Two Thumbs Down with Mike and Ryan

Mike Park and Ryan Schumaker

Listen each week as two pals watch and discuss EVERY movie that legendary film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave two thumbs down. Dissecting two movies per week, they’ll talk about performances, filmographies, Siskel and Ebert, and what the renowned critics got right (and wrong) about movies they just could not recommend to a living soul

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Monday · 1 hr 31 min
116 - K2 (1991) and Daylight (1996)
We’re up and we’re down! This week we start with K2, a movie about K2, starring Michael Biehn climbing K2. Then we go underground with Rob Cohen’s Daylight, starring Sylvester Stallone trying to save Viggo Mortensen and more from a collapsed tunnel under the Hudson River
August 17 · 1 hr 19 min
Criminal Law (1988) and Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
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
August 10 · 1 hr 32 min
114 - Meet the Applegates (1991) and Meet the Deedles (1998)
Meet our new podcast episode! This week it’s a double feature of meeting with Meet the Applegates, starring Ed Begley Jr. and Stockard Channing, and Disney’s Meet the Deedles, starring Paul Walker and Dennis Hopper. The boys also met the new Christopher Nolan flick The Odyssey!
August 3 · 1 hr 54 min
113 - Body of Evidence (1993) and Color of Night (1994)
It’s finally time to have the boys to have the sex talk. To help them out they watched Body of Evidence, with Madonna and Willem Dafoe, and Color of Night, with Bruce Willis and Jane March. The boys also discuss Minions & Monsters, Evil Dead Burn, and more sex with Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
July 27 · 1 hr 18 min
112 - Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) and Burglar (1987)
WHOOPI WHOOPI WHOOPI! In this week’s episode it’s a Whoopi Goldberg double feature with Jumpin' Jack Flash and Burglar. The guys also talk about Tuner, Toy Story 5, and so much more!
July 20 · 1 hr 43 min
111 - Ghostbusters 2 (1989) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) with special guest Freddy Gaitan
It’s all about friendship on this episode because we bring on old friend and filmmaker, Freddy Gaitan to discuss some HUGE 80’s sequels in Ghostbusters 2 and Gremlins 2. We also talk Jackass Best and Last, Obsession, Backrooms, and the GOD Peter MacNicol
July 13 · 2 hr 8 min
110 - The Good Son (1993) and Getting Even with Dad (1994) with special guest Justin Gautreau
It’s Macaulay Culkin day on the podcast! Today we’ve brought on DOCTOR Justin Gautreau to talk about his past book, The Last Word, about old Hollywood novelists and screenwriters and his upcoming book about W.R. Burnett, author of Little Caesar (the very first gangster movie ever made). These oft overlooked 90’s movies feature Ted Danson, Elijah Woods, and one of the most shocking movie endings from a child star ever
July 6 · 47 min
109 - Highlander III: The Sorcerer AKA Highlander III: The Final Dimension AKA Highlander III: The Final Conflict
It’s the last mini episode and it’s Highlander III: The Final Dimension. Or maybe it’s Highlander III: Sorcerer? Or perhaps Highlander III: The Final Conflict? Will adding Mario Van Peebles cement this as the greatest movie trilogy of all time? There’s just one way to find out!
June 29 · 53 min
108 - Highlander II: The Quikening (1991)
In the second mini episode it’s Highlander II: The Quickening! Hailed as one of the worst movies ever made, will the boys agree or maybe discuss this misunderstood MASTERPIECE
June 22 · 1 hr 8 min
107 - Highlander (1986)
There can only be three mini episodes! First up is Highlander, the first in the franchise. The boys talk Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, and even discuss In The Grey and Backrooms
June 15 · 2 hr 21 min
106 - The Color of Money (1986) and Road House (1989) with special guest River Butcher
Time to grab a drink and BE NICE. This week the boys bring back best boy River Butcher to talk all things Roadhouse, with Patrick Swayze, and The Color of Money, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Paul Newman and Tom Cruise. The fellas also talk about Fight Club, Sorry Baby, Hamnet, Widows Bay, and Carolina Caroline
June 8 · 1 hr 27 min
105 - My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991) and Pure Country (1992)
As Alan Jackson once said, the hosts of the Two Thumbs Down podcast have gone country! The fellas discuss two country themed movies. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, starting Scott Glenn, Kate Capshaw, and Gary Busey. And Pure Country, starring actual country star George Strait and of course punk legend John Doe. And no country podcast would be complete without a large Borat discussion!
June 1 · 1 hr 11 min
104 - Mr. Wonderful (1993) and Mr. Wrong (1996)
You want another episode? You got it Mister! We’ve got two romantic comedies with Mr. in the title. Mr. Wonderful with Matt Dillon and even a bit of James Gandolfini. And Mr. Wrong starring Ellen Degeneres and Bill Pullman. The boys also talk The Drama, Alana Haim, Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, and Sheep Detectives!
May 25 · 1 hr 12 min
103 - Disorganized Crime (1989) and Hudson Hawk (1991)
It’s the 25th anniversary of Hudson Hawk! Everyone is talking about it! It’s all over the news! This week the fellas talk some caper heist movies Disorganized Crime (1989) and Hudson Hawk (1991), packed full of stars like Bruce Willis, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ed O’Neil, Andie Macdowell, Richard E. Grant, and so much more!
May 18 · 1 hr 23 min
102 - One Good Cop (1991) and One Tough Cop (1998)
We use one whole episode to figure what is better: one GOOD cop or one TOUGH cop. Well maybe neither one is better. But we do talk a whole lotta 90’s power houses like Michael Keaton, Anthony LaPaglia, Stephen Baldwin, Chris Penn. And we also review the new Renny Harlin Deep Water shark movie and The Devil Wears Prada 2
May 11 · 1 hr 36 min
101 - Krull (1983) and Red Sonja (1985) with special guest Seth Robert Babb
It’s a sci fi/fantasy episode so we had to bring in resident sci fi/fantasy nerd Seth Robert Babb! We talk Krull, an actual movie that is both sci fi and fantasy. Then we move over to straight fantasy with Red Sonja, starring Brigitte Nielsen and Arnold Schwarzenegger! Don’t miss the boys discuss their recent movie watches, Seth’s recent album faves, and all three boys try to recollect two movies that make almost no sense whatsoever!
May 4 · 1 hr 54 min
Special 100th Episode!!! Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) and Saturday Night Fever (1977)
It’s our 100th episode (we think [we’re pretty sure])! And we’ve got a very special double feature for the Siskel & Ebert fanatics. First we’re talking about the only movie either of the duo were actually involved in making: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Written by Roger Ebert and directed by Russ Meyer. Then we talk about Gene Siskel’s favorite movie: Saturday Night Fever. A movie he loved so much he bought the famous white Travolta suit! Here’s to 100 more!
April 27 · 1 hr 38 min
The Mighty Ducks (1992) and D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994) with special guest Ilana Winter
QUACK QUACK QUACK it’s Duck time! This week we bring back Ilana Winter to talk all things Mighty Ducks! Is D2 better than the original? Who is a Hawk and who is on Team Iceland? And how is Coach Bombay getting from Malibu to Downtown LA EVERYDAY?!
April 20 · 2 hr 12 min
The Meteor Man(1993) and Batman & Robin(1997) with special guest Mark Schroeder
It’s superhero week on the podcast! We bring back pal and superstar of The Pitt (for one scene) Mark Schroeder to talk The Meteor Man and Batman & Robin. We also talk all things Batman, The Drama with current Batman Robert Pattinson, and we rank our favorite Batman movies!
April 15 · 1 hr 25 min
Throw Momma from the Train (1987) and Getting Away with Murder (1996)
Let’s learn how to commit murder together! This week’s episode is all black comedies about killing someone else! First is Throw Momma From The Train, starring Billy Crystal in Danny DeVito’s directorial debut. Then it’s Dan Ackroyd, Jack Lemmon, and Lily Tomlin in Getting Away With Murder, a movie so difficult to find you have to hear it to believe how the fellas were able to watch it!

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