This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we review three new releases about people with strong, disruptive ideologies. The Boss [8:48—21:28] | cast: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage, Kristen Schaal, Tyler Labine, Kathy Bates | screenplay: Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone,… Continue Reading
Learn the name Jeff Nichols, because it’s one we’re all going to be talking about for years to come. After his well-received but little-seen debut, Shotgun Stories, in 2007, the 37-year-old Little Rock native emerged as arguably the most promising new American filmmaker… Continue Reading
This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we review four new releases—three of which are about struggling musicians, and three about ravenous pussyhounds. You’ll have to listen to the show to find out which ones don’t overlap! (Or you could just… Continue Reading
This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we review three new releases about messy interpersonal clashes. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 [5:41—21:47] | cast: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Andrea Martin, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Joey Fatone | screenplay: Nia Vardalos… Continue Reading
This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we review three new releases about women who fight for what they want and don’t take “no” for an answer—even when maybe they should. Allegiant | cast: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ansel Elgort, Miles… Continue Reading
When you’ve been in the game as long—and as famously—as two-time Oscar winner Sally Field, it’s rare to find a role so unique and unexpected that it reveals you to audiences in an entirely new light. But that’s just what Field, who turns… Continue Reading
On this very special episode of The Binge Movie Podcast, our intrepid podcast producer/cohost Rebecca Olarte conducts her very first interview, and it’s a doozy. Rebecca recently had the pleasure of sitting down with filmmaker Dawn Porter to discuss her essential new… Continue Reading
This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we review three new releases about grappling with external forces greater than oneself: 10 Cloverfield Lane | cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr. | screenplay: Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken, Damien… Continue Reading
This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we review three new releases about disasters of institutional, romantic, and natural varieties. Zootopia | voice cast: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Jenny Slate, Idris Elba, Shakira | screenplay: Jared Bush, Phil Johnston | directors:… Continue Reading
The idea that beautiful people can get away with anything is taken to brutal—and brutally funny—extremes in the comedy-thriller You’re Killing Me. Directed by Jim Hansen from a screenplay he co-wrote with star Jeffery Self, it’s the story of Joe (Matthew McKelligon),… Continue Reading
