I Think I Like This Movie

Ep. 20: Imagination Avengers — “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen” (1988)

Actress and host of the podcast Take Me Into the Ballgame Ellen Adair brings us into the imagination of Terry Gilliam 

From Charles Barkley to John Cleese, this broad-ranging episode also does include some baseball movie talk, because, look, who do you think we are?

In the 14th minute, I refer to Jonathan Pryce as Jonathan Pryor, likely a tired autocorrect from my notes, following a thoroughly exhausting day. The pod apologizes to Sir Pryce.

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

Ep. 19: Redneck "Dune" — “Tremors” (1990)

There’s plenty to discuss from this horror/comedy that spurred a million, increasingly bleak sequels, brought to us by fellow journalist and oh yeah also Will’s wife Reem Nadeem.

This is also our first Kevin Bacon vehicle, bringing the podcast to within one step of the man himself. So let’s take a little trip to Perfection as we come to terms with our desires to watch a teenager get eaten alive.

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

Ep. 18: Io Noon — “Outland” (1981)

Shpaysh: The final frontier. This is the story of the Jupiter moon colony Io, the lawless mining colony it supports, and the whiny American child somehow born to two British parents. It’s also a space-set version of the 1952 western “High Noon,” brought to us by this week’s guest and amateur astronomer Greg Redfern.

While some of the effects are obviously dated 40 years later, many of the social themes of exploitative capitalism reverberate just as loudly in 2021.

So come for space studmuffin Sean Connery and stay for a logline comparison you’ll never see coming.

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

Ep. 17: Baby’s First Pulp Fiction — “Go” (1999)

What do you call a comedy that’s not funny, an attempt at edginess with no edge, and a film stuffed full of unlikeable characters that you’re not actually encouraged to hate? In our case, you call it “Go,” the 1999 piece of cultural refuse brought to us this week by guest Chris Dionne.

We’d love to force the many critics who gave this film their endorsement (91 percent on Rotten Tomatoes?!) to reckon with their own original impressions of this film, which wastes an interesting editing premise on a scattershot plot with no lessons to be learned.

As always, be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LikeThisMovie and feel free to help explain why this movie exists by using the hashtag #ITILTM on Twitter.

Ep. 16: No Dancing at Music World — “Empire Records” (1995)

The pod wishes a Happy Rex Manning Day to everyone who celebrates as we welcome guest and rule-breaker Tony Panzera and his film, the 1995 coming-of-age comedy “Empire Records.” Liv Tyler and Renée Zellweger have turned out to be the biggest stars from this one, which also features Anthony LaPaglia and Debi Mazar, among others.

We likely set a soundtrack record in terms of volume of songs in this episode, so there’s extra attention devoted to the soundtrack. Which is probably a good thing, since the plot is...thin? That, plus some, uh, interesting directorial decisions put this one squarely in the mid-’90s.Make sure you’re following us on Twitter and Instagram @LikeThisMovie and if you have any other Delaware-based movies you’d like to remember, do so by using the hashtag #ITILTM on Twitter.

Ep. 15: You Are Tolerated — “What About Bob?” (1991)

In this throwback comedy, brought to us by Action Cookbook newsletter writer Scott Hines, Bill Murray inserts himself into a relative stranger’s life and insists himself on the rest of the proceedings, uh, not at all something Bill Murray would actually do in real life.

I incorrectly identified Ep. 6: Hanks for the Good Time as Ep. 3 early on, but I self-corrected later, which you would know if you just listened to the rest of the episode, silly.

This episode’s got plenty of fun trivia and behind-the-scenes nuggets, along with an actually good Gaucho Watch for the first time in a while.

As always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and Instagram @LikeThisMovie and feel free to hop in the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM on Twitter.

Ep. 14: Critical Radio Theory — “Radio” (2003)

First off, a hearty thanks to this week’s guest Anagha Srikanth, who rejoined us for a second recording of this episode. Thankfully, the audio quality should be much cleaner moving forward (at least starting in a few episodes).

If you haven’t seen it, this is a sports movie based on a true story from the South in the 1960s that manages to be neither about sports, nor race. Let that sink in for a minute.

I mention the film about my own high school, which came out in 2014. You can read more about that story in an interview I did with the coach upon which the film was based.

As always, feel free to hop in the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM on Twitter.

Ep. 13: In-A-Gadda-Gun-Kata — “Equilibrium” (2002)

To give you a little peek behind the #ITILTM curtain, we’ve had to do some creative juggling due to some unforeseen technical issues. But that doesn’t mean we don’t have a new episode for you this week. Or, in non-double negative speak...here’s your new episode!

Friend and fellow podcaster Rory Murphy joins the fun and brings us the 2002 Christian Bale vehicle “Equilibrium,” a dystopian sci-fi affair in which feelings have been outlawed in order to create an ideal, peaceful society. You can imagine why that might not work.

So, yeah, Will sounds like he's stuck in grain silo or something, but hopefully that's not too distracting. Blame Skype. Or blame us. Whatever makes you happy.

Enjoy, and we’ll see you back here next week.

Ep. 12: Stranger Danger — “Dark City” (1998)

Internet writer Alex Maisey helps us bring some sunshine to this mostly overlooked but critically acclaimed sci-fi offering, featuring Rufus Sewell, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt and an extremely eccentric Kiefer Sutherland.

Of note: We watched the original version, not the director’s cut, as we try to do with all of these. Also, this film does not include any actors from prior episodes, as it features William Hurt, not John Heard (from Episode 6: Hanks for the Good Time). Let it be noted for the record.

As you’ll discover, on this podcast, we believe in science. Or “Signs,” as it were.

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Ep. 11: American Psychotronic — "Freaked" (1993)

We Scrooge McDuck dive deep into the vault to pull out this 90s relic, brought to us by guest A.C. If you’ve never heard of this film, that’s because it’s almost impossible to find, outside of unlicensed YouTube streams.

Written by and starring Alex Winter, along with Brooke Shields, William Sadler, and an uncredited Keanu Reeves, this film also brings us our first double-up actor on the podcast in...John Hawkes, of all people. He will forever hold a special place in our hearts and minds.

Despite its eight-figure budget, the film was pulled from American theaters shortly after release, making less than $30,000 worldwide, a new ITILTM record.

We also very nearly eclipse the run time of this 80-minute anachronism, so settle in and get ready to get weird.