Trilogy in Theory

The Second Part in our Troubling Third Spaces Trilogy This episode is gross and it's not just us (blame Vincent D'Onofrio) as we talk Tarsem Singh's THE CELL where Jennifer Lopez attempts to help troubled youth (strike one) and Vince Vaughn gets serious (strike two) and did we mention Mr. D'Onofrio's piercings in this flick?? But it looks cool. The movie. Not the piercings. Enjoy! Patreon supporte...

The First Part in our Troubling Third Spaces Trilogy Your old movie podcast hosts (and hosting an AUDIO ONLY podcast at that!) put on their readers to try and make sense of the recent Youtube to horror directing trend as they give you a timely episode on BACKROOMS... just as it is being re-released with another Youtube short added onto it for an extra run at theatrical dollars! Old-fashioned hucks...

For our patrons... this is no Catch Me If You Can. Your hosts for this movie podcast that you have somehow discovered without the help of Emily Blunt as a Kansas City weather lady gives some polite advice to Mr. Spielberg on how to spend your DISCLOSURE DAY. One way is to leave the theater and watch the World Cup in the lobby and the other is to stew and try remember all the good times we had with...

The Third Part in our Time for Obsession Trilogy In which our returning guest Maddie of the show Old Reader New Reader on Near Mint Condition thanks TRILOGY IN THEORY for introducing her to lesbian vampires as played by Susan Sarandon and Catherine Deneuve in Tony Scott's THE HUNGER. And to you listeners... you're welcome. Patreon supporters get access to monthly bonus episodes including previous...

The Second Part in our Time for Obsession Trilogy Maddie of the show Old Reader New Reader on Near Mint Condition once again joins us and talks a little bit about aging along with Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in (500) DAYS OF SUMMER while one of your regular hosts announces (to no one's surprise) that he's been an old grouch since even the theatrical release of this delightful and emba...

The First Part in our Time For Obsession Trilogy For the first time we make time for a guest on the podcast with our upcoming trilogy inspired by the new release OBSESSION. Maddie of the show Old Reader New Reader on Near Mint Condition joins us for the next three episodes... and presumably will decide that is more than enough so enjoy her voice in the future over on her great show focusing on gra...

After 250 episodes it was well past time for another voice in the room. For the first time we are having a guest on the podcast with our upcoming trilogy inspired by the new release OBSESSION. Maddie of the show Old Reader New Reader on Near Mint Condition will be joining us for the next three episodes... and presumably will decide that is more than enough so enjoy her voice in the future over on...

The Third Part in our Dear, We Must Depart Trilogy If part two was primarily focused on Uma Thurman's feet (not by us!) then the grand finale that started with a Grace Kelly classic must of course finish with Aubrey Plaza's MY OLD ASS. Enjoy! Patreon supporters get access to monthly bonus episodes including previous years of Movie Book Club ! Bluesky / Instagram / Threads : @trilogyintheory Letter...

The Second Part in our Dear, We Must Depart Trilogy We briefly discuss Quentin Tarantino's personal Death List Five which somehow includes Paul Dano and Matthew Lillard at the top and then move on to how we view The Whole Bloody Affair of KILL BILL. As one volume or two? And if two... which of the two? Spoiler alert: we chose our favorite for this very episode. Enjoy! Patreon supporters get access...

The First Part in our Dear, We Must Depart Trilogy For our big episode 250 we pick on Grace Kelly's dumb face... okay, that sounds mean but she is mostly confused through the proceeding of Alfred Hitchcock's DIAL M FOR MURDER while we remain riveted as the characters go over and over and OVER the perfect murder. That is if there can be such a thing as a perfect murder when Princess Grace is the in...

For our patrons... the film that took SXSW by storm and cancelled Meryl Streep on our podcast! Our fondness for FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL finds its limit with a new release so riveting that we had to put the discussion behind a paywall. Enjoy the trilogy of films that Jason Segal and Samara Weaving inspire after this episode but for now... OVER YOUR DEAD BODY. Patreon supporters get access to mont...

The Third Part in our Buddies Stuck at Work Trilogy If this is the podcast where THE GODFATHER gets lumped in with SCREAM 7 for a thematic trilogy then we can assume that IMDb's greatest film of all time won't feel too bad about taking the place of MALLRATS as the followup to CLERKS in our absolutely correct trilogy in theory. Now how we feel about not getting to watch MALLRATS again, well... you'...

The Second Part in our Buddies Stuck at Work Trilogy We were well into our hearts of darkness research for APOCALYPSE NOW, which was to be the second part of this month's trilogy, when one host decided to subject his poor wife to the View Askewniverse with Kevin Smith's CLERKS and the other host had to be a third wheel. That's as close as we come to any uncomfortable sexual situation because like...

The First Part in our Buddies Stuck at Work Trilogy Also for the first time... this podcast gets younger as the two sad, old men (the author of these show notes does not know whether to emphasize SAD or OLD here) are replaced by the voice of a new generation to do what most movie podcasts with any sense of decorum do: a summary of the actual plot of the film that has been chosen for discussion. Bu...

For our patrons... the film that took SXSW by storm and nowhere else in America! This is a show that liked first Ready or Not... and then along the way forgot if we ever wanted a sequel. Having seen one... we don't think we do. Enjoy! Patreon supporters get access to monthly bonus episodes including previous years of Movie Book Club ! Bluesky / Instagram / Threads : @trilogyintheory Letterboxd: @p...

The Third Part in our Nostalgia for a Life Not Lived Trilogy Neve Campbell. Marlon Brando. Jesse Eisenberg. The trilogy ends with a trip to ADVENTURELAND and the Yoda-like advice (AS ALWAYS) of Martin Starr talking about dreaming of the perfect ass. Enjoy! Patreon supporters get access to monthly bonus episodes including previous years of Movie Book Club ! Bluesky / Instagram / Threads : @trilogyi...

The Second Part in our Nostalgia for a Life Not Lived Trilogy What else is there to say about THE GODFATHER other than it is the obvious spiritual sequel to SCREAM 7 that the master filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola managed to get made five decades before this latest Matthew Lillard joint? If you want more... enjoy the podcast! Patreon supporters get access to monthly bonus episodes including previou...

The First Part in our Nostalgia for a Life Not Lived Trilogy Welcome to our autopsy for the SCREAM franchise where we discover that the last two entries are considered THE LAST JEDI for some dudes on Reddit. That's as far as our research department got before we go back to our own biases of being old and not recognizing young actors but swooning over the return of Matthew Lillard. As God intended....

For our patrons we present our fourth film in the (Un)Professional Power Plays trilogy! Because Akira Kurosawa hasn't yet earned the right to have his work presented in podcast form outside of a paywall. Enjoy our episode on HIGH AND LOW with as many references to the superior classic Jan de Bont's SPEED! Patreon supporters get access to monthly bonus episodes including previous years of Movie Boo...

The Third Part in our (Un)Professional Power Plays Trilogy We question the validity of the classic status that is Milos Forman's ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST very briefly in the episode because by the end of it we give our an analysis on the defining narrative program from the cable channel BATES MOTEL without having watched said program. Keeping that until the very end keeps you from questioni...

The Second Part in our (Un)Professional Power Plays Trilogy One co-host does not seem enthused about revisiting Skinny Sociopath Jake in NIGHTCRAWLER. One co-host finds out that there is a new 4k release of intern Riz Ahmed in NIGHTCRAWLER. One co-host becomes very enthusiastic about revisiting an awkward dinner date with Rene Russo in NIGHTCRAWLER. The other co-host never needed any prodding to r...

The First Part in our (Un)Professional Power Plays Trilogy Sam Raimi returns from the MCU mucky muck (much like ourselves... although we went woefully unpaid for our contribution) to go back to his DRAG ME TO HELL morality comedy style in SEND HELP. And we can give you the only review you need by guaranteeing that it is a far funnier film than A SIMPLE PLAN. And Rachel McAdams is a better looking...

Our No Faith in the Wicked Patreon Special! From the archives on a failed trilogy on sex toys in film (which would have undoubtedly been our biggest SEO series ever) we dig out a prior recording on Clive Barker's HELLRAISER to go prove once and for all that there is no faith to be had in humanity... and if you have doubts? Go back and redownload this prior month's trilogy of episodes to hear us ta...

The Third Part in our Faith in the Wicked Trilogy As we face obsolescence in audio podcasting we can't help but feel sympathy for the absolute jackass of a radio shock jock that Jeff Bridges plays... that is until it's revealed that his character's version of falling from heaven is to end up residing above a video store where he "works" by mainly recommending pornography to unsuspecting...

The Second Part in our Faith in the Wicked Trilogy Last month we insulted the likes of Guillermo del Toro, Martin Scorsese and David FIncher for making TV movies... and in our second episode of 2026 we feature a really expensive TV movie from Rian Johnson in his third KNIVES OUT entry WAKE UP DEAD MAN! One host was spiritually moved upon first watch and continued to find more to love about this la...