Bästa Mike Movies podcaster (2024)

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THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS 56:12

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Hannibal Lecter has been in the news recently for reasons both dumb and stupid. But Anthony Hopkins' performance is anything but - the only thing scarier than this film is the prospect of another four years of [REDACTED]. Speaking of presidential trauma, Jodie Foster is equally incredible in this flick. Dads love Jodie Foster, because her movies ar…

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Episode 303 – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) 1:05:31

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Ok, Indy, ok. Enough. It’s too much, you understand? The candy, the flowers, the cards, the singing gorilla-grams . . . it’s gotta stop. Sure, we’re doing a series called “Give Me One More Chance”, and yes, your last movie didn’t exactly smooth over what you did in the movie before it . . . I’m NOT being unreasonable and I NEVER promised I wouldn’t…

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Episode 302 – Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) 1:01:42

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Helloooo, Adventurers! Welcome back to our series “Give Me One More Chance”! Your quest today . . . is to listen to OUR quest today, which is to revisit the most recent attempt to bring the tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons (a game that Mike and I MIGHT have some teeny, tiny, very slight connection to and experience with) to the silver…

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MEN IN BLACK 53:17

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America has had a lot of Dads. The good (Michael Landon, Barack Obama), the bad (Bill Cosby, Alec Baldwin), and the confusingly discordant (RIP Bob Saget/Danny Tanner). But we submit here that America's greatest Dad is almost never pictured with an actual son or daughter, yet nonetheless appears in many films as a distant-yet-deeply-caring-dispense…

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THREE MEN AND A BABY 55:55

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Inside each of us is three Dads... (I've made this joke already, but c'mon) You've got a Guttenberg - sensitive and clueless. You've got a Danson - dashing and egomaniacal. You've got a Selleck - rugged and protective. These Dads are engaged in a relentless battle for dominance within you. When you suddenly have a baby (and I sincerely hope none of…

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Episode 301 – Minority Report (2002) 1:05:20

16d ago1:05:20

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Welcome to another new, minty-fresh, sanitized-for-your-convenience series here at “Max, Mike; Movies”! After 300 episodes, we’re in a forgiving mood. Our hearts are filled with love and whipped hydrogenated oil. We’ve all been hurt in the past, some of us as recently as this morning (sorry Mike! You just looked so flammable!), by friends, by lov-a…

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PREDATOR 52:06

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GET TO THE CHOPPAH! (Dads love a good Arnold impression) The Dads turn on their thermal vision to dissect the film that launched the handshake that launched a thousand memes. Schwarzenegger. Weathers. Ventura. Van Damme (in absentia). And a bunch of vaguely problematic Dad stereotypes that somehow age like fine wine. It's John McTiernan's horror-ac…

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Episode 300 – Dune: Parts One and Two (2021, 2024) 2:02:45

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Three hundred episodes! Who would have believed it? It seems like only yesterday that people were asking us “why are you bothering?” over and over and over. Then came the genuine incredulity, the open hostility, the petitions begging us to stop, the changes in city zoning laws to try to outlaw us, the angry mobs, the torches, the screaming and wail…

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HIDDEN FIGURES 53:09

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Listen, the Dads make no secret of our political leanings: would we would prefer this country and its institutions be run by women of color? LIKELY. Is this a topical issue at the moment? PERHAPS. Are we feeling (cautiously) hopeful right now? MAYBE. Did we want to honor this unprecedented time in American history by talking about a film wherein Bl…

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Episode 299 – The Fantastic Four (1994 . . . sort of) 1:02:41

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Welcome to the final Roger Corman episode (no, really, we mean it this time) in our mini-series “Be Adjacent to the Cor-Man.” Super-hero movies: can you believe there was a time when they weren’t being released on a daily basis? This dim and distant era was called “The 1990’s” and we didn’t have any of this fancy CGI crap or compelling stories or t…

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48 HOURS 1:00:33

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Inside every one of us are two Dads, fighting for supremacy. One looks like Jack Cates. One looks like Reggie Hammond. Do I have to tell you which one to listen to? The Dads carefully dissect the not-at-all problematic and hugely influential "buddy" cop comedy from 1982 (featuring the breakout performance from Eddie Murphy), Walter Hill's 48 HOURS.…

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Episode 298 – Grand Theft Auto (1977) 1:00:55

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We thought we were free of the Cor-Man, but we’ve decided to do him true honor, we must honor the films that he may not have directed but that are still covered in his sweaty hand-prints, and this week is no different . . . from this week. We’re taking on 1977’s “Grand Theft Auto,” the directorial debut of one Opie Cunningham . . . I mean, Ron Howa…

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MIDNIGHT RUN 55:13

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Sometimes - maybe most of the time? - we don't fully appreciate our Dads until we've had a chance to reflect on them. Their tiny brilliances, their hidden diamond facets behind their seemingly-workaday veneer...these can sometimes go unremarked upon until one day you look up and realize OH SHIT MY DAD IS THE BEST COMEDY OF THE 80S. Am I conflating …

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Episode 297 – Frankenstein Unbound (1990) 1:02:49

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We’ve done it! We’ve come to the end of our series “Be Like the Cor-Man”! They all laughed at us, laughed at us, I tell you! They said we were mad! Mad!! Well, now who’s mad?! Ahahahahahaha! We’ve made it through Roger Corman’s final directorial opus “Frankenstein Unbound”! They told us only lunatics would even attempt such an abomination! Fools! C…

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GOLDFINGER 1:01:21

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True story: My Dad purchased a bunch of tvs from an electronics store. He was informed that he would receive a discount if he signed up for their in-house credit card. So he (of course) proceeded to do so under a fake name because everyone knows that LAWS DO NOT APPLY TO DADS. When asked for his name for the card he said: "Bond. Fenimore Bond." I t…

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Episode 296 – The Trip (1967) 1:00:26

2M ago1:00:26

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Log entry, nighttime, July something or other. So, we’re coming to the end of our series “Be Like the Cor-Man” and in preparation for our discussion of “The Trip,” an exploration of the effects of an LSD experience, I’ve decided to really commit to the message of the film, so I’ve eaten half a sheet of blotter acid in preparation. I’m pretty sure t…

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Episode 295 – The Raven (1963) 1:03:17

2M ago1:03:17

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Once upon a weekend dreary, while I pondered, drunk and bleary, Over many a scratched and stainéd film, inducing quite a snore – On the toilet I sat crapping, while the weekend I was mapping In my head, my brain foot-tapping, hoping not to be a bore. Surely there is something more! Ah, distinctly I remember! It was May, no, wait, December! Or maybe…

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KRAMER VS. KRAMER 1:00:12

2M ago1:00:12

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How rare is it for a movie to serve as a primer on how to both BE and NOT BE a Dad? This film is the "Scared Straight" of Dad movies. Also Ted Kramer is a lousy person who is capable of great things. Or a great person who does a lot of lousy things. Is it any wonder that Dustin Hoffman won an Oscar? Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, and Justin Henry al…

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THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS 56:25

2M ago56:25

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Perhaps we don't touch on the dark side of Dads often enough. But ask anyone who's even been, had, or known a Dad and they'll tell you it's there. The obsessiveness, the pettiness, the gatekeeping... it's all there. Perhaps (as this podcast occasionally posits) the real merit of a Dad comes from our ability to recognize and (hopefully) evolve into …

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Episode 294 – A Bucket of Blood (1959) 1:00:32

2M ago1:00:32

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Hey, all you Daddy-os and cool chicks! Get hip to this new scene, man! We got some groovin’ behoovin’ all in the name of that heppest of hepcats Rog Corman and man, is this guy a real gone cat! We’re diggin’ the scene in our scenario-series “Be Like the Cor-man”, man, and brother, have we got a blast this week with “A Bucket of Blood”. Man, we’re n…

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MAJOR LEAGUE 1:00:14

2M ago1:00:14

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Forget the podcast, Ricky. Give 'em the heater. Lotsa Dad types in this one: Corbin Bernsen's asshole Dad, Chelcie Ross' Christian Dad (with a hidden stash of Hustlers), Tom Berenger's seemingly- cool-but-oh-wait-actually-kind-of-sad Dad, and James Gammon's tough love Dad. Plus you got a Sheen (Dads LOVE Sheens!) AND a Haysbert (the voice of Allsta…

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Episode 293 – Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) 59:58

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In 1977, a little indie film called “Star Wars” was released, ushering in a new era for science-fiction films. Its budget? Eleven million dollars. To which Roger “Be Like the Cor-Man” Corman replied “hold my beer” and a mere three years later presented the world with the sci-fi epic “Battle Beyond the Stars” for a much more reasonable two million d…

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SUPERMAN II (THE RICHARD DONNER CUT) 1:01:51

3M ago1:01:51

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Happy Upcoming Father's Day! In honor of the holiday, and in the (very Dad) spirit of making amends for mistakes made years prior, we present this VERY Dad-centric original vision of the 1980 sequel to SUPERMAN: THE MOTION PICTURE. For reasons (see: capitalism), the original theatrical release was credited to Richard Lester after Richard Donner (or…

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Episode 292 – X: the Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)

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There’s a new superhero in town, the man they call “X”! He has the power to see through things! Clothing! Human skin! Manila file folders! And how does he use this power to fight crime, you ask? Uh . . . well, I guess he could see criminals naked and mock them about any body image problems they might have until they surrendered out of sheer embarra…

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THE MALTESE FALCON 55:13

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Dads love two things: MacGuffins and culturally irrelevant impressions. This film gives our Dads the chance to enjoy the ur-MacGuffin while dusting off our best Bogey (or even our Peter Lorre!) for the eyerolled "amusement" of our progeny. Also, it's one of the greatest movies ever mad yada yada yada. This week: John Huston's 1941 hard-boiled noir-…

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Episode 291 – Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

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Tremble before the rise of the Cor-man! We’re in “Be Like the Cor-man” now, up to our necks! For all his chintzy budgets, churned-out scripts, and lilliputian shooting schedules, Roger Corman hardly ever lost money on any of his pictures. Some of those pictures . . . one finds oneself asking “how?” as is the case of the 1960 now-cult-classic “Littl…

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BLOODSPORT 1:01:14

3M ago1:01:14

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Every Dad knows: you gotta take out the trash. What every Dad comes to learn: done correctly, taking out the trash is a vacation. A brief respite from the demands of family interaction, a chance to ever-so-briefly immerse oneself in a larger world. Trash has value: spiritual and emotional value. BLOODSPORT is trash. It is eminently disposable and p…

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Episode 290 – The House of Usher (1960)

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Spit fire and save matches, we’ve got us a new series! And it’s a doozy, recognizing one of the greatest most talented highly influential directors of the last hundred years. Who you may ask? Ron Howard? Sure, “Apollo 13” is decent and “A Beautiful Mind” won some minor awards like an Oscar but did he bring us “Dinoshark”? No, he did not! Martin Sco…

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BOOGIE NIGHTS 1:02:15

3M ago1:02:15

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Discussion of this magnificent film inspired Dad Mike to say: "I'm going full Harrison Butker on The Girthmaster." I can't think of a stronger endorsement to listen to a deep Porn Dad discussion of Paul Thomas Anderson's 1997 masterpiece BOOGIE NIGHTS.

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Episode 289 – The Great Dictator (1940) 1:03:38

3M ago1:03:38

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Halloyouall! Hier is de ende auf “Hat Nicht Gewonen. Hat Nicht Gewonen. Hat Nicht Gewonen” und der Max und der Mike ist vatchen das moviefilmen von Herr Charles Chaplin “Der Zehr Biggen Leadermensch”. Das ist ein moviefilmen vot nicht winnen das Oskar fur “Müst Gooden Movenpicturspassemachen” und das ist zehr unhappimachen. Or ist das? Maybeezo ist…

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PLANET OF THE APES 47:19

4M ago47:19

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This may no longer be your Dad's favorite movie, but it's definitely your Dad's favorite Simpsons joke. Take a peek up Charlton Heston's loincloth with us as we explore the whos, wheres, whys, and WHA?s of Franklin Schaffner's 1968 monkeypocalypse PLANET OF THE APES.Av Mike Dorval, Tooky Kavanagh, David Rabinow

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OCEAN'S ELEVEN 54:18

4M ago54:18

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Perhaps the most Dad-spirational movie of all time, this movie features beautiful people doing cool stuff in a fantasy city. Every Dad sees himself in a cool suit talking the racket, or tugging on our bucket hats at the track, ready for one big score. But the truth is: most of us are Julia Roberts: blissfully unaware of the danger at the edges of o…

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Episode 288 – Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 1:07:12

4M ago1:07:12

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Um, ok, this is a bit embarrassing but while we were hoping to discuss “Singin’ in the Rain” as this week’s entry in our “Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win” series, we, well I’ll just say it, we couldn’t afford the licensing fees (it’s very complicated; it would take an economist to explain it) BUT don’t despair, because we’ve got something even b…

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BULL DURHAM 1:05:38

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Well, I believe in the small of a woman's back... The hanging curveball... high fiber... good scotch. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a Constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than C…

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Episode 287 – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 1:10:46

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Ok, this week’s entry in the “Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win” series is a bit troubling. I mean, it’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” right? Well, I don’t know about you but I remember 2001; I remember getting over the Y2K panic; I remember George W. Bush being president. You know what I DON’T remember? Finding a mysterious black monolith on the moon!…

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THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD 54:02

4M ago54:02

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Leslie Neilsen is your dad's favorite actor, and probably his second favorite actor as well. Leslie Neilsen carried a handheld fart sound machine wherever he went. Leslie Neilsen's gravestone reads "Let 'er rip". Leslie Neilsen is the Chuck Norris of Dad humor, except he actually did all the stuff that we celebrate him for. THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE …

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Episode 286 – Do The Right Thing (1989) 1:06:16

4M ago1:06:16

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Please check out this week’s episode of “Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win.” Please do. Please baby, please, baby baby baby please! From that ham-handed reference, you can guess that we’re taking on a Spike Lee movie, specifically “Do The Right Thing”, a movie that didn’t win Best Picture, wasn’t even nominated for Best Picture, but a LOT of peopl…

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Mistress America (2015) / The Pelican Brief (1993) 53:46

4M ago53:46

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It's time for another Mike Makes Mike Watch! This week, Mike D comes to terms with the work of Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach with MISTRESS AMERICA, while Smith catches up with an early 90s movie star vehicle, THE PELICAN BRIEF!

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BATMAN 54:34

4M ago54:34

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This movie needs a Dad! But I guess if it had one, it wouldn't really be a Batman, would it? Aren't most Tim Burton movies about missing grown ups in one way or another? He's got some stuff to work through, but then again, don't we all? Bruce Wayne certainly does; so does his counterpart Jack Napier/Joker in this astoundingly awkward mash-up of ide…

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Episode 285 – Juno (2007) 1:06:27

4M ago1:06:27

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Imagine my disappointment when I discovered that this week’s entry in “Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win” was NOT a thrilling docu-drama about the founding and development about the capital of Alaska. I mean, what a missed opportunity! I was hoping to see the on-screen portrayals of the prospectors Richard Harris and Joe Juneau as they struggle to…

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Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods 50:36

5M ago50:36

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In the wake of Akira Toriyama's death, Mike and Mike received another Ko-fi donation to talk about another Dragon Ball movie - this time around, we're talking DRAGON BALL Z: BATTLE OF GODS, the 2013 film which became the basis for the first season of Dragon Ball Super!

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SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE 59:05

5M ago59:05

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Look! Up in the sky! It's our childhood! If you read comics as a kid, you read some Superman. And, love him or hate him, you knew who Superman was, and, secretly, you probably wished the people around you could be a little more like him. Granted, it's easier to have an unbendable moral code if you don't need to eat and nothing can ever hurt you, bu…

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Episode 284 – Citizen Kane (1941) 1:05:14

5M ago1:05:14

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Welcome to Max Foster Levine and No One Else; Movies. I, and I alone, have come up with our new series “Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win.” and don’t you forget it! Yes, yes, I may have had some partner or other at some point but I sent him packing when he showed his vast lack of vision at my brilliant choice of “Citizen Kane” as an example of the…

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Star Trek: First Contact 1:02:02

5M ago1:02:02

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April 5th, 2063 is the day that humankind first made contact with the Vulcans... which means it's the perfect time for Mike & Mike to dive deep on STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT! Thanks to a Ko-Fi donation, we're digging into the 8th STAR TREK film, and talking its place in the series as a whole!

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GHOSTBUSTERS 57:35

5M ago57:35

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When you're a dad/ And you want to watch/ A film/ GHOSTBUSTERS! As the Ghostbuniversters expands, we visit Ivan Reitman's ur-text, the 1984 classic that started the whole michegas.Av Mike Dorval, Tooky Kavanagh, David Rabinow

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Episode 283 – The Wizard of Oz (1939) 1:04:04

5M ago1:04:04

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Somewheeeerre, off in the podcast Movies play And my buddy and me chat About them throughout the day. Somewhere, off in the podcast, We’ll talk flicks. And we’ll just keep on talking ’cause we’re a pair of . . . Um, ok, that’s enough singing for now! Yes, believe it or not, the classic “The Wizard of Oz” was nominated for but did not win Best Pictu…

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Off Mike - Love Lies Bleeding, Hundreds of Beavers, Orphan, and more! 57:17

5M ago57:17

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It's time for an Off Mike Discussions episode! This week, Mike D catches up with the ORPHAN series and watches some recent Oscar nominees like ANATOMY OF A FALL and THE ZONE OF INTEREST. Meanwhile, Smith wants to spread the good word about his new favorite movie, HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS, plus LOVE LIES BLEEDING, GIRLS5EVA, and the original ROAD HOUSE!…

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THE MUPPET MOVIE 55:04

5M ago55:04

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Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear are the yin/yang of Dad Energy. Kermit: Moral. Respected. The clear leader. Perhaps a tad dorky, but effective. If you saw Kermit wearing cargo pants, you would not be surprised. A collaborator, but with a vision. He is what all Dads aspire to be. Fozzie: Relentlessly mocked, justifiably so. His laughs come from pity…

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Swiss Army Man (2016) / Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) 52:02

5M ago52:02

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This week, it's time for a Mike Makes Mike Watch! Because Mike D is such a big fan of EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, Smith is making him watch the Daniels' debut feature, SWISS ARMY MAN! Meanwhile, Mike D is making Smith catch up with one of the better animated movies in the last few years, PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH!…

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WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT 55:50

5M ago55:50

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Dads love cartoons. But you know what Dads really love? Horny cartoons that reference CHINATOWN. Also if you can get every classic Warner Brothers and Disney cartoon character in there as well...Dads eat that s*** up. That's why we're chowing down this week on (IMO) Robert Zemeckis' greatest achievement, 1988's WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT.…

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