Movie Draft Episodes

April 25, 2025

Harrison Ford Performances Movie Draft (w/ Jacob Allen)

Harrison Ford has been one of the most treasured American actors since his breakout role as Han Solo in Star Wars and was solidified as a film icon as Indiana Jones when Raiders of the Lost Ark released only a few years later...

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April 11, 2025

Hostages & Kidnappings Movie Draft (w/ Dave Lester)

Hostage and kidnapping stories actually have a rich history in film. From serious dramas, to edge-of-your-seat thrillers, to comedies, there was a lot of great cinema to choose from for this week’s movie draft. This draft fol...

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March 28, 2025

Leonardo DiCaprio Performances Movie Draft (w/ Mason Law)

As a belated companion to our Catch Me If You Can episode, we are doing a movie draft of Leonardo DiCaprio performances! Leo is arguably the biggest movie star of his era. Making the turn from young heartthrob to a medium for...

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Feb. 14, 2025

Tom Cruise Performances Movie Draft (w/ Andrew Fossier)

The stardom of Tom Cruise might have been at its peak in the 80s and 90s, but his steady work throughout his career shows that he has that timeless star quality that people go to the movies to see. He has moved from fatherles...

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Jan. 31, 2025

Artificial Intelligence Movie Draft (w/ Zachary Lee)

While artificial intelligence has burst on the scene as a huge cultural topic in recent years, there is a long history of AI stories in film. This week, we do a movie draft of films dealing with artificial intelligence. We ta...

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Jan. 3, 2025

Disney Animated Classics Movie Draft (Rerun w/ Harrison Fredericks)

If you are like me, you likely grew up watching Disney Animated Classics! There are a ton of great ones from early films like Snow White and Pinocchio to more recent additions like Moana and Encanto. In this movie draft, we b...

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Dec. 27, 2024

Top 100 Box Office Movie Draft (Rerun w/ Haydn Fabre)

This is a rerun of a movie draft we did of films in the Top 100 of all-time worldwide box office earnings back in Episode 3. It makes for an interesting draft because the list is surprisingly bereft of really incredible movie...

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Nov. 29, 2024

Movie Sequels Draft (Rerun w/ Jacob Phillips)

Happy Thanksgiving! This week, we are playing a rerun of the movie draft we held all the way back on episode 2 of the show with Jacob Phillips: the Movie Sequels Draft. This was a really fun draft! I hope you enjoy revisiting...

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Oct. 11, 2024

Science Gone Wrong Movie Draft (w/ Christiaan Funkhouser)

Sometimes science goes all wrong, and sometimes that happens in movies! This week we do a draft of our favorite movies where some sort of scientific endeavor goes all wrong, whether technological, biological, or sometimes bot...

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Sept. 27, 2024

Disney & Pixar Villains Draft (w/ Colby Ewert)

We follow up our discussion of Spielberg’s Hook with a semi-related Disney Villains Draft! Disney fan Colby Ewert joins me to go back and forth picking our favorite villains from Disney and Pixar films. We compiled some great...

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Sept. 13, 2024

Movie Decades Draft (Rerun w/ Jacob Phillips)

Which movie decades are the best? We are doing a rerun of our very first movie draft from our first episode this week! In this first movie draft, we took turns taking movie decades, trying to amass the best group of decades. ...

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Aug. 16, 2024

Movie Trilogies Draft (w/ Christiaan Funkhouser)

It is movie draft time! This week we celebrate the completion of the original Indiana Jones trilogy on the show by doing a draft of movie trilogies! Guest Christiaan Funkhouser and I take turns choosing 7 of our favorite film...

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Aug. 2, 2024

Christian Bale Performances Movie Draft (w/ Jean-Pierre Boudreaux)

Christian Bale had his big debut for most people in Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun, which we discussed last week. This week, we accompany that discussion with a movie draft of Christian Bale performances. We take turns choosin...

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June 7, 2024

Alien Invasion Movie Draft (w/ Melvin Benson)

In honor of our discussion of Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, Melvin of the Cinematic Doctrine podcast joins me again to do an Alien Invasions Movie Draft! This was a really fun movie draft where we chose some of our ...

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May 3, 2024

Directors' Flops Movie Draft (w/ Zachary Lee)

Sometimes even the best directors have a big ol’, old fashioned FLOP. This week, we decided to follow up our discussion of Spielberg’s critical and audience flop with a movie draft of some of our most renowned directors’ flop...

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