Episodes

  • Ep. 30: Jaws In Space — “Moonraker” (1979)
    Nov 27 2021

    This week, we get horny as hell for the end of the world and welcome fellow journalist Ben Freed as we enter Her Majesty’s Secret Service with this installment from the James Bond oeuvre.

    This flick is eerily contemporary in subject matter, considering it’s 42 years old, but painfully dated in other ways. Needless to say we get into all that, which hopefully will not land us in any space gulags.

    As always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Ep. 29: Where Is My MindHead — “Bowfinger” (1999)
    Nov 12 2021

    Whoever said late-90s comedies don’t hold up anymore? Oh, right, we say that, like, every three weeks. And this Hollywood sendup, featuring Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy, is a great example of exactly that.

    Our guest who brought us this film is Zach Seidel, who made his name via social media platforms that the world in this film could not possibly even conceive of. You can follow him on Twitter here.

    And as always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Ep. 28: Everybody’s Type — “Helvetica” (2007)
    Oct 29 2021

    We’re changing things up a bit this week with our first documentary, the 2007 doc “Helvetica,” brought to us by musician Davy Andrews. Yes, it’s about the font. Yes, really, stop asking.

    This may not be the kind of topic you’d expect to be worth the full 80 minutes of runtime that it occupies, but it’s surprisingly compelling and will almost certainly teach you something you didn’t know.

    Davy’s got a new album and you can find his stuff on Bandcamp or Spotify or wherever else you get your music.

    As always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

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    1 hr
  • Ep. 27: My Own Private Duncan Idaho — ”Dune” (1984)
    Oct 15 2021

    With the big budget blockbuster Denis Villeneuve's shot at Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi story due out next week, we figure there's no better time to revisit the David Lynch version from more than 35 years ago.

    I was actually in Europe last week, where the new movie was already playing, but resisted seeing it in the spirit of the podcast (and because, as much as we like movies, you shouldn't waste a night in Paris or Amsterdam in a dark theater).

    As always, make sure you're following us on Twitter and Instagram @LikeThisMovie.

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    46 mins
  • Ep. 26: Captain America and the Walking Dead — “The Losers” (2010)
    Oct 1 2021

    Chris Evans, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba and Jeffrey Dean Morgan? In a mid-budget, summer blockbustery, Michael-Bay-attention-span action movie? It’s OK, we’d never heard of it either.

    Guest and Editor in Chief of Baseball Prospectus Craig Goldstein joins us as we strap in for a tight 97 minutes of explosions that neither need, nor are given, any particular context. All vibes, no brakes.

    As always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Ep. 25: BUGS-B-GONE-WILD — “Arachnophobia” (1990)
    Sep 24 2021

    Oh, great, spiders. Reem Nadeem returns and brings us back to 1990 once again, just as she did with her first appearance on the pod, this time with the Jeff Daniels and John Goodman vehicle “Arachnophobia.”

    We didn’t discover until after taping that the other connection to the name Canaima comes from the actual national park in Venezuela where they shot on location for this film, which...yeah, sure, OK, just be obvious about it, then. Still not as fun as my trivia.

    As always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

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    56 mins
  • Ep. 24: Love in the Time of Caller ID — “Serendipity” (2001)
    Sep 10 2021

    We go guestless as we revisit the final innocent days of New York romance with this 2001 film that a younger version of me used to call, “the only good romantic comedy.”

    Starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale as our primary couple, the supporting cast is a who’s who of early aughts character actors, including Jeremy Piven, Molly Shannon, Bridget Moynahan, John Corbett and the resplendent Eugene Levy.

    As always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

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    48 mins
  • Ep. 23: A Riddickulous Premise — “Pitch Black” (2000)
    Sep 3 2021

    Guest Zeke Hartner returns and upholds his minimal promise of bringing us a better film than he did in his last visit, with this Vin Diesel-powered sci-fi horror flick that eschews the science aspect, on both the astronomical and evolutionary fronts.

    We have legitimate disagreements about what works and what doesn’t in this film, as well as some insight into the Hollywood machine that created some of these points of contention.

    So, as always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

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    59 mins