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Comedian Rick Ramos sits down and talks current theatrical releases and offers suggestions for additional movie watching choices. A film fans dream come true, WatchThis is about the art, beauty, and possibilities of cinema. Each week Ramos discusses the greatest films ever made (including those that you may have missed) as well as the artists that have created these films. He also goes further in discussing how much these films mean to him and how much they will - hopefully - mean to you. Enjoy!
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The Shaun Tabatt Show

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The Shaun Tabatt Show is an interview-based program connecting you with with thought leaders from across the globe, digging into important topics like creativity, personal development, marketing, health, spirituality, and so much more.
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The Beggar, The Blonde, and The Button: Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell Take a listen as Mr. Chavez & I continue our annual exploration of Horror for this Halloween Season. This week my podcast partner & I take a look at Sam Raimi's 2009 return to the Horror/Comedy genre. A modest hit when initially released, Raimi's film has developed somewhat of a cu…
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Gen Z Xenomorph: Fede Alvarez's Alien: Romulus No Worries . . . Mr. Chavez & I will be returning to our Never-Ending 500 Episode Retrospective. However, this week we continue our look into the Horror genre taking us into the Halloween Season, with Fede Alvarez's newest entry into the Alien Series, Alien: Romulus. This 7th film in the series - We Do…
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In this episode of The Shaun Tabatt Show, Shaun sits down with Tim Cooper to discuss his new book When Christians Disagree: Lessons from the Fractured Relationship of John Owen and Richard Baxter. Connect with Tim here: www.otago.ac.nz.By Shaun Tabatt
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The TV Took My Blonde Daughter - Spielberg & Hooper's Poltergeist This week we take a break from our 500 Episode Retrospectives - I really didn't think it would take this long to get through 500 episodes - to bring the cinematic hammer down and dive into The Season of All-Saints. We have an entirely new slew of Cinematic Horror for the next two mon…
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Found Treasure, Excess, Hilarity, and New Authors in Horror We have no idea when this will end, but we're having a hell of a time remembering. Take a listen as Mr. Chavez & I remember The Video Store, New Voices in Horror (Peele/Aster/Eggers), Ultimate Excess (Tarantino's The Hateful 8), Legends (Dylan & McCartney), and a Heartfelt Farewell to a Co…
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Music Televison, Bad Taste, Toxic Masculinity & So Much More It's proving to be a hell of a good time reminiscing on these past ten years. Part 9 is coming at ya. Break open a bottle, take a listen, and enjoy the memories we share. We'd love to hear your thoughts - gondoramos@yahoo.com - Many Thanks. For those of you who would like to donate to thi…
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Memories Are Made of This Part 8 of a never-ending ride back through a decade of WatchThis W/RickRamos. Discussing all manners of cinema, music, television, the culture, and culminating with my leaving Los Angeles after twenty years. It's a good time between two good friends. Take a listen and let us know what you think . . . . gondoramos@yahoo.com…
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Conspiracies & Things to Come Take a listen as we continue our deep dive into a decade of WatchThis W/RickRamos. We're having a great time . . . We hope you're feeling the same. Best Wishes. As always, we can be reached at gondoramos@yahoo.com. Many Thanks. For those of you who would like to donate to this undying labor of love, you can do so with …
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Old, New, and Everything In-Between Neither Mr. Chavez nor I are sure how long this will take, but we are having a great time remembering these last ten years. We hope that we are stirring memories and giving you an idea of the enjoyment we have in recording these shows and the importance that each episode means to us. Take a listen . . . we think …
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Down a Darker Path The memories continue to flow. Take a listen as we remember, argue, laugh, and double-down. This is proving to be a great time for the two of us . . . We can only hope you're enjoying it in the same manner. As always, we can be reached at gondoramos@yahoo.com. Many Thanks. For those of you who would like to donate to this undying…
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A Never-Ending Talk . . . We're just having too much fun remembering the last decade and the 500 episodes that have come with it. Take a listen as we amuse ourselves and - hopefully - you. No End in Sight. Just enjoy the ride. As always we can be reached at gondoramos@yahoo.com - Many Thanks. For those of you who would like to donate to this undyin…
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And the Band Plays On . . . What can I say . . . ? This week Mr. Chavez & I continue our leap into the past with a look at 500 episodes and a decade of memories. It's a fun time and we'd love to share our memories, thoughts, thanks, and promises for the future. Take a listen . . . we think you'll enjoy it. As always, we can be reached at gondoramos…
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More to Say: A Continuing Reminiscence on 500 Episodes Take a listen as Ibrahim & I continue to look back on the decade of episodes we have done. This continues to be a great time for two old friends and our look back at the show, why we do it, how it still excites us, and what it has meant to us as a whole. Take a listen . . . We don't think you'l…
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Because It's In 'Em And It's Got To Come Out: Reminiscing on 500 Episodes A whole lot of what we do is the thrill of (hopefully, thoughtful/intelligent) conversation. WatchThis W/RickRamos has afforded your two hosts the opportunity to maintain, grow, and strengthen our friendship. The fact that there exists an audience interested in where these id…
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Nature Finds a Way: Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park This week Ibrahim & I close out the month with a fan favorite, a ground-breaking special effects extravaganza, the emergence of a new cinematic tool, and a hint at the cinematic world to come. This week we close out our look at blockbusters bookending Steven Spielberg's 1975 Jaws with his 1993 lo…
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Lady War Rig: George Miller's Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga This week we focus on a soon to be classic prequel to - arguably - the best action film of the 21st Century . . . the continuing George Miller saga - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Featuring an incredible Ana Taylor-Joy, taking over the Imperator Furiosa role originated by Charlize Theron in Miller's …
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Yippee-Ki-Yay, M*#^%$F@!^!#: John McTiernan's Die Hard This week a 1980s Action Classic . . . John McTiernan's Die Hard (1988). A huge gamble for 20th Century Fox in the late 1980s, Die Hard remains the standard for "everyman" action films. Before the character would become a superhero, impervious to any and all pain, John McClane was a New York co…
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Like Looking in the Mirror, Only Not: John Woo's Face/Off This week Mr. Chavez and I continue our look at blockbusters with this 1997 John Woo Classic of stylized violence, ridiculous plotting, and unbridled overacting . . . we are - of course - talking about Woo's Face/Off. There's no way to really get into how utterly ridiculous this film is for …
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Like a Doll's Eyes: Steven Spielberg's JAWS This week, a classic . . . in 1975 Steven Spielberg changed the face of cinema with his adaptation of Peter Benchley's 1974 novel Jaws. The story of a man-eating shark terrorizing a small island community, Jaws would usher in a new era of moviegoing. There's little that should be written in this episode s…
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Make a Move and the Bunny Gets It: Simon West's Con Air This week Mr. Chavez & I celebrate bad cinema with a look at the 1997 Simon West Action/Comedy/Prison/B-Movie Character Actor Extravaganza Con Air. Based on a real-life judicial system prison transport program, Con Air is an embarassing and exaggerated look at 1990s Hollywood Action Cinema. Fe…
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In this episode of The Shaun Tabatt Show, Shaun sits down with social scientist Catherine Ruth Pakaluk to discuss her new book Hannah's Children: The Stories of Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth. Find Out More: Catherine.Pakaluk.com @CRPakaluk on Twitter @CPakaluk on FacebookBy Shaun Tabatt
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Obvious Action, Patriotic Porn: Michael Bay's The Rock This week Mr. Chavez & I dive into the world of 1990s Big Budget, Over-Hyped & Underwritten, Garbage Cinema with one of the best that would come out of the Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Machine, Michael Bay's 1996 opus The RockFeaturing Nicholas Cage (in the first of a series of big-budgeted, r…
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The Bailey Effect: Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life This week Ibrahim & I re-watch a classic (Thank You - Anonymous Donor, Someone), Frank Capra's 1946 Jimmy Stewart/Donna Reed Classic It's a Wonderful Life. Few films have captured the public's hearts and imaginations like Capra's look at the life of Bedford Falls' George Bailey - A man with big…
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A Fighter's Journey: The Rocky Saga & Legacy This week Mr. Chavez & I continue our look at Sylvester Stallone's 1976 Oscar-Winning creation, Rocky Balboa. For nearly five decades Stallone's Balboa has captured the hearts of the American public. An underdog character that has appeared seven times on the big screen, Balboa's story has run the gamut o…
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America's Underdog: John G. Avildsen's Rocky & Sylvester Stallone's Rocky II Jumping into the world of underdogs (last week's Popeye), Mr. Chavez & I look at one of the great American Cinematic creations - Rocky Balboa. The Balboa character's screenplay origin rivals that of the character's struggle in the film(s). From a real life adaptation of th…
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Comic Strip Underdog: Robert Altman's Popeye This week we look to the fans with a special episode dedicated to WatchThis supporter, Jorge Saucedo. Mr. Saucedo asked that we take a look at the much-maligned 1980 Robert Altman comic strip adaptation, Popeye. This was a great time re-visiting a classic of my youth and, although Popeye is not Mr. Chave…
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We'll Always Have Aqaba - David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia Few films are able to live up to the label of "epic". In 1962 David Lean created one of the great epic masterpieces of cinema, Lawrence of Arabia. Based on the life of British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and write, T.E. Lawrence, Lean's film chronicles Lawrence's involvement in th…
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Frank Herbert's Burden: Denis Villeneuve's Dune Part 2 This week Mr. Chavez & I return to Planet Arrakis for the conclusion (a lie) of Frank Herbert's Sci-Fi Classic, Dune. We partly imagined that this would be more of our previous look at this film (Episode #353), however we were able to find more to complain about. Take a listen as we fortify our…
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In this episode of The Shaun Tabatt Show, Shaun sits down with Alan DiDio to discuss his new book Summoning the Demon: A.I., Aliens, and the Antichrist. Find out More: SummoningTheDemon.com BlameItOnTheNephilim.com EncounterToday.com ArmedMedia.org TheConfessionalsPodcast.comBy Shaun Tabatt
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Woman in Trouble; Audience Perplexed: David Lynch's Inland Empire Few filmmakers can live up to the title "auteur" . . . David Lynch almost requires the use of it. From daring soundtracks through troubling narratives and controversial story elements, fascinatingly over the top performances and strange journeys into the subconscious, Lynch has left …
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Broken Mirror: Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan Fun talk . . . This week Mr. Chavez and I continue to look at the films of Darren Aronofsky with this discussion of his 2010, Five Time Oscar Nominated (Including Best Picture and Director, and Winner for Best Actress - Natalie Portman) look at the world of Ballet. Aronofsky's film is a tense and often b…
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Souls Dead, Eyes Dilated: Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream On this week's episode Mr. Chavez & I sit down for a re-watch of Darren Aronofsky's second feature, Requiem for a Dream, based on the 1978 novel by Hubert Selby Jr. Aronofsky's adaptation is a tragic and often times painful viewing of heroin addiction and the victims (Jared Leto, Marl…
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In this episode of The Shaun Tabatt Show, Shaun sits down with paranormal investigator Jason Hewlett to discuss his and Peter Renn's book Dying Light: An Investigation Into Near-Death Experiences. Connect with Jason Hewlett: canadianparanormalsociety.ca Canadian Paranormal Society on Facebook SmallTownMonsters.com…
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In this episode of The Shaun Tabatt Show, Shaun sits down with Ike Miller to discuss his new book Good Baggage: How Your Difficult Childhood Prepared You for Healthy Relationships. To connect with Ike Miller, visit: IkeMiller.com Instagram Facebook TwitterBy Shaun Tabatt
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