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This week, we get horny as hell for the end of the world and welcome fellow journalist Ben Freed as we enter Her Majesty’s Secret Service with this installment from the James Bond oeuvre.  This flick is eerily contemporary in subject matter, considering it’s 42 years old, but painfully dated in other ways. Needless to say we get into all that, which hopefully will not land us in any space gulags. As always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

Whoever said late-90s comedies don’t hold up anymore? Oh, right, we say that, like, every three weeks. And this Hollywood sendup, featuring Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy, is a great example of exactly that. Our guest who brought us this film is Zach Seidel, who made his name via social media platforms that the world in this film could not possibly even conceive of. You can follow him on Twitter here. And as always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

We’re changing things up a bit this week with our first documentary, the 2007 doc “Helvetica,” brought to us by musician Davy Andrews. Yes, it’s about the font. Yes, really, stop asking. This may not be the kind of topic you’d expect to be worth the full 80 minutes of runtime that it occupies, but it’s surprisingly compelling and will almost certainly teach you something you didn’t know. Davy’s got a new album and you can find his stuff on Bandcamp or Spotify or wherever else you get your music. As always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

With the big budget blockbuster Denis Villeneuve's shot at Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi story due out next week, we figure there's no better time to revisit the David Lynch version from more than 35 years ago. I was actually in Europe last week, where the new movie was already playing, but resisted seeing it in the spirit of the podcast (and because, as much as we like movies, you shouldn't waste a night in Paris or Amsterdam in a dark theater). As always, make sure you're following us on Twitter and Instagram @LikeThisMovie.

Chris Evans, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba and Jeffrey Dean Morgan? In a mid-budget, summer blockbustery, Michael-Bay-attention-span action movie? It’s OK, we’d never heard of it either. Guest and Editor in Chief of Baseball Prospectus Craig Goldstein joins us as we strap in for a tight 97 minutes of explosions that neither need, nor are given, any particular context. All vibes, no brakes. As always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

Oh, great, spiders. Reem Nadeem returns and brings us back to 1990 once again, just as she did with her first appearance on the pod, this time with the Jeff Daniels and John Goodman vehicle “Arachnophobia.” We didn’t discover until after taping that the other connection to the name Canaima comes from the actual national park in Venezuela where they shot on location for this film, which...yeah, sure, OK, just be obvious about it, then. Still not as fun as my trivia. As always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

We go guestless as we revisit the final innocent days of New York romance with this 2001 film that a younger version of me used to call, “the only good romantic comedy.” Starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale as our primary couple, the supporting cast is a who’s who of early aughts character actors, including Jeremy Piven, Molly Shannon, Bridget Moynahan, John Corbett and the resplendent Eugene Levy. As always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

Guest Zeke Hartner returns and upholds his minimal promise of bringing us a better film than he did in his last visit, with this Vin Diesel-powered sci-fi horror flick that eschews the science aspect, on both the astronomical and evolutionary fronts. We have legitimate disagreements about what works and what doesn’t in this film, as well as some insight into the Hollywood machine that created some of these points of contention. So, as always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

Our first guest from Ep. 2: The Tool That Time Forgot Matt Poldberg returns with another early aughts comedy, the Broken Lizard comedy troupe’s breakout hit “Super Troopers.” A note that we recorded this before the events of the last few weeks in Afghanistan, so while we note that those references already did not hold up well, that’s even more true today. That being said, overall the film and its comedy hold up quite well over the nearly 20 years since its release. Enhance...enhance. As always, make sure you're following us on Twitter and Instagram and feel free to hop into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

Conspiracy theorist extraordinaire and my wive Micah Backus takes us back to 2001 with this baseball rom-com, starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Jessica Biel, Matthew Lillard, Fred Ward, Brian Dennehy and Brittany Murphy. There is a LOT of baseball talk in this one, especially relating to the stuff the movie clearly got wrong. Also, I refer to Ep. 19: Redneck Dune — “Tremors” (1990) as Episode 20, so who’s the smart guy now? Also, there's an actual Ryan Dunne who pitched in Minor League Baseball! He did not, sadly, make it to The Show. A friendly reminder that any conspiracy theories discussed within are just that—theories—and are not the official, legal, stated beliefs or assertions of this podcast or the people who appear on it. As always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

Actress and host of the podcast Take Me Into the Ballgame Ellen Adair brings us into the imagination of Terry Gilliam  From Charles Barkley to John Cleese, this broad-ranging episode also does include some baseball movie talk, because, look, who do you think we are? In the 14th minute, I refer to Jonathan Pryce as Jonathan Pryor, likely a tired autocorrect from my notes, following a thoroughly exhausting day. The pod apologizes to Sir Pryce. As always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.

There’s plenty to discuss from this horror/comedy that spurred a million, increasingly bleak sequels, brought to us by fellow journalist and oh yeah also Will’s wife Reem Nadeem. This is also our first Kevin Bacon vehicle, bringing the podcast to within one step of the man himself. So let’s take a little trip to Perfection as we come to terms with our desires to watch a teenager get eaten alive. As always, make sure you’re following us on Twitter and on Instagram @LikeThisMovie and jump into the conversation using the hashtag #ITILTM.