What We've Watched Podcast
604 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago -Weekly movie discussion podcast with your hosts Chris and Emmet
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Episode 384 Beyond the Black Rainbow
April 14, 2024 16:40 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBWe continue going "beyond" this week with Panos Cosmatos' surreal psychedelic sci-fi precursor to Mandy, Beyond the Black Rainbow.
Episode 383 The Endless
April 07, 2024 17:42 - 30 minutes - 42.5 MBWe follow up Resolution from last month with the next film in this loose trilogy from Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, The Endless.
Episode 382 TheThree Musketeers (1948)
April 07, 2024 17:41 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBThe Three Musketeers has been made into many a movie but the 1948 one is something pretty special - come enjoy it with us!
Episode 381 Battle Beyond the Stars
March 24, 2024 17:24 - 38 minutes - 53.1 MBThis episode we take another look back to the early 80's when everyone was trying to cash in on the Star Wars boom - this time with a Roger Corman production - Battle Beyond the Stars.
Episode 380 Top 5 Actors of the 1980s
March 17, 2024 16:55 - 1 hour - 130 MBOnce again we take a look at a decades worth of actors and decide which are our favorites, this time in the 1980s.
Episode 379 Resolution
March 17, 2024 16:52 - 40 minutes - 55.5 MBThis episode we tackle the first of a trio of loosely connected films, Resolution (2012), from Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.
Episode 378 Starchaser
March 05, 2024 03:24 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MBThis episode we take on a wild animated film from the 80s, born out of the Star Wars-alike frenzy - Starchaser Legend of Orin. It's a doozy.
Episode 377 Bad Boys For Life
February 26, 2024 03:31 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBAfter many years we return to the duo of Mike and Marcus to see what these "bad boys" have gotten up to. Can they redeem themselves after the awful Bad Boys 2??? Listen in and see.
Episode 376 Beyond the Time Barrier
February 18, 2024 17:21 - 23 minutes - 33.1 MBThis week we travel back to 1960 to watch Beyond the Time Barrier, a rather well done time travel film considering the production circumstances.
Episode 375 Top 5 2020 & 2021
February 11, 2024 17:41 - 1 hour - 124 MBSo something happened during the years of 2020 and 2021, I can't quite remember - some sort of global catastrophe? Anyways...we missed out on doing a Top 5 for those years at the time so we decided to do a little catch up and knock them both out at once.
Episode 374 Fiddler on the Roof
February 07, 2024 23:04 - 40 minutes - 56 MBWith the recent passing of amazing director Norman Jewison we have decided to rewatch a classic, 1971's Fiddler on the Roof!
Twenty Seven by Forty - Episode 01 - Movie Posters of 1985
February 07, 2024 22:12 - 49 minutes - 67.8 MBThe first episode of a new side project where we each pick the top five movie posters in a random year. We start with with a banger of a year - 1985! This is the audio version of the video that can be seen on our YouTube channel - https://youtu.be/1TUMEcJNcm0
Episode 373 The Blue Dahlia
January 28, 2024 18:12 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MBThis week we take a gander at the duo of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, in a straight to film noir story by Raymond Chandler, 1946's The Blue Dahlia.
Episode 372 Meg 2 The Trench
January 21, 2024 17:47 - 30 minutes - 42.5 MBFive years ago we watched Mr. Statham fight off the Megalodon - now we are back with the sequel. Has the time been well spent? Is it Jawsome or does it bite off more than it can chew?
Episode 371 Kung Fu From Beyond the Grave
January 07, 2024 18:27 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MBWe start off 2024 with a genre of film that we are somewhat unfamiliar with, Kung Fu Horror, and watch Kung Fu From Beyond the Grave. Dracula come to my aid indeed!
Episode 370 Top 5 Actors of the 1970s
December 31, 2023 18:08 - 1 hour - 116 MBHere we are at the end of another year and this week we bring you our Top 5 actors and actresses of the 1970s. Thanks all for listening and Happy New Year!
Episode 369 Tokyo Godfathers
December 24, 2023 15:38 - 53 minutes - 74.5 MBFor your final Christmas film of the year we watch the very critically acclaimed Tokyo Godfathers. A wonderful, feel good film, perfect for this time of year. Merry Christmas folks!
Episode 368 Candy Cane Lane
December 17, 2023 22:36 - 46 minutes - 64.5 MBThis week we watched Eddie Murphy's Candy Cane Lane - finally a Christmas themed Christmas film. Unfortunately it was more Candy Cane Lame than we were hoping for. Tune in to hear our thoughts on this and some discussion about Christmas films the expectations as a whole.
Episode 367 Cash on Demand (1961)
December 10, 2023 18:16 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBOnce again we end up adjacent to Christmas with the classic 1961 British film, Cash on Demand with Peter Cushing, a great holiday bank heist film.
Episode 366 Comfort and Joy
December 03, 2023 19:14 - 37 minutes - 51.3 MBIt's the Christmas season again and with it we take the time to watch festive films. This week we talk about Bill Forsyth's (of Local Hero fame) 1984 Christmas 'adjacent" film, Comfort and Joy.
Episode 365 Top 5 Sports Films
November 26, 2023 18:02 - 1 hour - 102 MBThis week we drop our top 5 favorite sports films.
Episode 364 Rush
November 23, 2023 03:40 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MBThis week our is our final decade look back for the year with 2013's Rush, a two man bio-pic from acclaimed writer Peter Morgan.
Episode 363 Survival of the Dead
November 23, 2023 03:37 - 52 minutes - 72.2 MBThis week we close out our journey through Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" series with 2009's, Survival of the Dead.
Episode 362 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
November 12, 2023 19:32 - 34 minutes - 47.1 MBThis week is more Spook-tober as we delve into another anthology with Dr. Terror's House of Horrors. What ending awaits five men in a train seeing their fate though the tarot?
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 17
November 12, 2023 19:30 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MBHere we are with the finale of The Prisoner - a wild episode brings this wild ride to and end with an even more , or does it?
Episode 361 Dead of Night
November 05, 2023 17:02 - 35 minutes - 49.5 MBSpook-tober continues with an anthology film from 1945,Dead of Night - featuring a series of short stories of the paranormal and a very good framing device for it all.
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 16
November 05, 2023 17:00 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBAs the series comes to a close with the penultimate episode, we discusses the quite wild events and ideas put forth in it and have a few theories about the show and it's characters.
Episode 360 Top 5 Actors of the 1960s
October 22, 2023 18:26 - 53 minutes - 73.8 MBIt's Top 5 time and this episode we are continuing our decade look back at our favorite actors and actresses, this time for the 1960s. It's a decade of film that we both felt we were lacking in watches but as it turns out there are some amazing films and many great acting roles to match.
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 15
October 22, 2023 18:24 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MBSo if you thought last week's episode had an out of left field story hold on because its all wacky hijinks with Number 6 and a villain with a Napoleon fetish, this week on The Prisoner.
Episode 359 Haunted Mansion
October 20, 2023 21:34 - 1 hour - 92.7 MBIt's the spooky season and so we take a look at the newest Disney offering, Haunted Mansion. Based on a great ride, starting a great cast, will it be indeed great? Tune in and find out.
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 14
October 20, 2023 21:32 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MBThis week Number 6 is saddles to the bar up to an Old West themed episode that is pretty wild in more ways than one.
Episode 358 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
October 13, 2023 21:25 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MBIt's been sitting in our "to watch" que for quite some time so we finally watched the critically acclaimed Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, from the director and starting the same main actors as one of our favorites films of all time, The Sting, so it's got to be brilliant right? Right?
Episode 385 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
October 13, 2023 21:25 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MBIt's been sitting in our "to watch" que for quite some time so we finally watched the critically acclaimed Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, from the director and starting the same main actors as one of our favorites films of all time, The Sting, so it's got to be brilliant right? Right?
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 13
October 13, 2023 21:22 - 27 minutes - 37.4 MBThis week we have an episode of The Prisoner without Number 6, well sort of? Not really but yes? It's a whole thing. Listen in and find out what happens in the village this time.
Episode 357 Identity (2003)
October 01, 2023 17:40 - 49 minutes - 67.5 MBIt's time to roll back the clock 20 years for another decade look back, this time with 2003's "Identity". Can an impressive cast and a well known director land the possibly overambitious ideas presented in this film? Listen in and find out.
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 12
October 01, 2023 17:37 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBThis week we have a bit of a strange episode that feel a little all over the place, not as a cohesive plot aims as we usually get from The Prisoner with a lot of out-of-left-field story elements that maybe don't add up.
Episode 356 Diary of the Dead
September 24, 2023 17:53 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MBThis week we once again ride the George A. Romero train to his next film in the Living Dead series, Diary of the Dead, and this is one station we wish we had not gotten off at.
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 11
September 24, 2023 17:51 - 24 minutes - 33.7 MBThis weeks episode of The Prisoner doesn't quite sit with us, feeling out of place for the show's general vibe and theme. Listen is to find out what happened and why we think this might be one of the weakest episodes.
Episode 355 Top 5 Oscar Winning Original Songs
September 17, 2023 21:14 - 1 hour - 115 MBIt's top 5 time and this episode we take a look at our personal favorite winners of the Academy Award for Best Original Song. With lots to choose from there is much discussion and we have a great time.
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 10
September 10, 2023 17:08 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MBThis episode of The Prisoner is possibly one of the best, brilliant premise and some of the best writing the show has seen to this point with Number 6 really putting Number 2 through the wringer and into a trap of their own making.
Episode 354 Planet of the Vampires
September 10, 2023 17:06 - 50 minutes - 70 MBThis week we bring famous director Mario Bava's only sci-fi endeavor to the pod with Planet of the Vampires and it is quite the film with lots of great trivia about the production and some interesting thoughts on the film itself.
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 09
September 03, 2023 17:59 - 22 minutes - 30.6 MBThis week the Number 6 plays some chess on the board and with the residents of the Village.
Episode 353 Tour De Pharmacy
September 03, 2023 17:57 - 33 minutes - 45.6 MBThis week we watched a little HBO mock-u-mentary from 2017 that we had never heard of till I came across the trailer accidently - Tour De Pharmacy, a fun goofy look into drug use in bike racing. A crazy star filled cast and bonkers story.
Episode 352 They Cloned Tyrone
August 13, 2023 17:46 - 47 minutes - 66.1 MBThis week we hit up the new Netflix hot film, They Cloned Tyrone, starting a trio of excellent actors/characters. It's quite the ride and the movie does a great job of zigging when you're expecting a zag.
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 08
August 13, 2023 17:43 - 21 minutes - 29.1 MBComing up on the half way mark to the series we hit an episode that doesn't quite dazzle us and leads to some discussion about the choice to air the episodes in such a different order than they were produced.
Episode 351 Land of the Dead
August 06, 2023 17:34 - 1 hour - 90.6 MBWe once again ride the Romero train and this time into the 21st century rendition of his "Dead" film series. What does two decades on ice mean for the style of these? How do they translate into more modern film making and can the tenents of the series survive? We also get to some talking about film budgets and actors salary and how that can affect film performance.
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 07 Many Happy Returns
August 06, 2023 17:30 - 26 minutes - 37.2 MBThis episode features Number 6 making another escape from the Village - but can he stay away?
Episode 350 Top 5 Actors of the 1950s
July 30, 2023 16:59 - 1 hour - 91.6 MBIt's episode 350! We continue with our second look at our favorite actors and actresses in a decade and this time it's the 1950s. Big names and big movies fill this one up.
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 06 The General
July 30, 2023 16:57 - 40 minutes - 55.7 MBOn this week's episode of The Prisoner we find out who the mysterious General is and what that means for the Village. We also get to talking about some other related TV stuff as well.
Episode 349 Extraction 2
July 25, 2023 23:32 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBBack in 2020, in episode 228, we watched Extraction and quite liked it - so we decided to watch Extraction 2. As it turns out we like it as well :) Tune in to this episode to see what we liked about it and what parts didn't quite hold up. We also spend some time talking about the SAG-AFTRA strike and the state of streaming as well.