Do You Even Movie? Cult Classics & Hidden Gems

Henrique Couto & David Denoyer
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Do You Even Movie? is a movie podcast for fans of cult classics, hidden gems, forgotten favorites, and delightfully strange cinema. Filmmaker Henrique Couto and movie aficionado David Denoyer revisit horror, comedy, action, family films, and other overlooked corners of movie history with sharp analysis, behind-the-scenes stories, and plenty of humor. Explore the complete archive to rediscover movies you love, uncover films you missed, and find your next offbeat favorite. From beloved classics to cinematic oddities, every episode celebrates the movies worth talking about.

  1. 08/25/2025

    A Thank You More Than a Goodbye.

    Henrique Couto offers a heartfelt closing message after ninety Do You Even Movie? conversations about cinema, friendship and the films that shape our lives. He thanks everyone who listened, wrote in and joined the discussion, emphasizing that the audience made the podcast possible for nearly two years after Henrique and David Denoyer completed their Freddy’s Nightmares series. This farewell is about gratitude rather than loss. Henrique assures listeners that he and David remain friends and moviegoing companions, then shares where both hosts can be found: Henrique continues telling stories through Weekly Spooky, while David contributes to This Week in Geek and tracks his viewing on Letterboxd. The microphones may be quiet, but their shared enthusiasm for movies—and their appreciation for the community—continues. LinksGet the book — Welcome to Primetime: The Unofficial Freddy’s Nightmares Companion Henrique Couto — Weekly Spooky (original creator link) Henrique Couto — Facebook (original creator link) Henrique Couto — X (original creator link) David Denoyer — This Week in Geek (original creator link) David Denoyer — Letterboxd (original creator link) Do You Even Movie? Email: doyouevenmoviepod@gmail.com Instagram X Facebook

  2. 08/19/2025

    Air Bud (1997): Disney’s Dog Basketball Classic

    Henrique and David revisit Air Bud (1997), the 1990s Disney family sports comedy set in Fernfield, Washington. Kevin Zegers plays Josh Framm, a grieving new kid who struggles to fit in after moving with his mother and sister. At an overgrown basketball court, he befriends a stray golden retriever, names him Buddy and discovers the dog can sink baskets. Their bond gives Josh the confidence to leave the bench, join the Timberwolves and face the question that made the movie famous: is there actually a rule against a dog playing basketball? Directed by Charles Martin Smith, the film pairs Buddy’s athletic spectacle with a story about loss, abuse and belonging. Michael Jeter is memorably slimy and slapstick-heavy as Buddy’s former owner, a cruel clown named Norm, while Bill Cobbs brings warmth as retired basketball player Arthur Chaney, the school custodian who becomes a team-first coach. The hosts trace the buried-newspaper gag, Josh surrendering his late father’s basketball to protect Buddy, the championship comeback and the unexpectedly legalistic courtroom finale in which Buddy chooses his family. The discussion asks how much of Air Bud survives in childhood memory beyond Buddy draining shots, then examines the fuller story found on a revisit: a frightened stray, Josh’s grief, a bullying coach hurling basketballs at a player and Chaney teaching teamwork without a ball. Both hosts praise the movie’s heart, brisk family-film construction, Jeter’s physical comedy and the remarkable dog performance; Buddy’s successful baskets were achieved without visual effects. Their nostalgia detour also recalls school “Monthly Movies” and where Air Bud sat beside staples such as Hook, Angels in the Outfield and Beethoven. Beyond the original, David recounts his endurance run through the Air Bud and Air Buddies follow-ups, from football, soccer, baseball and volleyball to sled racing, space travel, holiday mythology, treasure hunting and superhero powers. That marathon opens a wider conversation about animals-playing-sports movies, including Ed, MVP: Most Valuable Primate, Soccer Dog and the mule-football comedy Gus. The hosts also cover Buddy’s appearances as Comet on Full House and in Fluke. A side conversation weighs Zach Cregger’s Weapons against Barbarian, especially their nonlinear structures, slow-burn setups and earned payoffs, before Shiloh, Strays and Beethoven enter the dog-movie recommendations. Links Get the book — Welcome to Primetime: The Unofficial Freddy’s Nightmares Companion Air Bud — original YouTube viewing link Do You Even Movie? Email: doyouevenmoviepod@gmail.com Instagram X Facebook

    Air Bud (1997): Disney’s Dog Basketball Classic

  3. 08/12/2025

    Blade (1998): Wesley Snipes and the Daywalker Legacy

    Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit BLADE (1998), the R-rated Marvel vampire action film that introduced movie audiences to Wesley Snipes’ Eric Brooks: the Daywalker with a vampire’s strength, a human conscience and none of the undead’s sunlight vulnerability. Director Stephen Norrington and screenwriter David S. Goyer turn a comic-book adaptation into a martial-arts-heavy horror thriller, and the hosts place its success between the fallout from Batman & Robin and the superhero boom that followed. The story begins with Blade’s birth after his pregnant mother is attacked, then follows hematologist Karen Jenson (N’Bushe Wright) after Quinn bites her in a hospital morgue. Blade and his mentor-armorer Whistler (Kris Kristofferson) race to stop Karen’s transformation while tracking Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), an ambitious turned vampire seeking the power of the blood god La Magra. Their discussion follows Frost’s rebellion against the pure-blood council, the vampire archives, Blade’s serum and the temple ritual that makes his blood essential to Frost’s plan. The episode digs into the unforgettable slaughterhouse blood-rave opening: its pounding techno, goth-club imagery, deliberately wasteful spectacle and the practical headache of plumbing a room to rain blood. Henrique and David ask whether anyone besides Snipes could have balanced Blade’s swagger, martial arts and comic-book silliness, while celebrating Kristofferson’s effortlessly cool Whistler and Donald Logue’s repeatedly dismembered Quinn. They also trace the striking range of 1990s vampire cinema, from romantic Gothic horror to action and comedy. The hosts find the movie gloriously excessive, funny and still influential, even when its late-1990s digital effects and plotting become ridiculous. One considers it a strong rental that may become an own-it for nostalgic action and superhero fans; the other calls it an outright buy for its trailblazing mix of vampire horror, hard-R violence and superhero spectacle. Mortal Kombat and John Carpenter’s Vampires enter the conversation as companion pieces for the same era and energy. Beyond Blade, the recorded sidebars compare Liam Neeson’s comic presence with Leslie Nielsen’s legacy in The Naked Gun, consider what long gaps between installments mean through the Freaky Friday films, and explore memorable gross-out cinema. It is a detailed, affectionate review of the cast, lore, action design, soundtrack and genre impact behind one of Marvel’s defining pre-MCU movies. Links Get the book — Welcome to Primetime: The Unofficial Freddy’s Nightmares Companion Blade — original viewing link Do You Even Movie? Email: doyouevenmoviepod@gmail.com Instagram X Facebook

    Blade (1998): Wesley Snipes and the Daywalker Legacy

  4. 08/05/2025

    Freaky Friday (2003): Body-Swap Comedy and Disney Nostalgia

    Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Freaky Friday (2003), Mark Waters’ Disney body-swap comedy starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan and Mark Harmon. They debate whether this is the best screen version of Mary Rodgers’ story, explain why Curtis seems born to play therapist and mother Tess Coleman, and consider how the movie became an early-2000s Disney nostalgia favorite without losing its comic timing or emotional core. The plot follows widowed Tess as she prepares to marry Ryan while her rebellious daughter Anna juggles school conflict, a crush on Jake and her band Pink Slip’s House of Blues audition. An enchanted fortune cookie swaps mother and daughter into each other’s bodies, forcing Anna through Tess’s therapy practice and televised book interview while Tess faces Anna’s exam, rival Stacy and teenage social life. Their escalating misadventures turn the familiar body-swap premise into a story about empathy, grief and reconciliation. The discussion celebrates Curtis’s full-tilt teenage physical comedy and Lohan’s unexpectedly convincing adult mannerisms. Henrique and David give special attention to Mark Harmon’s Ryan, an unusually thoughtful stepfather rather than a disposable obstacle: his support for Anna’s music and respect for the children’s late father make the rehearsal-dinner resolution genuinely moving. They also revisit Pink Slip’s climactic performance, Chad Michael Murray’s Jake, Stephen Tobolowsky’s vindictive teacher and the film’s affectionate early-2000s time-capsule details. Both hosts land on an enthusiastic rent-it verdict. The episode traces the 1972 Mary Rodgers novel and the hosts’ count of five film and television takes, including the 1976 Jodie Foster original and later TV and musical adaptations. It also spotlights screenwriters Heather Hach and Leslie Dixon and pays tribute to cinematographer Oliver Wood, whose career stretched from Neon Maniacs and Die Hard 2 to the Bourne films, Fantastic Four and Step Brothers. Production trivia covers alternate casting, the soundtrack and the guitar coaching behind Curtis’s House of Blues solo. Beyond Freaky Friday, the hosts trade candid stories about thyroid treatment, a thrown-out back, sleep habits, posture and whether tall people can avoid back pain. Their recorded movie sidebars praise Michael Shanks’ Together for its compact, escalating body horror, dark humor and relationship allegory, while weighing the performances, length and uneven social commentary of Ari Aster’s Eddington against his earlier films. Links Get the book — Welcome to Primetime: The Unofficial Freddy’s Nightmares Companion Freaky Friday — original Disney+ link Do You Even Movie? Email: doyouevenmoviepod@gmail.com Instagram X Facebook

    Freaky Friday (2003): Body-Swap Comedy and Disney Nostalgia

  5. 07/29/2025

    Point Break (1991): Surfing, Skydiving and ’90s Action

    Henrique Couto and David Denoyer dive into Point Break (1991), Kathryn Bigelow’s surf-crime thriller starring Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Lori Petty and Gary Busey. Rookie FBI agent and former Ohio State quarterback Johnny Utah is paired with veteran Angelo Pappas to hunt the Ex-Presidents, disciplined bank robbers who wear presidential masks and never touch the vault. A trace of surfboard wax sends Utah undercover among the beaches of Southern California, where Tyler teaches him to surf and the charismatic Bodhi turns danger into a spiritual calling. The review tracks Utah from an awkward first lesson and a false lead against a violent surf gang to his bond with Bodhi’s crew. Once he recognizes an Ex-President in the waves, loyalty and law collide through the gas-station fire, celebrated foot chase and Utah’s decision to fire into the air rather than shoot Bodhi. The hosts also unpack the coercive skydive, Tyler’s kidnapping, the disastrous final bank robbery and vault detour, Pappas’ death, Utah’s parachute-free leap and the storm-lashed Bells Beach finale. Henrique and David praise Bigelow’s opening montage of surfing and firearms, Donald Peterman’s cinematography and action sequences that still feel unusually physical. They discuss the cast’s surfing and fight preparation, Patrick Swayze’s real skydiving, the camera rig used for the foot chase and the film’s place in the emerging 1990s extreme-sports culture. Gary Busey’s eccentric Angelo Pappas one-liners, including his urgent meatball-sandwich order, remain a major part of the fun, while the hosts question Bodhi’s financing strategy and the gang’s fatal choice to break its own rules at the vault. One host calls Point Break essential viewing and at least a must-rent, with ownership especially suited to film fans; the other names it an outright buy and one of the defining action movies of its decade. Their discussion emphasizes the magnetic bond between Utah and Bodhi, Utah’s betrayal of Tyler, and an ending in which Utah understands that Bodhi’s final wave is both freedom and death. Archival Siskel and Ebert reactions sharpen the debate: one admires the film’s intelligence and action, while the other finds it overstuffed. The recorded sidebars retain the show’s personality, including the hosts’ tooth-related horror stories, an affectionate remembrance of Ozzy Osbourne and a comic thought experiment swapping the casts of Point Break and Terminator 2. Together, the plot analysis, stunt history, cast discussion and 1990s action context make this a spoiler-filled review of pure adrenaline, surf culture, crime and doomed friendship. Links Get the book — Welcome to Primetime: The Unofficial Freddy’s Nightmares Companion Point Break — original Paramount+ link Do You Even Movie? Email: doyouevenmoviepod@gmail.com Instagram X Facebook

    Point Break (1991): Surfing, Skydiving and ’90s Action

  6. 07/22/2025

    Captain Ron (1992) – Kurt Russell, Sailing Chaos & 90s Summer Comedy

    Henrique Couto and David Denoyer climb aboard Captain Ron (1992), director Thom Eberhardt’s Touchstone Pictures comedy starring Kurt Russell, Martin Short and Mary Kay Place. Martin Harvey inherits the Wanderer, a neglected yacht once associated with Clark Gable, and brings wife Katherine, daughter Caroline and son Ben to Puerto Rico. Their plan is to sail the boat to Miami and sell it; hiring the one-eyed, rum-loving Captain Ron turns the trip into an unpredictable family adventure. David explains how Captain Ron became a household favorite after his grandparents gave his father the DVD, while Henrique remembers encountering it repeatedly on HBO and later watching it start to finish on demand. Those cable-TV memories inform their central question: is Ron a nautical fraud or a brilliant sailor beneath the chaos? Kurt Russell’s relaxed physical comedy, the switched eye patch, the sinking borrowed car and his easy rapport with Ben make the character work in ways the hosts cannot imagine another actor matching. The review follows the Harveys through wrong islands, armed guerrillas, a storm, tattoos and gambling in San Juan, a pirate attack and the Cuba finale. Ron’s apparent incompetence repeatedly gives way to real skill, while Martin’s resentment becomes the route to reclaiming his confidence as a husband, father and sailor. The hosts especially enjoy the family working together under fire, Katherine answering the pirates with a flare gun, and Ron secretly engineering Martin’s chance to become the hero. Behind the scenes, Henrique and David discuss the film’s shift from Walt Disney Pictures to Touchstone over its language, mild nudity and underage drinking; its Puerto Rico and Chicago locations; the abandoned titles Martin Harvey Takes a Cruise, Don’t Rock the Boat and On Wanderer; and the remarkable story that Short and Russell were initially cast in opposite roles before switching. They also consider whether the 1990s family-comedy tone, practical sailing setting and Ron’s lived-in wardrobe explain why the film remains such an inviting cult favorite. The conversation broadens into trailer marketing, market/international trailers and television cuts, and why trailers often reveal more than viewers expect. Listener mail prompts a clear explanation of AVOD and FAST services, plus memories of David’s first DVDs, both hosts’ preference for DVD-era collecting, and their formative VHS and cable experiences. They also share recorded reactions to Superman and I Know What You Did Last Summer before agreeing that Captain Ron is worth renting for its cast, comedy and warm family payoff. LinksGet the book — Welcome to Primetime: The Unofficial Freddy’s Nightmares Companion Captain Ron — original viewing link Do You Even Movie? Email: doyouevenmoviepod@gmail.com Instagram X Facebook

    Captain Ron (1992) – Kurt Russell, Sailing Chaos & 90s Summer Comedy

  7. 07/15/2025

    I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998): Island Slasher

    Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), Danny Cannon’s rain-soaked slasher sequel starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Brandy Norwood, Mekhi Phifer, Matthew Settle and Jeffrey Combs. One year after the murders of Helen and Barry—and two summers after the original hit-and-run—Julie James is in college but still living with guilt and trauma. Ray Bronson visits, hoping she will return home for the Fourth of July, but she declines. When roommate Karla Wilson “wins” a Bahamas trip by incorrectly naming Rio de Janeiro as Brazil’s capital, Julie travels with Karla, Tyrell and Will; Ray is attacked while driving to surprise her. The group reaches the off-season Tower Bay resort just as a storm cuts off the island. With the ferry gone, communications down and staff members disappearing, Julie realizes Ben Willis has engineered another hunt. The review tracks the wrong-answer clue, karaoke threat, attic and greenhouse chase, storm-shelter bodies and Will Benson’s deliberately ridiculous reveal as Ben’s son. Henrique’s affection begins with the setting: a nearly empty tropical resort under a perpetual thunderstorm, simple enough to absorb during childhood cable viewings but atmospheric enough to revisit. The hosts retain their praise for the creepy church-confessional opening, Jeffrey Combs’s abrasive manager Mr. Brooks, the escalating kills and the isolated-island structure. They also examine why the red herrings work, why Tyrell’s sudden death lands, and why the Will/Ben twist has aged into comedy without erasing the movie’s suspense or fun. Production discussion covers Trey Callaway’s screenplay, the $24 million budget, filming in coastal Jalisco, Mexico, and Los Angeles, and Brandy winning a role originally conceived differently. The hosts point out that the false Rio answer exposes the radio contest as a trap, Will’s surname encodes the twist, and his path around the resort fountain visually separates him from the group. They also note Jack Black’s uncredited groundskeeper, Hewitt’s own karaoke vocals and the film’s place in the post-Scream 1990s slasher cycle. The original show-note sidebars remain part of the episode’s personality: Henrique and David compare Roman candles with bottle rockets, recount Fourth of July near-disasters, and share David’s holiday movie choices, including Blow Out and Jaws. Their recorded discussion also touches Jurassic World: Rebirth and what a later franchise continuation could do. Both ultimately rate I Still Know What You Did Last Summer a rent-it: strong atmosphere, solid kills and an effective companion to the first film, even with a weak final reveal. Links Get the book — Welcome to Primetime: The Unofficial Freddy’s Nightmares Companion I Still Know What You Did Last Summer — original viewing link Do You Even Movie? Email: doyouevenmoviepod@gmail.com Instagram X Facebook

    I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998): Island Slasher

  8. 07/08/2025

    Malibu High (1979) – Sleaze, Exploitation, and One Wild Summer Movie

    Henrique Couto and David Denoyer unpack Malibu High (1979), Irvin Berwick’s Crown International exploitation film starring Jill Lansing as Kim Bentley, with Tammy Taylor and Garth Pillsbury. What initially resembles a raunchy high-school comedy becomes a daylight crime story: after a breakup, conflict at home, academic failure and unresolved trauma surrounding her father’s death, Kim becomes determined to graduate and radically change her circumstances. Kim enters transactional relationships with male teachers to secure grades and later chooses sex work through local pimp Tony. When Lance offers better money and higher-end clients, she changes managers; after killing an abusive client in self-defense, Lance recruits her for contract murders. Her final assignment against Mr. Ingersoll collides with her school life when Annette and Kevin arrive. The escalating shootings end with police killing Kim on the beach, an abrupt conclusion that fuels the hosts’ argument that a film’s final image reveals what the story believed mattered. The hosts revel in Malibu High’s “whack-a-doo” structure, misleading marketing, unconvincing deaths and constant tonal shifts. They ask why graduation remains Kim’s obsession even after crime transforms her life, and they trace the movie’s evolution from teen drama to sex-work narrative, hit-woman thriller and sunlit neo-noir. Particular attention goes to the chase cue “The Big One,” later famous as The People’s Court theme, and to the strange coherence created by the film’s cheap daylight locations and emotionally mismatched music. Behind the scenes, Henrique and David discuss the approximately $56,000 budget, five-week California shoot, use of three schools without permits and original titles including High School Hit Girl and Lovely but Deadly. The producer was only 18, and his account of signing Crown International’s boilerplate contract leads Henrique into practical advice about reading, redlining and documenting distribution agreements. The producer recalled that Crown earned millions and continued sending small checks, making the movie’s unlikely commercial afterlife as memorable as its poster, television cut and repertory rediscovery. The original sidebars remain intact in evergreen form. The hosts use M3GAN 2.0 and 28 Years Later to debate sequels, trilogies, genre changes and why an ending determines how viewers understand everything before it. Henrique also shares firsthand stories about producing and shooting with indie filmmaker Mark Polonia, praising his humor, speed and firsthand knowledge of 1990s and early-2000s low-budget distribution. Both hosts call Malibu High a stream-it for committed exploitation fans: an acquired taste, but an ideal pizza-and-beer group watch and an oddity they both enjoy. LinksGet the book — Welcome to Primetime: The Unofficial Freddy’s Nightmares Companion Malibu High — original Tubi link Do You Even Movie? Email: doyouevenmoviepod@gmail.com Instagram X Facebook

    Malibu High (1979) – Sleaze, Exploitation, and One Wild Summer Movie
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Do You Even Movie? is a movie podcast for fans of cult classics, hidden gems, forgotten favorites, and delightfully strange cinema. Filmmaker Henrique Couto and movie aficionado David Denoyer revisit horror, comedy, action, family films, and other overlooked corners of movie history with sharp analysis, behind-the-scenes stories, and plenty of humor. Explore the complete archive to rediscover movies you love, uncover films you missed, and find your next offbeat favorite. From beloved classics to cinematic oddities, every episode celebrates the movies worth talking about.

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