CinemaNerdz: The Podcast
The Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com, Mike Tyrkus has been a writer/editor specializing in cinema studies since 1991. He was the webmaster for and a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society; he is currently a member of the Michigan Movie Critics Guild. His contributions to film criticism can be found in: Magill’s Cinema Annual, VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with Andrew Sarris). In this podcast, Mike reviews the latest releases.
Episodes
Dec 11, 2022
Dec 11, 2022
4 min
There is a beauty and poignancy within Empire of Light, the new film from writer/director Sam Mendes, that is something akin to a cathartic experience.
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Dec 10, 2022
Dec 10, 2022
4 min
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is easily one of the greatest incarnations of Carlo Collodi’s timeless classic and is, in its way, already a classic itself.
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Nov 25, 2022
Nov 25, 2022
5 min
An earnestness to the story and the father/son relationship allows Strange World to resonate far more than the typical animated offering of this type.
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Nov 12, 2022
Nov 12, 2022
5 min
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever serves as both a worthy sequel to the first film as well as an homage to the star of that film – the late Chadwick Boseman.
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Nov 11, 2022
Nov 11, 2022
4 min
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile is an engaging and emotionally satisfying examination of Tucker's life and an uplifting piece of work.
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Oct 24, 2022
Oct 24, 2022
5 min
Black Adam, perhaps fares better as a stand-alone super-hero story, than it does when compared to the far more entertaining and seemingly retconned Shazam!
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Oct 24, 2022
Oct 24, 2022
5 min
Julia Roberts and George Clooney somehow manage to elevate Ticket to Paradise above just a mediocre offering to something more endearing and entertaining.
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Oct 17, 2022
Oct 17, 2022
6 min
While Amsterdam may not be David O. Russell’s finest work, it does provide a wave of euphoria in witnessing an attempt at something spectacularly different.
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Oct 17, 2022
Oct 17, 2022
6 min
The heart and soul of Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile is so spot on, it ultimately plays as one of the more entertaining family films in recent memory.
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Oct 17, 2022
Oct 17, 2022
4 min
Apart from a better-than-this film deserves performance from Ana de Armas, there is little to recommend the chaotic behemoth of a story that is Blonde.
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