Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts
The podcast version of Fat Dude Digs Flicks, a dude on social media who is dedicated to reviewing movies and spreading his love for all things cinema. This channel features Let’s Taco ‘Bout, an interview based podcast where Andy, The Fat Dude, chats with a guest about their life and a movie that has had a major impact it. It also features The Criterion Break, where cohosts Blake Ginithan, Derrick Veurink, and I pay tribute to the glory that is the Criterion Collection. You can follow all things Fat Dude on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd.
Episodes
Happy July!
The boys from the balcony, Blake and Derrick, review June’s offerings from the Sioux Falls State Theatre, and provide a preview of what’s to come in July!
Blake can be found on Letterboxd @blakeg5150 and on Instagram @blakeg_5150.
Derrick can be found on Instagram AND Letterboxd @dervdude.
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The Big Summer Movie Miniseries continues! This week, Chad Barker returns to the show for a Disney chat. We talk a little about Chad recent returns to the Disney Parks before chatting Toy Story. Does the newest chapter, Toy Story 5, continue to delight? Find out what Chad and Andy have to say!
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The summer keeps on cooking! It’s a week of legends as the local legend, Derrick Veurink, returns to the show. We chat about filmmaking legend, Steven Spielberg, for a bit before diving into his newest film, Disclosure Day. There are spoilers ahead, but we do give a heads up before getting to into the woods.
Derrick can be found on Instagram AND Letterboxd at @dervdude. He is also regularly cohost...
The Summer Spectacular continues! This week, Ryan Stoick returns to the show to chat about all things He-Man. We discuss our love for the action figures, the cartoon, and the OG film from 1987, starring the legend, Dolph Lundgren. We then dive into the new film, Masters of the Universe, from director Travis Knight featuring a star on the rise, Nicholas Galitzine as the loin-clothed warrior of Eternia.
Ryan can be fou...
Let’s Taco ‘Bout returns to kick off the latest summer miniseries. This year, desperation to remain relevant wins out as The Fat Dude is focusing on this year’s summer release schedule! Sarah Lahue returns to the show to dive into two of the biggest success stories so far this year, the indie horror smashes, Backrooms and Obsession. We talk about what excited and infuriated us in both Kane Parsons&...
Once again, the Balcony is open!!! Blake and Derrick recap the State’s offerings and events for May and look ahead to the bleakest and brightest of June.
Blake can be found on Letterboxd @blakeg5150 and on Instagram @blakeg_5150.
Derrick can be found on Instagram AND Letterboxd @dervdude.
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The balcony is open! Blake and Derrick recap April’s excitement and look ahead to what May and June have to offer at the Sioux Falls State Theatre!
Blake can be found on Letterboxd @blakeg5150 and on Instagram @blakeg_5150.
Derrick can be found on Instagram AND Letterboxd @dervdude.
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The Balcony is back!
On this episode, Blake and Derrick discuss some format changes to The Balcony, and mount their first *unofficial* recap of The State Theatre’s lineup for the month of March. The two then offer a preview of what has already been announced for April.
Blake can be found on Letterboxd @therealjohng and on Instagram @blakeg_5150.
Derrick can be found on Instagram AND Letterboxd @dervdude.
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With the Oscars just around the corner, it is time for a Fat Dude annual tradition! It’s time to reveal my favorite films of 2025! This year, not only am I joined by my usual partner in crime, Jameson Pfeifle, but we welcome DeeDee Collins along for the ride. Listen as we count down our favorite films of the past year. Find out what makes all three lists, what is left by the wayside, and what some regular cont...
On this week’s episode, I am joined by host of the Action Addicts Podcast, Scott Wiley! We chat about Scott’s love for action movies and where that comes from before diving into our featured movie of the week. This week’s gem is the 1999 sci-fi comedy, Galaxy Quest, starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and the late legend, Alan Rickman.
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The Criterion Break is back! This week, the boys from the Break give love once again to the State Theatre of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The guys recap year five since the landmark theatre’s reopening, talking about their favorite moments of the past year and some of the films they enjoyed getting to see on the State’s grand screen!
Blake can be found on Instagram @blakeg_5150Letterboxd @therealjohng. Derr...
The annual tradition continues! Once again, I am joined by Sioux Falls theatrical show-stopper and big-time movie buff, Jessica Johannsen, and the brother she nurtured into movie obsession, Nick Johannsen, to discuss this year’s Oscar nominations. We discuss our love and appreciation for the record-breaking Sinners, the absent Wicked: For Good, the surprising F1, and wonder just when the Academy will give Dian...
On this week’s episode, The Fat Dude is joined by Arne Venema and Michael Chan of CFK Productions. Arne and Michael talk about the foundations of their friendship and production company, the process that goes into making top notch special features, and dive into their love of Asian genre cinema including some of Michael’s stories working as an actor in Hong Kong.
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In this week’s episode, we ring in the new year, wrap up the Naughty List, and bring this season of episodes to an end. Anthony Hoekman returns to the show for a fun conversation about putting in work at The State Theater and share some of our favorite reads of 2025. We then dive into the final potential entry on this year’s Naughty List, Ari Aster’s latest, Eddington. We discuss the pandemic, the ...
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
The Naughty List returns with Brad Redick of the Human Dads podcast stepping back into the guest seat. We talk a little bit about life and Christmas before diving into a first here on the Naughty List. Neither one of us have seen 2020’s Fatman until deciding to do this episode, but our expectations weren’t all that great. Were we charmed by Mel Gibson’s Santa? Was this a Christmas...
The Naughty List keeps chugging away down the Christmas season tracks. This week, I am joined by first time guest, Amanda Robertson. Amanda is a contributor to EasternKicks.com, and a huge fan of action movies. We discuss where he love of action movies comes from, what it’s like to break into the action movie fanosphere, and what movies kicked off her love of cinema. We then dive into the Jean Claude Van Damme...
On this week’s episode, the Naughty List returns with a hang out episode. Just three friends, goofing around. The Fat Dude is joined by co-host of Screams From the Basement, Casey Kelderman, and the dad-mode voice of the Sioux Falls Stampede, Charlie Eccles to chat about Wild Wild West. We dive into the Burger King toys, Salma Hayek’s non-role, Will Smith’s Fresh Princes, giant spiders, and how the...
The Christmas season is upon us which, in Fat Dude land, can only mean one thing: time to kick off this year’s Naughty List! First up this year, Andy is joined by friend and one of the hosts of the Screams From the Basement podcast, Sam Lenz. We chat about Sam’s productive year, helping create a local horror convention, hosting Late Nights at The State, and working at another local indie theater before d...
🎃🔪 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! 🔪🎃
On this special Halloween episode, Adam Dillenburg returns to the show. In what seems to be a new tradition, Adam is back to celebrate the holiday, chatting about horror and Halloween traditions. Then, he and the Fat Dude decide to dissect (and bisect, trisect, and decapitate) this generation’s horror franchise smash, Terrifier. We chat about each entry, discuss our favorite kills, ...
October’s Horror Extravaganza continues! On this week’s episode, The Fat Dude is joined by author and USD professor, Duncan Barlow. The two discuss Duncan’s history from punk rock to poetry to education. Then, they dive into the educational value of horror, both in literature and on film, and why Duncan holds a soft spot in his heart for all things scary, even those frightening moments in not-so-fr...
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