2002: A Film Odyssey

Perhaps no movie embodies 2002 Cinema like MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, the sleeper hit that just never left theaters. Our friend Kelly joins us to discuss!

On this episode, we discuss Ethan Hawke’s directorial debut, CHELSEA WALLS.

Our pal Nic Cowan returns to discuss THE SCORPION KING, the films of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, working with Kelly Hu and more!

We tackle the Sandra Bullock thriller MURD3R 8Y NUM8ERS, featuring a young Ryan Gosling.

Our buddy Will returns for a triple feature episode.

We welcome Joe Begos, Josh Ethier, and Matt Mercer on the show to chat Frailty, the Collateral soundtrack, and many more tangents.

We’re playing catch up with one of the titles we missed along the odyssey, BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF. This odd blend of martial arts, costume drama, procedural thriller has a cult following, but how does it stack up?

All the stars are out, it’s Hollywood’s biggest night! That’s right, the 2002ies are back to talk about the most recent year in film, 2025, and what a year it was! Which film will take home the coveted Palm D’eux? Listen to this mega-sized episode and find out! It’s Hollywood’s biggest night!

The Odyssey continues as we’re joined by our pal Meagan for THE SWEETEST THING, the raunchy Cameron Diaz-led romantic comedy.

Our pals Will and Ben join us to discuss the mostly forgotten Charlie Kaufman / Michel Gondry collaboration, HUMAN NATURE!

We’re back for 2026 and we’re digging into our recording archives for this previously unreleased episode on the HOT SHOTS franchise, which first hit DVD in 2002.

Our buddy Will returns as we discuss the traffic thriller slash message movie, CHANGING LANES. We talk about our favorite Ben Affleck movies and our favorite traffic infractions.

It’s time to dance the Charleston as our odyssey takes us to Peter Bogdanovich’s THE CAT’S MEOW. Our pal German joins and we chat Paper Moon, What’s Up Doc, The Last Picture Show and more!

Our buddy Travis Ledbetter returns to discuss the college comedy VAN WILDER, a movie that could end up on our “worst of 2002” list at the end of the odyssey. Will it? Listen and find out!

Our pal Brad and creator of our theme song joins us to discuss MAELSTROM and the rest of Denis Villeneuve's filmography!

Our pal Micah comes back to discuss two 2001 films released for the first time on DVD in 2002: Donnie Darko and Life as a House!

All the stars are out in Tinsel Town, it's Hollywood's biggest night! Who will take home the coveted Palme D'eux? Find out on our on annual awards show!

As far as Ashley Judd race against time thrillers go, HIGH CRIMES probably isn't the one you remember. But it's the one we get to cover, so have at it! Featuring Morgan Freeman as an alcoholic military law expert!

Our second straight home video foray into the Worrell-verse. Merry Christmas and regular episodes resume next week!

It's a special Halloween Home Video episode as dive into the 1991 classic ERNEST SCARED STUPID! Knowhutimean, Vern?

Perhaps no movie embodies "delayed by September 11th" better than Barry Sonnenfeld's BIG TROUBLE, the first of two Sonnenfeld joints we'll talk about on this odyssey. The cast is nuts, but is the movie any good? Tune in and find out!

We're the self-proclaimed 2002 Film Historians, so when another (much more successful and popular) movie podcast does an episode about the films of 2002, we gotta reclaim a small amount of turf. On this episode, we discuss a recent episode of The Ringer's movie podcast, THE BIG PICTURE, where they 'draft' their favorite 2002 films. We talk about their choices and offer up our own in what's gotta b...

We finally tackle the film that dares to ask: CAN a 50 year old guy be a 35 year old major league baseball rookie?

Our good friend Will joins the show to discuss Michael Haneke's THE PIANO TEACHER. CW: this episode contains some discussion about graphic content.

What a year it was! Travis is back to hand out awards for 2023, including the prestigious Palme d'Eux, the award for the most "2002 film" of the year.