Mike Dillon, CTVA 102’s head programmer, is an occasional guest on the movie review podcast Out Now with Aaron and Abe, offering criticism and commentary on new and classic films.


SAW X (2023)
Published: October 1, 2023
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You prefer to call it a “blood teeter-totter” instead of what we essentially did, which is to see-saw?


THE NUN II (2023) / TALK TO ME (2023)
Published: September 12, 2023
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“I think [THE NUN II] will make you stupid.”


FRIGHT NIGHT (1985) / THE LOST BOYS (1987)
Published: May 23, 2023
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“If having a Sexy Saxophone Guy is wrong, I don’t want to be right.”


EVIL DEAD RISE (2023)
Published: April 24, 2023
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“Can’t trust a DJ.”


Best in Horror: 2022
Published: January 27, 2023
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“Apes are dangerous, man.”


THE SHINING (1980)
Published: October 14, 2022
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“Which [Stephen King novel] is the one about children with latent psychic powers again?”


JACKASS FOREVER (2022) / MOONFALL (2002)
Published: February 9, 2022
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“‘Let’s take all of these tropes from big Hollywood blockbusters and toss them into the world’s biggest idiot blender.'”


Best in Horror: 2021
Published: January 13, 2022
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“All in all, pretty good year.”


GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)
Published: November 23, 2021
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“GHOSTBUSTERS: Is it Still Just the One Good One?”


REMINISCENCE (2021)
Published: August 26, 2021
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“This whole movie looks like it smells damp.”


SNAKE EYES (2021) / OLD (2021)
Published: July 26, 2021
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“Are they feeding these snakes?”


SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW (2021)
Published: May 17, 2021
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“I’m pretty sure a spiral is how something moves when its going down a drain.”


SMALL AXE (2020): MANGROVE / LOVERS ROCK / RED, WHITE AND BLUE / ALEX WEATLE / EDUCATION
Published: January 5, 2021
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“Happy New Year, brethren.”


ARACHNOPHOBIA (1990)
Published: October 16, 2020
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“I love a mortician with a sandwich.”


DA 5 BLOODS (2020)
Published: June 14, 2020
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#BlackLivesMatter


THE PLATFORM (2019/2020)
Published: April 6, 2020
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“‘What are you, a communist?’ — nom nom nom nom…”


CATS (2019)
Published: December 29, 2019
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“This movie should not exist.”


PARASITE (2019)
Published: October 29, 2019
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“One of the more suspenseful sequences simply involves whether this mother is going to be able to cook up this batch of noodles in time.”


THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS (1991)
Published: October 17, 2019
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“This needs to be a Halloween Horror Nights maze.”


OFFICIAL SECRETS (2019)
Published: September 8, 2019
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“Now I wanna re-watch STATE OF PLAY.”


FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW (2019)
Published: August 5, 2019
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“This should be titled: FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: MANLY FISTBUMPS.”


US (2019)
Published: March 27, 2019
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“‘The time has come for us to start a revolution and take over the world. Does everyone have their scissors?'”


ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL (2019)
Published: February 18, 2019
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“I love a good moon war.”


THE FLY (1986)
Published: October 12, 2018
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“It’s easily one of my all-time favorite John Getz movies.”


SEARCHING (2018)
Published: September 10, 2018
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“[This film] is about a family in crisis that happens to be Korean American.”


PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING (2018)
Published: March 28, 2018
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“Can I just substitute for a bottle of Jaeger that I could then use as a weapon?”


JIGSAW (2017)
Published: October 31, 2017
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“The films are not as clever as they think they are… except when they are.”


THE BIRDS (1963)
Published: August 28, 2017
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“You’re just winging it at this point.”


DETROIT (2017)
Published: August 9, 2017
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“I found it kind of unpleasant.”


IT COMES AT NIGHT (2017)
Published: June 15, 2017
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“The film is mostly not too predictable, except that the dog is going to die at some point.”


THE BIRTH OF A NATION (2016)
Published: October 16, 2016
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“Stop bringing me on for movies that are weighed down by controversy.”


GHOSTBUSTERS (2016)
Published: July 18, 2016
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“Women are allowed to be nerds.”


EYE IN THE SKY (2015)
Published: March 17, 2016
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“I really appreciate being put in that weird moral position.”


GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
Published: September 2, 2014
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“This whole series is a running joke about bodily fluids.”