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The Complete Works: Michelle Yeoh

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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. Currently in Season 3, we're now discussing every single movie (and some of the TV) featuring Hong Kong superstar-turned-international phenomenon, Michelle Yeoh. Past seasons of the podcast include Nicolas Cage and Jeff Goldblum, and bonus episodes for them will be made as they come out with new projects.

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Yeoh Ep. 57 - The Tiger's Apprentice (2024)

March 04, 2024 09:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MB

We're gearing up for the upcoming Roy Scheider season of the podcast - but in the meantime, we've got to talk about Michelle Yeoh's voice role in the new animated film THE TIGER'S APPRENTICE! Based on a young adult novel from 2003, this film was in the works for a long time, and was originally meant to premiere in theaters... before unceremoniously getting dumped onto Paramount+ with very little fanfare.

Get Ready For Season 4: Roy Scheider!

February 26, 2024 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.54 MB

We're gonna need a bigger podcast - after a hard-fought battle, the results of our Season 4 poll are in: Roy Scheider will be the next subject of The Complete Works!

The Season 4 Poll is Now Open!

February 12, 2024 16:00 - 6 minutes - 12.3 MB

You have one week to vote on who you want to see us cover in Season 4! Will it be Nicole Kidman, Walter Matthau, Kirsten Dunst, or Roy Scheider? Go to @CompleteWrksPod on Twitter and place your votes!

And Our Season 4 Finalists Are...

February 05, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MB

It's finally time to figure out who will be the subject of The Complete Works Season 4! Mike and Mike are each bringing 5 nominees to the table for a total of 10 - by the end of the episode, we'll be down to 4 finalists, and then we'll leave it up to you to decide who wins! The poll goes live on Twitter on Monday, February 12th!

Yeoh Ep. 56 - The Brothers Sun (2024)

January 29, 2024 09:00 - 49 minutes - 56.7 MB

Before we gear up to get Season 4 underway, we've got to talk about Michelle Yeoh's latest TV series, THE BROTHERS SUN! From the co-creator of GLEE, AMERICAN HORROR STORY, and more, THE BROTHERS SUN is an action-crime-comedy series featuring Yeoh in a major supporting role. All eight episodes are available on Netflix now!

Cage Ep. 112 - Dream Scenario (2023)

December 11, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MB

We're back in the Cage once again for our final episode of 2023! We're talking Kristoffer Borgli's DREAM SCENARIO, the new dark comedy starring Nicolas Cage, produced by Ari Aster, and released by A24 depicting Cage as a man who suddenly finds himself popping up in people's dreams and becoming an overnight sensation as a result. Plus, we discuss Cage's most recent desire to pivot to television!

Cage Ep. 111 - Butcher's Crossing (2023)

December 04, 2023 09:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MB

This week, it's time to get back in the Cage! A while ago, Nicolas Cage took to Montana to film two westerns back-to-back - the first was THE OLD WAY, released earlier this year. And now, we've got the second: BUTCHER'S CROSSING, also known as the movie featuring the crazy horse that kept trying to kill Nicolas Cage!

Ep. 55 - The Ultimate Michelle Yeoh Countdown Finale!

November 27, 2023 09:00 - 3 hours - 191 MB

We're closing the book on another season of The Complete Works, and that means it's time for a super-sized countdown episode as we say goodbye to our regular Michelle Yeoh coverage! Our epic finale has us listing off our Top 5 Action Scenes, our Top 10 Yeoh performances, and our Top 10 Michelle Yeoh Movies of all time - plus we're throwing in some other stuff just for fun. Until next time - thanks for taking it Yeoh.

Ep. 54 - A Haunting in Venice (2023)

November 20, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MB

It's finally happened - we've caught up to Michelle Yeoh! It's the last regular episode of the season, and we're ending on a pretty high note - the surprisingly solid whodunnit A HAUNTING IN VENICE, the latest in Kenneth Branagh's Hercule Poirot series (based on the Agatha Christie novels) featuring Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, and of course, Michelle Yeoh.

Ep. 53 - Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

November 13, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 68 MB

This week, Michelle Yeoh gets to voice Airazor, a Maximal Transformer shaped like a falcon in this summer's blockbuster TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS! Does a Transformers movie work without the requisite Bayhem? Is some kind of Hasbro cinematic universe a wise idea moving forward? Find out along with us!

Ep. 52 - American Born Chinese (2023)

November 06, 2023 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MB

This week, Michelle Yeoh (along with most of the cast of EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE) stars in the 2023 Disney+ series AMERICAN BORN CHINESE! This one's an underseen gem based on a beloved graphic novel, check it out!

Cage Ep. 110 - The Retirement Plan (2023)

October 30, 2023 08:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MB

We are so close to the end of our Michelle Yeoh season - but we simply had to take a break this week to get back in the Cage. THE RETIREMENT PLAN, featuring Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Jackie Earle Haley, and Ernie Hudson, has finally been released on VOD, so it's time to talk about it!

Ep. 51 - The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022)

October 23, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MB

Michelle Yeoh closed out 2022 with a major supporting role on THE WITCHER: BLOOD ORIGIN, a prequel miniseries to Netflix's hit fantasy series THE WITCHER. Mike D is a big WITCHER fan, who has seen the show, read the books, played the games, you name it. Mike Smith has never experienced a WITCHER thing in his life. So this should be interesting!

Ep. 50 - The School For Good and Evil (2022)

October 16, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MB

This week, Michelle Yeoh stars in this YA adaptation made for Netflix, reuniting with LAST CHRISTMAS director Paul Feig! Well, "stars" is a strong word - it's more like "appears in for about three minutes." Also starring Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburnce, and Olivia Rodrigo needle drops.

Ep. 49 - Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)

October 09, 2023 08:00 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MB

This week, Michelle Yeoh stars in... an animated kid-friendly remake of Mel Brooks' BLAZING SADDLES? That doesn't seem like a real movie, but somehow it is - it's time for us to dig into PAWS OF FURY: THE LEGEND OF HANK!

Ep. 48 - Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)

October 02, 2023 08:00 - 57 minutes - 53.5 MB

Are you ready for Gru to rise? Michelle Yeoh followed up her Oscar-winning turn in Everything Everywhere All at Once with a voice role in an animated film that inspired Gen Z to return to movie theaters dressed in their finest attire. It's time to assemble the GentleMinions to talk MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU!

Ep. 47 - Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

September 25, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 87.9 MB

We finally made it. The movie that is arguably the reason we're doing this season of the podcast. Winner of 7 Oscars - including Best Picture and Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh - it's time for us to talk about the Daniels' epic multiverse extravaganza, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE!

Ep. 46 - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

September 18, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 82.6 MB

This week, Michelle Yeoh makes her triumphant return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - but this time, she's playing a different character with a bit more to do than in her brief GUARDIANS 2 cameo. Yeoh appears as Ying Nan in Destin Daniel Crettin's SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS, Marvel Studios' first film with an Asian lead and primarily Asian cast. Also starring Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and - in his very first English-languafe role - the legendary Tony Leung!

Ep. 45 - Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)

September 11, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MB

This week, Michelle Yeoh teams up with Carla Gugino and Angela Bassett to fill out the Sisterhood of Assassins, a secret team who helps out Karen Gillan and Lena Headey in the 2021 Netflix release GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE! Is this female-fronted action film heavily inspired by the JOHN WICK series worth checking out?

Ep. 44 - Boss Level (2021)

September 04, 2023 08:00 - 58 minutes - 54.1 MB

This week, Michelle Yeoh makes a brief appearance in Joe Carnahan's long-delayed sci-fi action movie BOSS LEVEL, finally released as a Hulu original in 2021. The film stars Frank Grillo as a man caught in a timeloop, but it is *not* EDGE OF TOMORROW, it's a different timeloop action movie - also starring Naomi Watts, Mel Gibson, and more.

Ep. 43 - Last Christmas (2019)

August 28, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 73.4 MB

This week, we're talking Michelle Yeoh's supporting role in a Christmas rom-com which stars Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding, is co-written by Emma Thompson, is directed by Paul Feig, and is - very literally - inspired by a beloved WHAM! song. That's right, it's time for LAST CHRISTMAS!

Ep. 42 - Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018)

August 21, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB

Michelle Yeoh stars in yet another martial arts movie directed by Yeun Woo-Ping, and this time around, it's a spinoff of Donnie Yen's popular IP MAN franchise! It's time to talk about MASTER Z: IP MAN LEGACY, featuring Yeoh, Max Chang, Tony Jaa, and Dave Bautista!

Cage Ep. 109 - Sympathy for the Devil (2023)

August 14, 2023 19:05 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MB

It's already time to get back in the Cage! This week, we're talking Nicolas Cage and Joel Kinneman in the new VOD crime thriller SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL, in which Nicolas Cage does NOT play the literal devil... or does he?

Ep. 41 - Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

August 07, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB

This week, it's time for us to tackle a major pillar in the Michelle Yeoh filmography, and a key factor in her recent resurgence over the last few years, 2018's CRAZY RICH ASIANS! Based on the best-selling book by Kevin Kwan, CRAZY RICH ASIANS was a mini-phenomenon - proof that people will still turn up to theaters for romantic comedies, and proof that you can sell these kinds of movies with an entirely Asian cast. Also starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Awkwafina, and more, all alongside...

Ep. 40 - Star Trek: Discovery (2017)

July 31, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MB

This week, Mike and Mike are talking about Michelle Yeoh's prominent recurring role in STAR TREK: DISCOVERY - and more specifically, her role in the first two episodes of the show, "The Vulcan Hello" and "Battle at the Binary Stars."

Ep. 39 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

July 24, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 103 MB

Years before she appeared in SHANG-CHI, Michelle Yeoh made her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in a brief cameo playing a different character in 2017's GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2! And what you might not know is that - even though this one has often been maligned in fan circles - GUARDIANS 2 is actually Mike Smith's favorite MCU movie. So we've got a lot to say about this one, even though Yeoh is only it for about 10 seconds!

Cage Ep. 108 - The Flash (2023)

July 18, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MB

We decided to wait a few weeks due to spoilers, but it's out there now: Nicolas Cage has a brief cameo in THE FLASH in which he fulfills his destiny and finally plays Superman on screen. The question now is... is the movie any good? Are we getting sick of multiverses? What exactly is the current state of the DCU? All this and more will be discussed on this week's episode!

Goldblum Ep. 90 - Asteroid City (2023)

July 10, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 126 MB

It's time to return to Season 2 of the podcast and talk about Jeff Goldblum for the first time in over a year! Goldblum has reunited with director Wes Anderson for his latest film - and though it's a small role, it may just be the most pivotal of the entire movie. Listen to find out what we think of Jeff Goldblum playing The Alien in ASTEROID CITY!

Bonus Ep - Marco Polo Season 2 (2016)

July 03, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes - 59.4 MB

While Mike D is away on vacation, we put together another short bonus episode - this time detailing Michelle Yeoh's role when she joined the cast of Netflix's MARCO POLO in Season 2!

Bonus Ep - Strike Back: Legacy (2015)

June 26, 2023 20:00 - 29 minutes - 56.7 MB

While Mike D is away on vacation, we decided to do this bonus episode to talk Michelle Yeoh's first TV role on the Cinemax series STRIKE BACK: LEGACY!

Ep. 38 - Morgan (2016)

June 19, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MB

This week, Michelle Yeoh is one member in the large ensemble cast that constitutes MORGAN, a sci-fi thriller directed by Luke Scott which dares to ask the question, "What if EX MACHINA wasn't as good?" The movie also stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Boyd Holbrook, Rose Leslie, Paul Giamatti, Toby Jones, Brian Cox, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Sullivan, and more!

Ep. 37 - Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)

June 12, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MB

This week, Michelle Yeoh plays a supporting role in 2016's MECHANIC: RESURRECTION, the sequel to 2011's THE MECHANIC, which was itself a remake of 1972's THE MECHANIC. The Jason Statham vehicle features lots of fun action scenes... and unfortunately, the movie doesn't have Michelle Yeoh get involved with any of them! Instead, we've got a gonzo Tommy Lee Jones performance, rooftop pools turning into deathtraps, and more anonymous henchmen than can be counted.

Ep. 36 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)

June 05, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MB

16 years after the release of the original CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON - an Oscar-winning masterwork and breakthrough for foreign-language films in the US - Michelle Yeoh returned to star in a sequel which was directed by her frequent collaborator Yuen Woo-Ping, co-starred Donnie Yen, and got released straight to Netflix. Did it live up to the first one? Maybe not, but there's a lot to like when you take it on its own terms - it's time to talk about CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON: SWORD O...

Ep. 35 - Final Recipe (2013)

May 29, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MB

This week, Michelle Yeoh teams up with director Gina Kim to tell a story about family, food, and redemption - it's time to talk about FINAL RECIPE! Yeoh stars alongside Chin Han, Henry Lau, and Bobby Lee.

Ep. 34 - The Lady (2011)

May 22, 2023 08:00 - 56 minutes - 52.6 MB

This week, Michelle Yeoh stars as Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Luc Besson's biopic, THE LADY! Does this film reach its potential heights, or is it a by-the-numbers Oscar-bait drama? Either way, you can bet that Yeoh's performance in it is great. David Thewlis also stars as Suu Kyi's husband, Michael Aris

Ep. 33 - Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

May 15, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MB

This week, it's time to talk about Michelle Yeoh's very first animated film! Yeoh joins the cast of the blockbuster Dreamworks sequel, KUNG FU PANDA 2, alongside voices like Jack Black, Angeline Jolie, Gary Oldman, her future EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE co-star James Hong, and Jackie Chan (now joining the Yeoh Four-Timers Club)!

Ep. 32 - Reign of Assassins (2010)

May 08, 2023 08:00 - 52 minutes - 48.7 MB

This week, Michelle Yeoh takes on her first leading role in a martial arts film since CROUCHING TIGER with 2010's REIGN OF ASSASSINS! Directed by Su Chao-bin (with an assist from legendary Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo), the movie features Yeoh as a former assassin who must face her past to save not only her own life, but that of her husband's.

Cage Ep. 107 - Renfield (2023)

May 01, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MB

This week, Mike and Mike are taking a break from Michelle Yeoh to get back in the Cage! That's right, Nicolas Cage fulfills his destiny by finally getting to play a real vampire (sorry, VAMPIRE'S KISS) in RENFIELD! Also starring Nicholas Hoult, Awkwafina, and Ben Schwartz, RENFIELD is Cage's first live-action work at a major studio in over a decade, and he's hamming it up in thick, grotesque makeup for his portrayal of Dracula.

Ep. 31 - True Legend (2010)

April 24, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 71.2 MB

This week, Michelle Yeoh reunites with director Yuen Woo-Ping - at this point, pretty much her most frequent collaborator - for a small supporting role in another martial arts epic. This time around, we're learning the story of Su Can, aka Beggar So, a renowned martial artist known for his skill in Drunken Boxing. But how did he become the Drunken Master? Did it involve David Carradine injecting a team of wrestlers with steroids? Let's find out as we review 2010's TRUE LEGEND!

Ep. 30 - Babylon A.D. (2008)

April 17, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 68.2 MB

This week, we move on from one troubled blockbuster from the summer of 2008... to another troubled blockbuster from the summer of 2008! Michelle Yeoh appears in Mathieu Kassovitz's BABYLON A.D., a sci-fi action film starring Vin Diesel that plays like a low-rent CHILDREN OF MEN. Critics hated it, audiences hated it, and its production was a disaster - so let's dig into it!

Ep. 29 - The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

April 10, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 80.5 MB

For years, Mike DeCriscio has desperately tried to find any reason to talk about THE MUMMY on a podcast. And now, he gets his wish... sort of. It's time for us to talk about the third movie in the MUMMY trilogy, which boasts a change of scenery, a change in director, an iconic role recast, and also, yetis. And hey, Michelle Yeoh is here too - and she just might be the emotional center of the whole thing. It's time to talk about THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR!

Ep. 28 - The Children of Huang Shi (2008)

April 03, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MB

This week, Michelle Yeoh reunites with TOMORROW NEVER DIES director Roger Spottiswoode in 2008's THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI, a historical drama depicting a time period that we've covered pretty extensively on this podcast in the past. Yeoh plays a supporting role in the story of reporter George Hogg alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, and Chow Yun-Fat!

Ep. 27 - Far North (2007)

March 27, 2023 08:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MB

This week, Michelle Yeoh gets possibly her biggest English-language showcase yet as the lead in Asif Kapadia's survival drama FAR NORTH! Also featuring Michelle Krusiec and Sean Bean, Yeoh stars as a woman cast out by her tribe and forced to make some difficult decisions while living in the snowy Siberian wasteland. If we told you how this movie ends, you would not believe us.

Bonus: Michelle Yeoh Won an Oscar!

March 20, 2023 08:00 - 40 minutes - 76.5 MB

No movie to talk about this week (blame Mike D, he's the one that forgot to watch it), but guess what - Michelle Yeoh won an Oscar! So this week, the Mikes are talking about Yeoh's Oscar win, the astounding success of EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, and what they thought of this year's Oscar ceremony as a whole!

Ep. 26 - Sunshine (2007)

March 13, 2023 05:28 - 1 hour - 90.6 MB

This week, newly-minted Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh joins the ensemble cast of SUNSHINE! Directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland, this tense space thriller also stars Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benedict Wong, and more. Also, it might just be one of the best sci-fi movies of the last 25 years? 

Ep. 25 - Fearless (2006)

March 06, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB

This week, we're talking about a movie that Michelle Yeoh is technically not in... at least in the theatrical cut. But if you watch the director's cut (which runs about 40 minutes longer), Yeoh makes a quick appearance at the beginning and the end of this film which means we've got to talk about it! Billed as Jet Li's final martial arts epic and reuniting Yeoh with Li and choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping, it's time to talk FEARLESS!

Ep. 24 - Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

February 27, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MB

This week, Michelle Yeoh dives back in to American films with a story steeped in Japanese culture... or at least, the filmmakers would have you believe that. We're talking MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA today, winner of three Oscars but a film that was heavily criticized for its inaccuracies regarding Japan, starting with the fact that its three lead actresses are... not Japanese. But is there still enough that works in this handsomely-produced period film to recommend it? 

Ep. 23 - Silver Hawk (2004)

February 20, 2023 09:00 - 50 minutes - 47.1 MB

This week, it's time to talk about the second and final film produced by Mythical Films, Michelle Yeoh's production company from the early 2000s - SILVER HAWK! A superhero movie starring Yeoh as the title character, also featuring Luke Goss, Richie Jen, Li Bingbing, and Michael Jai White!

Ep. 22 - The Touch (2002)

February 13, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutes - 55.4 MB

YOU'VE GOT THE TOUCH! This week, Michelle Yeoh uses her post-CROUCHING TIGER clout to launch her own film production company. And her first film as a producer is 2002's THE TOUCH - also featuring Ben Chaplin, Richard Roxburgh, and Dane Cook, Yeoh stars as a circus performer whose family has guarded a mystical treasure for thousands of years. The movie was not well-received and was effectively buried in America for many years - but now there's a whole hour-long podcast about it!

Ep. 21 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

February 05, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 78 MB

This week, it's time to talk about a major movie in the Michelle Yeoh canon - nominated for ten Academy Awards, the first foreign-language movie to gross over $100 million in the US, it's director Ang Lee's CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON! Michelle Yeoh stars in this beautiful martial arts epic alongside Chow Yun-Fat, Zhang Ziyi, and Chang Chen (and bonus: the movie is returning to theaters this month!).