My Dad's Movie Podcast

"Put...the candle...back!" Guest Cohost Justin Zarian and I sit down and talk about the legendary Mel Brooks and his two classic movies, "The Producers" and "Young Frankenstein." Dude, Mel Brooks is 99 years old and still working on movies- What in the world?

"I'm getting an impression, I think Mike Ferguson is in this movie." Here is the edited video of our interview with Director, Producer, and all-around awesome dude, David Mitch Parks. We go into detail about the movies Static Codes and When it Rains in L.A.

Guest co-host Justin Zarian and I talk with L.A. filmmaker David Parks about his filmmaking career, some of the movies he's done, and what's coming out next. If you are at all interested in filmmaking, you've got to listen to this one.

In a special episode of MDMP, I sit down with all my sons and talk about two films with two different directors. First is Onward, starring Chris Pratt and Tom Holland. Then we move on to The Iron Claw, which is an absolutely devastating movie about wrestling's own Von Erich brothers, starring Zach Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Lily James, and Holt McCallany.

"Yeah, his stage name is Bojackman. I made a new character!" "You mean Hughjack Horseman?" Dad and Alec laugh it up with me and returning guest, Christian Downey as we talk about the Inventor of the Blockbuster, Steven Spielberg and his two films, Jaws (Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw) and Jurassic Park (Sam Neil, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern)! Also joining us on the Pod this week is...

"You're familiar with the split diopter right?" "No. I'm just saying 'Yeah,' but no..." On this episode of the podcast, Dad and I force Alec out of his Fraidy Hole long enough to talk about the sometimes amazing, sometimes lackluster films of M. Night Shyamalan, focusing mainly on the alien blockbuster, Signs (2002). Then we call up Nick during the middle of a high speed chase to get his feelings...

"Seven degrees of Kevin Bacon. Six degrees, sorry. It's like the Seven Rings of Hell. Kevin Bacon's at all of them." My daughter Hailey finally gets to join us to talk about the first two entries in her favorite film series, Scream and Scream 2. Blood will come out of your mouth.

"Hey, I remember that Mennonite!" I sit down with 75% of my sons to talk about the rebelious films of Milos Forman. Special Guest Justin Zarian joins us to talk about "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" starring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, and Brad Douriff. Then we talk about the Operatic Epic "Amadeus," starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, and friend of the...

"Do you like Bruce Campbell post pumpkin pie haircut or..." Los Angeles filmmaker Dallin Webb sits down with us to talk about Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead" and "Evil Dead II" and how it inspired his award-winning short film "The Journalist".

"Sublime!"On this episode of MDMP, my Dad and I sit down with experimental filmmaker Claira Miller and chat about the sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always heartwarming movies of Greta Gerwig. We first talk about the recent adaptation of literary classic, "Little Women," starring Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Meryl Streep and Timothee Chalamet. Then we move right along to the first half of th...

"So, anyway, Dolph Lundgren's cutting my boy's head off—" I sit down with my sons, Nick and Alec, to talk to California tattoo artist turned actor Mike Ferguson. Featured in films like Bullet Train and Showdown at the Grand, music videos for Fall Out Boy and Justin Timberlake, and YouTube channels like Topper Guild, Mike discusses the state of the film industry and how to be an actor in 2025.

Taber and I sit down with up and coming actor Tristan Nokes and discuss how he's never on set when you need him (Just kidding directors...)! We have a good laugh and get to hear about what the life of a professional actor looks like, and what it was like being cast as the Prince in the much talked about Indie Film "The Death of Snow White." Out on streaming now! The Death of Snow whi...

"Taber, if you're the one editing this episode, delete that joke. Dad, if you're the one editing this episode, just delete this episode." We sit down with longtime friend Becca Chavarria to talk about Robert Eggers and his films The Lighthouse and Nosferatu.

"Hey, Lonnie! Get you a** away from there!" Dad and I sit down with Boise Filmmaker Dylan Hamar and talk about the master of Horror, the great John Carpenter. We discus the baby sitter horror film Halloween, as well as the paranoid and claustrophobic styling of The Thing. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Spotify for more MDMP content:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/My-Dads-Movie-Pod...

"When Tippi arrives on set, let's pelt her with a bunch of birds. She'll think it's funny." We sit down with indie filmmaker and actor Jared Stull to talk about the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.

"Yeah, Vecna's kidnapping kids, and that's not a good look, so we're gonna have to let you go, Rooney." Taber and I sat down with Hawaii-based filmmaker Dallin McKay and talked about his growing film career, foreign language music videos, his background work on Ford v Ferarri, as well the amazingly popular Netflix show "Stranger Things."

"Did you have a quote from this episode that you thought was funny?""If I did, I didn't write it down..."Taber and I sit down with my two youngest sons, Nick and Alec, to talk about Quentin Tarantino's Western Masterpiece "Django Unchained" and finally settle the debate on who is my favorite son. The rankings can always change...

"That's the name of our new podcast: 'How'd I get inside Sean Penn?'"Dad and I are joined by Special Guest, Utah Based Filmmaker Matt Arntsen, to talk about the tense and gritty films of David Fincher.

"You see Jack, in here, the bad guys can win!"I sit down with Taber this week and talk about the 80's action icon, Director John McTiernan. We had a lot of movies to pick from, but settled on the Tom Clancy submarine Thriller, "The Hunt for Red October" and the always fun action parody starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, "Last Action Hero."

"I'm just a ferret, Dude..."Taber and I finish our conversation on Rob Reiner with Comedian Derek Haydon. Part 2 delves into the coming-of-age tale of Stephen King's "Stand by Me."

In this episode, we talk to Idaho filmmaker Kody Newton from Newton to Newton Productions. We explore some of his short films as well as his full-length feature film "2:59". We talk about how he ended up in the indie film industry and where he wants to go with it.

Taber and I sit down with Comedian Derek Haydon and talk about the films of Rob Reiner. In the first part of this two-parter episode, we discuss the military drama "A Few Good Men."

"I think I'm ready to drop my blood feud with John Leguizamo..." Taber and I sit down this week with Boise Filmmaker Kody Newton (Death of Snowwhite, 2:59, Metal Kingdom) and discuss the beautiful chaos put to the screen by the visionary director Baz Lurhmann. We talk about the zany characters and gorgeous colors of Moulin Rouge and the absolutely insane accent of Tom Hanks in 2022&#...

"You ever watch Ferris Bueller from the point of view of Rooney?" In our very first episode, I sit down with my son, Taber, and discuss Edgar Wright and his Cornetto Trilogy (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End.)

"I don't know if I can devote that much time to a Monkey Movie..." This week, my son and I sit down and talk about Director Takashi Yamazaki and his Oscar Winning Film "Godzilla: Minus One." We are also joined by a very special guest, Actor and Godzilla Fanatic, Christain Downey!