Watch This With Rick Ramos

And the Band Plays On . . . 

What can I say . . . ? This week Mr. Chavez & I continue our leap into the past with a look at 500 episodes and a decade of memories. It's a fun time and we'd love to sha…

More to Say: A Continuing Reminiscence on 500 Episodes

Take a listen as Ibrahim & I continue to look back on the decade of episodes we have done. This continues to be a great time for two old friends…

Because It's In 'Em And It's Got To Come Out: Reminiscing on 500 Episodes

A whole lot of what we do is the thrill of (hopefully, thoughtful/intelligent) conversation. WatchThis W/RickRamos has afford…

Nature Finds a Way: Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park

This week Ibrahim & I close out the month with a fan favorite, a ground-breaking special effects extravaganza, the emergence of a new cinematic to…

Lady War Rig: George Miller's Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 

This week we focus on a soon to be classic prequel to - arguably - the best action film of the 21st Century . . . the continuing George Miller s…

Yippee-Ki-Yay, M*#^%$F@!^!#: John McTiernan's Die Hard 

This week a 1980s Action Classic . . . John McTiernan's Die Hard (1988). A huge gamble for 20th Century Fox in the late 1980s, Die Hard remains…

Like Looking in the Mirror, Only Not: John Woo's Face/Off

This week Mr. Chavez and I continue our look at blockbusters with this 1997 John  Woo Classic of stylized violence, ridiculous plotting, and …

Like a Doll's Eyes: Steven Spielberg's JAWS

This week, a classic . . . in 1975 Steven Spielberg changed the face of cinema with his adaptation of Peter Benchley's 1974 novel Jaws.  The story of a man…

Make a Move and the Bunny Gets It: Simon West's Con Air  

This week Mr. Chavez & I celebrate bad cinema with a look at the 1997 Simon West Action/Comedy/Prison/B-Movie Character Actor Extravaganza Co…

Obvious Action, Patriotic Porn: Michael Bay's The Rock

This week Mr. Chavez & I dive into the world of 1990s Big Budget, Over-Hyped & Underwritten, Garbage Cinema with one of the best that would come…

The Bailey Effect: Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life

This week Ibrahim & I re-watch a classic (Thank You - Anonymous Donor, Someone), Frank Capra's 1946 Jimmy Stewart/Donna Reed Classic It's a Wond…

A Fighter's Journey: The Rocky Saga & Legacy

This week Mr. Chavez & I continue our look at Sylvester Stallone's 1976 Oscar-Winning creation, Rocky Balboa. For nearly five decades Stallone's Balboa ha…

America's Underdog: John G. Avildsen's Rocky & Sylvester Stallone's Rocky II

Jumping into the world of underdogs (last week's Popeye), Mr. Chavez & I look at one of the great American Cinematic creat…

Comic Strip Underdog: Robert Altman's Popeye

This week we look to the fans with a special episode dedicated to WatchThis supporter, Jorge Saucedo. Mr. Saucedo asked that we take a look at the much-ma…

We'll Always Have Aqaba - David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia

Few films are able to live up to the label of "epic".  In 1962 David Lean created one of the great epic masterpieces of cinema, Lawrence of A…

Frank Herbert's Burden: Denis Villeneuve's Dune Part 2

This week Mr. Chavez & I return to Planet Arrakis for the conclusion (a lie) of Frank Herbert's Sci-Fi Classic, Dune. We partly imagined that th…

Woman in Trouble; Audience Perplexed: David Lynch's Inland Empire 

Few filmmakers can live up to the title "auteur" . . . David Lynch almost requires the use of it. From daring soundtracks through tr…

Broken Mirror: Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan

Fun talk . . . This week Mr. Chavez and I continue to look at the films of Darren Aronofsky with this discussion of his 2010, Five Time Oscar Nominated (I…

Souls Dead, Eyes Dilated: Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream

On this week's episode Mr. Chavez & I sit down for a re-watch of Darren Aronofsky's second feature, Requiem for a Dream, based on the …

Mima's Room: Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue 

This week we thank long time listener and Buy Me a Coffee supporter, Cornelius Burroughs with a viewing and discussion of Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue. Mr. Burr…