Movie Mike's Movie Podcast

Movie Mike's Movie Podcast

Movie Mike’s Movie Podcast is hosted by Mike D who is the head writer on The Bobby Bones Show and The BobbyCast where he has been dubbed as the ‘resident movie expert’. The podcast offers a weekly deep dive in a cinema topic often formatted in a ranking list format. Each episode, Mike gives a spoiler free review of a new movie in theaters or streaming at home. Plus, Mike offers listeners a look at what’s coming to a screen near you soon inside of Movie Mike’s Trailer Park where he breaks down the latest film teasers. Mike is a frequent moviegoer and researcher of movie facts and trivia. He doesn’t consider himself a ‘critic’ because he’s just a guy who loves movies!

Episodes

June 23, 2025 54 mins

Mike loves animation but not always when studios decide that the movies we love need a live-action remake. He shares what he thinks are the Top 5 Best, Worst and ones that actually need a live-action adaptation that haven’t been made.  In the Movie Review, Mike talks about Materialists starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans. It’s about a young New York City matchmaker's lucrative business that g...

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Mike was recently inspired by the Paul Reubens’ documentary after learning about Pee Wee’s Big Adventure being such an important first film for Tim Burton. He shared what directors he believes made the biggest splashes with their debut studio films, why he thinks the Oscars are wrong about animation and what new directors are just heating up. In the Movie Review, Mike talks about The Phoenician Scheme from one of his fa...

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The theme of this episode is Death and creepy rituals. Mike shares the top 5 actors he would bring back from the dead and what 1 movie he would want them to star in. In the Movie Review, Mike talks about A24’s Bring Her Back. It’s about a brother and sister who witness a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother. Mike gives his reasoning why it is the horror movie of the year, how twin brothers w...

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Mike and Kelsey share their best and worst movies for the month of June. They talk about the best and worst places to sit in the theater, an underrated movie snack, and Mike feeling embarrassed for liking Stitch so much.  In the Movie Review, Mike talks about Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. He shares why he thinks the finale to the franchise fell short, why Tom Cruise needs to go back to dra...

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Mike talks about movie scenes that were considered to be too inappropriate and were removed from the final cuts from films such as The Program, Toy Story 2  and Lilo and Stitch. Mike shares what made the scenes controversial that audiences ended up finding offensive, disrespectful or some that even posed a threat to the public.  In the Movie Review, it’s the one Mike has been waiting for. The live-action r...

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Mike talks to the filmmakers behind ‘Not Just A Goof’ the documentary that uncovers the untold story of A Goofy Movie.  Mike talks to directors Christopher Ninness and Eric Kimelton along with producer Scott Seibold. They share their 5 year journey to get the movie released on Disney+, the coolest things that discovered about A Goofy Movie during filming, the advice that director Kevin Lima gave them that made...

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Mike talks to Robert Schwartzman (director, actor, musician) about his new documentary Hung Up On A Dream: The Zombies Documentary in theaters now. Robert talks about growing up in a musical household, his band Rooney getting featured on The O.C., auditioning for The Princess Diaries with Anne Hathaway, his brother Jason Schwartzman and what he learned from his uncle, legendary director Francis Ford Coppola. Robert also talks about...

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It’s been a while but Mike and Kelsey are back to break down their best and worst movies of the last 2 months. Kelsey hurts Mike’s feelings by picking one of her favorites as her worst, Mike shares why he thinks Tom Hardy isn’t the lead he thinks he is, and a movie that blew both of their minds with little expectation going into it. In the Movie Review, Mike gives his thoughts on the Accountant 2 starring Ben Affl...

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Mike shares his list of the Top 10 Ryan Gosling movies of all-time. From the roles that defined him, stretched him, and made audiences fall in love with him all over again. He shares what movie he should have won an Oscar for and one of his most underrated performances in his filmography. In the Movie Review, Mike talks about Warfare which was written and directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland. It is based on Mendoza's experience...

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Mike shares what A Goofy Movie (1995) means to him personally and why it was such a transformative film for him growing up. He shares his thoughts and takeaways from Disney+ “Not Just A Goof” documentary that tells the story of it's unlikely journey and how it almost never saw the light of day. Mike talks about how his relationship with his dad is much like that of Max and Goofy’s and how every girl he h...

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Mike talks to director Greg Tillman about his upcoming documentary called The Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror that hits Netflix on April 18th. The documentary provides a gripping, minute-by-minute retelling of the bombing and aftermath, and revisits the 1995 bombing through stories of those that were at the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.  Mike talks to Greg about uncovering new recordings of T...

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Mike sits down with Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things, It, Ghostbusters: Afterlife), Billy Bryk (Hell of a Summer co-director/co-writer) and Fred Hechinger (Gladiator II, The White Lotus, Nickel Boys). They talk about their Gen Z slasher Hell of a Summer, how they wrote it for themselves, making sure it was funny while being behind and in front of the camera. Finn talks about his days of starring in punk rock music videos as a kid and...

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Mike sits down with Tim Key and Tom Basden, the stars of The Ballad of Wallis Island. Mike talks to them about the difference in US and UK pop culture, why it’s important to support indie movies, being stunned by meeting famous people and what the movie motivated Mike to do in real life. In the Movie Review, Mike talks about Disney’s Snow White.  He shares why he thinks Wicked has ruined us on musicals, Gal Galdot&...

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Mike talks to writer Alan Siegel (The Ringer) who just wrote a book about the golden era of The Simpsons in the 90s changed TV and America forever. They build their Mount Rushmore of 90’s Simpsons episodes, how the show was influenced by classic cinema and the best movies that they did parodies of on the show. In the Movie Review, Mike defends The Electric State and its horrendous score on the notorious fruit reviewing s...

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Opening day is right around the corner and Mike can’t wait! He shares his Top 10 Baseball movies of all time that include the classics and some unexpected picks in true Movie Mike fashion. He also talks about where his love of baseball started and the MLB player who ghosted him as a kid. In the Movie Review, Mike gives his thoughts on Novocaine starring Jack Quaid. He plays a man who  turns his inability to feel pai...

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Mike shares his favorite ‘mid’ movies that he thinks would fail today. He chooses movies that are nostalgic, cult classics but didn’t perform well at the box office and found success with physical media sales and rentals. In the Movie Review, Mike talks about Mickey 17 starring Robert Pattinson. It’s a sci-fi comedy about an "expendable" who goes on a dangerous journey to colonize an ice planet directed by B...

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Mike recaps the Biggest moments from the 97th Academy Awards. Mike talks about the biggest surprise of the night, the picks he got right and wrong. Plus, how he thinks Conan did as host and what the award show can do to make it better moving forward before it totally becomes irrelevant. 

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Mike and Kelsey share their best and worst movies they watched in February. They talk about The Shrek 5 teaser that dropped, the Barney movie that got announced and their nostalgic childhood TV shows. In the Movie Review, Mike talks about Riff Raff. It’s a crime-comedy starring Bill Murray, Pete Davidson and Ed Harris. It’s about a former criminal whose ordinary life turns upside down when his old family shows up for a ...

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After much speculation, it’s officially official that we are getting a Goonies 2. Mike shares his thoughts on the age old tale of everything being a reboot or sequel. In doing so, he ranks the Top 10 direct sequels coming out this year in which he thinks will be the worst to best. In the Movie Review, Mike talks about The Monkey directed by Oz Perkins. It’s about twin brothers who find a mysterious wind-up monkey then a...

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Mike gives his SPOILER filled thoughts on Marvel's Brave New World starring Anthony Mackie. Only listen to this episode if you’ve seen the movie or don’t care to have it spoiled. Mike talks about the weak cameos, strong supporting cast but ultimately where the movie lost him. He also talks about what part this movie plays in the MCU leading up the Avengers Doomsday.

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