I Like to Watch
I Like to Watch
Don Hall
Hosts Don Smith and Don Hall choose a classic film to unpack, discuss other films influenced by it, and tease each other with trailers for upcoming movies they really want to see.
I Like to Watch Ep. 113 — Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Donnie is challenged this week to find a cinematographer he likes to watch and, man, did he pick a doozy!
May 15
1 hr 19 min
I Like to Watch Ep. 112—Footloose (1984)
The challenge was a movie with a song written specifically for that movie. Hall picks a movie with NINE songs written for it and a callback to his most important high school days!
May 1
1 hr 32 min
I Like to Watch Ep. 111—Face/Off (1997)
A foreign-born director? So many to choose from. Donnie goes for a classic: Face/Off with Travolta and Cage.
Apr 5
1 hr 5 min
I Like to Watch Ep. 110—Gangs of New York (2002)
The Challenge? Steve Zallian. The response? Gangs of New York. Can DeCaprio’s middling accent bring down Day Lewis’s extraordinary Bill the Butcher?
Mar 21
1 hr 19 min
I Like to Watch Ep. 109—Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
The challenge took Donnie through embarrassment of cinematic riches of 1984! He landed on an iconic performance by an iconic actor (plus a lot of laughs).
Mar 6
1 hr 6 min
I Like to Watch Ep. 108—Backdraft (1991)
The Challenge? Firefighter movies. Really the only choice? 1991’s Backdraft.
Feb 20
1 hr 5 min
I Like to Watch Ep. 107 - All the President’s Men (1976)
Donnie embraces the Dustin Hoffman challenge and lands on a film that speaks to us in the present which foments a long discussion about what that film tells us about the world today. Isn’t that what great movies should do?
Feb 6
1 hr 19 min
I Like to Watch Ep. 106—Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
The challenge? Cars. The response? Only the most badass case movie ever made.
Jan 16
1 hr 10 min
I Like to Watch Ep. 105 - Trailer Geek 4: The Voyage Home
The boys roundup all of 2025’s trailer geeks with a few stinkers, a few winners, and a host of ‘meh.’
Jan 2
1 hr 40 min
I Like to Watch Ep. 104 - The Shining (1980)
The Challenge? Kubrick. The response? The most unsettling film of the twentieth century.
Dec 12, 2025
1 hr 28 min
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