Watch This With Rick Ramos

Mamuwalde Unchained: William Crain's Blacula 

Well Boys & Girls, this week Mr. Chavez & I begin our yearly dive into Horror, returning to the genre with a search for lesser-known, less-discussed titl…

Pilot Going Down: Robert Zemeckis's Flight

This week we close out our Denzel Washington Love Fest with - arguably - one of his best performances. In 2012 Mr. Washington would team with Director Rober…

Battle for the Conn: Tony Scott's Crimson Tide

You can never get enough Denzel Washington. This week Mr. Chavez & I sit down to talk the first of five collaborations with director Tony Scott, 1995s C…

Denzel Wandering the Wasteland: The Hughes Brothers' The Book of Eli

There are few great actors who can also be considered movie stars. Denzel Washington is certainly on that short list. A few weeks …

Neo-Nazi Family Drama: Tony Kaye's American History X

Some films simply don't age well. With the passing years the problems of a narrative can become glaring. Such is the case with Tony Kaye's Americ…

A Time for Martyrs: Spike Lee's Malcolm X 

Last Week Spike Lee, Ernest Dickerson, and Denzel Washington started Mr. Chavez & Myself on an artistic, political, and introspective journey. We originally…

By Any Means Necessary: Spike Lee & The Making of Malcolm X 

Cinema can change attitudes, englighten ignorance, strengthen understanding and faith. In 1992 director Spike Lee would partner with star …

Chaos, Frame by Frame: Alex Garland's Civil War

We're on top of it. The podcast continues to look into the possible disintegration of this country. We've discussed dystopias, comical and deadly serio…

Total Massacre - Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins 

Not a whole lot is better this week, so Mr. Chavez & I find ourselves digging deeper into an examination, coping, and understanding of Fascism, Cruelty,…

Operation Wetback: Richard "Cheech" Marin's Born in East L.A. 

Somethings refuse to change and what was true three and a half decades ago continues to be true today. With a nation struggling under th…

Mutual Doomsday: Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove/Sidney Lumet's Fail Safe 

Recording a mere two days before Donald Trump fired on Iran, Mr. Chavez & I sit down to discuss nuclear war and the incred…

Kill Along to Get Along: Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist

Does Life Imitate Art or Does Art Predict and Comment on Life? 

Regardless of Bernardo Bertolucci's reputation - admitted questionable ac…

Citizen Accused: Orson Welle's Film of Franz Kafka's The Trial

Few authors can lay claim to creating a genre, however it could be argued that Franz Kafka did just that with stories like The Metamorph…

Forest vs Iron Town: Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke

This week Mr. Chavez & I continue our exploration of Japanese anime with a look at 1997s beautiful and breathtaking Princess Mononoke. Mr. Chav…

High School Murder Tournament - Kinji Fukasuku's Battle Royale 

This week Mr. Chavez & I look back to the beginning of the new millennium and an examination of the paranoia, violence, and uncertainty…

Franchises, Sex Tapes, & The Future of Film

On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & I dive back into the archives to remember this 10 year journey. A John Turturro working-class…

Superficial Sci-Fi: Rupert Sanders' Ghost in the Shell

On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I dive into Rupert Sanders' 2017 live-action re-imagining of Mamoru Oshii's 1995 Anim…

Cyborg Awakening: Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell

From time to time this podcast allows Mr. Chavez & Myself the opportunity to explore new genre's. With the encouragement and recommendations of Wat…

Synthetic Sexuality: Alex Garland's Ex Machina

AI continues to hold our fascination. This week Mr. Chavez & I dive into Alex Garland's examination of Artificial Intelligence with 2014s Ex Machina. Se…

Bad Bitch, Cyborg, & Liquid Metal: James Cameron's Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Go to last week's introduction to James Cameron's The Terminator . . . fast-forward seven years. Sarah Connor is no long…