The Binge Movie Podcast: Ready Player One | Isle of Dogs | Final Portrait

This week, Rebecca and Jason review three new releases about art and courage. Ready Player One (starts at 21:55) | cast: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, Lena Waithe, Simon Pegg, T.J. Miller | screenplay: Zak Penn, Ernest… Continue Reading

The Binge Movie Podcast: Baywatch | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | Wakefield

This week, Rebecca and Jason review three new releases about delusions of male grandeur. Baywatch (starts at 8:47) | cast: Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Jon Bass | screenplay: Damian Shannon, Mark Swift | director:… Continue Reading

The Binge Podcast: Spotlight, Brooklyn, I Smile Back, Love, Trumbo

Welcome to the third episode of The Binge Movie Podcast! This week, we cover everything from tender immigrant romance to full-on 3D cumshots. I do love the holidays. Tune in below to hear Rebecca Olarte and I discuss the following:… Continue Reading

The Best and Worst of the Toronto International Film Festival 2015

The big story at this year’s 40th installment of the Toronto International Film Festival was, sadly, the lack of stories to talk about. Just when I thought it couldn’t get any more dire than last year (my first in attendance),… Continue Reading

Stray Musings I Had While Watching “Godzilla”

starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn written by: Max Borenstein directed by: Gareth Edwards MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of destruction, mayhem and creature violence In keeping with the ongoing Nolan-ization… Continue Reading