Off The Shelf -A Movie Podcast with Phil and Dave

What beats Lava? My Podcast...I hope" - Dave starts the year off with a toast as he takes 1997's Volcano Off the Shelf this week. Surprisingly, Phil doesn't hate it and for the most enjoys the action sequences despite some questionable effects here and there but overall appreciates the disaster genre of the late 90's. Dave isn't that convinced it's a good movie but is always happy to watch Tommy L...

Our yearly look back at the movies we did in 2025 where we hand out "Shelfies" in categories such as best comedy, best soundtrack, Phil's worst movie(lots to chose from) and much much more!!

Re Released for the Christmas season. Phil still likes it. Dave still doesn't but they both agree Bob Newhart was great!

"Podcast is all around us, it's everywhere we go" - It's the ultimate romantic comedy as Phil takes 2003's "Love, Actually" off the shelf. Dave has only seen clips over the years and was under the impression this was romantic, comedy and a Christmas classic, he is very underwhelmed and questions if it manages to be any of those three. Phil enjoys it a little more th...

This is a Re-Release of a pretty terrible movie and not a great episode actually. Why Re-release? just to show you how far we've come. Come back next week and enjoy a brand new episode where Phil and Dave butt heads on a movie some have deemed a classic. Happy Holidays!

"You keep podcasting on the Devil's door long enough, sooner or later someone is going to answer you" - We visit the mean streets of Detroit as Dave takes 2005's Four Brothers off the shelf this week. Phil has never seen this movie before and can not find many redeeming things to comment on. The cast is full of people on the rise but the movie fails to do anything interesting with them. Dave remem...

"Sometimes people just need to podcast." -  We celebrate Wordfest as Phil takes 2000's Wonder Boys off the shelf this week. Dave confirms that he has never seen it before and finds it lands in his 6-7. Phil recalls seeing this movie a few times in 2000, being so enamoured of it that he immediately bought the book and couldn't wait to see it again. It's been a while but he fin...

"All this podcast crap, just fries your brain like an egg..." - We travel through time as Dave takes 2012's Looper off the shelf. Phil struggles to get beyond JGL's look and Bruce Willis' face but in the end find the movie to be better than he expected. Rian Johnson creates another layered and sometimes perplexing plotted film that is made more interesting by the supporting c...

"I am Catwoman. Hear me Podcast" - We return to Gotham as Phil takes 1992's Batman Returns off the shelf this week. Dave is resistant to watch another Batman movie but is happy to discuss the style and design of a Tim Burton movie for at least the fifth time. We're reminded that he may be the most talked about director in the history of the show. Phil loves that this is a Christm...

"There is only one rule: Don't Podcast" - This week, Dave is breaking the one rule as he takes 2008's Passchendaele off the shelf. Adding a Canadian story to the mix this November as we continue to honour those fallen soldiers, even though Dave doesn't really feel the movie connects and doesn't quite compete with other movies of the genre. On the other hand, Phil found hi...

"The world isn't run by weapons anymore, it's run by little bits of data. It's all just podcasts" - Phil decides to sneak in a Robert Redford movie in honour of his passing by taking 1992's Sneakers off the shelf this week. Dave had not seen the movie before and found the performances to be enjoyable in a movie that keeps the audience engaged throughout. Phil recalls many...

"Thank God its not a podcast detector or none of us would get in" - The stakes are high as Dave takes 1987's No Way Out off the shelf. Phil is shocked that he had never seen this movie before and is impressed by the twists and turns throughout. He also shares his Sean Young search history.. Dave was surprised to find this gem on a streaming service instead of his classic Gene section...

"It says... it says you're a dead podcast" - By popular demand Phil gets to take 1984's Friday the 13th - The Final Chapter (Part 4) off the shelf this week. Dave calls the audible and requests the next installment of Friday the 13th as he just could not wait to get back to Crystal Lake. He find the routine of the films to be wearing a little thin by now and with each movie, alth...

"A new dimension in Podcast" - Halloween season continues as Phil takes 1982's Friday the 13th Part 3 off the shelf. After barely surviving part 2, Dave find the franchise to be at its nadir while the death toll rises, the performance quality and creativity falls. Despite this, is interested in what comes next. Phil recalls this movie being his favorite when he saw it but wonders exa...

"I don't want to scare anyone, but I'm going to podcast straight about Jason. It's spooky season and Phil takes 1981's Friday the 13th Part 2 off the shelf. Dave reluctantly goes to Packanack Lodge, which rests on Crystal Lake. He questions his decision to watch more of these movies but engages with the movie a little more openly than the original. Phil find the cast of charac...

"I don't want your podcast" - Dave takes to the gridiron as he takes 1999's Varsity Blues off the shelf this week. Phil has never seen the movie before and is reminded that even in the hallowed year of 1999, some bad movies still were released. He finds the stereotypes too much to deal and performances that don't quite hit the mark.  Dave remembers enjoying the movie upon rel...

"I think I need a podcast. I definitely need a long, slow podcast. It's time to sing and dance as Phil takes 1986's Little Shop of Horrors off the shelf this week. Dave isn't eager to have another musical but finds the production design and a couple of performances to make it worthwhile. He alwlso locks in the Francis Award. Phil, however, remembers loving the movie as a kid and thinks fondly of m...

"Doctors say there is a 50/50 chance he'll podcast, though there is only a 10 percent chance of that" - Dave decides to bring the funny as he takes 1988's The Naked Gun off the shelf this week. Phil wonders how much of the references would be lost on today's viewers and is curious about anybody who is introduced to O.J. through this movie. Dave finds that the movie offers som...

"What does he do, this man you seek? - "He Podcasts" - It's another winner of the "Big Five" this week as Phil takes 1991's The Silence of the Lambs off the shelf. He remembers seeing this movie at a pretty young age and finding it more of a thriller than a horror movie but loved that a movie with such subject matter was winning so many Oscars. Dave had never seen...

"Remember, Podcast is a good thing, maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies." - Dave keeps us locked up as he takes 1997's Shawshank Redemption off the shelf this week. One of the most popular movies ever made that does just about everything right to get an audience to love it. Phillip remarks how the emotional strings co tongue to get pulled and doesn't mind. Dave w...

"Mmmmmm, podcast." Phil takes a trip to the "nuthouse" as he grabs 1975's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest off the shelf. We discuss the great performances and Louise Fletcher's ability to get us to hate such a seemingly nice person. Dave enjoys the casr of characters and how he recognized most of them from other things while Phil remembers how his heart sank as the...

"Oooh, ahhh, that's how it always starts. Then later there's running and podcasting" - Luckily for us there is Site B as Dave takes 1997's The Lost World: Jurassic Park off the shelf this week. Phil is fired up and offended at the precipitous drop in quality from one movie to the other. Turning Malcom from scientist to hero, from co-star to lead hurts the movie and the rest o...

"Welcome to Jurassic Podcast" - It's time to get prehistoric as Dave takes 1993's Jurassic Park off the shelf this week. Phil remembers the time he went to see the movie in theatres only to find out it was sold out. Lamentably, he only experienced it on VHS later and has since upgraded to 4K. Dave remembers that he wasn't able to see it later until later. A rare movie where both Phil and Dave enjo...

 "Just when you thought it was safe to listen to a podcast" - Phil takes to the beach as he grabs 1978's Jaws 2 off the shelf this week. The summer is here and it's a great opportunity to talk about the first sequel to one of the greatest movies ever. Phil remembers finding this movie to be a failure in almost every way when he first saw it. Bland characters, boring scenes and poor special effects...

"Me and my boy here, we're gonna put a podcastin' on ya!" - It's back to the well for Bruce Willis and Dave as he takes 2013's A Good Day to Die Hard off the shelf this week and subjects Phil to another movie that he had never seen. Judging by  the quote above, this movie has nothing memorable or interesting to bring to the table as Phil found it to be bland and uninteres...