Movie fanatics Kyle Emmott and Michael White host the laid-back cinema-breakdown podcast Super Movie Bros – a show that begins with an overall look at an iconic, underappreciated, or cult movie, and soon meanders off into petty debates and discussions about the intricacies of the story and the cinematic experience.
Twenty-nine episodes deep and the podcast has well and truly found its flow as an independent talk show. Things began in 2024, with a thirty minute deep-dive into A Few Good Men, and more recently, Kyle and Michael looked into the somewhat lesser celebrated Johnny Depp movie Secret Window.
In between these moments, however, fans can seek out conversations on the likes of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, movies Tron, Heat, Pride and Prejudice, and plenty more. No genre is out of reach, and always we get to hear the authentic chit-chat of two friends united in their love for and criticism of the modern movie realm.
Attention to detail is key, these conversations focusing on niche aspects or titbits from the movies, a retrospective look that true movie fanatics – those who pay attention, not playing on their phones during the showing – will notice and appreciate.
Secret Window was originally a Stephen King story, and the research and historical background uncovered in this episode is insightful, alongside a free-flowing discussion between the hosts, as to how things went verses how they were, in theory, supposed to go, based on the book.
The latest episode of Super Movie Bros Podcast explores the 2023 action movie Kandahar, which apparently got lost in the chaos of movie releases that year, not quite achieving the interest and attention it perhaps it deserved. The discussion begins with a reflection of that detail, and proceeds through both a passionate and realistic review of the movie, following multiple attempts to tackle the mammoth 2-hour showing. The result is a clear favourite movie for one of the hosts, but not for the other, and those opposing viewpoints are a huge part of what makes this movie review podcast one of the more honest around.
Having never seen Kandahar, but with an interest in the representation of modern conflict in cinema, this episode is likely to leave you keen to settle in, if only to cast your own final opinion.
Research and genuine enjoyment of the movie format meets with the long-form podcast approach of contemporary times, as Super Movie Bros dives straight into the meat of each movie, and effectively portrays an unedited conversation that’s genuine, unfiltered, and unafraid to truly balance fact and opinion in a way that naturally lights up the movie podcast space.
In their own words: “Bold takes. Bad Jokes. All kinds of movies.”
New episodes appear weekly and can be streamed on YouTube or Spotify. You can also follow the Super Movie Bros. Podcast on Instagram.
