The Movie Defenders
By Movie Reviews for your favorite movies
Categories: TV & Film
The Movie Defenders is a podcast which discusses the positive aspects of popular movies. Most movie review podcasts spend the entire time tearing down the movies you love instead of celebrating them. We take popular movies that have been ridiculed by critics and defend them. Come listen to a fun discussion of the movies you love, or perhaps re-consider a movie again that you didn't like as much as you wish you did. If you like movies, you found the only podcast with movie reviews that loves them as much as you do!
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Recent episodes
- Ep 236: WarGames (and RIP Patrick Stewart)
Today we start the show with a celebration and discussion of the legacy of Sir Patrick Stewart, who we lost this week. We play some greatest hits and peel back what he and his characters mean to us. Then we we go back to one of the greatest Cold War movies of the 1980s... WarGames! Not only that…
- Ep 235: Obsession
It's time to discuss the most discussed film of 2026... Obsession. A movie that burst onto the scene and has raised two incredible actors to Oscar status, is also perhaps the finest screenplay of the year. There are many misconceptions about this film that we clear up. Is Bear the villain? What is…
- Ep 234: The Lost Boys w/ Nathalie Cox
Do we have a fantastic show for you today! Not only are we reviewing a banger film, but we do so with the great Nathalie Cox (Juno in The Force Unleashed, Kingdom of Heaven, Jumper, Exam, Clash of the Titans)! We break down one of her absolutely favorite films of all time and have a blast doing…
- Ep 233: Krull
It's time to head to the early 1980s to a film that helped forge a generation. Yes we had Star Wars and The Last Starfighter and things... but we also had Krull! A film with loveable flaws, we will unpack every moment and celebrate the goodness within. We also pick our Top 5 Actors/Actresses that…
- Ep 232: Masters of the Universe (2026)
It's time to celebrate the film that is our hosts' favorite film of the year! Maybe it's not the best, but we haven't had more fun at the theater this year! Travis Knight knew what he was doing when he made this film. It knew when to be serious, it knew when to be silly, and it he understood the…
- Ep 231: The Hobbit - Battle of the Five Armies
It's time to bring this underrated trilogy home with an examination of Battle of the Five Armies. A film that, in fairness, has a couple hiccups we'll discuss, it doesn't deserve the nonsense narrative that it sucks. Come along with us and we'll show you why. Before that we break down our Top 5…
- EP 230: Terminator Salvation
Shields up! This movie does NOT deserve the narrative it has as a horrible Terminator film. We have a consensus that this movie is the third best of the films after the first two. How does it hold up? Do you remember watching this a long time ago and never did again? Wish you liked it better? Come…
- Ep 229: Step Brothers
It's time for a movie that will have us cracking up the entire show... Step Brothers. A film that Scott criminally hasn't seen, we find out what he thinks of this classic comedy! We play a lot of scenes from the flick and laugh the entire time. We also break down our Top 5 movies with and about…
- Ep 228: Head
Today at a Patreon request we dive back into the 1968s cinema world and unpack a musical by the Monkees with our great friend of the show, Doug! If you haven't seen it you should check out our show! We go deep and nerdy on this one, and also break down our top 5 movies with Pop Music Stars. So…
- Ep 227: Supergirl
We have our shields out for this one! The critics have got this SOOOO wrong! On this show we are defending Supergirl! A movie we were all waiting for, and all three hosts went opening weekend, and we all loved it! The movie is everything we hoped. We will play scenes right from the film, and break…
- Backlot Tour: X-Men 97
In a free Father's Day episode we include a free Backlot Tour episode you can get for just $1 a month at Patreon.com/MovieDefenders! Join Brev and Patreon Extraordinaire Eric as they deep dive into S1 of X-Men '97. They wax poetic about their love of Marvel's Merrie Band of Mutants - their origin…
- Ep 226: The Running Man (2025)
It's time to take a run at the second bite at the apple for The Running Man! This time Edgar Wright takes his shot with a *very* book-accurate version of Stephen King's vision. Definitely different than the Arnold 1987 flick, but how does it work for us? Find out! Also we break down our top 5…
- Ep 225: The Mandalorian & Grogu
There's a Star Wars movie out so you know that we're going to talk about it! With our dear friends of the show, Kevin Athey and Sean Masters pinch-hitting, we dive into the movie that will cap off the Mandalorian saga for now. How well did we like the film? Listen and find out! A bit of an…
- Ep 224: Secondhand Lions
It's time to go back a couple decades and unearth a film staring two legends of film, Michael Caine and Robert Duvall in Secondhand Lions! A film that missed both Brev and Scott when it dropped, our dear friend Megan Bush brought us this one and we are so glad she did. A feel good family film they…
- Ep 223: Star Trek 3 - The Search for Spock
Time to stand on the table for one of the most underrated and misunderstood Star Trek films ever... The Search for Spock! No, we don't believe ALL the odd numbers are bad... this one deserves to be in the top amongst the best Trek films and we build our case in the show today. Add our Top 5 Star…
- Ep 222: The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug
It's time to get the shields up once again as we return to the much unfairly criticized trilogies of all time, The Hobbit trilogy. Today we unpack part two, The Desolation of Smaug. We three really feel these movies get a bad wrap but there is much more here than most see. We get into everything!…
- Ep 221: The Running Man (1987)
It's time to begin our two-part episode examination of The Running Man from 1987's version to last year's with Edgar Wright. We head all the way back into Arnold Schwarzenegger's peak stardom and unpack this classic 1980s action-fest. Does it hold up? Is it super cheesy? Both? We'll find out! Also…
- The Just Us League - Tier Ranking All DC Live Action Films (Free Backlot Tour)
For today's special episode of The Movie Defenders, Scott and Brev go back to Batman '66 and move all the way through Superman 2025... tier rank every film. Which ones are GOAT? Which are Not Good? Agree or disagree? Listen to the nerdy discussion as we go back for movies you probably forgot…
- Ep 220: Twilight Zone - The Movie
Time to go back to one of the OG horror anthology films ever with Twilight Zone: The Movie! A film plagued by tragedy, but still managed to capture the magic of the original series, and was helmed by some of the best directors that have ever made movies. We break it all down with our great friend…
- Ep 219: 2026 Defender Awards
It's that time of year... time for our entry into awards season with the 2026 Defender Awards, celebrating the films of 2025. We have all the categories the Oscars have, as well as other fun ones. Sit back and listen to the year that was in films! We put a lot of work into this for all of you, and…
- Ep 218: Tommy Boy
Tommy Boy quite simply is one of the iconic comedies of a generation, and a staple of a tragically short, but powerful career in Chris Farley. He and Spade together are like chocolate and peanut butter. But beyond the slapstick, physical humor of Farley, there is some really terrific writing in…
- Ep 217: Predator - Badlands
We think the work Dan Trachtenberg has been doing with the Predator franchise has been top-notch. In 2025 he was two for two, with Killer of Killers and this film, Predator: Badlands! A film unlike we've seen in the franchise, there is a lot more writing, character growth, and lore here than most…
- Ep 216: The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey
Time to do what we do best! Dive into a movie with a narrative that we feel is unearned. Today we start to tackle the Hobbit trilogy. Is it really that bad? Does it just stink? Did Peter Jackson just forget how to make movies? Or is there more to it than that? (Spoiler... yes!) We will unpack the…
- 2026 Oscar Nomination Preview Show
Hello Defendants! Oscar Season is here again and the Movie Defenders are bringing you a special episode where Brev and his son Nathan discuss their Oscar predictions. They run through (almost) every category, providing their predictions and some dark horses. It's a fun short(er) episode for us…
- Ep 215: Tron - Ares
It's back to the grid we go! A movie that needs some defending, today Scott and Donald go and dissect Tron: Ares. What was it about the movie that didn't work for some? We think we know. What did work for us? We know ALL that and we'll break it all down. Add in a helping of There Can Be Only One…
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