As usual, we finally get around to committing to a top ten list from the previous year about six months after everyone else already did theirs. We like to think it makes ours more well rounded. Even though we still haven't gotten around to seei

Episode 80: Mad Max Fury Road

May 19th, 2015 26m 21s

Sparky recounts a few chick flicks like Hot Pursuit and Pitch Perfect 2, and we have an in depth review of Mad Max Fury Road.

Episode 79: Ex Machina

May 11th, 2015 25m 26s

Sparky and Michael talk about the AI thriller Ex Machina.

Episode 78: Avengers: Age of Ultron

May 3rd, 2015 26m 28s

Michael and Sparky emerge from the travails of academia victorious and return to a full, spoiler filled discussion of that movie you all have probably all seen already, Avengers: Age of Ultron!

Steve and Stephen on Steven Episode 1: Duel

Mar 14th, 2015 38m 49s

Podcast Pilot! Steve C and Stephen Sparky Parker jump into a Spielberg podcast retrospective, starting with his first film, Duel. Check out more of Steve C's stuff!Media Meltdown Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/media-meltdown-podca

Episode 77: American Sniper, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and Dr. Strangelove

Mar 6th, 2015 27m 7s

Michael and Sparky discuss Oscar nominees American Sniper, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and the classic Dr. Strangelove, as well as our favorite war movies.

Episode 76: Casablanca and The One I Love

Feb 16th, 2015 31m 49s

Michael and Sparky explore love and romance and marriage in Casablanca and The One I Love. Also check out Sparky's Blog! sparkysmovienotes.blogspot.com

Episode 75: Seventh Son, Jupiter Ascending, Project Almanac, and American Graffiti

Feb 8th, 2015 36m 28s

Sparky and Michael kill witches and Sean Bean in our discussions of Seventh Son and Jupiter Ascending, and time travel back to high school with Project Almanac and American Graffiti!Also check out Sparky's new blog and reviews of these movies!

Episode 74: Selma, Inherent Vice, The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Jan 20th, 2015 32m 6s

Michael And Sparky celebrate Martin Luther King jr. Day by discussing Oscar nominees, Selma, Inherent Vice, and wrap it all up in a trip to Middle Earth.

Episode 73:

Jan 9th, 2015 25m 45s

Ringing in the new year and Season Three of the podcast. Michael and Sparky travel to North Korea under pretenses of reviewing M*A*S*H and The Interview. But you know why we are really there. ;)

Episode 72: It Happened One Night, Annie, Top Five, The Imitation Game, The Interview

Dec 22nd, 2014 43m 30s

Michael and Sparky get into the Christmas spirit with 3 new releases, one Capra classic, and a brief discussion of politics concerning small communist countries.

Episode 71: Interstellar and E. T.: the Extraterrestrial

Dec 7th, 2014 25m 46s

Michael and Sparky hop into our favorite movie spaceships and discuss Interstellar and E. T. Check out this link for our spoiler episode.http://www.patreon.com/creation?hid=1336654

Episode 70: Horrible Bosses 2, The Theory of Everything, and The Graduate

Nov 27th, 2014 36m 7s

Sparky and Michael discuss favorite directors and Thanksgiving releases.

Episode 69: Dumb and Dumber to and A Night at the Opera

Nov 17th, 2014 31m 25s

Michael and Sparky go on a road trip, talk about comedy sequels, road movies, Jim Carrey, and what the most annoying sound in the world is.

Episode 68: Big Hero 6 and Toy Story

Nov 10th, 2014 31m 56s

Michael and Sparky review Big Hero 6, a super hero origin story about a kid and his big brother's robot, and Toy Story, a classic movie about a toy that is jealous of his owner's newest toy.

Episode 67: Birdman and All About Eve

Nov 3rd, 2014 33m 45s

Michael and Sparky delve into the theater with a discussion of Birdman, All About Eve, and talk about acclaimed movies that everyone else likes but we don't.

Episode 66: John Wick and King Kong

Oct 27th, 2014 25m 1s

Michael and Sparky discuss Monster movies, and delve into new release John Wick and the classic King Kong.

Episode 65: The Book of Life, St. Vincent, and Tootsie!

Oct 21st, 2014 38m 4s

We cover recent releases The Book of Life and St. Vincent, as well as AFI entry Tootsie, and discuss the appeal of Bill Murray. How well do you know your Bill Murray characters?

Episode 64: The Judge and 12 Angry Men

Oct 11th, 2014 23m 44s

Michael and Sparky duke it out over The Judge and deliberate on 12 Angry Men. I'll allow it, but it better be going somewhere.

Episode 63: Gone Girl and Double Indemnity

Oct 6th, 2014 20m 36s

How many different ways can someone pronounce film noir?

Episode 62: The Equalizer, How to Train Your Dragon 2, and Duck Soup

Sep 27th, 2014 32m 32s

Michael and Sparky talk about the new release The Equalizer, slightly new release How to Train Your Dragon 2, and very old release Duck Soup, as well as all our favorite TV shows!

Episode 61: The Maze Runner, This Is Where I Leave You, The Congress, The Godfather

Sep 19th, 2014 34m 30s

Michael and Sparky discover you can't go home, because there's a big maze in the way filled with gross monsters! We cover new releases The Maze Runner and This Is Where I Leave You, dive into the wacky-ness that is The Congress, and receive an

Episode 60: The Drop, Dolphin Tale 2, and The Shawshank Redemption

Sep 13th, 2014 29m 24s

Michael and Sparky discuss new releases The Drop and Dolphin Tale 2, and delve into the legend of Morgan Freeman!

Episode 59: X-Men: Days of Future Past and 2001: A Space Odyssey

Sep 3rd, 2014 42m 2s

Reunited at last, Michael and Sparky tackle mutations straightforward and otherwise in X-Men: Days of Future Past, and travel back to review 2001: A Space Odyssey, in the first in our series of conquering the AFI Top 100 movies! Also, the resul