On this week’s long-overdue new episode, Rebecca and Jason review three new releases about otherness and authenticity. Captain Marvel | cast: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Clark Gregg, Annette Bening, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law, Lashana Lynch | screenplay: Anna Boden,… Continue Reading
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
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
So hey, I’m starting a podcast! Despite being comically late to the party on this medium—and not being a podcast listener myself—I decided to take on this new adventure when my dear friend and fellow Ohio transplant Rebecca Olarte pitched me on it, with… Continue Reading
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
From September 3-14, 2014, I had the incredible privilege of attending the 39th annual Toronto International Film Festival—an event that, particularly within the last decade, has emerged as the unofficial kickoff of the all-important movie awards season. In recent years, eventual Oscar winners like… Continue Reading
starring: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Michelle Dockery, Corey Stoll, Lupita Nyong’o, Scoot McNairy written by: John W. Richardson, Chris Roach, Ryan Engle directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, some language, sensuality and drug… Continue Reading
starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Judy Greer, Gabriella Wild, Portia Doubleday, Ansel Elgort, Alex Russell screenplay: Lawrence D. Cohen and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa director: Kimberly Peirce MPAA: Rated R for bloody violence, disturbing images, language and some sexual content. In what… Continue Reading
My close personal friend someone I once sat at a very crowded table with in a hotel suite Joseph Gordon-Levitt continues expanding his creative empire with Don Jon, his feature-length debut as a writer and director. As the trailer makes… Continue Reading
Hot on the heels of winning ALL the awards for her work as Sarah Palin in Game Change, Julianne Moore is in the midst of her most prolific year yet: in addition to reprising her role as Nancy Donovan on… Continue Reading
