The Picture Show with Austin and Phil Rood

Somewhere in a small border town, Austin and Phil are drinking cheap beer in dirty glasses as they talk about the biggest Mexican action movie they've ever seen:  1995's Desperado .  The guys talk about how Robert Rodriguez uses his budget to realize his style, Buscemi, and debate whether Antonio Banderas was miscast or is doing a brilliant comedic performance... plus so much more! Austi...

This week, Phil and Austin head south of the border with just a few dollars and a guitar case full of puns as they kick off their last trilogy of the season with Robert Rodriguez's 1992 indie triumph El Mariachi .  The guys talk about what sets this apart from other low-budget movies, Rodriguez's unique filmography, and how budget restrictions helped this film.   Austin's Shout Out: Joel...

Austin and Phil return once more to Gotham City to take care of its newest threat:  A million ideas with no follow-up at all.  The guys talk about Old Batman, stock market heists, and drastic tonal shifts.  Also, Phil brings up his old grudge against the other Nolan... Austin's Shout Out: Art That Was Never Finished Phil's Shout Out: The Judgies

Earlier this year, Phil participated in the NYC Midnight Short Screenplay competition.  He was invited to join fellow writers Derek and Keith of Pop Up FilmCast , and Joelle("Mouse") and Julianne("Weens") of the Mouse and Weens podcast to have some long and winding and informative conversations about the process.  The result is the new podcast: The Midnight Writers: An Adventure In Scree...

Aus and Phil talk about the 2008 comic book masterpiece "The Dark Knight" on this week's episode.  They discuss Ledger's performance, the themes of being a vigilante and Holmes vs Gyllenhaal vs Flat Character Writing in the Battle of the Rachels. Austin's Shout Out: Tiny Jewish Girl Phil's Shout Out: Hag Attack

Aus and Phil fake their deaths and run to the Himalayas where they planned to become crime-fighting ninjas... until they found a tv and a blu-ray of this week's movie.  They watched Batman Begins to kick off the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight Trilogy.  The guys talk about Gary Oldman quickly becoming the podcast's MVP, the differing philosophies of vigilante justice, and the biggest suspe...

(Train to Busan review starts at 24:00) Austin and Phil pat themselves on the back for reaching 50 episodes of the podcast before launching into a quick review of Halloween Kills (spoilers) before getting to their main review of 2016's Korean zombie masterpiece Train to Busan .  The guys talk about what makes certain formulaic stories rise to the top, what they thought of the zombies in this...

We did this quick episode to address some of the feedback we've gotten about our coverage of the Evil Dead franchise.  The incredible Corey Scott sends us a DM about the parallels between Ash and Marty McFly, then we throw it to podcast producer extraordinaire Hammond Chamberlain who drops some knowledge on us about Sam Raimi, his work on The Evil Dead and beyond, what we got right, what we g...

Aus and Phil finish off the Evil Dead trilogy with Army of Darkness .  The guys talk about what does and doesn't work in this installment, Raimi's choices, and how the trilogy works as a whole.  Also, Phil voices his opinions and waits for the internet to descend upon him. Austin's Shout Out: Wolf 359 Phil's Shout Out: OldTimeHawkey

Another Very Special Episode of the Picture Show finds Austin and Phil sitting down to talk with author, artist, podcaster, and Canadian J-F Dubeau.  The guys talk to J-F about his upcoming novel Song of the Sandman , genre writing, self-promotion, and the podcast Achewillow , which is written and co-created by J-F.  It's a really fun conversation and we can't thank J-F enough for sharin...

Austin and Phil return to the woods to hang out in a cabin and listen to a super bizarre book on tape while checking out the Sam Raimi sequel Evil Dead II .  The guys talk about how this movie levels up over the original, the inventive monsters, and the bizarre left turn the ending makes. Austin's Shout Out: Art Ed Guru Phil's Shout Out:   DefuncTV Jim Henson

Join us for a very special episode as Austin and Phil sit down for a conversation with "hobby magpie" Amy Frost (aka  @Daniora ).  Amy tells the guys of her theatrical roots and how that has led her to where she is now as an artist, painter, podcaster, and voice actor.  Mostly, they talk about her work as a performer and producer on the audio drama podcast Achewillow and how her lov...

Aus and Phil take a look at 1981's cult classic horror film The Evil Dead .  The guys talk about the career of Sam Raimi and his Oldsmobile, indie film production value, and Fake Shemps... also, Phil pitches an idea for a dystopian future YA novel. Austin's Shout Out: Lil Nas X-Montero Phil's Shout Out: Canopus by Dave Chisholm Vote on the last movie of October in our Halloween Movie Poll!

Austin and Phil break down the final chapter of the Apes trilogy, review the series overall, and discuss what comes next for this Planet of Apes.  Austin's Shoutout: youtube.com/c/KaseyGolden Phil's Shoutout: Go watch anything Norm Macdonald

Austin and Phil dive into the second of the Apes prequel trilogy with 2014's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes .  The guys talk about building societies, compelling villains, awards for mo-cap and stunt performers, and Gary Oldman.  Plus, the guys take a hard stance against pandas. Austin's Shout Out: Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't Phil's Shout Out: The Dollop-Nim the Chimp BONUS SHOUT OUT!...

Austin and Phil kick off Season 3 by jumping into their first trilogy with Rise of the Planet of the Apes .  The guys talk about the movie's relationship to the original Planet of the Apes , the complex character of Caesar, and the surprisingly dense ape population of San Francisco. Shout Outs: Austin: Jon the Potter Phil: Robin Hood and the Death of Color(Breadsword) Check out Austin and Phi...

Austin and Phil catch up on what they did over their summer break, discuss their plans for Season 3 of the podcast, and give probably their best acting performances ever as they do a dramatic reading of a scene from Boss Baby (NSFW)

Austin and Phil take a look back at the last 20 movies they watched for the show.  It's a reflection of what they loved, didn't love, was new to them, or that they've changed their opinions on in Season 2 of The Picture Show with Austin and Phil Rood

This week, Aus and Phil find themselves exploring their family heritage and the secret origin of guitar strings by watching the 2016 animated adventure film Kubo and the Two Strings .  The guys talk about Laika Studios, creepy witches, and stories about stories.  This is the last movie of our second season.  Come back next week for our Season 2 Recap! Austin's Shout Out: The Nuclear...

Aus and Phil take travel to a nondescript time and place that's a little bit Victorian, a little bit steampunk, and very strange... 2004... they go to 2004 and revisit the Nickelodeon Studios film A Series of Unfortunate Events .  They talk about adaptations, the surprisingly deep lessons of this movie, brilliant portrayals of bad acting, and production design. Austin's Shout Out: Like A Dino...

This week, the guys kill a pimp to punish him for being a white guy with dreadlocks, steal his drugs and take off to California... then they watched a movie and talked about it for an insanely long time.  Aus and Phil watched 1993's True Romance and immediately take off down rabbit holes about Tarantino, Tony Scott, race, LGBTQ films, Clarence as a Mary Sue, homages to the New Hollywood era, thing...

Aus and Phil confined themselves to a single room for an hour and a half so they can create the most brilliant piece of art in years... it did not work.  But they did manage to talk about a case where it did work and so they talk about that.  The guys watched Bo Burnham's comedy special/one man show/experiment Inside and were more than impressed with it.  They talk about the importa...

Phil and Austin go back a few days to when they watched Tenet for the first time to explore how they feel about it.  They talk about the places they each found challenging with the film, the brilliant portrayal of being disoriented, heists, and talking with masks on.  It's a wild movie that spawns a wild conversation, perhaps the most ambitious yet on this episode of The Picture Show......

This week, Phil searches for a proper movie to leave Austin in the care of as they track across a wasteland full of zombies and psychopaths while watching the 2017 Australian film Cargo .  The guys talk about the highs and lows of this movie, Netflix adaptations, pacing, and the wonderful Martin Freeman. Austin's Shout Out: Big Finish Phil's Shout Out: The Fleischer Story

This week, Aus and Phil and Millie Bobby Brown (okay not really) uncover a vast conspiracy using all their podcasting skills- and Godzilla is at the center of it all. Listen to hear our quick takes on one of the biggest movies of the year and the franchise it's a part of. Next week we will be back with our regularly scheduled full episodes.