This week on the podcast, Scott and Matt get really in depth with one of their favorite directors of all time: Wes Anderson. We go through each one of Wes’ iconic filmography and say “I love this movie” at least 16 times. We also discuss the latest movie (read: comic book movie) news and talk
This week on the podcast Matt and Scott and special guest Daniel get really, really, really nerdy. We reminisce about the original Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game EverQuest, discuss the modern landscape of video games and MMOs, and talk about none of us really have time to play games anymore. If you’ve ever played any
This week on the podcast Scott and Matt are joined once again by special guest to discuss Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. There are spoilers for this movie which are clearly announced about halfway through this episode, so be warned! We also discuss current news items and give our recommendations for the week! Please
This week on the podcast, Scott and Matt and special guest James Gentry talk all about Television. They discuss the current state of TV, the ever changing landscape, and their favorite shows right now and of all time. From NBC to Netflix, OJ to Superheroes, if you like TV, this podcast has it all. We
This week, recurring guest Michael Grubb takes over the podcast and forces Scott to watch the anime series Death Note. 25 episodes ago, Scott expressed his extreme distaste of the genre of cinema, so naturally he agreed to spend 8 hours watching 26 episodes of it. Did Death Note change his mind about anime? Find
This week on the podcast Scott brings his serious problems with the universally loved Forrest Gump and tries to convince Matt that he is right and the rest of the world is wrong. Before you get all angry at us, take some time to listen to the podcast and realize that Scott’s arguments aren’t about
This week on the podcast, Matt and Scott are joined once again by Cyndee to wrap up our discussion of Fates And Furies by Lauren Groff. I think we all ended up liking this book way more than we thought we would after our discussion last time. Come check out why! We also discuss the
This week on the podcast, Matt and Scott are joined once again by special guest James Gentry to discuss the Academy Awards. It turns out only Scott has seen all these movies, so he gives his picks for the top 6 categories and the gang discusses the Oscars as a whole. We also each give
This week on the podcast, Matt and Scott are joined by returning guest James Gentry to honor the resounding success of Deadpool by discussing the Marvel films not owned by Marvel Studios.This means we get to discuss all the X-Men films, the failure of Fantastic Four, the greatness that is Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, and the
This week on the podcast team book club is back to discuss the first half of the novel Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff. Scott and Matt are joined by our resident novel expert, Cyndee and we dive deep into our opinions and thoughts on what has so far been a fascinating novel. Also, Scott
On this week’s podcast Matt and Scott celebrate the release of The Coen Brother’s new comedy Hail, Caesar! by discussing some of the duo’s most iconic comedies. We talk the brilliance of Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and Burn After Reading. We also discuss some latest news items including The DC Universe Batman
This week on the podcast, Scott and Matt, both recovering from an illness are joined by special guest Melissa Daly to discuss The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. We talk about the films, their problems, the impossibility of adapting the books, and the legacy the story has created. Come listen to a couple of guys
This week on The Daly Planet Podcast, a double length two hour episode where we dive deep into the filmography of the second greatest living director, Quentin Tarantino. Scott and Matt are joined by special guest Michael Grubb to discuss the movies we love, those we didn’t like so much, and what’s next for the
On this week’s episode of The Daly Planet Podcast, Scott is frustrated and confused by the critical and commercial success of Alejandro Innaritu’s last two films: Birdman and The Revenant. Join Scott and Matt as we dive deep into these movies try to figure out just what the hell they’re about and why people seem
After a weeklong break to celebrate the holidays, the Podcast is back! Scott and (Supreme Leader) Matt saw The Force Awakens and wanted to talk about it, but this movie is so big we needed two special returning guests: James Gentry and Daniel Freeman. First, we wave goodbye to 2015 by each discussing our favorite
On this week’s episode of the podcast, it’s Christmas! James Gentry is coming to town to discuss his favorite Christmas movie with Matt and Scott. We grab some nog, sit around the fire, and deck the halls in order to find out if our three favorite Christmas movies are naughty or nice. More Christmas references!
Sometimes having an entertainment podcast is about having great intellectual conversations and movies, TV, and books. And sometimes it’s just a really good excuse to sit around nerding out about a movie for 90 minutes. This episode is the latter. This week, Matt, Scott, and returning guest James Gentry discuss the Star Wars trilogy in
On this week’s podcast Matt and Scott are joined once again by Daniel Freeman to discuss whether Man of Steel is a good movie or not. Daniel and Matt have decided to take the interesting stance of saying yes, while Scott correctly declares it a failed movie. Lots of arguing ensues! Note: As soon as
This week on the podcast, Scott and Matt are once again joined by special guest Daniel Freeman to discuss the wonderful world of Pixar. We discuss the studio’s newest movie, The Good Dinosaur (spoiler free) as well as the rest of their groundbreaking filmography. It’s a great discussion about what makes Pixar such a successful
On this week’s episode of The Daly Planet Podcast, in celebration of the opening of Creed (today!) Matt joins Scott to discuss his favorite movie of all time, the original 1976 classic Rocky. If you’ve never experienced this classic movie you owe it to yourself to check it out, because it’s the best. Happy listening
This week on the Daly Planet Podcast, Special Guest Cyndee is back with Scott and Matt to conclude our discussion of Hugh Howey’s Wool. We tackle some of the questions that you sent in and discuss how we felt about the book as a whole. We also discuss the terrible idea of a Memento reboot,
On this week’s episode of the Podcast Matt, Scott, and returning guest Michael talk about James Bond and how most of Bond movies are actually terrible. Matt and Michael argue on the merits of GoldenEye and Scott counters with Casino Royale, the anti-Bond Bond. Everyone is in agreement that Spectre is pretty awful, though. We
This week on the Podcast it’s Book Club time! Scott, Matt, and special guest Cyndee are discussing the first three sections of Hugh Howey’s Wool, including the questions that YOU sent in. We got some really good questions, so thank you to all who participated. If you didn’t send anything in, but wanted to, you’ll
Listen on iTunes. Listen on Android. Subscribe to RSS feed. Download the mp3. On this week’s episode of the podcast, Matt and Scott are once again joined by James to celebrate the wonderful holiday of Halloween! What better way than to talk about some great scary movies. Each of us has selected a horror film
Listen on iTunes. Listen on Android. Subscribe to RSS feed. Download the mp3. On this week’s episode of the Podcast, Matt and Scott are joined by special guest Chad Acevedo to talk about Lost. It’s been over 5 years since this landmark TV show ended, so we thought it’d be fun to get together to
Hello and welcome to the Podcast formerly known as The Weekly Planet. Yes, we unfortunately had to change our name to “The Daly Planet Podcast”. In our attempts to get onto iTunes we discovered that there’s currently already a podcast entitled “The Weekly Planet.” Nothing will change except the name, which I think we can
Hello and welcome to The Weekly Planet Podcast. Your weekly dose of all things movies, TV, books and anything else we feel like talking about! This week on The Planet we’re diving into one of Matt’s favorite films: David Fincher’s 1999 classic Fight Club. This is a dense film, so we get pretty deep into
Hello and welcome to The Weekly Planet Podcast. Your weekly dose of all things movies, TV, books and anything else we feel like talking about! You’re probably going to be listening to this in October, but I say it’s never too late to discuss the movies of the summer. Especially when you only started having
Hello and welcome to The Weekly Planet Podcast. Your weekly dose of all things movies, TV, books and anything else we feel like talking about! Behind the scenes we here at The Daly Planet have been calling this week a “soft relaunch”. All this really means is we’re pushing out some new ideas that we’ve
