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Afterthoughts

Dixon, Ryan, and John

A casual movie and tv discussion series. Join the Afterthoughts crew --Dixon, John, and Ryan-- and their guests, as they share their afterthoughts on things they've recently watched. Old or new, doesn't matter.

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  • 20 episodes
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  • Avg 1 hr 27 min
  • English

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  • #164
    Yesterday · 1 hr 51 min

    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 Finch, and Robert Duvall. Undoubtedly the smartest and funniest dissection of television ever put on film, Network predicted Fox News, MSNBC, Alex Jones, and countless other for-profit programs pretending to be news. It feels more relevant with each passing day as the increasing absurdity of national news coverage leaves us with little choice but to laugh or despair.

  • #163
    September 11 · 54 min

    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 Person to Person (2017), and Dixon revisits a classic and pivotal Jim Carrey film about the surveillance state and reality tv with The Truman Show (1998). Who's recommending what? Is anyone refuting? Is anyone abstaining? Guess you'll have to listen to find out.

  • #162
    September 4 · 1 hr 9 min

    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 Carolina Caroline (2026)!

  • #161
    August 28 · 2 hr 36 min

    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 do they never open their doors? What's inside them? Why do they consume gasoline through both their gas tanks and their mouths? Buckle your seatbelt for a hilarious discussion of one of the most unhinged franchises in the history of motion pictures. It's gonna be a bumpy ride.

  • #160
    August 21 · 51 min

    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 filmography of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead with Resolution (2012), and Dixon gives the masses want they want with his review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (2026).

  • #159
    August 14 · 1 hr 36 min

    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 clearly tongue-in-cheek. Join the crew as they enlist to help fight the misconceptions against Paul Verhoeven's satirical adaptation of a military-strong sci-fi story. That's right, this episode we're talking about Starship Troopers (1997). Would you like to know more?

  • #158
    August 7 · 1 hr 2 min

    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 Master (2012), Ryan goes dumpster diving with Richard Pryor in The Toy (1982), and Dixon tackles one of cinema's all-time greats with Orson Welles' debut film Citizen Kane (1941). Pull up a chair, grab a drink, and join us.

  • #157
    July 31 · 2 hr 32 min

    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 Intelligence (2001). Is it an overlooked masterpiece deserving of reassessment, or is it a fractured mess that doesn't quite work?

  • #156
    July 28 · 1 hr 26 min

    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 Schimberg's dark exploration of identity and disability, and I Love Boosters (2026), Boots Riley's surreal exposé of capitalism in the fashion industry. Dixon's skewing more mainstream with Toy Story 1-4 (1995-2019), and the Nicolas Cage Marvel television show Spider-Noir (2026).

  • #155
    July 18 · 2 hr 49 min

    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 somehow it's getting positive reviews. Clocking in at almost 2.5 hours, Disclosure Day (2026) is Spielberg's take on what's required to get the truth out into the universe, but is it truly Spielberg's best film in 20 years (according to certain outlets)? Dixon and John don't have much nice to say about it. Are they just being haters? With a special guest sitting in, what afterthoughts will be disclosed? You'll just to have to listen to find out.

  • #154
    July 7 · 55 min

    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's Anaconda (2025) as his in-flight feature. Dixon ventured into the directorial debut of liminal space aficionado Kane Parsons as he maps out his thoughts on Backrooms (2026), and John shares his impressions of Michael Sarnoski's meditation on myth and legacy with The Death of Robin Hood (2026).

  • #153
    July 1 · 1 hr 41 min

    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 legally obligated to listen to this episode's discussion on The Trial (1962). Upon completion of a listen you will be granted an ostensible acquittal. Upon completion of listening to our backlog of episodes, you'll be granted a definite acquittal until the next episode is published.

  • #151
    June 13 · 1 hr 15 min

    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 was just singing along to the soulful folk music of Cat Stevens' score to Harold and Maude (1971). Pull up a chair and join John, Ryan, and Dixon as we discuss this darkly comedic meditation on life, death, and finding joy in the little things.

  • #149
    May 27 · 1 hr 3 min

    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' ambitious epic twenty-three years in the making tells the story of man's doomed, repeated attempts to attain meaning and immortality in the face of Lucifer's cunning sabotage. I bet you've never seen anything quite like this.

  • #147
    May 16 · 1 hr 31 min

    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 putting up with it, but none of it has anything to do with the pre-9/11 animated film that has been memed into oblivion --so don't even ask! If you really want to know what it's about, I can tell you... lean in close... closer... okay that's close enough. ...This episode is about an hour and a half of nothing related to shrek.

  • #145
    April 30 · 1 hr 39 min

    Bugonia (2025)

    Put on your tinfoil hats, pack your economy size antihistamine topical ointment, and take your emotion-suppressant supplements. The Afterthoughts crew is about to dive head first into the misanthropic honey of Yorgos Lanthimos's Bugonia. Whether you fancy yourself a queen bee or just another worker drone, you owe it to yourself to reflect on the health of the colony --what better way to do that than through this discussion on an intimate, conspiracy-propelled dark comedy laced with biting social commentary.

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