Two Thumbs Down with Mike and Ryan

Mike Park and Ryan Schumaker
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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, filmographies, Siskel and Ebert, and what the renowned critics got right (and wrong) about movies they just could not recommend to a living soul

  1. 23H AGO

    Worst Films of 2025

    It’s time for our year in review episodes! In this episode, we’ve got lists for our stinkers of 2025. We’ve got the worst of lists of movies released in 2025 and what we had to review from Siskel and Ebert this year. Are we talking about The Smashing Machine? Eddington? LITTLE MONSTERS?! Listen and find out!

    1 hr

  2. DEC 22

    All I Want for Christmas (1991) and I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) with special guest Ilana Winter

    It’s the last Christmas episode of 2025 (maybe ever) and we’re bringing on special guest Ilana Winter to chat all things Jonathan Taylor Thomas! We talk All I Want For Christmas and I’ll Be Home For Christmas. There’s also discussions about Eddington, A Merry Little Ex-Mas, Oh. What. Fun., and some HOT takes on Polar Express

    1h 40m

  3. DEC 15

    Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) and One Magic Christmas (1985) with a special guest review by Monty Park

    We’ve got even MORE Christmas magic coming at you! This week the boys talk about the classic tale of Mickey’s Christmas Carol and the not-so-classic One Magic Christmas. There’s also some discussion about Disney, Harry Dean Stanton, Mary Steenburgen, and one of the weirdest most depressing movies we’ve ever seen on the podcast

    1h 10m

  4. DEC 8

    Mini Episode! The Nutcracker Prince (1990)

    This is the third and FINAL mini Nutcracker episode and it’s much different than the others. The fellas are very surprised at this animated adaptation of the Tchaikovsky ballet and they also talk upcoming 2025 movies, Kiefer Sutherland, Peter O’Toole, Phyllis Diller, and one the best characters they’ve come across yet: PANTALOON

    36 min

  5. DEC 4

    Mini Episode! The Nutcracker (1993)

    In this second Nutcracker mini episode, the guys discuss Macaulay Culkin’s role in this adaptation, the merits of child vs. adult actors, and the bane of Ryan’s existence: unnecessary narration

    34 min

  6. DEC 1

    Mini Episode! Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986)

    Since our old friends Siskel and Ebert reviewed 3, count em THREE, different Nutcracker movies, Mike and Ryan have decided to break them up into their own mini episodes! In this first one the boys discuss the movies they’ve watched that week, Maurice Sendak, and how dark this version of The Nutcracker is

    41 min

  7. NOV 24

    Son in Law (1993) and Black Sheep (1996)

    We’re covering two comedy JUGGERNAUTS in this episode: Chris Farley and Pauly Shore! Listen as we discuss Son In Law, Black Sheep, staples of 90’s comedy, which movie Ryan thought was one of the best movies he’s reviewed so far, and which comedian Mike has never had the pleasure of watching perform

    1h 7m

  8. NOV 17

    Wildcats (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!

    1h 29m
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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, filmographies, Siskel and Ebert, and what the renowned critics got right (and wrong) about movies they just could not recommend to a living soul

Information

  • Creator
    Mike Park and Ryan Schumaker
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    83
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Mike Park and Ryan Schumaker
  • Show Website
    Two Thumbs Down with Mike and Ryan

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