This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, I have the pleasure of sitting down for a chat with Barry Jenkins, screenwriter/director of the profound new drama Moonlight. Based on an unpublished play by Tarell Alvin McRaney, set and shot in the… Continue Reading
This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we review two new releases about protagonists who’ve lived many lives and don’t shy away from an awkward moment. The Accountant (10:47—25:55) | cast: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, Jon Bernthal, J.K. Simmons, John Lithgow,… Continue Reading
On this week’s welcome-back episode of The Binge Movie Podcast, we review four new releases about bondage and purpose. The Birth of a Nation (7:59—28:20) | cast: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Penelope Ann Miller, Jackie Earle Haley, Gabrielle… Continue Reading
This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we review four new releases about life, death, and shocking revelations. For our review of Antibirth, we’re joined by noted Natasha Lyonne horror movie expert Joshua Grannell, a.k.a. Peaches Christ, who himself wrote… Continue Reading
This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we review three new releases about people responding poorly to new locations. Don’t Breathe (5:58—20:55) | cast: Jane Levy, Stephen Lang, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto | writers: Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues | director:… Continue Reading
Out of all the stars who first (and, for many, last) grabbed our attention during the late-’90s teen movie boom, Clea DuVall is firmly among the most memorable. With her choppy androgynous hair, intimidating glare, and delightfully surly demeanor, she stood out… Continue Reading
This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we start off with a lengthy analysis of the biggest film-world controversy in recent memory—The Birth of a Nation star/writer/director Nate Parker‘s recently-uncovered college past as an accused rapist—then review three new releases about outsider… Continue Reading
This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we review five (five!) new releases about, let’s say…loss of innocence and disillusionment. Pete’s Dragon (8:13—28:40) | cast: Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban | screenplay: David Lowery,… Continue Reading
This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we review three new releases that take heavy approaches to light subject matter. Suicide Squad (6:21—29:07) | cast: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Joel Kinnaman, Jared Leto, Cara Delevingne | writer/director: David Ayer [Trailer]… Continue Reading
This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we do a midyear check-in to count down our 10 favorite movies of 2016 so far before we head into prestige season. However abominable this year has been for celebrity deaths, political dystopia, and… Continue Reading
