Three Films and a Podcast

Three Films and a Podcast has come to the end of the road. This will be our final episode from this podcast, but don't worry, we'll be back! We're taking a little time off, restructuring the podcast and like a phoenix, we will rise from the ashes as "Unsung Gems". In this episode we are reminiscing about the past year, handing out our annual Three Films awards and looking for...

'Get Out'? 'Reservoir Dogs'? 'Piranha 2: The Spawning'? What are the best directorial debuts of all time?? We assembled a group of rookies and seasoned vets for our newest Movie Draft! Ahch-To Radio! 24 Minutes of A24! The Direct! Movie Mavens! GeekShow! Let The Movie Speak! The rules are simple: Draft 4 Directorial Debuts. Which directorial debuts movies did we leave off o...

This week we wrap up our Legends round with an Unsung Gem from Ingmar Bergman, 'The Seventh Seal'. Enjoy! Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:43 Movie Intro 2:53 First Impressions 14:42 Elevator Pitch 23:06 Adam Driver Drive-In Double Feature 30:17 Reverse Rushmore 36:13 Outro WEBSITE: https://www.threefilmspod.com INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/threefilmspod/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/threefil...

This week we continue our Legends round with an Unsung Gem from Ridley Scott, 'Legend'. Enjoy! Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:43 Movie Intro 5:21 First Impressions 22:32 Elevator Pitch 32:38 Reverse Rushmore 36:16 Final Thoughts 40:20 Outro WEBSITE: https://www.threefilmspod.com INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/threefilmspod/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/threefilmspod TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok...

This week we begins our last round of movies, Legends. We're kicking it off with the 1981 film, 'Excalibur'. Enjoy! Chapters 0:00 Intro 2:09 Movie/Round Intro 4:53 First Impressions 17:13 Elevator Pitch 24:55 Reverse Rushmore 31:35 Outro WEBSITE: https://www.threefilmspod.com INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/threefilmspod/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/threefilmspod TIKTOK: https://...

This week we close out of French Films round with special guest Tom Layman from "Talking Picture Trivia". We're talking about the 1982 Gerard Depardieu film, 'The Return of Martin Guerre'. Enjoy! Talking Pictures Trivia: https://talkingpicturestrivia.com/ Chapters 0:00 Intro 5:24 Movie Intro 6:58 First Impressions 25:29 Elevator Pitch 32:11 Rushmore Mountain 35:22 Adam Driver...

“The idea is to leave here a little smarter.” The boys are joined by the Podfather himself, Adam Palcher, from Deep Dive Film School this week, as they continue their French Films journey with the 2009 film, 'A Prophet'. Enjoy! Deep Dive Film School: https://www.instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool/ Adam: https://www.instagram.com/henchman/ Chapters 0:00 Intro 3:29 Movie Intro 22:35 Elevator P...

“How you fall doesn't matter. It's how you land!” The boys are joined by Kayla from Screen Vomit this week, as they begin their French Films journey with the 1995 film, 'La Haine'. Enjoy! SCREEN VOMIT: https://linktr.ee/screenvomit Chapters 0:00 Intro 8:47 Movie / Round Intro 33:49 Elevator Pitch 49:36 Adam Driver Drive-In Double Feature 57:58 “One Day Movies” Rushmore Mountain 1:0...

Ben flies solo this week with a special guest as they watch Adam Sandler in 'Uncut Gems'! The crossover event of the century, Ethan Simmie from '24 Minutes of A24' joins Ben to talk about the Sandman, A24 and 'Uncut Gems' tattoos. Here is the full, uncut reaction video! If you want more reaction videos from us, let us know! WEBSITE: https://www.threefilmspod.com INSTAGRAM:...

'Hook' at 29%? 'Top Gun' at 58%? 'Step Brothers' at 55%? What are the best of the worst movies according to Rotten Tomatoes?? We assembled a group of fresh rated people for our newest Movie Draft! Cinematic Symphony! 24 Minutes of A24! Deep Dive Film School! Movie Mavens! The Rules: Draft 4 movies with a Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score under 60% (one of them has to be below 30...

“Life matters even more than love.”
 “They’re the same thing.” This week we are wrapping up our "Summertime Remakes" round with Steven Spielberg’s remake of the 1961 classic, ‘West Side Story’. Did this movie need tone remade? Did Spielberg bring anything new to the story? And we talk about how much we missed the no-handed backflip! All this and we hand out our Apollonia Awards. Enjoy! C...

“Why do you kids live like there’s a war on?” This week we are entering the final installment of our "Summertime Remakes" round: kicking it off with the 10x Oscar-winning 1961 musical, ‘West Side Story’. Did this movie need a remake? Is it one of the best Broadway adaptations? And we sing the praises of a no-handed backflip! We chat about all this and put together our Reverse Rushmore Mo...

"Do you guys ever think about becoming Death, Destroyer of worlds?" It's finally here: BARBENHEIMER! 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer', giving the people a spectacular double feature while battling it out at the box office! The guys sat down to talk about each movie, took Elevator Pitches from the Movie Club and even visited our buddy Adam Driver at the Drive-In. Enjoy! #thr...

“You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” ‘The Dark Knight’ is celebrating its 15th anniversary, and what better time to talk about the influence it’s had on comic book movies as well as the Academy Awards. The guys do there best to not just quote the entire movie this episode, but it was a tough challenge. We go deep on Heath Ledger’s Joker performance, w...

"The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.” This week we are heading back to Arrakis as we dive into our second remake of the "Summertime Remakes" round: the 2021 Oscar-winning adaptation of ‘Dune’, from Denis Villeneuve. Is this an instance of the remake being better than the original? How does this work as a Part One? And we share our feelings...

"Fear is the mind-killer." This week we are hanging on Arrakis as we dive into our second remake of the "Summertime Remakes" round: David Lynch’s ‘Dune' from 1984. We're joined by our resident Dune expert, Mr. Jake Draper, to talk about one of the most interesting sci-fi adaptations of all time. How does this movie hold up? Should this have been a tv series? And Sir Pat...

"Hey." "What?" "I just wanted to take another look at you." This week we are hanging with Bradley Cooper as we discuss our first remake of the "Summertime Remakes" round: Cooper's directorial debut 'A Star Is Born'. We're joined by two of our favorite stars, Leah and Bethanne from "She Will Rock You", to talk about one of the greate...

“You can trash your life but you're not going to trash mine.” It's time for our Summertime Remakes! We're starting it off with one of the most remade movies of all time, 1976's 'A Star Is Born', starring Barbra Streisand and the guy from 'Blade', Kris Kristofferson. What did the guys think of this remake of a remake? Does the music hold up after all these years? And...

“A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.” The lambs have stopped screaming and it's time for Tyler to finally watch 'The Silence of the Lambs'. This 5-time Oscar-winning film brought us one of cinema's greatest villains of all time and this episode brought us one of our favorite guests of all time, Carsen from the 'Movie Ma...

“It’s a leap of faith. That’s all it is, Miles. A leap of faith.” In anticipation of the newest Spider-Verse installment, the guys are talking about the 2018 animated feature that blew us all away, ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’. Joined by our good friend and Mysterio truther, Ethan Simmie, we discuss just how ground-breaking the animation style is and it’s influence on the medium. We also ch...

“Do you like apples? Well, I got her number. How ‘bout them apples?” It’s 2023 and it is finally time for Matt to see Gus Van Sant’s 1997 Oscar-winning film, ‘Good Will Hunting’. Written by and starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, we dig into one of the greatest movies of the 20th century. How did Matt go so long without seeing this? Does it hold up after all these years? And is this the greatest...

Meet Lindsay! She is a close friend and long-time listener of the pod! (Shoutout to our 'Ocean's 11' Emergency Re-Cast) Lindsay was nice enough to join us to talk about one of the best films of all-time that Matt has never seen, ‘Good Will Hunting'. But before we got into the discussion, we put her to the test with our round of Clubhouse questions to get to know her a little better...

“Well if it ain't my little buddy Beni. I think I'll kill you.” Running a movie podcast, we often get shocked responses when we tell people the movies we haven’t seen. That’s what this whole round is about. Somehow, Ben has never had the joy of experiencing ‘The Mummy’ from 1999, but that all changes today. How did Ben go so long without seeing this? Does it hold up after all these years?...

“I have a question. If I'm Beetle and you're Monkey, why isn't he called Boy?" We are bringing an end to our "Stop Motion Animation" round, so we had to talk about a film from one of the most prominent animation houses in the business, Laika Studios. We are checking out 2016's "Kubo and the Two Strings", the directorial debut from Travis Knight, CEO of Laik...

“It's like a movie but nobody has any lines and nobody even knows what it is while they're making it." We are joined by our friend Ethan Simmie (24 Minutes of A24) as we continue our Stop Motion Animation round with Oscar-nominated film based on the classic YouTube videos, "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On". Written by and starring Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer Camp (who also...