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The Complete Works Podcast
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The Complete Works is a podcast dedicated to exploring an actor's filmography, one movie at a time - assessing the highs and lows of their career and how it reflects the film industry at large. The current season, Season 5, is covering the films of Elijah Wood. Past seasons include Nicolas Cage, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, and Roy Scheider (with new episodes for their respective seasons being published as needed).
Episodes
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The 12th Annual Montana Film Festival (GUEST: Mike Emmons)
The Montana Film Festival is here once again! Mike Emmons, Artistic Director of MTFF and Programming Director of The Roxy Theater, returns to the podcast to run down everything playing at this year's fest! MTFF runs from October 22nd through 25th. Tickets and information can be found at...
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Ep. 20 - Chain of Fools (2000)
It's time for a first here on the Complete Works - we're covering a movie we've done on a previous season! And this one's about a cast of characters who've seen Better Days: we're revisiting CHAIN OF FOOLS! Elijah Wood pops up alongside an ensemble cast that includes Steve Zahn, David Cross…
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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
It's time for another Ko-Fi donation episode! Thanks to a $50 donation from Dave, Mike and Mike are watching the 1985 adventure film REMO WILLIAMS: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS starring Fred Ward. The studio was trying to set up an American James Bond - and even brought in a director and screenwriter who...
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Ep. 19 - Black and White (1999)
This week, Elijah Wood appears in BLACK AND WHITE, a documentary-style film from director James Toback that explores white suburban teens obsessed with black culture. The movie's got an insane cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Brooke Shields, Gaby Hoffman, Mike Tyson, several members of the...
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The Manchurian Candidate (1962) / Daylight (1996)
It's time for another Mike Makes Mike Watch! This week, Smith is making Mike D catch up with the classic John Frankenheimer thriller THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE; meanwhile, Mike D is making Smith fill a '90s action blind spot with the Sylvester Stallone vehicle DAYLIGHT!
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Ep. 18 - The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999)
This week, Elijah Wood is paired up with Rachel Leigh Cook in the little-seen hospital drama THE BUMBLEBEE FLIES ANYWAY! Mike and Mike are asking the important questions in this one like, "Is this actually a stealth sequel to RADIO FLYER?"
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Undercover Blues (1993)
We got a Ko-Fi donation this week to finish out a (sort of) trilogy from our listener David. At the beginning of this year, he laid out three actors for him to select movies for us to watch, and we've reached the last one: Stanley Tucci in UNDERCOVER BLUES! The 1993 comedy from the director of...
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Ep. 17 - The Faculty (1998)
This week, Elijah Wood leads a huge ensemble cast that includes Jordana Brewster, Clea Duvall, Josh Hartnett, and more in the 1998 cult classic THE FACULTY! Doing for alien invasion movies what SCREAM did for slashers, the film is directed by Robert Rodriguez, written by Kevin Williamson, and...
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Off Mike - Lanterns, Coyote vs. Acme, Cinema Arts Center Horror Marathon, and more!
It's time for an Off Mike Discussions episode! This week, Mike D recaps his experience at the All-Nighter Horror Marathon at the Cinema Arts Center in New York, while Smith talks new releases like TONY, COYOTE VS. ACME, TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, and gets really into the new HBO series...
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Ep. 16 - Deep Impact (1998) (GUEST: Producer Collin)
This week, the Mikes are bringing in Disaster Movie Expert Producer Collin to discuss Elijah Wood's first real foray into big blockbuster filmmaking, Mimi Leder's 1998 film DEEP IMPACT! Famously released around the same time as Michael Bay's ARMAGEDDON - a movie with a similar plot - this boasts…
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Ep. 15 - Oliver Twist (1997)
This week, Elijah Wood stars as The Artful Dodger in the Wonderful World of Disney TV movie version of OLIVER TWIST! Also starring Richard Dreyfuss as Fagin - and if you watch it on YouTube, you can see it as it was originally broadcast, with vintage commercials intact!
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Ep. 14 - The Ice Storm (1997)
This week, Elijah Wood begins transitioning from family films into more adult-oriented roles in Ang Lee's THE ICE STORM! As part of a large ensemble that includes Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Katie Holmes, David Krumholtz, and more, the film follows several...
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The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) (GUEST: Laura Colaneri)
This week, longtime Mike and Mike staple Laura Colaneri returns to the podcast after a long absence to talk about - what else? - a horror movie! She's helping us dig into 1976's THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and deeply rooted in American history and the...
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Ep. 13 - Flipper (1996) (GUESTS: Larkin Matoon, Josh Quick, Courtney Blazon and Daniel Morgan of the OMFG Podcast)
This week, Mike and Mike are joined by the members of the Original Montana Film Guide podcast to talk about Elijah Wood in 1996's FLIPPER! Also starring Paul Hogan and Jonathan Banks, the famous dolphin of 1960s TV was reimagined for a '90s audience, leaving us with important question like, "Did...
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Black Hawk Down (2001) / Fletch (1985)
It's time for another Mike Makes Mike Watch! This week, Mike D is making Smith watch the Ridley Scott war film with an insane early 2000s cast, BLACK HAWK DOWN! Meanwhile, Smith is making Mike D experience Chevy Chase in the classic comedy noir FLETCH!
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Ep. 12 - The War (1994)
Elijah Wood stars in a coming-of-age story set in the 1970s south, while his father Kevin Costner deals with his PTSD from Vietnam... this is THE WAR!
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Off Mike - Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Odyssey, Disclosure Day, and more!
It's been a little while, but we're back with an Off Mike Discussions episode! This time around we're mostly talking new releases like THE ODYSSEY, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, DISCLOSURE DAY, BACKROOMS, OBSESSION, THE INVITE, and more! Plus, Mike D spent the last two months rewatching all of GAME…
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Ep. 11 - North (1994)
This week, it's time to talk about one of the most notorious films of the '90s, a movie that is arguably more remembered for Roger Ebert's scathing review of it than for the movie itself. So we have to ask: is NORTH as bad as its reputation? Could Rob Reiner - who had directed so many classic…
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Ep. 10 - The Good Son (1993)
It's time for the biggest movie of young Elijah Wood's career (well, unless you count BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II). This week, Elijah Wood is paired up with the biggest child star on the planet in the early '90s, Macaulay Culkin, for a tense thriller about a sociopathic child. Or is it a dark...
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The Patriot (2000) / Magnolia (1999)
It's time for another Mike Makes Mike Watch! This time around, Mike D continues our run of episodes on the films of Roland Emmerich by making Smith watch THE PATRIOT. Meanwhile, Smith is making Mike D catch up with one of his favorite films from one of the best filmmakers alive, Paul Thomas...
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Ep. 9 - The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
This week, Elijah Wood is front-and-center as the star of the Disney adventure film based on the classic Mark Twain book, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCK FINN! From director Stephen Sommers (who would go on to direct Mike D favorite THE MUMMY), Wood stars alongside Courtney B. Vance, as well as a huge...
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Ep. 8 - Forever Young (1992)
This week, Elijah Wood stars alongside Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis in one of the very first screenplays written by J.J. Abrams, 1992's FOREVER YOUNG! Gibson is a pre-World War II fighter pilot who gets cryogenically frozen and wakes up in the '90s, where he befriends Elijah Wood and goes on a...
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The Baxter (2005)
It's time for Mike Smith's annual Birthday By-Law episode! This year, he's finally getting around to a movie he really should have seen by now: 2005's THE BAXTER, written, directed by, and starring Michael Showalter. He and Mike D talk about the movie and Smith's lifelong obsession with the work…
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Ep. 7 - Day-O (1992)
This week, Eilijah Wood stars as an imaginary friend named Day-O in a TV movie called... DAY-O! Also starring Delta Burke, Charles Shaughnessy, and Fred Thompson, and boldy staking their claim to Harry Belafonte's classic song a couple of years after BEETLEJUICE cemented it in a cinematic classic.
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Ep. 6 - Radio Flyer (1992)
This week, Elijah Wood co-stars with JURASSIC PARK's Joe Mazzello in 1992's RADIO FLYER! Directed by Richard Donner, from the writer of THE SANDLOT, and also featuring Lorraine Bracco, Adam Baldwin, John Heard, and an uncredited Tom Hanks, it's a film that mixes flights of fantasy with realistic...
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Dial M For Murder (1954) / Hard Target (1993)
It's time for another Mike Makes Mike Watch! This time around, Smith is making Mike D catch up with his favorite Hitchcock film, DIAL M FOR MURDER! Meanwhile, Mike D is making Smith finally watch John Woo's first American film, HARD TARGET!
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Ep. 5 - Paradise (1991)
This week, Elijah Wood spends the summer with some family friends, learns some life lessons, and maybe teaches the adults a thing or two while he's at it! Wood stars alongside real-life married couple Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, plus a pre-HOCUS POCUS Thora Birch in PARADISE!
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Cage Ep. 118 - Spider-Noir (2026)
It's time to get back in the Cage! Nicolas Cage is now starring in his very first TV series, a pseudo-spinoff of SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE in which he brings the character of Spider-Man Noir from animation to live-action. The full season is available now, and the Mikes have thoughts on…
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Ep. 4 - Avalon (1990)
Director Barry Levinson directed some of the biggest films of the '80s, and he followed up his Oscar-winning hit RAIN MAN with a semi-autobiographical tale about an immigrant family assimilating into life in America. And since Elijah Wood is in it, it's time for Mike and Mike to talk about AVALON!
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Prisoners (2013) / Cloak & Dagger (1984)
It's time for another Mike Makes Mike Watch! This week, Mike D is making Smith catch up on Denis Villeneuve's breakout hit, PRISONERS. Meanwhile, Smith is making Mike D watch the incredibly fun Hitchcock-for-kids thriller CLOAK & DAGGER!
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Ep. 3 - Child in the Night (1990)
This week, Mike and Mike discuss Elijah Wood's very first starring role in the 1990 TV movie CHILD IN THE NIGHT! This is a semi-forgotten thriller that was rediscovered by Vinegar Syndrome a few years back, featuring JoBeth Williams, Tom Skerritt, Darren McGavin, and a lot more of Peter Pan and...
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Off Mike - The Devil Wears Prada 2, Mortal Kombat II, Hokum, and more!
It's time for another Off Mike Discussions episode! This week, Smith is talking new releases like MILE END KICKS, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2, MORTAL KOMBAT II, and HOKUM, while Mike D is talking the latest season of GANGS OF LONDON plus his new tradition of Criterion Channel Sundays!
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Ep. 2 - Internal Affairs (1990)
This week, Elijah Wood makes another blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance in the 1990 crime thriller INTERNAL AFFAIRS, from LEAVING LAS VEGAS director Mike Figgis! Featuring an insane performance from Richard Gere, a no-nonsense lesbian cop played by Laurie Metcalf, and WAY more infidelity than...
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Ep. 1 - Back to the Future Part II (1989)
"You mean you have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy!" The wait is finally over - we're kicking off a brand new season of The Complete Works! As we look back on the films of Elijah Wood, we have to start by talking about one of Smith's favorite film series of all time. Elijah Wood makes...
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Let's Rank Video Games!
And now for something a little different on the podcast - we're not talking movies at all! Instead, to celebrate the release of the new film MORTAL KOMBAT II, Mike and Mike are ranking their five favorite video games of all time!
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Season 5 Debuts May 18th!
The Complete Works: Season 5 is finally set to make its debut! Look out for the first episode of our Elijah Wood season on Monday, May 18th!
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Off Mike - Lee Cronin's The Mummy, The Pitt, Speed Racer, and more!
It's time for another Off Mike Discussions episode! This week, both Mikes have thoughts on Lee Cronin's The Mummy, which of course leads Mike D to give some thoughts on THE MUMMY (1999), plus NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE, THRASH, and REDUX REDUX. Meanwhile, Mike Smith has been singing the...
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Dawn of the Dead (2004) / Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006)
It's time for another Mike Makes Mike Watch! This time, Mike D is making Smith finally get around to Zack Snyder's magnum opus, the 2004 remake of DAWN OF THE DEAD! Meanwhile, Smith is making Mike D understand the power of rock with TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY!
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Onward (2020)
Thanks to a Ko-Fi donation, Mike and Mike are looking back on the 2020 Pixar film ONWARD! Mike D has never seen it, Smith saw it in theaters (one of the last pre-COVID releases he got to see before everything shut down!). Find out if they'd place it among Pixar's best!
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Off Mike - Project Hail Mary, Scream 7, Ready or Not 2, and more!
It's time for an Off Mike Discussions episode! Mike and Mike are talking a lot of new releases like PROJECT HAIL MARY, GOOD LUCK HAVE FUN DON'T DIE, SEND HELP, SCREAM 7, READY OR NOT 2, and more!
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The Villain (1979)
This week, thanks to a listener donation on Ko-Fi, Mike and Mike are talking about 1979's THE VILLAIN! Director Hal Needham (SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, HOOPER) made this Looney Tunes/western pastiche starring Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margret, and a VERY young Arnold Schwarzennegger! If you want to choose a...
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The 98th Academy Awards!
Sure we're almost two weeks late on posting this, but don't you want to hear the Mikes talk about the Oscars? We're recapping the ceremony, the winners, the Conan, the awkward presenters, and more!
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Old School (2003) / Bowfinger (1999)
It's time for another Mike Makes Mike Watch! This time, it's a comedy double feature as Mike D makes Smith watch Todd Philips' OLD SCHOOL, while Smith makes Mike D watch Frank Oz's BOWFINGER!
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Let's Rank Movie Monsters!
Mike and Mike are bringing back Let's Rank to discuss their favorite movie monsters! The twist: Godzilla and King Kong are NOT allowed on either list - so find out who does make the cut!
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Off Mike - Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man, Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die, and more!
It's time for another Off Mike Discussions episode! This week, Smith is talking new releases like NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE, GOOD LUCK HAVE FUN DON'T DIE, and even a few things with normal-length titles! Meanwhile, Mike D is talking PRIMATE, MERCY, MEL BROOKS: THE 99-YEAR-OLD MAN, and...
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Yeoh Ep. 62 - Sandiwara (2026)
It's time to return to Season 3 - Michelle Yeoh plays five different roles in a new short film centered on the night market in Penang, so of course we had to talk about it! ANORA and THE FLORIDA PROJECT director Sean Baker teams up with Yeoh to shine a light on a part of Malaysian culture rarely...
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Get Ready For Season 5: Elijah Wood!
The results are in and the people have spoken - The Complete Works Season 5 will be about the films of Elijah Wood! Mike and Mike take a little time to look back on the poll and get ready for the season ahead!
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Psycho Beach Party (2000) (GUEST: Charley Macorn)
This week, the mercurial icon and the voice of your generation Charley Macorn returns to the podcast for a Guest Makes Mikes Watch! And it' s a fun one - Charley is making the Mikes watch the 2000 camp classic PSYCHO BEACH PARTY, a pastiche of '50s beach movies and '80s slasher movies featuring...
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The Beekeeper (2024) / 48 Hrs (1982)
It's time for another Mike Makes Mike Watch! This week, Smith is making Mike D catch up with THE BEEKEEPER (so that he's prepared for Timo Tjahanto's upcoming sequel!), while Mike D is making Smith cross an action classic off his list, the movie that pushed Eddie Murphy into superstardom, Walter...
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The Season 5 Poll Is Now Live!
The poll for The Complete Works Season 5 is now live! Head to BlueSky to determine whether we'll be covering Benicio del Toro, Elijah Wood, Kristen Stewart, or Philip Seymour Hoffman in our upcoming season. The poll will close on February 16th!
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The Complete Works is a podcast dedicated to exploring an actor's filmography, one movie at a time - assessing the highs and lows of their career and how it reflects the film industry at large. The current season, Season 5, is covering the films of Elijah Wood. Past seasons include Nicolas Cage, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, and Roy Scheider (with new episodes for their respective seasons being published as needed).
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