The Phileo Podcast

Late Nights at BlockbusterStar Wars – Episode III – Revenge of the SithThis week we are celebrating the 20th Anniversaryof Revenge of the Sith. As usual that means Calvin is joining us as we talk through the conclusion of the prequel trilogy. We know it's not a perfect movie, and that love has blinded us, but we don't care who knows anymore, we're tiredof hiding it. So come along as we watch Anakin turn to the dark side, see Obi Wan take the high ground, and listen as liberty dies to thunderous applause. After all, this is where the fun begins. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Corner Booth at Rex'sOur newest Corner Booth at Rex's is on the newest MCU entry, Thunderbolts! Get ready for a ton of comparisons to Guardians of the Galaxy because they are warranted. Troy meanders his way through a painful example of how the Thunderbolts are like the Celtics as if he were Bill Simmons. We also spend some time on the incredible score by Son Lux, even though we forgot to mention them by name.  Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠)and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Late Nights at BlockbusterDespicable MeHere's the plan. We watch the movie. We take notes on themovie. We talk about the movie. We sit on the toilet…wait what? Who did this – excuse us for just one second….ok, we're back and we've got all the fart guns, the fluffy unicorns, and plenty of boogie robots for our trip to super silly fun land. We might set a new record for longest tangent within the first five minutes and we definitely vent plenty of parental angst over some of the things we endured watching with our kids. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Late Nights at BlockbusterOur newest Late Nights at Blockbuster celebrates the 10th anniversary of Avengers: Age of Ultron. We discuss why this is seen as the least of all the Avengers movies but still good in its own way. There are plenty of Stark quips to run through due to the continued presence of Joss Whedon as writer/director. We also discuss how well the it has held up by all of the movies and TV shows that build on this movie.Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠)and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Late Nights at BlockbusterGladiatorOur names are Troy and Byers, creators of the Phileo Podcast,teammates on a 2007 rec basketball team, attempting to be loyal followers of the true King, Jesus Christ, each of us father to a teen and a preteen, husband to an embarrassed wife (if they read this), and we will talk about Gladiator, in this life and possibly the next – because it's a really great movie, and we love it, and we definitely spent some time patting ourselves on the back for waiting this long to do it, but we just keep saying, not yet….not yet.Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Late Nights at BlockbusterWhat will you do with a new Late Nights at Blockbuster? Will you fight? We are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the movie that all pastors love to quote, Braveheart! Much likeMel Gibson our Scottish accents will be going in and out when you least expect it. We also can't stop giggling at the ridiculous names in this move so be prepared for a lot of that. We spent a little time on the historical accuracy of the movie but didn't beat the dead horse like others have over the years. Byers takes another opportunity to trash The Banshees of Inisherin.    Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠)and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Late Nights at BlockbusterFletchWhat do a doctor, a patient, a pilot, an airplane mechanic, aprivate investigator, a roller skater, a rancher, an insurance agent, the mattress police, a reporter, and the power forward for the Lakers have in common? They're all played by Chevy Chase in the movie Fletch – and this week we're here to talk about all the aliases and all the jokes we didn't get as kids that have us cackling now in this 80s classic. So order a steak sandwich and a steak sandwich, charge it to the Underhills, and have it delivered to where your mouth is going to be and join us for the 40th anniversary of Fletch, and don't forget the ball bearings, it's ball bearings these days.Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Similar to the golden snitch opening at the close, we've made it to the end of our time with the Harry Potter series. Our latest Late Nights at Blockbuster combines The Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2 but we managed to keep ourselves in check with a normal runtime (for us). We explain why we combined them and go through a pretty lengthy discussion on what these movies were missing compared to the books. Byers again confronts his fear of snakes and Troy tries to help him overcome that fear by renaming Nagini.Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠)and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Late Nights at BlockbusterMementoWe have this condition you see. It's where we watch moviesover and over again. And then we talk about them all the time. And especially if it's one of our absolute favorites we might talk to you about it again – you see we can't remember if we've told you about it, and how great it is, and how much we like it. So we need to be sure. Because we're sure about some things. The way the color changes, how this movie breaks your brain, and how much we enjoy the work of Christopher Nolan. But we just can't ever be sure if we'vetold someone else about it. So here we are this week telling you all about Memento. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Late Nights at BlockbusterOur newest podcast is about a selfish emperor who learns a lesson in humility when he is turned into a llama. That description can only be one movie, The Emperor's New Groove! We'll be talking David Spade, Patrick Warburton, and of course Tom Jones. Grab yourself some spinach puffs and a steak cut in the shape of a trout to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this unappreciated Disney classic.Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠)and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Corner Booth at Rex'sCaptain America: Brave New WorldThis week we are finally back in our favorite booth(figuratively, but I could really go for a burger) to talk about the latest piece of the MCU puzzle – Captain America: Brave New World. Surprisingly that colon you just read was not mentioned once during the entire episode – we mustbe losing a step, we should have taken the super soldier serum. Spoiler free until the 25:25 mark.Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Late Nights at BlockbusterBack to school, back to school, to prove to everyone that we aren't fools! It's time for a Late Nights at Blockbuster on Billy Madison. We're going to ask people if they want some milk, tell people that peeing their pants is the coolest, and letting everyone we come into contact know that O'Doyle Rules.Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠)and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Tommy Boy This week on the Phileo Podcast we want to remind you that brothers don't shake hands….brothers hug. And we're here for all the hugs, all the shots to the face, all the fat guys wearing little coats – it's all great – we guarantee it – and you don't need to stick your head up the bull's butt, you can take our word for it….hey a prehistoric forest! Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Late Nights at Blockbuster You don't have to bring any pizza to this week's podcast, they've already got food there! Our newest Late Nights at Blockbuster celebrates the 20th anniversary of Hitch. Lots of Kevin James talk in this one and rightfully so. This is his breakout role and we explore what he did with it after 20 years. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠) and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects Will Smith Draft This week we're floating like butterflies and stinging like bees. We're fighting aliens and robots and more aliens. We're setting up dates and being the ultimate wingman.  We're chasing down bad guys and getting chased by corrupt government agents. We might even pop out of a magic lamp or push our kids to be tennis superstars. We're drafting and discussing the top roles of Will Smith's career. But we promise no one gets slapped in the face during this episode for talking about anyone's wife. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Our newest Late Nights at Blockbuster is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Bad Boys. We discuss how different the movie could have been with the original actors that were attached in the early stages and how Michael Bay had to do a decent amount of personal investment to make sure he finished the movie the way he wanted. We tried to do a better job of being selective with our favorite quotes but it was just too hard with a classic like this one. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠) and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Snatch Hop in your caravan, grab yourself some sausages and come along for this Guy Ritchie classic as it celebrates it's 25th anniversary. Just be careful if you have to back up, make sure it's not a funny angle. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

The regular season is in the books and so we are here to brag about our good picks and confess our mistakes. We each take some victory laps, and we each certainly bow our heads in shame a few times. But we look back at our predictions for team records as well as awards and give our final tiers rankings of the year.

Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects A New Year brings an opportunity for us to draft another anniversary year of movies. We are staying consistent with our love of our late high school and early college years by selecting the year 2000 for our draft. This was Troy's first year working at Blockbuster and Byers saw way too many movies this year as well. We draft 15 movies each and run through our nominees for worst movie of the year as well. Draft results are listed below to make it easier to follow along. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠) and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠) Troy 1 Almost Famous 2 Snatch 3 High Fidelity 4 Emperor's New Groove 5 Finding Forrester 6 Frequency 7 Boiler Room 8 Miss Congeniality 9 Gone in 60 Seconds 10 Unbreakable 11 Cast Away 12 Dude Where's My Car 13 The Whole Nine Yards 14 Pitch Black 15 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Byers 1 Gladiator 2 Remember The Titans 3 Memento 4 X-Men 5 Men of Honor 6 Meet The Parents 7 Keeping the Faith 8 O Brother Whereart Thou? 9 What Women Want 10 Bring It On 11 The Replacements 12 Shanghai Noon 13 The Patriot 14 MI: II 15 The Skulls

Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects 2024 Top 5 As the calendar gets ready to flip over to a new year, we look back at our favorite sports moments, tv shows and movies of the year. We also talk disappointments and worst shows and movies – plus our favorite – the worst movie title of the year. Then we wrap up by looking ahead to next year and the shows and movies we are most excited for. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects Our latest Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects is actually on a Deep Subject, The Beatles! We ranked each studio album and ended with a 50 song draft. It was a testament to The Beatles' catalog that we had plenty left on the cutting room floor. We aren't professed super fans, but talked about our own unique experiences with The Beatles throughout the years being kids of the 80's and 90's. We know how difficult it is to follow along with a list this long so the album rankings and draft list is below. Album Troy Byers Please Please Me 9 9 With The Beatles 12 13 A Hard Day's Night 10 2 Beatles for Sale 11 10 Help 7 1 Rubber Soul 2 11 Revolver 4 6 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 8 7 Magical Mystery Tour 6 8 The Beatles (White Album) 1 3 Yellow Submarine 13 12 Abbey Road 5 4 Let It Be 3 5 Troy Byers Yesterday Let It Be The Long and Winding Road Hey Jude Golden Slumbers Come Together A Hard's Day Night Eleanor Rigby In My Life All You Need Is Love Don't Let Me Down Blackbird Get Back I Want to Hold Your Hand Drive My Car Ob-La-Di Ob-la-Da Can't Buy Me Love Got to Get you into my life Strawberry Fields Forever Hello Goodbye Penny Lane Help! While My Guitar Gently Weeps With A Little Help From My Friends Back In the USSR Yellow Submarine Here Comes The Sun I am the Walrus Michelle Paperback Writer Ticket To Ride Martha My Dear I Saw Her Standing There When I'm Sixty Four Love Me Do Rocky Raccoon Eight Days a Week Something Sgt Peppers Helter Skelter Lucy in the Sky Diamond Two of Us You Won't Me See Revolution 1 Norwegian Wood Getting Better Across the Universe Lady Madonna Here, There, and Everywhere Maxwell's Silver Hammer The song draft playlist can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3phfbykf

Late Nights at Blockbuster This week we're going to take you someplace warm, a place where the beer flows like wine, where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. We're talking about a little Late Nights at Blockbuster celebrating the 30th anniversary of Dumb and Dumber. We spend way too much time trading quotes in our Drax award section, but that was to be expected with a classic like this one. Byers mentions Down Periscope for about the 10th time but don't fact check us on that. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠) and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Corner Booth at Rex's The Rings of Power – Season 2 We're back in Middle Earth this week to discuss the second season of The Rings of Power. We give the rundown on a very lengthy cast list. We talk about the next chapter of this prequel series and let you know about all the things we like and some things we certainly did not like. Byers makes multiple comparisons to the Star Wars prequel trilogy and Troy admits the ironic moment he has trouble staying awake when reading the LOTR books. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

NFL Week 13 Tiers Update We're back with another update to our NFL Tiers. This marks roughly the 3/4 mark of the season, and with every team in action this past weekend it was time to readjust our rankings. We fully expect at least a couple of teams to completely reverse course after this episode and make us look like complete fools, but even then we would still look better than the Jets. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Grab your Goblin-cleaver, sound the horn, and jump on your armored battle pig as we come to the finish line of the Hobbit Trilogy with The Battle of the Five Armies! We keep the disdain for the love triangle lighter in this episode as there is a lot less to complain about. We get into a conversation about watch order for newcomers to Middle Earth movies and how that might change with future generations similar to Star Wars. Byers makes Troy giggle with his outside the box choice for our over actor award. Goofs: Troy misquoted Ron Swanson, it was “I once worked with a guy for three years and never learned his name. Best friend I ever had. We still never talk sometimes.” Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠⁠) and YouTube (⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠⁠)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Terminator 2 Come with us if you want to live. Because we are wrapping up Novikov November and our time travel movies with Terminator 2. Which means we feel like we're the ones traveling back in time to talk about this James Cameron classic from 1991. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Late Nights at Blockbuster We're going back to the past in another time travel movie! This week's Late Nights at Blockbuster continues our Novikov November with the 10th anniversary of X-Men: Days of Future Past. We get to discuss one of the writers, Simon Kinberg, right off the jump as he's been involved in our favorite and least favorite movies and TV shows of the past 20 years. We talk a lot about Peter breaking Magneto out of the Pentagon as it hits on a lot of our categories. We end with a lengthy discussion, for once, on "whose movie is it?" Goofs: Troy incorrectly states that James McAvoy is Irish. He is Scottish, born in Glasgow. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠) and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Back to the Future Part II Novikov November continues as we hop back into the Delorean with Doc and Marty to head to the future…then back to the present….but it's the wrong present….so we go back to the past….to make it the right present….but it's all okay because we get hoverboards out of the whole deal, so it's completely worth it and not confusing at all. So turn Lithium mode on, undo the power laces on your sneakers, maybe put some money on the Cubbies, and enjoy the ride as we discuss Back to the Future Part II. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

We're back to talk about the halfway point of the NFL season and give our tier updates for week 9.

Late Nights at Blockbuster Welcome to Novikov November! All of our podcasts this month will be on movies that heavily feature time travel. We're going to go back in time starting with the 35th Anniversary of Back to the Future. We've got discussion on all your favorite characters: Marty, Doc, Biff, George, and Lorraine. Byers shares a personal experience about skitching from his childhood. We end up having to issue a public apology to Huey Lewis and the News for besmirching their good name. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠) and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Napoleon Dynamite What are we doing on the podcast this week? We're talking about a movie, gosh, what would you do if you had a podcast. So stop chatting with babes online all day and just make yourself a dange ques-a-dilla and give us some of your tots as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Napoleon Dynamite. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Our latest edition of Late Nights at Blockbuster is celebrating the 10th anniversary of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. Troy and Byers swapped places throughout this podcast. Troy didn't make any bones about the fact that he doesn't like this movie (or the book) but we started this series and we are going to finish it. We talk a lot about splitting the last book in a series into two parts and whether it was necessary here. As always Byers is bringing up a time problem and how it slows down within the bunker. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠) and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince Come with us back to the wizarding world for our discussion on the 6th installment in the franchise. We navigate the dangerous waters of teenage romance, quidditch tryouts, a new potions teacher, pensieve lessons with Dumbledore and say farewell….Ar-a-gog….king of arachnids. We just feel it's the place to be tonight, do you know what we mean? Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Late Nights at Blockbuster We're celebrating the 25th anniversary of David Fincher's Fight Club. We start off with a pretty good PSA on what you are getting yourself into if you've never watched Fight Club. Although, if you've ever watched Fight Club you know that we aren't supposed to…talk about Fight Club. We explore all the good, bad, and the ugly for a movie that is extremely divisive. We also have a surprise Top 5 that we tagged onto the end of this episode and we'll bet that you can't guess the topic. If you don't want spoilers for the following movies please stop when we start the Top 5. Spoilers for: Unbreakable, Psycho, The Sixth Sense, Frailty, Primal Fear, The Prestige, Memento, and The Usual Suspects Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠) and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

It's the quarter mark of the season so we are here to update our tiers and discuss the good, the bad and the surprising of the NFL season so far.

Late Nights at Blockbuster Anchorman I don't know if you all know this, but we're kind of a big deal. People know us. We're very important. We have many leather-bound books and an apartment that smells of rich mahogany. We also have a trident and an exquisite collection of colognes. Ok none of those things are true, but you'll hear more about all of them in this week's episode as we talk about Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Stay classy San Diego. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Our newest Late Nights at Blockbuster is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Byers' one line review is very apt stating, “This movie smells like middle school.” We discuss early Jim Carrey and how he burst onto the scene with this movie. You can slowly listen to our descent back into middle school boys as Byers explains Binaca with, “Binaca is like Axe for your mouth.” Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠) and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy We are hooked on a feeling, and we fooled around and fell in love, because we are groot. That's right, we're hopping in the Milano this week to do something good, something bad, and a bit of both. So stand in a circle with us like a bunch of idiots as we discuss one of our favorites from the MCU. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

It's time for our annual NFL season preview! We had to record this really early this year, Troy had jaw surgery, so if we don't mention a lot of preseason story lines that were big after the first week of August that is the reason why. (JJ McCarthy's injury, Hollywood Brown's injury, and others hadn't occurred.) We go through our record predictions, place them in our tiers, and predict some end of season awards. As expected, the AFC South and NFC South conversations were really brutal. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠) and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Late Nights at Blockbuster This week's Late Nights at Blockbuster is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Forrest Gump. Byers and Troy will not back down to everyone who has spent all that time saying that this is a bad schmaltzy movie. We've got tons of quotes to go through in our Drax award and plenty to discuss when it comes to the good and bad of Jenny. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠) and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Spiderman 2 This week we are swinging back into the Spider-verse, for 2004's Spiderman 2. We give it the full treatment and have a longer than expected talk about the career of Alfred Molina.So, find yourself a more comfortable Spidey suit, recite some poetry, or just say hi – and I promise by the end of the episode all of those jokes will make sense. Just please, no more upside down kissing. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Corner Booth at Rex's Twisters We feel it and so we're going to chase it. We're hopping in the truck and driving straight into the storm this week. We're talking about the new movie Twisters starring Glenn Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones. As per usual we stay spoiler free for the first part – spoilers kick in right about the 20 minute mark. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects Steven Spielberg Draft This episode was always going to happen – life finds a way. We just needed a bigger boat first. But now we're ready to phone home and draft our favorite Spielberg movies. Byers confesses his love for a musical and Troy reveals gaps in his movie viewing experience as we tackle the full catalog of one of the greatest movie makers of all time. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Late Nights at Blockbuster We are celebrating the 35th anniversary of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade! We talk about our experiences with the series and how Byers shares Indy's fear of snakes. Troy shows how immature he is with his choice for Great Name in Casting. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠) and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Corner Booth at Rex's The Acolyte This week we are talking about the latest Disney addition to a galaxy far, far away. We talk about the good, the bad, and plenty of ugly. Then we wrap it all up with a brief commentary on the overall Disney Star Wars slate of movies and TV shows. Spoiler free until just after the 29 minute mark. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Get ready to do a bunch of house chores in the name of karate! It's the Late Nights at Blockbuster that Byers has been waiting for since the beginning, The Karate Kid! He shares the story of how Daniel LaRusso taught him his first curse word and we explore the "is Daniel the real villain" at several points of the conversation. Byers got to reference Cobra Kai and Chosen with it being completely on topic. We called Pat Morita Arthur from Happy Days throughout and his name was Arnold. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠⁠) and YouTube (⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠⁠)

Corner Booth at Rex's Buckle up for a ride down our stream of conscious on Inside Out 2. There are plenty of new characters to talk about and whether or not they pulled off a worthy successor to the much beloved original. Troy teases Byers a lot about using identity as a theme when we do new movies, but this one was too difficult to avoid using it as a theme. Troy couldn't help himself and goes on a mini-rant about travel sports and parents that think their kid is going to pay their way through school with their sport. Spoiler free discussion until around the 19:00 mark. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠) and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Batman Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? We ask that of all our listeners, we just like the sound of it. We also love the sound of Danny Elfman's score in this iconic movie from our childhood. We talk nostalgia for the best batmobile ever, but also admit that several things in this movie have not aged too well, and although we tried not too, we make plenty of comparisons to Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. So if you're ready to get nuts, then let's get nuts and jump into 1989's Batman. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Late Nights at Blockbuster 50 First Dates We're back with more Sandler this week, and this time we've got Drew Barrymore as well.We discuss their great chemistry along with quite the cast of characters to support them.So grab yourself some Spam and Reese's or make a house out of waffles and come to the islands with us as we discuss 50 First Dates. Just watch out for the sharks, they bite when you touch their private parts. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)

Late Nights at Blockbuster We're celebrating the 25th anniversary of Big Daddy this week also known as, The One where Byers tells Troy that his wife was acting real "Hooterific." We'll talk plenty of Jon Stewart, Nazo the Delivery guy, Scuba Steve, and Rumpelstiltskin. Since this is one of our favorites we do talk about our favorite version of Sandler's man-children for a little while at the top. It was fun to revisit some of the scenes in the movie now having gone through many of those same instances as parents ourselves. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠) and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Get in loser, we're doing a podcast! It's the 20th anniversary of Mean Girls. Unapologetically, the Drax award nominees get a little out of control but it's to be expected with this movie. We chase a weird squirrel on the worst female names from the Bible. We also spend a little bit of time on how different this movie would have been with social media. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (⁠https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950⁠) and YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos⁠)