Mike & Mike Go To The Movies

This week on the podcast, Mike Emmons - programming coordinator for The Roxy Theater, the indie theater near Mike Smith's house in Missoula, Montana - returns to discuss the upcoming Montana Film Festival, which is set to take place at the Roxy from November 18th through 21st! Then, he continues our month-long series of Halloween Guests Make Mikes Watch movies - we'll be talking Kiyoshi Kurosawa's...

It's another week of our Halloween round of Guest Makes Mikes Watch episodes, and this week we're bringing back podcaster Sam Harper, from shows like Four Minutes To and Kickstart My! He did not understand the assignment, but that's ok - because we all ended up watching VHS 94, the return of the found footage anthology series featuring an eclectic array of young horror talent. The new movie is now...

It's officially October, which means it's time for us to kick off a new month-long tradition - every week leading up to Halloween, we're gonna have a different special guest join us on the podcast and make us watch a different horror movie that we've never seen. And to get the month off to a great start, Laura Colaneri returns to the podcast to give us another crash course in South American horror...

We're finally back to full podcasting strength! Mike S returns and we deliver on an episode that we had promised a few weeks back - it's another Mike Makes Mike Watch! This time around, Mike D has to watch the cult classic Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker comedy TOP SECRET!, while Mike S has to check out Tony Scott's 2004 action thriller MAN ON FIRE - plus, we reveal our exciting, Halloween-themed plans for...

It's another week where Mike S is off, so that means Mike D is left to fend for himself! And this week, he's brought frequent guest Nick Wermuth with him, who's decided to make the two of them watch Werner Herzog's NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE! 

Mike S is back from vacation! Mike D took a break from watching Master Chef! And together, they talked about all kinds of movies and shows like SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS, MONEY HEIST, BAND OF BROTHERS, THE NIGHT HOUSE, FREE GUY, John Carpenter's THE FOG and more! Plus, Mike S has a recap of The Roxy Theater's Camp Horror Film Festival and we lay out the schedule for the next few we...

Surprise! Mike S had to take the week off due to crazy life stuff (which he'll hopefully be able to explain next week) - so in the meantime, Mike D is running the show and he's bringing Producer Collin along with him to talk 2016's adaptation of the popular video game series, ASSASSIN'S CREED! Was it unfairly dismissed back when it came out? In fact, does it sort of... rock? Let's dive into the An...

It's the return of Mike Makes Mike Watch! Mike D makes Mike S watch an old favorite from childhood, the Owen Wilson/Gene Hackman war thriller BEHIND ENEMY LINES! Meanwhile, Mike S gets a goofier choice in for Mike D - Vin Diesel's triumphant return to the xXx franchise, XXX: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE! 

Mike D finally got around to watching the latest film in the FAST & FURIOUS series, F9: THE FAST SAGA! To celebrate, we gathered the Family together to talk about it - frequent guests and ride-or-die devotees of the franchise Kyle Cullen, Vin Craig, and Producer Collin all join us to spout their opinions on the latest chapter in the saga of the Toretto family. Salute, mi familia. 

It's a crossover that's been a long time in the making - Benjamin Allocco, co-host of the Last Year's Horror podcast, joins us to make us watch a low-budget eco-horror film from 1972 featuring a young Sam Elliott and an old Ray Milland - it's time to talk about FROGS! Ben also tells us about the bittersweet decision to end Last Year's Horror, and reveals a ton of info about a bunch of upcoming pro...

This week, comedian Charley Macorn, one half of Missoula's Horror Hostesses, joins us to talk the upcoming Camp Horror Film Festival at The Roxy Theater, AND make us watch Stuart Gordon's 1995 horror movie CASTLE FREAK! Charley dives deep on everything people can expect from the festival, from movies, comedy, s'mores, and a real slasher villain! 

On the latest Off Mike Discussions episode, Mike and MIke talk a ton of new releases, including the FEAR STREET trilogy, Steven Soderbergh's NO SUDDEN MOVE, THE TOMORROW WAR, ZOLA, LUCA, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, SHIVA BABY, and more!

On the latest episode, the other Mike Smith aka Mikey Pockets joins us to talk all things Marvel as we dive into the new recent Marvel releases - the long-delayed film BLACK WIDOW, and the latest Disney+ series LOKI!

In honor of the release of BLACK WIDOW, Mike and Mike are ranking their favorite prequels of all time! And just for fun, one of us expanded his reach beyond just talking about movies - it's time for another Let's Rank! 

On the latest Off Mike bonus episode, Mike and Mike talk a few recent releases they've been watching, like THE SPARKS BROTHERS, IN THE HEIGHTS, and SUPERDEEP! They also go into some old-school horror with 1953's HOUSE OF WAX and the original THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS!

It's Mike Smith's birthday, and that means the podcast's Birthday Bylaws are in effect! And what movie did he decide we needed to talk about for his birthday? One of his all-time favorite comedies: MACGRUBER! We're talking the movie, what we expect from the upcoming Peacock series, the history of SNL movies and more in this one, and Mike D is taking over as the host, too! 

To celebrate the release of F9, we're re-releasing our episode from last year in which we ranked every FAST AND FURIOUS movie from worst to best. Vin Craig joins us for a spirited discussion that asks: does 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS rule, actually? 

On the latest Off Mike Discussions episode, Mike and Mike talk recent releases like IN THE HEIGHTS, SAINT MAUD, A QUIET PLACE PART II, and THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT. Plus, Mike D's been exploring Shudder and we've both got some thoughts on Bo Burnham's return to performing with his new special, BO BURNHAM: INSIDE.

On the latest Guest Makes Mikes Watch, Producer Collin returns to the podcast to trick us into watching a baseball game. We're talking 2016's UNDRAFTED, a baseball comedy written and directed by Joe Mazzello and featuring names like Aaron Tveit, Tyler Hoechlin, Billy Gardell, and Jim Belushi! We were skeptical, but this one ended up being a ton of fun - check it out!

On the latest Off Mike Discussions episode, Mike S has been marathoning all of the SAW movies ahead of the release of SPIRAL, and watched some new releases like THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD, THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES, and WRATH OF MAN; on the flip side, Mike D caught up with some 2020 movies like THE LODGE and BLACK BEAR and has been diving deep into the HBO Max series SEARCH PARTY. 

On the latest episode, returning guest Vin Craig joins us to discuss a couple of recent projects he took part in - first, the new movie SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WORLD! The new movie directed by Stephen Kijak and starring Joe Manganiello and Ellar Coltrane, it's about a group of kids about to go their separate paths that are all united by their love of The Smiths. Then, we talk a bit about Vin's brief ap...

On the latest episode, we finally did it: we made Mike D watch ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE, and he's mad at all of you for making it happen. On the flip side of things, Mike S gets to watch 1995's CRIMSON TIDE, directed by Tony Scott and starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman! 

On the latest episode, music supervisor Kyle Cullen joins us as we talk the very strange, experimental 93rd Academy Awards - plus, we dive deep on what worked and what didn't in Marvel's THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER on Disney+! And also, there's a lot of MORTAL KOMBAT talk, and we sort of come to the conclusion that it rules, actually? 

On this Missoula-centric episode, Mike and Mike are joined by another Mike - programming coordinator for The Roxy Theater (aka the indie theater near Mike Smith's house in Missoula, Montana), Mike Emmons is on the podcast to go in-depth on what it's been like navigating the theater through a pandemic, what the Roxy's been doing in the year it's been closed, what they've got planned for this year,...

In the latest episode, Mike and Mike are joined by Giles Alderson and Jonny Grant, director and co-writers of THE DARE, all the way from the UK! Expect tons of great behind-the-scenes talk, a deep dive into breaking the story of THE DARE, why you shouldn't compare it to movies like SAW, and a lot more talk about Paddington than you would probably be expecting. THE DARE is available now on VOD, and...