Movies with my Best Friend, Phil

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By: Phil Kessel, Craig Norlin, and Will Chodos

Two movie buffs, and their mutual best-friend Phil watch and discuss a movie in the only way three white dudes with glasses can - with unearned confidence and no authority.

167. Dark City
Yesterday at 7:38 PM

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the noir sci-fi thriller Dark City! Also on the pod, the guys live laugh and love!

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166. Darkman
08/18/2025

This week, Craig, Will, and Phil watch the horror comedy superhero flick Darkman! Also on the pod, Phil tries out some superhero identities for Craig and Will… It goes as expected.

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165. Drag Me To Hell
08/02/2025

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the 2008 over-the-top horror film Drag Me To Hell! Also on the pod, it’s shark week! Well, actually it’s the week after shark week, but Phil doesn’t understand our release schedule!

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164. My Cousin Vinny
07/22/2025

Skip to 00:47:00 if you want to avoid Superman spoilers

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the 1992 comedy law drama My Cousin Vinny! Also on the pod, the guys saw Superman and it is all they can think about!

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163. Clue
07/06/2025

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the 1985 comedy who-dunnit film Clue! Also on the pod, Will’s traveling the corridors of darkness again!

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162. Monstrous
06/21/2025


This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the 2022 relatively mid horror film Monstrous! Also on the pod, look we all love Christina Ricci.

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161. Speed Racer
06/10/2025

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the 2008 CGI soup of an action movie Speed Racer! Also on the pod, the boys finally get their hands on that pesky wallet!

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160. The Flintstones
05/25/2025

This on the pod Craig, Phil, and Will watch live action remake of yet another childhood cartoon, The Flintstones! Also on the pod, Craig and Will have some new nicknames!

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159. Scooby Doo
05/12/2025

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the 2002 live action adaptation of a beloved cartoon Scooby Doo! Also on the pod, Will’s got friends and he lets everyone know!

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158. SLC Punk
04/26/2025

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the GenX coming of age film SLC Punk! Also on the pod, Phil tries out nicknames or something.

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157. Uncle Buck
04/12/2025

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the delightfully nostalgic comfort film Uncle Buck! Also on the pod, Will’s talking Pokemon, so that’s fun.

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156. Andromeda Strain
03/29/2025

This week, Craig, Phil, and Will watch the 1970’s slow burn science fiction presentation Andromeda Strain! Also on the pod, Will made good on his Christmas gift!

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155. Popeye
03/17/2025

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the frankly terrible and not good at all musical children’s movie Popeye! Also on the pod, Phil can’t do a Popeye voice.

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154. Toys
03/02/2025

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the strange and frankly not very good film Toys! Also on the pod, Phil’s talking surf music and it’s fine.

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153. Ghost
02/15/2025

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the romantic supernatural film Ghost! Also on the pod, should Will be the host?

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152. The Substance
02/03/2025

In this episode Craig, Phil, and Will watch the highly stylized over the top horror film The Substance! Also on the pod the guys are making a podcast and you’re listening to it!

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151. 2024 ReCap and Movie Draft
01/18/2025

This week Craig, Phil, and Will draft their favorite movies from 2024! Also on the pod, it’s a little late but the guy exchange gifts!

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150. Night of The Comet
12/19/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the action horror black comedy Christmas(?) cult classic Night of the Comet! Also on the pod, Santa stops by!

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149. American Psycho
12/03/2024

This week on the pod, Craig, Phil, and Will watch the black comedy horror film American Psycho! Also on the pod, is Phil taking his bits too far? The answer may surprise you. It’s “yes”.

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148. Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
11/18/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the incredibly dull Horror Western film Billy the Kid Versus Dracula! Also on the pod, Craig and Will watched The Blair Witch Project and were more interested in talking about that.

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147. The Fall
11/02/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the criminally under appreciated 2006 fantasy film The Fall! Also on the pod, Phil says “I love you” way too much!

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146. Big Trouble in Little China
10/19/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the endlessly entertaining 1986 action/fantasy comedy Big Trouble in Little China! Also on the pod, Will got a new car! So, that’s neat!

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145. Borderlands with Jac Kessel
10/07/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will are joined by friend of the pod Jac Kessel to talk about the least interesting movie of the past decade Borderlands!

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144. Suspiria
09/23/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the 1970’s Italian horror film Suspiria! Also on the pod, Phil and Will won’t shut up about Table Top RPGs!

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143. Planet of the Apes (1968)
09/08/2024

This week, Craig, Phil, and Will watch the classic 1968 science fiction film Planet of the Apes! Also on the pod, the guys chat about a lot of other stuff!

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142. High and Low
08/25/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the 1963 Japanese thriller/crime drama High and Low! Also on the pod, the guys chat kid’s shows and other things!

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141. Do The Right Thing with James Frazier
08/11/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the Spike Lee joint Do The Right Thing with special guest James Frazier. Also on the pod, Phil finally met a horse!

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140. FernGully: The Last Rainforest with Michael Chodos
07/27/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will are joined by special guest Michael Chodos to watch the beautifully animated 1992 family environmental fantasy film FernGully: The Last Rainforest! Also on the pod, the guys chat about trees, like way too much.

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139. The Fly (Reupload)
07/15/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the terribly gross and surprisingly excellent 1986 horror/sci-fi film The Fly! Also on the pod, Craig, and Phil talk about somethings that Will was definitely paying attention to and Will’s playing a JRPG again!

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138. The Host
06/29/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the 2016 Stephenie Meyer film The Host! Also on the pod the guys chat music, movies, and apparently I watched the wrong movie?

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137. Hundreds of Beavers
06/17/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the very cartoony nearly silent black and white 2022 film Hundreds of Beavers! Also on the pod, Phil went on vacation!

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136 Babe: Pig in the City
06/03/2024

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This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the strange and unexpect 1998 animal dystopian film Babe: Pig in the City. Also on the pod, Craig and Phil share a min and Will’s playing some unintelligible nonsense.


135. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar with Jo Kessel
05/18/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will are joined by special guest Jo Kessel to talk about the uplifting and very fun road comedy film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar! Also on the pod, Jo talks about other drag and LGBTQ media you should check out and Will, Craig, and Phil did not get the memo!

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134. Children of Men
05/06/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the brilliantly stressful 2006 sci-fi film Children of Men! Also on the pod the guys chat about music festivals and could not sound older!

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133. Road House Double Feature!
04/19/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will do something they’ve never done before, watch more than one movie – Road House (1989) and Road House (2024)! Also on the pod, the guys chat a lot of things – get off my back!

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132. The Machine That Kills Bad People
04/05/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the the 1952 Italian fantasy “comedy” film The Machine That Kills Bad People! Also on the pod, there’s so much in our wallets we can’t even!

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131. Waking Ned Devine
03/22/2024

It’s Saint Patrick’s Day (the day of recording) so Craig, Phil, and Will watched the 1998 delightful comedy film Waking Ned Devine! Also on the pod, what would you do if you won the lottery? Listen to more podcasts? Me too!

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130. Waterworld
03/07/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the 1995 dystopian action adventure film Waterworld! Also on the pod, Craig’s talking Oscars, Phil’s talking, and Will’s also there!

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129. Color Out of Space
02/22/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will watch the strange and mind bending 2020 film Color Out of Space! Also on the pod, Phil has met a horse!

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128. Blue Velvet with Zach Demers
02/08/2024

This week Craig, Phil, and Will are joined by special guest Zach Demers to talk about the very weird and sort of hard to look at 1986 neo-noir film Blue Velvet! Also on the pod the ask Zach a very important question, “Do you like movies?”

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