The summer of 1996 gave moviegoers Independence Day, Mission: Impossible, and The Rock—but we’ve already been there! On this special retrospective edition of Post Credits Lounge, André Joseph and Marcos Cosme turn their attention to the other movies that defined the Summer of ’96, from major hits and star vehicles to notorious disappointments and films that found their audiences years later.
The guys revisit the storm-chasing spectacle of Twister, the fantasy adventure Dragonheart, Eddie Murphy’s comeback with The Nutty Professor, and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s high-tech action vehicle Eraser. They also look back at the controversy surrounding Demi Moore’s Striptease, Jim Carrey taking his comedy into much darker territory with The Cable Guy, and plenty of other releases that made the season one of the most eclectic movie summers of the decade.
Which movies still hold up 30 years later? Which ones deserved a better reception? And what does the Summer of 1996 reveal about an era when Hollywood could fill theaters with action movies, comedies, thrillers, family films, and original concepts alongside its biggest franchises?
André and Marcos head back to a summer when tornadoes, dragons, nutty professors, cable installers, secret agents, and action heroes were all competing for your movie ticket.

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