Episodes

From blockbuster expectations to one of the most debated films of the early 2000s, Pearl Harbor is back under the microscope. Jackie and Danielle revisit Michael Bay's ambitious war drama to find out whether this 2001 box office giant still soars or struggles on a modern rewatch. In this episode...

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 cl...

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 ...

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 Ande...

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 ensemb...

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...

Grab your wand and hop aboard the Hogwarts Express because we're taking it back to one of our favorite Season 1 Rewind episodes! Jackie and Danielle are joined by returning guest Gwen Carroll to revisit Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone , the film that introduced audiences to the Wizarding World...

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 obsessi...

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 classi...

Danielle’s birthday pick is taking center stage, and yes, the red tutu finale still hits. Jackie and Danielle revisit the 2000 ballet drama that made a generation believe they could dance harder, dream bigger, and maybe avoid Cooper Nielsen. This week on No More Late Fees, Jackie and Danielle review...

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 r...

What happens when a future TV powerhouse makes a heartfelt indie film about friendship, dating, and chosen family? This week to end PRIDE month, Jackie and Danielle revisit The Broken Hearts Club (2000) and discover a movie packed with familiar faces, big ideas, and plenty to unpack. In this episode...

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!

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!

Before Angelina Jolie became an Oscar-winning superstar, she delivered one of the most talked-about performances of the late '90s in HBO's Gia. This week, Jackie and Danielle revisit the groundbreaking 1998 biographical drama that introduced many viewers to the tragic story of model Gia Cara...

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 t...