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.
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Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
In this episode of CinemaNerdz: The Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Mike Tyrkus declares that director Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5 proves to be an uncannily engrossing and thrilling tale of world events and history.
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Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
In this episode of CinemaNerdz: The Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Mike Tyrkus laments that rather than looking to create a new take on an archetypal legend, Wolf Man instead opts to simply make it louder, gorier, and a lot less entertaining.
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Wednesday Dec 25, 2024
Wednesday Dec 25, 2024
In this episode of CinemaNerdz: The Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Mike Tyrkus proclaims that Robert Eggers' Nosferatu heralds a new breed of horror film from one of the leading filmmakers currently working within the genre.
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Monday Dec 23, 2024
Monday Dec 23, 2024
In this episode of CinemaNerdz: The Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Mike Tyrkus explains that although The Fire Inside may not be the quintessential boxing film, but it is perhaps a film sorely needed at this particular moment in time.
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Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
In this episode of CinemaNerdz: The Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Mike Tyrkus states that A Complete Unknown somehow manages to capture the breadth of the artist’s importance and the culture of the 1960s while remaining entertaining and engaging.
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Friday Dec 13, 2024
Friday Dec 13, 2024
In this episode of CinemaNerdz: The Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Mike Tyrkus declares that Wicked: Part I is an adaptation of a beloved Broadway play the may perhaps manage to outshine its source material in several ways.
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Friday Dec 13, 2024
Friday Dec 13, 2024
In this episode of CinemaNerdz: The Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Mike Tyrkus assures the listener that despite some impressive visuals, Gladiator II is unfortunately little more than a tired retread of an earlier, and far more entertaining film.
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Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
In this episode of CinemaNerdz: The Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Mike Tyrkus finds that Piece By Piece is a fun and entertaining cinematic biographical experience that pretty much anyone will enjoy.
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Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
In this episode of CinemaNerdz: The Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Mike Tyrkus states that although it showed promise and sports some decent performances from some talented actors, Joker: Folie à Deux is ultimately a folly unto itself.
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Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
In this episode of CinemaNerdz: The Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Mike Tyrkus shares that there is a lot here to unpack in Francis Ford Coppola’s new film and that Megalopolis may be a film that proves more revered by future generations of critics and filmmakers than those at work today.
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