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Sneakers Cracks the Code of the Cinephile Hissy Fit

(L-R) Ben Kingsley and Robert Redford in Sneakers. Image courtesy of Universal Pictures.

Like a pair of good Xennials born between 1977 and 1985, the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast, sponsored and supported by the Ruminations Radio Network, can remember the days when wonders of the World Wide Web first found their way into the plots and settings of popular movies. For every movie that veered towards charming like You’ve Got Mail, there were twice as many that flaunted the fearful implications like The Net. The 1990s were are hell of a time to be alive. One of the earliest movies to flaunt the power and conspiracy possible by computerized automation and cryptography was 1992’s sly caper, Sneakers. It recently landed on 4K-UHD disc from Kino Lorber and became the subject of a new podcast episode for the Cinephile Hissy Fit.

The cover photo of the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast episode for Sinners

For their 199th episode, two altruistic film critics, two anagram-loving dads, and two hacker school teachers, Will Johnson and Don Shanahan, tuck themselves into the warm sheets of the 1990s with the steady mystery of Sneakers. Directed by Field of Dreams and The Sum of All Fears director Phil Alden Robinson and top-lined by the Oscar-winning duo of Robert Redford and Sidney Poitier, this little pre-Internet cyber caper has charm for days, topics that have held up over 30+ years, and a perfect ensemble cast. Those traits give our hosts plenty of puzzles to unscramble and topics to talk about. Come learn more and stay for the mutual love and respect that fun movies encapsulate. Enjoy our podcast!
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Written by Don Shanahan

DON SHANAHAN is a Chicago-based Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic writing here on Film Obsessive as the Editor-in-Chief and Content Supervisor for the film department. He also writes for his own website, Every Movie Has a Lesson. Don is one of the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast on the Ruminations Radio Network and sponsored by Film Obsessive. As a school teacher by day, Don writes his movie reviews with life lessons in mind, from the serious to the farcical. He is a proud director and one of the founders of the Chicago Indie Critics and a voting member of the nationally-recognized Critics Choice Association, Hollywood Creative Alliance, Online Film Critics Society, North American Film Critics Association, International Film Society Critics Association, Internet Film Critics Society, Online Film and TV Association, and the Celebrity Movie Awards.

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