Movie reviews with franchise baggage and loud detours.
Movie Guys Podcast treats film criticism like a table conversation that keeps spilling into trivia, jokes, and memory checks. The reviews cover new releases and older genre favorites, with horror, sci-fi, sequels, adaptations, and actor side quests getting plenty of room.
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Movie Guys Podcast is built for people who enjoy movie reviews that sound alive in the room. It is not tidy. That is the point. The show moves through plot, production context, franchise memory, cast recognition, and gut reactions with the speed of a group chat that somehow did the homework. Recent episodes lean heavily into horror, thriller, sci-fi, and franchise territory, from Scream 7 and Predator: Badlands to The Island of Dr. Moreau and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. The panel is comfortable asking basic questions out loud, getting something wrong, correcting it, and turning the confusion into part of the review. That gives the show a different texture from cleaner film podcasts. It feels less like a prepared verdict and more like listeners are hearing the take form in real time. Scream 7 becomes a conversation about nostalgia, production history, Ghostface excess, and whether the franchise is drifting into absurd sequel logic. Predator: Badlands turns into a check on hype after Prey, theatrical expectations, and the promise of a clean slate. Contact gets a more reflective pass, with attention to science, faith, politics, the book, and how the film reshapes those ideas for emotion. Wake Up Dead Man brings detective plotting, suspect tracking, actor references, and stray jokes into the same lane. Die My Love prompts sharper reactions to disturbing behavior, domestic collapse, and scenes where characters seem bizarrely under-responsive to harm. The show can be affectionate toward bad or odd movies, but it is rarely passive. It pokes at casting, effects, franchise strategy, book adaptation choices, and whether a scene is clever or just loud. Its humor is blunt without needing to be mean as a brand. The best moments come when one person's certainty runs into another person's memory, and the conversation has to reroute on the fly. For listeners who like film talk with friction, trivia, nostalgia, and conversational mess, Movie Guys Podcast has a lived-in rhythm that polished review formats often sand away.
Made for: For movie fans who like horror, sci-fi, sequels, adaptations, and long-running franchises discussed with jokes, arguments, and visible uncertainty. It especially fits listeners who enjoy conversational reviews more than polished critic monologues.
What sets it apart: The show lets the review process stay messy: memory checks, corrections, production trivia, actor rabbit holes, and blunt reactions all remain part of the final texture. That gives even familiar franchise talk a loose, reactive charge.
Movie Guys Podcast is a weekly movie discussion show released every Thursday morning, hosted by Eric and Jordan, with occasional guest hosts joining the conversation. With 11 years in the game, this podcast isn’t chasing trends—it’s built on experience, consistency, and a genuine love for film. What sets Movie Guys Podcast apart is its in-depth, thoughtful conversations about movies both new and old. Eric and Jordan go beyond surface-level reviews, diving into themes, performances, filmmaking choices, and how movies resonate over time. Each year, the show also introduces a new retrospective series, revisiting classic films and franchises through a seasoned, modern lens. Whether you’re a long…
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Eric, Jordan, and recurring contributor Chad pair candid movie criticism with production context, close scene-reading, and the chemistry of a long-running argument.
Movie Guys Podcast turns film reviews into loose, argumentative conversations where affection never exempts a movie from scrutiny. Eric and Jordan move between new releases and film-retrospective choices, testing plot logic, performances, adaptation decisions, and production…
A hockey-hat roast before Contact's science-and-faith debate: you get both sides of movie night.
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A loose, fan-first Scream 7 discussion that mixes nostalgia, production history, and franchise fatigue.
Movie Guys Podcast uses Scream 7 as a jump-off point for a broader look at a franchise that has gone far enough to feel a little absurd, even as it keeps trying to ground its motives and killers.
A loose Contact discussion that turns adaptation theory into a personal, wide-ranging debate.
Movie Guys Podcast opens its Contact talk with a digression over a Toledo walleye hat, a straight bill, and the sticker still on, then lands on a joke about looking like a peewee hockey assistant coach.
A clue-chasing mystery discussion that stays sharpest when it zeroes in on the smallest tells.
Movie Guys Podcast frames the film as a twisty detective romp, with Chad as a first-time Knives Out viewer giving the conversation an easy point of entry.
A loose panel review of Die My Love, where a glass-door scene exposes the film's strangest lack of concern.
Movie Guys Podcast frames Die My Love around a move closer to relatives, a new baby, and a house that should signal a steadier life. The episode tightens when the hosts linger on the film's most alarming turn: she runs through a sliding glass door while holding the baby, and the…
A beer quiz rolls into a squirmy debate over how Anaconda's kills should work.
Movie Guys Podcast treats Anaconda as a loose, joke-driven argument about monster-movie logic, starting with a top-selling beer quiz before sliding into the snake attacks.
A lively cult-movie review where production chaos nearly upstages the bizarre premise.
Movie Guys Podcast treats The Island of Dr. Moreau as both a strange H.G. Wells adaptation and a famously unruly production story. The conversation starts with the earlier 1930s and 1970s versions, then settles into Richard Stanley's planned passion project, where the…
A horror discussion about controlled performances, demonic uncertainty, and a fake act turning dangerous.
Movie Guys Podcast frames the film around performance, asking how much of the fear comes from people calmly holding the room and how much comes from the presence they may be drawing closer.
Three friends recap Daredevil, Fallout, and new releases scene by scene, in Spanish.
Slasher talk with sharp teeth.
The hosts of Movie Guys Podcast continue their sci-fi retrospective with a discussion of the 1996 film The Island of Dr.
The hosts discuss the long-awaited sequel to Gladiator, criticizing Ridley Scott's recent projects and the film industry's approach to remakes.
Two podcast hosts critically discuss the movie '28 Years Later,' expressing frustration with its confusing plot elements and reliance on director explanations to make sense of the story.
This episode of the Movie Guys Podcast discusses the 2025 remake of the horror film 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'.
Eric and Jordan discuss the horror film 'Late Night with the Devil,' analyzing its plot about a 1970s talk show host, Jack Delroy, who makes a deal with a cult for fame.
The hosts discuss the movie Eddington, award Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone with golden headphones, and reflect on past podcast episodes and technical issues.
Movie Guys Podcast reviews Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, a 93-minute comedy directed by David Wain and co-written by Ken Marino.
Scream 7 is discussed as the franchise's biggest opening, with the hosts citing a $60 million domestic debut on a $45 million budget.
The hosts discuss the sci-fi film 'The Island of Dr.
This episode discusses excitement for Kanye West's new album and reviews an 80s horror movie, blending music and film analysis.
The hosts discuss the movie '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple', focusing on its release as a two-part film with '28 Years Later' and sharing their opinions on the franchise.
The hosts discuss and review the movie 'Predator: Badlands', comparing it to the previous film 'Prey' and exploring the hype surrounding its release.
Eric and Chad start with hat talk and a microphone that keeps misbehaving before they settle into Contact.
One host comes in already sold on these movies.
Die My Love gets a Movie Guys dissection.
Movie Guys Podcast opens with a beer-brand ranking that puts Michelob Ultra at No.
The hosts discuss the movie 'Late Night with the Devil', humorously comparing it to David Letterman and exploring themes like blackmail scandals.