The Picture Show with Austin and Phil Rood

Aus and Phil boldly go where no podcast has gone before... and they talk about Star Trek. The guys are breaking down the themes and near perfection of 1982's Star Trek II and discussing its great character work, how it fits into Trek as a whole, the state of sci-fi in 1982, and why it might be a great "Dad Movie"... which leads them into a discussion of Dad Movies, what makes somethi...

WARNING: Sub-par audio quality ahead due to Phil's half-assed producer work... This week Austin and Phil discuss the 2026 Maggie Gyllenhaal film The Bride. The guys discuss how the movie pays homage to past Frankenstein movies while also being very much its own thing, the surreal nature of the movie, the feminist themes, and Christian Bale. Also, the guys run down a few of their favorite movie...

Aus and Phil have found their way back into the recording studio after being lost in a storm of life for longer than they anticipated, but they're back with a lot to catch up on. Listen to the guys as they talk about the Avatar movie studio, Heat 2 casting news, mini-reviews of Pluribus and Project Hail Mary , plus the Roods discuss movies and actors they think deserved some Oscar love that th...

Austin and Phil look back on the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. They rank the movies and talk about their favorites and least favorite moments of the series.

Rick Whistler and Jarrod Smith make a rare appearance as themselves... until they realize they need to assume their former roles as Phil and Austin Rood if they're going to survive another podcast as they talk about Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Austin and Phil discuss the nightmare that is the 1991 movie Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Austin and Phil talk about 1989's Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

Aus and Phil talk about 1988's Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

Aus and Phil discuss the 3rd in the series , 1987's Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Aus and Phil look at the first Nightmare sequel: Freddy's Revenge

Welcome to Nightmare on 34th Street ... It's just like The Picture Show , but Aus and Phil are reviewing all of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies starting with the original Wes Craven film, which we cover in this episode.

The 100 year exile is cut short this week as Austin and Phil re-team to take on one of the ancient evils of podcasting: An Anniversary Episode. The guys take on this challenge by watching a sequel to one of the earliest movies they covered and sat down for the 2025 Netflix-original The Old Guard 2. They discuss the things they liked about this entry like cinematography and fight choreography. They...

The Roods talk about the final episode of Midnight Mass and break down its themes of toxic religion and addiction, antiheroes, beautiful deaths, and so much more. Thank you for spending your Halloween season with us as we enjoyed discussing this masterpiece of a series ⁠⁠⁠Phil Rood Art⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Who Is On First podcast⁠⁠ ⁠ austinandphil@gmail.com

Apologies are in order as our audio is not up to par this episode. We (and by "we", I mean "Phil) did not realize that the mic settings were wrong and the audio was only picked up by Phil's laptop mic. The audio is a little tough to hear and for that, I (Phil) am very sorry. I will try to dot the T's and cross the I's better in the future. I hope despite the subpar audio, you will enjoy our discus...

The Roods discuss The Gospel According to Riley, Henry Thomas, Biblical parallels, religious fanatics, and so much more as they break down the 5th episode of Midnight Mass: "Gospel" ⁠⁠Phil Rood Art⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Who Is On First podcast⁠ CALL TO ACTION: Email us with movies from your childhood that no one outside of your age group remembers or watched that your generation considers a classic and/or Email us...

This week the guys talk about loss, murder, religious fanaticism, rules for vampires, afterlife monologues and a whole lot more as they break down Midnight Mass Episode 4: Lamentations ⁠Phil Rood Art⁠ ⁠Who Is On First podcast

The Roods return to Midnight Mass and go through the Stations of the Cross, go to Confession, and complain about Bev... Bev is the WORST! Phil Rood Art Who Is On First podcast

The Roods continue on with their episode by episode breakdown of the Mike Flanagan masterpiece Midnight Mass This week the guys are talking about exposition, higher powers in sobriety, cinematography, and Bev... ohhh how we love to hate Bev... Who Is On First Phil Rood Art

The Roods return from hiatus for the Halloween season by jumping into Mike Flanagan's 2021 masterpiece Midnight Mass. The guys are breaking down the show episode by episode so please watch along with us as we share our thoughts on this unique limited series. Who Is On First Phil's Blog Child Star Achewillow Book

Aus and Phil go dumpster diving for Christmas gifts and came up with something totally unexpected: A movie called Tokyo Godfathers The guys talk about flawed characters, redemption, A Christmas Carol , and found family. Listen to hear why they champion this movie becoming a part of your family's holiday movie rotation! Thanks to Nicole Davis for recommending Tokyo Godfathers to us and thanks t...

Phil reviews the Friday the 13th series and how it has permanently changed his psyche

Phil watches the Friday the 13th remake tries to separate the greatness of Derek Mears from the perverted madness of the Michael Bay-iverse

It's just like that time Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth went on tour together because they were mad at Eddie Van Halen but they ended up hating each other even more #TeamHagar #TeamJason

Phil watches Jason murder Canadian... scientists(?) in... space because of course he does...

Leo, the podcast's producer, shows up to give some on-air pointers at how the show can improve and the guys immediately disregard them and keep Phil on the show... Also, Aus and Phil look back on the movies they reviewed this season... the good, the bad, the boring, the hidden gems, and the Kings... EMAIL THE SHOW:   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ austinandphil@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Austin on Letterboxd-  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ austinnrood...