<p>&#8220;The Kick&#8221; is a theme-obsessed movie podcast where new releases are the ultimate excuse to fill blindspots and let that completist flag fly.</p>
<p>Part of the <a href="https://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/">Now Playing Network</a>, the show runs in multi-episode arcs—or <em>kicks</em>—that explore a particular sub-genre or filmography, and then culminate in a relevant new film. As in, “I’m on a sports-romance kick, and it won’t be over until I see <em>Challengers.</em>&#8221;</p>
<p>Every week, host Chance Solem-Pfeifer is joined by a fellow writer, filmmaker, or movie appreciator. You can contact him at <span class="il">chancesolempfeifer [at] gmail [dot] com</span> and <a href="https://www.wweek.com/search/chance%20solem-pfeifer/">read his film writings in the Willamette Week</a>.</p>


About “The Kick”

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<p>It&#8217;s match point of our sports-romance kick and hooooo, baby. &#8220;<strong>Challengers</strong>&#8221; is here, and we&#8217;ve got writer <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-barr-creative/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alex Barr</a> on the program to discuss this year’s sweatiest, hungriest, horniest movie. We talk tennis as sex, sex as tennis, the movie&#8217;s use of food, unexplained bruises, a different side of Zendaya, bafflingly inventive cinematography, and so much more.</p>
<p>This marks the capstone of our Sports Romance kick, but there might be a bonus episode? We shall see!</p>


‘Challengers’ with Alex Barr

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<p>A cop and robber touch souls on the penultimate episode of our sports-romance kick. It&#8217;s &#8220;<strong>Point</strong> <strong>Break</strong>&#8221; week, baby. <a href="https://twitter.com/bcfonfilm" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Bennett</strong> <strong>Campbell</strong> <strong>Ferguson</strong></a> is here to dig into everyone&#8217;s favorite surfing-skydiving-beach football spectacular. We break down good vs. goofy Keanu, assess how Kathryn Bigelow&#8217;s first big hit epitomized her directing style, and try to figure out what to call Swayze&#8217;s take on the femme fatale.</p>
<p>By the way, as of this episode&#8217;s publishing, our friend Ben has moved on from Willamette Week, where he rose from intern to arts editor over the course of 8 years. I&#8217;m damn happy for that guy and very grateful he was my immediate editor for two years. At the end of the episode, BCF mentions his favorite piece he ever wrote for the paper was <a href="https://www.wweek.com/arts/movies/2022/07/19/how-tom-shone-wrote-the-book-literally-on-christopher-nolans-dark-knight-trilogy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this feature</a> with Chris Nolan biography Tom Shone. Nobody knows Nolan like Ben (and Tom Shone). Give it a read.</p>
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‘Point Break’ with Bennett Campbell Ferguson

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<p>This week, dreams of soccer stardom clash with a host of familial and cultural expectations. Writer <strong>Jessie</strong> <strong>Tu</strong> (<a href="https://womensagenda.com.au/author/jessie-tu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Women’s Agenda</a>, “<a href="https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Jessie-Tu-Honeyeater-9781761470745" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Honeyeater</a>”) is here to break down how &#8220;<strong>Bend It Like Beckham</strong>&#8221; (2002) changed the culture, showcased heartfelt father-daughter relationships, and everything happening in that one dizzying nightclub scene.</p>
<p>Plus, is this another movie where the romance is not between the obvious athletes? Just sayin&#8217;.</p>
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‘Bend It Like Beckham’ with Jessie Tu

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<p>Tie the boards to the ‘61 Chevy, and let&#8217;s take this sports-romance series into the waves! Writer <strong>Emma Specter</strong> (Vogue) is here to discuss why &#8220;<strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Crush</strong>&#8221; is the ultimate women’s sports &#8220;sleepover movie.&#8221;</p>
<p>We also get into the power of Michelle Rodriguez on a jet ski, a healthy fear of the ocean, and whether the romance in “Blue Crush” is between the right characters.</p>
<p>Emma&#8217;s debut memoir &#8220;More, Please&#8221; is out July 9! Preorder here:<br />
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‘Blue Crush’ with Emma Specter

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<p>Four quarters, two players, one game for your heart. No movie in this sports-romance series creates team chemistry between the &#8220;sports&#8221; and &#8220;romance&#8221; genres quite like <strong>LOVE &amp; BASKETBALL</strong>.</p>
<p>Podcaster, sports journalist, and former college hooper <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jordanligons/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jordan Robinson</a></strong> joins the program to discuss the movie&#8217;s on-court realism, athlete couples, the enormous pressures on college basketball players, and the LOVE &amp; BASKETBALL character she finally feels bad for two decades later.</p>
<p>Listen to Jordan&#8217;s WNBA podcast, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/queens-of-the-court/id1681606343" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Queens of the Court</em></a>, with basketball legend Sheryl Swoopes.</p>
<p>Read her <a href="http://www.theringer.com/movies/2020/4/21…year-anniversary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020 remembrance of Love &amp; Basketball</a>, featuring countless great interviews.</p>


‘Love & Basketball’ with Jordan Robinson

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<p>What if a washed-up tennis journeyman (Paul Bettany) and a rising phenom (Kirsten Dunst) made a pact to hook up before every round of Wimbledon?</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a big swing from this 2004 rom-com, but how&#8217;s its follow-through? <strong>Noah Ballard</strong> (Verve) joins our sports-romance kick to analyze the darker movie at the core of &#8220;<strong>Wimbledon</strong>,&#8221; savor the film&#8217;s giant cast, and regale us with racquet-sports anecdotes from his own life.</p>
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‘Wimbledon’ with Noah Ballard

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<p>She&#8217;s a pairs figure skater who keeps rejecting partners; he&#8217;s a washed-up hockey player. Can they win gold by falling in love and performing an unthinkable maneuver? With a setup like that, &#8220;<strong>The Cutting Edge</strong>&#8221; (1992) is the perfect launchpad for our Sports Romances kick.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.emilylnewman.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Emily L. Newman</strong></a> (Texas A&amp;M Unversity-Commerce) is here to break down the banter, the costumes, the battle of the sexes, and the Pamchenko Twist as a symbol of impossible love. You can catch up with Emily&#8217;s wonderful writing on <em>The Cutting Edge </em>right <a href="https://avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2023/12/14/most-illogical-display-of-love-the-cutting-edge-1992/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>
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‘The Cutting Edge’ with Emily L. Newman

<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-5732" src="https://bereelpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dune2-300x169.webp" alt="" width="641" height="361" srcset="https://bereelpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dune2-300x169.webp 300w, https://bereelpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dune2-1024x577.webp 1024w, https://bereelpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dune2-768x433.webp 768w, https://bereelpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dune2.webp 1296w" sizes="(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px" /></p>
<p>At last, we&#8217;ve arrived at our first kick&#8217;s climactic question: Is &#8220;<strong>Dune: Part Two</strong>&#8221; a superior sequel?</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/thobennett" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Bennett Campbell Ferguson</strong></a> (Willamette Week) is here to answer emphatically. We talk sandworm setpieces, Chalamet&#8217;s gravitas or lack thereof, and this sequel&#8217;s complex relationship to fate and character development.</p>
<p>Many, many thanks to you, listeners, and the <a href="https://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Now Playing Network</a> for supporting this new show! Kick No. 2 is mere weeks away.</p>


Bennett Campbell Ferguson

‘Dune: Part Two’ with Bennett Campbell Ferguson

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<p>Heeeeere&#8217;s Danny! On the penultimate episode of our &#8220;Superior Sequels&#8221; kick, horror writer <a href="https://thebloggingbanshee.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Molly Henery</strong></a> nominates &#8220;<strong>Doctor</strong> <strong>Sleep</strong>,&#8221; the 2019 sequel to &#8220;The Shining.&#8221;</p>
<p>A bold take? Perhaps! But Stephen King certainly agrees, and Molly goes deep on the film&#8217;s sweeping character development as now-adult Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) faces down a vampire cult and the specter of the Overlook Hotel. We also dive into director Mike Flanagan&#8217;s adaptation skills, speculate about 300-year-old tophats, and expand a moon-landing conspiracy theory.</p>
<p>Steam or shine, The Kick continues. Listen here. Oh, and don&#8217;t miss the latest installments of Molly&#8217;s <a href="https://certifiedforgotten.com/author/thebloggingbanshee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Uterus Horror column</a>.</p>
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Molly Henery 

‘Doctor Sleep’ with Molly Henery

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‘House II: The Second Story’ with Susan Tomorrow

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<p>Sometimes, &#8220;superior sequel&#8221; status is declared right in the movie&#8217;s title. This week, <a href="https://www.wweek.com/author/bennett-campbell-ferguson/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bennett Campbell Ferguson</a> is here to nominate &#8220;The Bourne Supremacy&#8221; (2004) for its frenetic action, underrated love story, and Matt Damon&#8217;s cargo shorts. We also break down Greengrass vs. Liman, sing the Bourne theme almost immediately, and get *this close* to remembering our real names.</p>
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‘The Bourne Supremacy’ with Bennett Campbell Ferguson

<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-5692" src="https://bereelpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/home_alone_2-300x169.webp" alt="" width="573" height="323" srcset="https://bereelpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/home_alone_2-300x169.webp 300w, https://bereelpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/home_alone_2-1024x577.webp 1024w, https://bereelpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/home_alone_2-768x433.webp 768w, https://bereelpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/home_alone_2.webp 1296w" sizes="(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px" /></p>
<p>To some folks, &#8220;Home Alone 2&#8221; is just the same movie again (and they&#8217;re right). But to others, it&#8217;s an &#8220;obscene artifact&#8221;—and a superior sequel at that. On today&#8217;s show, old podcast pal and literary agent extraordinaire Noah Ballard makes his case for why Kevin McCallister&#8217;s Christmas déjà vu succeeds in going darker, showcasing unforgettable audio technology, and presaging the ills of the next American century.</p>
<p>Everybody say, &#8220;Hiya, pal!&#8221;</p>


‘Home Alone 2: Lost In New York’ with Noah Ballard

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<p>You hear that? &#8230; Is it Eywa&#8217;s heartbeat? Or the birth of a new podcast, maybe?</p>
<p>Let it be both. Today, we start our first &#8220;kick&#8221; with <em>Avatar: The Way of Water </em>(2022)—a sequel with twice the cast, twice the mo-cap, and twice the reasons for Jim Cameron to believe in himself. Joining us is the fantastic writer (and &#8220;Avatar guy&#8221;) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnDiLillo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John DiLillo</a> to unpack <em>Way of Water</em>&#8216;s &#8220;refinement&#8221; of the 2009 original, go beyond the spectacle, and act as the guinea pig for a segment called &#8220;Truth or Trivia.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The  Kick&#8221; is proudly part of the <a href="https://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Now Playing Network</a>.</p>


‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ with John DiLillo

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<p>Still missing &#8220;Be Reel&#8221;? Well, Chance is launching a new movie pod to fill that hole in your weekly listening diet. &#8220;The Kick&#8221; will debut on Jan. 31 and unfold in themed miniseries—the first of which is &#8220;Superior Sequels.&#8221; Every guest is bringing a sequel they consider better than its original film and breaking down why they love and prefer that sequel. There will be games, big questions, sequel philosophy, and much more.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the schedule for Kick #1.</p>
<ul>
<li class="p1"><strong>Jan. 31</strong> &#8211; Avatar: The Way of Water</li>
<li class="p1"><strong>Feb. 7</strong> &#8211; Home Alone 2: Lost in New York</li>
<li class="p1"><strong>Feb. 14</strong> &#8211; The Bourne Supremacy</li>
<li class="p1"><strong>Feb. 21</strong> &#8211; House II: The Second Story</li>
<li class="p1"><strong>Feb. 28</strong> &#8211; Doctor Sleep</li>
<li class="p1"><strong>March 6</strong> &#8211; Dune: Part Two</li>
</ul>
<p>You can subscribe to <em>The Kick</em> wherever you get your podcasts. <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-kick/id983292375" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple is here</a>, and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1UrDNTSBQr5KgUBUXS7anF" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spotify is here</a>. Certainly appreciate a kind rating!</p>
<p>Should be a fun ride. Keep it tuned.</p>
