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The Phileo PodcastThe Fast and the FuriousLate Nights at BlockbusterWe are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the movie that launched one of the most unexpected franchises ever, The Fast and the Furious. As you can imagine, the Drax award is very short on this one. You don't watch these movies for the dialogue. This movie also includes one of our favorite casting what-ifs, even if it is barely believable. Byers utters one of the truly great lines in the history of our podcast when discussing an actor in Recognize My Face.Intro/Outro music...
2026-01-3055 minThe Phileo PodcastTangled and Disney Princess DraftLate Nights at Blockbuster Our newest episode is a twofer! Late Nights at Blockbuster for Tangled and a Disney Princess Draft. If you listened to our Disney song draft you'll know that we hold Tangled in very high regard. We discuss how this pulled Disney out of their musical slump and the lengthy development process it survived. After Tangled, we jump into our Disney Princess draft with no rules, just vibes. Would you like to know which Disney Princess Troy compares to Rasheed Wallace? We really run off the rails when Byers pushes Troy after that craziness...
2025-09-261h 22The Phileo Podcast2025 NFL Season PreviewThe NFL season gets underway next Thursday and we've got our Season Preview as our newest episode. We've got record predictions, playoff and Super Bowl picks, season award picks, and as always we put all of the teams into our tiers. Troy was super boring and played it safe with his season awards, while Byers made things a little more interesting.Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)
2025-08-291h 24The Phileo PodcastSupermanCorner Booth at Rex'sOur newest Corner Booth at Rex's is on James Gunn reboot of Superman. The movie is packed to the gills with characters, creatures, and crazy concepts. Come alongside us as we discuss all the good, the bad, and the very weird of the movie that will reboot the entire DCU. Byers makes Troy a little sad with one of his criticisms of the film as it was one of his favorite scenes. We discuss how audiences don't need origin stories for well established characters anymore and it's great that directors...
2025-08-0147 minThe Phileo PodcastGladiatorLate Nights at BlockbusterGladiatorOur names are Troy and Byers, creators of the Phileo Podcast,teammates on a 2007 rec basketball team, attempting to be loyal followers of the true King, Jesus Christ, each of us father to a teen and a preteen, husband to an embarrassed wife (if they read this), and we will talk about Gladiator, in this life and possibly the next – because it’s a really great movie, and we love it, and we definitely spent some time patting ourselves on the back for waiting this long to do it, but we j...
2025-04-111h 35The Phileo PodcastBraveheartLate Nights at BlockbusterWhat will you do with a new Late Nights at Blockbuster? Will you fight? We are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the movie that all pastors love to quote, Braveheart! Much likeMel Gibson our Scottish accents will be going in and out when you least expect it. We also can’t stop giggling at the ridiculous names in this move so be prepared for a lot of that. We spent a little time on the historical accuracy of the movie but didn’t beat the dead horse like others have over...
2025-04-041h 28The Phileo PodcastHarry Potter and the Deathly HallowsLate Nights at Blockbuster Similar to the golden snitch opening at the close, we've made it to the end of our time with the Harry Potter series. Our latest Late Nights at Blockbuster combines The Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2 but we managed to keep ourselves in check with a normal runtime (for us). We explain why we combined them and go through a pretty lengthy discussion on what these movies were missing compared to the books. Byers again confronts his fear of snakes and Troy tries to help him overcome that fear by renaming Nagini....
2025-03-211h 25The Phileo Podcast2000 Movie DraftDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
A New Year brings an opportunity for us to draft another anniversary year of movies. We are staying consistent with our love of our late high school and early college years by selecting the year 2000 for our draft. This was Troy's first year working at Blockbuster and Byers saw way too many movies this year as well. We draft 15 movies each and run through our nominees for worst movie of the year as well. Draft results are listed below to make it easier to follow along.
Intro/Outro music by...
2025-01-0343 minThe Phileo PodcastThe Beatles - Album Ranking and Song DraftDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
Our latest Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects is actually on a Deep Subject, The Beatles! We ranked each studio album and ended with a 50 song draft. It was a testament to The Beatles' catalog that we had plenty left on the cutting room floor. We aren't professed super fans, but talked about our own unique experiences with The Beatles throughout the years being kids of the 80's and 90's. We know how difficult it is to follow along with a list this long so the album rankings and draft list is below.
2024-12-201h 35The Phileo PodcastDumb and DumberLate Nights at Blockbuster
This week we’re going to take you someplace warm, a place where the beer flows like wine, where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. We’re talking about a little Late Nights at Blockbuster celebrating the 30th anniversary of Dumb and Dumber. We spend way too much time trading quotes in our Drax award section, but that was to be expected with a classic like this one. Byers mentions Down Periscope for about the 10th time but don’t fact check us on that.
Intro/Outro music by fri...
2024-12-131h 00The Phileo PodcastThe Rings of Power - Season 2Corner Booth at Rex’s
The Rings of Power – Season 2
We’re back in Middle Earth this week to discuss the second
season of The Rings of Power. We give the rundown on a very lengthy cast list. We talk about the next chapter of this prequel series and let you know about all the things we like and some things we certainly did not like. Byers makes
multiple comparisons to the Star Wars prequel trilogy and Troy admits the ironic moment he has trouble staying awake when reading the LOTR books.
Intro/Outro...
2024-12-0652 minThe Phileo PodcastThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesLate Nights at Blockbuster
Grab your Goblin-cleaver, sound the horn, and jump on your armored battle pig as we come to the finish line of the Hobbit Trilogy with The Battle of the Five Armies! We keep the disdain for the love triangle lighter in this episode as there is a lot less to complain about. We get into a conversation about watch order for newcomers to Middle Earth movies and how that might change with future generations similar to Star Wars. Byers makes Troy giggle with his outside the box choice for our over actor award.
2024-11-2948 minThe Phileo PodcastBack to the FutureLate Nights at Blockbuster
Welcome to Novikov November! All of our podcasts this month will be on movies that heavily feature time travel. We’re going to go back in time starting with the 35th Anniversary of Back to the Future. We’ve got discussion on all your favorite characters: Marty, Doc, Biff, George, and Lorraine. Byers shares a personal experience about skitching from his childhood. We end up having to issue a public apology to Huey Lewis and the News for besmirching their good name.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the...
2024-11-011h 16The Phileo PodcastThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1Late Nights at Blockbuster
Our latest edition of Late Nights at Blockbuster is celebrating the 10th anniversary of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. Troy and Byers swapped places throughout this podcast. Troy didn’t make any bones about the fact that he doesn’t like this movie (or the book) but we started this series and we are going to finish it. We talk a lot about splitting the last book in a series into two parts and whether it was necessary here. As always Byers is bringing up a time problem and how it slows down within...
2024-10-181h 20The Phileo PodcastAce Ventura: Pet DetectiveLate Nights at Blockbuster
Our newest Late Nights at Blockbuster is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Byers' one line review is very apt stating, “This movie smells like middle school.” We discuss early Jim Carrey and how he burst onto the scene with this movie. You can slowly listen to our descent back into middle school boys as Byers explains Binaca with, “Binaca is like Axe for your mouth.”
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube...
2024-09-2051 minThe Phileo PodcastForrest GumpLate Nights at Blockbuster
This week’s Late Nights at Blockbuster is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Forrest Gump. Byers and Troy will not back down to everyone who has spent all that time saying that this is a bad schmaltzy movie. We’ve got tons of quotes to go through in our Drax award and plenty to discuss when it comes to the good and bad of Jenny.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.
Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)
and YouTube...
2024-08-301h 17The Phileo PodcastSpielberg Movie DraftDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
Steven Spielberg Draft
This episode was always going to happen – life finds a way. We just needed a bigger boat first. But now we’re ready to phone home and draft our favorite Spielberg movies. Byers confesses his love for a musical and Troy reveals gaps in his movie viewing experience as we tackle the full catalog of one of the greatest movie makers of all time.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.
Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth...
2024-08-0936 minThe Phileo PodcastIndiana Jones and the Last CrusadeLate Nights at Blockbuster
We are celebrating the 35th anniversary of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade! We talk about our experiences with the series and how Byers shares Indy’s fear of snakes. Troy shows how immature he is with his choice for Great Name in Casting.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.
Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)
and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)
2024-08-021h 10The Phileo PodcastThe Karate KidLate Nights at Blockbuster
Get ready to do a bunch of house chores
in the name of karate! It's the Late Nights at
Blockbuster that Byers has been waiting for since the
beginning, The Karate Kid! He shares the story of how
Daniel LaRusso taught him his first curse word and we
explore the "is Daniel the real villain" at several points
of the conversation. Byers got to reference Cobra Kai and Chosen with it being completely on topic. We called Pat...
2024-07-191h 13The Phileo PodcastInside Out 2Corner Booth at Rex's
Buckle up for a ride down our stream of conscious on Inside Out 2. There are plenty of new characters to talk about and whether or not they pulled off a worthy successor to the much beloved original. Troy teases Byers a lot about using identity as a theme when we do new movies, but this one was too difficult to avoid using it as a theme. Troy couldn’t help himself and goes on a mini-rant about travel sports and parents that think their kid is going to pay their way through school wi...
2024-07-1238 minThe Phileo PodcastBig DaddyLate Nights at Blockbuster
We're celebrating the 25th anniversary of Big Daddy this week also known as, The One where Byers tells Troy that his wife was acting real "Hooterific." We'll talk plenty of Jon Stewart, Nazo the Delivery guy, Scuba Steve, and Rumpelstiltskin. Since this is one of our favorites we do talk about our favorite version of Sandler's man-children for a little while at the top. It was fun to revisit some of the scenes in the movie now having gone through many of those same instances as parents ourselves.
Intro/Outro music by friend...
2024-06-2156 minThe Phileo PodcastBrad Pitt Roles DraftDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
Drafting Brad Pitt Roles
On the heels of last week's show we talk through the highs, a few of the lows, and even some of the weird that has been the career of Brad Pitt. And just like most of the fantasy sports drafts that we do, there were some reaches, at least one fall, and some instant buyer's remorse (at least for Byers) at how high a role was taken. So we hope you enjoy hearing about all the cast of characters that Brad Pitt has played as much...
2024-06-0747 minThe Phileo PodcastTroyLate Nights at Blockbuster
Our latest Late Nights at Blockbuster is on the 20th anniversary of Troy. Brad Pitt doesn't say great things about this movie and sometimes we don't either. We talk plenty about the nonsense that Priam participated in to further the plot of this movie. Sorry if you are an Eric Bana apologist, we don't go in on him but we gift him one of our awards that you don't want. We have the same Orlando Bloom conversation that we have every time he shows up in a movie. We're sorry, we realized it...
2024-05-311h 24The Phileo PodcastThe Fall GuyCorner Booth at Rex’s
The Fall Guy
Well Troy has finally done it….he got Byers to watch a Ryan Gosling movie, as this week we are discussing The
Fall Guy, also starring Emily Blunt. So engage your core, buckle your seat belt and hold on tight as we jump into the
new movie from director David Leitch.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)
and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)
2024-05-2454 minThe Phileo PodcastKingdom of the Planet of the ApesCorner Booth at Rex's
Byers and Troy together strong. Come join us as we climb to the high nest and get our eagle egg. We were both positive on the movie by Troy more than Byers. Spoiler warning, we talk a lot about the Caesar Planet of the Apes trilogy in both our non-spoiler and spoiler filled thoughts.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)
and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)
2024-05-171h 01The Phileo PodcastCivil WarOur newest Corner Booth at Rex’s is on Civil War. Alex Garland’s movie about a dystopian America at war with itself is a very pretty movie but one that deals with very ugly realities. We talk a lot about the ambiguity of the film and Garland’s career while Byers convinces Troy to increase his score for once.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)
and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)
2024-05-1044 minThe Phileo PodcastMajor LeagueLate Nights at Blockbuster
Opening day for MLB was a few weeks ago, but that won’t stop us from celebrating the beginning of baseball season by discussing Major League. This was a cable classic for both of us growing up and we discuss how that impacts us especially forgetting how much language is in the version that wasn’t aired on cable. If you loved Bob Eucker in this movie, then you are not alone! Troy peer pressures Byers into doing his best Lou Brown. Troy completely whiffs on the easiest “Before They Were Stars” that we have...
2024-04-051h 19The Phileo PodcastMCU Villain DraftDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
Our newest episode is a Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects drafting our favorite MCU Villains. This was an easy transition after discussing Captain America: The Winter Soldier last week. In retrospect, we probably should have cut this at ten a piece but we can’t turn down an opportunity to add more people/movies to a draft. Byers pulls out his great Obadiah Stane impression and Troy tries to confuse the proceedings by explaining his picks out of order.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find mo...
2024-03-2941 minThe Phileo PodcastThe MatrixLate Nights at Blockbuster
The Matrix
Are you going to take the red pill or the blue pill?
Take the blue pill and you wake up none the wiser of all of our favorite scenes and quotes. Take the red pill and you go down
the rabbit hole with us as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of this iconic film. Byers shares one of his favorite spiritual metaphors ever in a movie and Troy reveals a very personal ick and we break all the boundaries of our acting categories.
So which...
2024-03-011h 20The Phileo PodcastShe's All ThatLate Nights At Blockbuster
This week’s episode is a Late Nights at Blockbuster celebrating the 25th anniversary of She’s All That. Every random HS movie from the 90s needs a pop star in their first acting role (Usher and Lil Kim!), an oddly jammed in song to sell the soundtrack (Rockafeller Skank by Fatboy Slim), and slang that no one actually used at the time (major wiggage). We also fawn over another random actor from the 90s that didn’t make it in this one. Our actual favorite line from this movie was a little too ri...
2024-02-231h 27The Phileo PodcastFranchise QuarterbacksIf I gave you a dollar you could keep most of the change because all I really want is a…Quarterback. We are celebrating the Super Bowl with a deep dive on the best QB for all 32 NFL teams. We set up some specific ground rules for our exercise so it’s important to keep that in context. We had a lot of discussion regarding where to put the current generation of QBs whose careers are either just starting or have several years of quality play left. We apologize in advance to fans of the Bears, Browns, Buccaneers, and Jets...
2024-02-091h 14The Phileo PodcastHunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & SnakesCorner Booth at Rex’s
Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
We’re headed back to Panem and back in time for this prequel to the Hunger Games series. We talk about the ceiling for this
movie, the blend of old and new in the cast and how much Byers is terrified by snakes.
As always the first part of the episode is spoiler free.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the
podcast Seth Gilbertson.
Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)
and Yo...
2024-01-1950 minThe Phileo PodcastNFL Season RecapNFL Tiers – Season Recap
The regular season has come to an end so we recap how it all played out – how right we were about some teams, how very wrong we were about some teams. We give our playoff redictions and Byers takes every possible opportunity to dump on the Jets.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes
(https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)
and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)
2024-01-1254 minThe Phileo Podcast1999 Movie DraftDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
We kick off 2024 with a movie draft and it felt too easy to go with the 25th Anniversary celebration of movies that came out in 1999. We were originally going to draft 10 movies each but we decided to embrace the weird movies that we wanted to talk about and went to 15. We got derailed several times, especially Troy when he decided to hang around too long on Blast From the Past. Troy immediately regrets picking Entrapment later in the draft and we spend too much time researching the age gap between Sean Connery...
2024-01-051h 14The Phileo PodcastTop 5 of 2023Our Top 5 lists of 2023 are here! We discuss our favorite sports moments, movies, and TV shows that came out this year. The audio is different than normal as Byers and I got to record together in person and forgot to mention that at the top. There is plenty of NFL, Star Wars, and MCU discussion especially in light of the likely reset with Jonathan Majors conviction news. We end with the movies and TV that we are looking forward to in 2024.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music...
2023-12-291h 32The Phileo PodcastThe MarvelsCorner Booth at Rex's
This week’s Corner Booth at Rex’s episode is on The Marvels. While we were both positive about the movie, Byers was more positive than Troy. We had plenty to quibble about once we got into spoiler territory as a lot of the mechanics of the story didn’t make sense. We also discussed how this movie had the most crossovers of the Marvel TV shows than any other movie that’s been released to date. Troy takes an opportunity to throw cats completely under the bus and Byers never wastes an opportun...
2023-12-1552 minThe Phileo PodcastAbout TimeLate Nights at Blockbuster
About Time
In case you’re like Byers and have never seen this movie before, we’re not telling you much about this week’s episode. It’s called About Time – it’s a romantic comedy starring Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson, and if you haven’t seen it – check it out, then come join us as we go through all of our normal laughs, tears and quibbles.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson...
2023-11-241h 22The Phileo PodcastWesterns DraftDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
This week’s episode is a Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects where we draft our top 10 Western movies. This comes on the heels (spurs?) of our Late Nights at Blockbuster treatment for Tombstone. Our introduction gives away that we are more new school vs. old school when it comes to Westerns. In the immortal words of Rick Pitino, “John Wayne isn’t walking through that door.” Hopefully you’ll stick around even after seeing our lists to make it easier to follow along with the episode.
Troy
1. F...
2023-11-1036 minThe Phileo PodcastNFL Week 9 Tiers UpdateWe're back with a roughly midseason update to our tier rankings. Byers is here to hate on the Chiefs and has the audacity to move them all the way down to contenders instead of elite. We also throw in some brief World Series talk and somehow finish up with international travel tips.
2023-11-061h 05The Phileo PodcastEnemy of the StateOur newest episode is a Late Nights at Blockbuster on Enemy of the State. While this was a very successful movie as far as box office, it didn’t really stay in the public conscious. TMNT III and 2001: A Space Odyssey catch some strays in the middle of this pod. As he always does, Byers brings a Friends guest star into Recognize My Face. We also discuss how Anna Gunn can’t escape being cast in unlikeable roles.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://musi...
2023-10-061h 13The Phileo PodcastScrubsOur newest episode is another entry into our series called Better than Perfect on the TV sitcom Scrubs. Byers and Troy have their first ever duet on a classic early 2000s radio staple. We have plenty of Rowdy the stuffed dog, Troy gets to mention the show Love Monkey again, and Byers leads off a quote with “I don’t even know what this is in reference to” and that is the theme for all great Scrubs quotes. We were trying to balance out our dive into this show so we started going a little lightning round and didn’t set up...
2023-09-221h 52The Phileo Podcast2023 NFL Season PreviewIt’s time for our annual NFL preview. We provide our records for each team, place them in our tiers that we’ll be using for the rest of the year, and predict award and Super Bowl winners. We agreed on a lot of teams and their records but disagreed the most on the Rams. Troy promised that he wouldn’t go in depth on the Texans and then couldn’t help himself and did it anyway. We end with some Jonathan Taylor trade talk as that was the biggest story at the time of recording. Byers says, “Some day the Ke...
2023-09-081h 24The Phileo PodcastOppenheimer
Corner Booth at Rex’s
Oppenheimer
Is there really any surprise that
we’re doing the newest Christopher Nolan movie?
Not to mention it has some of our
favorites – Murphy, Downey, Damon.
Add in some great New Mexico
scenery and the fact that Byers is a history dork, and we’re all in for this
one.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the
podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)
and YouTube (https://www.youtube...
2023-08-251h 03The Phileo PodcastDazed and ConfusedLate Nights at Blockbuster
This week’s episode is a Late Nights at Blockbuster celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Dazed and Confused. This movie was the springboard for a few mega stars of the 90s and early 2000s. We have some disclaimers about the movie before we go on to talk about it for more than 90 minutes. Byers does actual research on the drinking age in Texas during this time and we dive into how our generation was the last to feel like this movie still feels like a high school movie that takes place during their ti...
2023-08-181h 39The Phileo PodcastThe Truman ShowLate Nights at Blockbuster
Join us as we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of The Truman Show on our most recent Late Nights at Blockbuster. The discussion ventures off into reality TV, social media, free will, and as Byers is wont to do Chozen from The Karate Kid 2. Meryl is already a bummer in this movie but Byers takes issue with one of her annoying habits. We also dive into a Jim Carrey career trope before we wrap up.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find...
2023-08-041h 05The Phileo PodcastHeist Movie DraftOur latest Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects borrows a theme from our most recent The Italian Job podcast as we are drafting our favorite heist movies. We figured our lists would probably be too similar for a Top 5 so we needed to go the draft route. We spend a little more time on our respective movies than we did in the villain draft and Troy chases plenty of squirrels, as usual.
Goofs: The name of the book that Troy references is The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan by Tom Shone. Troy also...
2023-07-2837 minThe Phileo PodcastPirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Late Nights at Blockbuster
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of
the Black Pearl
Make sure you notice that colon and enjoy our one and only installment
from the Pirates franchise, because as we talk about several times, it will be
the only one. As always, Byers is a sucker for a good sword fight, so you can
tell which one of us likes this movie more than the other.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the
podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://mus...
2023-07-071h 07
The Phileo PodcastTop 5 Non-MCU Marvel MoviesDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
Our newest Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects is on our Top 5 Non-MCU movies. In addition to our Top 5 we wanted to do a bottom 5 since there are some big stinkers in this category. We end the conversation by talking about our biggest disappointments. We keep the Spider-Man 3 bashing to a minimum, and yes we were very pleased with ourselves for doing so.
Goofs: Troy couldn’t remember the names Darwin and Tempest from X-Men: First Class. Troy confused Blade 2 and Blade 3. Blade 3 is the one with Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Bie...
2023-06-0939 minThe Phileo PodcastThe Mandalorian Season 3Corner Booth at Rex's
Our newest Corner Booth at Rex’s is on The Mandalorian Season 3. We go through our normal categories and stay spoiler free for the first 15 minutes. After that we discuss some of our likes and dislikes of the season as this was one that many people were down on. Byers never tells Troy that he ran out of negative things to stay and just starts talking about the positives making Troy look like he was more down on the season than he really was.
Goofs: When we talk about Rise of th...
2023-06-0252 minThe Phileo PodcastStar Wars Episode VI - Return of the JediLate Nights at Blockbuster
Our latest Late Nights at Blockbuster celebrates 40 years of Return of the Jedi. We get into George Lucas’ union busting ways, lots of toy and lego talk, and we’re pretty sure that this is the most you’ll ever hear someone talk about Moff Jerjerrod. Calvin accurately describes this as a feel-good movie as it is the most positive of any of the Star Wars movies. Troy also decided to give a pop quiz to Byers and Calvin on their knowledge of Star Wars names.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the...
2023-05-192h 12The Phileo PodcastX2: X-Men UnitedLate Nights at Blockbuster
Our newest Late Nights at Blockbuster celebrates the 20th anniversary of X2: X-men United. This will be our easiest favorite scene ever, but we needed to go through those that were going to be relegated to second place. We were pretty chalk on most of the categories but still had some differences in the things that bug us about this movie. Byers dives into his bag of tricks to extract a Star Trek reference that isn’t the very obvious one you are thinking of.
Go...
2023-04-2859 minThe Phileo PodcastThe SandlotLate Nights at Blockbuster
In honor of the baseball season starting, we are giving the Late Nights at Blockbuster treatment for the 30th Anniversary of The Sandlot. Byers doesn’t like Smalls’ Mom nerd shaming him. We spend more time examining Marley Shelton’s career than we intended. Byers snuck in a quick discussion of who has the better baseball movie resume, James Earl Jones or Kevin Costner.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https...
2023-04-0759 minThe Phileo PodcastCan't Hardly WaitLate Nights at Blockbuster
Our newest Late Nights at Blockbuster is a time capsule of our high school days. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Can’t Hardly Wait. We tried our best to not recite the whole movie for our Drax award and Troy can’t stop saying people’s names like they do in the movie. Byers continues his assault on things that Troy likes, but once again he has very reasoned arguments. After we recorded this we saw that Charlie Korsmo graduated from MIT and went to Yale for law school and is now an...
2023-03-311h 06The Phileo PodcastBloodsportLate Nights at Blockbuster
Do you like montages? Then do we have a movie for you! Our newest Late Nights at Blockbuster is focused on the 35th anniversary of Bloodsport. The JCVD vehicle that started a string of movies that have essentially the same plot. Troy really stretches the phrase, “It’s like a Nolan movie.” For those of you that do not like our Drax award, you are rewarded with our quickest round ever in that category.
Goofs: Troy continuously refers to Frank as Jean Claude Van Damme throughout. Kowloon Walled City had a popula...
2023-03-1056 minThe Phileo PodcastWall∙EOur latest Late Nights at Blockbuster celebrates the 15th anniversary of Wall∙E. This is our first in-depth discussion of animated movie so we take a few detours on animated movies, especially Pixar, as a whole. Byers lays out an incredible case as to why he had this on his overrated list in our recent pod and why it might actually be the worst Pixar movie of the decade.
The new intro song is "Movie" by Seth Gilbertson. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UxZa_lJJqM)
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gil...
2023-02-2457 minThe Phileo PodcastTop 5 Overrated MoviesDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
Our newest episode is on our Top 5 overrated movies. Byers' picks eventually start to feel like a personal attack on Troy until he gets to his number 1 slot. Troy took aim at Oscar winners and film nerds as a whole. We close out with our honorable mentions and hope that Byers hasn't set off a firestorm from which he can never recover.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/u...
2023-02-1734 minThe Phileo PodcastInterstellarLate Nights at Blockbuster
“Once you are a parent, you are a ghost of your children’s future.” Our newest Late Nights at Blockbuster is the 2014 Christopher Nolan movie, Interstellar. This was high on both of our Christopher Nolan movie rankings that we did last summer. The movie is described by Byers as, “The first time watching it is 98% emotional gut punch while the other 2% is trying to figure out what is going on.” We discuss the Nolan effect and our experiences watching it for the first time. Our discourse always wound up returning to Coop watching the messag...
2023-01-271h 18The Phileo PodcastTop 5 of 2022Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
The last podcast of the year is dedicated to our Top 5 lists of 2022. We discuss our favorite movies, TV, and sports moments that happened this year and mention those that we are looking forward to next year. Byers loses his faith in humanity as we discuss Banshees of Inisherin (spoilers abound).
Goofs: After further review, Troy cheated and his number 1 pick for TV did not debut in 2022. Troy was also wrong, despite his “seemingly” clarifier, on the Warriors barely getting into the playoffs. They were a 3 seed and went 53-29.
2022-12-301h 22The Phileo PodcastThe Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyLate Nights at Blockbuster
We are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Hoot twice like a barn owl if you get into trouble! We discuss the extended edition of the movie similar to our Lord of the Rings discussion. However, Byers asks if we can get a better edit of the movie rather than extended editions. We might be the only podcast to compare this movie to the Fast and the Furious franchise.
Goofs: Leonard Nimoy sang the song titled “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins” but he wasn’t involved in the ani...
2022-12-091h 14The Phileo PodcastFriday Night LightsBetter Than Perfect – Friday Night Lights
We go long – like really long – like Santiago going deep – as we talk about the TV series “Friday Night Lights”
So make sure your eyes are clear, your hearts are full, and then you can’t lose as you join us for an in-depth discussion of all the twists, turns, bad decisions, and overblown drama that is one of Byers favorite shows.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/us...
2022-12-022h 22The Phileo PodcastBlack Panther 2: Wakanda ForeverCorner Booth at Rex's
Our newest Corner Booth at Rex’s is on Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever. We keep it spoiler-free up until the 21 minute mark. We run through our likes and dislikes along with the state of MCU phase 4.
Goofs: It had been so long that we had a 8.5 that we forgot that 8.5 is Byers goes to Tucanos not 8 for the score. Byers is correct that we gave Spider-Man: No Way Home a 9.5 so nothing has been a 10 so far. We forgot to mention that this was the last movie of phase 4.
Int...
2022-11-2552 minThe Phileo PodcastBen Affleck Top 5 RolesDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
Our newest Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects is a Top 5 Ben Affleck roles. We also decided to throw in some discussion of Damon and Affleck’s career arcs and did a quick draft of their movies to determine who really has the deepest filmography. Be prepared to realize that The Phileo Podcast is the leading Daredevil apologist podcast.
Goofs: The Jars of Clay album that Troy was thinking of was I Left the Zoo. Troy also doesn’t seem to know what Stockholm Syndrome means. A total of nine actors have p...
2022-11-1839 minThe Phileo PodcastGood Will HuntingLate Nights at Blockbuster
We celebrate the 25th anniversary of Good Will Hunting, a movie that is on both of our Top 5 all-time movies. Naturally, we started quoting the movie to each other too early in favorite scenes instead of waiting for the Drax award. We go Kevin Costner in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves where the Boston accent goes in and out. Troy tries to hang on a little longer than Byers. We also discuss if this is Robin Williams best performance.
Goofs: Byers makes us even older than we are by saying we we...
2022-11-041h 28The Phileo PodcastThe Mighty DucksLate Nights at Blockbuster
Join us as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Mighty Ducks. We talk briefly about our roller hockey days and Troy tells a story in honor of the purse scene. Byers did the hypothetical math that you all wondered about regarding Gordon’s 198 goal season. We almost devolved into an impromptu D2 podcast but recognized what was happening and stopped before we got too far.
Goofs: Troy was a little hyped up during recognize my face and didn’t hear Byers say avox 30 seconds before he asked to be reminded of t...
2022-10-211h 05The Phileo PodcastThe Shawshank RedemptionLate Nights at Blockbuster
Our newest Late Nights at Blockbuster is a favorite of Troy’s and a first time watch for Byers. We go through our regular awards and dive a little deeper into Frank Darabont, Roger Deakins, and Stephen King. Spiritual metaphors/illustrations is mined pretty well but we could have gone a little while longer.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)
2022-10-071h 47The Phileo PodcastTop 5 Alien MoviesDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
In honor of last week's episode featuring E.T., we dive into our favorite alien movies. Byers gives us an introduction to “Voss Vibes” with one of his Top 5 movies. We do a mini-dive on M. Night Shyamalan (again?). Byers changed the rules, again, to make a longer honorable mentions list and it leads us down a rabbit hole of basically sharing all of our favorite alien movies that we considered for the list. You could tell that there were a lot of considerations for this one and we really enjoyed doing the...
2022-09-2329 minThe Phileo PodcastE.T. the Extra-TerrestrialLate Nights at Blockbuster
Our newest Late Nights at Blockbuster sees us go into confession about how E.T. and other movies freaked us out as kids. Our attack on road blocks continues and we bring up the biggest plot hole that would make E.T. a 3-minute movie. Troy tries to make the case that this is a breakout performance from Drew Barrymore and then Byers talks some sense into him after combing through one of the strangest IMDBs for a movie star ever.
Goofs: Troy said that Spielberg dictated this to Mathison during Cl...
2022-09-161h 01The Phileo PodcastObi-Wan KenobiCorner Booth at Rex's
Calvin returns to the podcast to talk with Byers and Troy about the recent Disney + Star Wars series, Obi- Wan Kenobi. We get really deep into what we didn’t care for but still manage to talk about the many positives of the series.
Spoiler Free thoughts until the 34:34 mark. If you feel that we linger a little too long on the negative, we start discussing positives about the show at the 1:17:00 mark.
Goofs: Book of Boba Fett was seven episodes rather than the six that Troy thought. He als...
2022-09-021h 44
The Phileo PodcastChristopher Nolan MoviesDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
We thought about doing a Top 5 on Christopher Nolan movies, but seeing as how he has 10 major releases we figured it would be more worthwhile to rank them. It goes without saying that SPOILERS abound in this episode. If you haven’t watched all of these films, we would recommend you do so before listening. Except for Insomnia, we don’t spoil anything in that movie. Byers compares Interstellar to Up at one point.
Goofs: Troy incorrectly stated that Memento was the only R rated movie from Nolan because Insomnia was a...
2022-08-1235 minThe Phileo PodcastTop 5 Batman VillainsDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
We couldn't pass up the opportunity to discuss our favorite villains from Batman's rogues gallery. We opened up the choices to all their versions in movies, TV, comics, and video games. While most of these are characters from the movies, Troy leaned a little more towards video games and Batman: The Animated Series while Byers drew from the Gotham television series.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/se...
2022-07-2928 minThe Phileo PodcastThe Dark KnightLate Nights at Blockbuster
We continue our Late Nights at Blockbuster treatment of The Dark Knight Trilogy. This week focuses on the second movie, The Dark Knight, which is among our favorite movies. Because we love it so much, we went on a little too long with favorite scenes and favorite quotes. There is discussion about how Nolan approaches violence in this movie and seemingly all his movies thereafter. Recognize my face touches on an actor that has by far the most actor credits on IMDB, and it’s not who you would think. Troy does a te...
2022-07-151h 26The Phileo PodcastTop 5 Adam SandlerDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
Adam Sandler Top 5
Get your lunch packed up, get your boots tied tight, and hope that Troy and Byers don't get in a fight, because we are finally throwing down the top 5 list this podcast was made to do -Adam Sandler movies, and since he has so many movies, we’re also going to give you some of our least favorites just for fun.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.
Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)
an...
2022-07-0128 minThe Phileo PodcastStar Wars Episode II - Attack of the ClonesLate Nights at Blockbuster
Friend of the podcast Calvin Baird joins us to discuss the 20th Anniversary of Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones. Calvin is a big Star Wars fan and grew up in the prequel generation. Since Byers and Troy fall in between the two generations, they thought it would be a great perspective to have represented in the discussion. We briefly discuss the dating scene on Tatooine and Jedi Tae Kwon Do. Calvin brings up a great question, why doesn’t Natalie Portman share in some of the ire from the ha...
2022-06-101h 54The Phileo PodcastThe Bourne IdentityLate Nights at Blockbuster
It's the 20th anniversary of The Bourne Identity and we have determined that nothing good happens in Zurich! We chase our first squirrel in record speed in the middle of the intro. Byers also comes up with a new award in honor of Julia Stiles. We go off on a little Lost tangent for a second since we now know that we won’t ever do a Lost rewatch. Byers makes the case that this is Matt Damon’s breakout as an action star and really wants the trilogy titles to be swapped arou...
2022-05-131h 00
The Phileo PodcastSpider-Man Movie RankingsDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
If you aren't sick of us talking about Spider-Man this month, do we have a treat for you! If you are sick of us talking about Spider-Man, well this is the last episode that we'll be discussing it for a while. We discuss our rankings of all nine theatrical release Spider-Man movies.
Goofs: Troy refers to Dane DeHaan as Dane Dunning who, as he mentioned, is a pitcher for the Texas Rangers. He also refers to Tony Stark as Tony Parker which made him really sad as Byers got to br...
2022-04-2927 minThe Phileo PodcastThe Book of Boba FettCorner Booth at Rex's
We discuss the new Star Wars TV series The Book of Boba Fett on our newest Corner Booth at Rex's. We get into how this series impacts Star Wars past, present, and future along with what we enjoyed and what left us a little puzzled. At one point Byers compares Chuck Wendig's Star Wars: Aftermath to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.yo...
2022-04-0154 minThe Phileo PodcastLiar LiarLate Nights at Blockbuster
Join us as we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Liar Liar. We discuss whether we need to rename our overacting award and Byers even sings a few bars of Jars of Clay.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)
2022-02-2551 minThe Phileo PodcastEternalsCorner Booth at Rex's
We watched the Eternals and we have one word for you…Gnosticism! It’s morphin’ time! Need sleep? COVID insomnia? Watch Eternals! We go through some of the worst movies that we’ve ever seen for a little too long. Sorry for the rambling and sometimes incoherent thoughts, it was because of the movie being the same. We promise. You can almost pinpoint the spot where Byers has lost unwavering faith in the MCU.
0:55 – Spoiler free until the 37:00 mark.
Goofs: Breckin Meyer is the actor from Franklin and Bash that he co...
2022-02-181h 11The Phileo PodcastTop 10 Athletes Without a ChampionshipDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
Top 10 Athletes Without a Championship
With the Super Bowl this weekend we wanted to spend a little time with those who never one the big game, so we are counting down the top 10 athletes who never won a title.
Goofs: We ended up using some different methodology to compile our lists, but it makes for some very different lists, especially for us, so it turned out great in the end, and gave Troy an opportunity to make fun of Byers being a history nerd.
Intro/Outro...
2022-02-1156 minThe Phileo PodcastTop 5 Jeremy RennerDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
Top 5 Jeremy Renner
After last week’s discussion of Hawkeye, it seemed only fitting to dig into the top roles of Jeremy Renner’s career thus far.
Goofs: We have already been corrected on the difference between burning a CD and ripping a CD, but honestly – it’s 2022 who does that anyway…I mean besides Troy apparently.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilber...
2022-02-0437 minThe Phileo PodcastSpider-Man: No Way HomeWe had an impromptu Corner Booth at Rex's immediately after watching Spider-Man: No Way Home. Byers watched the movie opening day early afternoon and Troy watched that night and decided to record right away without any notes. Forgive some of the meandering thoughts that went out of order.
Spoiler free thoughts until minute 24.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.
Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)
2022-01-2151 minThe Phileo PodcastNFL 2021 Regular Season Recap and Playoff PredictionsWe went through our pre-season predictions to see how we fared against the final standings. We talk about our biggest hits and biggest misses. We then run through our predictions for the playoffs. Hopefully it goes a little better than our MLB predictions. Note: Joe Judge was fired the day after we recorded.
Pre-season Predictions (0:00-33:25)
Awards Predictions (33:26-40:34)
Playoff Predictions (40:35-71:31)
Goofs: Micah Parsons lined up 50/50 Defensive End/Linebacker but Troy's point still stands.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.
Find more mu...
2022-01-141h 11The Phileo PodcastDuneOur newest Corner Booth at Rex's to start the year is the sci-fi epic Dune. Because Byers didn't refer to anyone by the character name, Troy decided that they should quiz each other about the names on the spot.
Spoiler free talk until the 41 minute mark.
Goofs: Troy forgot that in the Shang-Chi podcast that the score of 8.5 is "Byers goes to Tucanos" because of the story that Byers re-told here.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.
Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/ar...
2022-01-071h 13The Phileo PodcastTop 5 of 2021Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
We end the year with several top 5 lists (sports moments, movies, and TV shows) for what happened or came out in 2021 and what we are looking forward to in the coming year. Byers teases Troy about his love for soccer, we disagree about where Marvel TV shows belong in the rankings, and talk about the movies and tv shows that we enjoyed but didn't quite make the cut. We also have a preview of the movies and tv shows that we'll be working on for next year.
Goofs: Jorge Soler had his career year in 2019 w...
2021-12-311h 29The Phileo PodcastTop 5 Christmas MoviesDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
In order to get you in the holiday spirit, we decided to run down our list of Top 5 Christmas Movies. In order to be a Grinch, we decided to do a Top 5 overrated Christmas movies list as well. There were some heads being shaken and incredulous looks being cast, but we made it out with our friendship still intact. We hope you enjoy as you set out on your Christmas movie season.
Goofs: The Movies That Made Us is the Netflix documentary series that Troy was struggling to recall when ta...
2021-12-0347 minThe Phileo PodcastHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneLate Nights at Blockbuster
Our newest Late Nights at Blockbuster is a celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. We talk at length about Dumbledore, McGonagall, the rules of Quidditch, and…Thunderpants.
Goofs: Troy couldn’t remember Delores Umbridge’s name for some reason and called her pink cat lady. Rik Mayall is the actor that was cast as Peeves.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.
Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)
and YouTube (https://www.yout...
2021-11-261h 39
The Phileo PodcastTop 10 Movie ScoresDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
We were so inspired by our Lord of the Rings score talk that we decided it would be fun to discuss our Top 10 movie scores.
Goofs: When discussing The Mission, it's Gabriel's Oboe not Daniel's Oboe. Lisa Gerrard is the female voice on the Gladiator score not Enya.
Troy - Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Godfather, Indiana Jones, The Man with No Name Trilogy, Jurassic Park, Gladiator, The Mission, and Batman (1989)
Honorable Mentions - Black Panther, Interstellar, Up, Sicario, and Meet Joe Black
2021-11-1944 minThe Phileo PodcastThe Lord of the Rings - The Two TowersLate Nights at Blockbuster
We’re back for round two in Middle Earth as we move on to the second installment in the trilogy. We’re still arguing over Orlando vs Vigo, and we find plenty more to disagree about, but also lots of things we love, and more quotes than you could ever imagine. So get some taters and boil them, mash them, stick them in a stew and join us as we breakdown The Two Towers.
Goofs: Troy forgets that the drinking game scene is in The Return of the King instead of The...
2021-11-051h 57The Phileo PodcastThe Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the RingLate Nights at Blockbuster
"It's dangerous thing, going out your door." We celebrate 20 years of The Lord of the Rings with a trilogy breakdown for the next three weeks. Forgive us for going long on this one, but it's The Lord of the Rings! We tidy it up in the next one and the one after that, we promise. Laurie and I really enjoyed Byers consistently quoting or making reference to the extended editions as this was the first time he had watched them.
The Drax Award (Quotes) is admittedly lengthy so if you want t...
2021-10-292h 06The Phileo PodcastHappy GilmoreLate Nights at Blockbuster
Happy Gilmore
We discuss the 90's classic Happy Gilmore as it celebrates it's 25 year anniversary. We pay our quarter, get on the horse, and go up and down and around.
Goofs: Byers was trying to come up with Vince Papale when discussing the movie Invincible with Marky Mark.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.
Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)
and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)
2021-10-221h 06The Phileo Podcast2021 MLB Playoff Preview2021 MLB Playoff Preview
Corner Booth at Rex's
We hand out some awards for the season from 1:50-22:30 (Don't pay attention to the fact that we said that we wouldn't talk about these much.) We get into the playoff talk after that minute mark.
Goofs: Troy definitely overlooked Walker Buehler in the Cy Young race. Zack Greinke didn't have a losing record in 2009 when he won the Cy, but the team went 65-97. We can't pronounce Arozerana. Troy was a little too nice to the Marlins as they were just as bad as the R...
2021-10-051h 08The Phileo PodcastTop 5 Childhood Adventure MoviesDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
Top 5 Childhood Adventure Movies
Since we went through Goonies last week, we decided to list our Top 5 Childhood Adventure Movies. The ground rules were pretty loose as to what constituted an adventure movie but we held the childhood qualifier to about middle school age.
Goofs: Troy butchered the first name of the writer-director for My Neighbor Totoro. It is Hayao Miyazaki and not whatever it was he tried to say.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.
Find more music at iTunes (ht...
2021-09-2429 minThe Phileo PodcastThe GooniesThe Goonies
Late Nights at Blockbuster
We discuss the 80's classic The Goonies as it celebrates it's 35 year anniversary. We spend a lot of time on whether Sean Astin has a breakout performance or not and Troy brings up Memphis Belle yet again.
You can find the referenced deleted scene with the octopus and the music video on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/The-Phileo-Podcast-104548158389703).
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.
Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)
and...
2021-09-171h 15The Phileo PodcastTop 5 High School ShowsDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
Top 5 High School Shows
We're going to back to homeroom, detention and Friday night football games, and talking about our Top 5 High School TV shows.
Goofs: The official count of same rankings to start the MCU was only 4 – we were not the same on the first Captain America, but we were the same on 12 out of the 23.
Byers says “captain of the football team” on One Tree Hill – it’s basketball, it’s always basketball on that show – there are no other sports at this school apparently.
2021-08-2743 minThe Phileo PodcastTop 5 "Big 3"Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
Top 5 "Big 3" of sports. A little football, we dabble in baseball, and we talk a whole lot of basketball as we discuss the best trios in sports.
Apologies in advance to all the Lebron fans out there - #sorrynotsorry
Goofs: Troy flipped the Larry Bird and James Worthy situations. The Lakers benefited from Cleveland trading way all of their picks. The Celtics selected Bird a year before he declared for the draft and they created the Bird collegiate rule afterwards to prevent teams from doing that in the future...
2021-08-1357 minThe Phileo Podcast2021 NBA Playoffs RecapSpecial Edition of The Phileo Podcast
We are sharing some thoughts on the NBA Playoffs. Talking about surprises, the state of the game, what we think the future may hold, and plenty of Byers talking about how he doesn't like Lebron.
Goofs: Troy forgot that Kurt Warner and the Rams won the Super Bowl in the 1999 season but he will maintain that they had not become a full on villain yet since they lost in the Wild Card round in 2000 before making it back to the Super Bowl in 2001. The Spurs playoff streak was 22 years, 3...
2021-07-291h 22The Phileo PodcastTop 5 High School MoviesDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
Top 5 High School Movies
Goofs: Troy says the dollar theater on San Mateo and Osuna and it should be San Mateo near McLeod.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.
Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)
and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)
2021-07-0235 minThe Phileo PodcastTop 5 Heath Ledger Roles and Sports NicknamesDeep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
Top 5 Heath Ledger Roles
Maybe we should have watched more Heath Ledger movies? We decided to do this anyway since we love the top 3 so much.
These were a little shorter so we combined them into the same episode.
Top 5 Sports Nicknames
Byers tried to make up arbitrary rules about whether someone’s nickname becoming their actual name counts as a nickname. Troy wasn’t having any of it.
Goofs: We both thought Deion was out of football several years earlier than he w...
2021-06-1849 minThe Phileo PodcastA Knight's TaleLate Nights at Blockbuster
A Knight’s Tale (2001)
For Food and Glory! Come for the movie quotes and you get a tangent on the Avignon Papacy.
Goofs: Troy didn’t realize that Czechoslovakia dissolved in 1993 because he is terrible at history and geography. We pronounce Paul Bettany’s last name incorrectly many times.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.
Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950)
and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)
2021-06-111h 17The Phileo PodcastStar Wars Tiers DiscussionSpecial One Offs
Star Wars Tiers Discussion
Troy and Byers rank Star Wars movies by tiers rather than a numerical ranking system.
Both of us came up with our own tier names to add to the fun of where we would rank some of our favorite movies.
Goofs: Troy forgot that Lucas didn’t direct Return of the Jedi. That would be Richard Marquand. Troy also called Saw Gerrera by the wrong name, saying Saw Guevara.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the podcast Seth Gilbertson.
Find more music at...
2021-05-0447 min