.

Star Trek has plenty of non-humans that put a mirror up for us to examine ourselves, and one of the most notable of them is Lieutenant Commander Data. Let's watch episodes from the third and fourth seasons of The Next Generation to see what makes him a top tier crewman, what actor Brent Spiner brought, and if Data could sustain “A” stories or if he was best used in a supporting role. Guest: Jon.

What subgenre of films can leverage a single set as well as legal dramas do courtrooms? Presumed Innocent (1990), 12 Angry Men (1957), My Cousin Vinny: The lawyers are warriors on the battlefield that is the law, the judge banging their gavel like an instrument of God. Sometimes the prosecution are the good guys, sometimes it's the defendant, but the stakes are always high. Guests: Andrew & Pat.