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Two Thumbs Down with Mike and Ryan

by Mike Park and Ryan Schumaker

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119 - Harry and the Hendersons (1987) and The Great Outdoors (1988) with special guest Emerson Dibley

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117 - Clue (1985) and ¡Three Amigos! with special guest Phil Del Costello

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About the show

Listen each week as two pals watch and discuss EVERY movie that legendary film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave two thumbs down. Dissecting two movies per week, they’ll talk about performances, filmographies, Siskel and Ebert, and what the renowned critics got right (and wrong) about movies they just could not recommend to a living soul