Mind Your Movies

From "damned dirty apes" to " pure wild animal craziness", join us this week as we look at two iconic pieces of media that feature talking animals. Before we jump into our discussion on the original 1968 "Planet of the Apes" and Wes Anderson's truly fantastic "Fantastic Mr Fox", we discuss other things we've watched recently, including the new "F1" a...

What's the best movie house? What's the best apartment featured in a movie? What's the least deadly motel? Join us this week as Ryan and Shane discuss and draft houses, apartments, hotels, motels, and much more from a wide range of movies. What would you pick, and who ended up with the better lineup?

This week we’re talking about a revolutionary decade for cinema, the 1970’s. We each chose movies off the beaten path. First we discuss Alejandro Jodorowsky’s surreal classic The Holy Mountain. Then we discuss Masahiro Shinoda’s kabuki fairy tale Demon Pond. 

In anticipation of Danny Boyle and Alex Garland reuniting for 28 Years Later, this week we’re taking a trip down memory lane and watching 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later! 

This week we’re talking about one of the most prolific Hollywood directors of the 70’s, Robert Altman. Known for his naturalistic approach to dialogue, genre deconstructions, and cynical vision of American society, Altman is hugely influential and a pillar of New Hollywood. First we discuss M*A*S*H, Altman’s breakout success and a unique approach to a war film. We also discuss The Long Goodbye, an...

Happy Friday the 13th! This week we’re creating a tier list of the Friday the 13th franchise. Which “final” Friday is our favorite? Which movie has the best Jason Voorhees design? Join us at Camp Crystal Lake to find out!

This week we’re talking about two movies with tiny budgets and massive cultural impact. First we discuss one of the most profitable movies of all-time, Paranormal Activity. Then we discuss a classic of 90’s American Independent Cinema, Clerks. Both movies find ingenious solutions to make a movie on relatively small budgets. Find us elsewhere online... email: mindyourmoviespodcast@gmail.com Letterb...

This week, we are talking about all of the Star Wars movies as we rank them in our mutual tier list. Here, the two of us agree on a lot of overarching trends in the movie series, but debate slightly on specific placements. Is Empire Strikes Back the best movie? Is Solo worth watching? How bad was The Rise of Skywalker? Give us your Star Wars thoughts down below!

This week we’re talking about remakes! We discuss Christopher Nolan’s Insomnia (2002) and Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead (2004). These movies have different approaches to creating a remake/reimagining and we think one was much more successful than the other. We also discuss the original George A. Romero Dawn of the Dead (1978) and the original Norwegian Insomnia (1997) alongside their remakes.

This week we’re creating a tier list for Stanley Kubrick’s filmography! We’ll be discussing all 13 of his feature films without any spoilers. Join us as we discuss the madness and genius of the great Stanley Kubrick. 

This week we’re discussing Single Location Movies! Our first pick is the found footage horror movie [Rec] (2007). We’re also talking about Hitchcock’s classic thriller Rear Window (1954). Two very effective movies in their own unique ways, and emblematic of their eras in filmmaking. [Rec]’s digital found footage cinematography contrasts with Rear Window’s beautiful Technicolor cinematography, but...

This week we’re reviewing Ryan Coogler’s supernatural musical thriller Sinners. The film features standout performances from Michael B. Jordan as twin gangsters Smoke and Stack, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Delroy Lindo, Wunmi Mosaku, and many more. We discuss film’s brilliant music, cinematography, and thematic storytelling. We begin without any spoilers, then get into a spoiler discussion towa...

This week, we are talking "Drinking Game Movies", and we decided to drink while discussing these two, so we are a bit rowdier than usual as we talk about two pretty rowdy movies. Ryan's pick for this one is Jim Sharman's cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" from 1975, and Shane skipped ahead a few decades with an equally iconic comedy from 2009, Todd Phillips' &...

This week we’re reviewing Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s Warfare. A harrowing film that puts you right in the middle of a real battle in Iraq in 2006. Mendoza’s real life experience gives the film a disturbing authenticity and the brilliant sound design makes you feel like you’re right there with the soldiers. We discuss the movie without spoilers first, then go in depth with a spoiler discussion...

This week our topic is Plane Movies! The first movie we discuss is the greatest movie about a flying anti-fascist pig, Porco Rosso. The second movie is Con Air, an iconic film the canon of 90s Hollywood blockbusters. Find us elsewhere online... email: mindyourmoviespodcast@gmail.com Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/bfj3D Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindyourmoviespodcast Blue Sky: https://bsky....

This week we’re talking about our Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2025! We each have a Top 5 (plus honorable mentions) of movies we are most looking forward to from April to September of 2025. 

This week we’re discussing two Studio Ghibli classics directed by Hayao Miyazaki. His 1988 wholesome masterpiece, My Neighbor Totoro, and his 2001 international breakthrough, Spirited Away. Both films feature similar themes and are beautifully animated masterpieces in their own right. Listen to us discuss the similarities and differences between them and gush about each film’s wonderful animation...

This week, Ryan and Shane are each bringing you a Top 5 list of the "Most Underrated Movies." Our co-hosts each bring their own perspective of what it means to be an underrated movie and what makes one worth watching, bringing you lists that span across decades, genres, and public opinion. Join us as we venture into the world of the underappreciated and underseen, and let us know your unde...

Join us this week for a meditative trip through the American psyche in Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life and Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas. Both films won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival and both happen to be (partially) set in Texas! We discuss various interpretations of each of these dense arthouse classics. Find us elsewhere online... email: mindyourmoviespodcast@gmail.com Letterboxd: h...

Join us for our Oscar recap! We’ll be talking Conan, Anora, and that musical Shai Hulud. In the second half of this week’s episode we’ll be discussing The Monkey (2025), Oz Perkins’ horror-comedy based on the Stephen King short story. 

This week we’re talking about two of the most quotable and rewatchable comedies of the nineties: The Big Lebowski (1998) and Friday (1995). We talk about our favorite scenes and moments from each film and appreciate the passion and talent behind both of these classic comedies.  Podcasts are from the earth. God put this here for us and you. Take advantage man, take advantage. Find us elsewhere onli...

Tune in this week to hear our Oscar predictions for the 97th Academy Awards! We discuss what we think will win, what we hope will win, and the nominations that left us scratching our heads.

This week’s topic is movies about magic! Ryan and Shane discuss two animated films, Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards (1977) and Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo (2008). Both films use animation to show the audience unique and creative worlds and magical abilities. Wizards is a shoddily paced and vulgar depiction of a post-apocalyptic Earth with fairies, elves, and mutant Nazis. Ponyo, on the other hand, is an endeari...

This week we’re talking about Companion (2025). Drew Hancock’s darkly comic thriller is a pleasant January surprise for movie fans. We give our general thoughts at the start of the episode before getting into spoilers. This movie has plenty of twists and turns so go into Companion knowing as little as possible and we think you’ll have a great time! Once you’ve seen the movie, come back and listen...

Lights, Camera, Action! Jump back on set with us as we chat about movies about movies for this week's episode. We take a time machine back to the year 2000 to debrief E. Elias Merhige's "Shadow of the Vampire," which reenvisions the behind-the-scenes of the original 1922 "Nosferatu" with Willem Dafoe playing a real-life vampire employed by F. W. Murnau (played by John Malko...