There Will Be Pod

There Will Be Pod celebrates our 100th episode joined by OG [almost] cohost Bob Phelan (@theoriolereport) for a super bracket composed of 16 favorite movies of the quarter century and 16 favorite episodes of the podcast - Who Will Win, movie or episode?

Allix & Sammy also share their 100 favorite movies of the century - on Letterboxd see Allix, Sammy and with the Listeners, the TWBP Consensus 100 Best 21st Century Movies.

Full list of TWBP episodes can be seen here.

Also check out this google sheet for every Listeners 25 favorites and more!

Outre is from the bracket winner.

With October on deck, we celebrate the movies of September 2026 with Zach Cregger's Resident Evil and a draft of the best videogame movies with gaming expert Michael Beverage (@twitter). Reviews also for The Weight, Primetime, Forgotten Island, The Mandalorian & Grogu. NO SPOILERS in this episode!

Also discuss listeners' favorite movies of the 21st century, based on top 25s shared -- see here for all listeners' lists and the top selected movies + on ⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠ , TWBP Listeners' 100 Favorite Movies of the 21st Century.

Also on this episode: Blindspot-Swap™ covers Brawl in Cell Block 99 ('17) and In The Dark ('00) and Classics Corner hits on Cowards Bend The Knee ('03), In The Mood for Love ('00), Brokerback Mountain ('05), Battle Royale ('00).

For next episode #100 we are hosting a bracket of 16 of the best movies of the 21st century vs. 16 of the best episodes of There Will Be Pod. Stay tuned for the full bracket!

Outro is Proto Culture, by Del the Funky Homosapien with Khaos Unique, from 2000 album Both Sides of the Brain.

The bracket to determine the best movie of 1976 - joined by ⁠Zach⁠ and ⁠Brendan⁠ of ⁠The Movie Ladder , along with listener callouts naming their favorite. See the bracket featuring the 21 movies competing, see ⁠here⁠.

Our rankings of 1976 movies: Allix, Sammy, Brendan, Zach

Mild SPOILERS for Carrie, Network, All The President's Men

Originally published to GREAT ACCLAIM on Aug 25 before spotify cruelly deleted it

We dodge dinos and reel in the good and the bad of recent 2026 movies, reviewing The End of Oak Street [SPOILERS], Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Rose of Nevada, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Coyote vs Acme, Mutiny, Motor City, Normal, Avatar Aang, The Rivals of Amziah King, Carolina Caroline, I Love Boosters, Kontinental '25, The Moment, I Want Your Sex, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, Stop! That! Train! and Finding Emily, plus a second pass at Blue Heron and The Furious.

Blindspot Swaps: The Grey (2011), The American Astronaut (2001)

CLASSICS CORNER (01:09): Being There (1979), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

SPOILERS only for The End of Oak Street

Outro is Safety Instructions, from the Stop! That! Train! OST

The bracket to determine the best movie of 1976 - joined by ⁠Zach⁠ and ⁠Brendan⁠ of ⁠The Movie Ladder , along with listener submissions naming their favorite. See the bracket of 21 movies ⁠here⁠.

The host/guests own 1976 rankings: Allix, Sammy, Brendan & Zach.

Mild SPOILERS for Carrie, Network, All The President's Men, The Tenant, Mr. Klein

With Nolan tackling one of the world's greatest adventures in The Odyssey, we enlist two guests, Mike Zimm a Homer scholar and our own Diogenes in Prof. Shai (@⁠⁠slyjester⁠⁠). We also DRAFT favorite sword & sandal movies plus share listener rankings of Nolan's 13 movies.

55 minutes in, we review other July 2026 movies: BLUE Heron, The INVITE, Minions & MONSTERS, TUNER, Mother MARY, Over Your DEAD Body, Girls Like GIRLS.

Blindspot Swap reviews Menashe (2017) and They Shoot Horses Don't They (1969) + Classics Corner.

SPOILERS only for The Odyssey (and briefly for Life of Pi!)

Outre is "Odyssey" from the soundtrack by Ludwig Göransson

The World Cup of Movies gets decided, as the movies representing the 16 final countries in the real soccer tourney compete for world cup movie glory. Lee Jutton (@leiladaisyj), film critic and archivist, joins us to decide the winner! See the bracket here.

42 minutes in, we turn to 2026 movies, reviewing DISCLOSURE DAY, Toy Story 5, BACKROOMS, Voicemails for Isabelle, THE FURIOUS, Over Your Dead Body, THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD, and Power Ballad.

Plus we catchup on last month's Blindspot Swaps - Sing Street and Tangerine - and go deep into Hugh Jackman's facial routine.

SPOILERS ONLY for Disclosure Day (42:00-60:00)

See here our 2019 episode with Lee on movies about soccer and hockey!

OUTRE is We Dont Talk About Bruno from 2021's Encanto OST

We rip through some May movies - Mortal Kombat 2, Swapped, The Sheep Detectives, Is God Is, Hokum, Obsession - and [17:41] kickoff Stage 1 of the World Cup Movie Tournament, debating and deciding the 48 movies, each representing the countries in the real World Cup. Next episode is Stage 2, with 16 movies advancing into a BRACKET to win the 2026 World Cup Movie Tournament!

See here for a list of the 48 movies selected, and the 12 group winners, in the World Cup tourney.

Blindspot Swaps [01:02:50] reviews The Tale of The Princess Kaguya and The Last Temptation of Christ

NO SPOILERS except for the Christ movie!!

Cohost Sam recently joined The Movie Ladder Podcast episode on Match Point and This Century in Cinema episode on Oppenheimer

OUTRE is Matador (Red Flags) by Jayo (2025) from the Obsession OST

With cohost Allix own wedding approaching, ⁠Laura Royden⁠ joins for THE DRAMA plus 30 minutes in we draft the best wedding movies.

SPOILERS only for The Drama from 10:45

Outro is Elephant Love Medley from Moulin Rouge OST (2001) by Kidman, McGregor & Jaime Allen - EXCERPT used per right of cultural commentary, no rights violation!!

After the rousing success of our Apu Trilogy episode, our trilogist Prof. Chester (@slyjester) is back to discuss the romance, desire and anxieties of the two Oslo Trilogies by Joachim Trier (Reprise, Oslo August 31, The Worst Person in the World) and Dag Johan Haugerud (Sex, Dreams, Love).

Plus Classics Corner!

Outre: "Oslo in the Summertime" by of Montreal (2005) - NO LICENSE ISSUE AS ONLY A BRIEF EXCERPT