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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 series (55:50). Finally, we end as always with Classic Corner (1:23:50).

Outro: "Hero" (Family of the Year)

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 this episode.

Outre: 'Bombs Away,' The Police (1980)

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, Sublet,  Werewolves Within, Gunpowder Milkshake, The Green Knight and Old (44:05) before closing out with Classic Corner (56:35).

Outre: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Malia J Cover, 2021, Black Widow soundtrack)

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].

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 Georgetown [38:00], The Killing of Two Lovers [41:25] and Riders of Justice [44:00] while dismissing the real horror of May, Those Who Wish Me Dead [20:10].

No spoilers except for a mild reveal for There is No Evil at 48:58-49:28.

For the complete list of movie bio selections to date, see here.

Outre: "Bella Ciao" (1965, Canti Della Libertà), Milva from There is No Evil

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 Mitchells vs. the Machines [15:30] and This is Not a Funeral It's a Resurrection [21:08]. A also stands for April and Action movies but the ones we saw all failed to impress: Nobody [16:45], Mortal Kombat [18:10] and Tom Clancy's Without Remorse. For the classicists out there, check out our old-timey recommendations [55:55]: Ishtar, Sorcerer and 2 Fast 2 Furious.

This episode has NO Spoilers.

For the movies selected by John and Sammy for their movie biography, see here.

Outre: "Hang On Little Tomato" (2004), Pink Martini

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

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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 and discuss new releases. If you or a friend are interested, please contact us at [email protected] or direct message.

This episode is spoiler free.

The Bracket can be found here. See here for Av and Sammy's personal 32 ranked 2020 movies, plus the science to the seeding of this bracket -- the ranking that the critics (IMDB. RT, Metacritic, Letterboxd) gave to these 32 movies.

Outré is from the soundtrack of the number one movie of the year ;-)

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 musician with a health crisis (Sound of Metal 34:00 and Mogul Mowgli 37:00), about man-eating wolves (The Wolf of Snow Hollow 39:00 and Wolfwalkers 39:45), about adult friendships (Fourteen 41:00 and The Climb 41:20), about movies that remind Sammy of In The Name of The Father (Mangrove 14:20 and End of Sentence 41:30), three movies that don't fit into this framework (Another Round 19:50, Happiest Season, and The 24th 40:40) plus a few that at least one of us suggest are NOT worth your time: The Nest (42:20), Wonder Woman 1984 (42:35), Yellow Rose (44:40), Bloody Nose Empty Pockets (45:09), Let Him Go (46:20), Let Them All Talk (46:30), I'm Your Woman (47:20). Oh, and the Small Axe movie Love Rocks (15:30) is really great so go watch that instead of listening to this podcast.

We also prep for next month's best-of-2020 32 movies bracket episode by hosting a mini-bracket for 16 movies competing to make the finale (48:20).

Only SPOILERS in the episode is for Promising Young Woman from 29:40 to 33:55.

Outre: "Silly Games" (1979), Janet Kay, composed by Dennis Bovell.