Do You Like Apples: Your Neighborhood Podcast

Do You Like Apples is back with all things "Dudes Rock Cinema." Is it a term of endearment that has you saying, "hell yes brother!"? Is it a phrase that makes you recoil? Both are appropriate reactions. With Jeff Nichols The Bikeriders coming out this weekend we wanted to create a conversation that mimics many conversations we over here at Do You Like Apples have had. A "popcorn reading" style con...

Do You Like Apples is back with one of their core influences back in the limelight with Richard Linklater releasing Hit Man this weekend! But more importantly, Glen Powell is here and he is not leaving anytime soon. Hit Man hits all the notes of a Hollywood hit. It is sexy, intense, charismatic, and has potential new stars on the horizon. Before Drew Wendt and Billy Rock get into their full SPOILE...

Welcome to "Do You Like Apples," in this episode, we're revving up our engines and heading straight into the wasteland to explore "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga." Join Billy Rock and Drew Wendt as they dissect the adrenaline-pumping action, the intricate character dynamics, and sing its praises despite the surrounding box-office worries. What makes a successful franchise and box office worries: (1:20) F...

Welcome to "Do You Like Apples," the all-things-film podcast hosted by Billy Rock and Drew Wendt. In this special episode, we're recapping the first week of the Cannes Film Festival, bringing you our thoughts and some snippets of the early reactions from critics around the globe. We make our Palme d'Or predictions and discuss which films from Cannes could be strong contenders for the coveted Best...

Welcome to The Do You Like Apples Podcast! Join us this week as we dive deep into the best Sci-Fi movies of all time. From the influential VFX classics like Jurassic Park and The Matrix to the epic adventures of Star Wars and Mad Max . In this episode, we also pay tribute to our friends from The Cineboiz Podcast with a heartfelt goodbye (kind of...) as they recorded their final podcast. Lastly, we...

Welcome to The Do You Like Apples podcast where we dive deep into the filmography of Ryan Gosling. Join hosts Billy Rock and Drew Wendt as they draft their favorite Ryan Gosling with special guest Michael O'Brien, co-host (but not lead Boi) of The Cineboiz podcast. Together, they discuss Gosling's new direction as an actor and are nostalgic for the quintessential quiet/sad boy of the 21st century....

It's time to start thinking about the summer movie season! Drew and Billy prepare you for all the big releases coming in the next few months. But first, they review (with no spoilers) Challengers (1:45), the tennis love triangle drama starring Zendaya. Then, they preview 19 upcoming summer movies to watch out for and their hype level for each one (11:00), including Furiosa, Twisters, A Quiet Place...

Alex Garland is back in the limelight with his biggest project yet. Civil War is a political thriller... or should I say... a thriller that is less political than we thought. This movie stars Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, and Cailee Spaeny as "freelance" journalists who are taking pictures of the horrific Civil War that has broken out in America and are on a road trip to Washington DC for a story o...

If two dudes talking about action cinema for almost two hours is up your alley, then boy, is this the episode for you! With all of the recent action movies released this year, Drew and Billy decided to build a top 10 action movies list for the 21st century. One by one, they go through a list of 30 action films since the year 2000, making the case if they are top 10 worthy or not. Listen in to hear...

One day late! If you have a problem with that we're gonna have Jake Gyllenhaal roundhouse kick you. This week Billy Rock and Drew Wendt create an awards ceremony for the continually underrated Jake Gyllenhaal. He is in his action movie era to mixed success, but each 5-10 years of his career has shown a different side of him as an actor. We explore that all with our Jake Gyllenhaal nominations! Hos...

Next year's Oscars are about one year away, but that's not stopping Drew and Billy from making some blind predictions for what will be contending at the 2025 Academy Awards. This episode combines two things this podcast loves: 1) Hyping up movies the world hasn't seen yet, and 2) competing against each other in a draft-based competition. Drew and Billy pick 2024 movies and performances in six diff...

Awards season is sadly officially over. The Oscars have come and gone, but not without putting on one of the better ceremonies in recent memory. Jimmy Kimmel crushed it, Ryan Gosling was Kenough, and a wonderful slate of movies were honored. Drew Wendt and Billy Rock get into their favorite highlights of the night, but first, some controversy has struck the Do You Like Apples community in our Osca...

Drew and Billy are back with their second episode this week! In anticipation of the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday night, they are giving you a full preview of what to expect at this year's Oscars. They discuss storylines for the show, the host, song performances, major categories, and who they want to see win. Get prepared for the big night with Do You Like Apples! Hosts: Drew Wendt and Billy Rock...

Drew Wendt is back this week after a week off and he joins co-host Billy Rock talking everything Dune: Part Two . Denis Villeneuve proves yet again why he might be challenging Christopher Nolan as the most notable blockbuster filmmaker working today. Dune: Part Two brings confidence back into massive cinema with its unique epic scale, seamless action sequences, non-winking tone, and broad but powe...

Welcome back! The Oscar's are much closer than they appear and we are here to gear you up for the big night. A quick examination of the betting odds favorites for Best Picture and how they stack up with Drew and Billy's personal Best Picture rankings. Keep an eye out for our newsletter as well where we will have a streaming guide for the movies that are nominated this year. AND a Oscar ballot comp...

Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich) hasn't directed a feature film in 11 years and M Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense) is our most polarizing director working today, but man, these guys had some serious juice coming out of 1999. Nothing about these two directors announcements as powerhouses was illegitimate. The direction of their careers is not what any of us expected, but has added to their mysti...

Drew and Billy avoid "a case of the Mondays" by discussing Office Space and Election for the next installment of their "Podcast Like It's 1999" miniseries celebrating the 25th anniversary of some of the best movies of that year. First, they recap a few of the movie trailers that debuted during the Super Bowl (1:57), before diving deep on Office Space (15:59) and Election (36:45). These two 1999 co...

The early winter months at the movie theater have inspired Billy and Drew of Do You Like Apples to look back on one of the more interesting and awesome movie years, 1999! Lana and Lily Wachowski's, The Matrix, and David Cronenberg's, eXistenz, capture the temperament and anxiety that came at the turn of the century unlike any pairing from this year. Both explore the existential crisis that a lot o...

Drew and Billy dig into the Oscar nominations with returning guest Kenny Ashton of The CineBoiz Podcast! There was plenty to discuss, celebrate, and complain about from these nominations. The guys discuss possible contenders to Oppenheimer 's frontrunner position, the lack of love for their favorites like May December and Asteroid City , and of course, those Barbie snubs. Hosts: Drew Wendt and Bil...

Welcome back to PART TWO of Drew Wendt and Billy Rock discussing their most anticipated movies of 2024. Last episode we talked about all of the movies that have definitive release dates. This week we are talking about likely 2024 releases that do not have an official release date yet. Before that conversation starts we get into how The Critics Choice Awards show signs of a chaotic and unpredictabl...

Welcome to our FIRST episode of 2024! We do a little bit of looking back to start the episode by talking about The Golden Globes and three 2023 award players that Drew and Billy had missed from the previous year. But most of this episode is looking forward into the movie slate for 2024. There are so many exciting releases this year that we had to split this episode up into two parts. Drew and Bill...

In the final podcast of the year, the Do You Like Apples brothers reunite for the first time in over a month to revel in the best the movies had to offer in 2023. Co-hosts Drew and Billy kick off the episode by reminiscing on their favorite movie theater experiences this year before unveiling each of their top 10 films of 2023 lists. It's a can't-miss episode of the DYLA podcast! Hosts: Drew Wendt...

Welcome back everyone! Your last episode before Drew is back! And we're really putting you through a test this time. Billy is doing a solo pod about lessons he has learned from the 2023 movie year. All centered around one of our greatest actors and two of our most polarizing directors. This conversation goes into the worry, excitement, and optimism for what is to come in the world of movies. You c...

Welcome to The Do You Like Apples Podcast where host Billy Rock speaks with Kenny Ashton, co-host of The Cineboiz podcast, diving deep into Godzilla Minus One. This year has brought hope to people like Billy and Kenny, while still holding on to some of the skepticism around the film industry. Surprise massive hits like Oppenheimer , Barbie , and now Godzilla Minus One have shown signs of audiences...

It hasn't been since the crazy weekend of BARBENHEIMER that Do You Like Apples has dedicated a whole episode to a specific movie. Drew is sadly out this week, but film critic Joshua Ray joins Billy for this very in-depth discussion about Todd Haynes new film May December. Find Joshua Ray: The Take Up On KMOV as a Movie Critic Every Friday Host: Billy Rock Intro Music By: Ryan Jenkins Instagram and...