Do We Like Movies?

It is very rare when we get to review a movie that is so personal to us. This week in the spirit of Pride month we decided to focus on this independent Chicano film that revolves around an aging Cholo coming to terms with his son's homosexuality. There are several layers to this film that makes it personal to us, from the ethnicity of this almost completely non-white cast, to the city and neighborhood in which it's filmed. We actually even know people and friends of people who took part in the production of this movie as well.

It is also most important that in addition to just reviewing this movie we discuss several of its themes including Gentrification, homosexuality in the Latinx community, and even take a moment to highlight how important the Black Live Matter movement is to people in the Hispanic community who are also victims of police brutality. We hope you enjoy this both more serious and personal episode of the show. As our main character would say stay Brown; and Since we're neighbors, lets be friends.

In the 1990s we were apparently ready for a grim comic book about anthropomorphic Turtles who practice martial arts to be adapted to film. Featuring impressive creature design from the legendary Jim Hensen studios, this movie follow our heroes as they team up with Action News reporter April O'Neal and sports themed vigilante Casey Jones to stop the Foot clan and their leader Shredder. Grab a slice of pizza and listen to Turtle Power to get in the mood for this movie.

***Disclaimer**** This is our first episode in 6 weeks and given the events of the world that are affected everyone in our audience and us we take some time to make our feelings known about how important it is right now to advocate for Black Lives, and recognize the human health crisis that is occurring in our country right now.

This episode is a bit of a sequel to one of the earlier reviews in Do We Like Movies? History. Our awesome friend and logo creator Danny joins the show along with our friendly neighborhood... he’s one of our only friends who knows Spider-Man, Jose. This week we cover Sam Raimi’s 2004 sequel to his 2002 Spider-Man film. This film is widely regarded among comic book fans as one of the best superhero sequels alongside Dark Knight. 

For Angel this is Mandela Effect: The Movie. You'll find out why when you listen!

A cult favorite from 2011, Drive tells the story of a Hollywood stunt driver (Ryan Gosling) who moonlights as a getaway driver for robberies. Our main character spends most of the film romancing a woman and her son while her husband (In an early unfortunate Latin gangster turn from the great Oscar Isaac) is in prison. The film combines elements from TV crime drama like The Sopranos with a bizarre video game aesthetic from Grand Theft Auto, the LA of Michael Mann's Heat and a jaunty Electric soundtrack. Join your hosts as we get in the Driver seat (GET IT?!) for Drive.

Hey Everyone,

Well we're here, The Apocalypse (Hopefully not tho). We figured since we're all self-isolating for at least a month, it would make sense for both of your hosts have picked out 5 films each that deal with Isolation and social distancing. Check out this week's episode for a little fun banter and check out some of the films we are covering in this episode.. We are bound to mention some you've never heard of before.

PSA: Lets stay inside, and keep practicing Social Distancing to help flatten the curve and slow the spread of COVID-19 so that sooner than later we can go back to making Javi watch James Bond Movies.

Bee our victim.. (Get it?!)

This week we decided to jump on the hype of last week's trailer release for the Candyman sequel/remake and review the 1992 Bernard Rose/Clive Barker classic starring horror icon Tony Todd.

The film revolves around the character of Helen Lyle who along with her best friend/colleague Bernadette Walsh are researching the urban legend of the Candyman who is known to haunt the now-defunct Cabrini-Green Projects in Chicago.

Shockingly progressive in some ways, while cringe-inducingly exploitative in others, this 90s horror classic proves that it is worth revisiting and ripe for a new take from a fresh perspective.

**DISCLAIMER: This episode was recorded by mistake using the wrong microphone and the audio quality is degraded.**

No one is more shocked by us reaching 50 Episodes than... Us.

We wanted to do something special and break from the regular format of the show. Each of us put together a list of 5 movies where they are either not highly regarded, hated, or liked for different reasons than you would imagine and explained why you should watch it. Please join us for this special episode and thank you for keeping us motivated to continue churning out new episodes.

The Roger Moore Era,

This is the one era of Bond that neither of your hosts is too familiar with. That said, we were ready to turn the page on Sean Connery after Diamonds Are Forever's awful phoned in performance.

The Iconography of Bond is on full display here with a Car that turns into a submarine, and famed metal mouthed Bond henchmen, Jaws. This story follows Bond as he teams up with a beautiful Soviet Agent known as Triple X (GET IT?! It's SEX) to save the world from the megalomaniacal evil villain, Stromberg. 

Following the mixed response to On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the producers of the Bond series attempted a hard course correction, by dumping George Lazenby for the ever aging Sean Connery.

Despite featuring maybe the greatest theme song by Shirley Bassey which most millennials remember because it was sampled by Kanye West in the 00s, this may be one of the worst enteries in the entire series.

Much like an old Pro Wrestler making a return for a WrestleMania payday, Connery was way past his prime, and this series way past its relevance in the 1970s. It's no surprise that this is the end of Connery's run as Iam Flemming's secret agent. That said, Do We Like Diamonds Are Forever? Download our new episode to find out!