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We move forward with our May miniseries this week by looking back at the 1993 holiday season with EW\u2019s Holiday Movie Preview and The Pelican Brief<\/i>. And this week, we have returning guest and Who? Weekly cohost\u00a0Bobby Finger joining us to unpack all of the John Grisham vibes. Based on Grisham\u2019s novel and released in the same year as The Firm, The Pelican Brief stars Julia Roberts as a law student Darby Shaw caught in a political conspiracy who solicits help from Denzel Washington\u2019s journalist Gray Grantham while on the run. Despite the presence of two Oscar caliber megastars and the great Alan J. Pakula in the director\u2019s chair, The Pelican Brief<\/i> was ultimately considered a popcorn movie by awards bodies, but remains as entertaining as ever.<\/p>\n
This episode, we discuss Julia Roberts\u2019 career in the early 1990s amid the tumultuous tabloid fodder about her love life and her short break between films. We also look back at Macaulay Culkin\u2019s Nutcracker<\/i> movie, EW\u2019s underplaying of major Oscar contenders in the issue, and formative terrifying gay moments in early 1990s mainstream cinema.<\/p>\n
Topics also include the MTV Movie Awards Most Desirable Male, holiday shopping guides, and the River Phoenix being recast in Interview with a Vampire<\/i> after his untimely death.<\/p>\n
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