Episode 193 - CLIFFHANGER

Buckle up, rock jocks, because we like it extreme! This time, we're scaling the intense heights of '90s action thrillers with Cliffhanger. Once we get a grip on the ups and downs of this high altitude heist, it's not a long leap to conversations on the legacy of Sylvester Stallone and the burly brand of action cinema he helped popularize. 

The ApeCast's very own Geoff Clarke comes to our rescue in his WWWW debut, so hang on and hang out as he helps our podcast realize its peak potential.

Cliffhanger (1993)
Directed by Renny Harlin
Written by Michael France and Sylvester Stallone
Starring Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, Janine Turner, Rex Linn, Caroline Goodall, Leon, Craig Fairbrass, Ralph Waite, and Paul Winfield

Episode 181 - TWISTER

How many roads must an estranged couple walk down before you can call them groundbreaking tornado researchers? The answer, my friends, is blowin' in the high-concept thrills of Twister, a kinetic upscaling of classic Hollywood disaster flicks that's constantly driving forward like an unstoppable force of nature.

We go storm chasing with our good friend, the inimitable Jake Beal, who shares his Midwestern roots and teaches us all the right strategies for appreciating the well-crafted bombast of a prototypical '90s blockbuster. It's the wonder of nature, baby!

Twister (1996)
Directed by Jan de Bont
Written by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin
Starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Ruck, Jeremy Davies, Sean Whalen, Joey Slotnick, Todd Field, Scott Thomson, Wendle Josepher, Zach Grenier, and Lois Smith