32 movies from 2023 face off head to head to determine the (second) best movie of the year, as this year we gave Oppenheimer the title to enable a competitive bracket. The irregularities do not end there as this off-the-cuff bracket breakdown was open-mic with several guests joining the host to determine the (second) best movie of the year. The epi…

Physics prof Jim Crumley and OG guest ⁠Zach Brooks⁠ join for the biggest movie month....ever? Oppenheimer (4:15) is the main dish, plus Barbie (19:45), Biosphere (25:50), They Cloned Tyrone (27:25). And then quick thoughts on I Like Movies (30:15), Asteroid City (31:00), Chile '76 (32:30), Falcon Lake (33:10), The Night of the 12th (33:45), Disco B…

Is this the first podcast ever recorded between man and AI? And is it even possible to notice who is Sam and who is the AI movie expert that has been trained on movie Reddit? Mr. M the AI movie guru steps in for this podcast’s ever declining co-hosts to discuss some of the best and worst movies released over the last three months, including, Spider…

Gaming is the story of 2023 movies so far so board-game expert Kyle King - cohost of the gaming and movie podcast Board Game Box Office - joins us to debate the best IP, erm, movies of 2023 so far -- and those you can skip. Movies discussed include: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Tetris, Pacifiction, God…

32 movies from 2022 face off head to head to determine the best movie of the year. John and Sammy are joined by Aaron Brooks, Grace Leeder, Av Sinensky, Alex Orvitz and Mark Geneson, plus audio picks from friends and fans worldwide. The episode is spoiler free. The Bracket can be found here. See here for John, Sammy and the critics 32 favorite 2022…

December gets a bonus episode as John and Sammy make sense of the Avatar sequel, The Way of Water, call out the most disappointing movies of 2022 and hash out which bubble movies qualify for the 4th annual best movie of the year bracket, coming next episode! We also catch up and give a passing mention to EO, Thirteen Lives, Women Talking, The Woman…

2022 was a bottom-heavy year for movies so between watching the new and catching up on past eleven months, John and Sammy have a busy episode, hitting favorites like The Banshees of Inisherin and Glass Onion as well as The Menu, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Armageddon Time, Del Toro's Pinocchio, Funny Pages, This Place Rules, the WW1 duo of All Quiet on t…

After a few dry months, November brought quality and John and Sammy are here for Todd Field’s Tar (7:30) and Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans (29:00), as well as a few other hits and misses like Paris 13th District (3:30), Fresh (43:30), She Said (46:33) and Causeway (50:30), plus documentaries like Fire of Love (39:50) and Riotsville USA (41:30) +…

We moan about uninspiring movies and then get into the good - Athena, the Weird Al Yankovic biopic and Confess Fletch - and the bad: Wendell & Wild, AfterSun, Triangle of Sadness, Blonde, and Medieval. Outre: 'The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota,' Weird AL Yankovic, 1989

Nolan's next big bomb (Oppenheimer) may be delayed to next year but that does not stop us from naming the best movies to prepare you for 'the destroyer of worlds.' John and Sammy also tackle recent flicks 3,000 Years of Longing (13:50), Emily the Criminal (27:40), Samaritan (33:00) and Alienoid (46:30). Plus we catch up on Marcel the Shell with Sho…

Another Sandler bball movie means the return of Uncut Gems expert Justin Partridge (@j_partridgeIII), who also graces us with his movie bio (44:20), the films that tell the story of his life - or at least, how horror movies weaned and matured him. Plus: two special guests join for Cha Cha and Spiderhead! June movies covered include Hustle (3:00), E…

John and Sammy go head to head with the various July movies they saw - Nope and Decision to Leave are the highlights - but the main dish is we run down the 14 movies in history that over time held the title of most domestic box-office ever, from 1913 to the present day. Intro: The Invention of Cinema - 1888 to 1914 (100 Years of Cinema Youtube Chan…

With the help of Aaron Brooks (@AaronJayBrooks), we debate the 5 best movies of 2022 so far (aka, all the movies with titles that are very long or start with "The") -- and the movies you can skip. Plus Sammy shares his list of the best 90s comedies you (or at least, he) never saw. Movies discussed include: The Batman, The Northman, Everything Every…

32 movies from 2021 face off head to head to determine the best movie of the year. Av, John and Sammy are your guides, with friends and fans of the podcast contributing their picks. This episode is spoiler free. The Bracket can be found here. See here for Av, John, Sammy and the critics 32 favorite 2021 movies. Outro is from the soundtrack of the n…

With our notorious 32-movie bracket to decide the best movie of the year on deck, Av, John and Sammy cut a swathe through December’s many new releases, starting with Spiderman: No Way Home (11:20) and The Worst Person in the World (18:00). The only movie we spoil in this episode is Spiderman. Then we let loose with Matrix 4 (27:40), Flee (35:40), T…

Family and royalty are some of our favorite themes in November movies. Av, John and Sammy highlight the movie they are most excited to see before 2021 ends and then unpack King Richard (5:50), Belfast (15:55) and Passing (23:05). We also touch on recent releases like Spencer (31:45), The Last Duel (39:30), Licorice Pizza *briefly* (44:40), Jagged (…

Dune enthusiast Justin Partridge (@j_partridgeIII) joins us to discuss all things spice, stillsuits and sandworms (sigh, and camels) as we embrace Denis Villeneuve’s new epic Dune (35:20). Justin also brings the best of the witching month of October, sharing recent horror flicks like King Car (5:35), Hellbender (7:45), We’re All Going to the World’…

Sammy, John and Av talk about some of the movies of September 2021, including Worth (7:10), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (14:00), Free Guy (22:30), Slalom (26:45), Wild Indian (28:40), Prisoners of the Ghostland (31:10), Come From Away (33:50), The Guilty (46:25), and The Card Counter (45:48). Then, Av completes our TWBP Movie Bio seri…

How do we defuse the movies of August? By naming the best bombs in cinematic history [1:45]. With Sammy back we dig into Green Knight [18:40], Pig [21:30] and Sublet [14:20], and then Av and John bring the goods on Annette [24:30], The Suicide Squad [29:15], CODA [35:30], Ema [37:05], plus Sammy urges everyone to see Together [38:33]. NO spoilers t…

With Sammy travelling for work, John and Av hold down the fort for the first normal feeling movie month since the start of the pandemic. talking at length about Black Widow, No Sudden Move (18:20), Space Jam: A New Legacy (27:18) and Woodstock 99: Peace, Love and Rage (33:00). Then, they add some quick see or skip recommendations for Summer of Soul…

Sammy, Av, and John all found June 2021 fairly underwhelming on the whole despite the presence of some seemingly promising titles, including In the Heights [4:20], Undine [22:22], from a TWBP favorite director, Christian Petzold, Pixar's Luca [29:25], and F9: The Fast Saga [47:05]. They also touch on Netflix's animated "comedy" America: The Movie […

In a month of terrifying movie titles, Will from America returns to make sense of all the monsters (A Quiet Place Part II, 6:17), serial killers (Spiral, 15:49) and zombies (Army of the Dead, 23:35), before gracing us with his own movie bio [25:48]. We also tackle one of the best of the year so far, There is No Evil [45:23], and show love to George…

April showcases John's geographical chops, Av's forays to Fast & Furious franchiseDom and Sammy sharing the movies that chart the story of his life (part two of our movie biography series). Favorite new releases this month include Shiva Baby [9:22] (including this great visual) and the MCU Phase Four Trailer [20:05], with mixed response to The Mitc…

After our annual early year hiatus, we are back with gusto and a new co-host: John Gilpatrick of John Likes Movies and It's The Pictures Podcast returns to the pod to make his hosting debut. Movies discussed on this episode: The Father Godzilla vs. Kong Judas and the Black Messiah I Care a Lot Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar In & Of Itself Little F…

A very special bonus episode as Av's 7-year old daughter Annie stops by to talk about her recent viewing of Avengers: Endgame and rank the first 22 films of the MCU. The intro comes from live footage of Annie watching the climactic scene from the final battle.

32 movies from 2020 face off head to head to determine the best movie of the year. Av and Sammy are your guides, with friends and fans of the podcast contributing their picks and helping us break the tie-breakers that result with our podcast reduced to two hosts. Moving forward, There Will Be Pod is seeking a third co-host to join us once a month a…

The busiest -- and best -- movie month of 2020 brought us no shortage of TWIN new releases, about African-American aspiring musicians (Soul 3:50 and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 8:10), about movies with an excellent lead actress (Promising Young Woman 20:18 - SPOILERS from 29:40-33:55 and Black Bear 38:42), about Riz Ahmed's excellent acting as a music…

There is a direct line from David Fincher's new movie Mank, about how Upton Sinclair's run for political office inspired the writing of Citizen Kane, and our podcast, as Sinclair wrote Oil! which led PTA to write There Will Be Blood, which led your fave movie podcast hosts to 'write' There Will Be Pod. To unpack the Citizen Kane of 2020 movies, Joh…

Aaron Brooks joins Av and Sam for On The Rocks (29:20), the third cinematic marriage of Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola. We also dive into a bevy of recent watches about fathers and daughters, discussing Dick Johnson is Dead, Shithouse, The Kid Detective, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Trial of the Chicago Seven, Rebecca, Spontaneous, The 40 Year Ol…

Av and Sammy reveal their preference on that most cinematic of dilemmas: popcorn or the picture - but first they tackle the far more forbidding lineup of movies released this September, culminating in a featured review (37:00) of Charlie Kaufman's I'm Thinking of Ending Things -- spoiler free until the 40:30 mark. New movies discussed include recom…

We are celebrating brothers at the movies as Aaron Brooks and Dr. Shai Chester join Sammy, Av and Will to discuss all things July movies. Before the big feature - Palm Springs (57:00 w/spoilers), we cover a gaggle of recent releases, including standouts like Archive, Hamilton, First Cow, as well as Yes God Yes, The Old Guard, Mr Jones, The King of …

With Av and Will on summer break, we recruited the celebrated pulp sci-fi horror sleuth Justin Partridge (@j_partridgeIII) and revealed the unabashed romantic that is everyone's favorite silver screen sibling Aaron Brooks (@aaronjaybrooks). Justin, Aaron and Sam unpack The Vast of Night (43:37) and a galaxy of unheralded new releases, plus in celeb…

If there is a silver lining to losing so many new releases in April, it may be the chance to shine some love on the genre of movies the streaming gods delivered: good old fashioned adult dramas. Bad Education is our obvious feature, as Av brings his Long Island expertise to help Will and Sam unpack the new Hugh Jackman vehicle. For a deeper dive in…

Sammy, Will and Av are back for the first regular episode of 2020. We break down our favorites (and least favorites) of the year so far, ruminate on the state of movies in the age of Coronavirus and much more. Movies discussed on the episode: The Invisible Man, The Banker, Bacarau, The Platform, Birds of Prey, Onward, Downhill, The Hunt, The Whistl…

The Sports Movies Tournament of Champions finale is here – after watching and bracketing ~300 sports movies over the past ten months, it all comes down to the remaining 16 movies as they contend for the crown of best sports movie of all time. Here is the tourney bracket updated through Sweet 16. Here is the clean bracket from the start of the 64-mo…

Bull Durham, Any Given Sunday and the movie that may be your only chance at enjoying the Olympics in Tokyo are three of the sixteen movies of the Miyagi Region facing off in this episode, Part 4 of the Sports Movies Tournament of Champions. Joining us is a true sports movie connoisseur, Kyle Bandujo (@kylebandujo), host of Big Screen Sports (@Big_S…

Part 3 of the Sports Movies Tournament of Champions arrives, and to tackle the 16 movies in a region named after a sports movie legend like Rocky Balboa – home to movies like Miracle, Remember the Titans, Cool Runnings and Major League - we are joined by baseball writer and movie buff Cliff Corcoran (@CliffCorcoran). For more from Cliff, go read hi…

The Sports Movies Tournament of Champions continues with Part 2, running down the 16 movies in the Bambino Region, including favorites such as Raging Bull, Enter the Dragon, Caddyshack, Field of Dreams, White Men Can't Jump ... and even Hoosiers. Joining us to select the 4 movies that will advance to the Sweet 16 is movie critic and sportsman Danie…

Ten months and 300 sports movies later, the Tournament of Champions has arrived – the 64 best sports movies are going head to head to decide the title once and for all, in a bracket so grand it needs five episodes. On part one, the host of our legacy podcast 32 Fans, Alex Chester (@achester99), joins Av and Sammy to tackle the 16 movies in the Bomb…

Will, Sammy and long-time listener Nolan Rossiter (@Nrossy) decide the best martial arts sports movies of all time, joined by a bonafide expert, the host of Kung Fu Movie Guide (@KFMovieGuide, and website) Ben Johnson. See all the (movie) contestants, from Enter the Dragon to Mortal Kombat and yes, A Knight's Tale, here. You can check here to see t…

Av and Sammy are joined by the host of the Boxing Trivia Guy (@boxingtriviaguy), Jim Marshall (@LairdJimi), to crown the best boxing movie of all time. Check out the bracket here and let's get ready to rumble! You can check here to see the winners to date in our sports movie marathon, plus explore all the boxing movie rankings we aggregated to seed…

Sammy, Will and Av conduct a 32 movie bracket and declare the official podcast #1 movie of 2019. Thanks to all our listeners and friends who sent in clips of their choices. The bracket can be found here. You can view each of our top 32 ranked movies of 2019 here. Av's full 2019 movie rankings can be found here.…

2020 is an Olympic year and to select the best movies made about the Olympics, we went right to the source, inviting the host of 32Fans (our gender neutral sibling pod) and noted Olympics pundit Akiva Wienerker to join us in deciding the best movies ever made about the Olympics, and while we are at it, also Wrestling and Climbing. The ten best movi…

Is watching a movie alongside a 32Fans Movies host a surefire way to introduce you to your new favorite movie of all time? The answer so far is yes, as Jared Jerome is now the second person in successive months to see a movie with Av and name it perhaps his all time number one.* That movie is the new World War One epic 1917, which we convene an eme…

Av stops by the main 32 Fans pod to visit Keev and Alex to discuss the best movies of the decade. Click here to see the full lists from all 3 plus listener lists.

Av, Sammy and Will are joined by Justin Patridge of Newsarama and DIS/MEMBER. We start out talking about some movies from 2019 that we think have been overlooked before making our way into recent watches (25:44), followed by extensive spoiler-filled discussions of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (47:19) and Uncut Gems (1:07:00). We end the podcast…

The Streaming Wars began in November and we are enlisting this month with Netflix (and Amazon Plus) as we discuss The Irishman and Marriage Story. With movie man Will From America back from Disney World, we also run down what hit or miss as you make a run at catching up on what to watch before this year ends. Movies covered in Recent Watches: Knive…

Running may be the original sport but to determine the best racing movies of all time, we culled together humanity's finest achievements in running, jockeying and driving on the silver screen. Running icon Bart Yasso (@BartYasso) joins us for the running films (first 33 minutes). All together we run down 21 racing movies -- and yes, we included Ric…

Sammy saw Bong Joon-ho's Parasite earlier this year at the Jerusalem Film Festival and, after months of waiting, finally gets the chance to talk about it with Will and Av. A spoiler-filled deep dive into the film that has electrified critics and audiences alike begins at the 20-minute mark. That, plus recent watches and a Halloween version of Class…

All Hallows' Eve and the World Series are the perfect backdrop as we decide the best baseball movie of all time. FanGraph’s Jason Martinez (@mlbdepthcharts) joins us, with Josh Kanter subbing in for regular host Will Seamon. Together we run down 24 baseball movies, with six earning tickets to the 64 all sports movie tournament we are hosting in Mar…