The Weekly Movie Throwdown

We close out November Noir month this week with another modern-day take on the genre. Rian Johnson's Brick from 2005 is an inventive homage to classic noir that combines its unique language with an u…

This week, we delve into the world of neo-noir with 1981's Blow Out. This thriller from filmmaker Brian De Palma has a lot of the hallmarks of classic noir but with a lot of modern-day flair. It's ed…

In this week's episode, we delve into the world of Technicolor noir with 1953's Niagara. This story of love and betrayal includes a lot of the classic tropes of the noir genre and includes a fantasti…

This week, we kick off November Noir month with one of the genre's quintessential titles: 1946's The Postman Always Rings Twice. This tale of desire, betrayal, and fate is one of several films adapte…

This week, we wrap up Stephen King Adaptations Month with 1986's Maximum Overdrive. This is the only film that Stephen King has directed to date, and it's quite a ride. The set was plagued by turmoil…

On this week's episode, Stephen King Screen Adaptations Month continues with the recent remake of Salem's Lot. We welcome Mike's librarian friend and horror aficionado, Andy Remondino, to help us mak…

This week Mike and Steven discuss Mike Flanagan's Stephen King-approved adaptation of Doctor Sleep, the 2019 follow-up to The Shining.

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This week, we kick off Stephen King Big Screen Adaptation Month with one of the writer's stories that doesn't get as much love as some of the others. 1983's The Dead Zone, directed by David Cronenber…

In this episode, we put a bow on Clooney/Pitt Fixer Month with Wolfs, the streaming double-team they put out this week through Apple TV+. This is our first film in the series that features both of th…

This week, friend of the show Gerik Gooch joins us to discuss the much beloved George Clooney fixer film Michael Clayton. It's director Tony Gilroy's debut in the director's chair, though the film's …

This week we take a break from Clooney/Pitt Fixer Month to return to our Rewatch & Reconsider series where we make a case for a film that's generally considered to be "bad," but at least one of us th…

Clooney/Pitt Fixer Month continues this week with the Coen Brothers' 2016 Hollywood satire Hail, Caesar! There's a lot to love about this film, but it's also easy to get lost in the details. We discu…

This week we kick off Clooney/Pitt Fixer Month with Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly from 2012. It's one of only 22 films to ever get an F rating from Cinemascore, and in the episode we try to ge…

This week we wrap up M. Night Shyamalan month with Old, his tale of a mysterious beach that affects its visitors' aging speed. We also look back on the entire month of films and discuss what we learn…

This week we continue M. Night Shyamalan month with his latest film, TRAP. It's more of the same from the writer/director, but with some fun new ideas (at least according to one of our hosts).

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M. Night Shyamalan month continues with UNBREAKABLE, the film many consider his best work to date. In the episode we discuss the comic book aspects of it, how it’s photographed so beautifully, the gr…

It’s M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN MONTH! We’re kicking things off with one of the director’s more recent films, KNOCK AT THE CABIN, which we hope might be one of the titles that prove he’s settled into being t…

In this episode, we wrap up Summer Blockbusters month with Twisters, the tentpole studio film of 2024. Currently, it's grossed north of $200 million, making it an undeniable candidate for our theme. …

This week Steven and Mike welcome a special guest onto the show. Gerik Gooch is a filmmaker and cinephile who brings with him the holy grail of modern summer blockbusters: 1991's Terminator 2: Judgme…

This week we're doing something a little different on the Weekly Movie Throwdown. When there are five-week months we'll post four films inside our topic for that month, and then we're going to offer …