Trilogy in Theory

Mallrats (1995)

The Third Part in our Troubling Third Spaces Trilogy Finally. We see ourselves in a character onscreen and shockingly it's not the Ben Affleck character in MALLRATS (for

The Cell (2000)

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 Jennif

Backrooms (2026)

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

Patreon Preview of Disclosure Day (2026)

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 wea

The Hunger (1983)

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

(500) Days of Summer (2009)

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 a

Obsession (2026)

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 OBSESSIO

Patreon Preview of our Crossover Trilogy with Near Mint Condition

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

My Old Ass (2024)

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 Ke

Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)

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 a

Dial M for Murder (1954)

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

Patreon Preview of Over Your Dead Body (2026)

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 relea

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

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

Clerks (1994)

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

Project Hail Mary (2026)

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

Patreon Preview of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026)

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

Adventureland (2009)

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-lik

The Godfather (1972)

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

Scream 7 (2026)

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 TH

Patreon Preview of High and Low (1963)

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 p