Episodes
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Street Fighter (2026)
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 (mostly) live-action martial arts movie Street Fighter, which is based on the Street Fighter video game series by Capcom. Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes Thanks for listening! Stay...
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The Podcast Effect (and Episode 100)
Welcome to the 100th episode of the Fanboy and the Hater during which Mike and Jim discuss and debate the past, present, and future of this podcast that first lauched on September 15, 2019. This episode also examines The Podcast Effect, how podcasting affects what we watch and how we experience…
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Halloween (1978)
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 1978 horror movie Halloween, written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, directed by John Carpenter, starring Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles, and Nancy Loomis. This episode also takes stabs at how this movie franchise helped establish the tropes…
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Young Frankenstein
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 1974 comedy horror movie Young Frankenstein, written by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, and Madeline Kahn. Check out our most popular podcast episodes:...
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Frankenstein (2025)
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2025 science fiction movie Frankenstein, written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, based on the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley, starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi. Check out our most popular podcast episodes:...
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The Sandman (Season 1)
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2022 first season of the fantasy drama television series The Sandman, based on the 1989–1996 comic book written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics. Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes...
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Dead Poets Society
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 1989 coming-of-age movie Dead Poets Society, written by Tom Schulman, directed by Peter Weir, starring Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, and Kurtwood Smith. Check out our most popular podcast episodes:...
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A Million Ways to Die in the West
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2014 Western comedy movie A Million Ways to Die in the West, written and directed by Seth MacFarlane, starring Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Neil Patrick Harris, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman, and Liam Neeson. Check out our most popular...
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The Shawshank Redemption
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 1994 movie The Shawshank Redemption, written and directed by Frank Darabont, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes Thanks for listening! Stay tuned…
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Oppenheimer
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2023 film Oppenheimer, written and directed by Christopher Nolan based on American Prometheus, the 2005 biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, starring Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, and Florence Pugh....
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Troy (Director's Cut)
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2004 epic action movie Troy, directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by David Benioff, which is loosely based on the Iliad, the ancient Greek epic poem by Homer. Check out our most popular podcast episodes:...
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2000 comedy-drama movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson, which is loosely based on the Odyssey, the ancient Greek epic poem by Homer. Check out our most…
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The Odyssey
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the heavily hyped and profusely praised 2026 epic movie The Odyssey, written and directed by Christopher Nolan as a modern film adaptation of the ancient Greek epic poem by Homer. Check out our most popular podcast episodes:...
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 superhero movie Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes Thanks for listening! Stay tuned every Thursday for a brand new episode of the Fanboy and the Hater.
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The Boondock Saints
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 1999 movie The Boondock Saints. Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes Thanks for listening! Stay tuned every Thursday for a brand new episode of the Fanboy and the Hater.
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Fight Club
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 1999 movie Fight Club. Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes Thanks for listening! Stay tuned every Thursday for a brand new episode of the Fanboy and the Hater.
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Donnie Darko
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2001 movie Donnie Darko. Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes Thanks for listening! Stay tuned every Thursday for a brand new episode of the Fanboy and the Hater.
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Supergirl
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 live-action superhero movie Supergirl, written by Ana Nogueira and directed by Craig Gillespie as the second film in the rebooted DC Extended Universe (DCEU), which was adapted from the 2021 comic book miniseries Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King…
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Superman (2025)
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2025 live-action superhero movie Superman, written and directed by James Gunn as the first film in the rebooted DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes Thanks for...
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Listen: Disclosure Day is a Terrible Movie
Mike and Jim discuss and debate (but mostly rant about) the 2026 science fiction film Disclosure Day. Despite being directed by Steven Spielberg and highlighted by the laudably fully committed acting of Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, and Eve Hewson, this was one of the most disappointing movies they...
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Spider-Noir
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 neo-noir superhero television series Spider-Noir based on the Marvel Comics character that most people know from the Spider-Man: Spider-Verse animated movies, including whether you should watch it in black-and-white or color, why the lead character is not...
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Masters of the Universe
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 movie Masters of the Universe, the second live-action film adaptation of a Mattel toy line and animated television series from the 1980s, including their struggles with understanding who the intended audience is, its many shifting tones (serious,...
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Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred (Video Game)
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the action role playing video game Diablo IV, which they both spend most of their gaming time playing. This episode focuses on its Lord of Hatred expansion that was released in late April 2026, which introduced a new campaign, two new character classes (Paladin and...
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Diablo II: Resurrected (Video Game)
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the action role playing video game Diablo II: Resurrected, which is the 2021 remake of Diablo II (2000) and its expansion Lord of Destruction (2001) that they returned to recently because its February 2026 Reign of the Warlock expansion added the Warlock, the first...
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Mortal Kombat 2
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 movie Mortal Kombat 2, including a very brief overview of its video game and cinematic history, how it is an enjoyable improvement over the previous movie, some other successes but mostly failures of movie adaptations of video games, and how such…
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Movie Previews Suck
Mike and Jim discuss and debate how much movie previews, in an understandable effort to peak your interest, often include too much detail, provide the entire narrative framework, speak many of its best lines, show many of its best scenes, and basically spoil it so much that it is not worth seeing...
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Was Stranger Things Overrated?
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the Netflix television series Stranger Things, which concluded its 5-season, and nearly 10-year, run at the end of 2025. While they agree the phenomenal first season was why the show became a huge hit, they think the show become formulaic and repetitive as it...
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Project Hail Mary
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 movie Project Hail Mary, including how Mike almost fell asleep multiple times during it, Jim unnecessarily saw it in IMAX, Mike was disappointed by the limited actual science, Jim thought Grace should have died early and often, Mike was doing okay until...
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Will the Force be with us?
On May the 4th, their first new episode in a long, long time, Mike and Jim discuss and debate the state of Star Wars screen canon (live-action and animated movies and television shows) related to the Force, including the transition from Lucas to Disney, Midi-chlorians, balancing the Force, the...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2023 animated superhero film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes
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Historical Reimaginings
Mike and Jim discuss and debate non-documentary movies and television shows that use fictionalized history in their storytelling, including possible historical events that could have inspired a myth or legend, exaggerated historical events for entertainment which could later become a myth or...
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Precise Oaths (Book)
Jim is joined by special guest and author Paige E. Ewing to discuss her recently published book Precise Oaths. Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes
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Diablo (Video Game)
Mike, Jim, and returning guest host Brandon discuss the action role-playing video game series Diablo in the weeks and days leading up to the release of Diablo IV. The first part of this episode was recorded on the weekend of the final public beta for Diablo IV, and features Mike and Brandon…
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Guardians of the Galaxy (Volume 3)
Mike, Jim, and returning guest host Rhys discuss and debate the 2023 Marvel live-action superhero movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes
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Peacemaker
Mike, Jim, and returning guest host Brandon discuss and debate the 2022 DC live-action television series Peacemaker. Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes
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The Video Blog of Boba Fett
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the first season of the Disney+ live-action Star Wars television series The Book of Boba Fett. Check out all of our Star Wars podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/star-wars
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We Are Back-ish
Mike and Jim are back! (Did you even notice they were gone?) Well, more like back-ish. The Fanboy and the Hater return after a nearly nine month hiatus to explain why they were gone, what they have been watching while away, and what previously unreleased and new-ish episodes you can expect...
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The Batman
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2022 DC live-action film The Batman. Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes
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Hawkeye
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the Disney+ Marvel live-action television series Hawkeye. Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes
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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Mike and returning guest host Brandon discuss and debate the Disney+ Marvel live-action television series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes
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The Phantom of the Opera
Mike and Jim discuss their favorite musical, The Phantom of the Opera, both the stage production and the movie, as well as some aspects of the novel it is based on. Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes
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Eternals
Mike and Jim briefly discuss the 2021 Marvel movie Eternals. Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes
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The Matrix Resurrections
Mike and Jim briefly discuss the 2021 movie The Matrix Resurrections. Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes
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Spider-Man: No Way Home
Mike and Jim discuss and debate one of the most anticipated movies of 2021, Spider-Man: No Way Home. Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes
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For Nostalgia’s Sake
Mike and Jim briefly discuss and debate how nostalgia drives so many movies and television shows, and whether the good ones are only good because of the nostalgia. Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes
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Was Endgame the End of the MCU?
Mike and Jim briefly discuss and debate whether the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) passed its peak with the movie Avengers: Endgame. Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes
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What If...? (Marvel)
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the Marvel animated anthology television series What If...? Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes
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The Suicide of the Galaxy Squad
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2021 DC live-action "superhero" movie The Suicide Squad. Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes
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Podiversary Two: The Force is Strong with this One
Welcome to a special episode of the Fanboy and the Hater commemorating our second podiversary since we launched our podcast on September 15, 2019. Mike and Jim celebrate this milestone by discussing and debating two of their favorite characters, Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, using both canon…
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Star Trek
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the Star Trek franchise. But since Mike is not a fan and has not seen much of it, this episode was based on watching two television episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation followed by watching the movie Star Trek: First Contact. Check out our most popular…
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