Ryan King
Appears in 152 Episodes
In a Lonely Place (1950)
It's Noirvember, and we're diving into a film noir classic with Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place (1950), starring all-time greats Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame. T...
Recommend or Refute | Digger (2026), Toy Story 5 (2026), Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (2026)
Join the Afterthoughts crew for a Recommend or Refute featuring a trifecta of new 2026 films. John defends the big swing of Alejandro Iñárritu's Digger, Ryan debates w...
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood (2019)
Buckle up and crank the radio, The Afterthoughts Podcast is about to cruise around the Los Angeles of yesteryear as Dixon, John, and Ryan talk Quentin Tarantino's Once...
Recommend or Refute | Resident Evil (2026), Witchcraft (1988), Anomalisa (2015)
It's a spooky season Recommend or Refute. John breaks down Zach Cregger's new Resident Evil (2026) reboot, Ryan tackles another prolific horror franchise with Witchcr...
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
Don't google this movie title without additional keywords like "plot", "film" or "netflix". Otherwise you'll just get a hotline number and some consolation. What's spo...
Recommend or Refute | Terrifier (2016), Buddy (2026), Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Welcome to a spooky edition of Recommend or Refute. Ryan tackles another horror franchise with Terrifier (2016), Dixon reviews a scary twist on Barney and Friends with...
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
Spooky Season is upon us and Ryan has hand picked a lesser known horror film to share with the crew. The simplistically titled Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) is a...
Recommend or Refute: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026), Milky Subway: The Galactic Limited Express (2026), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
Welcome to another Recommend or Refute episode! Dixon discusses Jane Schoenbrun's meditative sexual take on horror reboots Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)...
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 F...
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 w...
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 ...
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? ...
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 filmogr...
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 cle...
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 ...
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 Intel...
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 Sch...
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...
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 y...
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...