Podcast
Movies on the Side
A podcast about movies, mayonnaise on hot dogs, and everything else on the side. Hosted by Nate Baranowski and Stephen Robles. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter to send us your bad movie suggestions! @moviesontheside
- Film Reviews chart
- #126
- Episodes
- 432
- Releases
- Monthly
- Typical length
- 36 min
- On air since
- 2018
- Latest episode
- 3 weeks ago
Episodes
432 episodes, newest first
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46 min
Toy Story 5 (2026) Review
Season 9, Episode 250
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1 hr 5 min
The Odyssey (2026) Review
Season 9, Episode 249
Show notes
Turns out, people like going to the movies when the movies are good.
• The Odyssey | In Studio: Ludwig Göransson
• Richard Roeper on The Odyssey
• The Odyssey - Official 'Completely in IMAX' Behind the Scenes Clip (2026) -
45 min
Mercy (2026) Review
Season 9, Episode 248
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A harrowing story about Chipotle Queso, and Rebecca Ferguson makes a great AI judge.
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47 min
Project Hail Mary (2026) Review
Season 9, Episode 247
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Could Ryan Gosling and Rocky be the best buddy pair in cinema? And more importantly, when to use the microwave vs toaster oven.
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46 min
Materialists (2025) Review
Season 9, Episode 246
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Love is a many splendid thing, love lifts us up where we belong, all you need is love! Or maybe love is a list of checkboxes and the highest compatibility between two people wins.
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43 min
Eternity (2025) Review
Season 9, Episode 245
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We spiral our contemplating eternity, love, and working on a cruise ship forever.
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41 min
F1: The Movie (2025) Review
Season 9, Episode 244
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Can't wait for the sequel: F1: Part Deux: Tokyo Drift
• VFX Artists React to 2026 Oscar-Nominated CGI
• Lewis Hamilton Just Confirmed an ‘F1’ Sequel Is Happening -
35 min
Wicked: For Good (2025) Review
Season 8, Episode 243
Show notes
Can a musical with so many first-act hits...end with a bang?
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18 min
Nate's Rules of Theater Etiquette Bonus
Season 8
Show notes
The etymology of "brekkie," Nate handles a theater talker, and we all need more pneumatic tubes.
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36 min
Superman (2025) Review: Maybe That’s the Real Punk Rock
Season 8, Episode 242
Show notes
Sometimes it’s ok to be corny. Also, Nate and Stephen try to remember how to review movies.
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24 min
Everything is Cottage Cheese Bonus
Season 8
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We catch up on recent movie experiences, but more importantly, Stephen is putting cottage cheese in everything.
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36 min
Gladiator II (2024) Review
Season 8, Episode 241
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Can Denzel Washington carry an entire sequel 20+ years in the making? Nate delivers what is possibly the best dissertation on why a movie is bad, and CG monkeys are bad.
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26 min
Stephen Goes to a Sportsball Game Bonus
Season 8
Show notes
Stephen doesn’t understand how to attend a live sports event.
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37 min
Wicked (2024) Review and Top 5 Songs
Season 8, Episode 240
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We gush a lot about Wicked, there's singing, and we list out top 5 songs from the movie!
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21 min
How Famous Would You Want to Be? Bonus
Season 8
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Are you more of a Taylor Swift, or Keenu Reeves level of fame?
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39 min
Our Top 5 Christmas Movies with Jason Aten!
Season 7, Episode 239
Show notes
Returning guest Jason Aten joins us to rank our top 5 favorite Christmas movies, and call out what’s clearly the worst in history! The audacity! The unmitigated gall!
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36 min
Holiday Traditions with a Special Guest! Bonus
Season 7
Show notes
Friend of the show Jason Aten joins us to review our favorite and new holiday traditions! He loves Christmas, even though he admittedly does absolutely NOTHING to facilitate it.
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30 min
Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Godfather Review!
Season 7, Episode 238
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After 52 years, it turns out, this movie stands the test of time. It's Nate's first viewing, and we get treated to Marlon Brando impressions, infinitely quotable lines, and we dissect why The Godfather really is that good.
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39 min
First-Time Onion Cutting, and How Long to Be an Expert Bonus
Season 7
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Yes, at 38-years-old it may be the first time Stephen has actually cut an onion. After Nate shames Stephen about his onion naiveté, they both vastly underestimate how long it takes to become an expert at: chess, figure skating, pottery, and other wildly inaccurate estimates.
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36 min
Pixar Movie Ranking and Inside Out 2 Review!
Season 7, Episode 237
Show notes
We wax poetically how Inside Out 2 is both a great movie, and an important movie. After, Nate utterly fails a ranking a top 5 Pixar movie list.
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