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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Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
In this episode of CinemaNerdz: The Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Mike Tyrkus explains that while A Working Man may not prove to be the epitome of this category of film, it certainly is one of the more entertaining entries into the genre.
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Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
In this episode of CinemaNerdz: The Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Mike Tyrkus explains that the latest "live-action" re-imagining of an animated Disney classic, Snow White, proves to be less a triumph than an entertaining, yet flawed, adaptation.
Check out the full CinemaNerdz review of Disney’s Snow White here!
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Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
In this episode of CinemaNerdz: The Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Mike Tyrkus explains that director Alex Parkinson’s dramatic rendition of Last Breath somehow manages to not only capture, but heighten, the exhilaration of its predecessor.
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Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
In this episode of CinemaNerdz: The Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Mike Tyrkus explains that while Captain America: Brave New World may harken back to earlier films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it also fails to regain the momentum of the series.
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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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