The Movie Marathon Man
I cover franchises, directors, actors, and themed episodes by marathoning them and dissecting them for content and quality.
Episodes
97 episodes
Episode 58 - PTA - Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood
Put on your disco shoes! Watch frogs fall from the sky!! Drink your milkshake!!! Join me as cover THREE episodes by modern master director Paul Thomas Anderson, fresh off his Oscar wins for There Will Be Blood - choices brought to y...
Quickies #38 - You Me & Tuscany, People We Meet on Vacation, Lee Cronin's The Mummy, The Devil Wears Prada 2 - (SPOILER-FREE!)
Join me as I journey to Italy to find love - twice - including 2 trips to Tuscany, fall in love with Miranda and Andy all over again, and fight off possessed kids in Albuquerque on this edition of Quickies!YOU, ME & TUSCAN...
Episode 57 - Movies About Cars (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Christine, Days of Thunder)
VROOM VROOM!!! Join me as I get possessed, sing and dance, and watch Tom Cruise meet Nicole Kidman in THREE movies to get you geared up for Spring. Geared up...get it?Below are time stamps to skip to each movie's discussion:<...
Episode 56 - 80s Ladies of Horror! (Hell Night, The Slumber Party Massacre, Night of the Demons)
Join me as I talk about three movies inspired by the works of Linda Blair, Linnea Quigley, and all the great scream queens of 80s horror!Thank you to Tom from To Hell with This Podcast for the suggestions! This episode has been a l...
Quickies #37 - Project Hail Mary, Peter Hujar's Day, Fackham Hall, Eddington, Anaconda, The Drama - (SPOILER-FREE!)
Join me for a quick rundown of recent movies I've watched in theatres or on streaming to check out what to watch next!PROJECT HAIL MARY (2026, dir. Phil Lord & Christopher Miller)PETER HUJAR'S DAY (2025, dir. Ira Sa...
Episode 55 - Crapfest #2 (Caligula, Howard the Duck, Battlefield Earth, The Last Airbender)
Join me as I delve into the depravity of Bob Guccione in Ancient Rome! Bestiality in the Marvel Universe! Sci-Fi Scientology! And M. Night Shyamalan proving he's no fan of Nicktoons! All of that and more as I tackle four...
Quickies #36 - If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Send Help, Solo Mio, Arco, GOAT, The Smashing Machine, Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die, Eleanor the Great, Man on the Run, Hoppers - (SPOILER-FREE!)
THREE episodes in ONE day?!? Join me once again for a QUICK rundown of the TEN movies I watched lately in theatres, on streaming, or even in a plane!IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU (2025, dir. Mary Bronstein)SEND...
Episode 54 - 98th Academy Awards Spectacular! ALL the PREDICTIONS!!
Join me as I make predictions in ALL 24 categories before the 98th Academy Awards, and tell you what I would've nominated instead...and what maybe SHOULD win...but won't!
Episode 53 - Best Picture Anniversaries, Part V (The Silence of the Lambs, The Departed, Moonlight)
Join me as I celebrate (for the last time this year) more milestone anniversaries for THREE Best Picture winners from my lifetime, including a look at serial killers, Boston crimelords, and one of my favorite movies ever made...perhaps overshad...
Episode 52 - Honoring Catherine O'Hara (After Hours, Beetlejuice, Home Alone, Best in Show)
DAYYYYYYYYY-O!!! Join me as I honor the life and movies of Catherine O'Hara, whose untimely passing reminded me of just how vibrant her contributions to comedy, movies, and TV truly were. Thank you, Catherine.For those who w...
Episode 51 - Best Picture Anniversaries, Part IV (The French Connection, Chariots of Fire, Platoon)
Join me as I celebrate more milestone anniversaries for THREE Best Picture winners from the late-20th century, including a look at the 70s drug trade, British runners' friendly thighs, and Vietnam.For those who want to avoid spoilers, t...
Quickies #35 - 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Nobody 2, Iron Lung, The Ugly Stepsister, Diane Warren: Relentless (SPOILER-FREE!)
Join me as I delve into FIVE recent offerings...quickly!That's the whole point of a quickie after all! Instant gratification!!28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE (2026, dir. Nia DaCosta)NOBODY 2 (2025, dir. Timo Tjahjanto...
Episode 50 - Best Picture Anniversaries, Part III (The Best Years of Our Lives, West Side Story, A Man for All Seasons)
Continuining from 2025, join me as I celebrate milestone anniversaries for THREE MORE Best Picture winners from the mid-20th century, including a look at post-WWII America, one of the best musicals ever made, and how we see parallels from King ...
Episode 49 - 2025 In Review & Oscars Nominations Predictions
Join me as I go through (almost) every movie I watched in 2025, and where I think the contenders lie within my rankings.
Episode 48 - A Tribute to Rob Reiner (Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally..., Misery)
Thank you for everything, Rob.Join me as I cover four classics from the legendary, unsung American director Rob Reiner. Four timeless entries in an unsurpassed run from 1984-1996) that also included This Is Spinal Tap (1984), The S...
Quickies #34 - Wake Up Dead Man, The Alabama Solution, The Secret Agent, Song Sung Blue, Cover-Up, Train Dreams (SPOILER-FREE)
Join me for another 6-pack of quick reviews on today's hottest titles - including the new Knives Out movie, a couple shortlisted Oscar contending documentaries, a Brazilian thriller, NEIL DIAMOND!!, and a slow moving train...W...
Quickies #33 - Apocalypse in the Tropics, Ella McCay, Blue Moon, Sorry Baby, Silent Night Deadly Night (2025), The Housemaid, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Marty Supreme (SPOILER-FREE)
Join me for a quick chat about some recent theatrical and streaming offerings!APOCAYLPSE in the TROPICS (2024, dir. Petra Costa)ELLA McCAY (2025, dir. James L. Brooks)BLUE MOON (2025, dir. Richard Linklater)SORRY, BA...
Episode 47 - Silent Night, Deadly Night 1-5 + First Remake (1984-2012)
HO-HO-HOMICIDE! Join me as I cover warnings from Grandpa, nuns, Garbage Day, witches, Mickey Rooney, and even a Christmas light electric chair - ALL in one of the craziest franchises I've ever seen.For the spoiler-...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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)...
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 ...
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...
