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Miracle Mile gives RedLetterMedia a date with the apocalypse

Mike Stoklasa discovers Jay Bauman's recommendation, with a Los Angeles museum visit putting them across the street from its diner.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Miracle Mile (1988) - re:View

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3:39Jay bought Miracle Mile blind on Blu-ray; Mike only discovered it through Jay's recommendation.
11:01A misdirected call to a diner payphone warns Harry of an imminent nuclear missile strike.
12:28Denise Crosby's character organizes an escape plan as the diner ensemble processes the warning.
18:40Jay recommends watching the film before continuing into the more revealing discussion.
27:06Jay explains how Steve De Jarnatt resisted studio pressure to change the film's bleak ending.
31:02The hosts connect the grandparents' reunion with the film's concern for how people spend their remaining time.

RedLetterMedia's Mike Stoklasa has a complaint for Jay Bauman: "I think I'm mad at you for making me watch it, because I loved it." The film responsible is Miracle Mile, the 1988 thriller that turns a missed date and a ringing payphone into a warning of nuclear catastrophe.

Their only new upload this week, "Miracle Mile (1988) - re:View," has reached roughly 645,000 views. Jay had bought the film blind on Blu-ray years earlier; Mike hadn't heard of it until Jay recommended it. Their visit to the Academy Museum in Los Angeles added a useful coincidence: Johnie's Coffee Shop, a central location in the film, sits directly across the street.

Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham star in the doomed-night romance, while Denise Crosby's diner patron brings practical escape planning to the panic. Mike and Jay spend time on the supporting cast, the film's handling of fear and director Steve De Jarnatt's determination to preserve its bleak conclusion. Several commenters describe pausing the discussion to watch the movie before returning. That's worth knowing before venturing into the spoiler-heavy second half.

The new re:View is also the channel's busiest individual video right now. "Steven Spielberg Trivia" and "Best of the Worst: Halloween 2026" are drawing almost identical daily audiences behind it, keeping both movie knowledge and questionable movie choices in circulation.

Subscribers were unchanged over the week, but viewing is running moderately above its usual daily level. RedLetterMedia drew about 2.9 million weekly views, the largest total among its nearby-sized movie and TV peers. Mr Sunday Movies is having a particularly lively spell too, with daily viewing more than double its usual level. Here, the week's fresh discovery was a movie Mike had somehow missed for decades.

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What viewers say

For the record, I did pause halfway through, watched the whole film (absolutely loved it), and came back to finish the re:view.
@smallbar2012See it on YouTube
God I love this film. I've had that same interaction where nobody I know has ever heard of it. A true hidden gem!
@georgesimperSee it on YouTube
One of the best unseen, and unsung, movies of the 80s. Me and my buddy saw it on HBO in the early 90s when we were kids and we still talk about it.
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The literal "Jump ahead" button appeared on screen when Mike started talking about Star Trek
@benaaronmusicSee it on YouTube
Jay's knowledge of bit part 1980s actors is unbelievable.
@StormofSteelWargamingSee it on YouTube
I really appreciate that these guys review movies that no one has ever heard of and that no one will ever hear of again.

Sounds like I'm joking, but I really do.
@IkebaldSee it on YouTube
This was one of those movies where as soon as I heard them praising it I had to pause the video and go watch it. I'm not disappointed.
@GoodroostersSee it on YouTube
It's so nice of Mike and Jay to go to LA and get approval for Rich Evans to finally get his star on the walk of fame.
@SirCheesefridgeSee it on YouTube