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by Mike Park and Ryan Schumaker
Listen each week as two pals watch and discuss EVERY movie that legendary film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave two thumbs down. Dissecting two movies per week, they’ll talk about performances, filmographies, Siskel and Ebert, and what the renowned critics got right (and wrong) about movies they just could not recommend to a living soul
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- 4 days ago2h 17m
126 - Clifford (1994) and Jack (1996) with special guest Tess Ornstein
Everyone on this podcast is an adult baby! We welcome Tess Ornstein back to the studio to talk about all things Clifford and Martin Short then everything Jack, Robin Williams, and Francis Ford Coppola. We also talk Evil Dead Burn, La Bola Negra, The Weight, and so much more!
- 1 weeks ago1h 19m
125 - Galia (1966) and Rascal (1969)
Happy birthday Ryan! To celebrate the birth of the most important host, the boys are reviewing the first movies that Siskel and Ebert ever reviewed. Galia, a French drama from 1966, and Rascal, a live action Disney movie from 1969 about a boy and his new raccoon!
- 2 weeks ago2h 12m
124 - Screamers (1995) and Event Horizon (1997) with special guest Austin Wolf-Sothern
It’s the end of spooky month and the boys end it on a banger. This week Austin Wolf-Sothern is brought back in to talk sci fi horror movies Screamers, starring Peter Weller of Robocop, and Event Horizon, with Laurence Fishburne and the late great Sam Neill. The fellas also talk The Bone Temple, Hope, Steven Soderbergh, and The Batman 2
- 3 weeks ago2h 1m
123 - The Vanishing (1993) and Nightwatch (1997) with special guest River Butcher
The time has come to put these European directors in their place. The guys have pal River Butcher back on the pod to talk all things European directors remaking their own movies in America in The Vanishing and Nightwatch. The dudes also talk Digger, Andrew Garfield and The Uprising, The Weight, Primetime, Resident Evil, and The Social Reckoning
- Oct 12, 20261h 33m
122 - Day of the Dead (1985) and Night of the Living Dead (1990) with special guest Danny Ross
It’s the thumbs of the living dead! This week the fellas bring back friend Danny Ross to talk about a remake of a George A. Romero classic, Night of the Living Dead and the third in Romero’s trilogy, Day of the Dead. The boys also talk more Michael Myers, John Wilson’s The History of Concrete, and The Drama
- Oct 5, 20262h 20m
121 - Halloween II (1981) and Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) with special guest Mark Schroeder
Spooky season is here and we’re starting with a bang! The boys bring back Mark Schroeder to talk Halloween 2 and Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. They talk all things Michael Myers, The Odyssey, and just in time for scary season the men go on a deep dive into Resident Evil
- Sep 28, 20261h 21m
120 - The Air Up There (1994) and My Giant (1998)
It’s basketball time! The new NBA season is right around the corner so the lads are talking all things basketball (on the confines of Siskel and Ebert)! They talk some Billy Crystal, Kevin Bacon, Gheorghe Mureșan, and some even Steven Seagal
- Sep 21, 20261h 39m
119 - Harry and the Hendersons (1987) and The Great Outdoors (1988) with special guest Emerson Dibley
It’s finally time to touch grass. This week the boys bring in Emerson Dibley to talk some 80’s comedy classics. First is Harry and the Hendersons, the Bigfoot flick starring John Lithgow. Then the boys go to The Great Outdoors, starring John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, and Annette Bening. The boys also discuss Obsession, Spider-Man Brand New Day, I Want Your Sex, Sheep Detectives, and Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
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Listen each week as two pals watch and discuss EVERY movie that legendary film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave two thumbs down. Dissecting two movies per week, they’ll talk about performances, filmographies, Siskel and Ebert, and what the renowned critics got right (and wrong) about movies they just could not recommend to a living soul
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