The Movie Makeover

In The Movie-Maker Podcast, we dissect a film that we believe showed great promise and had some excellent ideas and elements, but the execution fell short of its potential. We take a deep dive into the chosen high-profile Hollywood films, identifying what we believe is flawed, highlighting what we think is strong, and offering our own perspective on how to improve them. Along the way, we’ll delve into movies not just as an art form, but also as a form of pop culture, entertainment, and commerce.

The Movie Makeover is a tv podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 16 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts The Movie Makeover, a tv show with 16 episodes published.

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  Lightyear

  Aug 16, 202644 min

  What happens when Pixar takes one of its most beloved characters, removes everything we love about him, and turns him into the star of a surprisingly serious sci-fi movie? You get Lightyear . In this episode of The Movie Makeover Podcast , we go to infinity…and then straight back to the writers’ room. We break down what worked, what didn’t, why Zurg deserves better, and the bizarre question at the center of it all: Who exactly was this movie made for? Then we pitch our own makeover of Lightyear —keeping the space adventure, but adding more fun, heart, and a reason for kids in 1995 to become absolutely obsessed with Buzz Lightyear. This isn’t the Buzz Lightyear you remember. But maybe we can fix that.

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  Madame Web

  Aug 9, 20261h 8m

  Madame Web can see the future. Unfortunately, she didn’t see this movie coming. In this episode, we untangle Sony’s spectacularly weird Spider-Man-adjacent disaster starring Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney. From baffling dialogue and a villain who sounds dubbed in from another movie to enough Pepsi product placement to cause a sugar coma, Madame Web needs serious help. Can we fix it? Or is this web too tangled to save? Fire up the ambulance. It’s makeover time.

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  Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny

  Jun 2, 202656 minS0

  <p>Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: Only Callbacks in the movies</p><p><br></p><p>This episode on The Movie Makeover Podcast, we crack the whip one more time and take on Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny — the movie that asks, “What if Indiana Jones fought Nazis, time travel, personal regret, and also the unstoppable villain known as aging?” Or what if an entire movie is made up from only callbacks from previous Indy movies...</p><p><br></p><p>Harrison Ford returns as Indy, older, grumpier, and still somehow surviving things that should liquefy a normal...

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  Gladiator II

  Apr 3, 202659 minS0

  <p>Gladiator II storms into the arena wearing the armor of a masterpiece and hoping nobody notices the dents. In this episode of The Movie Makeover Podcast, we ask the big question: Sharks...why did it have to be sharks?!? Is this a worthy heir to Gladiator, or just a very expensive toga party with rage issues? We dig into the sequel’s lumbering plot, inherited gravitas, and all the ways it tries to ride Maximus’s coattails straight into cinematic immortality. Then, as always, we do what we do best—we break it down and try to fix it. From rebu...

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  65

  Mar 3, 202636 minS0

  <p>Episode: “65 (2023)”</p><p>You know that feeling when a movie sells you “Adam Driver fights dinosaurs” and you immediately start clearing your schedule like it’s a national holiday? Yeah… same. In this episode, we’re crash-landing into 65, the sci-fi survival thriller that’s basically “space dad + angry lizards + one very bad travel itinerary.” It’s lean, it’s loud, it’s beautifully shot… and it still manages to feel like it’s sprinting through a third draft while the meteor clock is already at :10.</p><p><br></p><p>We break down what 65 does right (a committed lead, clean visual storytelling, and a prem...

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