The Steam Room Film Podcast

Are we still to create the perfect podcast? Yeaahh.  In our latest It Takes Two, Kyle and Julia take a look at Tron Legacy and Aquaman, two movies with creepy de-aged actors, fantastical worlds, and a young man fulfilling his destiny as a hero. Sit back, relax, and enjoy some biodigital jazz, man, in this week's episode of The Steam Room Film Podcast! 

We're starting off 2024 by fulfilling Julia's resolution of watching more Coen Brothers' movies starting with Fargo, their 1996 Minnesota masterpiece! Listen in as Kyle and Julia discuss some bad business deals and grisly murders with some questionable accents. So make your eggs and get your Arby's and join us in the...wait where are you going? Oh for Pete's sake! For Pete...

2023 is over, and with the end of the year comes a necessary task: ranking all the 2023 movies we saw this year! So join us today in the Steam Room Film Podcast as Kyle and Julia assemble a tier ranking of all the 2023 movies they watched! 

We at the Steam Room Film Podcast hope you enjoy the Christmas season, and part of our gift to you is reviewing a couple Christmas movies so you know whether they're worth checking out. So join in for our quick discussion on The 12 Dates of Christmas and Four Christmases, and stay tuned for a retrospective on the last six months of the Steam Room Film Podcast. We talk about our best, worst, a...

Here's to the ones who dream! Today rather than comparing two movies, Julia and Kyle are taking a look at the careers of arguably the two best actresses of their generation: Margot Robbie and Emma Stone. In the first half we speed run through their careers and note our favorite movies they're in and performances they've given. Stay tuned until the end to hear our thoughts on what we...

"History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man." Today Kyle and Julia review the surprise hit of the holiday season and canon sequel to Oppenheimer, Godzilla Minus One! Spoiler alert, this movie is amazing and you should all go see it. Not convinced yet? Then join us today in the Steam Room Film Podcast to learn more about the best monster movie in years! 

We didn't need to see these movies, we heard them. In today's episode Kyle and Julia take a look at two sports movies from the 2010s in which a professional sports team pursues the #1 pick in the draft, a guy named Bo. That's right, we're talking about Draft Day and Trouble With the Curve, and Julia could not be more disappointed in these movies. If you'd like to find out...

Listeners of the Steam Room we fight we dare...we podcast about the Hunger Games Series! The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is the newest movie in the series, and in honor of its release we take a look at the original four movies. We've got enough hot takes to keep up with the Girl On Fire, and if you do to join us today in the Steam Room Film Podcast! Hunger Games Video by Just Write https:/...

Could you be a secret princess? Welcome to the podcast special guest Amanda, as Kyle tries to Keep Up with The Princess Diaries. Follow along as Kyle defines Apollo’s role, pieces together the plot, and makes sense of the supposed giant snake in the movie! Think you can Keep Up? Then join us today in the Steam Room.

We did it! After many delays we are proud to present our Killers of the Flower Moon episode. Today Kyle and Julia go through some observations, and more importantly, hot takes about Martin Scorsese's newest film. Can you find the wolves in this episode? Find out today in the Steam Room Film Podcast! 

BAD NEWS - This is not Killers of the Flower Moon! Instead as a treat we're releasing one of our more unhinged episodes, in which we compare David Fincher's masterpiece Gone Girl and Colin Trevorrow's The Book of Henry. Is Nick Dunne the villain? Does Henry show Anakin Skywalker tendencies? Why do both movies feature a journal that's set on fire? And most importantly, what are...

How many listeners of this podcast have been with us long enough to be disgruntled, huh? Today Kyle and Julia dive in to Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning thrill ride, The Departed! Is this the best Leonardo DiCaprio performance? Is Alec Baldwin the secret MVP of this movie? And most importantly, can we pronounce microprocessors right? It's an episode nearly as deranged as the movie itself...

We podcast but are lost, are we just podcasting to silence? Kyle and Julia are joined by a special guest today to talk about a very special movie, Martin Scorsese's Silence. Our guest Michael runs the Cinema Center Instagram account, featuring reviews, critiques, and montages through which he shares his passion for cinema. Silence is Scorsese's meditation on faith portrayed through the s...

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a podcaster. Today we continue our Scorsese series with Goodfellas, his 1990 masterpiece about the life of Henry Hill. Is this movie just Wolf of Wall Street but about gangsters? Is Henry Hill a good person? Did Jimmy try to kill Karen? We ask these questions and more in today's episode. Go home, sit down, relax, get your shinebox, and join...

17 episodes? Those are rookie numbers in this racket. Today we launch our perfect movie series with Martin Scorsese's 3-hour chaotic masterpiece, The Wolf of Wall Street. Just as Jordan Belfort seeks the question of whether there's a limit to how many quaaludes a human can consume, we're using this as a jumping off point to explore the question of what makes a perfect movie. The key...

Hello there! Today Kyle and Julia revisit the final installment of George Lucas' prequel trilogy with fresh eyes. Our podcasting powers have doubled since our last Instant React, and this episode features twice the hot, double the takes. Has love blinded us, or can we see the movie for what it truly is? Find out today in The Steam Room Film Podcast!  Revenge of Middle Management https://www.y...

Welcome to the Steam Room Newsroom, your place for the steamiest hot takes plus occasional news coverage. In today's episode we discuss the ongoing Hollywood strikes and some of the impact they have had on the 2023 movie calendar. We look at a couple of our favorite 2023 movies and our most anticipated for the rest of the year before pregaming our upcoming Pixar miniseries by doing a tier ran...

The first episode of our Deep Dive series takes us under the bones of another Super as we analyze The Incredibles. Kyle and Julia take a look at some of the influences and history leading into The Incredibles, the themes and characters, and some of the effects the movie had on the industry. Is this the best Pixar movie? Dive in today with The Steam Room Film Podcast! 

It Takes Two - Our ongoing series in which we compare two movies that may or may not already be in conversation with one another. In today's episode, Julia and Kyle look at Christopher Nolan's trippy sci-fi take on a Bond movie in comparison with Joe Wright's theatrical and cinematic adaptation of a Tolstoy classic. Both directors are working within their respective wheelhouses in t...

Well...whaddayaknow! We're back with an Instant React for Attack of the Clones! Kyle and Julia sit down to review this core childhood text with fresh eyes. Does it hold up on rewatch? Is Hayden Christensen secretly giving a great performance? And most importantly, what's the best meme to come out of this movie? Find out today in The Steam Room! 

The Barbie episode is here! In this episode we conclude our Barbieheimer experience the only way we know how - with our classic Keep Up format. As Jon and Julia discuss the movie's characters, themes, and jokes, Kyle does his best to keep up with the conversation and eventually piece together the plot. Barbie was advertised as a movie for people who love the toy and people who hate it, and th...

Barbieheimer weekend is here! This week join us for our discussion on Oppenheimer, the feel bad movie of the summer! Jon returns to discuss Christopher Nolan's latest epic with Kyle and Julia. Is it the best movie of the year? What did we think about *that* Florence Pugh scene? Should we forgive J. Robert Oppenheimer? Join the conversation today in The Steam Room! *Barbie episode releasing ne...

The movie event of the summer is here - the Barbie and Oppenheimer doubleheader. Recorded before the movies come out, this episode features a few fun chapters. The first part contains our predictions and thoughts on what the two movies might be about. After that, we dive in to the recent New Yorker article outlining Mattel's plans for expanding their reach in Hollywood if Barbie is as success...

Steamies! The podcast is real! A rogue nation trained to do what we do! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join the conversation around our most anticipated movie of the year. Does this mission live up to the standard of the previous entries? Find out today in The Steam Room!  *Spoilers after 15 minutes*

Indiana Jones has returned! He is in his 80s but keeping up with the young Helena. Julia will try to keep up herself, as Kyle discusses Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The first half is spoiler-free, but then Julia cashes in her 5 questions to guess the plot. Think you can keep up? Then join us today in the Steam Room for our final episode of Steam Week!