You cannot replace a DENZEL WASHINGTON.

This week on the Do You Like Apples Podcast Billy Rock and Drew Wendt go through the career of one of our most timeless actors, DENZEL WASHINGTON. In five separate categories we hand out awards for the best performances, movies, and moments of his career.

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Drew and Billy are getting you hyped for the fall movie slate! First, they briefly reflect on their August miniseries "Missed Directions" before previewing seven pairs of movies (14 total) coming out in September, October, and the first couple weeks of November (7:00). Expect discussion on The Hunger Games, Martin Scorsese, Sofia Coppola, Michael Fassbender, and Taylor Swift taking over movie theaters. Also, Billy compares one of the movies to The Blind Side. You'll have to listen to find out which one!

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Drew and Billy wrap up their "Missed Directions" series with the strangest entry yet, Ridley Scott's 1985 fantasy epic Legend. Self-proclaimed Legend expert Kenny Ashton of The CineBoiz Podcast joined as the guest to break down what works and doesn't work in the movie, Ridley Scott and Tom Cruise, and the fantasy genre on film.

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Guest: Kenny Ashton (The CineBoiz Podcast)

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We are back with our "Missed Directions" Watch Series for the month of August! This week we are also watching Lost in Translation w/ Katie Carter! Katie is a St. Louis based movie critic and freelance writer who you can see most consistently at “Katie at the Movies," her online blog where she reviews films currently in theaters and much more.

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We are back with our "Missed Directions" Watch Series for the month of August! This week we watch Suspiria w/ Joshua Ray! Joshua appears weekly on KMOV discussing new releases, the creator of The Take-Up, and a festival programmer for Cinema St. Louis.

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In Part 2 of our August podcast series, "Missed Directions," it's time to go Mann-hunting. Each week during the month of August, we are discussing a film that Drew or Billy haven't seen from a director with a new movie coming later this year. It's a way for us to fill in some gaps on filmmakers like Richard Linklater, Sofia Coppola, and more. And we'd love if you watched along with us before or after listening to the episodes!

This week Drew was joined by Max Havey, freelance culture writer for St. Louis Magazine, to talk Michael Mann's 1986 serial killer thriller Manhunter. We got into Mann's career, Manhunter's influence on movies and TV, and other Hannibal Lecter adaptations.

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Welcome to the Do You Like Apples “Missed Directions” August Watch Series!

Each Wednesday morning in August Drew Wendt, Billy Rock, and SPECIAL GUESTS will be discussing a movie from a famous director that Drew or Billy have not seen! That is a total of FIVE movies that we want you to watch with us before we release the episodes!

This week we are joined by Ryan Jenkins talking about the underrated Richard Linklater coming of age ensemble, EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!

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The 21st centuries most famous director, Christopher Nolan, comes out with his most daunting movie yet and despite being a 3-hour biopic going up against the gauntlet of BARBIE he was still able to will his way to an 82 million dollar opening weekend.

Does OPPENHEIMER live up to the unbelievable hype? Hosts Drew Wendt and Billy Rock discuss in great detail and even try to come up with the next best combo for a Biopic/Movie About a Toy movie weekend.

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We have been burning up with BARBENHEIMER fever! Yes, the weekend movie lovers have been hotly anticipating for several months has finally happened. We are starting off with the #1 box office hit of the weekend.

Hosts Billy Rock and Drew Wendt are joined by special guest Taylor Blake to discuss the sensation that is BARBIE! Greta Gerwig is back with her third feature film. She announces herself as one of the premiere directors of the 21st century. Coming for the crown that was previously held by her counterpart Christopher Nolan.

But! This is just part 1 of the conversation! Later Drew and I will be discussing Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.

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One of the elite modern franchises is back, and we are fired up. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, the seventh film in the series, opened in theaters this week. We were right there on opening night reveling in the spectacle of Tom Cruise and his Impossible Mission Force (a laughably bad name for an elite group of spies).

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