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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... more
FAQs about Two Thumbs Down with Mike and Ryan:How many episodes does Two Thumbs Down with Mike and Ryan have?The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.
November 17, 2025Wildcats (1986) and Little Giants (1994)It’s NFL season! Well it’s been football season for a while, but the boys are on it this week with two football classics (are they classics?): Wildcats and Little Giants. They also get into some Frankenstein and Guillermo Del Toro talk, some football talk, LL Cool J’s football rap, and one of the best comedic performances we’ve seen on the podcast yet!...more1h 30minPlay
November 10, 2025Look Who's Talking Now! (1993) and First Wives Club (1996)This week is all about our QUEEN. Diane Keaton. We discuss her filmography and her only two movies on this list: Look Who’s Talking Now and First Wives Club. We also talk some child actors, the stacked cast of First Wives Club, and what you should do with a dog as bad as the one in Look Who’s Talking Now...more1h 25minPlay
November 01, 2025The Million Dollar Duck (1971) and Maniac (1980)Spooky Season is officially over, and the boys are trading ghouls and goblins for birthday cake! It’s Ryan’s birthday, and he got to pick any two movies he wanted. Staying true to his Siskel & Ebert roots, Ryan went bold, choosing two of the only three movies Gene Siskel ever walked out of. (Don’t worry, we’re saving the third one for a couple weeks from now!) Neither of these movies are officially on the Two Thumbs Down list, but they still capture the spirit of Siskel the curmudgeon. ...more1h 35minPlay
October 27, 2025The Evil Dead (1981) and Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)The trees are out to get us on this week’s episode! We talk a whole lot of Sam Raimi, Mike just saw One Battle After Another so some more Leonardo DiCaprio talk, and the greatest movie best friends of all time...more1h 25minPlay
October 20, 2025A Nightmare on Elm Street part 3: Dream Warriors (1987) and Phantasm 2 (1988) with special guest Austin Wolf-SothernEveryone loves horror, and everyone loves a sequel. Well except for ol Gene and Roger. This week we bring back Austin Wolf-Sothern to discuss some slashers, some queer reading into a Freddie Krueger movie, and whether or not Dream Warriors is the greatest movie of all time...more1h 40minPlay
October 13, 2025They're Playing with Fire (1984) and The Temp (1993)Spooky is sexy and sexy is spooky. This week we have some sexual horror flicks, a large chunk of Paul Thomas Anderson, some insane deaths in They’re Playing With Fire, another week of Timothy Hutton, and maybe the most crazy on screen pizza ever: mustard and anchoviesThey're Playing with Fire (26:55)The Temp (1:02:54)...more1h 42minPlay
October 06, 2025The Dark Half (1993) and In the Mouth of Madness (1994) with special guest Mark SchroederSpooky season has STARTED. We kick off October with returning guest Mark Schroeder to talk some Halloween adaptations, Stephen King, John Carpenter, and what it takes to be a real on screen BADASSThe Dark Half (25:41)In the Mouth of Madness (57:35)...more1h 43minPlay
September 29, 2025Trespass (1992) and Gunmen (1993)It’s all about 90’s treasure hunters this episode. These movies and episode are packed with so much 90’s! I’m talking Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Ice T (with a mullet) and Ice Cube (with a gold front tooth) as East St. Louis gang members, and, of course, stunts that may or may not have put some stunt people in their gravesTrespass (15:35)Gunmen (44:30)...more1h 23minPlay
September 22, 2025Don't Tell Mom, the Babysitter's Dead (1991) and Trading Mom (1994)This week it’s all about MOMs. We have Don’t Tell Mom, The Babysitters Dead (15:59) and Trading Mom(48:14), a Sissy Spacek lead movie that’s been lost to time(maybe for good reason??). We also talk Spike Lee, what kind of mom is the coolest mom, and what might be the worst movie mom in cinema history...more1h 22minPlay
September 15, 2025Little Monsters (1989) and Small Soldiers (1998)Another kids week! This time we’re talking ghouls with Little Monsters (13:15) and a story about toys with Small Soldiers (47:20). We also talk Joe Dante, Phil Hartman, Tommy Lee Jones, the challenge of eating a peanut butter and onion sandwich, and how a character in Little Monsters knew his apple juice got switched with monster urine...more1h 21minPlay
FAQs about Two Thumbs Down with Mike and Ryan:How many episodes does Two Thumbs Down with Mike and Ryan have?The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.