Afterthoughts
A casual movie and tv discussion series. Join the Afterthoughts crew --Dixon, John, and Ryan-- and their guests, as they share their afterthoughts on things they've recently watched. Old or new, doesn't matter.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 70 minutes
- Episodes
- 132
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Recommend or Refute: The Menu (2022), The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965), Unmasking the Idol (1986)
Our guest Mark is back, joining Dixon and John for a Recommend or Refute to remember --or, in John's case, to forget [who's hosting]. Mark's finally gotten around to sampling the notes of humor and h…
11:14 (2003)
It's 11:14pm. The time when teenagers run rampant through town wreaking havoc everywhere they go, leading to two violent accidental deaths and one tragically severed penis. Join us on Afterthoughts a…
Recommend or Refute: Potato Dreams of America, Return to Oz, & John Wick: Chapter 4
On this episode of Recommend or Refute, John waxes poetic about the inspirational indie Potato Dreams of America (2021), Ryan traumatizes his children with the pure nightmare fuel that is Return to O…
The Sky Crawlers (2008)
Do you like fighter pilot movies? Do you enjoy the camaraderie of a band of scrappy pilots executing a dangerously dumb mission that could very well save all of humanity? The Sky Crawlers (2008) is n…
Recommend or Refute: Violet Evergarden, Sworn to Justice, and 12 Angry Men
Join us for another roundtable review session as we plan out your weekend's upcoming watchlist with an eclectic set of offerings. Ryan discusses a heartfelt anime about rediscovering humanity through…
Rocky (1976)
With Creed 3 (2023) in theaters, Dixon figured it's a good time to revisit the classic that started it all. That's right, the bums of the Afterthoughts podcast will not be deterred by their lack of f…
Talking Topics: SXSW 2023 (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our SXSW discussion, Dixon breaks down the festival by category and talks about his favorite film in each section. We also discuss other local Austin film festivals and how SXSW stacks …
Talking Topics: SXSW 2023 (Part 1)
In our first topic discussion episode, John interviews Dixon about the recent SXSW 2023 festival. In Part 1 we'll be talking Film Festival strategy, Dixon's top highlight, lowlight, and nolight (i.e.…
Recommend or Refute: Creed, The Magic Mike Trilogy, and Something Nobody Will Ever Watch
It's a new week and a new round of Recommend or Refute. Join Dixon as he discusses the Rocky formula's return to form in Creed (2015), Ryan's descent into Magic Stripper Madness with the Magic Mike t…
The Whale (2022)
Call us Ishmael because we're talking about Darren Aronofsky's most recent film The Whale (2022), an adaptation of the Samuel D. Hunter stage play of the same name. Is it worthy of all the accolades …
Recommend or Refute: Ball of Fire, Escanaba in da Moonlight, and Queen of Katwe
On this episode of Recommend or Refute, Dixon dishes the deets on the screwball comedy Ball of Fire (1941), John talks about da famous Soady Family buck huntin' of Jeff Daniels's Upper (You-pper) com…
Cocaine Bear (2023)
In our inaugural episode, the Afterthoughts crew is diving nose first into Elizabeth Banks's 3rd directorial feature Cocaine Bear (2023). Does this Horror Comedy deliver on cocaine-fueled, laugh-a-mi…