I Eat Movies Podcast

As the sun starts to set on the summer season, the boys are back with their season finale in I Eat Movies #13: Wanna Bet? - Little Darlings (1980) / Spring Fever (1982)! While the teen sex cycle of films from the 1980s would evolve into a genre told from an almost exclusively male point of view, the dawn of the decade suggested different with the coming of age charmer, Little Darlings . Costarring...

The fellas are back and hungrier than ever in I Eat Movies #12: Seen Report + Bonus Beats. Attempting to keep cool in this ungodly heat wave that is summer, cohosts Dino and Mike catch up on what the other has been watching. In addition to recalling his endless days at the Mahoning Drive-In Theater consuming all manner of 35mm treasures, Mike goes postal on M. Night Shyamalan's latest opus while,...

The heat is on as cohosts Dino and Mike roll the die in I Eat Movies #11: No Luck At All - P.I. Private Investigations (1987) / Let It Ride (1989). Examining the feature film debuts of two noted music video and commercial mavericks, the underrated Clayton Rohner ( Just One of the Guys ) takes center stage as an innocent average joe who finds himself in the middle of a drug ring orchestrated by cor...

Pride Month is here and we're celebrating! In I Eat Movies #10: No Camping! - The Boys in the Band (1970) / But I'm a Cheerleader , the movie consuming duo feast heavily on Friedkin's groundbreaking adaptation of Mart Crowley's deeply moving and controversial stage play. Featuring one impassioned performance after another, Mike and Dino discuss the criticism the film faced on its representation of...

Celebrating his 85th birthday the day of our recording, Mike and Dino honor the one of a kind talent of Bruce Dern in I Eat Movies #9: Dernsie A-Plenty - The Laughing Policeman (1973) / On the Edge (1986). Making each of his roles their own with a unique dose of Dernism infused into every performance, the fellas examine Bruce's firecracker approach to playing partner to Walter Matthau in a San Fra...

In our companion piece to Mike's first rendezvous with Harlem Nights, the fellas head to the City of Angels for a very special pilgrimage in I Eat Movies #8: Dino's First Time - Breathless (1983). Exposing Dino's eye sockets to the stylistic and steamy update to Jean-Luc Godard's original French New Wave classic, the hot-button issue of remakes are covered with Mike going to bat for the 1980s as a...

Switching gears, co-hosts Mike and Dino gather together to dish on their most recent personal watches in I Eat Movies #7: Seen Report. In addition to discussing the concept of comfort movies and films worthy of constant rewatches; sometimes days in a row, the fellas trade off sharing what they've been cinematically gorging on since our last episode. Free-flowing and more conversational than ever b...

Unsurprisingly still craving more cinema, cohosts Mike and Dino get their fill by spotlighting the under-appreciated Argentinian actress who carved out a career entirely on her terms. In a helping of firsts, I Eat Movies #6: ¡Que Linda! finds the Fantasy Island loving duo tackling their first TV movie and horror effort in The Dead Don't Die (1975). Airing originally as part of NBC's World Premiere...

Cohosts Mike and Dino profess their love (and hate) for this stinkin' town in I Eat Movies #5: Rotten Apple '87 - The Squeeze (1987) / Street Smart (1987). Recalling their personal relationships with the city that never sleeps before munching on a double dose of Deuce-based features, Mike yells from the rooftops with a bold claim about Michael Keaton before the fellas dissect TV constructed Tricer...

In I Eat Movies #4, Dino serves Mike his first ever tasting of a noticeable blindspot from the peak of Eddie Murphy's career. Dishing on Murphy's seismic impact on comedy from a young age helping to single handedly revitalize the ship that was Saturday Night Live without its captain, the fellas dive into the funnyman's super powered takeover of Hollywood with his roles in 48 Hrs., Trading Places,...

In celebration of Black History Month, co-hosts Mike and Dino shine the spotlight on one of the many faces that truly make the movies. With I Eat Movies #3: Overlooked Paul Winfield, the fellas honor the man himself whose eloquence and presence left a lasting impact no matter the size of the role. While listeners may know his face but not always his name, we peel back the curtains on two overlooke...

In I Eat Movies #2: No Podcast So Fierce - Short Eyes (1977) / On the Yard (1978), co-hosts Dino Prosperio and Mike Kenny gush over their shared love for the male prison drama and examine the many offshoots of its own unique subgenre. After celebrating the life and singular work of Miguel Piñero, our cohosts do hard time with director Robert M. Young's harrowing '77 classic where man can't help yo...

In I Eat Movies #1: McBeardo Forever, co-hosts Dino and Mike celebrate the life and work of their dearly departed influencer and friend Mike "McBeardo" McPadden with their devil-horns raised firmly to the sky. Culled from the books of "McBeardo", the boys hit the ground running with a double whammy from '82 discussion on Cannon Films' sex comedy heartbreaker, The Last American Virgin and certified...