
The Steam Room Film Podcast
The Steam Room Film Podcast is your place for the steamiest hot takes about movies. We have watchalongs, reactions, analysis – watcha hungry for? Whether you like movies or hate them, this podcast is your spot! Welcome to the Steam Room.
Episodes
67 episodes
67: Hot Take - Pirates of the Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl
"She's safe, just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised. And you get to podcast for her, just like you promised. So we're all men of our word really... except for, of course, Julia, who is in fact, a woman."...
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1:48:30

66: Deep Dive - Mission Impossible Rogue Nation and Fallout
"Benji, the Steam Room is real. A rogue nation trained to do what we do!" Our Mission Impossible recap continues with the fifth and sixth movies in the franchise, which are two of our favorite action movies of all time. We've got lots to talk a...
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1:54:28

65: Deep Dive - Mission: Impossible 1-4
Your mission should you choose to accept it is to join us for our ongoing recap of the Mission Impossible franchise! Today's episode is a review of the first four movies with a focus on Mission Impossible 3 and Ghost Protocol. Whether you're th...
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1:26:45

64: Hot Take - Disney Animation
Disney is releasing their live action Snow White movie this weekend, so there's no better time for us to talk about the Disney Renaissance and Disney's animated movies in the 2010s. This quickly turns into one of our most heated episodes, so if...
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1:35:36

63: Instant React - Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice
Sometimes as podcasters you watch Suicide Squad and have such a terrible time that you just feel compelled to watch DC's other 2016 hit - Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice. Today Kyle and Julia break down this absolute disaster of a film with a...
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1:11:59

62: The Bourne Instant React
"I can tell you the episode titles of all 62 episodes of the podcast. How can I know that and not know who I am?" In this episode Kyle and Julia take a look at the first three Jason Bourne movies. For movies that changed the landscape of action...
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1:57:05

61: 2024 Tier Ranking
2024 is over, and with the end of the year comes a necessary task: ranking all the 2024 movies we saw this year! So join us today in the Steam Room Film Podcast as Kyle and Julia (and Jon for 3 minutes) assemble a tier ranking of all the 2024 m...
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1:13:54

60: Instant React - Arcane
The Steam Room TV Podcast is back with the coolest TV show in years, Arcane! Season 2 just released on Netflix, and in today's episode Jon joins Kyle and Julia to talk about the show as a whole, favorite characters, and coolest scenes. And don'...
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1:46:13

59: Hot Take - The Force Awakens
Han Solo was right, that's not how the Force works. We're continuing our Star Wars series with the original movie, A New Hope, and we didn't really like it this time around! We've got some good things to say, a good amount of complaining, a bit...
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1:40:19

58: It Takes Two - Ratatouille and Ratatoing
What's better than one rat chef movie? That's right, two rat chef movies! In 2007 Ratatouille and its ripoff, Ratatoing, were released, and today we take a look at both of these cinematic culinary delights. Plus, we take a quick look at the new...
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1:15:13

57: Perfect Movies - Pride & Prejudice
We may not have the talent of conversing easily with people we have never met before, but you'd better believe we'll practice. In today's episode Kyle and Julia take a look at 2005's Pride & Prejudice starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Ma...
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1:04:11

56: Keep Up - Megalopolis
"And you think one year of... podcasting entitles you to plow through the riches of my Emersonian mind?" Today's is a Keep Up episode, in which Jon and Kyle discuss Megalopolis, and Julia, who has not seen it, has five questions at her disposal...
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1:55:16

55: Instant React - Inside Out
Thank you San Francisco, you ruined podcasting! In today's episode Kyle and Julia review Inside Out and have a larger discussion about the ongoing Pixar project. So get some broccoli for your pizza and join us today in The Steam Room Film Podca...
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1:14:27

54: Instant React - Return of the Jedi
Jeez, we're out of it for two and a half weeks, and everyone gets delusions of grandeur! Today we finish the Original Trilogy and...we have mildly hot takes! This is a good movie with arguably the worst scene in Star Wars, and if you ever quest...
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1:15:25

53: Instant React - Fantastic Four and Rise of the Silver Surfer
Steam on! Today we're taking another trip into early-2000s nostalgia with Fantastic Four and its sequel, Rise of the Silver Surfer! And spoiler alert: both of these movies are leagues better than Fant4stic. Join us in today's episode for fun ga...
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1:13:48

52: Hot Take - House of the Dragon
"Dreams didn't make us kings. Podcasts did." Now that we've seen the finale of House of the Dragon Season 2, we've got some hot takes on this show and some leftover hot takes on Game of Thrones! So pour yourself some hallucinatory Harrenhaal te...
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1:13:28

51: Cold Take - Game of Thrones
Have you considered the best podcaster might be someone who does not want to podcast? Today we dive back into the Steam Room TV Podcast to discuss a few of the highs but mostly the lows of Game of Thrones. This episode actually reflects the sho...
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1:14:54

50: Perfect Movies - The Empire Strikes Back
You're not actually going IN to talk about a Star Wars movie? They'd be crazy to follow us wouldn't they? We saved a very special movie for our 50th episode, but is it a perfect movie? Has it been tarnished by the Star Wars projects that h...
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1:10:47

49: It Takes Two - Suicide Squad and Fant4stic
What are we, some kind of It Takes Two - Suicide Squad and Fant4stic? We've long contended that 2016's Suicide Squad is the worst superhero movie, and that was true until out of morbid curiosity we watched 2015's Fant4stic...which just might be...
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1:08:25

48: It Takes Three - Challengers, The Social Network, The Last Duel
Drop the "The". Just "Steam Room Film Podcast". It's cleaner. After seeing Challengers, we decided it had a lot in common with both The Social Network and The Last Duel! To discuss these three films about the dissolution of friendships, we deci...
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1:36:09

47: Instant React - Furiosa
"Lady and gentlemens! Start your podcast!" Furiosa is finally here, and here to talk about it today are Kyle and Julia! This is movie the prequel to Mad Max Fury Road which contains the origin story of Furiosa as well as tons of worldbuilding, ...
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1:27:18

46: Instant React - The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Snow always lands on top, but Steam rises above. As fans of the Hunger Games we were pretty interested in seeing 2023's prequel and our thoughts are...mixed to say the least. It may be a hot take, but we think this movie could have been execute...
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1:32:52

45: It Takes Two - The Thomas Crown Affair and Ocean's Twelve
They say it takes two to tango, and whether that's Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo, or the films The Thomas Crown Affair and Ocean's Twelve, that statement is true! Today we take a look at two breezy snazzy spicy heist films with more than a hint...
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1:39:14

44: Hot Take - Bad Movies With Good Scores
John Williams can't save this one. Today we're taking a look (and a listen) at movies that don't quite make the cut despite the herculean efforts of the composer. Kyle and Julia review some of their favorite scores for bad movies, and in case y...
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