Kids are back in school and the summer movie season is being completely dominated by Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey. Creating that dead zone at the end of August for smaller, but solid movies. Therefore, hosts Billy Rock and Drew Wendt are using this time to look forward a bit and preview some of our most anticipated movies of the fall! Festival and Awards season is really what gets Do You Like Apples going.

But first, when the conversation starts, we talk about the first month of DYLgAme and the September slate we have ready for you all!

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Dinosaurs are back! This time helmed by one of Do You Like Apples favorite directors, David Robert Mitchell. The dinosaur sub genre feels like it should be a yearly event, but nothing since the Jurassic Park/Jurassic World franchise has been able to capture audiences in quite the same way; critically or commercially. Listen to Drew and Billy discuss if The End of Oak Street has the juice to even be in the same conversation. For now, we will just tease that this movie is definitely not trying to be Jurassic Park.

Do You Like Apples created a game for you all! It is called DYLgAme! It is like a library summer reading program, but for movies! Plus, when you sign up you will be able to join our Discord!

It includes David Robert Mitchell's second feature film, Under the Silver Lake, plus 30 other movies for the whole month of August. It is not too late to join and we will have September ready for you all very soon. Compete with you friends to see who can watch the most movies each month. You get more points for prioritizing first watches and in theater watches!

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Did you grow up in an environment that shamed you for your interest in romance movies? Then this is the podcast for you! Hosts Billy Rock and Drew Wendt go through the massive cannon of High Concept Romances. Romance movies that have some sci-fi, time bending, and dark twists.

This is all inspired by the release of One Night Only that came out this past weekend. It is essentially a rom-com slanted version for the movie, The Purge. It has all of the standard romance tropes with a little extra to try and bring more people into theater (One Night Only was not successful in this endeavor).

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This week Billy has some thoughts on Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but first he and Drew sit down for a joint "way too late" review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. Then things get competitive with the Spider-Man Actors Draft — where Drew and Billy each draft their favorite films from every actor who has suited up as Spidey, plus their love interests.

We also built a movie watch schedule for busy adults — think summer reading program at the library, but for movies. Create a profile, log what you have and haven't seen, and compete with your friends all month to see who can watch the most.

Here's how the points work:

• 0 points for not having seen it

• ½ point for having seen it

• +1 point for a rewatch

• 3 points for a first watch

• 5 points for seeing it in theaters

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We are one week away from The Odyssey, so it is fitting to do a year check in. Gather our thoughts about the quality of the year and discuss some of our favorites before a juggernaut comes into the fold.

Drew and Billy each give five of their favorites of the year with one LOCK that they are predicting will remain on the list by the end of year.

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Toy Story 5 is finally in theaters and the franchise continues. These jaded millennials grew up in a perfect timeline with Andy. Drew and Billy quite literally went to college the same summer that Andy did. Continuing the story with Bonnie worked pretty well for Toy Story 4, but will it work again for the franchise's fifth installment? And will Toy Story make our Mount Rushmore of ALL animated movies?

Before we get into all of that we hit some AI movie news. As film enthusiasts we ask actual artists to help us understand AI and how it interacts with art. While also feeling skeptical (to say the least) about that technology affecting art at all. If you are listening and have real knowledge about this we would love for your input.

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Steven Spielberg is back as box office champ and audiences are divided. Is it good? Is it bad? Is it corny? Has Spielberg lost his fastball a bit?

Billy loved the ending, Drew loved the Mission-Impossible-esque quality throughout, and critics have said Disclosure Day is like a M Night Shyamalan movie. Pretty fitting, huh?

First, though, we acknowledge Drew's birthday on June 19th by playing a little game. We go year by year and pit every June 19th box office champ against each other to see which is Drew's favorite. Total Recall, Jurassic Park, Toy Story 3, and Michael Bay's The Rock all play apart in this tournament style game. Some are saying it was even more exciting than the UFC event at The White House.

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The young guys had their fun the last few weeks. Kane Parsons and Curry Barker have brought amazing energy into the film world and it is time for Steven Spielberg to ride their coat tails.

Disclosure Day premieres this weekend and Drew/Billy are gearing up for that release by drafting Steven Spielberg movies. This iconic director seems to be going back to his wheelhouse with a mix of Close Encounters of the Third Kind with his 2000's sci-fi stretch of A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Minority Report, and War of the Worlds.

First though, Drew and Billy discuss the box office success of Backrooms and Obsession. Is it a sign of a new trend or is it a fad that will die quickly? Steven Spielberg will almost certainly be the king of the box office this weekend, but it is hard to ignore the parallels between his disruption of the movie business with Jaws and what is happening right now.

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Hosts: Billy Rock and Drew Wendt
Intro music by Ryan Jenkins

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Backrooms and Obsession have taken the movie world by storm. Directors Kane Parsons (Backrooms) and Curry Barker (Obsession) are both under 27 years old and both made their names known online using Youtube, Instagram, and TikTok before they were given the opportunity to show what they had on the big screen.

These cheap budgets into massive successes have Drew and Billy wondering if this is just a blip in the radar or a sign of the next era of Hollywood. Obsession uses traditional scares with a younger voice to breathe life into the horror genre. And Backrooms creates an atmosphere that allows any audience member to insert their own experience into the confusing and disorienting setting.

Today we also use this momentum of these massive successes to usher in the new era of Do You Like Apples. It doesn't seem like much is changing, but we are now "Do You Like Apples: Your Neighborhood Podcast." Simply said... Movies are the gateway. Proximity is your value.

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You have your syllabus. Now you have your summer watching list.

Drew and Billy go through the entire summer movie schedule — May 1st through August 31st — and break down our most anticipated movie coming to theaters (Sorry Cliff Booth, seems like you're staying on Netflix). The big ones. The epic ones. The ones that will have packed houses and goosebump moments you can only get on a giant screen.

But big movies aren't for everyone, and every massive release has a smaller, quieter alternative dropping the same weekend. The same week Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters, indie and queer cinema icon Gregg Araki releases I Want Your Sex.

We hope you can handle the heat of this episode, but once the heat of the summer becomes unbearable and you need an escape, remember this episode and go see some movies. Every weekend has something waiting for you.

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