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Do We Like Movies?
by Angel Figueroa & Javier Lopez
Two guys watch movies, TV shows, and movie franchises to determine the all-important question... Do We Like Movies?
Episodes
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IT (1990)
Tommy Lee Walace of Halloween III fame steps into the director's chair for this iconic television adaptation of the epic Stephen King novel. It revolves around 6 children in the town of Derry, Maine who are haunted by an evil cosmic entity that most commonly appears in the form of Pennywise, a...
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The Shining (1997)
Stephen King spent many years after Stanley Kubrick's 1980 adaptation of his book lamenting its existence because of how it deviated from his work. In the 1990s following the success of the 1990 IT miniseries he got his wish to help oversee what he considers a more "true" adaptation of his novel....
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Doctor Sleep (2019)
Almost 40 years after the film adaptation of The Shining, we get a bit of a sequel/bridge between the Kubrick vision and Stephen King's novel. This 2019 adaptation of King's Shining sequel catches us up on how Danny Torrance's life has unfolded following the events at the Overlook Hotel. Dan must...
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The Shining (1980)
Our true first episode of 2026, we are going into the world of Stephen King... Kinda. This 1980 adaptation of classic novel definitely changes the story of the work it is based on. Stanley Kubrick's horror masterpiece tells the story of Jack Torrance (played by Jack Nicholson) who takes a new job...
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Wicked (2024)
This week we are talking the Jon M Chu's adaptation of the famed Broadway play, Wicked is itself an adaptation of Gregory Maguire novel. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande anchor this retelling of the classic Wizard of Oz tale revolving around the life and times of Elphaba Thropp (the Wicked Witch…
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The Wizard of Oz (1939)
With Wicked: For Good coming to theaters this month, we are are going somehwere over the rainbow to talk about the 1939 adaptation of this book in L. Frank Baum's Oz series. The movie tells the story of a little girl from Kansas whose house gets caught in a tornado that takes her to the enchanted...
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Halloween (1978) [Re-Recorded]
For spooky season we are starting this year by basically re-making our own first episode of this podcast. We return to John Carpernter's 1978 proto-slasher. In 1963, 6 year old Michael Myers murders his older sister. 15 years after being locked away in a Sanitarium, Michael escapes and returns to...
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Weapons (2025)
This week we finally review some 2025 horror again. The follow up to Zach Cregger's 2022 horror film "Barbarian" takes us to the small town of Maybrook who's rocked by the sudden mysterious disappearance of nearly an entire elementary school class and how the shocking tragedy has changed the town...
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Superman Returns (2006)
This week we decided to review DC and WB's first attempt at rebooting Superman... Coming one year after Batman Begins, this sort of sequel to Richard Donner and Richard Lester's (respectively) original two films in the franchise sees the Man of Steel return to earth after a five year absence.…
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Superman (2025)
James Gunn officially kicks off the new DC Studios with his long awaited adaptation of the Man of Steel. This movie finally takes Superman out of the grim and gritty era of the Zack Snyder universe and brings back the wonder of the 1978 original with a Superman that is a much needed ray of light…
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Superman II (1980)
In preparation for Jame Gunn's highly anticipated DCU reboot of the man of steel, we are going back to 1980 and watching the first Superman sequel ever. Mostly shot in parallel with the original before Richard Donner's exit, this movie is a continuation of the original and expands on the...
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Superman (1978)
On this podcast, you will believe a man can fly. This week we go back to the grandaddy of the Comic Book/Superhero genre by discussing Richard Donner's 1978 epic. Almost every superhero movie that has come after including those made today include tropes from this film. We follow the Last Son of...
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Sinners (2025)
We are back reviewing what may already be the film of 2025. We are unapologetic glazers of Ryan Coogler's work so this episode is less about whether we enjoy this movie and more how great this latest work of the East Bay director is. This modern Vampire story revolves around a pair of twin…
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A Goofy Movie (1995) [Re-Release]
Re-releasing this 2020 episode since this movie turned 30 today. In the 1990s, Disney was going through their Animation renaissance starting with 1989's The Little Mermaid, Included, Aladdin, The Lion King, and the Academy Award nominated Beauty and the Beast. At the tail end of this period came...
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Batman Forever (1995) [Re-Release]
In Memory of the late Val Kilmer we are re-releasing our hilarious 2020 review of this 1995 Batman movie with the Top 2 (and it's not 2) movie soundtrack of all time. Lets start this party with a bang.
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Selena (1997) [Re-Release]
We have decided to re-release this 2021 episode since we have reached the 30 anniversary of this musical icon's tragic passing. We reviewed the Jennifer Lopez star vehicle based on the life of Mexican-American pop icon Selena Quintanilla-Perez. This is a movie that is so prevalent in Hispanic...
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Captain America: Brave New World
"Hey remember that 2008 Incredible Hulk movie?" - No one at Marvel Studios, but also the creators of this movie. In his first outing behind the shield, Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson (formerly known as Falcon) works with President Thaddeus Ross who wants him to put the Avengers back together, until…
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
This week we talk about this 2001 Chris Columbus adaptation of the JK Rowling book series of a young orphaned boy who discovers he is a wizard and he enrolls Hogwarts, the school of witchcraft and wizardry. Join us as we talk about this movie, our first time watching it and our connection to one…
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2024 Horror Movies we Recommend (Spoiler FREE)
Our Halloween special is a discussion on the horror movies we've watched this year that we recommend YOU watch to wrap up this Spooky Season.
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Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
This final chapter in the Merc with the mouth's cannon has him joining the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe while also saying goodbye to the Non-MCU Marvel films. It also gives us the unexpected return of Hugh Jackman's Wolverine.
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Deadpool 2 (2018)
We review the second film in the Deadpool franchise where he links up with Cable.
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Deadpool (2016)
We return from hiatus to wrap up our X-Men/Deadpool series with the real introduction to the Merc with the Mouth in live action. Ryan Reynolds deserves massive credit for willing this project to existence after it should have received the electric chair following X-Men Origins: Wolverine. After...
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X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
We come to the end of our X-Men series. In this final chapter of the Mutant saga, we follow Jean Grey who's powers become fully unlocked and uncontrollable after the X-Men save a group of Astronauts in space. This is where she is exposed to an alien force that begins turning her into the Dark...
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Longlegs (2024)
BONUS EPISODE! As a thank you to our longtime listeners and all the new listeners that have recently started following the show we wanted to take a break from Superheroes to talk about maybe the most anticipated horror movie of the year! This film directed by Oz Perkins brings 2010s scream queen...
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X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
The third film in this superhero decades saga takes us to the 1980s where we finally meet young Cyclops, Jean Gray, Nightcrawler and others as they face off against an ancient mutant by the name of En Sabah Nur, or better known to comic book fans as Apocalypse played the by wonderful Oscar Isaac...
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X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
You wanted a First Class sequel? Sike! The follow up to 2011's X-Men reboot saw the return of original movie director Brian Singer who decided instead of continuing Matthew Vaughn's prequel film in a satisfying way, that we were going to instead get the third Brian Singer original trilogy movie...
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X-Men: First Class (2011)
After the cast to the original trilogy got too old and expensive, Fox decided that they were going to do X-Men origin movies... Unfortunately they picked a ridiculously atrocious Wolverine movie to launch this series. After its poor reception Matthew Vaughn's 2011 superhero film then became a...
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X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
The final chapter of the original X Trilogy is controversial in many ways: New director, the departure of some beloved characters, and the first film adaptation of the Dark Phoenix storyline from the comic books. This may not be a well loved film in the franchise, but one that your hosts could…
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X2: X-Men United (2003)
The sequel to the 2000 hit movie re-unites the Wolverine and the X-Men after a mutant attack on the White House with a much bigger budget and facing a new grave human threat: William Stryker (Played by the always excellent Brian Cox)
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X-Men (2000)
It is the start of the new millennium, but we are stuck in the weird space in Comic Book films between the Tim Burton Batman aesthetic and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man which will usher in the next era of superhero movies. Set in this time period is the first live action adaptation of the legendary…
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Saw (2004)
We want to play a game.... Listeners requested we watch the latest entry in the Saw franchise, but it made your hosts think of the fact that they hadn't seen the original is a VERY long time. From the minds of now well known horror creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell, this film mostly centers…
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Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
A group of Gen-Zers decide to have a Hurricane party and play a murder mystery party game that becomes very real very quickly in this 2022 horror(?) comedy.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
We discuss the final movie in James Gunn's Marvel trilogy. Taking place after Avengers: Endgame this time Rocket takes center stage while the rest of our heroes are also adjusting to life after the Blip.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
James Gunn, Peter Quill and his band of Marvel space misfits return to tell a story about fathers and sons.
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Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
We go back in time to 2014 and review James Gunns' surprise cosmic Marvel hit about a team of space misfits who come together to save the planet Xandar from destruction at the hands of Ronan, a disciple of Thanos.
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Blood In Blood Out (1993)
This week we re-watched A Chicano/Hood film classic per a listener request. This film follow the story of Miklo, and his cousins Cruz and Paco who are both brothers. These three men are reunited when Miklo moves back to East Los Angeles and we get to see how their paths both cross and split over…
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (
This week we review a film that comes at the tail end of the Disney Animated Renaissance of the 90s which can not be forgotten. It has great music, a villain so horny he wants to burn down all of Paris, and we talk briefly about the Festival of Foolss... But more importantly we talk about Feast…
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Howard The Duck (1986)
The grandaddy of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Back when The Incredible Hulk and Doctor Strange only existed in dark dingy television, Marvel took its first step into feature films with this 1986 adaptation of the comic series which was produced by George Lucas. Trapped in a world he never made…
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CATS (2019)
Why are we reviewing this... Because our listeners secretly hate us because watching this movie was not self love. This week we cover this disastrous adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Weber's beloved musical with CGI Cats thats should only exist in nightmares.
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Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
This legasequel follows K, a replicant (played by Ryan Gosling) who is a Nexus-9 replicant working for the Los Angele Police Department responsible for retiring (killing) older replicants who have disappeared and gone into hiding.
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Blade Runner (1982)
Ridley Scott's sci-fi neo-noir film stars Harrison Ford as an replicant (robot) hunter who is tasked with terminating four replicants who are on earth to find their creator in a futuristic Los Angeles.
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Godzilla: Minus One (2023)
Original Godzilla studio Toho returns ditching the giant monster battles for a post-WWII period piece grief movie! It's interesting that in a year where may of us were watching a film about the father of the Atomic Bomb, it was a kaiju movie that probably best tackled the fallout of this man made...
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Coach Carter (2005)
Samuel L. Jackson stars in this 2005 sports drama inspired (As always this term is used LOOSELY) by the true story of Ken Carter, a Richmond, California High School basketball coach who institutes a lockout for his undefeated team so that they could raise their grades to the necessary level to…
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The Iron Claw (2023)
The first new episode of 2024 is us finally covering this 2023 standout film starring Zac Efron as Kevin Von Erich, a Pro Wreslter who is part of one of wrestling royal families. His three man tag team The Von Erichs were the stars of Texas promotion World Class Championship wrestling (WCW) run…
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)
We've made it to the end of our Twilight review series! The closing chapter of this saga wraps up the story of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen with them as parents! I mean obviously theres a big battle at the end with the Voltari, vampire family reunions, vampire/werewolf politics, and Renesmee…
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011)
The fourth film in the Twilight Saga brings us the Edward/Bella wedding and how that affects the Vampires, Werewolves Something we were expecting was love triangle melodrama from our two leads and Jacob, the wolf man-boy. Something we were not expecting: Abortion discussions, and a movie that at...
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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
We are reviewing the third chapter of the Twilight Saga with Eclipse. There is a group of vicious vampires called "Newborns" killing people in Seattle who may also be heading to Forks looking for revenge on Edward and the Cullens. We also get to continue the Love triangle (?) between Edward…
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
Hey we're back in Forks! We have decided to wrap 2023 up by coming back to one of the most popular reviews of the year which was Twilight. In this second part to this saga we rejoin Bella and Edward as they try to navigate the challenges of a human/vampire relationship? Oh and we also get to know...
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The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
The power of Christ (And David Gordon Green) has brought us back to the franchise based on the William Peter Blatty's groundbreaking novel and William Freidkin's horror masterpiece. 50 years after the original Exorcist, we follow the families of Angel and Kartherine, who experience both the...
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No One Will Save You (2023)
Our second movie in our Spooky SZN festival goes into the Alien Abduction horror subgenre. We follow Brynn, a young shut-in living in her childhood home where she has been shunned by everyone in the small town she lives in. In addition to dealing with the grief of losing her childhood friend and...
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