With the Oscars behind us, Joey and Clarence introduce Megan to the classic erotic thriller Basic Instinct.
With Oscars 2026 put to bed, we’re turning our sights elsewhere this week. A few podcasts ago, Megan shockingly revealed that she’d never seen the 1992 erotic thriller Basic Instinct. Directed by Paul Verhoven from a screenplay by Joe Eszterhas, Basic Instinct stars Sharon Stone (her star-making performance) as a potentially murderous writer (“She’s evil! She’s brilliant!”). Michael Douglas plays the troubled cop (“Shooter”) trying to catch her or screw her. Or both! Controversy assailed the film upon its release, following it to this day. Yet, you cannot deny the influence Basic Instinct had on 1990s cinema. Several films tried (and failed) to capture its heat. Joey and Clarence have seen the film multiple times. Megan, however, sees it for the first time through modern eyes. Does the film hold up? Does it live up to its reputation? We slash Basic Instinct off Megan’s “never seen” list.
We close our podcast, as always, with the Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.
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Whiplash (4): AFI, CC, NYFCC, LAFCA
Nightcrawler (3): AFI, NBR, CC
Selma (3): AFI, GG, CC
Unbroken (3): AFI, NBR, CC
American Sniper (2): AFI, NBR
Foxcatcher (2): AFI, GG
Gone Girl (2): NBR, CC
Into the Woods (2): AFI, GG
The Theory of Everything (2): GG, CC
Interstellar: AFI
Inherent Vice: NBR
The LEGO movie: NBR
Fury: NBR
A Most Violent Year: NBR
Pride: GG
St. Vincent: GG
12 Years a Slave (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
Gravity (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, LAFCA
Her (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, LAFCA
Nebraska (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, LAFCA
American Hustle (4): AFI, CC, GG, NYFCC
Inside Llewyn Davis (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
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Captain Phillips (3): AFI, CC, GG
Dallas Buyers Club (3): CC, NYFCC, LAFCA
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Fruitvale Station (2): AFI, NBR
Lone Survivor: NBR
Prisoners: NBR
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: NBR
Philomena: GG
Rush: GG
Argo (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, LAFCA
Lincoln (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC
Silver Linings Playbook (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, LAFCA
Zero Dark Thirty (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC
Beasts of the Southern Wild (4): AFI, NBR, CC, LAFCA
Django Unchained (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Les Misérables (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Life of Pi (3): AFI, CC, GG
Moonrise Kingdom (3): AFI, CC, GG
The Master (2): CC, LAFCA
Amour: LAFCA
The Dark Knight Rises: AFI
Looper: NBR
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: NBR
Promised Land: NBR
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: GG
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen: GG
The Artist (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC
The Descendants (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, LAFCA
The Tree of Life (5): AFI, NBR, CC, NYFCC, LAFCA
The Help (4): AFI, CC, GG, NYFCC
Hugo (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Moneyball (4): AFI, CC, GG, NYFCC
War Horse (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Drive (3): NBR, CC, NYFCC
Midnight in Paris (3): AFI, CC, GG
Bridesmaids (2): AFI, GG
Harry Potter (2): AFI, NBR
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2): AFI, NBR
J. Edgar (2): AFI, NBR
The Ides of March (2): NBR, GG
Extremely Loud Incredibly Close: CC
50/50: GG
My Week with Marilyn: GG
The King's Speech (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
The Social Network (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
The Fighter (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC
Inception (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Black Swan (3): AFI, CC, GG
The Town (3): AFI, NBR, CC
Toy Story 3 (3): AFI, NBR, CC
True Grit (3): AFI, NBR, CC
Winter's Bone (3): AFI, NBR, CC
127 Hours (2) : AFI, CC
The Kids Are All Right (3): AFI, GG, NYFCC
Another Year: NBR
Hereafter: NBR
Shutter Island: NBR
Alice in Wonderland: GG
Burlesque: GG
Red: GG
The Tourist: GG
The Hurt Locker (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
Up in the Air (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
Inglourious Basterds (5): NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
Precious (5): AFI, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
A Serious Man (3): AFI, NBR, CC
Up (3): AFI, NBR, CC
(500) Days of Summer (2): NBR, GG
Avatar (2): CC, GG
An Education (2): NBR, CC
The Hangover (2): AFI, GG
Invictus (2): NBR, CC
Julie & Julia (2): GG, NYFCC
The Messenger (2): AFI, NBR
Nine (2): CC, GG
Coraline: AFI
A Single Man: AFI
Sugar: AFI
Star Trek: NBR
Where the Wild Things Are: NBR
It's Complicated: GG
Spotlight (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
Mad Max: Fury Road (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, LAFCA
Bridge of Spies (4): AFI, NBR, CC, NYFCC
Carol (4): AFI, CC, GG, NYFCC
The Martian (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Room (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
The Big Short (3): AFI, CC, GG
Brooklyn (2): CC, NYFCC
Inside Out (2): AFI, NBR
The Revenant (2): CC, GG
Sicario (2): NBR, CC
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2): AFI, CC
Straight Outta Compton (2): AFI, NBR
Creed: NBR
The Hateful Eight: NBR
Joy: GG
Spy: GG
Trainwreck: GG
La La Land (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
Moonlight (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
Manchester by the Sea (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC
Hacksaw Ridge (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Hell or High Water (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Arrival (4): AFI, NBR, CC
Sully (3): AFI, NBR, CC
Fences (2): AFI, CC
Lion (2): CC, GG
Silence (2): AFI, NBR
Zootopia: AFI
Hail, Caesar!: NBR
Hidden Figures: NBR
Patriots Day: NBR
Loving: CC
20th Century Women: GG
Deadpool: GG
Florence Foster Jenkins: GG
Sing Street: GG
Call Me by Your Name (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
Lady Bird (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC LAFCA
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Get Out (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, LAFCA
Dunkirk (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
The Post (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
The Shape of Water (4): AFI, CC, GG, LAFCA
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (3): AFI, CC, GG
The Big Sick (2): AFI, CC
The Disaster Artist (2): NBR, GG
Phantom Thread (2): NBR, NYFCC
Wonder Woman: AFI
Baby Driver: NBR
Darkest Hour: CC
Downsizing: NBR
Logan: NBR
The Greatest Showman: GG
I, Tonya: GG
If Beale Street Could Talk (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
Roma (5): AFI, NBR, CC, NYFCC, LAFCA
A Star Is Born (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Black Panther (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
First Reformed (4): AFI, NBR, NYFCC, LAFCA
Green Book (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
The Favourite (4): AFI, CC, GG, LAFCA
Mary Poppins Returns (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
BlacKkKlansman (3): AFI, CC, GG
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (3): NBR, NYFCC, LAFCA
A Quiet Place (2): AFI, NBR
Eighth Grade (2): AFI, NBR
Vice (2): CC, GG
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: NBR
First Man: CC
Bohemian Rhapsody: GG
Crazy Rich Asians: GG
Marriage Story (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
The Irishman (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC
1917 (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Jojo Rabbit (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Joker (3): AFI, CC, GG
Knives Out (3): AFI, NBR, GG
Little Women (3): AFI, CC, NYFCC
Parasite (3): AFI, CC, LAFCA
Uncut Gems (3): NBR, CC, NYFCC
Dolemite Is My Name (2): NBR, GG
Ford v Ferrari (2): NBR, CC
Richard Jewell (2): AFI, NBR
The Farewell: AFI
Waves: NBR
The Two Popes: GG
Rocketman: GG
Nomadland (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
Da 5 Bloods (4): AFI, NBR, CC, NYFCC
Minari (4): AFI, NBR, CC, NYFCC
Promising Young Woman (4): NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC
Mank (3): AFI, CC, GG
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (3): AFI, CC, NYFCC
Sound of Metal (3): AFI, NBR, CC
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (3): AFI, CC, GG
Hamilton (2): AFI, GG
Judas and the Black Messiah (2): AFI, NBR
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2): GG, NYFCC
First Cow (2): NBR, NYFCC
News of The World (2): NBR, CC
One Night in Miami (2): AFI, CC
Soul (2): AFI, NBR
The Father: GG
The Forty Year Old Version: NBR
The Midnight Sky: NBR
Music: GG
Palm Springs: GG
The Prom: GG
Licorice Pizza (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC
The Power of the Dog (5): AFI, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
West Side Story (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, LAFCA
Belfast (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Don't Look Up (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Dune (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
King Richard (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
CODA (3): AFI, CC, GG
Nightmare Alley (3): AFI, NBR, CC
Tick, Tick… Boom! (3): AFI, CC, GG
The Tragedy of Macbeth (3): AFI, NBR, NYFCC
Drive My Car (2): LAFCA, NYFCC
Red Rocket (2): NBR, LAFCA
The Last Duel: NBR
Cyrano: GG
Everything Everywhere All at Once (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
The Banshees of Inisherin (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC
Tár (5): AFI, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
Avatar: The Way of Water (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
The Fabelmans (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Top Gun: Maverick (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Elvis (3): AFI, CC, GG
Glass Onion (3): NBR, CC, GG
RRR (3): NBR, CC, NYFCC
Women Talking (3): AFI, NBR, CC
Babylon (2): CC, GG
Nope (2): AFI, NYFCC
Triangle of Sadness (2): GG, LAFCA
The Woman King (2): AFI, NBR
She Said: AFI
Aftersun: NBR
Till: NBR
The Holdovers (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
Oppenheimer (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
Killers of the Flower Moon (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC
Poor Things (5): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, LAFCA
Barbie (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Maestro (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Past Lives (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
American Fiction (3): AFI, CC, GG
May December (3): AFI, GG, NYFCC
Anatomy of A Fall (2): GG, LAFCA
The Zone of Interest (2): GG, LAFCA
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: AFI
The Boy and The Heron: NBR
Ferrari: NBR
The Iron Claw: NBR
The Color Purple: CC
Saltburn: CC
Air: GG
*Anora (6): AFI, NBR, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
*The Brutalist (5): AFI, CC, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
*A Real Pain (5): AFI, NBR, GG, NYFCC, LAFCA
*A Complete Unknown (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
*Conclave (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
*Nickel Boys (4): AFI, CC, GG, NYFCC
*Wicked (4): AFI, NBR, CC, GG
Dune: Part Two (3): AFI, CC, GG
Emilia Pérez (3): AFI, CC, GG
Sing Sing (3): AFI, NBR, CC
The Substance (2): CC, GG
Babygirl: NBR
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga: NBR
Gladiator II: NBR
Juror #2: NBR
Queer: NBR
September 5: GG
Challengers: GG
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