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We Wanna Watch

Two amateurs, who are neither smart nor funny, host a comedy podcast about movie criticism.

tv & film film reviews

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115:55

Psycho (1960) / Psycho (1998)

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2024/09/27

This week's entry in our WE WANNA WAIL series features TWO Lane's Frames: both the original Psycho (1960) directed by Alfred Hitchcock AND the remake Psycho (1998) directed by Gus Van Sant. We talk about the original movie's influence, the gay subtext in both films, and the fascinating endeavor of remaking a beloved classic. I'm very punchy and looking for a fight with Ricky during this episode, lol.

107:53

Midsommar

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2024/09/20

We're kicking off our WE WANNA WAIL miniseries with this week's Rick's Pick, Midsommar (2019) directed by Ricky's favorite director Ari Aster. Is this movie as scary as Hereditary? Does the boyfriend deserve it? How does white women loving true crime play into homestead-flavored racism? Plus: I sent Ricky a meme about calling all camera movement "panning" and now he wants to be an asshole about it on mic.

75:35

Othello

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2024/09/13

For this week's Lane's Frame, we watched Othello (1951) directed by Orson Welles. A strange adaptation that reduces the usual 3-hour play to just 90 minutes, the movie gets mixed reactions from us; we appreciate its cinematography and ambitious vision, but struggle to get past its sloppiness, character-limiting choices, and, yes, the horrible racism. Also, we talk about Jujutsu Kaisen and Zumba, we'll see if that does anything for the algorithm lmao.

90:35

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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2024/09/06

This week is a Rick's Pick, and boy, was it ever! We watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) directed by Robert Zemeckis, a movie that Ricky had somehow never seen. This episode is replete with antics, shenanigans, and sound effects - but only to complement the movie, of course.

75:44

Silkwood

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2024/08/30

This week's Lane's Frame is Silkwood (1983) directed by Mike Nichols. It's a bit of a bummer episode, but we keep it fun and fancy free with diversions about Kurt Russell, forgotten Oscar movies, and our beloved Nintendo.

70:42

Barry Lyndon

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2024/08/23

We finally get back around to this week's Rick's Pick, Barry Lyndon (1975) directed by Stanley Kubrick. To nobody's surprise, it doesn't compare favorably to Amadeus, but we still have a good time discussing its merits, including its painting-like shots, hilarious irony, and its timeless thematic elements. Also, what the fuck is lindy? Ricky go outside challenge.Thanks and much credit to NTRXMUSIC for the wonderful outro.

93:50

Boogie Nights

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2024/08/16

We wanna watch...but maybe not these movies! This week's choice of Lane's Fame is Boogie Nights (1997) directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, whose name I said in this episode like Agent Smith for some reason. We talk about showy filmmaking, porn as an art form, and Julianne "My Mom" Moore. We also digress into Reddit celebrities for like, a LONG time.

72:04

Watchmen

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2024/08/09

Nevermind the Watchmen - who watches the watchers?! Someone certainly ought to! This week's Rick's Pick was Watchmen (2009) directed by Z*ck Sn*der. We get into this movie's style (dated), politics (DATED), and critiques of superheroes (also somehow dated!). Plus: Lane poisons squirrels.

114:47

Longlegs

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2024/08/02

This week's mess of a Lane's Frame is Longlegs (2024) directed by Oz Perkins. 🚨 WE SPOIL THE MOVIE RIGHT AWAY🚨 and talk about the film's hype campaign, strange tone, and story that seems to homage everything while retaining a unique visual style. Features a couple surprises along the way so hang in there for the shitty audio quality lol. Cuckoo!

96:01

Eat Drink Man Woman

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2024/07/26

This week's Rick's Pick, which he seems to actually not know the name of, is Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) directed by Ang Lee. We talk about this sensuous, sumptuous film's mastery of tone, humor, and emotion. Along the way, we meander into discussions about Italian ice, assessing acting performances in languages you don't speak, and the FUCKING squirrel that keeps eating out of my bird feeder.

104:36

Kinds of Kindness

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2024/07/19

This week's Lane's Frame is Kinds of Kindness (2024) directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

73:41

The Hourglass Sanatorium

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2024/07/12

Why are they covering a surreal allegory for the Holocaust from 1970s Poland? Are they stupid? This week's Rick's Pick is The Hourglass Sanitorium (1974) directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has, a psychological horror-drama that left us creeped out and moved in a great way. We discuss anti-intellectualism and Ricky's extreme distaste for mannequins, wax figures, corpses, and all manner of human facsimile.

79:58

Henry V

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2024/07/05

This week's Lane's Frame is a celebration of being a dramatic and indulgent little birthday boy: Henry V (1989) directed by Kenneth Branagh. We discuss our histories with Shakespeare, the cast of Harry Potter, and cool maps. Shockingly not a horny episode because I'm saving myself for Hamlet 🥰

77:15

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (Episodes 1-3)

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2024/06/28

We return to our anime roots with this week's Rick's Pick, the first three episodes of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (2015). A lot less "Wow! Cool robot!" than expected, we talk about how cool (?) Char is, Crunchyroll's shoutout-worthiness, and the Glup Shitto phenomenon. Also, I'm calling it now, this is going to be one of our lowest-ranked episodes because of this massacre of an episode title, lol, RIP SEO.

127:03

Hereditary

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2024/06/21

We are horrorpilled jumpscaremaxxing mommycels on this week's Lane's Frame, Hereditary (2018) directed by Ari Aster. This episode has been edited to smithereens and I don't even know what to put in the caption. I never wanted to be your mother?

83:10

Sicario

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2024/06/14

This week's Lane's Frame, Sicario (2015) directed by Denis Villeneuve, totally DOGWALKS our previous movie from the same director. We get into depiction of violence in movies (again) and how many bags of popcorn Ricky hallucinated us eating together one time. Lotta truck sounds on my audio in the background this episode, balanced out with the pleasant sounds of birds chirping from Ricky's audio track, so it's a wash.I can't believe I didn't think of making a "Sic-mario" joke while we were recording

72:48

Amadeus

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2024/06/07

How many times can Ricky joke about having too many notes? Tune in to find out on our episode for this week's Rick's Pick, Amadeus (1984) directed by Miloš Forman. We relish everything about this movie from the incredible performances, the set design, and, of course, the wigs. We also litigate having movies spoiled for us, our music listening habits, and Ricky's likeness to Cthulhu.

56:26

Blow-Up

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2024/05/31

A lost pearl, shiny,In the sea feeling tiny,So very briny.Also, we watched Blow-Up (1966) directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, for the keyword bots.

77:06

Waterworld

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2024/05/24

A movie that dares to ask the question, what if Mad Max were wet and also bad? This week's film off the Christopher Listopher is Waterworld (1995) directed by Kevin Reynolds, NOT Kevin Coster like the zeitgeist wants you to believe. We talk about eating ice cream on Monday mornings with your dad, how Jeff Goldblum is not sexy, and also the movie Waterworld (1995) directed by Kevin Reynolds NOT Kevin Costner.

74:39

News from Home

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2024/05/17

Shoutout to Brussels. We keep it a little downbeat on this week's Rick's Pick, News from Home (1976) directed by Chantal Ackerman. A beautiful, melancholic movie, we're mostly *Drake voice** in our feelings about our relationships with our moms, what it means to be home, and how they just don't make silk-lined houndstooth beige tweed shackets like they used to. Also, lotta Zumba talk on this episode for some reason.

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