Big Screen Sports - The Sports Movie Podcast

Thank goodness Lt. Daniel Kaffee was good in the courtroom, because he was terrible on the softball field. On our latest episode, Caroline Darney and Lauren Brownlow join Kyle Bandujo to talk military prison, terrible softball swings, crab shacks, handling the truth, and everything else in "A Few Good Men." Follow Caroline, Lauren, and Kyle on Twitter & BlueSky.  Come see BSS LIVE at The Sports Po...

Jury July rolls on, with Nicole Auerbach joining Kyle Bandujo to talk perms, getting into law school, creepy professors, and everything else in "Legally Blonde." Follow Nicole and Kyle on Twitter & BlueSky.  Subscribe to Nicole's new Substack Happy Auer! Come see BSS LIVE at The Sports Podcast Festival on August 23rd in Raleigh! Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyz...

We're kicking off nothing but courtroom movies in Jury July with an all-timer, as Ryan Nanni, Matt Scalici, and Caroline Darney join Kyle Bandujo to talk odd couples, detailed explanations of Alabama law, the right way to make grilled cheese, and everything else in "My Cousin Vinny." Follow Ryan, Matt, Caroline, and Kyle on Twitter & BlueSky.  Come see BSS LIVE at The Sports Podcast Festival on Au...

Just in time for this year's tournament, Alex McDaniel & Kyle Bandujo talking gangly Brits, stern fathers, bad siblings, and everything else in the '04 tennis rom-com "Wimbledon." Full episode available on the Big Screen Sports Patreon Feed.  Follow Alex and Kyle on Twitter & BlueSky.  Come see BSS LIVE at The Sports Podcast Festival on August 23rd in Raleigh! Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest...

One future Oscar winner and four future Oscar nominees star in an absolutely terrible college football movie. Caroline Darney, Demetri Ravanos, and Kyle Bandujo talk what went right (only 79 minutes long!), what went wrong (everything else!), and what went weird (Uma Thurman's strange cop dad), in the 1988 football comedy, "Johnny Be Good." Follow Caroline, Demetri, and Kyle on X & BlueSky.  Come...

There's perhaps no sport as much of an art form as storm chasing, and on today's BSS Caroline Darney and Kyle Bandujo are talking flaming tornados, airport malfeasance, the hottest anyone has ever been walking out of a house in the rain, and everything else in "Twisters." Follow Caroline and Kyle on X & BlueSky.  Come see BSS LIVE at The Sports Podcast Festival on August 23rd in Raleigh! Buy "Movi...

We're back to sports movies on this episode of BSS, as Ben Cruz & JR Hickey return to join Kyle Bandujo in talking tactical basketball, punishment running, Johnny Sins, and everything else in "Coach Carter." Follow Ben, JR, and Kyle on X & BlueSky.  Come see BSS LIVE at The Sports Podcast Festival on August 23rd in Raleigh! Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, M...

We're wrapping up Ani-May (in June, per tradition) on Big Screen Sports with Alex McDaniel, Caroline Darney, and Kyle Bandujo talking cooking rats, animated Paris, Gusteau's libido, and everything else in "Ratatouille."  Follow Caroline, Alex, and Kyle on X & BlueSky.  Come see BSS LIVE at The Sports Podcast Festival on August 23rd in Raleigh! Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of A...

Week three of Ani-May, and Bobby Wagner & Matt Scalici return to Big Screen Sports to take Kyle Bandujo through his first Miyazaki movie, talking "Howl's Moving Castle." Follow Bobby, Matt, and Kyle on X & BlueSky.  Come see BSS LIVE at The Sports Podcast Festival on August 23rd in Raleigh! Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, Mapped, and Illustrated" here or wh...

  Follow Temple and Kyle on Instagram & BlueSky, and check out Temple's new film " The Salamander King."   Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, Mapped, and Illustrated" here or wherever books are sold. You can support Big Screen Sports, get schedule updates, and pick movies to be covered in upcoming episodes by joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bigs...

Alex McDaniel, Caroline Darney, and Kyle Bandujo are kicking off the second annual "Ani-May" by debating best Disney soundtracks, sports what-ifs you'd change if you had a genie, if Agraba would've been worse off with Jafar, and everything else in "Aladdin." Follow Alex, Caroline, and Kyle on social media.  Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, Mapped, and Illust...

It's the 20th anniversary of Mr. Darcy rolling up in that morning fog, so on Big Screen Sports Caroline Darney, Matt Scalici, and Kyle Bandujo are talking smelly people, annoying moms, attractive Brits, and everything else in "Pride and Prejudice." Follow Matt, Caroline, and Kyle on social media.  Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, Mapped, and Illustrated" her...

If you're nostalgic for a time where Hollywood dumped money into comedy westerns and you didn't know too much about Mel Gibson, today's episode of BSS is for you. Alex McDaniel, Ryan Nanni, and Kyle Bandujo talk poker, gunslinging, Russian Oligarchs, and everything else in "Maverick." Follow Ryan, Alex, and Kyle on social media.  Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analy...

NOTE: This full episode can be found on the Big Screen Sports Patreon feed. On the latest Big Screen Sports we're hopping in a Gypsy Cab and reuniting with our estranged father, as Matt Scalici, Caroline Darney (for a bit) and Kyle Bandujo talk the whimsical but dark world of Wes Anderson by diving into "The Royal Tenenbaums." Follow Matt, Caroline, and Kyle on social media and subscribe to "For T...

The best movie about (and starring) some of the worst people. Actor Temple Baker joins Kyle Bandujo to talk out everything that's cooler than a million dollars in "The Social Network." Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, Mapped, and Illustrated" here or wherever books are sold. You can support Big Screen Sports, get schedule updates, and pick movies to be cover...

There's no crying in baseball, and none on this episode of Big Screen Sports, where Matt Scalici and Kyle Bandujo talk the Tom Hanks Mt. Rushmore, the highest-grossing baseball movies, if Dottie dropped the ball on purpose, and everything else in "A League of Their Own." Follow Matt and Kyle on BlueSky! Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, Mapped, and Illustrate...

Caroline missed the "Knives Out" episode, but couldn't let the movie pass by without relaying her takes on Chris Evans, his sweaters, and how much she enjoys a good murder mystery.  Follow Caroline and Kyle on BlueSky! Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, Mapped, and Illustrated" here or wherever books are sold. You can support Big Screen Sports, get schedule up...

On today's Big Screen Sports, Ryan Nanni and Kaitlin Steer join Kyle Bandujo to talk about arguably the best fictional movie about a hockey player turned Olympic figure skater ever made, "The Cutting Edge." Follow Ryan and Kyle on BlueSky! Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, Mapped, and Illustrated" here or wherever books are sold. You can support Big Screen Sp...

It's a doughnut hole in a doughnut's hole! On the latest Big Screen Sports, Alex McDaniel and Kyle Bandujo talk southern drawl, a terrible family, murder mysteries, and everything else in "Knives Out." Follow Alex Kyle on BlueSky! Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, Mapped, and Illustrated" here or wherever books are sold. You can support Big Screen Sports, get...

NOTE: This full episode can be found on the Big Screen Sports Patreon feed. We're wrapping up Rom-Com Month with Alex McDaniel, Kyle Bandujo, and special guest Adam Amin talking scorching hot Gosling, on-screen chemistry excellence, David Lindhagen, and everything else in "Crazy, Stupid, Love."  Follow Alex, Adam and Kyle on BlueSky! Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, A...

If you're a die hard Red Sox fan, maybe you should just date another Red Sox fan. On the latest BSS, Caroline Darney, Alex McDaniel, and Kyle Bandujo talk food poisoning on a first date, dating superfans, and everything else in "Fever Pitch." Follow Caroline, Alex, and Kyle on BlueSky! Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, Mapped, and Illustrated" here or whereve...

On the second week of Rom-Com Month, we get to talk about a nice version of Hugh Grant. Alex McDaniel, Caroline Darney, and Kyle Bandujo break down "Notting Hill." Follow Caroline, Alex, and Kyle on BlueSky! Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, Mapped, and Illustrated" here or wherever books are sold. You can support Big Screen Sports, get schedule updates, and...

We're kicking off Rom-Com Month with Alex McDaniel and Caroline Darney joining Kyle Bandujo in talking workplace flirting, devious men, outdated beauty standards, and everything else in "Bridget Jones's Diary" Follow Caroline, Alex, and Kyle on BlueSky! Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, Mapped, and Illustrated" here or wherever books are sold. You can support...

We'll be upfront with you: might be the strangest episode of BSS yet. Matt Scalici and Kyle Bandujo pay tribute to the soon-to-close show at Disney's Hollywood Studios, MuppetVision 3D! We're talking the universal approval of Kermit, friends who act like Muppets, and Fox News contributor Sam Eagle.  Follow Matt and Kyle on BlueSky! Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Ana...

While "Major League 2" works as a piece of 90s nostalgia, could it have been way better? Daron Vaught returns to Big Screen Sports and joins Kyle Bandujo in breaking down "Major League 2," the good, the really bad, and how they could've fixed it. Of note, recorded before the death of the great Bob Uecker.  Check out Daron's new show 'Rintaro' available now on the D1 Baseball Podcast Feed. Buy "Mov...