This installment is affectionately titled "Playing with House Money” and covers one film per year over four years, spanning 2015-2018: -Bridge of Spies (2015) -The BFG (2016) -The Post (2017) -Ready Player One (2018) Email: wlmpodcast@gmail.com Donate: Thanks! Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Stitcher / Overcast / RSS…

Twenty years ago today a film was released that caught director Doug Liman, writer John August, and a cast of hot young upstarts at a moment of perfect aesthetic and artistic unanimity. Go wasn’t a big hit at the time and was even dismissed by Leonard Maltin as a “junior Pulp Fiction.” But the film has aged in a lot of fascinating ways over the ...…

We’re catching it up and breaking it down this week with a veritable smorgasbord of scintillating topics: -Celebrating the beginning of the season with our favorite baseball movies (00:03:00) -A SPOILER HEAVY litigation of the various interpretations of Jordan Peele’s US (00:14:20) -A preemptive defense of Harmony Korine’s latest ode to hedonis ...…

Twenty years ago this week a film came along that not only changed the way that we looked at science fiction, visual effects, and Keanu Reeve’s capacity for star power. It also legitimatized the fetishization of mirrored sunglasses, duster jackets, and leather pants. So pop your red pill, crank up the Rammstein, and dog-ear your copy of “Simula ...…

Here at We Like Movies we’ve been extremely vocal about our love for filmmaker J.C. Chandor and have always self-identified as loud and proud “Chandorks.” But our dedication to the man’s body of work experienced some strain this past week on the occasion of his newest film premiering on Netflix. Let’s just say that we have complicated feelings ...…

"It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage." Email: wlmpodcast@gmail.com Donate: Thanks! Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Stitcher / Overcast / RSS

The Oscars came out of the gates with a bang and ended with a whimper. The night’s big winner was vexing but there were some legitimate highlights that we’ll likely be talking about for years to come. Oscars. We watched ‘em. We’re talkin’ about ‘em. So there. Email: wlmpodcast@gmail.com Donate: Thanks! Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Stitcher / Ove ...…

20 years ago today, a 10 million dollar workplace comedy directed by the 37 year old creator of Beavis and Butthead was released by a major Hollywood studio and audiences ignored it EN MASSE. Today it occupies rarefied air as one of the most beloved cult texts of the 1990s. On the occasion of Office Space‘s 20th anniversary we travel back to 19 ...…

In honor of the 20th anniversary of one of the all time great movie years, we’re debuting a new feature in which we deep-dive into the most important films of the last year of the 20th century: “Retrospectating 1999!” Join us for our inaugural episode in which we excavate the “year of the teenager” phenomenon when films like Varsity Blues and S ...…

“Martha, in my mind you were buried in cement right up to the neck. No, up to the nose, it's much quieter.” Email: wlmpodcast@gmail.com Donate: Thanks! Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Stitcher / Overcast / RSS

“I've killed women and children. Killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time or another. And I'm here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned.” Email: wlmpodcast@gmail.com Donate: Thanks! Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Stitcher / Overcast / RSS

This installment is affectionately titled "The Struggle for Artistic Identity” (AKA “Who Am I?”) and spans 2008-2012: -Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) -The Adventures of Tintin (2011) -War Horse (2011) -Lincoln (2012) Email: wlmpodcast@gmail.com Donate: Thanks! Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Stitcher / Overcast / RSS…

On a rare episode in which we actually recorded under the same roof (on the same microphone, no less!), we get down to business with Academy Awards talk. We pontificate and prognosticate as we reveal our individual predictions in all of the “major” categories and take the time to curate our “fantasy” scenarios of who we’d personally love to see ...…

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Dearest WLM family, it’s time for our favorite podcast of the year and, at the risk of being self-congratulatory, we think it’s one of our best episodes ever! It’s epic without being long-winded. There’s list overlap without complete crossover. There’s disagreement without dissent. There’s even a brief detour into our own personal lists of 2018 ...…

“Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh. It was like a bird of rarest-spun heaven metal or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now. As I slooshied, I knew such lovely pictures!”

On the occasion of the 8th anniversary of We Like Movies as well as our final “contemporary” podcast of 2018, we respectively submit a conversation about three of the most acclaimed films of the year, featuring a preamble with some hot-nom-talk. It’s awards season, WLM fam. Catch the fever! The episode breaks down, as follows: THE FAVOURITE - 0 ...…

“Keep the sand out of your weapons. Keep those actions clear. I'll see you on the beach.”

“I find I'm so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it's the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. ...…

It’s the holiday season… turkeys are being eaten, top 10 lists are being constructed, awards have begun to be handed out in critics groups, and we’re trying to keep up with it all! Join us as we dive head-first into a catch-up pod that’s brimming over with content like so much Thanksgiving leftovers: THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN - 00:05:45 FANTASTIC ...…

In honor of the passing of screenwriting luminary William Goldman we decided to move this episode up in our schedule to pay tribute to one of the most talented scribes ever to sire a slugline. And, in case you missed it a couple weeks back, consider checking out our episode dedicated to All the President’s Men- Goldman’s other, legendary Oscar- ...…

"I do wish we could chat longer, but... I'm having an old friend for dinner."

We’ve spent the last couple of months focusing on some of our different “spinoff” series… Matt was out of the country for a bit… and we had to work out some technical glitches as we get all of our domain materials consolidated under one roof… But [!], now we’re back, jazzed about awards season, and ready to talk about the here, the now, and wha ...…

This installment is affectionately titled "The Death of Dreamworks" and spans 2002-2005: -MINORITY REPORT -CATCH ME IF YOU CAN -THE TERMINAL -WAR OF THE WORLDS -MUNICH

Sydney Poitier historian and all-around cinematic raconteur Ben Goff (@benjaminygoff) joins us on a very special episode of our AFI Countdown Series to discuss the 1960s, race relations, and how Norman Jewison's IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT factored into both.

“Sorry I had a fight in the middle of your Black Panther party.”

"If you're gonna do it, do it right. If you're gonna hype it, hype it with the facts. I don't mind what you did. I mind the way you did it."

A story of industry, of individual enterprise - humanity crusading in the pursuit of happiness.

The Mission: Impossible film series is without peer or equal in its unprecedented ability to improve with each subsequent installment since J.J. Abrams’ soft reboot three films ago. As such, it should come as no surprise that MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT, the 6th entry in this 22 year old franchise is not only quite possibly the creative peak ...…

This installment is affectionately titled "The Birth of Dreamworks" and spans 1997-2001: -THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK -AMISTAD -SAVING PRIVATE RYAN -A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

This installment is affectionately titled "Peter Pan Grows Up" and spans 1989-1993: -INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE -ALWAYS -HOOK -JURASSIC PARK -SCHINDLER'S LIST

On the occasion of Marvel Studios' 20th (twentieth!) release in the official MCU, we get together for a conversation that includes an unexpectedly glowing review of said release, ANT-MAN AND THE WASP, a loving retrospective on the career of Michael Douglas, aggressive overuse of the term "mumbo-jumbo", and a brisk run-through of our respective ...…

On this week's episode we get to talk about Brad Bird's INCREDIBLES 2 and we have to talk about JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINDOM. This compromise lands us in a bit of a "push", critically speaking... but a brisk and entertaining push at the very very least! We appreciate you listening in. After all, we are your biggest fan...…

On the eve of our sixth official Fantasy Film League draft we engage in a discussion about the futility of early awards predictions, talk Toni Collette's big weekend and her nerve-shearing, barn-burner horror odyssey HEREDITARY, and still find time for a spirited disagreement about the fourth film in the seventeen year old OCEAN'S franchise. To ...…

"If they move, kill 'em."

It's been less than 6 months since we last discussed a new STAR WARS movie. But where THE LAST JEDI was controversial and divisive, SOLO is already proving to be sobering and disappointing (critically and financially). 10 movies into the 41 year old franchise (no, we're not counting the theatrically-released CLONE WARS feature), is it finally t ...…

This week on the We Like Movies Podcast we're excited to bring you a really great episode about a really dreadful movie. Yes, we got downright curmudgeonly during our discussion about DEADPOOL 2 but that's okay because it was cathartic (and SPOILERY, so consider yourself fore-warned!). On the other end of the spectrum we celebrate the 30th Anni ...…

There's a new Marvel movie out. It's called AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR. About 900 million dollars at the box office in less than a week suggests that perhaps you might have seen it by now. If, by some chance you haven't yet, then perhaps consider coming back to this episode after you have because we dive into SPOILERS face first and from the word G ...…

"I said I had no family I never said I had an empty apartment." Recommended additional viewing: ADVENTURELAND (Greg Mottola, 2009)

The snow has melted, the April showers are washing the detritus from the sidewalk, and the sunny specter of the summer movie season is visible in the distance. It's time to throw open the shutters, get out the broom, and do a little spring-cleaning-catchup. The discussion will include, but is not limited to, a brief look at the more high-profil ...…

We love Wes Anderson here on the We Like Movies Podcast. We've never made a secret about that. So it comes as no surprise that we were quite taken with his most recent stop-motion endeavor. That being said there is dissent in both artistic and sociopolitical arenas to consider when it comes to ISLE OF DOGS. We do our best to address those conce ...…

"Do you consider the eating of oysters to be moral and the eating of snails to be immoral?"

After 9 months dormant, the AFI Top 100 Challenge podcast series comes roaring back with a deep-cut discussion of a bona fide masterpiece: F.W. Murnau's seminal, silent showpiece SUNRISE. Support silent cinema, peoples! It's coming back in a big way! No, but, in all seriousness... it's a really important film and a really great episode. Give it ...…

Another Oscars is in the books. We talked about it. What more do you need to know? Tune up, tune in! ❤️

Our conversation is lengthy this week as we have a great many thoughts about Alex Garland's sophomore feature ANNIHILATION. But the real meat of the episode is an overthink-a-thon about all 24 Oscar categories culminating with us putting our predictions on the record! Oh, and just for fun, in honor of the controversial "preferential" ballot tha ...…

You will not be able to stay home, brother You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and Skip out for beer during commercials Because the revolution will not be televised ...the revolution will be live The multiplexes were pulsating over the weekend with an electricity rarely experienced ...…

It took us until practically the end of January but we made it just under the wire in time to get our Top 10 of 2017 lists on the record before the Oscar nominations were announced (barely). Join us for a lively discussion with less overlap that usual as we count down the 2017 movies that reminded us why we bother making lists like these in the ...…

The Golden Globes happened. We talked about 'em. We kept it short (for a change). You should listen. 'Nuff said.

This installment is affectionately titled "The Rise to the Throne" and spans 1981-1987: -RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK -E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL -INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM -THE COLOR PURPLE -EMPIRE OF THE SUN

It's here. It's long. It's ambitious. It's divisive. It's STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI. We're gonna talk about it and we're gonna spoil it from the word go. Fair-warning. Porgs.