Off the Film Path
86 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago -A review and discussion of movies that are outside the mainstream. Some are good, some are bad, but all of them are obscure in some way, ranging from a Best Picture nominee to literally a student film. Join Sophia, Kyle, and friends as they chat about movies and expand your movie-watching horizons.
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The Movie Hero: or Talking With Chat Sans Electronics (with Matt)
July 04, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBA total underground movie that is still pretty solid. Our lead can be a bit grating and its a tad meandering at times. But hey, this first time writer/director can dream IMDB JustWatch A YouTube video and Save the Cat Story Break Pop Culture Pop Outs: Amanda the Jedi, The Acolyte, and Billy Joel Our Twitter Our Threads Find Kyle Online...
TiMER: or Repent Monogamy Said the TickTock Band (with Ryan)
June 20, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBThis is a personal favorite of Kyle's. This is a movie that could not be today because technology is only incidentally beneficial to the average person post like 2012. We also probably reference the most number of our past episode movies in this one. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Alice Adventures in Wonderland ballet, and Grant Morrison's New X-Men Our Twitter...
Jeff, Who Lives at Home: or A Most Effective Anti-Drug PSA
June 06, 2024 13:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBBe careful what you wish for, because Sophia wanted grounded interpersonal drama stories that speak to the human condition. While this does meet the criteria, it is unmistakably tainted by one character's chronic use of ganja. So everything he says has that annoying quality of thinking its more worthwhile than it is. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Cine2Nerdle Battle and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night ...
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri: or Cops Dumber Than a Box of Rock[s]well
May 23, 2024 13:00 - 50 minutes - 38.2 MBIts an emotionally impactful awards bait movie with a killer cast. Which means that everyone talked about it and no one watched it. But we girded ourselves and took on the ordeal. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Delicious in Dungeon and Call Us Villains Our Twitter Our Threads Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Isle of Dogs: or An Indie Lover's Best Friend (with Lhito)
May 09, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBWe so rarely take a look at animated films on this show. This is an absolute delight, assuming you can vibe with the director's sensibilities. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Ninja Sex Party, Moulin Rouge, and Epic the Musical Our Twitter Our Threads Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Wine Country: or Putting the Nap in Napa Valley (with Mindy)
April 25, 2024 13:00 - 53 minutes - 40.8 MBY'know, you don't always get movies aimed at this demographic starring this demographic. Kinda neat IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Suits, Twenty Sided Tavern, and We Were the Lucky Ones Our Twitter Our Threads Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Literally, Right Before Aaron: or 30% Flashback and Montage by Volume
April 11, 2024 13:00 - 43 minutes - 32 MBAll there is to say is that star-power alone does not a movie make. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: The Guest List and 3 Body Problem Our Twitter Our Threads Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Palm Springs: or Cycles of Goofing (with Gabe)
March 28, 2024 13:00 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MBAfter months of anticipation, it's finally here. We looked into this streaming service movie that came out in the first act of a global 'demic. And when all is said and done, it was pretty good IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Balatro, Love Lies Bleeding, and Kohl's Our Twitter Our Threads Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Mr Right: or Dance Like Their Lives Depend On It
March 14, 2024 13:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBShe's a mess and he avoids making messes. She's a paleontologist (in theory) and he's a hitman (in theory). Will this unlikely pair make it while dealing with New Orleans organized crime? Yeah, probably. That's the genre after all. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Company and Helluva Boss Our Twitter Our Threads Find Kyle Online Fin...
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World: or Power of Love Doesn't Stop an Asteroid (with Matt)
February 29, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBYou've got a talented actress and a funny actor, yet somehow, this is a very dull movie. These are the kind of writers who are good at descriptions but not dialogue. Anyway, its the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Infinite Craft (also Nicky Case), Dracula's Ex-Girlfriend, True Detective S4 Our Twitter Our Threads Find K...
In Time: or Comedy Minus Tragedy Equals Money
February 15, 2024 14:00 - 54 minutes - 50.7 MBWe kept referencing it, so it was finally time to review it. A tad more style over substance, when we finally looked at it closely there is a lot to be said. It just doesn't always execute it as well as it could. "REPENT, HARLEQUIN!" SAID THE TICKTOCKMAN IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Baldur's Gate 3 and Tracy Chapman/Luke Combs Fast Car Our Twitter Our Threads Find Kyle On...
Balls of Fury: or Innuendo and Expectation Inversions
February 01, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBSome call it the greatest sport to grace the Earth. Others say that its the thing that one annoying kid was really into. Either way, it makes for a surprisingly funny movie with just a smidge of racism. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Penith and Hazbin Hotel Our Twitter Our Threads Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
C.H.U.D. : or Getting Lost in New York is a Bad Idea
January 11, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBKinda light on the horror, because its too cheesy to get the spooks and scares you might want. But, as a human interest story equivalent, this is shockingly impressive. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Ekko Astral (and Star's Revenge and Pop Music Fever Dream) Our Twitter Our Threads Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Mystery Team: or Putting the Childish in Childish Gambino (with Brad)
December 28, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBHey kids, you wanna see a dead body? What if we explored the mystery of why that body was dead, kind of. Not in like a forensics sense like a procedural. More like if Inspector Clouseau was tasked with solving a murder. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Mortal Kombat 1, Rebel Moon, Scavengers Reign Our Twitter Our Threads Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online Find Brad O...
Super: or Jimmy Gunn's Horrific Indulgences (with Anthony)
December 14, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBBruh, this one's pretty fucked IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: The Fall of the House of Usher, Hbomberguy's Plagiarism and You(Tube), and Godzilla Minus One Our Twitter Our Threads Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online Anthony's Twitter and Twitch
Division 3: Football's Finest: Too Much Pain For Not Enough Gain (with Paul)
November 30, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 65 MBFootball is a classic premise. Typically either high-school or professional, so we're shaking things up by looking at college ball. Oh, they also aren't very good, so shaking up the formula even further. Ah well, at least this one got buried in the sands of time. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Roll for Sandwich, High Rollers, and The Righteous Gemstones Our Twitter Our Threads Find Kyle Online...
The Number 23: or Numerology and Literature Are a Bad Mix
November 16, 2023 14:00 - 47 minutes - 44.3 MBWe really just watched a man have a breakdown. And then Jim Carrey went on to make this number-obsessed nightmare. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Dicks: The Musical and Alvin Ailey School Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Moon: or Almost the Lonliest Number
November 02, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBA methodical and focused movie. Something you don't see everyday. Starring one of the most underrated actors currently working. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Venture Bros and Le Corsaire Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Speed Racer: or Ironically a Dragging Film (with Brad)
October 05, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBWe don't do adaptations typically, much less adaptations of anime. But here we are, bursting out of the gate at mach 5. Strangely focused on business minutiae for what should be a racing movie. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Ayo Edebiri, The Night Circus, and Netflix Live-Action One Piece Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online Find Brad Online: Twitch and YouTu...
A Futile and Stupid Gesture: or Absolutely Your Father's Comedy
September 21, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 62 MBNot quite a biopic, as they're very willing to be wrong to make a better story. Will Forte plays a man who platformed some of the funniest people that we know from the 70s. Surprisingly, we get a little opera lesson. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical and Veneno Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Southland Tales: or A Sprawling Epic of Nonsense
September 07, 2023 13:00 - 58 minutes - 54.1 MBConfusion! That's the name of the game for this one. We almost had a near expert who may have been able to help us navigate, but life had other plans. Sophia practices deep breathing to retain some sanity. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Everybody Knows and March on Washington 60 Year Anniversary Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Stranger Than Fiction: or All That's Certain, But Not This Time
August 24, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBWhat would you do if you're life were narrated? Would you revel in the excitement and extra information? Despair against a sense of predestination? Now what would you do if you could find that narrator? Would you implore them to change the narrative? That is exactly what we watched in this less popular Will Ferrell movie. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: GenCon and The People of Paper Our Twitter Find Kyle Online ...
Stranger Than Fiction: or All That's Certain
August 24, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBWhat would you do if you're life were narrated? Would you revel in the excitement and extra information? Despair against a sense of predestination? Now what would you do if you could find that narrator? Would you implore them to change the narrative? That is exactly what we watched in this less popular Will Ferrell movie. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: GenCon and The People of Paper Our Twitter Find Kyle Online ...
The Death of Stalin: or Fools of the Яound Table (With Jerrett)
August 12, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBMostly historical, but kinda not. Unbelievable acting and occasionally very funny moments. Bring your own copy of 1984 IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Sleeping With Other People, Rita Ora, and One Piece Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Friendsgiving: or Overwhelming Social Obligation
July 27, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBI'd say you could call us Disney the way we're releasing an episode on a holiday movie out of season, but absolutely no love for corporations. Honestly, a straightforward movie of a dysfunctional holiday gathering. Not much else to say. Entertainment Community Fund and Hegelian Dialectic IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: No Hard Feelings and Joy Ride Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Keeping Up With the Steins: or Familial Impotent Rage
July 13, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBA Bar Mitzvah is important. For a staggering number of people, the party is even more important. Join two real Jews watch some fictional Jews get in touch with their religious heritage. Also, the intro contains actual audio from Kyle's Bar Mitzvah IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Clone High reboot and National Theatre Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
The Love Guru: or A Comedian's Ugly Duckling Song Performance
June 22, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBWe had a lot of fun watching this movie where the actors clearly had a lot of fun. You've very like heard of this movie. Hell, there's a real chance you've seen this movie. But have you ever really thought about it. Well, neither did we! Sit back and enjoy the lambasting. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: NOBRO and Battletech Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard: or Introducing: Checkov's Car! More Modern and Just As Deadly!
June 08, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBWhat's the job to do when you can talk well and connect with people? Podcasting! But that's way too saturated and actually may have too much dignity. So lets jump into the world of sales. Still not sleazy enough. Well, here comes this movie, all about sales consultants. Perfect! IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: The Other Two and Moon Garden Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead: or The Life Draining Power of Theatre
May 25, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBWe're going back to movies about live theatre. But lets make it less appetizing by being a Willie Shakes play. But but lets make it way cooler by making it about vampires. And for good measure, lets throw the Karate Kid in there. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Dracula Daily, Re:Dracula, and A Special How to Lose the Time War Recommendation Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Don Verdean: or The Lamest Story Ever Told
May 11, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBThe underrated powerhouse Sam Rockwell leads this unfortunate film. Fair warning, we are pretty mean to Christians and Christianity in this episode. Behind the Bastards on Christianity and Capitalism IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: What We Do in the Shadows and Renfield Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
The Clapper: or the Erosion of Privacy and Price of Virality
April 27, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBBelieve it or not, people used to try to get work being in the audience of infomercials. And for some, they might've actually been able to make something close to making a living. For one such man in the early 00s, he found that getting noticed on these shows was not a road to stardom, but a hindrance to his livelihood. This movie also weaves in a romance that isn't the typical hetero-nonsense. Dylan Mulvaney's Bud Light video IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Dungeons and Dragons...
Repo: The Genetic Opera: or Its Not a Phase, Mom (with Danielle)
April 13, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 82 MBThis jam packed musical nearly has an idea to communicate. We got so swept up in the fragmented ideas, we forgot to address one more thoroughly, namely parallel approaches to legacy with regards to Shiloh and Rotti. Ah well, we'll get 'em next time. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Party Down, Sleep No More, and RRR dance scene Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
The VelociPastor: or 100 Dollars and a Prayer
March 30, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 52.3 MBWhat's more dangerous to the world than a priest? One that uncontrollably transforms into a dinosaur. Lets get silly with this shitpost on film and have an excellent time. Kuleshov Effect, Your Dinosaurs are Wrong 1 and 2 IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: History of the World Part 2 and Shadow and Bone Season 2 Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Don't Think Twice: or An Obsession With a Corporate Sanctioned Live Program
March 16, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBFunny people failing to actually be funny is more common than you think. This is one such movie, which also has a distinctly indie movie flair about it. Still though, an enjoyable watch. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Sense8 and The Prince Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Drunk Parents: or Flailing of the Temporarily Embarrassed Wealthy
March 02, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBWe could only dream of having this much money to lose. So lets point and laugh at the two jackasses who gotta rough it for a week. That said, their misery is much more of their own doing than for most people. IMDB JustWatch Donate to Mermaids Pop Culture Pop Outs: Marvel's Midnight Suns and World of Darkness Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Playing It Cool: or Delusions of the Heart and Mind (with Matt)
February 16, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 95.3 MBA romance with People's Sexiest Man Alive of 2022? Color me intrigued. Though after watching this one, I'd be a little wary of going down that path. We bring back our in-house rom-com expert to tackle this one along with us. Navy ship attack example and Magical Realism explanations 1, 2, 3 IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Extraordinary, Reaction to spy balloon, Black Bird Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Terminal: or the Most Anyone Has Cared About Lewis Carroll Since Tim Burton
February 02, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBTense. Focused. Mysterious. All apt descriptors, but missing that this is also needlessly complicated and a bit self-important. However, just like all the neon signs throughout, we light the shadowed narrative path, and look good while doing it. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Kaleidoscope and Fake Vaccine Reaction videos Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Mystery Men: or a Cadre of Stars...Pre-Y2K
January 19, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBIs it a bird? Is it a plane? Not in the slightest, because only one of these superheros has anything close to flight. A great send up of superheros and vigilantes that was surprisingly prescient, considering what the next two decades of cinema would look like. This also gave the world the banger that is All Star by Smash Mouth as well as the 2nd grossest thing Paul Reubens has ever done. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: God of War Ragnarök and Penumbra Podcast Our Twitter Find Kyle ...
Sex Drive: or Learning the Confidence of a Mediocre Teenage White Boy
December 22, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBIts the late 2000s. What comedy genres have had their time in the limelight recently? Teen sex comedies and road trip movies. Does combining them work in this instance? Barely, if at all. This may be the most dating advice with aunt Sophia heavy episode to date, because when you watch a train-wreck of relationships, its easy to point out all the ways to not fuck up. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: The Enigma of Room 622 and This is How You Lose the Time War Our Twitter Find Kyle On...
Zardoz: or Manchurian Candidate for Transing Yourself
December 08, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBWe keep it rolling with movies made in the 20th century. But this one is not nearly as enjoyable, at least not sincerely. Anyway, we just complain a lot about a movie that features Sean Connery in one the strangest costumes to come out of Hollywood. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Bullshit Jobs and Avatar: The Way of Water Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
UHF: or a Referential Dadaist View of the 80s
November 24, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBWe're going back to an older time. A stranger time. Dare I say it, a ... weirder time. A very fun look at some old school TV style and some solid comedy. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Weird: the Al Yankovic Story and Hunter the Parenting Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Opening Night: or Trophy Grove Being an NSYNC Hater (with Trevor)
November 10, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBUsually all three people here enjoy musicals, but only one of us liked this movie. This may actually be an elaborate, roundabout marriage proposal from Sophia to Alona Tal. Trevor introduces the idea of butchering actors' names and we run with it like we're Olympic sprinters. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Reboot, Smoosh, and Love Is Blind Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online Trevor's Instagram
Rapture-Palooza: or An Accidental Biblical Metaphor for a Pandora
October 27, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBSo this movie is very funny, but a bit light on plot content. So we have to make our own fun in this episode at times. You might think its getting distracted from the point, but its definitely making our own fun. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Hadestown, Something Rotten, and Hellraiser Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Dear White People: or The D In Ivy League is For Diversity (with Anthony)
October 13, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBAnother comedy that deals with social issues, and we naturally treat it with 2% more levity than we should. Honestly, a bit of a blur, just like real college. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Succession, Andor, and Yakuza Kiwami Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online Anthony's Twitter and Twitch
Swiss Army Man: or If An Egg Cracks in the Woods and No One Hears It... (With Eileen)
September 29, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 97.3 MBIts that one farting corpse movie. Would you believe us that this is actually a pretty deep and touching movie? Well buckle in and let us make a believer out of you? We also say "society" enough times that even the Jared Leto Joker would tell us to tone it down. Make a drinking game out of it if you want. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: The Fabelmans, On Repentance and Repair, and Bros Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online Eileen's Twitter and Instagram --- Send in a...
Swiss Army Man: or If An Egg Cracks in the Woods and No One Hears It... (with Eileen)
September 29, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 97.3 MBIts that one farting corpse movie. Would you believe us that this is actually a pretty deep and touching movie? Well buckle in and let us make a believer out of you? We also say "society" enough times that even the Jared Leto Joker would tell us to tone it down. Make a drinking game out of it if you want. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: The Fabelmans, On Repentance and Repair, and Bros Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online Eileen's Twitter and Instagram
The Late Bloomer: or But What About Second Puberty
September 15, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 68.2 MBSeems puberty makes you act cringe. But lets make this funny by doing something like that but unexpectedly, like with a grown man. Is it funny? Absolutely not! Cringe is always cringe, even though cringe is dead. As well anyone should, we ignore the main nonsense to focus on the main characters dumb-dumb buddies. IMDB JustWatch Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny and Kyle Kallgren Starship Troopers Pop Culture Pop Outs: Bullet Train and Project Hail Mary Our Twitter Find Kyle Onl...
The Binge: or Teenagers Living Their Best Life Without Knowing It
September 01, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBWe've been trying to do less movies about high school teenagers and their silly problems. But, for 90 minutes a year, all cringe is legal. Complaints are aplenty. Will they get resolved by the end? Tune in for a very special episode of Off the Film Path. (This is actually not particularly special and the preceding sentence is written to ape the writing of early 2000s MTV teen dramas) IMDB JustWatch Musical Number Pop Culture Pop Outs: Pushing Daisies and Noa Kirel Our Twitter Find Kyle...
Like Father: or a Targeted Ad of Sorrow
August 18, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 69 MBSo...we make an almost absurd level of references to other media, especially movies we've covered previously. That may be the sugar that helps discussion of this otherwise not great movie. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: American Psycho and Sandman Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online
Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping: or Certified Not Gay™ (with Trevor)
August 04, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBLonely Island doing what they do best, making good songs and knockout jokes. The mockumentary style helps it stand out from plenty of other movies and the absolute glut of cameos is a constant delight. IMDB JustWatch Pop Culture Pop Outs: Tom Cardy, Alice in Videoland, and Devil Wears Prada Musical and Shoresy Our Twitter Find Kyle Online Find Sophia Online Trevor's Instagram