Cinema Sidekicks: Recent Episodes

Steven Miller & Ty Mullet

This is a podcast featuring two friends that love movies and love to talk about them. Even though they don't always agree, they like to share their opinions with one another and with their listeners.

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In this episode, we talk about Doctor Strange (2016), True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016), Pixels (2015), Moana (2016), The Shallows (2016), Eddie the Eagle (2016), Curve (2015), Begin Again (2013), and Marley & Me (2008). We also ask each other our secret questions and we play Movie Music Trivia.

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Here is a throwback episode from our M and M Movie Roundup days. This is episode 13 from November 22, 2010. On this Episode, we have a special guest, Blair Emler. We review Unstoppable (2010) and Ty reviews Elsewhere (2009). We ask each other a secret question for the other host to answer. This is the episode we introduce Trailer Trivia.

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In this episode, we talk about Grease (1978), Desk Set (1957), Kevin Can Wait (2016-), The Finest Hours (2016), Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), Zootopia (2016), Maggie’s Plan (2015), 28 Days Later... (2002), Ghostbusters (2016), Jason Bourne (2016), The Lords of Salem (2012), and Nerve (2016).

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In this episode, we discuss Psycho (1960), The Fly (1986), Jaws 2 (1978), The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), In the Heart of the Sea (2015), Today’s Special (2009), Burnt (2015), My Blind Brother (2016), Sully (2016), Amanda Knox (2016), The Country Girl (1954), Sisters (2015), and Hocus Pocus (1993).

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In this episode, we talk about Citizen Kane (1941), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), 28 Weeks Later (2007), Deepwater Horizon (2016), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), The Ranch (2016-), Your Vice is a Locker Room and Only I Have the Key (1972), The New York Ripper (1982), Don't Breathe (2016), Late Phases (2014), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014), Pontypool (2008), and The Finest Hours (2016).

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​​In this episode, we are joined by special guest and the Sound Duder's wife, Shauna Fender. We discuss The Breakfast Club (1985), Morris from America (2016), The Sandlot (1993), Weiner (2016), Risen (2016), and Hell or High Water (2016). We also get to know Shauna's favorite movies, actors, director, and movie genre.

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In this episode, we discuss To Catch a Thief (1955), L.A. Confidential (1997), Central Intelligence (2016), Don't Bother to Knock (1952), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Suicide Squad (2016), The Glenn Miller Story (1954), The Invitation (2015), Deep Impact (1998), Triangle (2009), Pieces (1982), Tron (1982), Holidays (2016), and Born to Be Blue (2015).​​

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In this episode, we talk about Rear Window (1954), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), Star Trek Beyond (2016), River of No Return (1954), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Steal a Million (1966), The Purge: Election Year (2016), The Invitation (2015), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Lobster (2015), The Boss (2016), and In the Loop (2009).​​

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In this episode, we talk about Taxi Driver (1976), Paths of Glory (1957), Ghostbusters (1984), Into the Wild (2007), Night Owls (2015), Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016), James White (2015), Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016), and Beginners (2010).​​

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In this episode, we discuss Goodfellas (1990), Jules and Jim (1962), The Do-Over (2016), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Victoria (2015), Ghostbusters (2016), Money Monster (2016), The House on Telegraph Hill (1951), Don't Bother to Knock (1952), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), The Shallows (2016), The House by the Cemetery (1981), and A Bay of Blood (1971).​​

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In this episode, we talk about Day for Night (1973), Scarface (1983), Bloody Sunday (2002), Lovely Molly (2011), Inside (2007), The Strangers (2008), Cactus Flower (1969), Fail-Safe (1964), Charley Varrick (1973), The Front Page (1974), A New Leaf (1971), They Came Together (2014), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), and our list of beloved movies that we think are overrated.​​

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​​In this episode, we discuss Peeping Tom (1960), Now You See Me 2 (2016), The Neon Demon (2016), Victor Frankenstein (2015), Finding Dory (2016), Eye in the Sky (2016), Scenic Route (2013), The Do-Over (2016), Keanu (2016), Walk of Shame (2014), Central Intelligence (2016), Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), The Driftless Area (2015), The Darkness (2016), The 5th Wave (2016), and Midnight Special (2016).

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​In this episode, we discuss Miller's Crossing (1990), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014), The Seven Year Itch (1955), A Lizard in a Women's Skin (1971), Cannibal Holocaust (1980), Her (2013), Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015), and Ty does his Cinema Smackdown.

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​In this episode, we talk about The Howling (1981), The Nice Guys (2016), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Escaflowne (2000), Hush (2016), 99 Homes (2015), The 'Burbs (1989), Daddy's Home (2015), The Jungle Book (2016), and we play a new game.

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​​In this episode, we are joined by Eugene Weaver of Movie Freaks. We discuss Thief (1981), Captain America: Civil War (2016), the Friday the 13th series, Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), Eugene's top Hammer movies, Steven and Eugene's top heist movies, Spirited Away (2001), Mr. Right (2015), Deathdream (1974), Dog Soldiers (2002), and The Boss (2016).

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​​​We finish with part 5 (20-1) of our 5 part series on our favorite 100 movies of all time.

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​In this episode, we are joined by special guest, Erik Marner, of Movie Freaks. We discuss Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), Ninja Scroll (1993), Steamboy (2004), Ghost in the Shell (1995), Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000), Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Princess Mononoke (1997), Ju-On: The Grudge (2002), Ju-On: The Grudge 2 (2003), Hellraiser (1987), Chaplin (1992), The Jungle Book (2016), and Green Room (2015). Ty goes and eats from a truck.

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​​​We continue with part 4 (40-21) of our 5 part series on our favorite 100 movies of all time.

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We talk about our latest I'm So Ashamed pick, MASH (1970). We also discuss The Witch (2016), Hush (2016), Ocean's 11 (1960), The 33 (2015), Pal Joey (1957), Before We Go (2015), Perfect Blue (1997), The Hunger Games series (2012-2015), The Ranch (2016-), Magic in the Moonlight (2014), and Black Mirror (2011-).

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​​​We continue with part 3 (60-41) of our 5 part series on our favorite 100 movies of all time.

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​Our I'm So Ashamed pick for this week is McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971). We also talk about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Ride Along 2 (2016), 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), Suspiria (1977), Demons (1985), Charade (1963), and The Good Dinosaur (2015).

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​​​We continue with part 2 (80-61) of our 5 part series on our favorite 100 movies of all time.

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In this episode, we discuss The Red Shoes (1948), 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), Triple 9 (2016), The Forest (2016), Hollywoodland (2006), Leap Year (2010), Don't Torture a Duckling (1972), Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), High Society (1956), and Monsters (2010).

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​​​In this special 5 part series, we list our favorite 100 movies of all time, starting with 100-81.

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​​​The featured movie for this episode is Leon: The Professional (1994). We also talk about the Oscars, The Overnight (2015), Hail, Caesar! (2016), Rebecca (1940), Monkey Business (1952), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), How to Be Single (2016), and Casablanca (1942).

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​​Our featured movie for this episode is The Wicker Man (1973). We also discuss 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), Deadpool (2016), Tomorrowland (2015), Save the Tiger (1973), Mississippi Grind (2015), Black Mirror (2011-), Making a Murderer (2015), and American Ultra (2015).​

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​Our featured movie for this episode is The Untouchables (1987). We also talk about Severance (2006), Joy (2015), The Revenant (2015), The Skin I Live In (2011), Kill List (2011), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Stage Fright (1987), Deep Red (1975), Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), F is for Family (2015-), Call Northside 777 (1948), actors we would like to bring back for one more movie, and our dream movie ideas.​

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​In this episode, we pick our next round of I'm So Ashamed movies, we discuss our best and worst movies of 2015, and we finish with our own postseason movie awards.

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​Our featured movie is The Seventh Seal (1957). We also discuss Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Room (2015), The Hateful Eight (2015), The Big Short (2015), Trumbo (2015), The Revenant (2015), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), Brooklyn (2015), Return to Sender (2015), The Ref (1994), Phoenix (2014), Concussion (2015), Creed (2015), Love the Coopers (2015) The Intern (2015), Goodnight Mommy (2014), and much more.

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Our featured movie, for this episode, is ​Mean Streets (1973). We also discuss Krampus (2015), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Christmas Vacation 2 (2003), In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2007), 7 Chinese Brothers (2015), The Duke of Burgundy (2014), and more... We end the show with another round of Trailer Trivia!

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​Our featured movie for this episode is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). We also talk about Goodbye World (2013), Beasts of No Nation (2015), Tangerine (2015), Steal (2002), Sherlock Jr. (1924), Black Sunday (1960), Dark Passage (1947), Baby Face (1933), and The Wrong Man (1956).

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​​Our featured movie for this episode is Cool Hand Luke (1967). We also talk about Everest (2015), Spotlight (2015), Creep (2014), The Night Before (2015), Gambit (2012), Daredevil (2015-), and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014).

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​Our featured movie for this episode is The King of Comedy (1982). We also discuss Burnt (2015), Ant-Man (2015), Spectre (2015), Lord of War (2005), Evil Dead (2013), Trick 'r Treat (2007), Good People (2014), The Stranger (1946), Laura (1944), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), College (1927), and Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

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​Our featured movie for this episode is Inside Out (2015). We also discuss 300: Rise of an Empire (2014), City of the Living Dead (1980), The Beyond (1981), Steve Jobs (2015), Frank (2014), Assault on Wall Street (2013), Mississippi Grind (2015), Steven's movie story, and the Fantasy Movie League results.

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Our featured movie for this episode is The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). We also discuss The Martian (2015), The Walk (2015), The Cobbler (2015), Bridge of Spies (2015), Next (2007), Sicario (2015), Zombie (1979), and God Bless America (2011).

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In this episode, we discuss ​Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Area 51 (2015), White God (2014), Hot Pursuit (2015), Boulevard (2014), Boy Meets Girl (2014), The Two Faces of January (2014), People Places Things (2015), Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014), and Killing Them Softly (2012).

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Our featured movie for this episode is Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981). We also discuss Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The Green Inferno (2013), The Cider House Rules (1999), Black Mass (2015), Mistress America (2015), listener feedback, and our most anticipated movies of 2016.

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Our featured movie for this episode is The Fog (1980). We also talk about House of 1000 Corpses (2003), Love From Mother Only (2003), Ninjas (2010), Hatchet (2006), Sinister 2 (2015), Aloha (2015), The Visit (2015), Ride (2015), Hitman: Agent 47 (2015), The Transporter Refueled (2015), No Escape (2015), Side Effects (2013), A Walk in the Woods (2015), Turbo Kid (2015), and Buzzard (2014).

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Our featured movie for this episode is Raising Arizona (1987). Then, we pick our next I'm So Ashamed movie and talk about Trainwreck (2015), No Escape (2015), Straight Outta Compton (2015), Love & Mercy (2014), Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), American Ultra (2015), The Guest (2014), Terminator Genisys (2015), The Longest Ride (2015), Danny Collins (2015), and The End of the Tour (2015). Stay until the very end to hear our special ending from straight outta Baltic...

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Our featured movie for this episode is our "I'm So Ashamed" pick, Rebel Without a Cause (1955). We pick our next movie for "I'm So Ashamed". The sound duder talks a little bit about Columbo (1971-2003). We also discuss this year's movies that bombed at the box office, The Navigator (1924), Fantastic Four (2015), Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015), The Gift (2015), You're Next (2011), '71 (2014), They Came Together (2014), Blackhat (2015), and Clouds of Sims Maria (2015). We end the show with Steven's Speedy Speed round and Fantasy Movie League updates.

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Our featured movie for this episode is Metropolis (1927). We also discuss Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015), Vacation (2015), Pixels (2015), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Trainwreck (2015), Ant-Man (2015), Southpaw (2015), Slow West (2015), The DUFF (2015), Survivor (2015), our new "I'm So Ashamed" picks, and Steven's Speedy Speed Round.

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In this episode, we talk about our favorite martial arts and ninja movies, A Most Violent Year (2015), Regal Cinemas news, new trailers, and our Fantasy Movie League. This is a continuation of last episode.

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In this jam-packed episode, our featured movie is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). Then, we pick our last movie for this edition of I'm So Ashamed. We also discuss Ted 2 (2015), The Gambler (2014), Big Hero 6 (2014), The Wedding Ringer (2015), San Andreas (2015), McFarland, USA (2015), A Most Wanted Man (2014), Gaslight (1944), Poltergeist (2015), Spring (2014), and the TV show: Girls (2012-). Ty does his next edition of Cinema Smackdown!

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In this episode, we have two featured movies: The 400 Blows (1959) and Jurassic World (2015). We also discuss Spy (2015), The Kingsmen (2011), What We Do in the Shadows (2014), Laggies (2014), Results (2015), and we answer some listener questions.

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Our featured movie for this episode is Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). We also discuss The Killer (1989), Tomorrowland (2015), Aloha (2015), San Andreas (2015), and our top 5 favorite disaster movies.

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Our featured movie for this episode is Animal House (1978). We also discuss Unfriended (2015), Run All Night (2015), Isolation (2005), The Thing (1982), and The Box (2009).

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In this Ty-free episode, we have recurring guests, Erik and Eugene, from Movie Freaks. Our featured movie is Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), followed by a Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) recap, Duel (1971), and A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006). We finish the show with creating our own Avengers teams and a 20 questions game.

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Our featured movie for this episode is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). We also talk about Predestination (2014), The Signal (2014), Alien Abduction (2014), While We're Young (2015), and Breaking Bad (2008–2013). We pick our next movie for our I'm So Ashamed segment, discuss another bad movie theater experience, and share our top movies that take place in Texas.

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In this episode, we discuss Get Hard (2015) and Three Kings (1999). We also talk about the upcoming movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend (2015), our I'm So Ashamed picks, and yet another bad movie theater experience.

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Our featured movie, for this episode, is Furious 7 (2015). We also discuss The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), The Skeleton Twins (2014), It Follows (2014), Jupiter Ascending (2015), and the TV show Jericho (2006-2008). Our topic for this episode: Which TV shows we wish would return?

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In this episode, we discuss Run All Night (2015), The Wedding Ringer (2015), Nightcrawler (2014), Corman's World (2011), A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), Big Hero 6 (2014), Kon-Tiki (2012), Weird Loners (2015-), and our Summer movie preview.

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In this episode, we discuss Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), Chappie (2015), Focus (2015), Good Will Hunting (1997), Trespass (2011), and the TV show Jericho (2006–2008). Also, the sound duder almost single-handedly kills the podcast.

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In this episode, we discuss The Double (2011), The Guest (2014), and Noah (2014). We end the show with the Guess the Synopsis game.

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In this episode, we discuss 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Citizenfour (2014), Don Jon (2013), A Simple Plan (1998), Parks and Recreation (2009-2015), and the 2015 Oscars.

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Our featured movie for this episode is John Wick (2014). We also discuss Brick Mansions (2014), The Boy Next Door (2015), Still Alice (2014), Chef (2014), American Beauty (1999), Gone with the Wind (1939), In the Heat of the Night (1967), the Oscars and Black History Month.

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In this episode, we are joined by Movie Freaks and Cinema's Soft Underbelly to discuss our top movies of 2014. This is part 2 of our 3-part mega podcast. Check out part 1 on Cinema's Soft Underbelly and part 3 on Movie Freaks. Both are available on iTunes and FeedBurner.

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In this episode, we talk about The One I Love (2014), Listen Up Philip (2014), Inherent Vice (2014), and Swingers (1996). We also discuss Oscar Nominations and TV shows.

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Our featured movie for this week is Whiplash (2014). We also discuss Ida (2013), Trollhunter (2010), Nightcrawler (2014), Taken 3 (2015), The Imitation Game (2014), Stardust (2007), and Gone Girl (2014).

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Our featured movie for this episode is The Interview (2014). We also talk about Boyhood (2014), Blue Ruin (2013), Under the Skin (2013), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), and Wild (2014). We finish the show discussing the most overpaid actors and the best picture contenders.

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In this episode, our featured movie is Requiem for a Dream (2000). We also talk about Snowpiercer (2013), World's Greatest Dad (2009), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), and Bad Santa (2003). Steven talks about The Bishop's Wife (1947) in the return of his Classic Movie Roundup. We finish by discussing the highest grossing Christmas movies and our thoughts on the cancellation of The Interview (2014).

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Our featured movie for this episode is Magnolia (1999). We also discuss Jaws (1975), Snowpiercer (2013), and Dumb and Dumber To (2014). We end the show with Ty's Cinema Smackdown.

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In this episode, we have returning guests, Erik and Eugene, from the Movie Freaks Podshow, to talk about our featured movie, Interstellar (2014). We also discuss spoilers at the end of the episode, so be sure to stick around for that. We also discuss Trainspotting (1996) and Dumb and Dumber To (2014). Cinema Sidekicks face off against the Movie Freaks in a "name that synopsis" game.

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In this episode, we have returning guests, Erik Marner and Eugene Weaver, from the Movie Freaks Podshow. We talk about Full Metal Jacket (1987), The Innkeepers (2011), and David Fincher movies. We end the show with a game called Movie Jeopardy.

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Our featured movie, for this episode, is A Clockwork Orange (1971). We also discuss Fury (2014), The Judge (2014), The Delivery Man (2007), and Gone Girl (2014). We end the show with horror movie talk, for Halloween, including Scream (1996), The Purge (2013), and The House of the Devil (2009).

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In this episode we have a returning special guest, one of the co-hosts of the Movie Freaks Podshow, Eugene Weaver. We discuss The Equalizer (2014), Chef (2014), The Maze Runner (2014), Short Term 12 (2013), TV talk, and horror talk. We introduce a new segment called I'm So Ashamed and we finish the show with listener questions.

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Our featured movie is The Drop (2014). We also discuss ET (1982), The Purge: Anarchy (2014), Let's Be Cops (2014), Maleficent (2014), Blackfish (2013), listener questions, and the fantasy movie league.

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Our featured movie for this episode is Good Morning, Vietnam (1987). We also discuss Out of the Furnace (2013), Devil (2010), Wish You Were Here (2012), and the TV series, The Wire (2002–2008). Listener questions, Massacre Theater, and a new segment called Fact or Fiction.

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In this episode, we have a special guest, Maynard, for our movie discussion extravaganza. We talk about The Spectacular Now (2013), The Fault in Our Stars, (2014), There Will Be Blood (2007), Blue Ruin (2013), The Usual Suspects (1995), The Ice Harvest (2005), Blade Runner (1982), The General (1926), and much more. We also share some thoughts about the passing of Robin Williams.

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Our featured movie for this episode is Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). We also discuss Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), The Killer Inside Me (2010), The World's End (2013), Alan Partridge (2013), and The Lego Movie (2014). We end the show with Fantasy Movie League talk and we answer a listener question.

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Our featured movie is Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). We also talk about Lucy (2014), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), and Walter Mitty (2014). In our Revistied Movie Segment, we discuss Non-Stop (2014) and Blended (2014). We end the show with our top 5 favorite animal movies.

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This is part 2 of our 2 part extravaganza with Erik Marner. This episode was originally broadcast on the Movie Freaks Podshow. To hear the first half, listen to Episode 3 of Cinema Sidekicks.

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Our featured movie this episode is 22 Jump Street (2014). Also, we revisit Edge of Tomorrow (2014) and discuss A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) and Pain & Gain (2013). We end the show discussing theater etiquette, the trailer for Dumb and Dumber To (2014), and other topics.

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Our featured movie is Edge of Tomorrow (2014). We also discuss Pulp Fiction (1994), Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio (2014), and Mud (2012). We end with a short discussion about the death of video stores and our letter grade for the year of movies so far.

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We have another special guest, Eugene Weaver, from Movie Freaks. Our featured movie is Godzilla (2014). We also discuss: X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Neighbors (2014), Blue Ruin (2013), Enemy (2013), and Oculus (2013). Does Ty redeem himself in his second installment of Cinema Smackdown? We end with Horror Scene Trivia.

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We have our first special guest, Erik Marner, from the Movie Freaks Podshow. Our featured movie is The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). We also talk about Akira (1988) and various other movies. Ty's Cinema Smackdown and our Fantasy Movie League.

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) is our featured movie. We discuss Transcendence (2014), Reservoir Dogs (1992), and Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010). If we could only watch 5 movies this summer, what would they be? Fantasy Movie League update.

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Welcome back, our favorite and least favorite movies of 2013, misc. talk, and the 2014 Fantasy Movie League.