Podcasts by Watch This With Rick Ramos
Comedian Rick Ramos sits down and talks current theatrical releases and offers suggestions for additional movie watching choices. A film fans dream come true, WatchThis is about the art, beauty, and possibilities of cinema. Each week Ramos discusses the greatest films ever made (including those that you may have missed) as well as the artists that have created these films. He also goes further in discussing how much these films mean to him and how much they will - hopefully - mean to you. Enjoy!
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#470 - Hardcore - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-12-11T07:37
Another Lost Angel: Paul Schrader's Hardcore
This week we continue our descent into Ibrahim Chavez's Los A...
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#469 - Los Angeles Plays Itself - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-12-05T09:11
At Night and From a Distance: Thom Andersen's Los Angeles Plays Itself
We're starting the month of December (and ending 202...
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#468 - Richard Pryor: Live in Concert&Live on the Sunset Strip - WatachThis W/RickRamos from 2023-11-28T08:46
Beyond Laughter: Richard Pryor - Live in Concert & Live on the Sunset Strip
This week Mr. Chavez & I close out November wi...
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#467 - High and Low - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-11-21T07:04
Ransom: Akira Kurosawa's High & Low
There are no shortage of names that define our undersrtanding and foster our enjoyment ...
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#466 - The Pledge - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-11-14T09:31
When a Promise Meant Something: Sean Penn's The Pledge
November is the month of Rick Ramos and this week we continue - fol...
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#465 - Killers of the Flower Moon - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-11-08T07:20
Oil & Blood: Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon
Take a listen as Mr. Chavez & I kick off the month of November wi...
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#464 - Hard Times - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-11-04T07:09
1933 . . . Words Didn't Buy Much - Walter Hill's Hard Times
On this week's episode, Mr. Ramos celebrates his 49th birthday...
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#463 - Misery - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-11-04T07:08
Your #1 Fan: Rob Reiner & Stephen King's Misery
This week Mr. Chavez & I close out October and Halloween with one of the gr...
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#462 - A Nightmare on Elm Street - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-10-23T14:19
Never Sleep Again: The Horror of Freddy Krueger
This week Ibrahim & i talk one of the iconic Horror figures of the late 20th Century...
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#461 - An American Werewolf in London - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-10-17T08:49
Full Moon Fever: John Landis's An American Werewolf in London
Halloween is around the corner . . . this week Mr. Chavez & I...
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#460 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-10-09T18:19
The Horror Double: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
This week Ibrahim & I look at a classic (a standard) of the Horror Genre...
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#459 - Suspiria (1977) - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-10-03T06:29
Bloody Giallo - Dario Argento's Suspiria
This week Ibrahim & I dive into the world of Italian Giallo Cinema with a look at ...
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#458 - The Company of Wolves - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-09-25T07:10
Dark, Wild Woods: Neil Jordan's The Company of Wolves
This week Mr. Chavez & I sink into the world of Fairy Tales and Warpe...
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#457 - Horror Noire Part II - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-09-19T05:20
Beyond Black Tropes: Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (Part II)
A second episode uploaded and ready for your enjoyme...
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#456 - Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror Part I - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-09-18T06:48
First to Die: Black Noire: A History of Black Horror (Part I)
The first of a two-part looking at The History of Black Horr...
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#455 - Don't Look Now - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-09-11T16:35
Horror Well-Cut: Nicholas Roeg's Don't Look Now
This week Ibrahim & I continue our descent into Horror Cinema with a look a...
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#454 - Young Frankenstein - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-09-05T03:21
A Mary Shelley Dick Joke: Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein
There's absolutely no caption, intro, blurb, or description that...
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#453 - Killer Joe - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-08-28T07:00
Family Plot: William Friedkin's Film of Tracy Letts's Killer Joe
This week Ibrahim & I remember the iconic filmmaker, Willi...
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#452 - Oppenheimer - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-08-27T07:07
The Prometheus Warning: Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
Take a listen as Mr. Chavez makes his triumphant return a...
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#451 - William Friedkin's The Brink's Job - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-08-14T19:08
Based On a True Story: William Friedkin's The Brink's Job
This past week we said farewell to one of the greats of 70s & 80s...
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#450 - One False Move - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-08-08T18:47
Murder Comes Home - Carl Franklin's One False Move
This week I take a look at Carl Franklin's 1992 directorial debut, the ...
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#449 - Johnny Handsome - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-08-04T04:35
Taking Chances . . . Bitter Stories
Neo-Noir - Walter Hill's Johnny Handsome ...
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#448 - The Modern Western: Dead for a Dollar/Old Henry - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-07-31T06:06
A Continuing Story to Tell - The American Western: Dead for a Dollar & Old Henry
Rick Ramos flies solo and talks Walter Hill's Dead for a Dollar (2022), featuring Christoph Waltz and Wil...
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#447 - Harrison Ford&Peter Weir - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-07-25T21:30
A Humanistic Pairing: Harrison Ford & Peter Weir (Witness and The Mosquito Coast)
Join me as we close out our Har...
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#446 - Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom/The Last Crusade/Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-07-17T05:17
Indiana Jones: The Making of a Hero
This week Ibrahim & I continue to look at the world of Indiana Jones, first profiled i...
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#445 - Raiders of the Lost Ark - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-07-10T18:00
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
This week Mr. Chavez & I continue our look at one of the great cine...
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#444 - Indiana Jones&The Dial of Destiny - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-07-03T03:10
Yesterday Belongs to Us:
Indiana Jones & The Dial of Destiny
#443 - Altered States - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-06-26T06:09
Hidden in the Mind: Ken Russell's Altered States
This week Mr. Chavez and I continue...
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#442 - Jacob's Ladder - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-06-19T06:34
The Suffering in Between:
Adrian Lyne's Jacob's Ladder
This w...
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#441 - Enter the Void - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-06-12T09:33
Tokyo Book of the Dead: Gaspar Noé's Enter the Void
This week Mr. Chavez and I examine the work of a controversial and pol...
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#440 - Tideland - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-06-05T06:36
A Little Girl's Dream: Terry Gilliam's Tideland
Troubled throughout...
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#439 - Solaris - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-05-29T20:22
Anti-Sci-Fi: Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris
This week Ibrahim & I sit down to discuss a film widely-heralded as a masterpiece ...
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#438 - The Tree of Life - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-05-15T06:48
Way of Nature, Way of Grace: Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life
One of the greatest films ever commited t...
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#437 - EO - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-05-08T02:55
Donkey Variations: Jerzy Skolimowski's EO
This week Mr. Chavez and I travel to Cinematic Poland for Jerzy Skolimowski's
#436 - Her - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-05-01T03:50
Virtual Girl & Sad Boy: Spike Jonez's Her
On this week's episode, Mr. Chavez & I sit down to discuss Spike Jonez's ...
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#435 - Robert Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-04-24T02:47
Beast of Burden: Robert Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar - WatchThis W/RickRamos
This week finds Mr. Chavez and myself contin...
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#434 - The Quick&the Dead - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-04-17T04:12
A New Kind of Forgotten Western - Sam Raimi's The Quick & the Dead
This week Mr. Chavez continues to travel and I continue ...
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#433 - David Mamet's American Buffalo - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-04-09T20:26
Loser Row - David Mamet's American Buffalo
This week I go it alone to ramble on about losers, warped friendships, bad idea...
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#432 - Wings of Desire - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-04-03T04:25
"I Know You're There . . . " - Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire
Ibrahim and I continue our dive into foreign, arthouse, and ob...
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#431 - Wong Kar-wai's Fallen Angels - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-03-29T06:18
City of Solitude - Wong Kar-wai's Fallen Angels
In the very late 80s and early 1990s, Hong Kong Cinema was evolving from th...
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#430 - Cinema Ibrahim - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-03-20T04:33
In Search of Goosebumps
Last week we looked at Rick Ramos, this week Mr. Chavez takes center stage, diving into the myriad influenc...
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#429 - Defining Rick Ramos - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-03-13T14:59
Defining Rick Ramos
The Self-Indulgence is strong in this episode as Mr. Chavez and I break down our lives in movies over ...
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#428 - DePalma/Friedkin Uncut/by Sidney Lumet - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-03-06T04:58
Three Auteurs: DePalma, Friedkin Uncut, and by Sidney Lumet
When you have these three names there's litt...
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#427 - Now Playing: The Menu - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-02-27T04:35
A Dish Served Cold: Mark Mylod's The Menu
This week Ibrahim & I sit down to talk a film that has recently left theatres, M...
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#426 - Elvis (2022) - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-02-20T07:00
The Colonel and The King - Baz Luhrman's Elvis
This week Ibrahim and I sit down to discuss the Academy Award nominated, Ba...
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#425 - TÁR - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-02-14T15:46
Monster Hunter - Todd Field's TÁR - WatchThis W/RickRamos
This week Mr. Chavez & I sit down to talk Academy Best Picture Contender, Tár, featuring a stand-out performance from Cate Blanc...
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#424 - Avatar - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-02-06T02:50
Blue Dances with Wolves - James Cameron's Avatar Films
In 2009 James Cameron took old soup and re-heated it in a familiar ...
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#423 - Nope - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-01-30T02:45
Eating Images: Jordan Peele's Nope
On this episode, Mr. Chavez & I sit down to discuss one of the best directors to emerge...
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#422 - Pinocchio - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-01-24T05:30
The Many Faces of The Little Wooden Boy - Pinocchio
Talking a Classic . . . Netflix has recently premiered Guillermo del ...
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#421 - Babylon - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-01-16T02:30
Hollywood - Spectacle & Sacrifice: Damien Chazelle's Babylon
This week, Mr. Chavez & I continue our close out of 202...
#420 - The Whale - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-01-10T03:15
Prison of the Self: Darren Aaronofsky's The Whale
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & I continue ...
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#419 - The Banshees of Inisherin - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2023-01-02T20:27
To Our Graves, We're Taking This: Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRam...
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#418 - Melancholia - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-12-27T03:28
Dance of Death: Lars Von Trier's Melancholia
Cinema is a strange and captivating artform. In many cases, understanding a f...
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#417 - Memories of Murder - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-12-19T21:48
Questions in the Rain: Bong Joon-ho's Memories of Murder
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & I c...
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#416 - Defining the 2010s - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-12-14T03:02
Nothing Left to Say - Defining Films of the 2010s
Nothing left to say, People . . . this week Mr. Chavez & I conclude our look into ...
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#415 - Romance&Cigarettes - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-12-05T04:15
Blue-Collar Love Song - John Turturro's Romance & Cigarettes
I've been wanting to talk this movie for quite some time. I'm ...
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#414 - A Belated 80th Birthday: Martin Scorsese - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-11-29T06:34
Celebrating a Genius - Martin Scorsese's 80th Birthday
This week a bonus episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos drops as I go solo to cele...
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#413 - Defining the 2000s - WatchThisW/RickRamos from 2022-11-28T05:30
Franchising Heroes & Fools: The Films of the 2000s
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos continue our look at the films th...
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#412 - Buffalo 66 - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-11-20T21:15
The Billy Picture: Vincent Gallo's Buffalo '66
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & I sit down wit...
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#411 - State of Grace - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-11-14T05:05
Blood Brothers: Phil Joanou's State of Grace
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & I sit down to d...
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#410 - William Friedkin's Cruising - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-11-07T11:30
Undergound Leather: William Friedkin's Cruising
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I sit down to t...
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#409 - Kwaidan - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-10-31T03:00
Ghosts of Old Japan: Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I wrap up Octobe...
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#408 - The Wailing - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-10-25T03:55
Death in a Village: Na Hong-jin's The Wailing
One of the great joys of doing this ...
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#407 - Santa Sangre - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-10-17T02:00
Mother's Arms: Alejandro Jodorowsky's Santa Sangre
On this week's episode of WatchThis w/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I continue ou...
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#406 - The Wicker Man (2006) and The Cinematic World of Folk Horror - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-10-10T05:51:30
Return of the Past: Folk Horror & The Wicker Man (2006)
On this week's second episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim jump to the ...
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#405 - The Wicker Man (1973) - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-10-10T05:39:56
Bad Execution: The Wicker Man (1973)
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I continue our examination ...
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#404 - David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-10-03T03:00:37
Mirror Image: David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I continue our de...
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#402 - Defining the 1990s Part I - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-09-26T01:30
My So-Called Decade: Defining the 90s - Part I
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & I continue our look at ...
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#403 - Defining the 1990s Part II - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-09-26T01:30
My So-Called Decade: Defining the 90s - Part II
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & I continue our look at...
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#401 - The Howling - WatchThis W/Rick Ramos from 2022-09-19T03:26:59
"Heaven Help You . . . " Joe Dante's The Howling (1981)
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I contin...
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#400 - John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-09-12T01:30:17
Strange Fictions - John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness
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#399 - The Hills Have Eyes - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-09-05T23:47:59
Where's the Fear - Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
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#398 - Films that Defined Their Decades: The 1980s - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-08-29T16:00
Fame, Cocaine, and Coming of Age: Defining the 80s
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I continue our explora...
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#397 - Oliver Stone's Talk Radio - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-08-22T04:30
Dead Air - Oliver Stone's Talk Radio
On this week' s episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. ...
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#396 - At Close Range - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-08-15T05:36:58
He's My Father: James Foley's At Close Range
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & I sit down to d...
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#395 - Prey - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-08-11T09:18:30
"No Hunting Like the Hunting of (Wo)Man" - Ernest Hemingway
Dan Trachtenberg's ...
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#394 - Films that Defined Their Decades: The 1970s (Part II) - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-08-03T05:08:22
Breaking Down the Gates: Defining the 70s (Part II)
The Second Half of an earlier episode where Mr. Chavez & I discuss ten films (and a short list of Honorable Menitons) that defined the...
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#393 - Films that Defined Their Decades: The 1970s (Part I) - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-08-03T04:42:17
Breaking Down the Gates: Defining the 70s (Part I)
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & I continue our exa...
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#392 - THX-1138 - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-07-24T21:58:14
Towards a New Hope: George Lucas's THX-1138
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & I continue our lo...
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#391 - Spielberg's Duel - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-07-18T06:45:13
Tormented Road: Steven Spielberg's Duel
This week Mr. Chavez & I dig into one of our favorit...
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#390 - New Hollywood - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-07-11T04:41:23
Easy Drugs & Raging Egos: New Hollywood & the Auteur Era
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & I take a look at Ted Demme & R...
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#389 - Films that Defined Their Decades: The 1960s - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-07-04T00:05:25
A Decade Light and Dark: Defining the 60s
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & I continue our dive into the...
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#388 - Fellini's Satyricon - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-06-28T18:52:27
Rome Before Christ, After Fellini: Fellini's Satyricon
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & I sit ...
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#387 - Two-Lane Blacktop - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-06-20T04:29:22
Highway Without Horizon: Monte Hellman's Two-Lane Blacktop
This week, Mr. Chavez & I sit down to discuss a seminal film of ...
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#386 - Henry Fonda in The Ox Bow Incident - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-06-13T06:04:10
Frontier Justice: William Wellman's The Ox Bow Incident
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Ramos goes it ...
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#385 - Jodorowsky's El Topo - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-06-05T05:29:15
Madman's Miracle: Jodorowsky's El Topo
There are a few filmmakers that when you watch their work you can step back and hone...
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#384 - Films that Defined Their Decades: The 1950s - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-05-29T08:04:55
Postwar Paranoia: Defining the 50s
On this week's episode of Watch This W/Rick Ramos, Mr. Chavez & I sit down and continue our exam...
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#383 - George Carlin's American Dream - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-05-22T23:56:20
More Than Seven Words: George Carlin's American Dream
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, I visit with an old ...
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#382 - Cypress Hill - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-05-15T22:38:13
Sons of South Gate: The Cypress Hill Story
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I bring it home with ...
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#381 - The Legacy of Andy Kaufman: Man on the Moon/Jim&Andy: The Great Beyond - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-05-08T19:06:11
What Was Real? Andy Kaufman, Latka Gravas, Tony Clifton, & Jim Carrey
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & ...
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#380 - One Night in Miami - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-05-01T22:30
Black Summit 64 - Regina King's One Night in Miami
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & I sit down to ...
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#379 - Films that Defined Their Decades: The 1940s - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-04-25T00:32:24
More Than Hardboiled: Defining the 40s
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, my partner, Mr. Chavez & I are continuing our look ...
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#378 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-04-18T13:00
"Toons . . . Gets 'Em Every Time!" Robert Zemeckis's Who Framed Roger Rabbit
On this week's episode of WatchThis, Mr. Chave...
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#377 - Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-04-11T23:40:15
"It's the pictures that got small." - Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard
This week, Mr. Chavez & I continue our descent into t...
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#376 - David Lynch's Mulholland Drive - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-04-05T05:19:01
In Dreams: David Lynch's Mulholland Drive
On this week's episode of Watch This, Mr. Chavez & I are diving into the hazy d...
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#375 - Films that Defined Their Decades: The 1930s - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-03-28T06:54:24
Cinema Has Something to Say: Defining the 30s
On this week's episode of WatchThi...
#374 - Laurel Canyon - The History of Rock N Roll: WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-03-23T23:46:13
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I go back to our never...
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#373 - A Few Thoughts on Film Noir - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-03-19T09:42:12
Beautiful Darkness - A Few Thoughts on Film Noir
On this week's episode, I go solo to talk my favorite genre . . . Film Noir. Take a listen...
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#372 - Ladies&Gentlemen . . . Lenny Bruce - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-03-07T17:33:29
Not a Comedian . . . Lenny Bruce
On this week's episode, Ibrahim & I dive into the life of one of the great comics of The Modern Stand-Up Era - a man that it can be argued changed the for...
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#371 - Films that Defined Their Decades: The 1920s - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-02-28T05:28:35
The Roaring Silents - The 1920s
On this week's episode, Ibrahim & I sit down to continue our look at th...
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#370 - Brian Wilson&The Beach Boys: The History of Rock N Roll Part XII - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-02-22T07:21:28
The History of Rock N Roll Part XII - Troubled Harmony: Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys
This week Mr. Chavez & I continue our explorat...
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#369 - Frank Zappa: The History of Rock N Roll Part XI - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-02-15T02:05:09
The History of Rock N Roll Part XI - Frank Zappa: Absolutely Free
Ibrahim and I keep moving through the artists, recordings, songs, ...
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#369 - Frank Zappa: This History of Rock N Roll Part XI - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-02-15T02:05:09
The History of Rock N Roll Part XI - Frank Zappa: Absolutely Free
Ibrahim and I keep moving through the artists, recordings, songs, ...
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#369 - Frank Zappa: The History of Rock N Roll Part XI - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-02-15T02:05:09
The History of Rock N Roll Part XI - Frank Zappa: Absolutely Free
Ibrahim and I keep moving through the artists, recordings, songs, ...
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#368 - Tarkovsky's Mirror - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-02-08T01:28:48
Like a Thread Throughout the World: Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror
On this week's episode o...
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#368 - Tarkovsky's Mirror - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-02-08T01:28:48
Like a Thread Throughout the World: Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror
On this week's episode o...
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#367 - 20 Feet from Stardom/Standing in the Shadows Of Motown/Muscle Shoals - The History of Rock N Roll Part X - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-01-31T06:04:18
The History of Rock N Roll Part X - Soundtrack of the Century: 20 Feet from Stardom/Standing in the Shadows of Motown/Muscle Shoals
On this wee...
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#367 - 20 Feet from Stardom/Standing in the Shadows Of Motown/Muscle Shoals - The History of Rock N Roll Part X - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-01-31T06:04:18
The History of Rock N Roll Part X - Soundtrack of the Century: 20 Feet from Stardom/Standing in the Shadows of Motown/Muscle Shoals
On this wee...
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#367 - 20 Feet from Stardom/Standing in the Shadows Of Motown/Muscle Shoals - The History of Rock N Roll Part X - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-01-31T06:04:18
The History of Rock N Roll Part X - Soundtrack of the Century: 20 Feet from Stardom/Standing in the Shadows of Motown/Muscle Shoals
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#366 - Films that Defined the Decade - The 1910s: D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-01-24T19:14:42
The Films that Defined Their Decades - The 1910s: A Southern Gentlemen Re-Writes History With a Lightning Bolt - D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation<...
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#366 - Films that Defined the Decade - The 1910s: D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-01-24T19:14:42
The Films that Defined Their Decades - The 1910s: A Southern Gentlemen Re-Writes History With a Lightning Bolt - D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation<...
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#365 - The Rolling Stones: The History of Rock N Roll Part IX - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-01-18T01:54:14
The History of Rock N Roll Part IX - English Blood Runs Hot: The Rolling Stones
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#365 - The Rolling Stones: The History of Rock N Roll Part IX - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-01-18T01:54:14
The History of Rock N Roll Part IX - English Blood Runs Hot: The Rolling Stones
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#364 - Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu Monogotari - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-01-10T15:58:58
Ghosts of the Pale & Shadowy Moon After the Rain: Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu Monogotari
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#363 - Eddie&Martin: LIFE - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-01-07T01:39:31
What's the Worst That Could Happen? Ted Demme's Life (1999)
Dropping a bonus episode . . . this week I go solo to discuss T...
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#362 - Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2022-01-04T01:05:38
Hot Air & Fantasy: Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
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#361 - Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-12-29T06:29:50
Of Masks & Fantasies:
Stanley Kubrick's Listen
#360 - Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-12-20T16:33:09
A Heavy Metaphor: Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo
On this week's episode, Ibrahim & I look at a controversial and divisive fil...
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#359 - Phil Spector/TheWreckingCrew - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-12-12T04:29:15
The History of Rock N Roll Part VIII - Echo Chamber: Phil Spector's Wall of Sound<...
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#358 - The Beatles: Get Back - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-12-07T01:18:50
The History of Rock N Roll Part VII - Don't Let Me Down: Peter Jackson's Get Back
On this week's episode, Mr. Chavez & I sit down to discuss Peter Jackson's Get Back, an eight-hour Disney...
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#357 - Léon: The Professional - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-11-29T16:14:02
"Always This Hard." - Luc Besson's Léon: The Professional
This week, Mr. Chavez & I sit down to discuss a classic of the1990's, Luc Besson's 1994 Hit-Man Love St...
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#356 - Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-11-22T06:09:56
Windows Never Lie: The Voyeuristic Eye of Alfred Hitchcock
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#355 - Scorsese's Raging Bull - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-11-15T07:03:20
"The Thing Ain't the Ring, It's the Play." - Raging Bull: Martin Scorsese & Robert DeNiro's Examination of a Dangerous, Violent, Damaged Man Listen
#354 - Jodorowsky's Dune - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-11-07T16:56:25
The Ghost of Dune: Jodorowsky's Unmade Masterpiece
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#353 - Denis Villeneuve's Dune - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-11-01T20:04:13
Lawrence of Arrakis: Denis Villeneuve's Dune
This week Ibrahim & I take a look at a film currently playing in theaters and ...
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#352 - Werner Herzog's Nosferatu - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-10-24T08:52:21
Night Phantom: Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre
On this week's episode, Ibrahim & I close out The Halloween Season wit...
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#351 - The Wolf Man - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-10-24T02:07:14
The Wolf Will Out: The Universal Werewolf
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I sit down to discuss the third of The Great Universal Movie Monsters, Lon Chaney Jr. ...
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#350 - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-10-17T08:02:02
A Slice of Death - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
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#349 - Sam Raimi&Bruce Campbell vs. The Evil Dead - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-10-12T08:43:30
Groovy! - Sam Raimi & Bruce Campbell Battle
#348 - Brian DePalma's Carrie - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-10-04T16:00
"It Was Bad, Mama. They Laughed at Me. Hold Me, Mama. Please Hold Me" . . . The Lasting Legacy of Brian DePalma's Carrie
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#347 - Alex Proyas' The Crow - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-09-26T17:28:08
Missing the Mark - Alex Proyas' The Crow
On this week's episode, Mr. Chavez & I travel back to 1994 to look at Alex Proyas'...
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#346 - Vampires IV - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-09-20T20:24:22
The Undying Dead: A Continuing Discussion of Vampires (Vampires Part IV)
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#346 - Vampires IV - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-09-20T20:24:22
The Undying Dead: A Continuing Discussion of Vampires (Vampires Part IV)
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#345 - Jordan Peele: Us&Get Out - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-09-13T04:38:20
Us & Them: The Horror of Jordan Peele
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I tear into the Horror genre on our...
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#344 - Remembering Sonny Chiba - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-09-06T08:22:13
Yakuza, Soldier, Swordmaker, Mercenary, Bad Ass: The Legend of Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba (January 22, 1939 - August 19, 2021)
On August...
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#343 - The History of Rock 'N Roll Part VI: John Lennon&George Harrison - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-08-30T04:57:48
The History of Rock 'N Roll Part VI: The Dream is Over - John Lennon & George...
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#342 - City of God - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-08-23T09:02:37
Favella Masterpiece - Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund's City of God
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#341 - Val (A Documentary about Val Kilmer) - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-08-16T07:29:15
Perhaps Best Known For . . . a Documentary about Val Kilmer
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#340 - Anthony Hopkins in The Father - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-08-09T08:44:34
The Branches, The Wind, & The Rain: Florian Zeller's The Father
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#339 - Soderbergh's No Sudden Move - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-08-02T08:27:55
Subtext & DoubleCross in Steven Soderbergh's No Sudden Move
This week Ibrahim & I are thrilled to recommend a new ...
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#338 - The History of Rock 'N Roll Part V: McCartney 3, 2, 1 - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-07-26T04:30
"Because we had to remember them." - Paul McCartney
McCartney 3, 2, 1
This wee...
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#337 - Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-07-18T06:45:19
Get to the Point: The Problems, Excess, & Failure of Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight
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#336 - Robert Egger's The Lighthouse - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-07-12T02:57:13
Waters of Dread: Robert Egger's The Lighthouse
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#335 - H.G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-07-04T23:41:09
Doomed Journey of Lost Souls: H.G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau
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#334 - The History of Rock N Roll Part IV - The Beatles from 2021-06-28T06:59:05
History of Rock N Roll Part IV: The Beatles - FourHeaded Phenomenon
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#333 - Remembering Mr. Paul Mooney - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-06-28T00:05:58
Homey Don't Play That!
Remembering Paul Mooney<...
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#332 - Midsommar - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-06-21T07:00
Ignoring the Bear - Ari Aster's Midsommar
This week Ibrahim & I tackle Ari Aster's 2...
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#331 - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-06-13T23:48:39
Printing the Legend: John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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#330 - History of Rock N Roll Part III: Bob Dylan Continued - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-06-07T04:59:25
History of Rock 'N Roll Part III: Bob Dylan Continued - Masked and Unmasked
This week Ibrahim & I continue looking at the career and...
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#329 - History of Rock N Roll Part II: Bob Dylan from 2021-05-30T23:18:48
History of Rock 'N Roll Part II: Bob Dylan - Original Vagabond
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#328 - The Death of the Video Store - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-05-24T05:20:24
Hanging Onto Yesterday - The Birth, Evolution, and Death of The Video Store
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#327 - History of LA Part I - ZOOT SUIT - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-05-17T00:53:23
"Another way to say 'Mexican'" - Luis Valdez's Zoot Suit
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#326 - Christopher Nolan's TENET - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-05-10T03:19:15
Magic of The Illusion or Stepping Back from the Rabbit - Christopher Nolan's TENET
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#325 - John Waters: Study in Filth - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-05-03T07:51:41
John Waters - Examining the Genre-Bending & Culture-Crashing Art of a Filth Icon
Has there ever been a figure in popular (or even un...
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#324 - The History of Rock 'N Roll Part I - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-04-26T04:19:48
The Devil's Music: The Birth of Rock 'N Roll - Little Richard,
#323 - The Impact of Mtv - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-04-19T09:02:52
I Want My MTV - A Revolution in Music, Image, & Popular Culture
A hell of a stroll down memory lane as Ibrahim & I look bac...
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#322 - Remembering Max Von Sydow - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-04-12T01:54:38
Knight, Priest, King: Remembering the Many Faces of Max Von Sydow (4/10/29 - 03/08/20)
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#321 - Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-04-04T08:05:29
"Two Together, Are Always Going Somewhere." Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958)
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#320 - They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-03-31T19:28:22
It's All in the Title - Sydney Pollack's adaptation of Horace McCoy's They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
A solo episode to clos...
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#319 - The Legacy of Dr. Hannibal Lecter - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-03-29T01:47:25
Hannibal Lecter: The Devouring Oracle
In 1981 Thomas Harris published Red Dragon and introduced the world to one of the mos...
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#318 - David Fincher's Zodiac - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-03-22T04:05:39
One Question Answered, Five Questions Raised - David Fincher's Zodiac (2007)
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#317 - Spike Lee's Summer of Sam - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-03-15T02:05:26
Spike Lee Returns to a Sweltering New York Summer - Summer of Sam (1999)
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#316 - Goodbye LA - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-03-11T17:00
You Got To Know When To Hold 'Em, Know When To Fold 'Em - Goodbye Los Angeles
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#315 - The Night Stalker: Richard Ramirez - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-03-08T22:05:50
Night Stalker: An Unexplored "Evil"
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#314 - Nicholas Ray: They Live by Night&On Dangerous Ground - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-03-04T17:00
Love in the Hopelessness of Noir Nicholas Ray's They Live by Night (1947) &
#313 - The Femme Fatale: Double Indemnity&Basic Instinct - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-02-28T23:06:48
"Everybody She Plays With Dies."
The Femmes Fatales of Billy Wilder's Doub...
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#312 - James Spader - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-02-22T05:18:09
Watching & Thinking: James Spader & The Dark Roads
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & I take a look at two exceptional films starring James Spader - 1989's
#311 - 9 1/2 Weeks&Fifty Shades of Grey - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-02-15T02:53:04
The Violence of Love: Psychological & Physical Abuse in Adrian Lyne's 9 1/2 Weeks and Sam Taylor-Johnson's ...
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#310 - Last Tango in Paris/In the Realm of the Senses - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-02-08T19:26:54
Portraits of Passion & Pain - Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris & Nagisa Oshima's In the Realm of the Senses Listen
#309 - The Unbearable Lightness of Being - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-02-01T05:30
In the Kingdom of Kitsch - Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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#249 - Paul Schrader's Auto Focus - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Voyeurs' Eye - The Life & Death of Bob Crane
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#248 - Remembering Roger Ebert - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Filmmaker's Friend - Remembering Roger Ebert (June 18, 1942 - April 04, 2013)
It's been six years since Cinema lost one of it's ...
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#247 - Remembering Robert Evans - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Kid Stayed in the Picture: Robert Evans - A Remembrance (06/29/30 - 10/26/19)
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#244 - Three by Jules Dassin - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Director's Lens: Three Early Noirs by Jules Dassin - Night & the City/The Naked City/Brute Force
On t...
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#243 - Dolemite Is My Name/Ed Wood - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
High Art, Low Art, & The Need To Get It On Screen:
Dolemite Is My Name &
#241- JOKER - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Screams of a Clown - Todd Phillip's Joker
& Martin Scorsese'...
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#240 - John J. Rambo - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
JOHN J. RAMBO - Looking Back on an American Icon
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#239 - WhereThe Sidewalk Ends (Film Noir Continued) - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Disappointments and Surprises: Kiss of Death & Where the Sidewalk Ends - A Continuing Journey Into Film Noir
On Th...
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#238 - The Set-Up (Film Noir) - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Losers Refusing to Give Up - Robert Wise's The Set-Up
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#237 - Edgar G. Ulmer's DETOUR - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Edgar G. Ulmer's Detour - Riding into the Darkness of Noir
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#236 - Remembering Peter Fonda - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Peter Fonda: A Rememberance (February 23, 1940 - August 16, 2019)
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I sit down to look over the career of Peter Fonda, who passed ...
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#235 - History of the Oscars Part 11 - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Re-Boot Era Continued - The History of the Oscars Part 11: 2015 - 2019
Our long road through The History of The Academy Awards ...
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#234 - History of the Oscars Part 10 - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Reboot Era - History of the Oscars Part 10: 2011 - 2014
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#233 - Rutger Hauer: Like Tears in Rain - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rutger Hauer: Like Tears in Rain (January 23, 1944 - July 19, 2019)
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#232 - Once Upon a Time In Hollywood - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tarantino (Re)Writes The Summer of 69: Sharon Tate, Charles Manson, Hollywood & The Changing of History - Once Upon a Time Listen
#231 - The Muppet Movie: 40th Anniversary - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kermit, Fozzie, Miss Piggy, & The Brilliance of Jim Henson - WatchThis W/RickRamos
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#230 - History of the Oscars Part 9 - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Questionable Renaissance Continued - History of the Oscars Part 9: 2006 - 2010
Closer & Closer we get to making it through the ent...
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#229 - The Beatles: Yesterday - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Yesterday Today: Rock 'N Roll Cinema (Part 1)
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I take a break from our Osc...
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#228 - History of the Oscars Part 8 - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Questionable Renaissance - History of the Oscars Part 8: 2001- 2005
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#227 - History of the Oscars Part 7 - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The New Independents Continued - History of the Oscars Part 7: '97 - '00
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#226 - Anthony Bourdain: Epilogue - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Epilogue:
Anthony Bourdain
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#225 - Deadwood: The Movie - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Deadwood - David Milch: The Meaning of Endings
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#224 - Deadwood (2003 - 2006) - WatchThisW/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lies Agreed Upon - David Milch's DEADWOOD
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#223 - Game of Thrones: Finale - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice & Fire
All things must come to an end. On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I s...
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#222 - The Lines That Make The Movies - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I'll Buy That For a Dollar" - The Lines That Make the Movies
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#221 - Game of Thrones - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Game of Thrones: Path to the Crown
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I take a short break from our look at ...
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#220 - History of the Oscars Part 6 - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The New Independents
History of the Oscars Part 6: '93 - '96
#219 - The Joker (History & Importance) - WatchThisWithRickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Joker - An Iconic Cultural Villain
(With Special Guest Mike Black)
#218 - History of the Oscars Part 5: The Return of the Studios - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Return of the Studios
History of the Oscars Part 5: '84 - '92
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#217 - History of the Oscars Part 4 - WatchThisW/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Blockbuster Era -Regaining Control
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#216 - History of the Oscars Part 3 - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Emergence of a New Hollywood - History of the Oscars Part 3 '67 - '74
Ibrahim & I continue our examination of the Academy Awards lo...
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#215 - History of the Oscars Part 2 - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hollywood in Transition - A History of the Oscars Part 2 '51 - '66
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I once...
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#214 - History of the Oscars ('29-'50) - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hollywood Loves Itself - A History the Oscars '29-'50
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#213 - The MPAA & The Ratings Board - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Who Decides What We See?
Jack Valenti, The MPAA, & The Ratings Board
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#212 - Saying Goodbye & The 2019 Oscars - WatchThis w/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Goodbye to a Few Friends and a Brief Academy Award Recap
On this week's episode of WatchThis w/RickRamos I give a quick summation of...
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#211 - Infernal Affairs & The Departed - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Spectrum of Criminality:
Infernal Affairs &
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#209 - Roma & Bicycle Thieves - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Neo-Realism: From De Sica to Cuarón
Bicycle Thieves & Roma
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos Ibrahim & I sit down to talk two of the most widely recognized works in ...
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#208 - The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling/Ikiru - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling & Kurosawa's Ikiru: Purpose, Regret, & Redemption
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#207 - Vice & W. - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Vice & W. - Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld: Power & War
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I sit down to discuss Christian Bale (Golde...
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#206 - Reservoir Dogs & City on Fire - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reservoir Dogs & City on Fire - Tarantino and the late Ringo Lam
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#205 - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Coen Bros. Re-Imagine The West & How Netflix is Changing th...
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#204 - Psycho: Hitchcock & Van Sant - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Psycho - Hitchcock & Van Sant
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I sit down to discuss Hitchcock's masterpie...
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#203 - To Be Or Not To Be (Ernst Lubitsch) - WatchThis w/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Catching Up On The Classics:
To Be or Not To Be (1942)
#202 - Dead Man's Hand: Goodbye to Ricky Jay & Others in 2018 - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Dead Man's Hand: A Goodbye to Ricky Jay & Others in 2018
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#201 - The Horror of Cronenberg (Part II): VIDEODROME/THE DEAD ZONE/SHIVERS - WatchThis w/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
THE HORROR OF CRONENBERG
(PART II): SCAN...
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#200 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World -
55th Anniversary
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#199 - In Theaters: Can You Forgive Me? Melissa McCarthy - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In Theaters:
Can You Forgive Me? Finding Meaning in Misery & L...
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#270 - The Warriors - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Can You Dig It? -
The WarriorsListen
#268 - Rian Johnson's LOOPER - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Closing the Loop: Straw Diagrams, The Headaches of Time Travel, & The Understanding of the Self - Rian Johnson's Looper (2012)
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#267 - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Watermelon Factor: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension and the Making of a Cult Classic
We conti...
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#265 - Return of the Living Dead - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An Unforgiving Rain - The Return of the Living Dead
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I re-visit t...
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#264 - 10 Films That Keep Getting Better - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
10 Films to Get You Through These Hard Times -
These are difficult times, no doubt. With so much doom and gloom it may be ...
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#263 - Train to Busan - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Zombie Class War: Yeon Sang-ho's Train to Busan
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#261 - Akira Kurosawa's Dreams - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Emperor Paints - Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
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#253 - Wages of Fear & Sorcerer - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Long, Dangerous Road into Hell:
Henri-George Clouzot's
#252 - The Rise of Skywalker - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Temporary End -
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
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#251 - Citizen Kane & Rashomon - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Falsity of Truth - Orson Welle's Citizen Kane and Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon
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#308 - John Carpenter's THEY LIVE - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-25T19:17:21
All Out of Bubblegum - John Carpenter Rings The Alarm - 1988's They Live
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#307 - Kurosawa Influences: A Bug's LIfe&Remakes - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-18T09:00
The Many Children of Akira Kurosawa: Sturges & Fuqua's The Magnificent Seven & Pixar's A Bug's Life
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#306 - Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-12T04:00
"Once More, We Survive." - Akira Kurosawa's Shichinin no samurai ...
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#305 - Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2021-01-04T09:11
"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."
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#304 - The Thing (1951&1982) - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-12-28T20:03:06
"I don't know who to trust."
Trust as a Hard Thing to Come By: Christian Nyby and Howard Hawks' ...
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#303 - Andrei Tarkovsky's STALKER - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-12-21T08:41:47
One of God's Fools - The Zone in Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker
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#302 - Sam Fuller - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-12-14T08:20:27
Madman With a Typewriter - The World of Sam Fuller: Shock Corridor (1963) & The Naked ...
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#301 - Oliver Stone's Nixon - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-12-07T08:16:05
"I am America. I'm a winner who lost every battle, up to and including the war. I am not the American nightmare. I am the American Dream. Period. That'...
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#300 - John Belushi: A Remembrance - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-11-30T08:53:37
Blue-Collar Immigrant, Breaking All of the Rules - Belushi (2020)
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#299 - Oliver Stone's JFK - WatchThis W/Rick Ramos from 2020-11-23T09:17
"A Patriot Must Always Be Ready To Defend His Country Against His Government" - Jim Garrison
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#298 - Election 2020: The Comey Rule - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-11-16T20:49:59
The Fat Man Won't Sing: Showtime's The Comey Rule
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#297 - Election 2020: 1984/V For Vendetta - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-11-09T18:28:41
Inventing the Past; Creating the Future; Controlling the Present - George Orwell's 1984 & V for Vendetta...
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#296 - Election 2020 - A Face in the Crowd - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-11-03T09:49:09
"There's Nothing As Trustworthy . . . As The Ordinary Mind-Of The Ordinary Man" - Lonesome Rhodes
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#295 - Frankenstein - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-10-30T06:39:11
"Made me from dead. I love dead . . . hate living."
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#294 - Ten Horror Films That Keep Coming Back - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-10-27T20:22:25
There Are Things to Fear - Ten Horror Films to Go Back to
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#293 - Stanley Kubrick's The Shining - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-10-18T14:00
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining - Is a Scare Ever Really Just a Scare? Listen
#292 - John Carpenter's The Fog - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-10-11T16:00
A Modern-Day Ghost Story - John Carpenter's: The Fog
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#291 - Romero&King: Creepshow - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-10-04T16:00
The Nostalgia of Scares - George A. Romero & Stephen King Come Together For Creepshow
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#290 - 9/11: The Documentaries - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-09-24T23:36:36
Lies & Paranoia/Fact & Conspiracy: 9/11 and the Mysteries of Truth
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#289 - Remembering Michael Chapman - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-09-23T17:42:57
A Master is Gone - Remembering Michael Chapman (November 21, 1935 - September 20, 2020)
The great cinematographer Michael Chapman ha...
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#288- Remembering 9/11 - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-09-14T23:09:33
When It All Changed - Remembering September 11th - WatchThis W/RickRamos
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#287 - Tim Roth's THE WAR ZONE - WatchThisW/RickRamos from 2020-09-07T06:13:30
Evil Hides in Plain Sight - Tim Roth's The War Zone
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#286 - Cinematographer John Alton - Film Noir - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-08-30T22:54:12
Painting with Light - The Art of John Alton
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#285 - Smoke&Blue in the Face - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-08-17T08:41:36
"It's like weighing air . . ." - Wayne Wang & Paul Auster's Smoke & Blue in the Face
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#284 - Alan Parker's The Commitments - WatchThisW/RickRamos from 2020-08-10T04:49:23
The Power of Soul - Alan Parker's The Commitments
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos I go solo to remember the...
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#283 - Jim Jarmusch's Coffee&Cigarettes - WatchThisW/RickRamos from 2020-08-09T16:00
Coffee & Cigarettes & Conversation: Jim Jarmusch's Coffee & Cigarettes (1986 - 2004)
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#282 - Gene Hackman in Night Moves - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-07-31T19:11:32
Always The Last to Know: Gene Hackman as Harry Moseby in Arthur Penn's Night Moves (1975)
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#281 - Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-07-30T14:43:39
My Dark Places - Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place (1950)
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#280 - Terry Gilliam's Brazil - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-07-20T17:22:28
Nineteen-Eighty-Four & A Half: Terry Gilliam's Brazil
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#279 - Ennio Morricone: A Rememberance - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-07-13T08:54:46
Addio Maestro:
Ennio Morricone (November 10, 1928 - July 06, 2020)
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#278 - Bad Lieutenant&Uncut Gems - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-07-07T00:14:31
"We Gotta Eat Away At Ourselves" - Bad Lieutenant & Uncut Gems
This week on WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I jump back into ...
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#277 - Predator/Predator 2/Predators - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-07-03T05:00
"If it bleeds . . . we can kill it." - The Predator Saga
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#276 - The Princess Bride - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-06-29T09:00:24
"Have Fun Stormin' The Castle." - The Beauty, Humor, & Magic of Rob Reiner's
The...
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#275 - Escape From New York/LA - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-06-22T06:43:31
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same - John Carpenter's Escape From New York/Escape From LA
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#274 - Da 5 Bloods - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-06-15T08:40:44
Black Man's Burden: The Vietnam War - A Spike Lee Joint
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#273 - LA Uprising (1965/1992/2020) - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-06-08T10:14:24
This is America - Los Angeles Burns: 1965/1992/2020
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I sit down to discuss the current soci...
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#272 - Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-05-31T08:08:02
Nobody Loses All The Time: Pain, Suffering,...
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#271 - Oldboy (2003/2013) - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-05-26T01:14:11
Weep and You Weep Alone - Park Chan-wook & Spike Lee's Oldboy (2003/2013)
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#269 - Robocop (1987/2014) - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-05-12T21:39:13
More Human Than Human - The Legacy of Robocop
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#266 - Cult Classics: The Hidden - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-04-13T00:22:03
Hiding in Plain Sight: Jack Sholder's
The Hidden
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#262 - 12 Monkeys & La Jetée - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-03-22T07:38:34
The Troubling Nature of Memory - Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys & Chris Marker's La Jetée
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#260 - Pandemic: Contagion & Outbreak - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-03-10T06:45:41
Contagion & Outbreak: The Pandemic Films of Steven Soderbergh & Wolfgang Petersen
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#259 - The Turin Horse - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-02-29T10:56:11
Repetition & Wind -
Béla Tarr & Ágnes Hranitzky's Listen
#258 - Remembering Kirk Douglas - WatchThisW/RickRamos from 2020-02-24T05:32:21
"Tell the Truth" -
Dax, Van Gogh, Shields, Tatum, & Spartacus: The Many & Varied Truths of Ki...
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#257 - Cassavetes' A Woman Under the Influence - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-02-15T06:16:34
A Truthful Love - The Power of Cassavetes, Rowland, & Falk - A Woman Under the Influence Listen
#256 - 92nd Academy Awards - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-02-09T02:57:40
Another Go 'Round - The 2020 Academy Awards
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#255 - Casablanca - WatchThis W/Rick Ramos from 2020-02-03T11:29:31
You Must Remember This . . .
The Continuing Power of Casablanca
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#254 - Remembering Terry Jones - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2020-01-24T06:39:16
A Very Naughty Boy - Remembering Terry Jones (1942-2020)<...
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#250 - Scorsese's Goodfellas & Casino - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2019-12-16T07:57:31
The Little Brother's Shadow: Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas & Casino
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#246 - Errol Morris - American Dharma - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2019-11-19T06:06:36
On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I sit down to discuss the new film from documentarian Errol Morris, American Dharma. In a career that has spa...
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#245 - The Irishman: A Martin Scorsese Picture - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2019-11-11T06:44:38
Pride Goeth Before the Fall:
The Life of James Riddle ...
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#242 - Scorsese & Schrader - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2019-10-22T07:45:54
God's Lonely Men: The Collaborations of Martin Scorsese & Paul Schrader
#210 - Cape Fear ('62 & '91) - WatchThis W/RickRamos from 2019-02-03T18:00
J. Lee Thompson & Martin Scorsese: Cape Fear
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