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About this Podcast:

Host Derick McDuff, along with a guest, looks at films that are underrated, underappreciated, and even ones that have just slipped under the radar and passed most people by. Look for new episodes every other Monday!For more head to underratedmoviepodcast.com

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Questions about Underrated

What is Underrated about?

Host Derick McDuff, along with a guest, looks at films that are underrated, underappreciated, and even ones that have just slipped under the radar and passed most people by. Look for new episodes every other Monday!

What has Underrated covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" (19 October 2026, 94 minutes), "Willy's Wonderland" (5 October 2026, 50 minutes), and "How to Make an American Quilt" (21 September 2026, 49 minutes).

How often does Underrated publish?

Underrated publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 55 minutes across 211 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Underrated?

Booking probability for Underrated is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Underrated requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Underrated's contact route on record: verified email.

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The strongest fits for Underrated are Film & Video. Underrated has a tv audience.

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Recent episodes

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  • Oct 19, 20261h 34m

    EPISODE 200!!! For this milestone episode we discuss a box office flop that is well on it's way to becoming a cult classic, Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Underrated's first ever guest, JPG, of Intermyth...

  • Oct 5, 202650 min

    For Underrated's annual Halloween episode, Derick welcomes the Willy's Wonderland fan Katherine Luna onto the show. Containing a wordless performance by Nic Cage, and a premise that some have accused of knocking off...

  • Sep 21, 202649 min

    Recorded live from the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, in conjunction with their American Quilt: Cloth and Commerce exhibit, Underrated hosted a live episode covering How to Make an American Quilt! Despite it's all star...

  • Sep 7, 202654 min

    Despite being a success in it's native Japan, the Studio Ghibli film Princess Mononoke underperformed at the US box office when it was released two years later. However the film's themes and style have become massively...

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  • Aug 24, 20261 hour

    We wrap up our series on unreleased films by talking about what might be the biggest one of them all, the fabled Snyder Cut. For years after Justice League was taken away from Zack Snyder fans and those involved with...

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    Togo

    Aug 10, 20261h 2m

    As a Disney+ original film that you can no longer watch on Disney+, its currently impossible to watch the historical adventure film Togo . Unless you are on a cruise ship that is. Alex Marcus from The Pop Break joins...

  • Jul 27, 20261h 6m

    Part of the launch of the expensive and purportedly innovative streaming service Quibi, the 2020 re-imagining of the classic short story "The Most Dangerous Game" starred Liam Hemsworth and Oscar winner Christoph Waltz...

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    Greed (1924)

    Jul 13, 202644 min

    Unreleased returns to examine the lost films of the silent era and the unrealized vision of Erich von Stroheim's Greed. Not fully appreciated for decades after it's initial release, the film was cut down from its...

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    Bandersnatch

    Jun 29, 20261h 3m

    Derick is once again joined by Jaymo of The Old Switcharoo , this time to discuss the mindbending interactive film, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. The film let viewers decide the fate of it's main character in a choose...

  • Underrated

    The Fall

    Jun 15, 202645 min

    Screening at TIFF in 2006, The Fall eventually received a limited theatrical release two years later. For years after it was unavailable to purchase on DVD or VOD and not streaming anywhere. The film is not just a...

  • Jun 1, 202649 min

    We kick off our series on unreleased films by discussing Roger Corman's infamously unreleased The Fantastic Four. The hosts of Movie Smash join Derick to talk about the never officially released film and the insane...

  • May 18, 202635 min

    Derick is on a tropical vacation, and so is the podcast! Andrea Berting of The Writer's Cut arrives to discuss Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar. Originally planned as a theatrical release, the film was unceremoniosly...

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    Mickey 17

    May 4, 202649 min

    After his film Parasite became the first ever non-English language film to win best picture, Bong Joon Ho returned to sci-fi with this film about a pair of clones on an alien world. However delays and poor marketing...

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    Goon

    Apr 20, 202625 min

    Derick makes the possibly questionable decision to bring YouTuber, and his own brother MarshalLaw , on to discuss this sports comedy. With a paltry box office return and decent reviews the film has largely been...

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    Batman & Robin

    Apr 6, 202657 min

    Its been long awaited but the moment is finally here! Derick brings on Bat-expert Cole Garrison to discuss the oft-criticized and under appreciated Batman v Superman. And we wouldn't be doing it justice unless we talked...

  • Mar 30, 202651 min

    There was once a time when fans would hear of a video game being adapted into another medium and forums would be ablaze with skepticism, jeers, and outright doubt. But with adaptations like Super Mario Bros., The Last...

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    Nightmare Alley

    Mar 23, 20261h 12m

    Sarah Jefferson Carter, creator of Queendom Come , returns to discuss Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley . After winning best picture his follow up received a meager box office return and was del Toro's last outing...

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    Time After Time

    Mar 9, 202651 min

    A charming cult film with one of the most brilliantly bizarre premises of all time, Time After Time became a huge influence on the time travel movies that followed it. Filmmaker and co-host of Nothing New Justin Quizon...

  • Feb 23, 20261h 11m

    Adapting the world's most popular tabletop game, D&D: Honor Among Thieves was neither a hit nor a bomb. However the fantasy film following a group of lovable losers gained fans in the ensuing years, both in DnD players...

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