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Podcast: Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review
Episode: The Grifters (1990)
Description: "Tequila Sunrise" commissioner Rachel C. returns with another '90s movie full of sexy people doing confusing things. This week, it's "The Grifters," a 1990 neo-noir thriller that proves even John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, and Annette Bening have their off days. This movie about con people and the con people who love them led to such classy topics as discount grandmas, boob fingerprints, nostalgia trolls, and the kinds of sexual favors landlords can reasonably expect from tenants attempting to seduce them. "The Grifters," nominated for multiple Academy Awards, also brought us the most unlikely death in...