The Movie Marathon Man
I cover franchises, directors, actors, and themed episodes by marathoning them and dissecting them for content and quality.
Episodes
79 episodes
Quickies #32 - Conjuring: Last Rites, The Perfect Neighbor, Zootopia 2, Oh What Fun, Eternity, Sentimental Value, Left-Handed Girl, Hamnet (SPOILER-FREE!)
Please join me for a quick recap of movies I've been catching in theaters and on streaming to prep my next Oscar ballot, and to check off one I missed...maybe it was better I did?THE CONJURING: LAST RITES (2025, dir. MIchael C...
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Episode 46 - Twilight! - (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn 1-2)
Join me as I fulfill my promise to cover all five Twilight movies, but ye be warned!! I do not like them, and hadn't watched a frame in over 15 years. For the spoiler-conscious, time stamps below indicate when each discussion ...
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Quickies #31 - The Running Man, Wicked: For Good, Rental Family, Sisu 2 (SPOILER-FREE!)
Join me as I cover (more timely this time) four new movies out in theaters! If these are playing near you, give them a whirl! Action! Musical! Dramedy! Foreign Films!! I watch everything here on the Movie Mar...
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Episode 45 - In Memoriam: Diane Keaton (Annie Hall, Shoot the Moon, The Other Sister, The Family Stone)
Join me for a special actor tribute to the late, great Diane Keaton, who changed how we view the perfect girl in Annie Hall, went toe to toe with Albert Finney in Shoot the Moon, played the villain in The Other Sister, and held The Family Stone...
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Quickies #30 - Tron: Ares, Roofman, Bugonia, Predator: Badlands, Materialists, Die My Love, It Was Just an Accident (SPOILER-FREE!)
Please join me for brief reviews on EIGHT 2025 movies as I catch up with my watching over the last two months!TRON: ARES (2025, dir. Joachim Rønning)ROOFMAN (2025, dir. Derek Cianfrance)BUGONIA (2025, dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)...
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Episode 44 - Mario Bava and An Intro to Italian Cinema (Black Sunday, Black Sabbath, Blood and Black Lace, A Bay of Blood)
Join me for my final Halloween 2025 series episode, all about the Italian giallo master MARIO BAVA!! Also included is an Intro to Early Italian Cinema, from the invention of film to the 1960s when Bava got his start! I had a ton of ...
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Quickies #29 - Death of a Unicorn, Friendship, HIM, One Battle After Another, Good Boy, Springsteen, Black Phone 2 (SPOILER-FREE!)
Please join me for brief reviews on SEVEN 2025 movies as I catch up with my watching over the last two months!DEATH of a UNICORN (2025, dir. Alex Scharfman)FRIENDSHIP (2024, dir. Andrew DeYoung)HIM (2025, dir. Justin Tippin...
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Episode 43 - 2010s Horror (Sinister, Creep, Train to Busan, Hereditary)
Join me for a four pack of horror movies that pack a PUNCH! One of the scariest movies I've ever seen, an independent found footage movie, Korean zombies, and family trauma!!For those who want to avoid spoilers, click th...
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Episode 42 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part II - (2003-2022)
Join me once again as I saw through a gaggle of teens - whoops! - I mean as I navigate once again some truly terrible sequels, remakes, and prequels and put Leatherface to bed. Night night, sweet prince.For those who wan...
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Episode 41 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part I - (1974-1995)
REVVV THOSE CHAINSAWS, you pig b*itches!!It's time for one of the scariest, campiest, and crappiest horror franchises of all time!! From the sublime to the head scratching, these massacres have it all!Time stamps ...
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Episode 40 - A Tribute to Robert Redford (Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, 3 Days of the Condor)
Join me as I pay tribute to a LEGEND of 60s and 70s Hollywood cinema, the Oscar winning director of Ordinary People (1980), founder of the Sundance Film Festival, and fighter for human and environmental rights, Robert Redford.This one's ...
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Quickies #28 - Light of the World, The Threesome, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, The Long Walk (SPOILER-FREE)
Please join me for brief reviews on FOUR new movies that recently opened at the cinema!LIGHT of the WORLD (2025, dir. Tom Brancroft, John J. Schafer)THE THREESOME (2025, dir. Chad Hartigan)DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE (2...
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Episode 39 - Back to School - ToughWomen (Grease, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 10 Things I Hate About You)
Please join me as a dropout of Beauty School and head back to Rydell in 1978's Grease, take a deadend summer job in Ridgemont in 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and take up poetry and French at Padua in 1999's 10 Things I Hate About You.
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Quickies #27 - Caught Stealing, The Roses, The Thursday Murder Club, Jaws 50th Anniversary, The Toxic Avenger (SPOILER-FREE)
Please join me as I go through what made each of these new releases (or re-releases) tick, and why I loved them or even just liked them.CAUGHT STEALING (2025, dir. Darren Aronofsky)THE ROSES (2025, dir. Jay Roach)THE THURSD...
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Episode 38 - Back to School - 80s Comedies (Revenge of the Nerds, Porky's, Weird Science, Back to School)
Join me as I tackle a quartet of 80s comedies and see if they're still funny, if the humor has translated over the last 40-45 years, and if we all just need to remember how to laugh!For the spoiler-conscious, time stamps indic...
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Episode 37 - ALIEN, PART II (Romulus, Aliens, Alien3, Resurrection)
Climb on board the space station Resurrection, the Sulaco, Fury, and the Auriga as I explore the last four movies in the ALIEN franchise - using in-universe chronological order.Alien: Romulus (2142), Aliens (2179), Alien3 (2179), Alien: ...
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Quickies #26 - Until Dawn, The Naked Gun, Freakier Friday, Weapons (SPOILER-FREE)
Join me as I discuss three new releases and one I'd missed from earlier this year - SPOILER FREE - for your listening pleasure!UNTIL DAWN (2025, dir. David F. Sandberg)THE NAKED GUN (2025, dir. Akiva Schaffer)...
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Episode 36 - ALIEN, PART I (Prometheus, Covenant, Alien)
Climb on board the USCSS Prometheus, USCSS Covenant, and USCSS Nostromo as I explore the first three movies in the ALIEN franchise - using in-universe chronological order.Prometheus (2093), Covenant (2104), Alien (2122)For the spo...
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Quickies #25 - The Woman in the Yard, Havoc, Happy Gilmore 2, Fantastic Four: First Steps, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Together (SPOILER-FREE!)
Join me for a SIX-PACK of new features as I discuss them - SPOILER FREE - for your listening pleasure!THE WOMAN IN THE YARD (2025, Jaume Collet-Serra)HAVOC (2025, Gareth Evans)HAPPY GILMORE 2 (2025, Kyle Newachec...
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Episode 35 - Frank Capra Classics (The Miracle Woman, It Happened One Night, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, State of the Union)
Join me as I take a look at the Golden Age of Hollywood's greatest director of Americana films - FRANK CAPRA!? For the spoiler-conscious, time stamps indicate when discussion for each begins!THE MIRACLE WOMAN (1931, dir. Fra...
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Quickies #24 - Mid-Year Review and Superman!
Join me as I the movies I've seen through the first half of the year, including my Quickies review on James Gunn's Superman. Especially enjoy as I fumble to remember where I am in the Top 25 several times......and stay tuned for th...
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Quickies #23 - F1, Jurassic World Rebirth
Join me as I discuss cars that go vroom (an original movie!) and dinosaurs that go for the 7th time in a 3-decade old franchise.Timestamps are when each discussion begins...F1 (2025, dir. Joseph Kosinski) - 0:00J...
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Episode 34 - SUPERMAN! - Superman I-IV (1978-1987)
Join me as I take a DEEP dive into the original Superman, and see how that all translated into a decade of box office cash but diminished returns for the franchise, as I prepare for James Gunn's relaunch of the DC Universe.CAN YOU READ M...
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Episode 33 - 4th of July Fireworks! - Independence Day, The American President, Saving Private Ryan
In celebration of America's 249th Anniversary, please join me as I discuss the listeners' pick, my sister's pick, and my friend's pick, all three among my favorite movies of the 90s!TEN HUT! For the spoiler-conscious, time stamps i...
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Quickies #22 - 28 Years Later, Elio, and the End of Original Animation?
Join me as I discuss a long-dormant franchise's new entry, Pixar's latest offering, and whether or not Elio's box office performance spells the end of animated original storytelling...Timestamps are when each discussion begins...
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