158: STEVE JOBS and BRIDGE OF SPIES offer a brief respite from Bond talk

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Experiencing 007 Countdown fatigue? If so you'll be happy to hear we're taking the day off from hot Bond talk to spar about Oscar hopefuls STEVE JOBS and BRIDGE OF SPIES.
We might even find a brief window to sound off about what went wrong with a member of the fall's mounting roster of flops- CRIMSON PEAK.

Tune in, turn up, pod-out.
Something like that.

151: The Late Summer Catch-Up and the CASSIDY RED Wrap-Up

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Matt's back from Arizona, the duo has reunited, and all is right with the universe.
Much to discuss, not the least of which is:

-Telluride
-THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E
-STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTOM
-THE END OF THE TOUR

-and a brief Q&A about Matt's time on the set of the recently wrapped production CASSIDY RED.
It's all happening.

WLM Podcast #149: The M:I:RN Gushfest

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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 is basically just one big love fest. There's a whole lotta love.
So listen in, and share the love.

WLM Podcast #143: EX MACHINA et al.

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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 proud of this episode.
That being said- it's a long one! So dig in and get comfortable.

Also- We discuss and spoil WHILE WE'RE YOUNG and EX MACHINA so if you haven't seen them yet you may want to bow out around the 35 minute mark. Fair warning.
(sigh) That'll do, pod. That'll do.

WLM Podcast #140: IT FOLLOWS, yes it does

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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 FOLLOWS and it pods about it.

Plus hot-trailer-talk (natch).
Don't let the door hitcha on the way out, March!

WLM Podcast #123: GONE GIRL pod at long last (with special guest Kendall Horn!)

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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.

WLM Podcast #118: The Career of Steven Soderbergh and first reactions to THE KNICK

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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, not to worry squeamish listeners, or those of you who are woefully behind in your summer television consumption. We steer clear of anything resembling a spoiler.

It's okay. You can trust us. Does this napkin smell like chloroform to you?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Despite making a concerted effort to be as comprehensive as possible in our overview of Soderbergh's filmography we still managed to accidentally gloss over his HBO political series K-STREET as well as his late-period throwback actioner HAYWIRE. Apologies to fans or ardent proponents of either.

WLM Podcast #100!!! We celebrate our centennial anniversary with THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL discussion

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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, on the occasion of our 100th episode, we would like to thank YOU so very much for tuning in and being a part of the We Like Movies family.
We really love continuing this ongoing conversation. It means so very much to us. And, with your support, continued patronage, and help in spreading the good word to your fellow enthusiastic cinephiles (or even the cinematically averse... what the hell.... we're not uptight if they're not) we hope to keep this going well into the quadruple digits.

Thanks so much, WLM-ers. This week we discuss Wes Anderson's newest ode du tableau- THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL. Listen early. Listen often.

Happy Hundy.

WLM Podcast #94: Best of 2013 Top 10 Lists!

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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 blog.

'Cuz that's just the kind of generous fools we are. We love to give.

WLM Exclusive: An interview podcast with the makers of the new documentary- MUDBLOODS

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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.

Said documentary, directed by Farzad Sangari, chronicles the trials and tribulations of an underdog Quidditch team as they struggle to claw their way into the newly-minted Quidditch World Cup, while simultaneously striving to achieve legitimacy for their beloved sport.

Join us as we sit down with the documentarians behind this unprecedented new film and investigate the logistics of attempting to introduce new, exciting, independently-produced content to the contemporary marketplace.

Get it. Dig it. Love it. Live it.

SUPPORT IT!

http://www.mudbloodsmovie.com/Brooms_Down.html

https://www.facebook.com/MudbloodsTheMovie

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2050840729/mudbloods-a-feature-documentary

We're growing up, dear friends. Join us as we attempt to unshackle ourselves from the proverbial blog-o-centric training wheels.

WLM Podcast #83: "We Like TV" - The BREAKING BAD-pod

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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!
And with that- behold, dear listeners, the BREAKING BAD tribute podcast you didn't know you always wanted.

Give it a listen.... for Huell.
Just don't wake Huell.....

 
 

WLM Podcast #67 - SPRING BREAKERS and the Korine-Konundrum

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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 entrenched in our cultural lexicon that it has become something or a right of passage (a right of passage with the distinct possibility of chlamydia).

So leave it to batshit firebrand Harmony Korine to take said ritual and use it as a launchpad for his latest speciously "artistic" foray into his special brand of fever dream filmmaking. The lascivious wunderkind is firing on all cylinders in his latest cinematic ode to barely legal shenanigans and Oscar Dahl and I watched the shit out of it.

Join us for a We Like Movies tribute to the first truly important film of 2013: the insta-camp-classic SPRING BREAKERS. Love it or hate it. It's a real movie and it's here to stay.

Spring Break Forever.