The Binge Movie Podcast: mother! | Battle of the Sexes | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Stronger | Brad’s Status

This week, Rebecca and Jason return from their month-long hiatus with a super-sized new episode featuring no fewer than four movies Jason saw at TIFF (ding!) this year. mother! (starts at 26:20) | cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer,… Continue Reading

The Binge Movie Podcast: Fences | Hidden Figures | Silence | Passengers

This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, Jason and Rebecca review three new releases about dreams, callings, and deceit. Fences (4:36—26:56) | cast: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson | screenplay: August Wilson |… Continue Reading

The Binge Movie Podcast: Alice Through the Looking Glass | Weiner | X-Men: Apocalypse

This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we review three new releases about complicated, difficult men—the Mad Hatter, Anthony Weiner, and Erik “Magneto” Lehnsherr—and the coordinated team efforts required to mollify and contain them. Alice Through the Looking Glass (8:53—25:19)… Continue Reading

The Binge Movie Podcast: Joy | Concussion | Mustang

This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we focus on three movies about determined, resilient protagonists bucking up against systems designed to break them. Joy | cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Virginia Madsen, Bradley Cooper, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Ladd,… Continue Reading

The Binge Podcast: Carol, Creed, Mockingjay Part 2, Legend, Victor Frankenstein

Welcome to the fourth episode of The Binge Movie Podcast. This week, we discuss a touching same-sex period love story about two people from different ages and class backgrounds who fall in love despite the limitations imposed by those around them. I’m… Continue Reading