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
181 episodes
Gravity
Space is gorgeous until it’s trying to kill you. We recommended Gravity, then came back to unpack why Alfonso Cuarón’s space survival thriller still feels like the tightest 90 minutes in modern blockbuster filmmaking and why it can make you rea...
2 Fast 2 Furious
Are you hungry for more Fast and Furious? Well, we got you! Listen to us discuss the next installment in the series. Give us a listen!We would love to hear from you! Send us an email and maybe it will be read on the podcast!...
Casino Royale
Casino Royale is the moment James Bond stops feeling like a cartoon and starts feeling like a bruised human being, and that’s why we can’t stop talking about it. We’re breaking down Daniel Craig’s first turn as 007, from the black-and-white ope...
Batman Begins
The movie that changed the landscape of filmmaking. Without the success of Batman Begins would we have the MCU? Listen to us discuss who our favorite Batman is, and how this film ranks in the Trilogy. We also dive into the lengths Christian Bal...
Mission: Impossible
The first Mission: Impossible is a 1996 time capsule that somehow still feels sharp, tense, and stylish, so we finally put it on the We Recommend Podcast. We are Jesse and Jason, and we dig into why Brian De Palma’s approach turns a big Tom Cru...
Spider-Man: Homecoming
The most terrifying Spider-Man moment might be a suburban front door opening. We’re recommending Spider-Man Homecoming (2017) and digging into why Tom Holland finally makes Peter Parker feel like a real teenager instead of a fully grown adult p...
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park still plays like a perfect blockbuster because Spielberg makes us feel wonder and fear with craft, not noise. We nerd out over sound design, practical effects, chaos theory, and why the franchise loses the plot when it tries to go...
Ghostbusters (1984)
We go back to Ghostbusters (1984) and get obsessed all over again with how it blends real stakes, practical effects, and comedy that stays mostly subtle even when the premise is ridiculous. The result feels less like a nonstop joke machine and ...
Rocky III
Rocky III is the point where Rocky Balboa stops being the hungry underdog and starts living like the champ, and that’s exactly why it hits so hard when everything falls apart. We recommend the 1982 boxing sequel, then unpack why the story’s rea...
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
“Man Of Constant Sorrow” is one of those movie songs that rewires your brain, and we cannot shut up about why it hits so hard. We recommend O Brother, Where Art Thou? and then dig into how the Coen Brothers turn a goofy chain-gang escape into s...
Guardians of the Galaxy
A talking raccoon, a walking tree, a mixtape, and a team that somehow becomes a family in record time. We recommend Guardians of the Galaxy and then pull it apart piece by piece to figure out why it still feels better written, funnier, and more...
Dogma
Dogma is one of the rare religious satires that can be filthy, hilarious, and strangely sincere in the same breath, and we had a blast revisiting it with fresh eyes. We start with the real-world saga around access and ownership, why physical me...
Ready or Not
A wedding night is supposed to be awkward in a charming way, not “your billionaire in-laws might hunt you to death before sunrise.” That’s the wicked hook of Ready or Not, and we go deep on why this horror comedy still hits so hard years later....
Shaun Of The Dead
Shaun of the Dead is the rare zombie movie that makes us laugh hard and still sneaks up with real grief, and we wanted to figure out how it pulls off that trick. We talk through why Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are such a perfect pairing, how Pegg...
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
A great comedy doesn’t just have jokes, it has conviction. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery goes all-in on its swingy, colorful James Bond parody and somehow turns the dumbest premises into the cleanest punchlines. We rewatched it wi...
Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves has a reputation people love to argue about, so we finally put it to the test and then immediately wondered why we ever doubted it. What we found is a full-blooded 1991 action adventure that’s somehow gritty, roman...
Devil in a Blue Dress
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...
Heathers
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...
Mortal Kombat (1995)
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 ga...
Anaconda (1997)
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...
12 Monkeys
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...
Army Of Darkness
Get your Boomstick ready and listen to us discuss the wackiest horror movie you will ever see! We would love to hear from you! Send us an email and maybe it will be read on the podcast! werecommendmailbag@gmail.com
You Were Never Really Here
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 t...