0
Skip to Content
LITERATE APE
HOME
Magazine
Podcasts
Bookshelf
LITERATE APE
HOME
Magazine
Podcasts
Bookshelf
HOME
Magazine
Podcasts
Bookshelf
I Like to Watch Ep. 114—Forbidden Planet (1956)
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 6/12/26 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 6/12/26

I Like to Watch Ep. 114—Forbidden Planet (1956)

Donnie’s challenge was SciFi and he went all the way back to childhood to talk about a film he and his dad watched constantly. Time for an Oil Job!

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 114 — True Grit (2010)
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 5/29/26 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 5/29/26

I Like to Watch Ep. 114 — True Grit (2010)

Donnie’s challenge was to pick a remake that Don liked to watch. The challenge wasn’t as easy as it appeared.

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 113 — Saving Private Ryan (1998)
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 5/15/26 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 5/15/26

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!

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 112—Footloose (1984)
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 5/1/26 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 5/1/26

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!

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 111—Face/Off (1997)
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 4/5/26 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 4/5/26

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.

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 110—Gangs of New York (2002)
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 3/20/26 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 3/20/26

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?

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 109—Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 3/6/26 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 3/6/26

I Like to Watch Ep. 109—Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

The challenge took Donnie through an embarrassment of cinematic riches of 1984! He landed on an iconic performance by an iconic actor (plus a lot of laughs).

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 108—Backdraft (1991)
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 2/20/26 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 2/20/26

I Like to Watch Ep. 108—Backdraft (1991)

The Challenge? Firefighter movies. Really the only choice? 1991’s Backdraft.

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 107 - All the President’s Men (1976)
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 2/6/26 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 2/6/26

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?

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 106—Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 1/16/26 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 1/16/26

I Like to Watch Ep. 106—Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

The challenge? Cars. The response? Only the most badass car movie ever made.

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 105 - Trailer Geek 4: The Voyage Home
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 1/2/26 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 1/2/26

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.’

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 104 - The Shining (1980)
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 12/12/25 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 12/12/25

I Like to Watch Ep. 104 - The Shining (1980)

The Challenge? Kubrick. The response? The most unsettling film of the twentieth century.

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 103 - Touch of Evil (1958)
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 11/28/25 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 11/28/25

I Like to Watch Ep. 103 - Touch of Evil (1958)

The Challenge? Any noir from 1940 - 1959. Hall goes to the very edge with 1958’s Touch of Evil.

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 101—Our Trip to Camp Crystal Lake (1988 - 2009) Part Two
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 10/31/25 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 10/31/25

I Like to Watch Ep. 101—Our Trip to Camp Crystal Lake (1988 - 2009) Part Two

In this second half, the movies get a bit threadbare. Donnie then offers up an absolute must-see list of scary films to watch guaranteed to make you wet yourself!

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 100—Our Trip to Camp Crystal Lake (1980 - 1986) Part One
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 10/24/25 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 10/24/25

I Like to Watch Ep. 100—Our Trip to Camp Crystal Lake (1980 - 1986) Part One

Donnie levels the ultimate Halloween task: watch all twelve of the Friday the 13th movies and then podcast about all of them! This first episode the boys cover the first six films in the franchise.

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 99 — The Exorcist (1973)
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 10/10/25 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 10/10/25

I Like to Watch Ep. 99 — The Exorcist (1973)

It’s Halloween Month—Donnie’s favorite of the year! This episode Hall picks one of the greatest horror classics ever made: The Exorcist!

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 98 — Con Air (1997)
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 9/28/25 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 9/28/25

I Like to Watch Ep. 98 — Con Air (1997)

Donnie goes for a Big Swing with a Stacked Cast that improbably is a Great Movie: Con Air!

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 97 — Across the Universe (2007)
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 9/12/25 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 9/12/25

I Like to Watch Ep. 97 — Across the Universe (2007)

Hall likes the weird stuff; Donnie not so much. Thus we engage about Julie Taymor’s Beatles juke box epic, Across the Universe.

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 96 — Castle Keep (1969) w/ George Gallo
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 8/29/25 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 8/29/25

I Like to Watch Ep. 96 — Castle Keep (1969) w/ George Gallo

The pod’s good friend George Gallo pulls out all the stops with his choice of Sydney Pollack’s Castle Keep.

Read More
I Like to Watch Ep. 95 — The Dirty Dozen (1967)
I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 8/15/25 I Like to Watch Podcast Don Hall 8/15/25

I Like to Watch Ep. 95 — The Dirty Dozen (1967)

Donnie digs deep into his frequent viewing of WWII pics and surprises Don with Lee Marvin and Co. in The Dirty Dozen.

Read More
Older Posts

Literate Ape Press, a 501 (c)(3) Corporation est. 2016

DONATE TO THE APE

Powered by Squarespace