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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@oneblakeminute.bsky.social shares the alleged Public Enemies set story: Michael Mann tells Johnny Depp "you can't act," points at Christian Bale, and Depp storms off. Who has the worst seat here? Patreon: patreon.com/Podcastlikeits @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@oneblakeminute.bsky.social on Public Enemies: Mann went high-def digital to put you inside the 1930s, and that Dillinger blue sky is unlike anything outside Miami Vice. @pmiscove.bsky.social on why it flopped visually in 2009: the projectors weren't ready. @emilystjams.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Public Enemies (2009): Michael Mann shot 1933 on digital video and let the seams show. Depp's Dillinger, Bale's Purvis, Cotillard's Frechette — a choice that still splits a room. @oneblakeminute.bsky.social joins @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social Out now. 🔗 in profile.

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Somehow our Street Fighter (1994) episode ended up on a tangent about the Babe director being a literal doctor, and whether Hugh Grant deserved an Oscar nomination for Paddington 2. (He did.) @pmiscove.bsky.social #DoesItHoldUp

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There's a scene in Street Fighter (1994) where a guy plays a videotape through a speaker on a military speedboat, Kylie Minogue draped behind him like it's a tender flashback. We rewound it three times just to make sure we saw what we saw. @pmiscove.bsky.social #DoesItHoldUp

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Are you a fan of the work of John Turteltaub?" "I would say I'm a turtle head." 3 Ninjas, Cool Runnings, Phenomenon, Disney's The Kid, The Meg. He's been in your life longer than you think. Ep 112 w/ @emmastefansky.bsky.social @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social 🔗 in profile

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007): Nic Cage kidnaps the President, the Queen's desk is a puzzle box, and Helen Mirren brings a fresh Oscar to a city of gold under Mount Rushmore. Ep 112 w/ @emmastefansky.bsky.social @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social Out now. 🔗 in profile.

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Johnny Cage was written as a Ryan Reynolds part 20 years before Ryan Reynolds existed. Mortal Kombat (1995) just didn't have one. Also, Raiden was offered to Sean Connery first. And Danny Glover. Tom Mison and Katie McGrath on Patreon with @pmiscove.bsky.social #TomMison #KatieMcGrath

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Teri Gamble on the post-Oscar no man's land: for men the statue is a launchpad, for women it's a send-off. Teri's fix was to stop dying their hair and book the roles 15 years older. @theterigamble.bsky.social , @pmiscove.bsky.social , @emilystjams.bsky.social #Penelope

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Penelope (2006): Christina Ricci with a pig's nose, a movie that swears she's the most hideous woman alive, and two years on a shelf before anyone got to disagree. Ep 111 w/ @theterigamble.bsky.social @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social Out now. 🔗 in profile.

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Tom Mison timed his Odyssey bathroom break to the scene he thought he could miss. Katie McGrath disagrees, strongly, about that scene. From the Super Mario Bros. episode of the 1990s show, which only lives on Patreon. 🔗 in profile @pmiscove.bsky.social #TomMison #KatieMcGrath

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Who got the career everyone thought Josh Hartnett would get? Not Gyllenhaal. Chris Evans, who's going back to Marvel because the star was never Chris Evans, it was Steve Rogers. w/ @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social & @joereid.bsky.social Out now, 🔗 in profile.

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The Black Dahlia (2006) is two movies fighting: the murder case, and De Palma's camera doing whatever it wants. Mia Kirshner's screen test is the best thing in it. She's barely in the movie. Ep 110 w/ @joereid.bsky.social @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social Out now. 🔗 in profile.

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Charlize Theron escaped "the pretty one" trap in her 30s. Now Hollywood won't cast women over 50 as leads. So she's finally comfortable taking risks. Kristen Lopez on her trajectory. Full episode on Patreon 💜 @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social @kristenklopez.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Monster: praised for transformation + lesbian role. Years later? "Problematic." So Aeon Flux becomes a course correction. Kristen Lopez on how one role's backlash shapes the next. Full episode on Patreon 💜 @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social @kristenklopez.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Æon Flux: a genuinely strange studio experiment that got buried by its own rushed release What starts as a straightforward hit spirals into questions about who's actually still human under all that latex. video on Patreon💜 @kristenklopez.bsky.social @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#DanielleSavre tried the second screen thing, walked out of the room, came back, and had to rewind because she'd actually missed something. That's rare these days. It's also a reminder of how good screwball comedy used to be, back when studios still made comedies at all. w/ @pmiscove.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#DanielleSavre on the ugly truth of movie sets: sometimes the people who can't stand each other make the best film together. She's not defending abuse, she's asking where the real line is, and why that call belongs to producers, not directors. Full conversation on Patreon. @pmiscove.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Kubrick. Lars von Trier. *Paddington*. Nicole Kidman has RANGE. #LuciaAniello joins @pmiscove.bsky.social & @emilystjams.bsky.social to talk *Dogville* and why actors surrender themselves to an auteur’s vision. 🎧 Full audio is free. 🎥 Full video is exclusive to Patreon. Link in profile.

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

No walls in Dogville, just chalk outlines and a town whose charity curdles into something monstrous. @pmiscove.bsky.social and @emilystjams.bsky.social talk Lars von Trier's punishing 3-hour experiment with Hacks co-creator Lucia Aniello. New episode out now. #DoesItHoldUp

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hugo Weaving might be the least predictable actor of his generation. Elrond one year, the worst man alive in The Matrix the next, and Priscilla opens with him lip syncing Never Been to Me by Charlene and absolutely killing it. Ep 77 is up on Patreon. @pmiscove.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Guy Pearce gets the big swings, Terence Stamp gets the gravity, and Hugo Weaving gets a bus seat and a long stretch of nerves about Alice Springs. He has to hold you with almost nothing happening. Tom Mison calls it active passivity. Ep 77 on Patreon. @pmiscove.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Bond sits out 9/11 in a North Korean cell, comes home, gets told things have changed, and says "not for me." Full video on Patreon.With @jordanhgus.bsky.social , @brookebsolomon.bsky.social , @pmiscove.bsky.social , and @emilystjams.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Die Another Day (2002). Forty years of Bond, and the anniversary gift is a car you can't see and a glacier you can surf. Rosamund Pike's first film. Madonna in the fencing club. With @jordanhgus.bsky.social , @brookebsolomon.bsky.social , @pmiscove.bsky.social , and @emilystjams.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Dan calls Wild at Heart his blueprint for cool, no hesitation. Then he and #SimonEnnis spend a full segment debating whether Sailor Ripley's body count even counts as murder. Full episode only one our Patreon. 🔗 in profile w/ @pmiscove.bsky.social @danielbekerman.bsky.social #wildatheart

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#SimonEnnis and @danielbekerman.bsky.social on David Lynch's Wild at Heart. Cage's snakeskin-jacket, Elvis-inflected chaos gets a real re-litigation, plus a full read on Dern's work as Lula. Coming soon to Patreon. @pmiscove.bsky.social #Wildatheart

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Catherine Zeta-Jones is the actual MVP of America's Sweethearts. "Did we brush my teeth today?" is still one of the great unsung line reads. Video is up on Patreon. Link in bio @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social @katlaronde.bsky.social #AmericasSweethearts

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

New episode's out. @katlaronde.bsky.social joins @pmiscove.bsky.social and @emilystjams.bsky.social to revisit America's Sweethearts (2001), still oddly prophetic 25 years later. Watch the full video version on Patreon. #ClassicCinema #FilmCritique

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

@roxana-hadadi.bsky.social and @kvanaren.bsky.social on the "good old boy" truck driver in Thelma & Louise: it's not a one-region problem, it's just American masculinity. This one's a Patreon-only conversation, and it's worth the subscription. @pmiscove.bsky.social #DoesItHoldUp

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Sam Raimi's whole post-Evil Dead run to The Gift = chasing the critical respect the Coen brothers got. Cult hero vs prestige, and what that does to a filmmaker. @aprilwolfe.bsky.social , @pmiscove.bsky.social & @emilystjams.bsky.social get into it. Full video's on Patreon (link in bio).

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

New on Patreon: "Thelma & Louise" (1991). Ridley Scott, Callie Khouri's Oscar-winning script, two friends and one Thunderbird headed for the edge of the Grand Canyon. Does it hold up 35 years on? @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social , @kvanaren.bsky.social and @pmiscove.bsky.social get into it.

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"What if goodness was a pyramid scheme?" Phil and Carson Olshansky revisit Pay It Forward and debate why its message and especially its ending still divides audiences. 🎥 Full video episode is exclusive to our Patreon. @pmiscove.bsky.social @carsonolshansky.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

New episode: "Pay It Forward" (2000). Haley Joel Osment is sure one good deed times three can fix the world. Kevin Spacey's scarred teacher is not. Then it dares you not to cry. Does it hold up? @carsonolshansky.bsky.social, @pmiscove.bsky.social and @emilystjams.bsky.social get into it.

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Rewatching *Tommy Boy* as an adult comes with a realization: Chris Farley really wasn’t that fat. @pmiscove.bsky.social , @huntercovington.bsky.social & @seanoconnz.bsky.social revisit the fat jokes and Farley’s incredible physical comedy. Full video exclusively on Patreon. Link in profile.

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A dead car company, a road trip, and Chris Farley demolishing every take. We rewatched Tommy Boy (1995) with @huntercovington.bsky.social and @seanoconnz.bsky.social. Hosted by @pmiscove.bsky.social. New ep out now on Patreon. #DoesItHoldUp

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

New on Patreon: The Box slides out of political allegory into something genuinely cosmic, where Frank Langella could be Satan, God, or both. @judedoyle.bsky.social , @pmiscove.bsky.social and @emilystjams.bsky.social on Richard Kelly finding agnosticism like a college freshman. 💜

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Chi-Chi was the most self-accepting one all along. The real growth in To Wong Foo belongs to Vida and Noxeema, learning to be less scared of other people. #KatieMcGrath and @nicoleamaines.bsky.social join @pmiscove.bsky.social Full ep on Patreon. #DoesItHoldUp

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Patrick Swayze's performance as Vida in To Wong Foo still feels remarkable 30 years later. Phil, Katie McGrath, and Nicole Maines discuss why it works so well. 🎥 Full video episode is exclusive to our Patreon. Link in profile. @pmiscove.bsky.social @nicoleamaines.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Wendy & Lucy guts me, and it's the economics. There was a version of this country where you could land in a strange town with no car and still get a job and a one-bedroom. Now? 3x rent, first, last, deposit. @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social #DoesItHoldUp

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Wendy and Lucy is live now for our Patreon members. Kelly Reichardt, Michelle Williams, a dead car and a missing dog. 80 of the quietest, most devastating minutes you'll sit through. Full video w/ @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social. 🔗 in profile.

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

"People joke Southland Tales was a documentary." It's more honestly disjointed than most retrospectives of the last 25 years. "It doesn't make sense" is fair. So has America. @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social @josie.zone

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Our Southland Tales episode is officially out, with journalist Josephine Riesman, who wrote the definitive deep-dive on Richard Kelly's magnificent 2006 disaster. Full video + members-only perks on Patreon 👉 patreon.com/Podcastlikeits @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social @josie.zone

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Emily on Old Joy: it's "homoerotic in the way real life is," when you were so close to someone that a gray area opens up, sexuality aside. Full video + members-only perks on Patreon 👉 patreon.com/Podcastlikeits @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"The texture of this film is two people in a state of stasis." Isaac Feldberg on the eroding friendship at the center of Old Joy. Full video + members-only perks on our Patreon 👉 patreon.com/Podcastlikeits @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Our Old Joy episode with critic Isaac Feldberg is officially out. For the full video and access to our exclusive members-only content, become a member of our Patreon 👉 patreon.com/Podcastlikeits @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

"All the imagery is fascist." Starship Troopers opens with a gleefully ridiculous recruiting reel and still asks "Do you want to know more?" So how did anyone miss that it's satire? Full ep + video on Patreon 👉 patreon.com/Podcastlikeits @pmiscove.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

"Just pretty pictures with pretty people." Starship Troopers cast actors who wouldn't overthink it on purpose. Verhoeven was chasing Leni Riefenstahl, not Keanu Reeves. The pretty veneer is the whole point. Full ep + video on Patreon 👉 patreon.com/Podcastlikeits @pmiscove.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

"This is about people searching for God." Fiona Dourif on Donnie Darko: suburbia laced with existential dread, like American Beauty or Magnolia's frogs. Full ep + video on Patreon 👉 patreon.com/Podcastlikeits @pmiscove.bsky.social @emilystjams.bsky.social

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Fiona Dourif on why Donnie Darko still gets under your skin: it starts as a normal high school movie, then gets weirder and weirder into a Lynchian fever dream. @emilystjams.bsky.social @pmiscove.bsky.social This clip is a taste. Full episode + video on our Patreon 🔗 in profile.

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Podcast Like It's... @podcastlikeits.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

"The world is still the world. VR just exists." Tom and Katie on why Strange Days (1995) feels like it was written about right now. Good sci-fi doesn't change everything at once, it starts from today and builds up. Full convo + video on our Patreon 👉 🔗 in profile @pmiscove.bsky.social

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