Two Thumbs Down with Mike and Ryan
Listen each week as two pals watch and discuss EVERY movie that legendary film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave two thumbs down.
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120 - The Air Up There (1994) and My Giant (1998) (opens the original)
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It’s basketball time! The new NBA season is right around the corner so the lads are talking all things basketball (on the confines of Siskel and Ebert)! They talk some Billy Crystal, Kevin Bacon, Gheorghe Mureșan, and some even Steven Seagal
119 - Harry and the Hendersons (1987) and The Great Outdoors (1988) with special guest Emerson Dibley (opens the original)
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It’s finally time to touch grass. This week the boys bring in Emerson Dibley to talk some 80’s comedy classics. First is Harry and the Hendersons, the Bigfoot flick starring John Lithgow. Then the boys go to The Great Outdoors, starring John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, and Annette Bening. The boys also discuss Obsession, Spider-Man Brand New Day, I Want Your Sex, Sheep Detectives, and Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
118 - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and Rhinestone (1984) with special guest Ilana Winter (opens the original)
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Our very special Dolly Parton episode! This week we bring back Ilana Winter to talk all things Dolly, share memories and stories, and watch some incredibly unique movies in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, featuring Burt Reynolds, and Rhinestone, featuring Sylvester Stallone
117 - Clue (1985) and ¡Three Amigos! with special guest Phil Del Costello (opens the original)
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It’s our impromptu Tim Curry farewell episode. This week we bring in Phil Del Costello to say RIP and discuss Clue, with an all time great comedic performance from Curry, and Three Amigos, another 80’s classic comedy. We also talk a bit about The Odyssey, Dune 3, Tony, Obsession, and Bob Odenkirk’s Normal
Criminal Law (1988) and Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) (opens the original)
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This week it’s all about the courtroom. First up is the murder thriller Criminal Law, with Gary Oldman and Kevin Bacon, then the biopic Ghosts of Mississippi, with Alex Baldwin and Whoopi Goldberg. But more importantly, the boys discuss the absolute monstrous accents from everyone from James Woods to William H. Macy
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