The Mandalorian and Grogu — Full Movie Review (Spoilers)

Backrooms — Did It Live Up To The Hype?

The Movie Marathon Podcast walks through the wall to discuss the A24 horror film from 20-year-old YouTuber Kane Parsons, adapting his own viral web series into an A24 smash hit feature debut starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve. The episode covers the production story behind the film's practical sets, the trauma-as-monster concept the film builds around, and a full breakdown of that divisive ending. Does the Backrooms concept hold up at feature length? The Binge Bros weigh in.

All "Scary Movie" Films Ranked — Including Scary Movie 6

Coinciding with the release of Scary Movie 6, the Binge Bros rank all six Scary Movie films worst to best. The episode covers the full production story behind each entry including the 15-to-1 box office ratio that made the original a phenomenon, the Marlon Brando one-day shoot that in Scary Movie 2, the original Scary Movie 3 script that was going to be called "Episode I — Lord of the Brooms," the director of Scary Movie 5 telling audiences not to bother seeing it, and the Wayans Brothers returning 23 years later specifically because the Weinsteins fell. Plus the history of the spoof genre, what ages badly versus what still works, and whether any film in this franchise is genuinely good, not good for a spoof, just good.

Toy Story Movies Ranked — What Is the Best Toy Story Movie?

Ahead of Toy Story 5, the Binge Bros rank all four Toy Story films worst to best. The episode covers the full production story for each film including the Black Friday Incident that nearly ended the original before it started, the Pixar server disaster that almost erased Toy Story 2, the Disney corporate war that preceded Toy Story 3, and the philosophical differences that derailed Toy Story 4's original writers. The film-by-film ranking breakdown also includes production trivia, cast notes, iconic moments and the real question: is Toy Story 3 the greatest ending in the history of animated film? Plus a song ranking and what we want to see from Toy Story 5.

The Mandalorian and Grogu — Full Movie Review (Spoilers)

This is a special early release episode — The Mandalorian and Grogu just hit theaters on May 22nd and we couldn't wait to drop it. Full spoilers ahead. This is the way. The episode covers the full production story, how this began as Season 4 of The Mandalorian, how the 2023 strikes turned it into a $165 million IMAX film, and the $5 million Grogu puppet at the center of it all. Then the full movie breakdown: Din Djarin as a New Republic operative, Rotta the Hutt as the film's surprising emotional anchor, Sigourney Weaver's 5 minutes of screen-time, the Martin Scorsese cameo and whether the father-son dynamic between Mando and Grogu still has somewhere left to go.  We have spoken.

The Mandalorian — This Is The Way Star Wars Should Feel

Ahead of The Mandalorian and Grogu, the Movie Marathon Podcast rewatches all three seasons of The Mandalorian, a show that reinvigorated Star Wars while also bringing some real lows. First we talk about the state of Star Wars and our love for the franchise. Then we do the full production history: Jon Favreau's lone gunslinger pitch, Dave Filoni bringing the George Lucas playbook into live action, and the creation of The Volume, the 75-foot LED stage running on Unreal Engine that changed the way television and film gets made. Then a season-by-season breakdown: what made seasons one and two work, whether moving key episodes into The Book of Boba Fett was a good idea, and where season three lost the way. Plus what the Binge Bros are expecting from the Mando movie. We have spoken.