The Kevin Costner Project

Many thanks to all our listeners these past 14 months. Here we present our final findings on the question of "Did Kevin Costner ever make a bad movie?" and what we thought of the vast majority of his movies overall (unfortunately we forgot Superman: Man of Steel!)... See you if/when Horizon Chapter 2 comes out. We love you!

WE MET KEVIN! Join us for a wrap up of our trip to New York City, where we got to meet Kevin Costner and Cale Glendening at the Strand Bookstore! Part travelogue, part memoir, it was one of the best weekends we've shared together... To get straight to the heart of the matter, skip to approximately the 25:30 mark. Otherwise, enjoy as we visit the Brooklyn Bridge, the Freedom Tower and 9/11 Memorial, attend Drunk Shakespeare, and dine at Tom's Restaurant in this special bonus content...

We reach the end of our journey with one last film, 2020's Let Him Go. We'll be back in a week or two with the results of our scientific study: Has Kevin Costner ever made a bad movie? Is he the best actor of our lifetime? But in the meantime, we discuss this thriller/western, the last movie he made pre-Horizon, and talk about our feelings.

In this episode, we spend a lot of time discussing the evil genius of The Art of Racing in the Rain, while Kate continues crying and we reach the penultimate movie in The Kevin Costner Project (but not our penultimate episode!).

Join us as we talk about this week's entree, Netflix collab The Highwaymen, starring our hero and Woody Harrelson. We also talk about Kev's upcoming projects and the fate of the Sycamore Gap Tree. And we have a new kitten!

We were not in the mood to watch Molly's Game and probably our ratings reflect that. Lord Furrington attempted to right this wrong, but to little avail.

This is the one that started it all: HIDDEN FIGURES! Last summer, we watched it, we thought about Kevin, and we made a podcast. Did the movie live up to its storied history? Find out this week in episode 48 of the Kevin Costner Project.

Kevin is back this week in the bloody and violent Criminal, in which he is given Ryan Reynold's brain in exchange for intelligence. Which may be the only intelligence in this movie... Our shocking review out now!

Join us as we talk about the racially charged movies Black or White and McFarland USA. In pre-George Floyd America, Kevin Costner boldly stepped into the breach and called our attention to racial tensions in the United States. But did he do it well? Find out this week!

Take an inner look at our hero as a human being and not as an actor in this week's entree, The Man Who Saved the World, a documentary about the late Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet military officer who kept his cool when everyone around was prepared to nuke the US into oblivion.

Are you ready for some footbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllll? Because Kevin Costner is going to take the Cleveland Browns straight to the top, unless fate intervenes... We disagree on the rating for this movie, but we agree it's a good one. Join us for a look at 2014's Draft Day

Greg has the plague, but that doesn't deter us from finding out the secret to Guido's Sicilian Mama's sauce, as we dive into 3 Days to Kill. As ever, spoilers and swear words...

Kate's 14 year old nephew Buddy joins us with some pretty hot takes on Chris Pine's Jack Ryan. Welcome back after a 2 week hiatus!

In this triple episode, we explore the the contributions Kevin made to the Zack Snyder Superman universe in Man of Steel, Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Zack Snyder's Justice League. Nine hours of SUPER VIEWING pleasure in one tidy little 48 minute package.

In the wake of this week's news about the future of Horizon: An American Saga, we thought our hero needed a little pep talk... Kevin, if you're out there, this one's for you.

Less a review of the movie, more a scathing review of end-stage capitalism. Apparently Kate needed some therapy...

We caught the Thursday night preview of Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1. and thought we'd try to give a more balanced review than the reviews we've been reading. MAJOR SPOILERS. Don't listen to us unless you don't care if you hear what the movie's all about. Should you see it? Find out, this week on the Kevin Costner Project

Kate and Greg don't do horror movies. Cat Dodo weighs in repeatedly. The entire household is in an uproar over Kevin's first (and last) foray into the horror genre.

Kate & Greg are saucy this week after watching Kevin's star turn as serial killer Earl Brooks. Murder, adultery, and other important marital topics are discussed in addition to the excitement that finds Kevin killing people at the behest of William Hurt.

This week we skip ahead to 2008's Swing Vote, which hits Greg right in the sweet spot. Get out and vote!

We're here, we're exhausted, we're podcasting anyway! Kate & Greg tackle 2006's The Guardian, in which he earns his Pentagon badge and we get into a feminist uproar.

This week we tackle 2005's Rumor Has It. Turns out Kate is a petty you-know-what and she has some controversial opinions on the TV show Friends... Oh yeah, and we have vastly different opinions on the movie.

From hilarity to rage, and everything in between, this episode has a little something for everyone. Kate is sick, but Kevin delivers. Take a listen and see what you think as we visit a Joan Allen on the edge of a nervous breakdown...

A controversial take in which we disagree with the critics on the merits of Dragonfly--a supernatural thriller in which Kevin is chasing the voices that will lead him to his dead wife...or will they?

Join us this week as Kate recommends a controversial name change and we discuss the western Open Range, which our hero directs and produces.

We watched 3,000 Miles to Graceland (Dodo weighs in) and discuss our take on the new movie, Civil War. Non-Costnerian, but we needed to talk about it...

The Cuban Missile Crisis is heating up, but it left us cold. THREE different ratings this week, as exchange student Jana weighs in with her rating.

Is this as good as it gets? Or do the NY baseball fans have it right, and our hero sucks? Find out our take this week on Kevin Costner's final movie of the 1990's: For Love of the Game.

Strong feelings abound as we review the Nicholas Sparks adaptation, Message in a Bottle. Exhausted by our trip to NYC, we really get into some of the nitty gritty of our relationship, including "The Ladyslayer" and "Kenough"...

We crossed a critical line this past week with the completion of Tin Cup: we've watched half of the movies our hero has made! Join us for a look back on 16 years of Kevin Costner's career, from the early days of Sizzle Beach USA and extras work to the late 90's and Golden Globe nods and the apocalypse.

Kevin becomes a philosopher in the great tradition of Chevy "Be the Ball" Chase in Tin Cup, a golf film for which he earned a Golden Globe nomination... What did we have to say? Find out here! Tin Cup also marks the exact halfway point in Kevin's film career...

Join us this week for an interview with Danika Ingram, an aspiring actress who enjoyed her time as an extra on the set of Horizon: An American Saga. We learn all kinds of new things about making movies, about our man Kevin, and more! :)

A rare double episode, in which we discuss dueling visions for the end of civilization: will we all develop gills and fly planes with Jack Black, or be branded and recite Shakespeare while delivering the mail? Our hot take on two early visions of the post-apocalyptic world this week!

Kevin Costner and Elijah Wood tackle racism, poverty, mental illness, and war in this frankly depressing take on 1970's rural Mississippi. Thankfully Billy Lipnicki doesn't give a diddly ding dang dong.

Greg's been laid off work and everything sucks, including this movie. We had nothing good to say, so we left it unedited, including the collapse of our recording studio... Enjoy.

The world is anything but perfect in this drama set in 1960's Texas, where our (anti)hero plays Butch Haynes, an escaped convict with an 8 year old hostage. Be sure to vote in this week's poll!

Rest in Power, Whitney! The stars have aligned and we find ourselves discussing Kevin and Whitney's The Bodyguard on the anniversary of Whitney Houston's death and just in time for Valentine's Day... What did we think? Find out today!

Our apologies that we haven't been around for a few weeks! We've had a family emergency. But here we catch up on three items of Costnerian interest and pledge to get back to the pod next week :) Thanks for hanging in there with us and see you on February 13!

Is JFK a real scorcher or a dud? What fascinating revelations come from seeing John Candy and Kevin Costner cross paths? All this and more in Episode 18!Movie review finishes at the 29 minute mark. Learn more about Greg's disabilities and early life afterwards. If you'd like to help stop bullying, please visit StopBullying.gov

Kate sings... Alan Rickman > Kevin Costner? We wade into the accent controversy... The Sycamore Gap Tree enjoys its moment in the limelight... But how does RH: POT rate, 23 years after first seeing the movie?

It's a long one! Over an hour of our thoughts on 1990's blockbuster Dances With Wolves... Enjoy this double long episode and see you in a week!

Kev pulls double duty as he wraps up the 80's and kicks off the 90's with two films: one in which he is a French Canadian gun runner for the Chinese and one in which he is a pilot who is evil-Mexican-politician adjacent... Wishing you all a safe and happy 2024, thanks for being here with us!

Kate & Greg have Covid 19 and insomnia, neither of which stops them from making an hour long episode devoted to Field of Dreams. Kate's dad makes a special appearance. No cats this week.

Kate and Greg are not in on the joke and have feelings about this in our recap of baseball classic Bull Durham...

New trailer highlighting some key moments of The Kevin Costner Project Podcast

Kevin stars as a Naval officer accused of being a Russia spy. 90 minutes later, things start to get good... MAJOR SPOILERS from 10 minutes 20 seconds on. Skip to 33 minutes 24 seconds if you want to know if we think you should watch this film.

We finally hit the big time as our hero stars as Eliot Ness in The Untouchables with Robert De Niro and Sean Connery! The cats weigh in. The podcast takes a dark turn as Kate confesses a decades old crime...

Join us as we discuss the first movies in Kev's career, from 1981-1986. We launch our new rating system, announce a contest and book club, and move forward with Kevin the A Lister. We'll be back next week with our regular programming and The Untouchables

Kate has feelings about Kevin's 1980's pornstache... We watch bike racing. Everyone's family is miserable. Happy Thanksgiving!

Kev's first role in a Western leads us to some unexpected places...