The Phileo Podcast

Corner Booth at Rex’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu We know this one came out “a long time ago”, but we are finally in the corner booth to discuss the newest addition to a galaxy far, far away. So grab some snacks for the little ones and join us as we discuss the Mandalorian and Grogu.   Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes ( https://music....

Trust Me Bro La La Land Have you ever had a gap in your movie knowledge? Something that everyone saw and they always seem to talk about and you just never watched it? It’s ok, we all have those movies, we all those gaps. There is always Someone in the Crowd who hasn’t seen something. And it is with that idea in mind that we introduce a brand new type of episode on thePhileo Podcast – we call it Tr...

Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects 80s Movie Draft We’re hopping in the DeLorean and heading back to the decade of our birth to pick our favorite movies of the 80s. From finding out the villain is your father, to almost getting hit by a train, we’re here for all the hits. It’s inconceivable what a never-ending list it is. Intro/Outro music by friend of thepodcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at...

Late Nights at Blockbuster Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 41 years ago today….Ferris Bueller took the day off….and it was the longest day in the history of the world. Not since God made the sun stand still in the sky so Joshua could defeat theAmorites has there been a longer day than June 5, 1985. And so we want to remember that day and talk about all the great things that happened, all the outdated tec...

Late Nights at Blockbuster If you’re not first, you’re last! Our latest Late Nights at Blockbuster is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. We discuss how no one actually refers to this movie by it’s official title. Buckle in for a long list of favorite quotes and scenes. It’s safe to say that we had to dig deep to find some good spiritual metaphors or il...

Late Nights at Blockbuster To the trees, to the trees! Our next Late Nights at Blockbuster is the 35th anniversary of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. The Drax winner was so easy that we had to do the runner up discussion. After we talk glowingly about how much we still enjoy the movie, we talk for a solid 15 minutes on our “Who Beefed” section. We round out the conversation with some action figure...

Late Nights at Blockbuster  The Cable Guy  The future is now! Every American home can integrate their television, phone and computer. You can visit the Louvreon one screen, or watch female mud wrestling on another. You can do your shopping at home, or play Mortal Kombat with a friend in Vietnam. You could even listen to us talk about this Jim Carrey classic on your phone or your computer. You coul...

Corner Booth at Rex’s Project Hail Mary This week we are talking about the new Ryan Gosling movie – Project Hail Mary. We give it two thumbs down and absolutelyrecommend going to see it. If you are confused by that sentence, you should go watch the movie so you can understand. We keep things spoiler free until the 33:50 mark.  Intro/Outro music by friend of thepodcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more mu...

Late Nights at Blockbuster We are celebrating the 15th anniversary of X-men: First Class this week. We gush over the direction, the way that it has aged, and all the actors (all but one). There are a couple of big plot holes/quibbles even though this is a comic book movie and we are already suspending our disbelief. Everyone breaks out as a a star after this movie so our acting categories was a li...

Late Nights at Blockbuster Top Gun  We’ve got the need…the need for quoting lots of movie lines and driving a little faster when Danger Zone starts playing. Because the pattern is finally clear and so we’re coming in for much more than just a fly by as we dive deep into the 80s classic Top Gun. Byers sets a new record for times he tries to combine acting categories or make up new ones, and Troy ac...

Late Nights at Blockbuster Underoos! Our newest episode is a Late Nights at Blockbuster on Captain America: Civil War. For all that we love about this movie we've got a few bones to pick with whoever edited this movie and some of the story choices leave a little to be desired. However, there is a ton of our favorite scenes, lines, and action moments as this is one of our favorite Marvel movies...

Late Nights at Blockbuster  Scream  Do you like scary movies? Because we don’t really like them for the most part, but we love this one and can’t wait to talk about it. So just follow the rules and we’re sure you’ll survive as we discuss the 30th anniversary of Scream.  Intro/Outro music by friend of thepodcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes ( https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gil...

Late Nights at Blockbuster We are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the movie that launched one of the most unexpected franchises ever, The Fast and the Furious. As you can imagine, the Drax award is very short on this one. You don't watch these movies for the dialogue. This movie also includes one of our favorite casting what-ifs, even if it is barely believable. Byers utters one of the tru...

Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects 2001 Movie Draft It’s the beginning of a new year, and so we are back once again drafting movies from a quarter century ago. It’s getting more and more painful to think about the movies that came out 25 years ago, but it was one of the years at the height of our movie watching and so we have plenty to talk about including some of our all time favorite movies at th...

Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects Top 5 of 2025 PLUS top 25 of the century (so far) So we know we’re late turning in this assignment, but it’sfor a good reason – we’re really giving you 2 episodes at once – because not only did we rank our top 5 movies, tv shows and sports moments of the year – but we also ranked our top 25 movies of the first quarter century. So it was a very long assignment – an...

The regular season has come to an end, so we are here to come clean and remind you of all the things we got wrong this year, and a few that we got right. We compare our preseason predictions, look at our tiers and make our Super Bowl predictions (they have to be better than our preseason ones...right?)

Late Nights at Blockbuster Our newest Late Nights at Blockbuster is on the 25th anniversary of Remember the Titans. This crowd pleasing movie has plenty of laughs, great scenes, life lessons, spiritual metaphors, and ridiculous football plays that gave us plenty to talk about. We still can't hold it together when Louie Lastik starts talking about Blue's underwear. Intro/Outro music by frie...

Late Nights at Blockbuster The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and theWardrobe Do not cite the Deep Magic to us witch – we were there 20years ago when this movie came out. So come back through the wardrobe with us, grab a coat along the way, and of course don’t forget your num nums as we discuss the big screen adaptation of CS Lewis classic story The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Int...

We're back with another update to our NFL Tiers as the season enters the home stretch.

Late Nights at Blockbuster Prepare to be bewitched, body and soul, as our newest Late Nights at Blockbuster is on Pride and Prejudice. Laurie comes out of retirement for her favorite book and movie, lending some feminine sensibilities to the proceedings. She can’t wait to talk about Colin Firth, even though he isn’t in this movie, and compare the Bennett’s to her own family. Laurie schools us on t...

Late Nights at Blockbuster Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 We’re finally wrapping up the Hunger Games movies this week. It might set a record for how quickly we tangent and how often we tangent into full blown side discussions that have absolutely nothing to do with this movie – which tells you a lot about some of our feelings for this one. But come along with the Star Squad as we mop up the fin...

We've hid the midseason mark of the NFL Season and so it's time to update our rankings and discuss the first half of the season.

We are taking you out to the black in our newest episode. We are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Serenity and combining it with a look back at the TV show that spawned it, Firefly. We talk through the history of both and what could have been had the TV show not been cancelled. We talk through our favorite characters and episodes along side a recap of the movie. It's not quite a Late Nights...

Late Nights at Blockbuster X-Men Can you believe there was a time when Hugh Jackman was not Wolverine? Yeah neither can we – but it’s true – and we’re here to talk about the first time we ever got to see it. We’re diving deep into the original X-men movie as we celebrate it’s 25th anniversary. And yes saying that out loud does in fact make us feel old. Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Se...

We're 4 weeks into the season and it's time to update our tiers - and there is plenty of movement in our rankings.