We Recommend: A Movie Podcast
We Recommend is a movie podcast where every week Jesse and Jason discuss a movie that they love and recommend you to watch and then come back and listen to their podcast!
Episodes
A great noir isn’t just shadows and cigarettes. It’s pressure, the kind that makes every choice feel like it could wreck your life. Devil in a Blue Dress takes the classic detective setup and tightens the screws by putting Easy Rollins, a Black veteran just trying to keep his house, into 1948 Los Angeles where danger isn’t abstract. It’s a sidewalk, a hotel lobby, a police station, and a single conversation wi...
Heathers starts like a familiar high school movie and then snaps into something way darker and smarter, a satire that doesn’t let the adults, the popular kids, or the audience off the hook. We recommend it, and then we spend the episode tracing the moment it clicks: this isn’t just “mean girls with edge,” it’s a story about how cruelty becomes normal at school while everyone waits for a tragedy to finally pay ...
Mortal Kombat (1995) shouldn’t work as well as it does, and that’s exactly why we had to revisit it. The CGI gets clowned, the dialogue gets cheesy, and yet the movie still feels like it has a pulse. We sit down to rewatch this classic video game adaptation and figure out what gives it that hard-to-fake 90s charm.
We get into Paul W.S. Anderson’s early action style, why wide shots matter, and which fi...
A giant snake is scary. A giant snake paired with a crew that keeps making the worst possible choices? That’s cinema. We’re rewatching Anaconda (1997) and breaking down why this Amazon jungle creature feature still hits as a comfort movie, even with the shaky CGI and the all-time questionable decisions.
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The scariest part of 12 Monkeys is not the virus. It is the feeling that everything has already happened and you are just sprinting toward it anyway.
We recommend Terry Gilliam’s 1995 sci-fi thriller and then pull it apart scene by scene, starting with our shock at how “normal” 1996 Philadelphia looks like a pre-apocalypse. From there, we get into the performances that make the whole time travel puzzl...
Get your Boomstick ready and listen to us discuss the wackiest horror movie you will ever see!
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Paradise is a lie, and this week’s movie makes sure you feel it. We recommend You Were Never Really Here and then get honest about why it’s one of the most effective 90-minute films we’ve seen: a psychological thriller that treats trauma like the main character, not just backstory. Joaquin Phoenix’s Joe barely speaks, but every glance and every choice lands, and Lynne Ramsay’s direction turns editing, framing,...
A jet engine crashes into a bedroom, a rabbit-masked stranger predicts the end of the world, and somehow the whole thing becomes a story about choice, hypocrisy, and what it costs to save the people you love. We go deep on Donnie Darko with a full plot breakdown that finally makes the time travel logic click, without killing the mystery that makes the film so rewatchable.
We talk theatrical cut versus...
Orange County is a coming of age comedy that moves like it has something to prove, because it does. We recommend it for one simple reason: it crams a full story, a stacked cast, and a ridiculous number of laughs into 82 minutes without feeling rushed. If you’ve ever wanted to sprint out of your hometown and never look back, this one understands that feeling and then pokes holes in it.
Dirty Harry has one of the most quoted lines in movie history, but the real hook is uglier and more interesting: it’s a thriller that asks you to cheer while the hero breaks the rules. We recommend Don Siegel’s 1971 San Francisco crime film and then pull it apart from every angle, from Clint Eastwood’s strangely subtle acting choices to the way the 44 Magnum turns a cop into a walking legend.
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This week we are diving into one of the best movies of 2007! It deals with some of Jesse's favorite topics Process and Obsession. Starring three of our best actors, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey Jr.
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Cage, Chainsaws, and Cults what more do I need to say? Find your inner tiger and give us a listen!
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A chopper ride, a handshake that shook the jungle, and a hunter who learns the hard way that prey can think back. We take a full-tilt dive into Predator—why it still slaps decades later, how its two-act metamorphosis from macho mission to survival horror works, and what that mud-caked final duel says about brains versus brawn. From first-time memories and TV airings to modern rewatches, we track the moments th...
This week we are covering the Best Picture nominated Hell or High Water! Listen to us discuss one of Jesse's favorite films of 2016. They dig into which is better Westerns or Neo Westerns. When did Jeff Bridges forget how to talk?
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Rage spreads faster than reason—and that’s only half the story. We dive into 28 Days Later to unpack why Danny Boyle’s fast-infection nightmare still feels terrifyingly current, from its blood-borne rules to the way it frames survival as a moral stress test. We open with that eerie, empty London prologue and the church sequence that flips quiet into chaos, then break down how the film’s grimy digital look and ...
A comet is coming, the clock is brutal, and somehow Deep Impact still finds a way to be tender. We dig into why this ’98 disaster film sticks: not the most explosions per minute, but the most honesty per moment. From Morgan Freeman’s calm President Beck to Mimi Leder’s unflashy, human-first direction, we trace how the movie earns its tears—through choices, not cues. The Messiah mission gets there fast and feel...
A roaring space shuttle launch, a minigun on an asteroid, and a plot that won’t stop explaining itself—our Armageddon deep-dive embraces the chaos and asks why this 90s juggernaut still works when it absolutely shouldn’t. We start with the central tension: is it “good dumb” or “too dumb”? One of us rewatched it at 8 a.m. and practically saluted the TV; the other kept reaching for the edit button. Between those...
We finally answer the question, is Volcano better than Dante's Peak? We have a lot of fun discussing this movie. Can a Volcano cure racism? Do people really not know what magma is? Should Roark be allowed to see his daughter again? Give us a listen!
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Dante's Peak made us ask the question who's hotter, Pierce Brosnan or a volcano? Is this a good movie or just a turn off your brain good time? Let us know what you think!
We would love to hear from you! Send us an email and maybe it will be read on the podcast! werecommendmailbag@gmail.com
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2199769
Music produced by Joey Prosser. X @mrjoeyprosser
I run down my favorite films that I watched in 2025! I would love to hear what your favorite movies are, let me know!
We would love to hear from you! Send us an email and maybe it will be read on the podcast! werecommendmailbag@gmail.com
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2199769
Music produced by Joey Prosser. X @mrjoeyprosser
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