The Phileo Podcast

Corner Booth at Rex’s

The Batman (2022)

Get down in the muck and filth of Gotham with us as we discuss the newest iteration of the caped crusader starring Robert Pattinson.

Spoiler-free minute mark – 27:21

Goofs: Paul Dano’s character is named Edward Nashton, according to the comics this was his birth name, which he later changed to Edward Nigma (E. Nigma as in enigma, get it).

The Nirvana song is “Something in the Way”, it also appears in one of the trailers.

Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects

If you aren't sick of us talking about Spider-Man this month, do we have a treat for you! If you are sick of us talking about Spider-Man, well this is the last episode that we'll be discussing it for a while. We discuss our rankings of all nine theatrical release Spider-Man movies. 

Goofs: Troy refers to Dane DeHaan as Dane Dunning who, as he mentioned, is a pitcher for the Texas Rangers.  He also refers to Tony Stark as Tony Parker which made him really sad as Byers got to bring up the Spurs. Byers referred to Michael Keaton as Bruce Willis but we knew what he meant.

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 back with more Spider-Man discussion, this time it is the 10th anniversary of The Amazing Spider-Man starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. We might mention how there is a villain problem and how much we love Gwen and Peter’s chemistry probably five times too many. We also end up chasing a squirrel on the C. Thomas Howell movie Side Out.

Goofs: Troy was wrong that the original Sinister Six didn’t include Green Goblin. It was Doc Ock, Vulture, Electro, Mysterio, Sandman, and Kraven the Hunter.

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 (2002)

We are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Spiderman starring Tobey Maguire. Join as we swing into the good, the bad, and the downright dorky of the first chapter of the original Spiderman trilogy.

Extra Nerd Notes: Kirsten Dunst was actually 11 when she was in Interview with a Vampire.

Tobey Maguire has never been nominated for an Oscar, but Andrew Garfield was recently nominated for the movie Tick Tick Boom where he hangs out in the Moondance diner that we talk about – see even in the notes we give you nerdy facts.

Extra nerd fact – the Moondance diner is also the setting of the theme restaurant that Monica Gellar works at in Friends – where she meets Pete, played by Jon Favreau – aka Happy Hogan. See, the Moondance Diner really is the center of the Spiderman Universe.

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

Obsession is the main theme of Christopher Nolan's 2006 film The Prestige. We talk at length about the obsession of two rival magicians and how it is portrayed in such an interesting manner by the Time Lord himself. No we aren't talking about Celtics center Robert Williams...

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

We discuss the new Star Wars TV series The Book of Boba Fett on our newest Corner Booth at Rex's. We get into how this series impacts Star Wars past, present, and future along with what we enjoyed and what left us a little puzzled. At one point Byers compares Chuck Wendig's Star Wars: Aftermath to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. 

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

Top 5 Young Adult Novel Movie Adaptations

After our discussion of Hunger Games last week, we dive into the rest of the Young Adult Novel genre of movies. We talk about our favorites, some of our least favorites, and a few that just missed our top 5.

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

The Hunger Games

We discuss The Hunger Games as it celebrates it's 10th Anniversary. We hand out our usual awards, but we brought in a guest for "The Book is Always Better." We go a little long at the end about potential recasting for the two male leads but it was a worthwhile endeavor. 

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 Chamber of Secrets

We’re back with another movie from the Wizarding World. This time we are diving deep into the second installment – Chamber of Secrets. So hop in the flying car and take another trip with us to Hogwarts, we promise not to let Dobby try and kill you, I mean protect you.

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

Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects

We discuss our top 5 Jim Carrey roles and finally disagree...a lot! Carrey's career can be a little divisive and it was interesting to see that play out in our rankings. One thing we could agree on was that any of his recent stuff didn't come close to making the cut.  

Goofs: The Truman Show was released in 1998 and The Real World premiered in 1992 so it was very much commenting on that series at the time. Big Brother and Survivor premiered later though and the reality TV boom happened post Truman Show.

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)