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2002: A Film Odyssey

Daniel Pearson & Andrew Diehm

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

tv & film film reviews

All Episodes

84:55

Episode 45: MURDER BY NUMBERS

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2026/04/22

We tackle the Sandra Bullock thriller MURD3R 8Y NUM8ERS, featuring a young Ryan Gosling.

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106:02

Episode 44: THE ATTIC EXPEDITIONS / ENIGMA / JOSHUA

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2026/04/08

Our buddy Will returns for a triple feature episode.

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123:01

Episode 43: FRAILTY

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2026/03/23

We welcome Joe Begos, Josh Ethier, and Matt Mercer on the show to chat Frailty, the Collateral soundtrack, and many more tangents.

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83:22

Episode 42: BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2026/03/10

We’re playing catch up with one of the titles we missed along the odyssey, BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF. This odd blend of martial arts, costume drama, procedural thriller has a cult following, but how does it stack up?

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198:33

The 2002ies: 2025 In Review

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2026/02/24

All the stars are out, it’s Hollywood’s biggest night! That’s right, the 2002ies are back to talk about the most recent year in film, 2025, and what a year it was! Which film will take home the coveted Palm D’eux? Listen to this mega-sized episode and find out! It’s Hollywood’s biggest night!

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123:26

Episode 41: THE SWEETEST THING

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2026/02/09

The Odyssey continues as we’re joined by our pal Meagan for THE SWEETEST THING, the raunchy Cameron Diaz-led romantic comedy.

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113:31

Episode 40: HUMAN NATURE

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2026/01/26

Our pals Will and Ben join us to discuss the mostly forgotten Charlie Kaufman / Michel Gondry collaboration, HUMAN NATURE!

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111:57

Home Video Edition: HOT SHOTS / HOT SHOTS PART DEUX

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2026/01/12

We’re back for 2026 and we’re digging into our recording archives for this previously unreleased episode on the HOT SHOTS franchise, which first hit DVD in 2002.

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01:40:24

Episode 39: CHANGING LANES

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2025/08/06

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.

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01:44:23

Episode 38: THE CAT’S MEOW

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2025/07/11

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!

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01:17:55

Episode 37: VAN WILDER

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2025/06/11

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!

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02:05:44

Episode 37: MAELSTROM / DENIS VILLENEUVE

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2025/05/07

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

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02:25:49

Home Video Edition Double Feature: DONNIE DARKO /...

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2025/03/31

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!

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02:58:39

The 2002ies: 2024 In Review

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2025/02/19

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!

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01:28:33

Episode 36: HIGH CRIMES

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2025/01/06

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!

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56:02

Home Video Edition: ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2024/12/25

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

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44:12

Home Video Edition: ERNEST SCARED STUPID

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2024/10/31

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

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01:47:03

Episode 35: BIG TROUBLE

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2024/10/18

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!

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01:07:51

Bonus Episode: Reacting to THE BIG PICTURE'S 2002...

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2024/08/10

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.

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02:26:11

Episode 34: THE ROOKIE

2002: A Film Odyssey ·

2024/07/16

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

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