Mike Schulz with Dave & Darren on Planet 93.9 FM (2024)

Going to the cineplex or staying in and streaming this weekend? Every Thursday morning at 8:15 a.m. you can listen to Mike Schulz dish on recent movie releases & talk smack about Hollywood celebs on Planet 93.9 FM with the fabulousDave & Darren in the Morningteam of Dave Levora and Darren Pitra.The morning crew previews upcoming releases, too.

Or you can check the Reader Web site and listen to their latest conversation by the warm glow of your electronic device. Never miss a pithy comment from these three scintillating pundits again.

Thursday, April 25: Discussion ofAbigail, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,andSasquatch Sunset, and previews ofChallengers, Boy Kills World, Unsung Hero, and the re-release ofAlien. On its 45th-anniversary tour. 'Cause we weren't already feeling old.

Thursday, April 18: Discussion ofCivil War, Arcadian, Vanya,andHundreds of Beavers, and previews ofThe Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, The People's Joker, Abigail,andSasquatch Sunset. Last week it was humans in beaver suits, this week it's humans in Yeti suits... the mind boggles at what might be in store a week from now.

Thursday, April 11: After an unanticipated week off (yep, we can blame Mike's car again ...) a lot to get caught up: Discussion ofGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire, In the Land of Saints & Sinners, Netflix's limited seriesRipley, The New Omen, Monkey Man, Wicked Little Letters,andProblemista, and previews ofCivil War, Arcadian, Sting,and the Last Picture House booking ofHundreds of Beavers. That trailer isamazing.

Thursday, March 28: Discussion ofGhostbusters: Frozen Empire, Road House, Shirley, Immaculate,andLate Night with the Devil, and previews of Asphalt City, In the Land of Saints & Sinners,andGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Lots to chew on here; it's practically a double-length segment. And in the discussion of the '89Road House, please forgive the mistaking of character-actor legend Ben Gazzara for character-actor legend Robert Loggia.The Dave & Darren Showregrets the error.

Thursday, March 21: Prior to previews ofGhostbusters: Frozen Empire, Late Night with the Devil, Immaculate,andShirley, discussion ofArthur the King, Love Lies Bleeding, One Life, The American Society of Magical Negros,andSnack Shack,the latter of which lived up to its promise and then some.

Thursday, March 14: A recap of the Academy Awards; discussion ofImaginary, Cabrini, Kung Fu Panda 4,and20 Days in Mariupol; and previews ofArthur the King, One Life, Love Lies Bleeding, The American Society of Magical Negroes,and what might turn out to be the sleeper hit of the spring: an R-rated teen comedy titledSnack Shack. Stay tuned.

Thursday, March 7: Discussion ofDune: Part TwoandSpaceman, previews ofKung Fu Panda 4, Imaginary,andCabrini, andpredictions for this Sunday's Academy Awards ... but sadly, all without the input of Darren, as technical issues left the guys with only two working mics. Darren loaned his to the guest. Such a nice boy, that one.

Thursday, February 29: Discussion ofDrive-Away DollsandOridnary Angels, plus a preview forDune: Part Two. Yes: Only one movie opening this weekend. But it's big enough for several.

Thursday, February 22: Discussion ofMadame Web(woof...),Bob Marley: One Love, and the Oscar-nominated live-action and animated shorts, and previews ofDrive-Away DollsandOrdinary Angels, the latter co-written by Meg Tilly. Remember Meg Tilly?The Big Chill? Agnes of God?And not, as Dave initially suggests,Bounce?

Thursday, February 15: Discussion ofLisa Frankenstein, Out of Darkness,andThe Teachers' Lounge, previews ofMadame Web, Bob Marley: One Love, Land of Bad,and the Oscar-nominated short films, and a plug for this very Web page. If you're here for the first timebecauseof that plug: Welcome!

Thursday, February 8: Discussion ofArgylle, The Zone of Interest, andScrambled, previews ofLisa Frankensteinan dOut of Darkneess,and utter delight in the "We Are the World" docThe Greatest Night inPop, which a friend of Darren's has reportedly, and understandably,seen eight times so far.

Thursday, February 1: Prior to previews ofArgylle, Scrambled,andThe Zone of Interest,discussion ofOrigin, Nimona, American Symphony,andFlamin' Hot, the latter of which earned Diane Warren her 15th Best Original Song nod and ninth in 10 years. Yes: The Cheetos movie is an Oscar nominee.

Thursday, January 25: Discussion ofAll of Us StrangersandI.S.S., previews ofOriginandGodzilla Minus One Minus Color, and much crowing over the latter's Oscar nomination when it was in color -- the first Academy recognition for a Godzilla ever. Happy 70th birthday, dude!

Thursday, January 18: After an unanticipated week off, discussion ofMean Girls, The Beekeeper, Night Swim, American Fiction, and The Book of Clarence, and lightning-round discussion onSociety of the Snow, Foe, Good Grief, andStill: A Michael J. Fox Movie.

Thursday, January 4: The boys are back, and it's light-round time again! Discussion ofMaestro, Migration, Aquaman & the Lost Kingdom, Anyone but You, The Iron Claw, Poor Things, The Color Purple, Ferrari,andLeave the World Behind, and previews ofNight SwimandSociety of the Snow.

Thursday, December 21: For the guys' final convo of '23, discussion ofWonka, The Boys in the Boat, andChicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, previews of loads of seasonal releases, and about half the segment desrvedly spent onGodzilla Minus One, which Dave finally saw and loved. Happy Holidays, everyone!

Thursday, December 14: Discussion ofThe Boy & the HeronandEileen, a preview ofWonka, and building excitement for Last Picture House popcorn, which is said to be next-level. There are sure to be worse reasons to sit throughWonka.

Thursday, December 7: Previews ofEileenandThe Boy & the Heron, praise for Davenport's new Last Picture House venue, and discussion ofMay December, Candy Cane Lane, Dream Scenario, The Shift, Silent Night,andGodzilla Minus One, which justmade Mike's Top 10 list for 2023. Apparently, miracleswillnever cease.

Thursday, November 30: Discussion of nine movies includingNapoleonandWish, previews of seven movies includingDream ScenarioandMay December, lengthy appreciation of Albert Brooks (fear not, he's still alive), an update on Davenport's new movie theater, and more. Sheesh, you take one lousy week off ... !

Thursday, November 16: Before the guys take a week of for the holiday, discussion ofThe Marvels, The Holdovers, The Killer,andJourney to Bethlehem,and previews of releases including the newHunger Games, Next Goal Wins, and Eli Roth's new horror flick. Happy Thanksgiving! Though, in Roth's hands, probably not a happyThanksgiving.

Thursday, November 9: Discussion ofPriscilla, Nyad, The Marsh King's Daughter, What Happens Later,andFingernails; previews ofThe Marvels, Journey to Bethlehem, The Holdovers,andThe Killer; and a nostalgia review of Tarantino'sThe Hateful Eight, which is somehow even longer now than it was in 2015.

Thursday, November 2: Discussion ofFive Nights at Freddy's, Anatomy of a Fall,andAfter Death, and previews ofPriscillaandWhat Happens Later, the latter a rom-com starring Meg Ryan and David Duchovny. Today we're gonna party like it's 1995.

Thursday, October 26: Previews ofFive Nights at Freddy's, Freelance,andAnatomy of a Fall,and quite-lengthy discussion ofKillers of a Flower Moon. It's almost three-and-a-half hours. The movie; not the conversation.

Thursday, October 19: Discussion of Wes Anderson's Roald Dahl shorts for Netflix,Fair Play,andThe Burial, plusa brief sampling of Unpopular Opinions: movies Mike loves that critics generally hate, and vice versa. The movies he hates won Oscars; the one he loves should have for Peter Falk alone.

Thursday, October 12: Discussion ofStop Making Sense, The Exorcist: Believer, No One Will Save You,andFlora & Son, but first ... . Taylor Swift is here! (Not in-studio, of course, but you get the idea.)

Thursday, October 5: Discussion ofThe CreatorandSaw X, and previews ofThe Exorcist: Believerand four horror films at the drive-in. If all that's not scary enough for October, just wait 'til every screen in the land is dominated byTaylor Swift.

Thursday, September 28: Discussion ofExpend4bles, Dumb Money, Cassandro,andIt Lives Inside,and previews ofStop Making Senseand, apparently, the next hope for a Barbenheimer: a double feature ofSaw Xand the newPAW Patrolcutely monikered "Saw Patrol." Just ... no.

Thursday, September 21: Discussion ofA Haunting in Venice, The Inventor,andEl Conde, and previews ofDumb Money, It Lives Inside,and the third sequel to Stallone'sThe Expendables,which we're apparently meant to pronounce as "Expendfourbles."

Thursday, September 14: Discussion ofThe Nun IIandMy Big Fat Wedding 3- the latter far less interesting thanDarren's alternative plots and titles for the second sequel-and previews of new titles includingA Haunting in Venice,with Dave not at all hiding his feelings about Sir Kenneth Branagh.

Thursday, September 7: Discussion ofThe Equalizer 3, Bottoms,andZombie Town, previews for of The Nun IIand My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, and Dave delivering the all-time-greatest pitch for a Slinky movie.

Thursday, August 31: Discussion ofGolda, The Hill, and the avidly awaitedRetribution.Dave and Mike saw it together! Theybothhated it!

Thursday, August 24: Discussion ofGran Turismo, Blue Beetle, Strays, Red, White, & Royal Blue, Of an Age,andClose... . But whatever.Retributionopens tomorrow! Bring it on!

Thursday, August 17: Discussion ofThe Last Voyage of the DemeterandJules, and previews of a bunch of films opening either here or elsewhere ... though none sounding as fun asRetribution. Only eight more days, people!

Thursday, August 10: Discussion ofMeg 2: The Trench, Theater Camp,andTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,and previews ofThe Last Voyage of the DemeterandJules, the latter of which appears to be about Ben Kingsley having an audience with The Great Gazoo.

Thursday, August 3: Discussion ofHaunted Mansion, Talk to Me,andThe Baker, and previews of the newNinja Turtles,the newMeg, and the new camera set-ups in the Dave & Darrenstudio ... not that, this being an audio file, you'll get to see much.

Thursday, July 27: After a week off, discussion of Oppenheimer,Barbie,and Cobweb... the latter a horror film unwisely scheduled to open opposite Oppenheimerand Barbie.

Thursday, July 13: A scoop onMission: Impossible -- Dead Reckoning Part One, discussion ofInsidious: The RedDoor, Sound of Freedom,andJoy Ride,and decidedly mixed feelings about the prospect ofWonka.

Thursday, July 6: Discussion ofIndiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken,andPast Lives,and a special audio treat: a preview of August's latest Liam-with-a-gun thrillerRetribution. The guys cannotwait.

Thursday, June 29: Discussion of No Hard Feelingsand Asteroid City, previews of Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destinyand Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken... and all secondary to the amazing story Dave shares about Mel Brooks' World War II service. Happy 97th birthday, Mel!

Thursday, June 22: Discussion ofElementalandThe Flash, and previews ofNo Hard FeelingsandAsteroid City.Aweekend without a new superhero movie or sequel/rebootor superhero-movie sequel/reboot. Crazy.

Thursday, June 15: After their week apart, the guys reunite for discussion ofTransformers: Rise of the BeastsandSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, a scoop onThe Blackening, and previews ofElementalandThe Flash.

Thursday, June 1: One last movie barrage before Mike enjoys a vacation, with discussion of The Little Mermaid, You Hurt My Feelings, The Starling Girl, The Machine,and About My Father. Back on the 15th!

Thursday, May 25: Discussion of Fast Xand Master Gardener,previews of six new ones opening locally, and a Memory Lane returnto Best Picture winners of the 1990s.

Thursday, May 18: Discussion of Book Club: The Next Chapter, Hypnotic,and BlackBerry, with conervsational detours on Darren's first BlackBerry, Mike's brief ComedySportz tenure, and Dave's wife's binge-watch of the first nine Fast & Furiousmovies.

Thursday, May 11: Discussion ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3andLove Again-- the former weakly watchable, the latter joyously, transcendently terrible.

Thursday, May 4: Discussion ofBig George Foreman, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret., Polite Society, Sisu,andJudy Blume Forever, and previews of three new ones opening locally thisweekend. Yes: Only three. A reprieve at last.

Thursday, April 27: Discussion of Beau Is Afraid, Evil Dead Rise, Chevalier, Guy Ritchie's The Covenant,and Somewhere in Queens,and previews of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Big George Foreman, Sisu... . The cineplex overstuffing continues.