The Movie Draft Podcast

Daniel Westheimer and Des join Ethan as they parse through the year 2011, trying to determine the best (and maybe the worst) films of the year. A Brad Pitt conversation, stealing other people's beloved picks, and trying to justify whether bad movies are actually good. This draft has it all! Who will draft the best team? Tune in to find out!

0:00 - Intro

17:48 - Let's Draft!

1:51:27 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

Des's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/movieswithdes/

Daniel's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danielsthoughts/

TWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepod

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod

Comedy is one of the best, and most broad, genres that film has to offer! So why not draft some comedy movies? Des and Bobbi Miller join Ethan in The Comedy Movies Draft as they select the funniest (maybe?) movies from different decades and try to determine what makes a comedy movie ultimately successful. Who will draft the best movies? Tune in to find out!

0:00 - Intro

20:22 - Let's Draft!

1:57:00 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

Des's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/movieswithdes/

Bobbi's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hiimbobbi/

TWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepod

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod

With the release of Practical Magic 2, it's only right that we take a look at 2 of the biggest movie stars of the last 30 years and "rank" their projects, right? Sophia Ciminello joins Ben and Ethan to discuss just how disappointing the legacy sequel is, why Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock are some of the most important movie stars we've ever had, and which movies are their best (and our personal favorites!). Which 13 movies will make the cut? Listen to find out!!

0:00 - Intro

23:42 - Let's Draft!

1:34:57 - The Team & Honorable Mentions

Sophia's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sophiacim/

TWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepod

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod

2003 was an... interesting... year for movies! So who better to draft movies from 2003 than Danny Jarabek and Marta McFly? They join Ethan for a completely normal draft featuring a gluttonous amount of fact-checking, fun facts galore, talk of a boat-centric draft, how important Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's Hollywood relationship was, and shower thoughts (literally!). Who will draft the best? Tune in to find out!

0:00 - Intro

25:45 - Let's Draft!

1:58:53 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

Marta's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/martamcfly/

Danny's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/dannyjarabek/

TWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepod

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod

A movie hasn't won the "Big 5" at the Oscars since 1991, but can it be done again? Bobbi, Jacob, Des, and Danny all join Ethan to hold a conversation about the state of movies today, how they impact the Oscars at large, and if another movie could ever win the "Big 5" at the Academy Awards again. Then, they draft teams revolving around winners of those categories! But who can put together the best team? Tune in to find out!

0:00 - Intro/The "Big 5" Conversation

36:12 - Let's Draft!

02:42:45 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

Des's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/movieswithdes/

Bobbi's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hiimbobbi/

Jacob's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jdiedenhofer/

Danny's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/dannyjarabek/

TWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepod

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod

Action movies in the 1990s were just different. It was the decade the truly defined, and changed, the genre. But which ones were the best? Join Des, Ben, and Ethan as they auction them off and go dollar for dollar to claim the best action movies of the 90s. Is there a definitive 90s action movies worth a bunch of money? Are there a bunch of dollar-bin bangers out there? Tune in to find out!

0:00 - Intro

22:21 - Let's Draft!

1:54:58 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

Letterboxd List: https://letterboxd.com/ethansimmie/list/90s-action-movies/

Des's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/movieswithdes/

TWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepod

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod

The hosts of Dial M For Movies -- Kadija and Olivia -- join Des, along with Ethan, for a draft of 1998 movies! Which movies has Olivia even seen? Which movies are the best?? And who will put together the best team to win the draft??? Tune in to find out!

0:00 - Intro

18: 42 - Let's Draft!

1:43:50 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

Des's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/movieswithdes/

Kadija's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/ditzygirl/

Olivia's Letterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/oliviahowelll/

TWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepod

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod

'The Odyssey' is still the movie of the year for many people (including us!) so we needed a way to celebrate it. For the first time, we engage in a collaborative draft for a SINGLE movie - The Odyssey Performances Collaborative Draft! Sophia Ciminello and Gooch join Ethan in a delightful and delirious collab draft. With some of the most deranged nominations to date, what will the list look by the end of the episode? Tune in to find out!

0:00 - Intro

13:40 - Let's Draft!

1:47:04 - The Team & Honorable Mentions

Sophia's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sophiacim/

Gooch's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/bobgoochman/

TWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepod

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod

Just how iconic is The IMDB Top 250 Movies list? Marta McFly and Danny Jarabek join Ethan to figure out just that in The IMDB Top 250 Movies Auction Draft! Letterboxd vs. IMDB, the first time guests have ever been happy on the show (apparently), and which movies on the list are actually the best! Who ends up drafting the best? Tune in to find out!

0:00 - Intro

19:27 - Let's Draft!

1:58:28 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

TWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepod

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod

What makes a movie rewatchable? Daniel Westheimer joins Ben and Ethan in a draft seeking to answer that very question... (with some deranged picks to say the least!). Tune in to find out who drafts the best team of the most rewatchable movies!

0:00 - Intro

15:55 - Let's Draft!

1:26:00 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

TWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepod

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod