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Warning -- this podcast contains spoilers, but you shouldn't care. Welcome to Hey James Watch This, a celebration of mediocrity! In this and indeed every episode, Russ and Frye will try to convince their friend James why he should watch an absolutely unnecessary film. Hey James... Watch This!New Episodes Tuesdays!Logo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntrovoiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrocker

Hey James Watch This


    • Jun 3, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Episode 247: Frye's Not Here (again), Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 36:07


    "One must be reasonable in one's demands on life. For myself, all that I ask is: (1) accurate information; (2) coherent knowledge; (3) deep understanding; (4) infinite loving wisdom; (5) no more kidney stones, please."-- Edward AbbeyLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 246: Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire + Dragonheart: Vengeance

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 45:37


    Episode Two Hundred and Forty-Six: Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire (2017)Dragonheart: Vengeance (2020)"Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive."-- Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!Logo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 245: The Cutting Room Floor -- May 2025!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 31:17


    "It's another outtakes episode. Happy Josephine Baker Day."-- RussLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 244: Detective Chinatown + Little Big Soldier

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 61:44


    Episode Two Hundred and Forty-Four: Detective Chinatown (2015)唐人街探案 (2015)Little Big Soldier (2010)大兵小将 (2010)"I like to go back to Chinese filmmaking from time to time."-- Ang LeeLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 243: Cowboys & Aliens + The Rover

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 70:02


    Episode Two Hundred and Forty-Three: Cowboys & Aliens (2011)The Rover (2014)"I love westerns. It's guys being guys. There's no room for frilly stuff."-- Jason StathamLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 242: Sukiyaki Western Django + Emma

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 74:38


    Episode Two Hundred and Forty-Two: Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)スキヤキ・ウエスタン ジャンゴ (2007)Emma (2020)"Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away."-- Oscar WildeLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 241: Copshop + Filth

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 52:16


    Episode Two Hundred and Forty-One: Copshop (2021)Filth (2013)"We're police officers! We're not trained to handle this kind of violence!"-- Benjamin Bratt as Officer Alfredo Garcia, Demolition Man (1993)Logo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 240: Desert Coffee + Off the Grid + The Pez Outlaw

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 38:02


    Episode Two Hundred and Forty: Desert Coffee (2017)Off the Grid (2022)The Pez Outlaw (2022)"What's great about documentary, it seems to me, is that it can be experimental filmmaking. You have a license to do a lot of diverse things under the umbrella of 'documentary.'"-- Errol Morris"You will never know the work that went into this single garbage episode."-- RussLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 239: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown + The Passenger

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 58:22


    Episode Two Hundred and Thirty-Nine: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)The Passenger (2021)La pasajera (2021)"I was born at a bad time for Spain, but a really good one for cinema."-- Pedro AlmodovarLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 238: She is Conann + Year One

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 55:22


    Episode Two Hundred and Thirty-Eight: She is Conann (2023)Year One (2009)"In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative; fight, flee - or laugh."-- Robert OrbenLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 237: A Simple Favor + City of Fear

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 47:21


    Episode Two Hundred and Thirty-Seven: A Simple Favor (2018)City of Fear (1959)"I think there are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground."-- Werner HerzogLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 236: Basically Just One Long Trivia Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 37:05


    "It's because I scheduled a trip and messed up the recording schedule."-- RussLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 235: A Day's Pleasure + Dementia 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 40:24


    Episode Two Hundred and Thirty-Five: A Day's Pleasure (1919)Dementia 13 (1963)"Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected."-- Robert FrankLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 234: Superfast! + Lost Bullet

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 44:53


    Episode Two Hundred and Thirty-Four: Superfast! (2015)Lost Bullet (2020)Balle perdue (2020)"Screw the dialogue, let's wreck some cars."-- Hal NeedhamLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 233: Frye's Not Here, Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 33:42


    "Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated."-- Alphonse de LamartineLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 232: The Conference + The Watchers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 45:11


    Episode Two Hundred and Thirty-Two: The Conference (2023)Konferensen (2023)The Watchers (2024)"Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes."-- John le CarreLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 231: City Hunter + Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 37:03


    Episode Two Hundred and Thirty-One: City Hunter (2024)シティーハンター (2024)Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)一命 (2011)"智ちゃん、呪いのビデオ見たんだよ。"-- リング (1998)Logo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 230: This Giant Papier Mache Boulder is Actually Really Heavy + Shark Side of the Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 38:14


    Episode Two Hundred and Thirty: This Giant Papier Mache Boulder is Actually Really Heavy (2016)Shark Side of the Moon (2022)“I've come to the conclusion that many low budget ... sci-fi films of the fifties and early sixties were slow and seemingly devoid of action because they were designed to provide a kind of wallpaper for the kids who were only in the theater to make-out. ” -- Frank ConniffLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 229: The Christ Slayer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 48:11


    Episode Two Hundred and Twenty-Nine: The Christ Slayer (2019)"Warning: the Slayer has entered the facility." -- Phobos intercom, Doom Eternal Logo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 228: The Outlaw King + Krew Boga

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 59:16


    Episode Two Hundred and Twenty-Eight: The Outlaw King (2018)Krew Boga (2018)"You get to stay seated the whole time, and you never have to say anything demoralizing like, 'How many ducats for yon turkey leg?' You're allowed to cheer for the knight whose section you're sitting in, but no one's going to prod you if you don't. It is the closest one can get to the experience of eating at a Spirit Halloween, I think, by which I mean everything is chaotic and perfunctory in the most charming, human ways possible."-- Daniel M. Lavery, on Medieval Times Dinner & TournamentLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 227: We're the Millers + What We Did on Our Holiday

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 59:12


    Episode Two Hundred and Twenty-Seven: We're the Millers (2013)What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)"A vacation is a sunburn at premium prices."-- Hal ChadwickeLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 226: The Year in Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 47:47


    "Happy New Year...again."-- RussLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 225: Christmas Spectacular 2024 - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 35:30


    "Happy New Year."-- RussLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 224: Christmas Spectacular 2024 - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 33:27


    "Merry Christmas."-- RussLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 223: Gingerdead Man vs. Evil Bong + Elves

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 41:23


    Episode Two Hundred and Twenty-Three: Gingerdead Man vs. Evil Bong (2013)Elves (1989)"Behind every tale of Christmas monsters lurks the true darkness of Christmas... No matter how brightly our fires burn, or how many fairy lights we turn on, Christmas is still spent deep in the shadows."-- Sarah CleggLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 222: Hercule Poirot's Christmas + Black Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 47:02


    Episode Two Hundred and Twenty-Two: Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1994)Black Christmas (2019)“Crime doesn't stop for Christmas!”-- Francis Duncan, Murder for Christmas Logo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 221: Dual + Bloodbath at the House of Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 42:07


    Episode Two Hundred and Twenty-One: Dual (2022)Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)"Human cloning is coming."  -- Mike PenceLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 220: M3GAN + Cutie Honey

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 51:58


    Episode Two Hundred and Twenty: M3GAN (2022)Cutie Honey (2004)"Robots have solved and will continue to solve so many human problems. Except for all the ones that they cause."  -- Hank GreenLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 219: The Children + Braven

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 46:48


    Episode Two Hundred and Nineteen: The Children (2008)Braven (2018)"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water." -- Carl ReinerLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 218: Nobody Knows I'm Here + Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 43:52


    Episode Two Hundred and Eighteen: Nobody Knows I'm Here (2020)Nadie Sabe Que Estoy Aquí (2020)Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman (2012)Tráiganme la Cabeza de la Mujer Metralleta (2012)“In Chile, they have no movies. They have awful popular movies." -- Alejandro JodorowskyLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 217: Call Me Chihiro + Gozu

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 58:20


    Episode Two Hundred and Seventeen: Call Me Chihiro (2023)ちひろさん (2023) Gozu (2003)極道恐怖大劇場 牛頭 GOZU (2003)“I'm not the ambassador of Japan or Japanese culture.”-- Ryuichi SakamotoLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 216: The Cutting Room Floor -- All the Bathroom Breaks

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 31:15


    "All we do is piss."-- RussLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 215: Halloween Spooktacular! (part 3 of 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 38:19


    “...WEEN!”-- RussLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 214: Halloween Spooktacular! (part 2 of 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 36:33


    “...HALLO...”-- RussLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 213: Halloween Spooktacular! (part 1 of 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 36:50


    “HAPPY...”-- RussLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 212: Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer + The Retreat

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 37:45


    Episode Two Hundred and Twelve: Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2007)The Retreat (2020)“Monsters in movies are us, always us, one way or the other. They're us with hats on. The zombies in George Romero's movies are us. They're hungry. Monsters are us, the dangerous parts of us. The part that wants to destroy; the part of us with the reptile brain. The part of us that's vicious and cruel. We express these in our stories as these monsters out there.”-- John CarpenterLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 211: Kinky Boots + The Neon Demon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024 64:01


    Episode Two Hundred and Eleven: Kinky Boots (2005)The Neon Demon (2016)"Fashion is merely an opinion. And I've got a lot of opinions." -- Kanye WestLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 210: Burnt + The Dinner

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 72:32


    Episode Two Hundred and Ten: Burnt (2015)The Dinner (1998)La Cena (1998)"Food should be fun." -- Thomas KellerLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 209: Gunpowder Milkshake + Iron Angels

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 61:07


    Episode Two Hundred and Nine: Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)Iron Angels (1987)天使行動 (1987)"I never thought I could handleA girl with gunsAnd let me tell youYou can bet that I'm not the only one"-- Tommy ShawLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 208: Attack on Finland + Why Don't You Play in Hell?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 48:55


    Episode Two Hundred and Eight: Attack on Finland (2021)Omerta 6/12 (2021)Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)地獄でなぜ悪い (2013)"One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice."-- Steven SeagalLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 207: Life After Beth + Crimes of the Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 65:34


    Episode Two Hundred and Seven: Life After Beth (2014)Crimes of the Future (2022)"I like horror movies, and in fact I like them even more now after making one. I just think they're much more liberating because you don't really have to apply a very strict logic." -- Gore VerbinskiLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 206: The Guardians + Big Man Japan

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 51:31


    Episode Two Hundred and Six: The Guardians (2017)Защитники (2017)Big Man Japan (2007)大日本人 (2007)"Superheroes aren't my deal." -- John CarpenterLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 205: Theodore Rex + Anonymous Rex

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 61:49


    Episode Two Hundred and Five: Theodore Rex (1995)Anonymous Rex (2004)"We all have a dinosaur deep within us just trying to get out." -- Colin MochrieLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 204: A Walk Among the Tombstones + Outrage

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 44:42


    Episode Two Hundred and Four: A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)Outrage (2010)アウトレイジ (2010)"My main concern was 'How should these guys be killed?' Only after I decided that did I write the story to match."-- Takeshi KitanoLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 203: The Cutting Room Floor -- July 2024!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 30:08


    "It's another outtakes episode. Happy Summer. Again."-- RussLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 202: Cloud Atlas + The Gene Generation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 41:55


    Episode Two Hundred and Two: Cloud Atlas (2012)The Gene Generation (2007)"How can I dare to guess about humans in the far future? It is, I think, only a matter of natural selection. If we become even slightly more violent, shortsighted, ignorant, and selfish than we are now, almost certainly we will have no future."-- Carl SaganLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 201: Secretary + Hysteria

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 44:30


    Episode Two Hundred and One: Secretary (2002)Hysteria (2011)"If love is what you need, you must be willing to travel to the ends of the world to find it."-- Medivh, Warcraft (2016)Logo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 200: Shield of Straw

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 45:32


    Episode Two Hundred: Shield of Straw (2013)藁の楯 (2013)"I do not like assassins, or men of low character."-- Gene HackmanLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 199: Hit Man + Mother

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 41:37


    Episode One Hundred and Ninety-Nine: Hit Man (2023)Mother (2020)マザー (2020)"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story."-- Mark TwainLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 198: Circle Line + Hercules in the Underworld

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 55:04


    Episode One Hundred and Ninety-Eight: Circle Line (2023)生死环线 (2023)Hercules in the Underworld (1994)"I've always been attracted to the underworld."-- Mariana van ZellerLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

    Episode 197: The Cutting Room Floor -- June 2024!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 31:06


    For reference -- The Uncomfortable"It's another outtakes episode. Happy Summer."-- RussLogo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

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