Ryan King
Appears in 142 Episodes
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...
Recommend or Refute | Titan A.E. (2000), The Dress Up Gang (2019), The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
It's recommendin' and refutin' time! Ryan breaks down Don Bluth's animated sci-fi Titan A.E. (2000), John shines a light on the indie television comedy The Dress Up G...
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...
Recommend or Refute | World of Tomorrow (2015), Boys Go to Jupiter (2024), The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026)
Dixon's back to discuss the Don Hertzfeldt animated short World of Tomorrow (2015), John breaks down the animated feature film Boys Go to Jupiter (2024), and Ryan reco...
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' amb...
Recommend and/or Refute | A Shot In The Dark (1964), Constantine (2005), One, Two, Three (1961), and Playtime (1967)
Dixon is still abroad, so in this session Ryan and John attempt to keep things on the rails with a standard Recommend or Refute episode. The only problem is Ryan has a...
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 f...
Recommend or Refute | Don't Look Now (1973), Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025), Coyote Ugly (2000) & Miami Vice (1984)
On this episode of Recommend or Refute, Dixon continues with his Italy-on-the-mind movie watching recs, Ryan takes the bullet for all of us and talks about the latest ...
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...
Recommend or Refute | Body of Evidence (1993), Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025), The White Sheik (1952)
It's recommendin' and refutin' time. John explores the Madonna starring sexy thriller Body of Evidence (1993), Ryan goes completely off the rails and talks about some ...
True Stories (1986)
Take a journey with us to the small town of Virgil, Texas and meet its many quirky inhabitants. Like Louis Fyne, a big dancin' bear on the hunt for matrimony, Earl Cul...