Erick SchieleMay 191 minEpisode 092: "Insomnia - 1997" & "Insomnia - 2002"MG can't sleep! Tonight MG kicks off its series on Originals vs Remakes! Our first matchup: 1997's brutally bleak crime masterpiece...
Erick SchieleApr 281 minEpisode 091: "The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly" & "Miami Vice 2006"Guilty Birthday Pleasures! Chris and Thron are almost exactly the same age, and tonight they've each chosen a favorite film to celebrate...
Erick SchieleApr 141 minEpisode 090: "Columbus" & "After Yang"Before and After Yang Tonight MG takes on the first two films by indie director Kogonada - - and while they couldn't be more different in...
Erick SchieleMar 311 minEpisode 089: "Hotel New Hampshire" & "The World According to Garp"The World According to MG! Tonight MG takes on a double feature based on two John Irving books, and the results couldn't be more...
Erick SchieleMar 171 minEpisode 088: "Silent Running"A cli-fi classic! The late, great Douglas Trumbull only directed a couple of feature films, but their visionary imagery and heartfelt...
Erick SchieleMar 31 minEpisode 087: "the Lobster" & "the Killing of a Sacred Deer"Yorgos Lanthimos made some of the most bizarre films of the past 20 years. Tonight we take on: The Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Lobster
Erick SchieleFeb 171 minEpisode 086: "MASH" & "McCabe and Mrs. Miller"Altman Classics! Tonight's program features two of Robert Altman's best-received films - " The "been there" and "done that" sections are...
Erick SchieleFeb 31 minEpisode 085: "Walter Mitty" & "Stranger than Fiction"Tonight MG takes on a midlife double feature! " The "been there" and "done that" sections are blank. " Mid-life crisis stories are often...
Erick SchieleJan 201 minEpisode 084: "The Razor's Edge" & "Broken Flowers"Dramatic Murray! Tonight MG has a Bill Murray double feature ! The arc of Bill Murray's career has been fascinating - beginning as the...
Erick SchieleJan 61 minEpisode 083: "After Hours" & "Bringing out the Dead"Tonight MG has two crazed journeys through NYC from Scorsese! First up, Griffin Dunne is caught in a Kafkaesque nightmare version of SoHo i
Erick SchieleDec 23, 20211 minEpisode 082: "Nebraska" & "The Descendants"MG brings the Payne! Alexander Payne's filmography contains some of the most bitter and hilarious films of the past twenty years, from...
Erick SchieleDec 9, 20211 minEpisode 081: "Sexy Beast" & "Cul-de-sac"Tonight MG takes in some uninvited guests! First up, Roman Polanski's lesser-known dark comedy Cul de Sac, featuring a young-n-skinny...
Erick SchieleNov 24, 20211 minEpisode 080: "Dune - 1984" and "Dune - 2021" Dune Vs. Dune! " Which Ear ? " It's Dune vs. Dune! Some have reappraised Lynch's attempt as a flawed classic, and now Villeneuve has...
Erick SchieleNov 11, 20211 minEpisode 079: "High Fidelity" & "Say Anything"A Gen-X Flashback! " A Gen-X double feature!" Is there any actor that embodies Gen-X's sad-sack charms and misanthropic troubles more...
Erick SchieleOct 28, 20211 minEpisode 078: "Ghost Story", "Bad Milo" & "Ravenous"Happy Halloween MG fans! Every year (hopefully) each of us pick horror movies that the others haven't seen - so break out the pumpkin...
Erick SchieleOct 14, 20211 minEpisode 077: "Badlands" & "Buffalo 66"Tonight MG takes on a couple of road-trip romances " Romance on the run! " Terrence Malick's breakout hit Badlands & Vincent Gallo's...
Erick SchieleSep 30, 20211 minEpisode 076: "Looper", "12 Monkeys" & " La Jette"It's that time again! Time Travel Part IV! Tonight the fourth in our Time Travel series serves up a classic, a would-be classic, and a...
Erick SchieleSep 16, 20211 minEpisode 075: "True Stories"A movie Dan hasn't seen! It's True! Tonight we have the third in our Blind Spot series - first there was Chris with A Clockwork Orange,...
Erick SchieleSep 2, 20211 minEpisode 074: "Saturday Night Fever " & "Staying Alive"MG double feature with one of the best of the 70's - Saturday Night Fever - and one of the worst of the 80's - the sequel, Staying Alive.
Erick SchieleAug 19, 20211 minEpisode 073: Snatch and The Long Good FridayOi! We have a butchers' at some cockney crime! Crime movies are one of our favorite genres here at MG, from John Huston's grainy noirs to...