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The Complete Works Podcast

The Complete Works

The Complete Works is a podcast dedicated to exploring an actor"s filmography, one movie at a time - assessing the highs and lows of their career and how it reflects the film industry at large. The current season, Season 5, is covering the films of Elijah Wood. Past seasons include Nicolas Cage, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, and Roy Scheider (with new episodes for their respective seasons being published as needed).

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00:50:11

Ep. 19 - Black and White (1999)

The Complete Works Podcast ·

2026/10/05

This week, Elijah Wood appears in BLACK AND WHITE, a documentary-style film from director James Toback that explores white suburban teens obsessed with black culture. The movie's got an insane cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Brooke Shields, Gaby Hoffman, Mike Tyson, several members of the Wu-Tang Clan playing themselves, Ben Stiller, Brett Ratner, Jared Leto, and it's the film debut of Michael B. Jordan! Boy, do we wish this one was better!

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00:45:43

The Manchurian Candidate (1962) / Daylight (1996)

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2026/10/02

It's time for another Mike Makes Mike Watch! This week, Smith is making Mike D catch up with the classic John Frankenheimer thriller THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE; meanwhile, Mike D is making Smith fill a '90s action blind spot with the Sylvester Stallone vehicle DAYLIGHT!

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00:40:37

Ep. 18 - The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999)

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2026/09/28

This week, Elijah Wood is paired up with Rachel Leigh Cook in the little-seen hospital drama THE BUMBLEBEE FLIES ANYWAY! Mike and Mike are asking the important questions in this one like, "Is this actually a stealth sequel to RADIO FLYER?"

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00:35:39

Undercover Blues (1993)

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2026/09/26

We got a Ko-Fi donation this week to finish out a (sort of) trilogy from our listener David. At the beginning of this year, he laid out three actors for him to select movies for us to watch, and we've reached the last one: Stanley Tucci in UNDERCOVER BLUES! The 1993 comedy from the director of FOOTLOOSE which stars Kathleen Turner, Dennis Quaid, and Tucci as Muerte... or is it Morty?

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01:01:18

Ep. 17 - The Faculty (1998)

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2026/09/21

This week, Elijah Wood leads a huge ensemble cast that includes Jordana Brewster, Clea Duvall, Josh Hartnett, and more in the 1998 cult classic THE FACULTY! Doing for alien invasion movies what SCREAM did for slashers, the film is directed by Robert Rodriguez, written by Kevin Williamson, and features tons of fun visual effects and movie references!

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01:16:53

Off Mike - Lanterns, Coyote vs. Acme, Cinema Arts...

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2026/09/18

It's time for an Off Mike Discussions episode! This week, Mike D recaps his experience at the All-Nighter Horror Marathon at the Cinema Arts Center in New York, while Smith talks new releases like TONY, COYOTE VS. ACME, TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, and gets really into the new HBO series LANTERNS!

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01:17:39

Ep. 16 - Deep Impact (1998) (GUEST: Producer Collin)

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2026/09/14

This week, the Mikes are bringing in Disaster Movie Expert Producer Collin to discuss Elijah Wood's first real foray into big blockbuster filmmaking, Mimi Leder's 1998 film DEEP IMPACT! Famously released around the same time as Michael Bay's ARMAGEDDON - a movie with a similar plot - this boasts a huge cast that includes Morgan Freeman, Tea Leoni, Robert Duvall, and more, all of whom are counting down the days until an asteroid collides with Earth.

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00:35:27

Ep. 15 - Oliver Twist (1997)

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2026/09/07

This week, Elijah Wood stars as The Artful Dodger in the Wonderful World of Disney TV movie version of OLIVER TWIST! Also starring Richard Dreyfuss as Fagin - and if you watch it on YouTube, you can see it as it was originally broadcast, with vintage commercials intact!

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01:12:43

Ep. 14 - The Ice Storm (1997)

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2026/08/31

This week, Elijah Wood begins transitioning from family films into more adult-oriented roles in Ang Lee's THE ICE STORM! As part of a large ensemble that includes Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Katie Holmes, David Krumholtz, and more, the film follows several families exploring the sexual morays of the 1970s. A melancholy film while also surprisingly funny, this is easily one of Elijah's best films of the '90s!

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01:27:14

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) (GUEST: Laura...

The Complete Works Podcast ·

2026/08/28

This week, longtime Mike and Mike staple Laura Colaneri returns to the podcast after a long absence to talk about - what else? - a horror movie! She's helping us dig into 1976's THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and deeply rooted in American history and the cultural morays of its time!

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01:35:44

Ep. 13 - Flipper (1996) (GUESTS: Larkin Matoon, Josh...

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2026/08/24

This week, Mike and Mike are joined by the members of the Original Montana Film Guide podcast to talk about Elijah Wood in 1996's FLIPPER! Also starring Paul Hogan and Jonathan Banks, the famous dolphin of 1960s TV was reimagined for a '90s audience, leaving us with important question like, "Did Elijah ever get to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers in concert?"

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00:53:24

Black Hawk Down (2001) / Fletch (1985)

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2026/08/21

It's time for another Mike Makes Mike Watch! This week, Mike D is making Smith watch the Ridley Scott war film with an insane early 2000s cast, BLACK HAWK DOWN! Meanwhile, Smith is making Mike D experience Chevy Chase in the classic comedy noir FLETCH!

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00:59:00

Ep. 12 - The War (1994)

The Complete Works Podcast ·

2026/08/18

Elijah Wood stars in a coming-of-age story set in the 1970s south, while his father Kevin Costner deals with his PTSD from Vietnam... this is THE WAR!

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01:28:42

Off Mike - Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Odyssey,...

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2026/08/07

It's been a little while, but we're back with an Off Mike Discussions episode! This time around we're mostly talking new releases like THE ODYSSEY, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, DISCLOSURE DAY, BACKROOMS, OBSESSION, THE INVITE, and more! Plus, Mike D spent the last two months rewatching all of GAME OF THRONES!

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01:06:52

Ep. 11 - North (1994)

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2026/08/03

This week, it's time to talk about one of the most notorious films of the '90s, a movie that is arguably more remembered for Roger Ebert's scathing review of it than for the movie itself. So we have to ask: is NORTH as bad as its reputation? Could Rob Reiner - who had directed so many classic films - stumble this much in his generational run? Couldn't the insane cast this movie assembles save it somehow? Well, it's time to find out - since Elijah Wood is in it, we've got to

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01:00:13

Ep. 10 - The Good Son (1993)

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2026/07/27

It's time for the biggest movie of young Elijah Wood's career (well, unless you count BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II). This week, Elijah Wood is paired up with the biggest child star on the planet in the early '90s, Macaulay Culkin, for a tense thriller about a sociopathic child. Or is it a dark comedy? Did it really traumatize a generation? And most importantly - is it any good (son)? We'll find out if Mr. Highway is thinking about the end!

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01:11:04

The Patriot (2000) / Magnolia (1999)

The Complete Works Podcast ·

2026/07/24

It's time for another Mike Makes Mike Watch! This time around, Mike D continues our run of episodes on the films of Roland Emmerich by making Smith watch THE PATRIOT. Meanwhile, Smith is making Mike D catch up with one of his favorite films from one of the best filmmakers alive, Paul Thomas Anderson's MAGNOLIA!

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01:00:47

Ep. 9 - The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)

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2026/07/20

This week, Elijah Wood is front-and-center as the star of the Disney adventure film based on the classic Mark Twain book, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCK FINN! From director Stephen Sommers (who would go on to direct Mike D favorite THE MUMMY), Wood stars alongside Courtney B. Vance, as well as a huge ensemble cast including Ron Perlman, Robbie Coltrane, Curtis Armstrong, and Anne Heche (in her film debut)!

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00:53:54

Ep. 8 - Forever Young (1992)

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2026/07/13

This week, Elijah Wood stars alongside Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis in one of the very first screenplays written by J.J. Abrams, 1992's FOREVER YOUNG! Gibson is a pre-World War II fighter pilot who gets cryogenically frozen and wakes up in the '90s, where he befriends Elijah Wood and goes on a journey to return to the one he loves!

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00:40:21

The Baxter (2005)

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2026/07/10

It's time for Mike Smith's annual Birthday By-Law episode! This year, he's finally getting around to a movie he really should have seen by now: 2005's THE BAXTER, written, directed by, and starring Michael Showalter. He and Mike D talk about the movie and Smith's lifelong obsession with the work of Showalter and David Wain!

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