Weapons Director Zach Cregger on What They Don't Tell You About Having A No. 1 Movie, Brad Pitt and His Favorite Punk Bands + Movie Review: Him + Trailer Park: Sydney Sweeney in “Christy”
Movie Mike's Movie Podcast
Nashville Podcast Network
5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Mike talks to Zach Cregger, the director of Weapons. Zach talks about what it’s like to have a No. 1 movie, what celebrity he hopes watches his film and why comedians are good at horror. Zach and Mike also get into a debate about punk rock. Mike then shares his Top 5 Directors of the 2020s so far. In the Movie Review, Mike talks about Him starring Marlon Wayans and Tyriq Withers. It’s about a rising quarterback who suffers a potentially career-ending injury after being attacked by an unhinged fan. Just when all seems lost, he receives a lifeline when his football hero offers to train him at an isolated compound. Mike talks about why he felt bamboozled, how it lacked a plot and why even though he didn’t fully love it that it could quite possibly be ahead of its time. In the Trailer Park, Mike talks about Sydney Sweeney stepping into the ring as boxing legend Christy Martin. She never imagined life beyond her small-town roots in West Virginia until she discovered a knack for punching people. Mike shares Sydney Sweeney’s dedication to her character, the red flags from the trailer and what is the downfall of sports biopics.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.3 | Hello and welcome back to Movie Mike's movie podcast. |
| 0:06.9 | I am your host, Movie Mike. |
| 0:08.0 | Today, I am talking to weapons director, Zach Krieger, my favorite horror movie of the year. |
| 0:14.2 | I don't think I've ever done as much research going into an interview before. |
| 0:18.1 | Before I even knew this was happening, I almost maybe kind of manifested |
| 0:22.3 | this a little bit. I started just doing research on this guy because I am so fascinated on how |
| 0:27.5 | he approaches film. And now joining the podcast today, Zach Greger in the movie review, I'll be |
| 0:34.4 | talking about the movie everybody thinks is directed by Jordan Peel, but it's only |
| 0:38.6 | produced by Jordan Peel, him. It's a horror movie about football starring Marlon Wayans. And in the |
| 0:44.1 | trailer park, we'll talk about why Sidney Sweeney just looks a little bit off in the Christie |
| 0:48.5 | trailer. Thank you for being here. Thank you for being subscribed. Shout out to the Monday morning |
| 0:52.6 | movie crew. And now, let's talk movies. |
| 0:55.8 | From the Nashville Podcast Network, this is Movie Mike's Movie Podcasts. |
| 1:01.8 | Zach Craiger is a writer, director, and actor, best known as one of the founding members of this comedy |
| 1:06.6 | troupe called The Whiteest Kids You Know. It was also a TV show that was on the air from 2007 to |
| 1:12.8 | 2011. At that time, I was in high school and everybody was quoting the widest kids you know |
| 1:18.3 | sketches. He directed 53 of those 57 episodes during that period. He also starred in the TBS sitcom |
| 1:25.0 | Rect, where the entire three-season run from 2016 to 2018, |
| 1:29.0 | and he made his directorial debut with the horror movie Barbarian in 2022. |
| 1:34.4 | This year, I put Zach Kregor on my list of directors that I'm going to watch every single |
| 1:39.4 | movie they put out because I was so moved by weapons. |
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