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If you thought the original BLADE RUNNER was dark, somber, deliberately-paced, and philosophically-inlined, then boy-howdy you've yet to experience the sequel. BLADE RUNNER 2049, a film nearly 4 decades in the making, has finally arrived on a wave of critical swooning and breathless anticipation... only to be met with a wildly disappointing opening weekend at the box office. Join us as we break do...

This week on your podcast of podcasts we journey down the allegorical rabbit hole with a giddily bible-obsessed (not to be confused with bible-THUMPING) Darren Aronofsky and get conflicted about his latest, unhinged, Studio-produced, "arthouse" oddity MOTHER! But first we run down the release schedule through the end of 2017 and psyche ourselves up about awards season hopefuls. Fall-in! 

We've got a nice, tight IT-pod this week preceded by a blunt but empathetic reaction to the news that the under-qualified Colin Trevorrow has been summarily removed from the franchise many of us believed he was never a good fit for in the first place. We do our best to sidestep the schadenfreude and be open-minded but, more importantly... how bout that IT, huh? IT's all happening! Plus we keep it...

We made it to 220 episodes. Who woulda thunk it? Join us for a Bicentennial Celebration wherein we wax critical about the summer of 2017 and wax nostalgic about 1997 AND 1987. (It's obviously WAY too early to talk about 2007). Onwards and upwards! Episode 400 here we come!

The highly-anticipated new film, INGRID GOES WEST rolls out wide this weekend on the heels of a red-hot bow in limited release. I was fortunate enough to interview director and co-writer Matt Spicer a couple months back and he impressed me with a candid eloquence about his journey from film student to writer-for-hire to Sundance Award Winner. The interview took place over the phone and I never rea...

Our long-promised, much-delayed Oeuvre series finally bows in earnest with the the first of [at least] 6 episodes chronicling the 40+ years and 30+ films of an artist named Steven Spielberg. Perhaps you've heard of him. This installment is affectionately titled "The 70s Wunderkind" and spans 1971-1979: -DUEL -THE SUGARLAND  EXPRESS -JAWS -CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND -1941 It's time for a ne...

Here we are, 1 episode shy of our podcast bicentennial, and what better way to celebrate the occasion than with a review of one of the most hotly-anticipated films of the summer? Christopher Nolan’s 10th directorial feature, the big, short, artsy war epic DUNKIRK bowed to nearly unanimous raves over the weekend. It appears the best picture starter pistol has officially been discharged. We embrace...

Here's the juice this week: -We stew and hand-wring about the unceremonious sacking of Lord and Miller from the Han Solo movie. -We chat amicable about THE LITTLE HOURS and the miraculous rise of Kate Micucci. -We get briefly nostalgic regarding the cinematic output of 2017's first 6 months. -We bemoan the missed opportunities abound in Sofia Coppola's remake of THE BEGUILED. -We get awfully impas...

"Music to drown by. Now I know I'm in first class." Note: We experienced a little sound glitch that starts up around the 55 minute mark and continues until the end of the podcast (hazard of a 3-way skype call across as many states). But don't be deterred! It's a minor annoyance. This is a great episode worth toughing it out 'till the end!

It's AFI time again and this week we're taking a long, strange trip with EASY RIDER.

The past week has been quite busy for our fearless podcasters. Travel, movie premieres, hobnobbing, and meeting-taking has defined the first week of June. Needless to say there's much to discuss and we decided to do it in this order: -A run-down of the 2017 Fantasy Film League Draft -Comparing notes and nostalgicly reflecting on last Friday's world premiere of CASSIDY RED -A brief and perhaps cont...

Heyo! This week we're talkin' Cannes, we're talkin' ALIEN: COVENENT, we're talkin' KING ARTHUR, we're even talkin' Netflix (natch). We also shamelessly (albeit briefly) plug the upcoming world premiere of CASSIDY RED (if you're gonna be in LA this Friday, June 2nd, you should come out and join us!). And, of course we gotta talk PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES because, you know, it...

"Is it my imagination or is it getting crowded in here?"

Summer movie season has arrived f'reals. Join us as we sound off about the inaugural film of summa 2017: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY vol. 2. Not to toot the proverbial horn but this is really good one. It's tight, streamlined, contenty, to-the-point, and we even disagree. Which is pretty novel for this podcast! Spoilers abound for pretty much the entire GOTGv2 convo so if you haven't seen the movie ye...

We’re back! After a spring hiatus we return to you, our beloved WLM brethren, with a discussion about one of this podcast’s most enduring and beloved topics: The Freakin’ Fast and The Furious Franchise. But, seeing as we’ve been off for almost a month we have a lot of catching up to do. So the first half of this podcast features a diverse swath of chit-chat, ranging from the great movie theaters o...

It's AFI time, it's Charlie Sheen time, it's PLATOON time... We've got a classic war film here that survived the 80s with its dignity intact. Listen is as we sing praises and lavish superlatives.

Have ya heard? There's a new King Kong flick out there and it's currently wreaking havoc in a movie theater near you. We saw it. We talked about it. Now we can go on with out lives. We love you. 

WLM Podcast #192: LOGAN [finally] brings the berserker

When an unprecedented, full-fledged, four-alarm Oscar emergency occurs, the boys at We Like Movies are always ready to answer the call. Spontaneous podcast coming in hot!

Happy Oscar Weekend, WLM faithfuls! Seems like just yesterday we were patting ourselves on the back and handing out golden statues. But somehow it's the glorious time of year again when the world turns its attention toward the magical world of movies. This Sunday, those of us belonging to the 30% of the population who actually watch best picture nominees will tune in right alongside the 70% who ca...

The first AFI challenge pod of 2017 arrives, bringing with it a polite genuflection before the alter of the one of the greatest (nay, the greatest?) single room dramas ever committed to film. The oft-referenced, oft-remade, oft-revered chatfest known as 12 ANGRY MEN gets the WLM treatment this week, just in time for Valentine's Day! Sit down next to someone you love to argue with, revisit this bon...

We got up at 5am this morning, sat through the awkward, self-congratulatory, pre-taped nomination presentation, then immediately went on the record with our thoughts. Our spirits were high, our opinions were fresh, our commentary was cutting and insightful! (At least that’s how it felt at 6am) Listen in for a nice, tight, 45 minute breakdown of all things Oscar[s].​

Our beloved Top 10 of the year podcast is here again and this time around we someone managed to bring it in for a landing shy of 90 minutes. Maybe we're gettin' better at this, nearly 200 episodes in... We start off with a brief Golden Globes breakdown before diggin' in for the good stuff: Our favorite films of 2016. Thanks for being with us.

Happy New Year to you, our WLM faithful. In our first podcast of 2017 we discussed the last films we caught in 2016. And it goes a little something like this: 00:12:48 - LA LA LAND 00:42:00 - JACKIE 00:51:30 - FENCES 00:59:36 - ELLE

Our long-awaited ROGUE ONE podcast has landed and let’s just say there are some disturbances in the force. Our reactions may not be what you’d expect from such fervent STAR WARS sympathizers. But we manage to keep our reactions to a nice, tight 70 minutes. Spoilers begin at 22 minutes. Be forewarned!