I Used To Like This One: Recent Episodes
I Used To Like This One
As we move ahead in Foxvember, Shawn and Colin decide to take a look at the serious side of our hero with the based on true events Vietnam war classic ‘Casualties Of War’. This is an odd one for us because we don’t tend to go for this serious of a flick, but here we […]
Foxvember has brought us episode 200! We need a big one. So, this week Shawn and Colin welcome back Michael Ross to discuss one of the all-time classics ‘Back To The Future’. To be honest, we’re not really breaking any new ground on this one. But it’s a movie everybody loves and you should give […]
Welcome to Foxvember where we are featuring an entire month devoted to Canadian icon Michael J. Fox. First up, Shawn and Colin welcome back Kingsley Leung to take a look at the 1985 classic ‘Teen Wolf’. We discuss all the important topics such as height disparities between stars and stunt doubles, extremely dubious consent moments, […]
To close out our spooky month, Shawn and Colin are tackling one of the staples in the genre, the original ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’. We discuss all the important topics such as the youngest version of Johnny Depp that you’ll ever see, a surprisingly low body count, revolving bedrooms, the importance of a wise-cracking […]
This week, Shawn and Colin are thrilled to be entering the 2000s teen era, to look back at the classic thriller ‘Final Destination’. We discuss all the red herrings we can, the Rube Goldberg of it all, the faceless killer, hidden hints, the joy of this particular time in film making, favorite deaths and so […]
For our next Halloween movie, Shawn and Colin aren’t watching something they’re familiar with, but instead something weird brought forth by guest David Owen, the 80s classic ‘Warlock’. Before watching, we didn’t know what we were in for, and frankly after watching, we’re still a little confused. This is a classic “if you know, you […]
It’s time to get spooky as we kick off our Halloween month. First up, Shawn and Colin welcome back guest Maren Richardson for the fourth year in a row, and this time we’re going musical with ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’. Even though we all seemed to watch different versions of the film, we still dive […]
Our final sequel movie is here as we revisit the world of our 46th episode. That’s right… Shawn and Colin are getting ‘2 Fast 2 Furious’. We discuss this black sheep of the franchise and discuss all the important issues such as the absence of Dom, micromanaging bad guys, clean and dirty cops, fast cars […]
For our next sequel movie, Shawn and Colin are looking back at episode 37 and revisiting band camp, when we discuss ‘American Pie 2’. We discuss all the things Jim and the gang are up to, all the people who returned and the ones that maybe didn’t need to. With jokes that take it to […]
As we move forward in Sequel September, Shawn and Colin revisit the world of our 91st episode, when we look at the action/comedy ‘Beverly Hills Cop II ‘. More Axel, Rosewood and Taggart. We discuss all the important things like unconventional gun ranges, tall Amazonian women, odd places for a jog or feeding horses, street […]
Shawn and Aaron are traveling the world together through cinema with our Strange Imports month. Our first stop takes us to South Africa for the coke bottle cult classic ‘The Gods Must Be Crazy’. The humor is intelligent at times but overall slapstick, until it gets a little too real. Oh, and it’s a touch […]
Our March Madness month comes to an end. To say goodbye, Shawn and Aaron have decided to take a look at the 1989 field trip comedy ‘The Dream Team’. This film, that may make you say “Oh yeah… that one…”, was a staple of Shawn’s childhood for some reason. But if you don’t remember this […]
March Madness rolls on and Shawn is joined by Official Substitute Co-host Aaron Knowles to discuss an oldie, but a goodie, the 1990 comedy ‘Crazy People’. Okay… real talk here… I’m gonna level with you. It’s just us here… look… I never do this, because obviously I want you to listen to the episode and […]
It’s March Madness! Are we talking basketball? Not even a little. But we are tagging in a substitute for the month… While Colin takes some time off for another performance, Official Substitute Co-host Aaron Knowles is back, so he and Shawn can discuss that backwards, psychological thriller that Finding Dory clearly ripped off, the 2001 […]
It’s been a helluva Meguary, but all good things must come to an end. Bringing the month home, Shawn and Colin are sitting down to watch something that is less rom-com, than it is sci-com, as we take on the classic ‘Innerspace’. Our heroine for the month gets pushed aside into a supporting role in […]
Meguary rolls on, and this week Shawn and Colin take on the granddaddy of them all, the 1989 rom-com classic ‘When Harry Met Sally’. We’ll have what she’s having, what he’s having… We’ll have what EVERYBODY is having with this classic of classics. We discuss obnoxious habits, drop the mic moments, how it compares to […]
Meguary rolls on, and as we enter the most romantic part of the month, it’s time for Shawn and Colin to look at one of the most romantic films of all time, the 1993 classic ‘Sleepless In Seattle’. For a movie with Seattle in the title, its amazing how much of it has nothing to […]
Meguary has arrived! Shawn and Colin dive into our first film for the month from America’s Rom-Com sweetheart, Meg Ryan, the angelic classic ‘City Of Angels’. We talk about Nic Cage at his cagey-est, the legendary soundtrack, poor choices to make while cycling, the importance of stocking pears, the physics of angel-ing and so much […]
Hunker down for the siege because this week, Shawn and Colin take a look at the Toy Story gone awry. the 1998 pseudo-war flick ‘Small Soldiers’. Our final posthumously released movie celebrates the life of the great Phil Hartman in his final performance. We talk improbable love interests, impressive special effects, strong movie comparisons, major […]
Let’s get to Mars for our final videogame movie because Shawn and Summer co-host Aaron are taking a look at the FPS Sci-fi classic ‘Doom’. How can you go wrong with zombies, BFGs, a first person shooter scene to rival any others? Plus The Rock, before he was Dwayne Johnson. Where does this fall overall […]
Another week of videogame movies coming at you as Shawn and summer co-host Aaron take a good hard look at the martial arts pseudo-futuristic gangland classic ‘Double Dragon’. We try to figure out what is actually happening in this movie, take a good look at cultural appropriation, compare it to the game and admire it […]
Sing along with me “Do-do-do Do-do Do Dum.. Do Do Do do-doot-do-doo do-do do-doot do-do -do-do-doo.” That’s right! Shawn and summer co-host Aaron continue on with videogame month by looking at the very untrue to the source material classic ‘Super Mario Bros.’. We dive right in to try and figure out what the actual eff […]
Videogame month is here! Shawn and summer co-host Aaron are diving into that movie based on that fighting game we used to love as kids… ‘Street Fighter’. We discuss all the important topics such as evil lair accessories and the method of affording them, costume highs and lows, the missing elements, the cheese factor, an […]
It’s time for a toga party with Shawn and summer co-host Aaron Knowles, when we take a look at the college comedy that started it all ‘National Lampoon’s Animal House ‘. But for one more time, we are approaching a movie from the perspective of hate and giving this movie a second shot. There’s a […]
Although dreading it, Shawn is going back to another Kubrick and bringing Aaron along for the ride on a nuke, when we watch our longest title yet, the 1964 classic ‘Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb’. Our second shot summer continues when Shawn re-visits this movie he hates […]
It’s time for summer co-host Aaron Knowles to bring the hate, when he and Shawn sit down to watch one of his least favorites, the star-studded dud ‘Year One’. We’ve given it a second shot to convince us it’s a good movie. Is it? Tune in to find out! 5 Star reviews help drive us […]
In a twist on the regular format of the show, Shawn is joined by summer resident co-host Aaron Knowles to give a movie we hate a second shot at redeeming itself. This week, one of Shawn’s all-time least favorite movies, and Aaron’s most indifferent movies ‘Napoleon Dynamite’. This has been an episode we’ve been excited […]
Colin is going on vacation for the summer, so Shawn has recruited past guest Aaron Knowles to come keep him company. And we’ll be getting into some shenanigans! Give ‘er a listen… it’s only 2 minutes of your life. Our Super Special Summer Series Spectacular Featuring Shawn Wells and Aaron Knowles… Starting in June!
Pack your bags, tell Scotty and join Shawn and Colin with return guest Joel Sims to discus the raunchy teen-sex comedy from the early 2000s… ‘Eurotrip.’ We discuss all the important topics like boobs and penises. Really… is there any other truly important topics. We watched a teen sex movie, the episode has the same […]
Time to take the holiday road to Europe because this week Shawn and Colin welcome back guest Will Brisbin to discuss the Griswold comedy classic ‘National Lampoon’s European Vacation’. We discuss all those important topics such as very inappropriate gameshow hosts, our own personal quintessential Griswold Children, where this falls in the franchise, the charm […]
He said he’d be back and now he is. This week, Shawn and Colin go back for more Arnold Schwarzenegger by bustin’ out the timey-wimey, sci-fi, special effects filled action classic ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’. We discuss all those important topics such as a jacked lead actress, a reveal we had never considered before, the […]
We’re bringing 2 more men into this love pentagram because this week, Colin and Shawn are diving into the world of hilarious obsessive love in the Farrelly classic ‘There’s Something About Mary’. We discuss all the important topics such as the incident and the other incident (YOU know the 2 I mean), invincible dogs, the […]
It’s time to build a junkyard spaceship, grab 2 pals and get ready to blast off because this week Colin and Shawn have brought back guest Michael Ross to discuss the 80s sc-fi classic for dreamers ‘Explorers’. We discuss all the important topics such as the lack of the “the”, a big step forward for […]
Well, it’s finally happened! Shawn and Colin have sat down to discuss a movie featuring those plucky twin sweethearts of the 90s, the Olsen twins, as we talk about ‘It Takes Two’. We discuss all the important topics such as personal influence of these kids, very likeable non-twin lead actors, a plot device that is […]
Last time he was on our show, we discussed this movie… so Shawn and Colin are thrilled to welcome back Aaron Knowles (@oblivionbarpod @shredthestress) to discuss the 90s comic book thrill-ride ‘Spawn’. In this super-sized episode we discuss all the important topics such as the Edmonton connection, the amazing physical work of the clown, so […]
Ready to have the time of your life? This week, Shawn and Colin welcome back guest Marissa Dingle to discuss one of the ultimate chick flicks of all time ‘Dirty Dancing’. We discuss all the important topics such as the surprise Swayze resemblance, the Country Club lifestyle, rhinoplasty gone wrong, the event that requires a […]
This week, Colin and Shawn try to remember what it’s like to be small… really, really small when we watch the 1989 family backyard adventure ‘Honey, I Shrunk The Kids’. We discuss all those important topics such as how to train an ant, the physics of small vs. big, the tactile environment, the real hero […]
Stick around because Shawn and Colin welcome listener of the show and first time guest Luke Bartosik to watch the machismo filled action movie classic ‘Predator’. We discuss all the important topics such as the impressive physiques of the actors, behind the scenes shenanigans, teletubbies costumes and KY Jelly, plans that may not have been […]
The things we do for our country… This week, Shawn and Colin take a look at an All-American high octane spy flick ‘xXx’. We discuss all the important topics such as the same vibes as another Vin franchise, the heavy metal-ness of it all, science, the early 2000’s X-games mentality, insane stunts and so much […]
Everybody freeze! And then listen this week as Shawn and Colin welcome back guest Kris Wells to discuss one of the most dispised Batman movies around with the 90s classic ‘Batman & Robin’. We discuss all those important things such as having 2 diametrically opposed villains teaming up, understanding the tone of this film, a […]
It’s time to see how inept a grown man is at caring for children when Shawn and Colin take a look at the 1980s role-reversal comedy ‘Mr. Mom’. We discuss all the important topics such as the lack of humor in a comedy, characters that seem to have no growth, Michael Keaton’s “Let’s get nuts” […]
We aren’t very sneaky sneaky dropping this episode on our usual release day, but this week Shawn and Colin are going back to Adam Sandler to watch the 2002 comedy ‘Mr. Deeds’. We discuss all the important topics such as deviations from the original, the science of frostbite, getting your lies organized in advance, the […]
It’s Valentine’s week so Colin and Shawn have brought back Frank Driscoll to explore varying relationships in the 1987 hidden gem ‘*Batteries Not Included’. We discuss all the important topics like the origin story of Transformers, geriatric protagonists, an odd destination choice for a power source, little U.F.O.s, the science behind the magic genie robots […]
The Quack Attack Pack is Back, Jack! This week, Shawn and Colin go hockey when we dissect the beloved sequel in the child’s sports genre ‘D2: The Mighty Ducks’. We discuss all the important topics such as who the real villain is, unusual recruiting standards and practices, occupational boundaries, slow sports action, blatant missed calls, […]
All our bags are packed and Shawn and Colin are inviting Joel Sims along for a ride on the zany 1980 classic ‘Airplane!’. We discuss all the important topics such as jokes that may or may not hold up, bad airplane experiences crossing social boundaries… you know, quite frankly, I’m going to just address you […]
When do we eat? Colin and Shawn ask that and many other questions of returning guest Aaron Knowles of the Oblivion Bar Podcast, when we look at the 1990 passion project, straight off the page comic book adaptation ‘Dick Tracy’. We discuss all the important topics like the vibrance of the art direction, Inspector Gadget, […]
It’s time to take a look at the best kept secret in the Universe when Colin and Shawn take a look at the 1997 Sci-Fi/Comedy classic ‘Men In Black’. We discuss all the important topics such as company infrastructure, unconventional HAZMAT equipment, a complete lack of proper training, the logistics of Flashy Thingy-ing larger groups […]
It’s time to pack up our bags and hop in the car, because this week Shawn and Colin are looking at the 2000 comedy classic ‘Road Trip’. We discuss all those important topics such as the feeling of slipping into a warm bath, the chaotic energy of Tom Green, jokes that still work on us, […]
With this first episode of 2023, Shawn and Colin go back to Colin’s childhood for a movie Shawn has never seen… The 90s fantasy classic ‘Dragonheart’. We discuss all the important topics such as comparisons to other media, not too shabby 90s CGI, a confusing interwoven plot, great villains and not so great love interests, […]
This is an episode 3 Decembers in a making because this week, Shawn and Colin welcome back Jack Bizuk for on more kick at the John McClane can in the form of ‘Die Hard With A Vengeance’. We discuss all the important topics such as the Simon Says of it all, more British Germans, the […]
Happy Holidays, Everyone! Shawn and Colin are thrilled to present something special this Christmas as we bring 3 different guests to discuss 3 different Rankin and Bass Christmas specials. We start with Will Brisbin who looks at the classic ‘Frosty The Snowman’, followed by Joel Sims and ‘Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer’, and finally Carly […]
We open our mail bag one more time because Zaron and Elizabeth from ‘Ridiculous Crime’ podcast have asked Shawn and Colin to talk about something equally as ridiculous, the zany comedy classic ‘Top Secret!’. We discuss all the important topics such as the charismatic talent of the lead, a non-stop barrage of jokes, the importance […]
It’s time for Shawn and Colin to talk Avengers… but not THOSE Avengers. This week we make one more dive into our mailbag and take a listener request from Sully D. who wants to hear us talk about a cult classic B-Movie we’re watching for the first time; ‘The Toxic Avenger’. We discuss all those […]
Skadoosh! This week Shawn and Colin take another request from our mailbag from Ivan S. who wants to hear us talk about the 2008 animated classic ‘Kung Fu Panda’. We discuss all the important topics like the zoological line for cultural appropriation, action packed animation, confusing genealogies, moments inducing FOMO, confusing character design, genuinely hilarious […]
This week, we’ve opened our mailbag and finally pop our Tom Hanks cherry when Shawn and Colin take a request from listener Carl R. who has asked them to talk about the classic surreal comedy ‘Joe Versus The Volcano’. We discuss all those important topics such as the only female lead playing multiple characters, the […]
Time to do some murderin’ of people while looking sexy because we’re talking vampires when Shawn and Colin welcome back David Owen for the horror classic ‘The Hunger’. We discuss all the important topics such as the niche audience for this goth-cult classic, the sexual magnetism of David Bowie, THAT scene… if you’ve seen the […]
Let’s sing Kumbaya and head off to Camp Crystal Lake for a Halloween staple… This week, Shawn and Colin welcome back guest Carly Pettitt (formerly Holm) to watch the OG slasher flick from the 80s ‘Friday The 13th’. We discuss all those important topics like the aggressive use of first person perspective, the lack of […]
Grab you Miak and let’s go troll hunting because this week Shawn and Colin welcome back guest Marissa Dingle to discuss the snot-filled Halloween classic ‘Ernest Scared Stupid’. We discuss all those important topics such as familiar looking pizza, the legendary status of Ernest P. Worrell in pop culture, a very good doggy, the crossover […]
For the third year in a row, Shawn and Colin are thrilled to bring back guest Maren Richardson to discuss the visually stunning psychological horror classic ‘The Shining’. We discuss all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play […]
It’s Up, Up and Away to our 100th episode. This week, Shawn and Colin welcome back ‘RPG Academy’ and ‘Smallville: Farm To Fable’ host Michael Ross to take a look at the abysmal superhero classic ‘Superman III’. We discuss all the important topics such as swapping out evil billionaires, the actual movie just under the […]
Pop Quiz, hotshot. You have a podcast to listen to… what do you do? What do you do?!? Well, this week we find out what Shawn and Colin would do when we sit down to watch the 90s action bus classic ‘Speed’. We discuss all those important topics such as what a bus is actually […]
We’ve been sent from the future to protect you. All you have to do is listen to this week when Shawn and Colin welcome back guest Jack Bizuk to watch the 80s Sci-Fi classic ‘The Terminator’. We discuss all those important topics such as time traveling robots, how to become your own brother, the importance […]
The heat is on and Shawn and Colin are going to discuss it when they take a look at the classic 80s comedy action cop flick ‘Beverly Hills Cop’. We discuss all the important topics such as the buddy buddy buddy cop nature of this movie, bananas in tailpipes, actors that we don’t “get”, car […]
Hold onto your butts because this week Shawn and Colin welcome first time guest, Aaron Knowles from the Oblivion Bar Podcast, to discuss the 90s dinosaur blockbuster ‘Jurassic Park’. We discuss all the important topics like the legendary status of some actors compared to the mediocrity of others, so many quotable lines, the big flaw […]
Canada has been blamed, Brian Boitano has done stuff and Shawn and Colin are ready to talk about the raunchy R-Rated animated classic “South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut”. We discuss all the important topics like our personal relationships with this Colorado town, the quality of the musical, the offensive jokes, the meta nature of […]
This week, Shawn and Colin welcome back guest Kingsley Leung to discuss a John Hughes movie that flies under the radar, the 90s comedy ‘Career Opportunities’. We discuss all the important topics such as the comparison to other Hughesian properties, comedy villains getting too real, setting a movie in a Target store, riding horses, the […]
Shawn and Colin are on a mission from God… to bring back guest Frank Driscoll and discuss one of his all time favorite movies, the musical car-chase comedy classic “The Blues Brothers”. We discuss all those important topics such as rampant vehicular destruction, the power of the eyes, a whole buncha Chicago, cameos that we […]
This week, Shawn and Colin lower out IQs a little bit to look at the early 2000s comedy ‘Dude, Where’s My Car?’. We discuss only the important topics such as when the movie goes off the rails, moments that are still funny, the trope of synchronized twins, fun with bubble wrap, the most typical man […]
Cowabunga, dudes! This week, Shawn and Colin have brought back guest Kris Wells to discuss those party dudes that got their own movie in the 90s, in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie”. As usual, we only get into the important topics such as our favorite uncut-pizza-lovin’ dudes, the quality of the suits, the lack […]
Cowabunga, dudes! This week, Shawn and Colin have brought back guest Kris Wells to discuss those party dudes that got their own movie in the 90s, in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie”. As usual, we only get into the important topics such as our favorite uncut-pizza-lovin’ dudes, the quality of the suits, the lack […]
For a lot of people, this may be a movie they have never even heard of like it was for Colin, or a movie they’ve only heard name-dropped like Shawn… but for listener James F. this was a request so we brought in a cult-movie-lovin’ first time guest David Owen to discuss “The Adventures Of […]
Never give up, never surrender! But one you definitely SHOULD do is join Shawn and Colin as we take a look back and the comedy science fiction flick ‘Galaxy Quest’. We discuss all those important things other podcasts are afraid to discuss such as favorite characters, being the template for a performance, the anecdotal influences […]
It’s time for Mania in Urbania as Shawn and Colin sit down to watch a movie neither of us has seen, but was requested by listener Rebecca H., the kids football classic ‘Little Giants’. We discuss all those super important tasks like casting Rick Moranis doppelgangers, really poorly rendered CGI snot bubbles, the predictability of […]
It’s not wabbit season, it’s duck season because this week Shawn and Colin welcome back guest Joshua Blum to discuss the highly criticized science fiction classic ‘Howard The Duck’. We discuss all those important topics like where the character fits in the Marvel Universe, a 3-way intense crush on the lead actress, the surprise that […]
Are you Ready To Ruuuummmble? Shawn and Colin definitely are as we show down with the Ultimate Match Up. Michael “Cagematch” Ross vs. Colin “Money” Stewart vs. Shawn “Creampuff” Wells as we decide whether the movie ‘Ready To Rumble’ is better than the one we watched for his previous episode ‘Clue’. Normally this is the […]