logo
episode-header-image
Aug 2024
2 h

‘Purple Rain’ With Bill Simmons and Wesl...

The Ringer
About this episode
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to rewatch a movie called ‘Purple Rain.’ The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Wesley Morris dive deep into Prince’s 1984 acting debut, staring Prince, Apollonia, and Morris Day. Watch this episode on our Ringer Movies YouTube channel! Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a ... Show More
Up next
Yesterday
‘The Nice Guys’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Rob Mahoney
Bill, Chris, and Rob play a little game called shut up unless you’re me after rewatching Shane Black’s 2016 cult classic ‘The Nice Guys’ starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Chia Hao Tat, Edaurdo Ocampo, and Matt Pevic This episode is sponsored by A ... Show More
1h 29m
Mar 19
A CR Month Mailbag!
Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck open up the Rewatchables mailbag and read some listener emails on everything from worst possible movies to see on a date to The Rewatchables Pantheon Pyramid to the worst actor athletic performances of all time. Producers: Craig Horlbe ... Show More
1h 37m
Mar 17
‘To Live and Die in L.A.’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey
It’s CR Month, which means it’s time to crank up Wang Chung and take a ride on the wrong side of the road in Los Angeles to revisit William Friedkin’s ‘To Live and Die in L.A.’ starring William L. Petersen, Willem Dafoe, and John Pankow. Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Chia Hao Tat, E ... Show More
2h 12m
Recommended Episodes
Apr 2024
#611 — Jordan Peele, Rufus Sewell & Philip Martin, Nell Tiger Free & Bill Nighy
This week's Empire Podcast has more guests than the Overlook Hotel, all chatting to Chris Hewitt about their new movies. First, producer Jordan Peele tells Chris why he was so taken by Dev Patel's directorial debut, Monkey Man, that he came on board to help it get a theatrical re ... Show More
2 h
Mar 2024
GGACP Classic: M. Emmet Walsh
GGACP salutes the life and career of the late, legendary character actor M. Emmet Walsh (“Blade Runner,” “Fletch,” “The Jerk”) by revisiting this memorable (to say the least) interview from 2018. In this episode, Emmet talks about nailing auditions, stealing scenes, reinventing c ... Show More
1h 23m
Mar 2023
BILLY WILLIAMS - Cinematographer
<p>SEASON 2 - EPISODE 28 - BILLY WILLIAMS - CINEMATOGRAPHER</p> <p>Cinematographer Billy Williams, BSC (WOMEN IN LOVE, ON GOLDEN POND, GANDHI) has seen it all, and he's sharing a generous amount of that with us on today's episode of the Team Deakins Podcast. Billy reveals what it ... Show More
1h 55m
Feb 2025
Mavericks Fans Revolt, ‘SNL 50’ Guesses, Oscars Watch, and Super Bowl Leftovers With Bryan Curtis and Matt Belloni
The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Bryan Curtis to discuss lingering Super Bowl LIX thoughts (2:58), as well as the Luka Doncic trade from the POV of a longtime Mavericks fan (22:07). Then Bill talks with Matt Belloni about the highly anticipated 'SNL 50' show (59:00), Oscars ... Show More
2h 2m
Nov 2025
Benjamin Levy Aguilar (Dante Torres on Chicago P.D.)
Host Brian Luce sits down with Benjamin Levy Aguilar to discuss his fortuitous journey to becoming Dante Torres on Chicago P.D., and how discovering a love for acting changed his life for the better. You can watch this interview on the One Chicago YouTube channel or streaming on ... Show More
42m 38s
Mar 2023
318 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood LIVE
On this episode of The Cine-Files LIVE, hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris revisit and discuss ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD for our Season of Tarantino! Join them and offer up your thoughts about these incredible films that are more topical than you might think in 2023. If you ha ... Show More
1h 32m
Nov 2022
305 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Live
On this episode of The Cine-Files LIVE, hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris revisit, review and discuss Batman: The Mask of the Phantasm as they offer up their tribute to the late, great Kevin Conroy. You can listen to the conversation here but videos are made for watching and you ... Show More
1h 12m
Jan 2023
Season 1, Episode 3 - “Long, Long Time”
Host Troy Baker and Showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann talk about the departure the series took into the story of Bill and Frank. Craig and Neil also reveal the thinking behind casting Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett to portray this middle-aged love and reveal an easter ... Show More
50m 51s
Oct 2021
Prince of Darkness with Keith Phipps
Every filmmaker gets one “Satan in a jar in a basement” movie and this is John Carpenter’s! Keith Phipps (The Next Picture Podcast) joins us to chat “the anti-God,” fictional British scientist Bernard Quatermass, and young David Sims’ humble beginnings as an “It’s Always Sunny” r ... Show More
2h 20m
Feb 2025
Did Bridget Jones make Mark cry? + Stephen Graham & Malachi Kirby
We hope this week’s podcast will earn your ‘quiet affirmative noises’--whatever they might sound like...??? Listeners to last week’s show may remember one correspondent’s story of a film eliciting this mysterious and elusive sound—and you’ve kindly sent in some examples to clear ... Show More
1h 7m