2002: A Film Odyssey

Our buddy Travis Ledbetter returns to discuss the college comedy VAN WILDER, a movie that could end up on our “worst of 2002” list at the end of the odyssey. Will it? Listen and find out!

Our pal Brad and creator of our theme song joins us to discuss MAELSTROM and the rest of Denis Villeneuve's filmography!

Our pal Micah comes back to discuss two 2001 films released for the first time on DVD in 2002: Donnie Darko and Life as a House!

All the stars are out in Tinsel Town, it's Hollywood's biggest night! Who will take home the coveted Palme D'eux? Find out on our on annual awards show!

As far as Ashley Judd race against time thrillers go, HIGH CRIMES probably isn't the one you remember. But it's the one we get to cover, so have at it! Featuring Morgan Freeman as an alcoholic military law expert!

Our second straight home video foray into the Worrell-verse. Merry Christmas and regular episodes resume next week!

It's a special Halloween Home Video episode as dive into the 1991 classic ERNEST SCARED STUPID! Knowhutimean, Vern?

Perhaps no movie embodies "delayed by September 11th" better than Barry Sonnenfeld's BIG TROUBLE, the first of two Sonnenfeld joints we'll talk about on this odyssey. The cast is nuts, but is the movie any good? Tune in and find out!

We're the self-proclaimed 2002 Film Historians, so when another (much more successful and popular) movie podcast does an episode about the films of 2002, we gotta reclaim a small amount of turf. On this episode, we discuss a recent episode of The Ringer's movie podcast, THE BIG PICTURE, where they 'draft' their favorite 2002 films. We talk about their choices and offer up our own in what's gotta be our shortest episode ever.

We finally tackle the film that dares to ask: CAN a 50 year old guy be a 35 year old major league baseball rookie?

Our good friend Will joins the show to discuss Michael Haneke's THE PIANO TEACHER. CW: this episode contains some discussion about graphic content.

What a year it was! Travis is back to hand out awards for 2023, including the prestigious Palme d'Eux, the award for the most "2002 film" of the year.

Our pal Travis returns to discuss the complete filmography of David Fincher, with 2002's PANIC ROOM being the center of attention. It's a long one!

Our pal Harry comes back to discuss the Danny DeVito helmed dark comedy, DEATH TO SMOOCHY.

Our journey through 2002 cinema continues with CLOCKSTOPPERS!

That's right, we watched Sorority Boys so you don't have to.

Our bud Travis joins us to talk FIVE movies that hit DVD in March 2002! We chat Jet Li's THE ONE, Oliver Stone's NIXON, David Mamet's HEIST, Chow Yun-Fat and Mira Sorvino in THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, and the Paul Walker trucker movie JOY RIDE.

Our pal Nick Cowan (SURF NINJAS) joins us to talk about Guillermo Del Toro's Blade sequel, Blade 2!

And your podcast too! Haha, just having some fun here. It's our episode on Alfonso Cuaron's Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN, the early front-runner for best film of 2002!

It's SHOWTIME! Join us as we revisit the forgotten buddy cop comedy starring Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy. It sucks!

Brad Kinnan joins us to talk about the first entry in the Resident Evil franchise. We talk nu-metal and video game movies!

On this week's episode of 2002: A FILM ODYSSEY, we journey back to the Ice Age for uhhh ICE AGE. Our pal Isaiah joins us to dive into the very first Blue Sky Animation Studios movie.

Now here's a movie you definitely remember and love, right? RIGHT? RIGHT?! Our episode on the Croatian War of Independence drama, HARRISON'S FLOWERS.

Travis comes back as we hand out our annual awards for the year in movies, with the "most 2002" movie taking home the big prize at the end of the night. Who will it be? What a night it waaaaaaaaas!

Our pal Charlie joins us to discuss the 2002 romantic comedy, KISSING JESSICA STEIN. How does it stack up to other LGBTQ films of the era?

A special "chillout only" edition of the show. This is dangerously chill stuff.

Our pal Micah rejoins us to take a trip into the past with the Guy Pearce-led TIME MACHINE and a trip into Canada with the inexplicable curling comedy MEN WITH BROOMS.

Our pal Dustin Rodriguez joins us to discuss the Ice Cube / Mike Epps action-comedy, ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS. We talk about the genre and even do some buddy comedy trivia.

On this home video edition, we tackle Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence, MOSTLY as an excuse to talk about Stanley Kubrick, the other driving voice behind the project. We also talk about the cinema of Sinbad. Comedian, not pirate.

We were soldiers, oh yes we were...

The odyssey finally moves into March as Kelly Hamilton joins us to talk about the Josh Hartnett rom-com 40 Days & 40 Nights! We attempt to review 40 Days & 40 Nights in 40 minutes.

Dennis Hunter joins us once again to dive into a couple of February 2002 DVD releases, Bones & Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Hope you like tangents, because this one's got tangents...

Our friend Katie joins us to discuss Anne Rice's QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, starring Stuart Townsend and the late Aaliyah. This episode has LOTS of nu metal talk.

It's a loooong one as we dive into Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding. We talk A LOT about other stuff at the start of this one, so the Monsoon Wedding discussion doesn't start until 1hr19min. Afterwards we catch up on the Cinema Score game.

It's another home video edition as we take a look and go in depth on the 2001 time race thriller, DON'T SAY A WORD. We start the episode by saying goodbye to a close friend, then get into the normal hijinks.

We're back after a short hiatus! Our pal Micah Olsen joins us to talk the Kevin Costner supernatural vehicle, Dragonfly. Does this baby fly or is it grounded? Listen to find out.

Travis comes back to discuss the three "main" films of the Broken Lizard comedy troupe. We also somehow find a way to talk about Liam Neeson again.

It's a double feature as the fellas tackle the hostage thriller JOHN Q starring Denzel Washington and the "barely a feature film" sequel to Peter Pan, RETURN TO NEVER LAND.

On February 12, 2002, the Bad News Bears made their debut on DVD, so we're back with another Home Video Edition to discuss all three! Our pal Dennis Hunter comes back for a wacky episode filled with tangents.

It's a double feature! Kelly Hamilton joins us to talk Britney Spears' CROSSROADS & Colin Farrell's HART'S WAR! Two movies that have a lot in common!!!

Chris Baker joins us to talk about the controversy-laden 2002 remake of ROLLERBALL! Did John McTiernan actually go to prison for this movie? Is Chris Klein the worst actor to ever star in major Hollywood movies? Did watching this hurt our brains? The answer to all of these questions is yes but you should still listen.

Our good friend Travis joins us on the 20th anniversary of COLLATERAL DAMAGE to talk about the movie, 9/11's effect on movies, and more.

We're hungry like the freakin' wolf for BIG FAT LIAR, the family friendly Hollywood satire starring Paul Giamatti, Frankie Muniz, and Amanda Bynes.

Our pals Harry and Cat join us to discuss the college comedy SLACKERS! We also touch on the Hindi-language remake of WHAT LIES BENEATH called RAAZ.

Part 2 of our 2021 year in review spectacular. "What a year it was..."

The first half of our 2021 year in review show! We break down our top 10 lists, awards and share some listener/guest lists.

Hey, remember this movie? You probably don't! But that's okay! Find out if the Nicole Kidman dark comedy / thriller BIRTHDAY GIRL is a hidden gem in our latest episode!

On January 29th 2002, the BEVERLY HILLS COP trilogy found its way to DVD for the very first time, so we decided to watch all of 'em again and do a bonus episode! We talk Eddie Murphy, John Landis, Tony Scott and more.

This week, it's a "Talk to Remember" as Cat Connors-Madden joins us to discuss the Nicholas Sparks romantic drama, A WALK TO REMEMBER! Plus we preview February 2002's episode slate.

Dennis Hunter returns for a double dose of 2002 with the Richard Gere thriller The Mothman Prophecies and Todd Solondz' Storytelling.

We're back with our first "Home Video Edition" of 2002: A Film Odyssey and we dive into American Pie 2.