The Phileo Podcast

Late Nights at Blockbuster

We continue our Late Nights at Blockbuster treatment of The Dark Knight Trilogy. This week focuses on the second movie, The Dark Knight, which is among our favorite movies. Because we love it so much, we went on a little too long with favorite scenes and favorite quotes. There is discussion about how Nolan approaches violence in this movie and seemingly all his movies thereafter. Recognize my face touches on an actor that has by far the most actor credits on IMDB, and it’s not who you would think. Troy does a terrible job of explaining why he doesn’t like Maggie Gyllenhaal’s performance.

Goofs:  Troy couldn’t think of the Fulton Recovery System when discussing the Lau scene.

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 Begins

We are kicking off an entire month of Batman discussions with Batman Begins, the first part of the Christopher Nolan trilogy. So make sure you’ve been inoculated against any weaponized hallucinogens, and join us as we talk about Batman voice, witty banter with your butler, and the birth of the new age of comic book movies.

Goofs: The character of Rachel Dawes first appears in this movie, and only later appears in comics based upon the film.

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

Adam Sandler Top 5

Get your lunch packed up, get your boots tied tight, and hope that Troy and Byers don't get in a fight, because we are finally throwing down the top 5 list this podcast was made to do -Adam Sandler movies, and since he has so many movies, we’re also going to give you some of our least favorites just for fun.

Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.

Late Nights at Blockbuster

Mr. Deeds

It’s hard to breathe, it feels like we’re floating. We’re so full of love that our heart is exploding.  We’re acting weird, not ourself, dancing around like the Keebler elf, because we are talking about Mr. Deeds starring Adam Sandler this week. So call up a guy named Greg, get some Hawaiian Punch, and let Emilio change your socks as we celebrate the 20thanniversary of one of our favorites.

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

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has been pretty divisive amongst fans and critics and we were no exception. We were pretty agreeable on the rating and our experience with this movie. Despite saying it every time, we actually went through our non-spoiler thoughts in record time!

Spoiler Free until the 15:12 mark.

Goofs: Haley Atwell is listed as Captain Carter rather than Captain Britain. The Doctor Strange director and writer that Troy kept mentioning are Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill. Their previous movies were Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, and Deliver Us From Evil. The movie that they went on to make after departing Doctor Strange 2 was The Black Phone.

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

Friend of the podcast Calvin Baird joins us to discuss the 20th Anniversary of Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones. Calvin is a big Star Wars fan and grew up in the prequel generation. Since Byers and Troy fall in between the two generations, they thought it would be a great perspective to have represented in the discussion. We briefly discuss the dating scene on Tatooine and Jedi Tae Kwon Do. Calvin brings up a great question, why doesn’t Natalie Portman share in some of the ire from the hardcore Star Wars fans for her performances in the prequels?

Notes: Calvin mentions Matt Lanter, who voices Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series. He also mentions a Count Dooku book which is Dooku: Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott. 

Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast General Hux (aka Seth Gilbertson).

Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects

Top 5 Spy Movies

No top secret missions here, we lay out our favorite spy movies.

Goofs: Jason Clarke is the actor in Zero Dark Thirty.

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)

Better Than Perfect

Welcome to our new series titled Better Than Perfect where we watch a series that the other person hasn't seen and the other person absolutely loves. We say early on in the episode that we thought it would be 90 minutes and it clocks in at 2 hours and 13 minutes. Are Ricky Bobby and Sarah Walker multiverse brother and sister? We took some time to discuss the elephant in the room, Chuck’s hair in Season 2. We also hit a couple of tangents around Season 2 that we needed to explore but make that recap much longer than the other seasons. Lots of discussion about Season 4 should have been the end of the series rather than the shortened Season 5. 

Goofs: Troy said that Lauren Cohan’s The Walking Dead role was some time after Chuck. However, the first season had already aired but she became a regular on the show in the third season.

Time stamps for each Season. 

Season 1 (0:00 – 46:34)

Season 2 (46:34 – 1:18:52)

Season 3 (1:18:52 – 1:37:54)

Season 4 (1:37:54 - 1:53:03)

Season 5 (1:53:03 – 2:13:23)

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

Avengers

Suit up and join us for the original superhero team-up. We’re celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Avengers, with all of it’s witty remarks, epic fight scenes and of course plenty of smashing. So grab some shawarma and join us as we dive into the conclusion of Phase 1 of the MCU.

Goofs:  The VLA stands for Very Large Array for all you non-New Mexicans.

The Mummy was part of the “Dark Universe” and technically has seen 3 movies – 2014’s Dracula: Untold, the 2017 Tom Cruise Mummy, and then 2020’s Invisible Man.

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

It's the 20th anniversary of The Bourne Identity and we have determined that nothing good happens in Zurich! We chase our first squirrel in record speed in the middle of the intro. Byers also comes up with a new award in honor of Julia Stiles. We go off on a little Lost tangent for a second since we now know that we won’t ever do a Lost rewatch. Byers makes the case that this is Matt Damon’s breakout as an action star and really wants the trilogy titles to be swapped around.

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)