The Binge Movie Podcast

Rebecca and Jason are joined by writer/producer George Northy (G.B.F., Charmed) to break down the WGA strike and guest review an especially nerdy slate of recent releases: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3, THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES…and odd-man-out queer horror comedy SUMMONING SYLVIA.…

Rebecca and Jason are joined by fan favorite guest Ashley De La Torre for an Oscars recap and a sequel-palooza of reviews: CREED III, SCREAM VI, and ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA.由The Binge

Rebecca and Jason are ready to surprise each other with their top and bottom five movies of 2022. Will they have any overlap? Will it come to blows? Will M3GAN preemptively claim top honors for 2023? Only one way to find out!由The Binge

Guys, it finally happened: Rebecca and Jason recorded together IN PERSON for the first time in nearly three years! Did it become a cautionary tale about our Covid-weakened immune systems? Irrelevant! The important thing is that they sat together in Jason’s LA living room and discussed Tobias Lindholm’s THE GOOD NURSE (which they’d just watched toge…

For our first episode of 2022 prestige movie season, we break down Nicholas Stoller’s BROS, Andrew Dominik’s BLONDE, Anne Fletcher’s HOCUS POCUS 2, and Lena Dunham’s CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY.由The Binge

We’re on a roll with a new all-or-nothing episode! This week, we review Dan Trachtenberg’s PREY, John Logan’s THEY/THEM, Lena Dunham’s SHARP STICK, James Morosini’s I LOVE MY DAD, and Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat’s OFFICIAL SELECTION.由The Binge

Our comeback train continues running right on schedule! On this episode, we review the Russo Brothers’ THE GRAY MAN, Billy Porter’s ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE, Audrey Diwan’s HAPPENING, and Peter Strickland’s FLUX GOURMET—and agree on all except one!由The Binge

After our fully planned and thoroughly communicated nine-month hiatus, we are BACK at the exact time we always said! On this episode featuring exactly zero mutual ratings, we dive into Taika Waititi’s THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, Sophie Hyde’s GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE, and recent queer releases Andrew Ahn’s FIRE ISLAND and Sammi Cohen's CRUSH.…

Rebecca and Jason return from an unplanned three-month hiatus to delve into Chloe Zhao’s ETERNALS, Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE, Rebecca Hall’s PASSING, Jeymes Samuel’s THE HARDER THEY FALL, and Julia Ducournau’s TITANE.由The Binge

We assess James Gunn’s long overdue crack at THE SUICIDE SQUAD and a trio of docs: Kristine Solakis’ gay conversion history PRAY AWAY, Peter Nicks’ snapshot of Oakland’s class of 2020 in HOMEROOM, and Ting Poo and Leo Scott’s portrait of Val Kilmer, VAL.由The Binge

In which a slight difference of opinion on Cate Shortland’s highly anticipated BLACK WIDOW leads to lethargic semi-discussions of Janicza Bravo’s ZOLA and Enrico Casarosa’s LUCA, before we’re revived by Questlove’s SUMMER OF SOUL and restore harmony by being unimpressed with Vanessa Roth’s MARY J. BLIGE’S MY LIFE.…

We have polar opposite reactions to Jon M. Chu’s IN THE HEIGHTS, get spooked by Michael Chaves’ THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL DO IT, muddle through Zack Snyder’s ARMY OF THE DEAD, revel in Anders Thomas Jensen’s RIDERS OF JUSTICE, and exalt in Natalie Morales’ PLAN B.由The Binge

After debriefing this year's pandemic Oscars, we review Joe Wright’s misbegotten THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, Taylor Sheridan’s riveting THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD, Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe’s delightful THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES, Nikole Beckwith’s tender TOGETHER TOGETHER, and Azazel Jacobs’ uneven FRENCH EXIT.…

It’s strange bedfellows this week on The Binge, in which we mix Adam Wingard’s stupidly fun spectacle GODZILLA VS. KONG with three considerably more taxing films: Emma Seligman’s caustic cringe comedy SHIVA BABY, Oliver Hermanus’ apartheid military drama MOFFIE, and Ricky Staub’s scared-straight morality tale CONCRETE COWBOY.…

On this episode we review two Oscar hopefuls, Florian Zeller’s THE FATHER starring Anthony Hopkins and Thomas Vinterberg’s ANOTHER ROUND starring Mads Mikkeksen, and two Oscar doubtfuls, Amy Poehler’s MOXIE and Tate Taylor’s BREAKING NEWS IN YUBA COUNTY.由The Binge

It’s another super-sized episode full of heavy hitters! We disagree over the Midwestern realness of BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR, parse where NOMADLAND sits in Frances McDormand’s pantheon of roles, praise Lee Isaac Chung’s family drama MINARI, lament the sprawling wreckage of Lee Daniels’ THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY, revel in the pro…

In our first new episode of 2021, we round up six notable releases from this very peculiar awards season: Emerald Fennell’s provocative PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, Shaka King’s enraging JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH, Sam Levinson’s painful MALCOLM & MARIE, Regina King’s edifying ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI, Kornél Mundruczó’s uneven PIECES OF A WOMAN, and John Lee…

In our final new releases episode of 2020, we evaluate the year’s unprecedented Christmas Day streaming mega-releases, WONDER WOMAN 1984 and SOUL, as well as George Clooney’s phone-friendly THE MIDNIGHT SKY and Eugene Ashe’s tender Black romance SYLVIE’S LOVE.由The Binge

In this super-sized December episode, we disagree on the failings of Ryan Murphy’s queer musical comedy THE PROM, agree on the failings of Francis Lee’s period lesbian romance AMMONITE, hail Chadwick Boseman’s final performance in George C. Wolfe’s MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, discuss our own cruise memories in relation to Steven Soderbergh’s LET THEM…

We take issue with the toxic dysfunction at the core of Clea DuVall’s HAPPIEST SEASON, eviscerate the lack of compassion in Ron Howard’s HILLBILLY ELEGY, praise Paul Bettany in Alan Ball’s UNCLE FRANK, compare the first two episodes in Steve McQueen’s SMALL AXE, and throw up our hands at Ben Falcone’s SUPERINTELLIGENCE…

In our first post-2020 election episode, we review Jason Woliner’s perfectly of-its-moment BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM, Zoe Lister-Jones’ thoughtful reimagining THE CRAFT: LEGACY, Miranda July’s cathartic farce KAJILLIONAIRE, Robert Zemeckis’ DOA remake of THE WITCHES, and Justin Simien’s polarizing horror comedy BAD HAIR.…

In our first episode since Jason’s turbulent rebirth as an Angeleno, we review Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortes’ essential voter suppression doc ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY, Aaron Sorkin’s electric courtroom opus THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7, Julie Taymor’s dreadful Gloria Steinem pseudo-biopic THE GLORIAS, Maïmouna Doucouré’s unjustly vilified CUTIES,…

We review the long-overdue but impressively effective BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC, Charlie Kaufman’s inexplicable I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, Jeremy Hersh’s explosive ethical drama THE SURROGATE, and in a meta moment we couldn’t resist, The Binge reviews the teen party romp THE BINGE.由The Binge

In our last episode of summer 2020 (such as it is), we review Seth Rogen’s dual performance in Branson Trost’s AN AMERICAN PICKLE, James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham’s enlightening documentary CRIP CAMP, Chelsea Peretti in Andrea Dorfman’s SPINSTER, and Gillian Jacobs in Kris Rey’s I USED TO GO HERE.由The Binge

We review Karen Maine’s Catholic coming-of-age sex comedy YES, GOD, YES; the blood-boiling but essential ACLU vs. Trump doc THE FIGHT; Amy Seimetz’s unclassifiable contagion mood piece SHE DIES TOMORROW; and Romola Garai’s boring-until-it-isn’t gothic horror film AMULET.由The Binge

We review Gina Prince-Bythewood’s inclusive action saga THE OLD GUARD, Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch’s beguiling Walter Mercado documentary MUCHO MUCHO AMOR, Dave Franco’s Airbnb horror flick THE RENTAL, and Natalie Erika James’ dark dementia fable RELIC.由The Binge

In the first episode of our by-popular-demand new biweekly format, we review five movies from the first half of July: David Dobkin’s unexpectedly gentle musical comedy EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA, Max Barbakow’s hilarious and thought-provoking romcom PALM SPRINGS, Kelly Reichardt’s tender ode to friendship FIRST COW, Hirokazu Ko…

In which we celebrate Pride with a grueling death-march marathon of seven in-depth film reviews, joined by our dear friend Jen “Memaw” Chochinov: Judd Apatow’s amiable Pete Davidson vehicle THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND, Jon Stewart’s misbegotten political satire IRRESISTIBLE, Spike Lee’s frenetic Vietnam thriller DA 5 BLOODS, Sasie Sealy’s satisfying …

In our latest all-streaming roundup, we offer our (unanimous!) opinions of THE HIGH NOTE with Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross, THE LOVEBIRDS with Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae, Alice Wu’s THE HALF OF IT, HOW TO BUILD A GIRL starring Beanie Feldstein, Andrew Patterson’s THE VAST OF NIGHT, and DRIVEWAYS with Hong Chau and Brian Dennehy.…

In our second quarantine installment, we again review the best and brightest in the month’s streaming new release movies, from the supernatural romps of ONWARD and EXTRA ORDINARY to the teen-girl psychodrama of NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS and SELAH AND THE SPADES.由The Binge

In our first remote edition during the pandemic, we review three new releases that can be watched at home since we no longer have movie theaters: Pete Davidson’s first starring role in BIG TIME ADOLESCENCE, the stylized pica drama SWALLOW, and the small-town feminist crime caper BLOW THE MAN DOWN.由The Binge

In our February edition, we recap the Oscars and review five movies we’ve both fully seen: THE INVISIBLE MAN, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, HARLEY QUINN: BIRDS OF PREY, COME TO DADDY, and DOWNHILL.由The Binge

In our first episode of 2020, we assess Sam Mendes’ sudden Oscar frontrunner 1917, dueling death row dramas JUST MERCY and CLEMENCY, and delightful January garbage LIKE A BOSS.由The Binge

Rebecca and Jason each count down their five favorite (and least favorite) movies of the year, with more than a few surprises along the way...and, most importantly, a comprehensive discussion of the true movie of the year: CATS.由The Binge

In our December review roundup, we offer a Christmas feast including capsule reviews of THE TWO POPES, KNIVES OUT, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, and STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, plus full reviews of LITTLE WOMEN, BOMBSHELL, and UNCUT GEMS.由The Binge

Our new monthly movie roundups continue with fan-favorite special guest Ashley De La Torre. We discuss Edward Norton’s MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, Kasi Lemmons’ HARRIET, Trey Edward Shults’ WAVES, Alma Har’el’s HONEY BOY, Melina Matsoukas’ QUEEN & SLIM, and Noah Baumbach’s MARRIAGE STORY.由The Binge

In our first-ever monthly episode, we dive into four of October’s biggest and/or best movies: JOKER, PARASITE, JOJO RABBIT, and PAIN & GLORY. We’ve both seen all four and are ready to debate!由The Binge

For what might be the only time so far this year, we’ve both seen one of the movies and we absolutely love it: Lorene Scafaria’s feminist crime caper HUSTLERS. Jason also recounts the many failings of THE GOLDFINCH and is captivated by the expressiveness of Keira Knightley’s jaw in OFFICIAL SECRETS.由The Binge

After catching up about their first foray into international travel and Rebecca’s delayed reviews of Tarantino’s latest (and also NOTTING HILL), Jason surprises her by loving the Jillian Bell comedy BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON, then they dive into the murky waters of controversial faux-trans romance ADAM and the hard-hitting exposé ONE CHILD NATION.…

After doing our first-ever Tarantino review for ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, we take on two stellar docs: the Syrian exposé FOR SAMA and a 4K restoration of the drag classic THE QUEEN.由The Binge

When three working mics suddenly become two, sometimes a guest becomes a cohost! At least that’s what happens this week, when Rebecca nobly sacrifices herself so that special guest Nick Sahoyah can join Jason for reviews of THE LION KING, THE FAREWELL, and SWORD OF TRUST.由The Binge

After recapping our 2019 Pride weekends, we assess SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME as a winning finale to phase 3 of the MCU, go in-depth on the chilling visuals of Ari Aster’s buzzy horror pic MIDSOMMAR, and celebrate the new 4K rerelease of Jennie Livingston’s classic doc PARIS IS BURNING.由The Binge

In which we herald the arrival of major new talent Jessie Buckley in the musical drama WILD ROSE, are extremely divided in our response to the wild Portuguese farce DIAMANTINO, and appreciate the thorough portrait assembled by TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM.由The Binge

We’re blown away by the ravishingly beautiful and poignant THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO, then crash back down to earth with Jim Jarmusch’s barely-there zombie comedy THE DEAD DON’T DIE and the deeply misguided buddy movie PAPI CHULO.由The Binge

Jason rallies through his existential crisis about falling out of love with movies to join Rebecca for reviews of the new live-action ALADDIN, Olivia Wilde’s teen comedy BOOKSMART, and Olivier Assayas’ French intellectual farce NON-FICTION.由The Binge

We’re pleasantly surprised by the Diane Keaton cheerleading comedy POMS, stupefied by the boring and unfunny POKÉMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU, and wish CHARLIE SAYS had decided which Manson Girls story it wanted to tell.由The Binge

Rebecca reflects on her journey into Marvel fandom as we review AVENGERS: ENDGAME, then Jason brings his JC LeRoy authority to J.T. LEROY and his pensive Christian praise to HAIL SATAN?由The Binge

In which we wish LITTLE were as engaging as its performances; consider a particularly detestable hot take while comparing notes on Aretha Franklin’s AMAZING GRACE; and lament the uncharacteristic lack of humanity Mike Leigh brings to PETERLOO.由The Binge

In which we celebrate Rebecca’s reluctant admission of Jason's valid and accurate review of Jordan Peele's US, have our worlds changed by new information about Positive K, and also review David F Sandberg's SHAZAM!, Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer's PET SEMATARY, and Kent Jones's DIANE.由The Binge

In which we celebrate Rebecca’s birthday by reviewing three movies she hasn’t seen: Jordan Peele’s US, Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard in THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT, and Christian Petzold’s TRANSIT.由The Binge