Podcast Episodes

Episode 116: Bringing Out the Dead vs. Ambulance

This week on the Weekly Movie Throwdown, it's a battle between two films set primarily inside emergency vehicles. Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 115: Bringing Up Baby (1938) vs. The Philadelphia Story (1940) with Laura Carney

Episode 115

In this week's episode, Mike and Steven go way back to the Golden Age of Hollywood to discuss a throwdown between two very different Katharine Hepbur…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Episode 114: Atomic Blonde vs. Gunpowder Milkshake

Episode 114

In this week's episode it's a throwdown between woman-led action tales, as 2017's Atomic Blonde takes on 2021's Gunpowder Milkshake. Two ass-kicking …

3 months ago

Episode 113: Black Swan vs. Whiplash

Episode 113

On this week's episode, it's a throwdown between two stories of toxic achievement, as Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan (2010) takes on Damien Chazelle's…

3 months, 1 week ago

Episode 112: Airplane! vs. Caddyshack

Episode 112

On the show this week, Mike and Steven host a throwdown between two legendary comedy classics, both from 1980. It's the Zucker/Abrahams production Ai…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 111: Matinee vs. Ed Wood

Episode 111

This week on the show, it's a battle of the B-movie directors as Joe Dante's homage to Hollywood showman William Castle, Matinee!, throws down agains…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Episode 110: Enemy of the State vs. Kimi

Episode 110

This week on the podcast, it's a throwdown between two films that feature murder caught on tape, as Tony Scott's Enemy of the State takes on Steven S…

4 months ago

Episode 109: The Natural vs. Field of Dreams

Episode 109

Batter up! This week on the show, it's a throwdown between two baseball classics: The Natural (1984) vs. Field of Dreams (1989). Both are beloved sto…

4 months, 1 week ago

Episode 108: The Martian vs. Project Hail Mary

Episode 108

This week's episode comes straight from the theater as we match two Andy Weir book adaptations against one another. 2015's The Martian, directed by R…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 107: That Thing You Do! vs. Sing Street

Episode 107

This week on the show, we move on from the musicals of last week to films about musicians in a throwdown that might be one of our favorites to date. …

4 months, 3 weeks ago