We Like Movies

We Like Movies. It's the truth. It says it right there in the title of the website and it's not false advertising. But occasionally, often in fact, we LOVE movies. This week's episode addresses one such occurrence. Oh, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways. We also love Netflix, apparently, and we spend the first 15 minutes gushing about that. This episode i...

This is a BIG one, folks. But it's not because of the subject matter, nor the running time of the episode (though both are respectable) but rather because our long-pursued and highly-anticipated special guest Mr. Ryan Julius Julio finally joins us for a chat. We talk 90's nostalgia, Woody Allen, IRRATIONAL MAN, Phillip Glass, TRAINWRECK, sexual politics, and even find some time to discuss a little...

We came, we saw, we chatted, we recorded, we even disagreed (!) MAD MAX: FURY ROAD was one of our most highly anticipated films of 2015 so, by extension, this was a podcast we were both really looking forward to. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Stay furious, my friends.

We saw AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON. We podcasted about it. (SPOILERS GALORE, natch) What're you gonna do, NOT listen? That's what I thought! ​...Love you, WLM fam.

We're back. After a lengthy estrangement, Oscar and I reconvene for (no ego or hyperbole) quite possibly one of the most fruitful and rewarding podcast discussions we've ever had. Maybe it was our time apart. Maybe it was the fact that we were positively brimming with opinions about this week's discussion topics. But whatever it was, we were firing on all cylinders tonight and we're especially pro...

Oscar's out of town this week and I'm currently in pre-production on a film so I thought I would take this opportunity to discuss westerns, my commitment to the genre, and the upcoming Kickstarter campaign for the production of a film entitled "CASSIDY RED". On this episode I wax nostalgic, get personal, stew over my issues with the philosophy of crowdfunding, and finally pitch my project to you-...

There is some light at the end of the first quarter movie season tunnel, dear listeners. The first glimmer came courtesy of the recently-minted "instant genre classic" IT FOLLOWS- the first film worth its weight in DCP to hit multiplexes in months! More light will expand this weekend when a certain 7th installment of a Corona-fueled franchise kicks off the summer movie season. But until then, IT F...

Top 10 time, friends. The opinion dam is about to break. Don't act like you're not excited.

Thank god... GONE GIRL is finally here. We celebrate the arrival of one of our most anticipated films of 2014 with a robust, impassioned discussion that introduces special guest KENDALL HORN into the We Like Movies lexicon. This is a good one, dear listeners. You can trust us. We're podcasters.

Oscar is "on assignment" this week so I'm on my own. Just a man, a microphone, and a whole lotta thoughts. Since the multiplex has run dry of worthy content (as it is wont to do every year during the last breath dog days) I've recently retreated into familiar "comfort food" at home: Rewatching the first season of TRUE DETECTIVE, AFI 100 Years 100 Movies CBS specials, and an impromptu marathon of 3...

Steven Soderbergh has smoothly transitioned from movies to television and his new Cinemax drama THE KNICK is already garnering some of the strongest praise of his career. Join us as we sharpen the edges of our fine-toothed comb before using it to dissect the career of the great American masters. We then spend the last 20 minutes of the podcast chatting about the first 2 episodes of THE KNICK. But,...

There are those films that we've seen, there are those films that we haven't seen... There are those films that we've seen that we would have preferred that we hadn't seen... But, MOST importantly, there are those films that we're embarrassed to admit that we haven't seen.... And that's where this list begins... We're getting a few things off of our respective chests, this week.... Don't judge us....

Well, dear friends. A conversation that began as a very casual, on again, off again chit chat about movies, television, literature, and pop culture as whole, somehow morphed and matured into a bona fide blog. That blog gave birth to a podcast and said podcast somehow made it to a triple digit episode count. If you're reading this right now, then you had much to do with us making it this far and, o...

It's TRUE DETECTIVE. We're gonna talk about it. If you're already on board then you need no more con

It's that time, folks! Our favorite podcast of the year- our dueling top 10 lists pod! We've taken 2 glorious, silver-tongued hours of hard-hitting discussion regarding cinematic experiences that rocked our respective worlds in the last 12 months, injected them into an easily digestible MP3 capsule, and faithfully submitted them for your approval and aural pleasure right here on the We Like Movies...

CATCHING FIRE podcast. 'nuff said? Not sold? How about we throw in special guest and HUNGER GAMES superfan Candice Knutson?! Still not sold?? How 'bout a brief NEBRASKA discussion? Yeah, now you're on board. Don't fight it. Let us in. We're here to help. Let's get hungry.

Greetings, WLM family. As a thank you for being our dear and dedicated brethren we would like to submit, for your approval, a very special podcast- dedicated to a new and exciting documentary about the sport of Quidditch.

It's finally over- the series that redefined the way we look at television, antiheroes, and methamphetamine delivery methods (hint: directly up the nasal cavity is a good place to start) has come to an end. On this week's VERY SPECIAL episode of the We Like Movies Podcast we turn our attention to cinema's younger, perkier sister. Yes, for the first time, We Like Movies becomes We Like Television!...

Well it's that time of year when the weather starts to become more amenable, clothes begin to come off, students take a leave from their studies for a short time, and hedonism reigns supreme. Yes it's that glorious time of year known to us all as "spring break". And thanks to MTV, Girls Gone Wild, Arrested Development, and the South Padre Island chamber of commerce, the yearly ritual has been so e...

One of the blanket criticisms about the films of 2012 was their reoccurring tendency toward bloated running times. There were some long-ass films this last year. And it is in the spirit of this often indulgent practice of allowing a running time to veer into epic territory that we bring you our WELIKEMOVIES MEGAPOD: A 2 hour long foray into the heart of cinematic darkness wherein we discuss all th...

After 50 years and 23 films, this old dog appears to be perfectly capable of learning new tricks. Notable tricks include instantly becoming one of the most critically acclaimed films in the series and having the biggest opening weekend in franchise history. We have settled into a new golden age of Bond filmmaking and We Like Movies wants to add its voice to the deafening fanboy cheer of elation.

One of the most anticipated films of the year (of the last few years?) has finally unspooled in front of audiences. Love it or hate it (there seem to be just as many supporters of the former as supporters of the latter), this film is going to inspire DISCUSSION. So... seeing as discussion is our stock and trade here at We Like Movies, we chose to do an epic podcast about the aforementioned polariz...

The recent, untimely demise of action auteur Tony Scott, brought a career that has long been undervalued, to the forefront of the cultural discussion. And while I certainly never wanted a troubling suicide to be the motivating factor in an overdue dissection of the man's 30 year artistic legacy, I think it's important that we don't let this strange turn of events prove a missed opportunity. His fe...

Well it was inevitable that it would come to this. We never officially discussed our intention to talk about our favorite film scores in a podcast scenario. But when we started down our "music in the movies" rabbit hole about a month ago, I sort of began to presume, in the back of my mind, that eventually we would find our way to this subject. I'm so very glad we did. I love me a good score.

We had so much fun putting together our "pop songs in movies" list a few weeks back that we had to follow it up with another music-themed podcast. This week we discuss our personal favorite songs written specifically for the films in which they appear. It's a celebration of artform synergy! Prince may or may not be discussed (fair warning). We Like Movies drinking game buzzword of the week: "ICONI...