The Movie Marathon Man
I cover franchises, directors, actors, and themed episodes by marathoning them and dissecting them for content and quality.
Episodes
92 episodes
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...
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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...
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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!
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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-...
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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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