Million Dollar Movies
Every week screenwriter Bob Schneider and comedian Dan Wilbur discuss a movie you've probably never seen.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 63 minutes
- Episodes
- 73
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2019
The Lady Eve (1941)
Bob and Dan are very excited to welcome their first guest on the podcast: screenwriter Hannah Schneider! Hannah chose the movie this week: The Lady Eve (1941), a screwball comedy about a rich idiot r…
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Today on the show, Bob and Dan discuss The Day After Tomorrow (2004), a movie about humans getting their comeuppance for man-made Climate Change. Other topics discussed: Bush/Cheney, propaganda vs. t…
A Thousand Clowns (1965)
Today on the podcast, Dan recommends a movie to Bob for once, and Bob hates it! Every ten episodes or so, Dan will screen a movie he believes is underrated, and wait for Bob to rip it shreds. Here's …
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Bob and Dan discuss the first movie Bob ever recommended to Dan, Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), a movie about an invincible supercomputer put in charge of America's nuclear arsenal. We talk abo…
Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Dan and Bob discuss Sam Peckinpah's bizarro road trip movie Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974). Benny, a bartender and piano player living in Mexico, learns that the man a mob boss wants exec…
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
This week, Bob and Dan discuss Kiss Me Deadly (1955), a movie that seems like it might be another run-of-the-mill noir but turns out to be a meditation on the Atom Bomb, Pandora's Box, and the immine…
The Naked Kiss (1964)
Bob and Dan sit down to discuss Samuel Fuller's The Naked Kiss (1964), a movie about a prostitute who tries to start her life over in a quaint suburban town only to find that there are just as many f…
Red Planet Mars (1952)
On today's show, Bob and Dan discuss Red Planet Mars (1952), a film about two scientists who begin communicating with Mars and the Martians inform Earth that there is, in fact, a God. It's a Mike Pen…
Shock Corridor (1963)
Bob and Dan discuss Samuel Fuller's Shock Corridor, a film about a journalist who decides to solve a murder that occurred inside a psych ward by having himself committed. We discuss America exploitin…
The Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Bob and Dan watch The Island of Lost Souls, a cinematic adaptation of H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau. We circle back to Bob's statement that "all religion is terrorism" in the context of the…
The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
In this episode, we discuss The Creation of the Humanoids, a 1962 sci-fi film about the years following a nuclear war where synthetic humans live among the real "Flesh and Blooders." We talk about so…
The Thing From Another World (1951)
Welcome to Million Dollar Movies! Our very first episode is about Bob's favorite movie: The Thing From Another World (1951). We talk about the Cold War, John Carpenter's remake, parenting, how to rem…
Teaser: Welcome to Million Dollar Movies!
Welcome to Million Dollar Movies! Each week, screenwriter Bob Schneider sits down with comedian Dan Wilbur to discuss a movie that was overlooked or doesn't get talked about as much as it should. Als…