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Movie Bones

Movie Bones

By: Justin Miller
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Movie Bones is a film podcast adventure, exploring the rich history of movies available from free-streaming platforms to find out how much of it still has value, whether it's in the form of thought-provoking art-house films to cheesy cult classics. Justin Miller and Ryan Spurlock subject themselves to it all, and render judgement.

And because the best adventures are shared, we hope you'll watch them alongside us. Especially because we talk spoilers. Did we mention that? I guess now we did. New episodes every Wednesday.


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Here's how we rate the films we dig up, based, naturally, on that most famous film archaeologist himself, Indiana Jones...


“Fortune & Glory” films are pure gold. They're movies to go back to again and again. These are the films would find a great home in your physical movie library, if you've still got one - they're that good.

“Trust Me” films are imperfect gems that still offer a really good time. Buy a digital copy to stream if you want to make sure you always have access to it.

“Belongs in a Museum”: If you think of museums as places you pay to get in to see things you wouldn’t necessarily want to bring home with you, then you’ve got a good feel for this category. If you can’t find these movies for free on sites like Tubi, you might still consider renting them off one of the paid platforms when the mood strikes.

“Bad Dates”, happen when ‘free’ is the only price you’d be willing to pay to experience it, and only because at least one person showed up to make a good film. It could be the special effects were ahead of their time, the stunning cinematography, or some other aspect. But generally speaking, these are once-and-done films. Once you’ve seen it, you’ve gotten everything out of it you’ll ever get.

“Don’t Look At It”. Movies so bad they’ll melt your face off, whether from boredom or some really horrible sensibilities, and nobody doing ‘their best’ could make it worth enduring again. If you've taken the chance to watch it along side Ryan and me, we make no apologies, because part of what makes this podcast journey unique is the shared risk of the occasional exploding head!

“Nuke the Fridge”; A category reserved for films that manage to be fun because they’re bad in entertaining ways. You know the kind. This is kind of a ‘modifier’ category, that’ll often be applied alongside one of the other ratings.

“Kill it with FIRE”; A new basement category, to only be used sparingly. This is our "Break glass in case of Emergency" basket. Films in this category don't just have horrible sensibilities, but go out of their way to feature them as an integral part of the plot and theme so you can't just wait them out. First appears in our review of "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", and hopefully will never again!


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Episodes
  • Episode 117 "Son of the Gods" (1930)
    Jun 19 2026

    This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'Son of the Gods' (1930) and talk about...


    • "you can't even tell he's Chinese" is not a great way to start your objection to racism
    • apparently the solution to racism is "just be white"
    • would Sam's 'friends' even speak a word for him if he didn't have gobs of money
    • "with friends like these", as the saying goes...
    • Our Verdict
    • Next week's film: '13 Ghosts' (1960)


    Did we get the movie wrong? Tell us why! And let us know what films you think we should cover.

    Join in the discussion on our Youtube channel or Facebook page!

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    20 mins
  • Episode 112 "Little Shop of Horrors" (1960)
    Jun 15 2026

    This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'The Little Shop of Horrors' (1960) and talk about...


    • Justin's sweet-spot of wierdness
    • In a cast of oddballs, Jack Nicholson, stands out above them all - with only one scene
    • Teasing the potential that the musical would bring out
    • Roger Corman tells a story - a first!
    • Protecting the integrity of your main character with accidental murder
    • comparing at-length the musical version to the original
    • did not see that ending coming
    • Our Verdict
    • Next week's film: 'The White Reindeer' (1952)


    We apologize for the mis-airing of the episode. Was supposed to release this a few weeks ago, but it got lost in the order sometime during editing. In any case, here it is!

    Did we get the movie wrong? Tell us why! And let us know what films you think we should cover.

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    28 mins
  • Episode 116 "Tarzan the Fearless" (1933)
    Jun 12 2026

    This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'Tarzan the Fearless' (1933) and talk about...

    https://tubitv.com/movies/100054685/tarzan-the-fearless

    • The look that says "Pepper-Spray Me"
    • Should a hero be able to understand the difference between 'person' and 'thing'
    • Why Mary? What happened to Jane?
    • Everybody irrationally wants Mary.
    • The sexism that almost obscures the racism
    • The impossible task of making a movie by chopping up a serial
    • Dude, you're no "Johnny Weissmuller"
    • Our Verdict
    • Next week's film: 'Son of the Gods' (1930)

    https://tubitv.com/movies/100045295/son-of-the-gods

    Did we get the movie wrong? Tell us why! And let us know what films you think we should cover.

    Join in the discussion on our Youtube channel or Facebook page!

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    26 mins
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