Afterthoughts

Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

Spooky Season is upon us and Ryan has hand picked a lesser known horror film to share with the crew. The simplistically titled Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) is abou

Recommend or Refute: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026), Milky Subway: The Galactic Limited Express (2026), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)

Welcome to another Recommend or Refute episode!  Dixon discusses Jane Schoenbrun's meditative sexual take on horror reboots Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026), R

Network (1976)

This week we're discussing the 1976 stone cold classic Network written by Paddy Chayefsky, directed by Sidney Lumet, and starring Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finc

Recommend or Refute | Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026), Person to Person (2017), The Truman Show (1998)

On this episode of Recommend or Refute, Ryan bring his Marvel Movie of the Week™ with Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026), John brings an ambling, amusing indie feature with

Carolina Caroline (2026)

On this episode of Afterthoughts, John brings Dixon and Ryan an overlooked, under-seen period piece romance/thriller with a southern drawl and a Texas attitude --it's Car

Cars (2006)

Cars: They're just like us.  They eat.  They use the bathroom.  They have sex.  They raise children.  Are these anthropomorphized monstrosities born or manufactured?  Why

Recommend or Refute | Event Horizon (1997), Resolution (2012), The Odyssey (2026)

On this episode of Recommend or Refute, John honors the fallen with a tribute watch of Event Horizon for the recently departed Sam Neil, Ryan stumbles upon the filmograph

Starship Troopers (1997)

AFTERTHOUGHTS ARE DOING THEIR PART, ARE YOU? Their part being the discussion of a film that was divisive at release, now seen as ever-prescient, action packed, and clearl

Recommend or Refute | The Master (2012), The Toy (1982), & Citizen Kane (1941)

We're back with another Recommend or Refute conversation.  John finally decides to watch a good movie and is blown away by Paul Thomas Anderson's epic character piece The

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

On the heels of our Disclosure Day (2026) episode, we're taking another slice of the Spielberg pie as we dissect his Kubrick-inspired sci-fi film A.I. Artificial Intellig

Recommend or Refute | A Different Man (2024), The Toy Story Saga, I Love Booster (2026), & Spider-Noir (2026)

We're down a host this week, but we threw in an extra movie to make it up to you.  John's in the mood for offbeat indie comedies with A Different Man (2024), Aaron Schimb

Disclosure Day (2026)

It's not often that we bring so many new movies to the podcast for Recommend or Refute or main discussions, but here we are. The new Steven Spielberg film is loose and so

Recommend or Refute | Anaconda (2025), Backrooms (2026), The Death of Robin Hood (2026)

We have quite a contemporary collection of choices to present on this episode of Recommend or Refute. Ryan decided to conjure up a snakes on a plane by watching last year

The Trial (1962)

You're under podcast arrest! The charge? You know what you did. You tried to skip this episode, that's what you did. Well, you're not getting off that easy. You're now le

Recommend or Refute | Titan A.E. (2000), The Dress Up Gang (2019), The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

It's recommendin' and refutin' time!  Ryan breaks down Don Bluth's animated sci-fi Titan A.E. (2000), John shines a light on the indie television comedy The Dress Up Gang

Harold and Maude (1971)

If you want to be me, be me.  And if you want to be you, be you.  Cuz there's a million ways to beeeee.  You know that there are.  Oh sorry, I didn't see you there.  I wa

Recommend or Refute | World of Tomorrow (2015), Boys Go to Jupiter (2024), The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026)

Dixon's back to discuss the Don Hertzfeldt animated short World of Tomorrow (2015), John breaks down the animated feature film Boys Go to Jupiter (2024), and Ryan recount

The Tragedy of Man (2011)

Join the Afterthoughts crew as we take a trippy, philosophical, animated journey through time from Adam and Eve to space robots and back again.  Marcell Jankovics' ambiti

Recommend and/or Refute | A Shot In The Dark (1964), Constantine (2005), One, Two, Three (1961), and Playtime (1967)

Dixon is still abroad, so in this session Ryan and John attempt to keep things on the rails with a standard Recommend or Refute episode. The only problem is Ryan has a pe

This Episode is Not About Shrek!

Look, I know what the episode title says. Dixon's out of town, John and Ryan are off the rails. This is some serious bullshit and we're gonna have to thank you extra for