My Dad's Movie Podcast

-Live Long and Prosper-Taber and I along with guest co-host Justin Zarian sit down and talk with BYU Provo professor Matthew Taggart about Leonard Nimoy and the movies Star Trek 3- The Search for Spock and Star Trek 6- The Undiscovered Country. This episode has intrigue, debate, raw emotion, and Star Trek knowledge. This episode was completely full of nerds.*All original content of this video is copyrighted to Mick Johnson @ 2025. All rights reserved, use by written permission only.

Taber and I talked with Seattle based filmmaker Jason Brooks. We dove into his acting career as well as his directing philosophy and influences. We talked about several movies, including "2:59" and "The Death of Snow White." This was an amazing interview.*All original content of this video is copyrighted to Mick Johnson @ 2025. All rights reserved, use by written permission only.

Saddle up and fall in—this is Clint Eastwood at his most iconic, and most introspective.In this episode, Taber and I, along with actress Denise Milfort, dive into the career-defining world of Clint Eastwood through two of his most iconic films: Heartbreak Ridge and Unforgiven. On the surface, they couldn’t be more different—one a gritty, character-driven military story laced with humor, the other a haunting, revisionist Western that deconstructs the myth of the gunslinger. But together, they reveal something deeper about Eastwood himself.*All original content of this video is copyrighted to Mick Johnson @ 2025. All rights reserved, use by written permission only.

-In space, no one can hear you scream.Joining us for this awesome episode about the master visual stylist Ridley Scott, is local actor/ comedian Emmanuel Vera. We sit down and talk about the iconic movie masterpiece "Alien."*All original content of this video is copyrighted to Mick Johnson @ 2025. All rights reserved, use by written permission only.

Director Dylan Hamar is back with us to talk about Roman Polansky's psychological horror "Rosemary's Baby."*All original content of this video is copyrighted to Mick Johnson @ 2025. All rights reserved, use by written permission only.

-Sometimes you need mushroom mom and sometimes you need acid dad.In this episode Taber and I talk with actor Chance Fuerstinger about Danish filmmaker Joachim Trier and his movies "The Worst Person in the World" and "Sentimental Value."*All original content of this video is copyrighted to Mick Johnson @ 2025. All rights reserved, use by written permission only.

By show of hands, would you rather be eaten by a vampire or eaten by a zombie?Taber and I sit down with actor Clifton Taylor to talk about the cult classics, "The Lost Boys" and "Return of the Living Dead."*All original content of this video is copyrighted to Mick Johnson @ 2025. All rights reserved, use by written permission only.

Take a stroll into the world of Joe Davison. He's an actor, a writer, an improv comedian, and indie filmmaker. Learn about all the stuff he broke on the set of Stranger Things, his improv career, and the many books he has written.*All original content of this video is copyrighted to Mick Johnson @ 2025. All rights reserved, use by written permission only.

AND WE'RE BACK!The dynamic duo Noah Meskimen and Christian Downey are back on the show to talk about the fantastic movie "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" and the not so fantastic movie "Jaws 2."-Now eventually there's going to be dinosaurs on this podcast?

Taber and I sit down with producer, director, and cinematographer David Mitch Parks to catch up on his recent movies, "Blackout", "Last Hit", and "Dracula Eternal."We also dive into the ins and outs of being a cinematographer.

Come Join The Fun!!The Duttons are a multi-generational musical family. They have been performing, touring, and recording professionally for over 30 years.Taber, Nicholas, and I sit down and have an awesome discussion with one of the beginning members, Jonathan Dutton.

Christoph Waltz hit the floor like a sock filled with tapioca pudding.Taber and I sit down with special guest Rose Graham to talk about the master auteur of dark fantasy, Guillermo del Toro and his reinvented classic tale of "Frankenstein."

I don't even know how to describe how great it was to get to talk with legendary actor Joe Estevez. Taber and I were privileged enough to spend an hour getting to know Joe a little better. Who knew he had such a fondness for Idaho potatoes and ice cream.

Taber and I sit down with Oklahoma based actor Barry Barnhart to discuss the director team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker (ZAZ). We talk about "Airplane" and "Ruthless People."

Let's take another run at this.Taber, Nick and I talk with Dr. Brent Cowley about the incredible director Christopher Nolan. This is the second Nolan episode we've done. Dr. Cowley does a deep dive into Nolan and several of his movies. This episode is extremely informative.

"I feel the need, the need for My Dad's Movie Podcast"Taber and I, along with actor and special guest Kevin Thomsen, talk about the director Tony Scott and his movies "Top Gun" and "The Fan." I was not a big fan of "The Fan."

"That is one big freakin' rat"Taber and I talk with Hollywood director and filmmaker Thomas Churchill. He is the creator of several independent films such as "Three Killer Pigs", "The Salem Chronicles", "Amityville Harvest", "Amityville Moon", "Amityville Uprising", "Big Freaking Rat", and "Waxman" among many others. We gain valuable insight into producing a movie as well as the million dollar question, "How do I fund my project."

"I have to return some video tapes."We're back for season 3! After a long holiday, it's good to be back!Tonight Dad and I sit down with Indie Scream Queen Amber Hofmeister and discuss Mary Harron's Cult Classic "American Psycho." Starring the always electric Christian Bale.

"How the hell should I know!"Dad and I sit down for our very first Patreon Request Episode and talk about the extremely cheap (In a Good Way) and Efficient films of the Pope of Pop Cinema, Roger Corman. Corman's influence can be felt in many of the movies of his acolytes and former students, and is owed a great deal of respect when it comes to the art of filmmaking. The first film we discuss is the comedic and campy "The Raven," based on the short story by Edgar Allen Poe and starring the late, great, Vincent Price, as well as a young Jack NicholsonThe Second movie, we keep on the Poe track of films and watch the slightly scarier, "Masque of the Red Death," also starring Vincent Price.We even have a guest call in with Patreon member, and long time listener, Jared Louder.Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram and check us out over on Patreon, to qualify for future voting and requests!

A warehouse full of Hugh Jackman clones- who thinks like that?Nicholas, Alec, and I try to wrap our heads around two of Christopher Nolan's films, "The Prestige" and "Memento." Quite possibly some of Nolan's finest work.This is part 1 in the series.

Dad is standing in the corner, going full Blair Witch.Taber, Alec, and I talk about the director Damien Chazelle and his phenomenal movies, "La La Land" and "Whiplash."This was a lot of fun to record.

Try not to be scared, but here is the found footage of me trying to conduct a podcast interview alone. Luckily, my guest was a pro. I talk with Kylee Carr from The Horrorcraft Podcast. We talk about director Stephen Cognetti and his movies, "Hell House LLC" and "Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel."

Taber's Back!Tonight we sit down with actor and personal friend Bryn McDaniel to talk about the tense and chilling films of up and comer Ari Aster. First we break into the haunting feature debut Hereditary (Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff) and top off the show with his sophomore effort, Midsommar (Florence Pugh, Jack Raynor, Will Poulter)Check out our updated Patreon to vote on which films and directors we cover next!

"Put...the candle...back!"Guest Cohost Justin Zarian and I sit down and talk about the legendary Mel Brooks and his two classic movies, "The Producers" and "Young Frankenstein."Dude, Mel Brooks is 99 years old and still working on movies- What in the world?

"I'm getting an impression, I think Mike Ferguson is in this movie."Here is the edited video of our interview with Director, Producer, and all-around awesome dude, David Mitch Parks. We go into detail about the movies Static Codes and When it Rains in L.A.

Guest co-host Justin Zarian and I talk with L.A. filmmaker David Parks about his filmmaking career, some of the movies he's done, and what's coming out next.If you are at all interested in filmmaking, you've got to listen to this one.

In a special episode of MDMP, I sit down with all my sons and talk about two films with two different directors. First is Onward, starring Chris Pratt and Tom Holland. Then we move on to The Iron Claw, which is an absolutely devastating movie about wrestling's own Von Erich brothers, starring Zach Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Lily James, and Holt McCallany.

"Yeah, his stage name is Bojackman. I made a new character!""You mean Hughjack Horseman?"Dad and Alec laugh it up with me and returning guest, Christian Downey as we talk about the Inventor of the Blockbuster, Steven Spielberg and his two films, Jaws (Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw) and Jurassic Park (Sam Neil, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern)! Also joining us on the Pod this week is Online Film Critic Noah Meskimen from Cinematic Jurassic! Fair Spanish ladies, uh... find a way....New episodes every Wednesday on Spotify, Amazon and Apple Podcasts, and be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram!

"You're familiar with the split diopter right?""No. I'm just saying 'Yeah,' but no..."On this episode of the podcast, Dad and I force Alec out of his Fraidy Hole long enough to talk about the sometimes amazing, sometimes lackluster films of M. Night Shyamalan, focusing mainly on the alien blockbuster, Signs (2002). Then we call up Nick during the middle of a high speed chase to get his feelings on the maligned movie Trap (2024).

"Seven degrees of Kevin Bacon. Six degrees, sorry. It's like the Seven Rings of Hell. Kevin Bacon's at all of them."My daughter Hailey finally gets to join us to talk about the first two entries in her favorite film series, Scream and Scream 2. Blood will come out of your mouth.

"Hey, I remember that Mennonite!"I sit down with 75% of my sons to talk about the rebelious films of Milos Forman. Special Guest Justin Zarian joins us to talk about "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" starring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, and Brad Douriff.Then we talk about the Operatic Epic "Amadeus," starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, and friend of the Podcast* Jeffrey Jones.*Totally kidding...

"Do you like Bruce Campbell post pumpkin pie haircut or..."Los Angeles filmmaker Dallin Webb sits down with us to talk about Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead" and "Evil Dead II" and how it inspired his award-winning short film "The Journalist".

"Sublime!"On this episode of MDMP, my Dad and I sit down with experimental filmmaker Claira Miller and chat about the sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always heartwarming movies of Greta Gerwig. We first talk about the recent adaptation of literary classic, "Little Women," starring Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Meryl Streep and Timothee Chalamet.Then we move right along to the first half of the Barbenheimer Challenge, "Barbie," starring Margo Robbie, Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera.Be sure to like, subscribe, and follow us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/61573398543407/mentions/?_rdr

"So, anyway, Dolph Lundgren's cutting my boy's head off—"I sit down with my sons, Nick and Alec, to talk to California tattoo artist turned actor Mike Ferguson. Featured in films like Bullet Train and Showdown at the Grand, music videos for Fall Out Boy and Justin Timberlake, and YouTube channels like Topper Guild, Mike discusses the state of the film industry and how to be an actor in 2025.

Taber and I sit down with up and coming actor Tristan Nokes and discuss how he's never on set when you need him (Just kidding directors...)! We have a good laugh and get to hear about what the life of a professional actor looks like, and what it was like being cast as the Prince in the much talked about Indie Film "The Death of Snow White." Out on streaming now!The Death of Snow white can be streamed now on Amazon, Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Google Play and Vimeo

"Taber, if you're the one editing this episode, delete that joke. Dad, if you're the one editing this episode, just delete this episode."We sit down with longtime friend Becca Chavarria to talk about Robert Eggers and his films The Lighthouse and Nosferatu.

"Hey, Lonnie! Get you a** away from there!"Dad and I sit down with Boise Filmmaker Dylan Hamar and talk about the master of Horror, the great John Carpenter. We discus the baby sitter horror film Halloween, as well as the paranoid and claustrophobic styling of The Thing.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Spotify for more MDMP content:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/My-Dads-Movie-Podcast/61573398543407/?_rdrInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DKSMvEGJ98N/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7EN2gK6Rq5MLwfX9Y4yxjT?si=8213e3f87e774678

"When Tippi arrives on set, let's pelt her with a bunch of birds. She'll think it's funny." We sit down with indie filmmaker and actor Jared Stull to talk about the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.

"Yeah, Vecna's kidnapping kids, and that's not a good look, so we're gonna have to let you go, Rooney."Taber and I sat down with Hawaii-based filmmaker Dallin McKay and talked about his growing film career, foreign language music videos, his background work on Ford v Ferarri, as well the amazingly popular Netflix show "Stranger Things."

"Did you have a quote from this episode that you thought was funny?""If I did, I didn't write it down..."Taber and I sit down with my two youngest sons, Nick and Alec, to talk about Quentin Tarantino's Western Masterpiece "Django Unchained" and finally settle the debate on who is my favorite son. The rankings can always change...

"That's the name of our new podcast: 'How'd I get inside Sean Penn?'"Dad and I are joined by Special Guest, Utah Based Filmmaker Matt Arntsen, to talk about the tense and gritty films of David Fincher.

"You see Jack, in here, the bad guys can win!"I sit down with Taber this week and talk about the 80's action icon, Director John McTiernan. We had a lot of movies to pick from, but settled on the Tom Clancy submarine Thriller, "The Hunt for Red October" and the always fun action parody starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, "Last Action Hero."

"I'm just a ferret, Dude..."Taber and I finish our conversation on Rob Reiner with Comedian Derek Haydon. Part 2 delves into the coming-of-age tale of Stephen King's "Stand by Me."

In this episode, we talk to Idaho filmmaker Kody Newton from Newton to Newton Productions. We explore some of his short films as well as his full-length feature film "2:59". We talk about how he ended up in the indie film industry and where he wants to go with it.

Taber and I sit down with Comedian Derek Haydon and talk about the films of Rob Reiner. In the first part of this two-parter episode, we discuss the military drama "A Few Good Men."

"I think I'm ready to drop my blood feud with John Leguizamo..."Taber and I sit down this week with Boise Filmmaker Kody Newton (Death of Snowwhite, 2:59, Metal Kingdom) and discuss the beautiful chaos put to the screen by the visionary director Baz Lurhmann. We talk about the zany characters and gorgeous colors of Moulin Rouge and the absolutely insane accent of Tom Hanks in 2022's Elvis.

"I don't know if I can devote that much time to a Monkey Movie..."This week, my son and I sit down and talk about Director Takashi Yamazaki and his Oscar Winning Film "Godzilla: Minus One." We are also joined by a very special guest, Actor and Godzilla Fanatic, Christain Downey!

"You ever watch Ferris Bueller from the point of view of Rooney?" In our very first episode, I sit down with my son, Taber, and discuss Edgar Wright and his Cornetto Trilogy (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End.)