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With our notorious 32-movie bracket to decide the best movie of the year on deck, Av, John and Sammy cut a swathe through December’s many new releases, starting with Spiderman: No Way Home (11:20) and The Worst Person in the World (18:00). The only movie we spoil in this episode is Spiderman. Then we let loose with Matrix 4 (27:40), Flee (35:40), The Power of the Dog (39:25), Nightmare Alley (41:3...

Family and royalty are some of our favorite themes in November movies. Av, John and Sammy highlight the movie they are most excited to see before 2021 ends and then unpack King Richard (5:50), Belfast (15:55) and Passing (23:05).  We also touch on recent releases like Spencer (31:45), The Last Duel (39:30), Licorice Pizza *briefly* (44:40), Jagged (45:50), Last Night in Soho (49:15), Violet (...

Dune enthusiast Justin Partridge ( @j_partridgeIII ) joins us to discuss all things spice, stillsuits and sandworms (sigh, and camels) as we embrace Denis Villeneuve’s new epic Dune (35:20). Justin also brings the best of the witching month of October, sharing recent horror flicks like King Car (5:35), Hellbender (7:45), We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (8:40), Wonderful Paradise (9:45), and Ge...

Sammy, John and Av talk about some of the movies of September 2021, including Worth (7:10), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (14:00), Free Guy (22:30), Slalom (26:45), Wild Indian (28:40), Prisoners of the Ghostland (31:10), Come From Away (33:50), The Guilty (46:25), and The Card Counter (45:48). Then, Av completes our TWBP Movie Bio series (55:50). Finally, we end as always with Cl...

How do we defuse the movies of August? By naming the best bombs in cinematic history [1:45]. With Sammy back we dig into Green Knight [18:40], Pig [21:30] and Sublet [14:20], and then Av and John bring the goods on Annette [24:30], The Suicide Squad [29:15], CODA [35:30], Ema [37:05], plus Sammy urges everyone to see Together [38:33]. NO spoilers this episode. Outre: 'Bombs Away,' The Police (1980...

With Sammy travelling for work, John and Av hold down the fort for the first normal feeling movie month since the start of the pandemic. talking at length about Black Widow, No Sudden Move (18:20), Space Jam:  A New Legacy (27:18) and Woodstock 99: Peace, Love and Rage (33:00). Then, they add some quick see or skip recommendations for Summer of Soul, Sublet,  Werewolves Within, Gunpowder...

Sammy, Av, and John all found June 2021 fairly underwhelming on the whole despite the presence of some seemingly promising titles, including In the Heights [4:20], Undine [22:22], from a TWBP favorite director, Christian Petzold, Pixar's Luca [29:25], and F9: The Fast Saga [47:05]. They also touch on Netflix's animated "comedy" America: The Movie [36:15], HBO's Oslo [37:50], the Ilana Glazer horro...

In a month of terrifying movie titles, Will from America returns to make sense of all the monsters ( A Quiet Place Part II , 6:17), serial killers ( Spiral , 15:49) and zombies ( Army of the Dead , 23:35), before gracing us with his own movie bio [25:48]. We also tackle one of the best of the year so far, There is No Evil [45:23], and show love to Georgetown [38:00], The Killing of Two Lovers [41:...

April showcases John's geographical chops, Av's forays to Fast & Furious franchiseDom and Sammy sharing the movies that chart the story of his life (part two of our movie biography series). Favorite new releases this month include Shiva Baby [9:22] (including this great visual) and the MCU Phase Four Trailer [20:05], with mixed response to The Mitchells vs. the Machines [15:30] and This is Not...

After our annual early year hiatus, we are back with gusto and a new co-host: John Gilpatrick of John Likes Movies and It's The Pictures Podcast returns to the pod to make his hosting debut. Movies discussed on this episode: The Father Godzilla vs. Kong Judas and the Black Messiah I Care a Lot Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar In & Of Itself Little Fish Rose Plays Julie Shadow in the Cloud C...

A very special bonus episode as Av's 7-year old daughter Annie stops by to talk about her recent viewing of Avengers: Endgame and rank the first 22 films of the MCU. The intro comes from live footage of Annie watching the climactic scene from the final battle.

32 movies from 2020 face off head to head to determine the best movie of the year. Av and Sammy are your guides, with friends and fans of the podcast contributing their picks and helping us break the tie-breakers that result with our podcast reduced to two hosts. Moving forward, There Will Be Pod is seeking a third co-host to join us once a month and discuss new releases. If you or a friend are in...

The busiest -- and best -- movie month of 2020 brought us no shortage of TWIN new releases, about African-American aspiring musicians ( Soul 3:50 and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 8:10), about movies with an excellent lead actress ( Promising Young Woman 20:18 - SPOILERS from 29:40-33:55 and Black Bear 38:42), about Riz Ahmed's excellent acting as a musician with a health crisis ( Sound of Metal 34:00...

There is a direct line from David Fincher's new movie Mank , about how Upton Sinclair's run for political office inspired the writing of Citizen Kane, and our podcast, as Sinclair wrote Oil! which led PTA to write There Will Be Blood , which led your fave movie podcast hosts to 'write' There Will Be Pod . To unpack the Citizen Kane of 2020 movies, John Gilpatrick ( @johnlgilpatrick ) joins Av &amp...

Aaron Brooks joins Av and Sam for On The Rocks (29:20), the third cinematic marriage of Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola. We also dive into a bevy of recent watches about fathers and daughters, discussing Dick Johnson is Dead, Shithouse, The Kid Detective, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Trial of the Chicago Seven, Rebecca, Spontaneous, The 40 Year Old Version, A Call to Spy and Save Yourselves!&nbsp...

Av and Sammy reveal their preference on that most cinematic of dilemmas: popcorn or the picture - but first they tackle the far more forbidding lineup of movies released this September, culminating in a featured review (37:00) of Charlie Kaufman's I'm Thinking of Ending Things -- spoiler free until the 40:30 mark.  New movies discussed include recommendations: Boys State (8:00); The Devil All...

We are celebrating brothers at the movies as Aaron Brooks and Dr. Shai Chester join Sammy, Av and Will to discuss all things July movies. Before the big feature - Palm Springs (57:00 w/spoilers), we cover a gaggle of recent releases, including standouts like Archive , Hamilton, First Cow, as well as Yes God Yes, The Old Guard, Mr Jones, The King of Staten Island, Tommaso, Mucho Mucho Amor and, wel...

With Av and Will on summer break, we recruited the celebrated pulp sci-fi horror sleuth Justin Partridge ( @j_partridgeIII ) and revealed the unabashed romantic that is everyone's favorite silver screen sibling Aaron Brooks ( @aaronjaybrooks ). Justin, Aaron and Sam unpack The Vast of Night (43:37) and a galaxy of unheralded new releases, plus in celebration of the hindsight that is 20/20, we deci...

If there is a silver lining to losing so many new releases in April, it may be the chance to shine some love on the genre of movies the streaming gods delivered: good old fashioned adult dramas. Bad Education is our obvious feature, as Av brings his Long Island expertise to help Will and Sam unpack the new Hugh Jackman vehicle. For a deeper dive into the true story of Bad Education, check out the...

Sammy, Will and Av are back for the first regular episode of 2020. We break down our favorites (and least favorites) of the year so far, ruminate on the state of movies in the age of Coronavirus and much more. Movies discussed on the episode: The Invisible Man, The Banker, Bacarau, The Platform, Birds of Prey, Onward, Downhill, The Hunt, The Whistlers, Beanpole, Fantasy Island, Call of the Wild, T...

The Sports Movies Tournament of Champions finale is here – after watching and bracketing ~300 sports movies over the past ten months, it all comes down to the remaining 16 movies as they contend for the crown of best sports movie of all time. Here is the tourney bracket updated through Sweet 16. Here is the clean bracket from the start of the 64-movie tourney. Our guest judges for the finale are t...

Bull Durham, Any Given Sunday and the movie that may be your only chance at enjoying the Olympics in Tokyo are three of the sixteen movies of the Miyagi Region facing off in this episode, Part 4 of the Sports Movies Tournament of Champions. Joining us is a true sports movie connoisseur, Kyle Bandujo ( @kylebandujo ), host of Big Screen Sports ( @Big_ScreenSport ), a podcast dedicated to sports mov...

Part 3 of the Sports Movies Tournament of Champions arrives, and to tackle the 16 movies in a region named after a sports movie legend like Rocky Balboa – home to movies like Miracle, Remember the Titans, Cool Runnings and Major League - we are joined by baseball writer and movie buff Cliff Corcoran ( @CliffCorcoran ).  For more from Cliff, go read his baseball writing at The Athletics and hi...

The Sports Movies Tournament of Champions continues with Part 2, running down the 16 movies in the Bambino Region, including favorites such as Raging Bull, Enter the Dragon, Caddyshack, Field of Dreams, White Men Can't Jump ... and even Hoosiers. Joining us to select the 4 movies that will advance to the Sweet 16 is movie critic and sportsman Daniel Goodman ( @DanRossGoodman ). Check out the compl...

Ten months and 300 sports movies later, the Tournament of Champions has arrived – the 64 best sports movies are going head to head to decide the title once and for all, in a bracket so grand it needs five episodes. On part one, the host of our legacy podcast 32 Fans , Alex Chester ( @achester99 ), joins Av and Sammy to tackle the 16 movies in the Bombay Region (Rocky, Hoop Dreams, Uncut Gems... it...