The Complete Works Podcast

This week, Roy Scheider stars with Jeannie Berlin in this mostly forgotten '70s romantic comedy-drama. But this funny, earnest, heartfelt movie is ripe for rediscovery - and may just feature one of Scheider's best performances.

If you feel it, chase it! The original TWISTER has a long history on this podcast as one of Mike D's fabled Babysitter Movies, so of course we had to talk about TWISTERS, the new follow-up from director Lee Isaac Chung and starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell.

This week, we're back in the Cage with one of this summer's biggest success stories, Osgood Perkins' LONGLEGS! The hit horror film from NEON is packing theaters everywhere, and Cage's performance (hidden in all of the marketing) has been generating a ton of buzz - so it's time to talk about it!

It's time for a Mike Makes Mike Watch! This week, Smith is making Mike D catch up with Walter Hill's rock and roll fable, 1984's STREETS OF FIRE - meanwhile, Mike D is filling in a disaster movie blind spot for Smith with 2003's THE CORE!

This week, Roy Scheider gets his first leading role in a pseudo-follow-up to THE FRENCH CONNECTION, 1973's THE SEVEN-UPS! Come for the grimy '70s New York City crime setting, stay for an all-timer car chase!

It's time for a bonus Off Mike Discussions episode! This week, Mike D is watching a Dario Argento documentary and catches up with BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE and ABIGAIL, while Smith watched David Lean's BRIEF ENCOUNTER for the first time and has thoughts on HIT MAN, A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE, and THE ACOLYTE!

Thanks to the help of one of our listeners, Mike and Mike were able to watch the 1972 TV movie ASSIGNMENT: MUNICH, starring Roy Scheider and Lesley Ann Warren. So now, we're talking about it!

We did it, people... after years of using the idea of Shrek 5 as an in-joke on the podcast, Dreamworks Animation has officially dated the fifth SHREK movie for July 1st, 2026 with the original cast returning. Naturally, we had to weigh in on what this means for the future of our podcast... and the world.

This week, we've got a gritty crime thriller and Roy Scheider's second collaboration with French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant, THE OUTSIDE MAN! Also starring Ann-Margret, Angie Dickinson, a young Jackie Earle Haley in his film debut, and more!

It's time for the Mike Smith's annual Birthday By-Law episode, where he gets to choose a movie to talk about for his birthday - and this year, he's going with Howard Hawk's classic film noir, THE BIG SLEEP, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall!