2002: A Film Odyssey

Dan and Andrew explore the halcyon days of cinema that was 2002. We‘re watching every major theatrical release in their original order.

Episode 39: CHANGING LANES

Our buddy Will returns as we discuss the traffic thriller slash message movie, CHANGING LANES. We talk about our favorite Ben Affleck movies and our favorite traffic infractions.

08-06
01:40:24

Episode 38: THE CAT’S MEOW

It’s time to dance the Charleston as our odyssey takes us to Peter Bogdanovich’s THE CAT’S MEOW. Our pal German joins and we chat Paper Moon, What’s Up Doc, The Last Picture Show and more!

07-11
01:44:23

Episode 37: VAN WILDER

Our buddy Travis Ledbetter returns to discuss the college comedy VAN WILDER, a movie that could end up on our “worst of 2002” list at the end of the odyssey. Will it? Listen and find out!

06-11
01:17:55

Episode 37: MAELSTROM / DENIS VILLENEUVE

Our pal Brad and creator of our theme song joins us to discuss MAELSTROM and the rest of Denis Villeneuve's filmography!

05-07
02:05:44

Home Video Edition Double Feature: DONNIE DARKO / LIFE AS A HOUSE

Our pal Micah comes back to discuss two 2001 films released for the first time on DVD in 2002: Donnie Darko and Life as a House!

03-31
02:25:49

The 2002ies: 2024 In Review

All the stars are out in Tinsel Town, it's Hollywood's biggest night! Who will take home the coveted Palme D'eux? Find out on our on annual awards show!

02-19
02:58:39

Episode 36: HIGH CRIMES

As far as Ashley Judd race against time thrillers go, HIGH CRIMES probably isn't the one you remember. But it's the one we get to cover, so have at it! Featuring Morgan Freeman as an alcoholic military law expert!

01-06
01:28:33

Home Video Edition: ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS

Our second straight home video foray into the Worrell-verse. Merry Christmas and regular episodes resume next week!

12-25
56:02

Home Video Edition: ERNEST SCARED STUPID

It's a special Halloween Home Video episode as dive into the 1991 classic ERNEST SCARED STUPID! Knowhutimean, Vern?

10-31
44:12

Episode 35: BIG TROUBLE

Perhaps no movie embodies "delayed by September 11th" better than Barry Sonnenfeld's BIG TROUBLE, the first of two Sonnenfeld joints we'll talk about on this odyssey. The cast is nuts, but is the movie any good? Tune in and find out!

10-18
01:47:03

Bonus Episode: Reacting to THE BIG PICTURE'S 2002 Movie Draft

We're the self-proclaimed 2002 Film Historians, so when another (much more successful and popular) movie podcast does an episode about the films of 2002, we gotta reclaim a small amount of turf. On this episode, we discuss a recent episode of The Ringer's movie podcast, THE BIG PICTURE, where they 'draft' their favorite 2002 films. We talk about their choices and offer up our own in what's gotta be our shortest episode ever.

08-10
01:07:51

Episode 34: THE ROOKIE

We finally tackle the film that dares to ask: CAN a 50 year old guy be a 35 year old major league baseball rookie?

07-16
02:26:11

Episode 33: THE PIANO TEACHER

Our good friend Will joins the show to discuss Michael Haneke's THE PIANO TEACHER. CW: this episode contains some discussion about graphic content.

05-20
02:34:18

The 2002ies: 2023 in Review

What a year it was! Travis is back to hand out awards for 2023, including the prestigious Palme d'Eux, the award for the most "2002 film" of the year.

04-19
03:45:49

Episode 32: PANIC ROOM (The David Fincher Mega-sode)

Our pal Travis returns to discuss the complete filmography of David Fincher, with 2002's PANIC ROOM being the center of attention. It's a long one!

03-11
03:10:30

Episode 31: DEATH TO SMOOCHY

Our pal Harry comes back to discuss the Danny DeVito helmed dark comedy, DEATH TO SMOOCHY.

01-24
02:01:21

Episode 30: CLOCKSTOPPERS

Our journey through 2002 cinema continues with CLOCKSTOPPERS!

01-03
01:54:27

Episode 29: SORORITY BOYS

That's right, we watched Sorority Boys so you don't have to.

11-27
01:56:02

Bonus Episode: HOME VIDEO EXTRAVAGANZA

Our bud Travis joins us to talk FIVE movies that hit DVD in March 2002! We chat Jet Li's THE ONE, Oliver Stone's NIXON, David Mamet's HEIST, Chow Yun-Fat and Mira Sorvino in THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, and the Paul Walker trucker movie JOY RIDE.

10-11
02:21:13

Episode 28: BLADE II

Our pal Nick Cowan (SURF NINJAS) joins us to talk about Guillermo Del Toro's Blade sequel, Blade 2!

09-12
02:11:26

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