Episode 242 - Mallrats 25th Anniversary Retrospective
On this episode of the What We've Watched Podcast, we look back at a teenage favourite of ours from 1995 to see how it holds up 25 years later. It's Mallrats, directed by Kevin Smith.

On this episode of the What We've Watched Podcast, we look back at a teenage favourite of ours from 1995 to see how it holds up 25 years later. It's Mallrats, directed by Kevin Smith.
On this episode it's very recent one indeed as we talk about the 2020 Netflix release Enola Holmes!
For our latest Top 5 episode we talk about our favourite cases of acting performances from people usually best known as musicians.
It's time for another 2-parter! And this one has some major implications for the future of Star Trek, even to this day, and features probably the biggest guest star yet (even if it was just to promote a certain soon-to-be released movie). First aired November 4, 1991
On this episode of the What We've Watched Podcast, we talk about the very modern adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Colour Out Of Space, released in 2019 and starring Nicolas Cage. It's Color Out Of Space!
On this episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Wesley Crusher returns for the first time since Wil Wheaton left the show-It's The Game! First aired October 28, 1991
On this episode of the What We've Watched Podcast, we talk about the cult classic 1980 film version of Flash Gordon.
On this episode of the What We've Watched Podcast, we talk about the 2019 biographical film about singer Elton John, Rocketman!!!
On this episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, we get a rather unusual "bottle episode" which serves mainly to provide some very significant character development that will affect the future of the show--it's Disaster! First aired October 21, 1991
On this episode of the What We've Watched Podcast, we talk about the 1983 film adaptation of the 1980 Broadway production of the 1879 Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera!! It's The Pirates of Penzance!
This time on Star Trek: The Next Generation we get MORE continuity with the return of the crystalline entity from season 1---It's Silicon Avatar!! First aired October 14, 1991
Time for a new Top 5! This time around we pay tribute to the late Joel Schumacher with our Top 5 lists of our favourite films that he directed.
This time on Star Trek: The Next Generation we get the return of the Cardassians, the introduction of the Bajorans along with a new recurring character for the Enterprise crew--it's Ensign Ro!!! First aired October 7, 1991.
This time on the What We've Watched Podcast, we talk about Doctor Sleep, the 2019 sequel to the classic The Shining, based on the Stephen King novels.
This time on Re:TNG we talk about one of the all-time best episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Darmok. First aired September 30, 1991
On this episode we look back at some of our favourite and most remembered performances of the late Sir Ian Holm.
This time on the What We've Watched Podcast we talk about the completely bizarre 1989 family drama/road movie/feature-length Nintendo commercial The Wizard!!!
Welcome to season 5 of Star Trek: The Next Generation! This time we get the conclusion to the cliffhanger we were left with last week as we wrap up the Klingon civil war storyline. First aired September 23, 1991
On this episode we talk about this violent little gem that flew under the radar in 2019--it's Ready Or Not
It's finally here--the cliffhanger season finale for season 4 and the culmination of the Klingon/Romulan/Federation intrigue story arc that has been brewing in the background. It's Redemption...part one! First aired June 17, 1991
On this top 5, we do something a little different for this podcast, not only talking about television rather than movies, but about music from television--it's Top 5 TV Theme Music!!
On this episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, we take a break from the build-up towards the season finale to make a side trip into Data's attempts to form a romantic relationship as part of his onging efforts to understand humanity. First aired June 3, 1991
Nearing the finale of Season 4, this time on Star Trek: The Next Generation, we get some further development of the ongoing political intrigue between the Klingons, Romulans and Federation that has been brewing in the background for the last couple seasons. It's The Mind's Eye! First aired May 27, 1991
On this episode we talk about a very strange "inspirational kid's sports drama" with Keanu Reeves from 2001--Hardball
On this episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation we get a romance for Doctor Crusher, and the earliest prototypical introduction of a future classic Star Trek alien race--The Trill. that's right it's The Host! First aired May 13, 1991.
We are back and continuing with Re:TNG with season 4 episode 22, Half A Life. On this episode, Lwaxana Troi (Counselor Troi's Mom) is back again for a little bit more of a dramatic story this time. First aired May 6, 1991.
Now that we're finished our trip back through each change of decade year from the last century, let's come back to the current year with our review of the brand new Netflix action film Extraction, starring Chris Hemsworth.
Captain Picard, you have some explaining to do.... It's The Drumhead!! First aired April 29, 1991
The grand finale of our trip back through each change of decade year of the last century we end appropriately with one of the most influential and acclaimed silent films from 1920, the German Expressionist classic, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari!!!
On this episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Vash from Captain's Holiday returns, but thanks to the meddling of none other than Q himself, Captain Picard and his senior crew end up playing Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men, fighting Sir Guy of Gisbourne for the hand of Maid Marian (as played by Vash). First aired April 22, 1991