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The Pestle: In-depth Movie Talk, No Fluff | Film Review | Spoilers — 367 episodes
Ep 367: “The Blair Witch Project” (1999)
Ep 366: “Boomerang”
Ep 365: “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy”
Ep 364: “Challengers”
Ep 363: “Toy Story 4”
Ep 362: “Project Hail Mary”
Ep 361: “Hero” (1992)
Ep 360: “Warfare”
Ep 359: “Silver Linings Playbook”
Ep 358: “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die”
Ep 357: “Iron Lung”
Ep 356: “Send Help”
Ep 355: “Troy”
Ep 354: “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
Ep 353: “The Purge”
Ep 352: “Stranger Things” Finale
Ep 351: “Zodiac”
Ep 350: “Argo”
Ep 349: “Inglorious Basterds”
Ep 348: “Cocktail”
Ep 347: “The Professional” (1994)
Ep 346: “Predator: Badlands”
Ep 345: “REC”
Ep 344: “Green Room”
Ep 343: “Tron: Ares”
Ep 342: “The Smashing Machine”
Ep 341: “Amélie”
Ep 340: “One Battle After Another”
Ep 339: “The Long Walk”
Ep 338: “Forrest Gump”
Ep 337: “Nine Days”
Ep 336: “The Abyss”
Ep 335: “Weapons” (2025)
Ep 334: “Together”
Ep 333: “Pacific Rim”
Ep 332: “The American” (2010)
Ep 331: “A League of Their Own” (1992)
Ep 330: “Superman” (2025, James Gunn)
Ep 329: “¡Three Amigos!”
Ep 328: “F1”
Ep 327: “28 Years Later”
Ep 326: “Bring Her Back”
Ep 325: “Tropic Thunder”
Ep 324: “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning”
Ep 323: “There Will Be Blood”
Ep 322: “Stardust”
Ep 321: “The Road” (2009)
Ep 320: “Sinners”
Ep 319: “The Amateur” (2025)
Ep 318: “Perfect Sense” (2011)
Ep 317: “Mission: Impossible” (1996)
Ep 316: “Lost in Translation”
Ep 315: “Black Bag”
Ep 314: “Mickey 17”
Ep 313: “Ocean’s Eleven” (2001)
Ep 312: “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
Ep 311: “The Fall” (2006)
Ep 310: “The Cell” (2000)
Ep 309: “Limitless” (2011)
Ep 308: “Heat” (1995)
Ep 307: “The Brutalist”
Ep 306: “City of God”
Ep 305: “Rush” (2013)
Ep 304: “Nosferatu”
Ep 303: “Rushmore”
Ep 302: “Arcane”
Ep 301: “Heretic”
Ep 300: “Interstellar” part 4
Ep 299: “Gladiator II”
Ep 298: “2001: A Space Odyssey”
Ep 297: “Smile 2”
Ep 296: “The Evil Dead” (1981)
Ep 295: “Evil Dead II”
Ep 294: “Donnie Darko”
Ep 293: “Joker: Folie à Deux”
Ep 292: “Megalopolis”
Ep 291: “Speed”
Ep 290: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
Ep 289: “Beetlejuice”
Ep 288: “Alien: Romulus”
Ep 287: “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints”
Ep 286: “The Dark Crystal” (1982)
Ep 285: “Deadpool & Wolverine”
Ep 284: “American Psycho”
Ep 283: “Stand By Me”
Ep 282: “A Quiet Place: Day One”
Ep 281: “Godzilla Minus One”
Ep 280: “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” (2017)
Ep 279: “Three Thousand Years of Longing”
Ep 278: “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
Ep 277: “Fallout”
Ep 276: “The Fall Guy”
Ep 275: “Stranger Than Fiction”
Ep 274: “Monkey Man”
Ep 273: “Civil War”
Ep 272: “Past Lives”
Ep 271: “The Bourne Identity”
Ep 270: “In Bruges”
Ep 269: “Swingers” (1996)
Ep 268: “Back to the Future”
Ep 267: “Dune: Part 2”
Ep 266: “Fury”
Ep 265: “300”
Ep 264: “The Master”
Ep 263: “Phantom Thread”
Ep 262: “Fallen” (1998)
Ep 261: “The Iron Claw”
Ep 260: “Bad Times at the El Royale”
Ep 259: “Dream Scenario”
Ep 258: “Napoleon”
Ep 257: “Unforgiven”
Ep 256: “No Country for Old Men”
Ep 255: “Adaptation”
Ep 254: “The Creator”
Ep 253: “Talk To Me”
Ep 252: “Paranormal Activity”
Ep 251: “Ghostbusters” (1984)
Ep 250: “The Sixth Sense”
Ep 249: “The Revenant”
Ep 248: “Crimson Tide”
Ep 247: “Source Code”
Ep 246: “Chernobyl” (HBO Series)
Ep 245: “Barbie”
Ep 244: “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World”
Ep 243: “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning part 1”
Ep 242: “Oppenheimer”
Ep 241: “Apollo 13”
Ep 240: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Ep 239: “Run Lola Run”
Ep 238: “The King’s Speech”
Ep 237: “Spirited Away”
Ep 236: “The Secret of Kells”
Ep 235: “RRR”
Ep 234: “Slumdog Millionaire”
Ep 233: “The Book of Eli”
Ep 232: “Menace II Society”
Ep 231: “The Dark Knight”
Ep 230: “The Great Dictator” (1940)
Ep 229: “Prisoners”
Ep 228: “Enemy” (Denis Villeneuve)
Ep 227: “The Fountain”
Ep 226: “Cyrano”
Ep 225: “Barbarian”
Ep 224: “The Whale”
Ep 223: “Jerry Maguire”
Ep 222: “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”
Ep 221: “Pulp Fiction”
Ep 220: “Training Day”
Ep 219: “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
Ep 218: “Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong”
Ep 217: “Braveheart”
Ep 216: “Taxi Driver”
Ep 215: “Reservoir Dogs”
Ep 214: “My Blueberry Nights”
Ep 213: “The Mummy Returns” (2001)
Ep 212: “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Ep 211: “The Mummy” (1999)
Ep 210: “Predator”
Ep 209: “The Host” (Bong Joon Ho, 2006)
Ep 208: “Jaws”
Ep 207: “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”
Ep 206: “Munich” (Spielberg, 2005)
Ep 205: “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark”
Ep 204: “Jurassic Park”
Ep 203: “Oldboy” (Chan-wook Park, 2003)
Ep 202: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Ep 201: “Children of Men”
Ep 200: “Interstellar” part 3
Ep 199: “Lightyear”
Ep 198: “Memories of Murder”
Ep 197: “Captain America: Civil War”
Ep 196: “Men” (Alex Garland)
Ep 195: “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”
Ep 194: “Top Gun: Maverick”
Ep 193: “Top Gun” (1986)
Ep 192: “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”
Ep 191: “Dual” (2022, Riley Stearns)
Ep 190: “Chungking Express”
Ep 189: “The Northman”
Ep 188: “A Ghost Story”
Ep 187: “The Hurt Locker”
Ep 186: How to Podcast or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Pestle
Ep 185: “Aliens”
Ep 184: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (2011, David Fincher)
Ep 183: “Sound of My Voice”
Ep 182: “The Batman”
Ep 181: “The Count of Monte Cristo” (2002)
Ep 180: “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (1967)
Ep 179: “Get Out”
Ep 178: “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” (2005)
Ep 177: “Don’t Look Up”
Ep 176: “Spider-Man: No Way Home”
Ep 175: “CODA” (Patreon Bonus archive)
Ep. 174: “Underwater” vs “Sunshine” (Patreon Bonus archive)
Ep 173: Kevin M. Faulkner, author of “The Sixth Traveler” (interview)
Ep 172: “The Raid: Redemption”
Ep 171: “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Ep 170: “The Matrix” (1999)
Ep 169: “Before Midnight”
Ep 168: “Before Sunset”
Ep 167: “Before Sunrise”
Ep 166: “Squid Game”
Ep 165: “Ted Lasso” Season 2
Ep 164: “No Time To Die” (James Bond, 007)
Ep 163: “Dune: Part 1” (Denis Villeneuve, 2021)
Ep 162: “The VVitch”
Ep 161: “Dawn of the Dead” (Zack Snyder, 2004)
Ep 160: “Let the Right One In”
Ep 159: “Ready Player One”
Ep 158: “Sicario”
Ep 157: “Blade Runner 2049”
Ep 156: “Blade Runner” (1982)
Ep 155: “Rudy”
Ep 154: “Meet Joe Black”
Ep 153: “Schitt’s Creek”
Ep 152: “The Tree of Life”
Ep 151: “A Quiet Place Part II”
Ep 150: “Good Will Hunting”
Ep 149: “Aladdin” (1992, animated)
Ep 148: “Dead Poets Society”
Ep 147: “The Fighter”
Ep 146: “Creed”
Ep 145: “Rocky” (1976)
Ep 144: “Nomadland”
Ep 143: “Hunt for the Wilderpeople”
Ep 142: “Ted Lasso”
Ep 141: “Fire in the Sky”
Ep 140: “Underwater”
Ep 139: “Do The Right Thing”
Ep 138: “Notting Hill”
Ep 137: “Magnolia”
Ep 136: “Soul” (Pixar, 2020)
Ep 135: “Hamilton”
Ep 134: “Casting, Auditioning, and Picking a Monologue” (Special Edition)
Ep 133: “Wonder Woman 1984”
Ep 132: “Amadeus”
Ep 131: “Burning”
ep 130: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Ep 129: “Memento” (2000, Christopher Nolan)
Ep 128: “Following” (1998, Christopher Nolan)
Ep 127: “Once”
Ep 126: “Lady Bird”
Ep 125: “Primer”
Ep 124: “Shattered Glass” (2003)
Ep 123: “World War Z”
Ep 122: “Shaun of the Dead”
Ep 121: “Tucker and Dale vs Evil”
Ep 120: “Dope”
Ep 119: “I Am Legend”
Ep 118: “Tenet”
Ep 117: “Miami Vice”
Ep 116: “Love Jones”
Ep 115: “Casino Royale”
Ep 114: “Steve Jobs” (2015, Danny Boyle)
Ep 113: “Moonlight”
Ep 112: “Inception”
Ep 111: “A Few Good Men”
Ep 110: “13th” (Ava DuVernay)
Ep 109: “The Shawshank Redemption”
Ep 108: “Parasite”
Ep 107: "Seinfeld" (pilot)
Ep 106: "How I Met Your Mother" (Pilot)
Ep 105: “Friends” (Pilot)
Ep 104: "Cheers" (pilot)
Ep 103: "Devs"
Ep 102: "Little Women" (2019)
Ep 101: “1917”
Ep 100: “Interstellar” Redux
Ep 99: “Mindhunter”
Ep 98: 3 Rules of Fat Loss (Special Edition)
Ep 97: National Lampoon’s “Christmas Vacation”
Ep 96: “Twilight”
Ep 95: “Moneyball”
Ep 94: “Ford v Ferrari”
Ep 93: “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”
Ep 92: “Edge of Tomorrow”
Ep 91: "Joker"
Ep 90: John Carpenter’s “The Thing”
Ep 89: “The Cabin in the Woods”
Ep 88: “28 Days Later”
Ep 87: “Collateral”
Ep 86: "The Prestige" (2006)
Ep 85: "Finding Forrester"
Ep 84: “Arrival”
Ep 83: “Saving Private Ryan”
Ep 82: “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum”
Ep 81: “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”
Ep 80: “The Terminator” (1984)
Ep 79: “Sideways”
Ep 78: “Avengers: Endgame”
Ep 77: “Cast Away”
Ep 76: “Man on Fire” (2004)
Ep 75: “Apollo 11” (2019 Documentary)
Ep 74: “The 40 Year Old Virgin”
Ep 73: “Million Dollar Baby”
Ep 72: “The Hunger Games” (2012)
Ep 71: “Annihilation”
Ep 70: “Alita: Battle Angel”
Ep 69: “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”
Ep 68: “Black Swan”
Ep 67: Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity”
Ep 66: “A Very Long Engagement”
Ep 65: “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”
Ep 64: “Die Hard”
Ep 63: “Birdman”
Ep 62: “Free Solo”
Ep 61: “The Martian”
Ep 60: “Drive” (2011)
Ep 59: “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Ep 58: “Your Name.”
Ep 57: “A Star is Born” (2018)
Ep 56: “First Man”
Ep 55: “Hereditary”
Ep 54: “Hidden Figures”
Ep 53: “Spotlight”
Ep 52: “It Follows”
Ep 51: “Catch Me If You Can”
Ep 50: “Vanilla Sky” (7 Minute Pestle)
Ep 49: “Mission: Impossible – Fallout”
EP 48: “Gladiator”
Ep 47: “Almost Famous”
Ep 46: "The Departed"
Ep 45: "Deadpool 2"
Ep 44: HBO's "The Sunset Limited"
Ep 43: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
Ep 42: "Contact"
Ep 41: “The Avengers: Infinity War”
Ep 40: "The Big Sick"
Ep 39: “Se7en”
Ep 38: "A Quiet Place"
Ep 37: "Alien" (1979, Ridley Scott)
Ep 36: “Attack the Block”
Ep 35: “Moana”
Ep 34: “Dumb and Dumber”
Ep 33: Marvel's "Black Panther"
Ep 32: “Call Me By Your Name”
Ep 31: “Fight Club”
Ep 30: “Mudbound”
Ep 29: “Never Let Me Go”
Ep 28: “The Room”
Ep 27: “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
Ep 26: “Looper”
Ep 25: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
Ep 24: “Chef”
Ep 23: “Garden State”
Ep 22: “Ex Machina”
Ep 21: “The Hateful Eight”
Ep 20: “Spider-Man: Homecoming”
Ep 19: "Stranger Things" Season 1 & 2
Ep 18: "Scott Pilgrim vs the World"
Ep 17: “La La Land”
Ep 16: “V for Vendetta”
Ep 15: Stephen King’s “It”
Ep 14: “Baby Driver”
Ep 13: “Sunshine”
Ep 12: "The Big Lebowski" with guest Scott Graham
Ep 11: “Rogue One”
Ep 10: “The Social Network”
Ep 9: “The Dark Tower”
Ep 8: “Clue” – with special guest Joe Parsons
Ep 7: “Dunkirk”
Ep 6: "Transformers The Last Knight"
Ep 5: “Whiplash”
Ep 4: "Guardians of the Galaxy 2"
Ep 3: "Warrior" - Immersion techniques
Ep 2: "Interstellar" - What does it mean?
Ep 1: "Wonder Woman" - A man washes up on the women-only Alamo Drafthouse island.