The Incinerator Podcast

In our most unique episode this season, co-host BILLY RAY BREWTON steps into the role of competitor for the first time as he does epic battle with writer, producer, and former podcaster KENNY NEIBART over a topic near and dear to both their black hearts - 90'S TEEN COMEDIES. Will Billy Ray survive the nonsense he created or will Kenny drive him over the edge? Freshly minted co-host RYAN VERRILL ma...

It's here, finally dropped from behind the paywall! Episode 2 of MANN-SPLAINING, the second series of CUT AS YOU GO where DARREN FRANICH and I incinerate the oeuvre of MICHAEL MANN, week-by-week, until only one remains. Up next? As voted by you, our Patreon Army - a film about technology made by people who seem to have never owned a computer - it's BLACKHAT. Not even a Chris can save it. --- Suppo...

You're all alone at home...there's a strange noise...shadows moving about...oh, it's just we fools at The Incinerator sending SINGLE LOCATION THRILLERS your way via JAY KRIEGER from the Daily Horror Habit podcast and DEVAUGHN TAYLOR from Specter Cinema Club. And producer of the pod, RYAN VERRILL, serves as engineer proxy. Everyone has their strong opinions on this topic and we promise you none of...

It's here, finally dropped from behind the paywall! Episode 1 of MANN-SPLAINING, the second series of CUT AS YOU GO where DARREN FRANICH and I incinerate the oeuvre of MICHAEL MANN, week-by-week, until only one remains. Up first? As voted by you, our Patreon Army - a sleepwalking Johnny Depp with supporting actors carrying the load - it's PUBLIC ENEMIES. Come for the poor camera choice. Stay for a...

Season 2 is providing our most controversial episode yet, as BEN HASLAR and RYAN LUIS RODRIGUEZ from the Reels of Justice podcast fan the flames of conventionality to incinerate the films of THE MCU. Causing havoc along the way is their podcasting co-host and Engineer ROBB MAYNARD. Everyone has their strong opinions on this topic and we promise you none of them will be reflected adequately here. T...

Season 2 of The Incinerator is here, and stepping into the flames for the first time as competitors - from the Screen Drafts podcast, it's CLAY KELLER and RYAN MARKER. In the first shake up to our initial formula, they'll be tackling "Songs from Coen Brothers Films" (a definition which shifts throughout). Producer of the pod, Ryan Verrill, also joins as proxy for The Engineer, who gets their hands...

CLAY KELLER (Screen Drafts podcast) helps us close out our inaugural CUT AS YOU GO series with a celebration of the 1996 blockbuster that changed the way disaster epics are made - Roland Emmerich's INDEPENDENCE DAY. Fourteen titles entered The Incinerator Thunderdome and only one remains and it co-stars Judd Hirsch.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/incinerator-podca...

When deciding the best films of 2022 (and who better qualified than The Incinerator Podcast), we felt it only fitting to invite three of the raddest cats around to lend their cinematic goods to a rowdy roundtable discussion: MITCHELL BEAUPRE (Letterboxd, The Film Stage), DAVID FEAR (Rolling Stone), and WYNTER MITCHELL-ROHRBAUGH ("Waiting 2 X-Hale" podcast).  Buckle up and brace yourselves - WE GO...

J.D. DURAN (In Session Film podcast) wraps himself in a. blanket of freedom as he joins us to say 'farewell' to Roland Emmerich's pitting of Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx against the greatest threat against our Democracy...James Woods - that's right, it's WHITE HOUSE DOWN. And, CHRIS THOMAS DEVLIN (screenwriter, Texas Chainsaw Massacre) helps us dissect the pomp, circumstance, and inaccuracies of...

With most major awards associations having distributed nominations or awards at this point, it's time to hear from the experts on performances...or the folks who were available when we needed them: CLAY KELLER (Screen Drafts podcast), DANE MCDONALD (Chasing Chalamet), and SCOUT TAFOYA (RogerEbert.com). Which films will make the cut, and which ones will end the year languishing in obscurity? In thr...

MITCHELL BEAUPRE (The Film Stage, Paste) joins us to discuss that moon...that just keeps on falling. Boy, does it fall. All over the damned place. Crazy old moon. MOONFALL might be one of the biggest box office disasters in history, but it definitely lives up to its title. And, THOMAS GRABINSKI (Watching Movies at the Bar podcast) joins us to answer the important question: does burning books in a...

We're putting one of the four finals nails in the coffin that was 2022 with a roundtable devoted to the wide world of documentaries. Joining us are: DREA CLARK (Maximum Film! podcast), MARYA E. GATES (RogertEbert.com), and JENN WILSON (Film Independent). Which films will make the cut, and which ones will end the year languishing in obscurity? In three hours, you'll know the answers.--- Support thi...

HARMONY COLANGELO (This Ends at Prom podcast) joins us for an apocalyptic dive into the surprise smash hit that proved the Mayans right, and turned John Cusack into the limo-driving action hero of our dreams - that's right, it's 2012. Because who better to continue the human race than a bunch of white billionaires and Thandiwe Newton?!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh...

DAVE SCHILLING (The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times) joins us for a colorful discussion of Roland Emmerich's original IP that spawned a franchise and the androgynous crush of our dreams in Jaye Davidson - that's right, meeting the incinerator well ahead of its time, it's STARGATE. Let's dive into action hero James Spader!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/incinerator-p...

LESLIE BYRON PITT (Fatal Attractions podcast) joins us for...a RoboCop rip-off? A zombie movie? Soft core Van Damme porn? You got it, it's Roland Emmerich's cannonball into the pool that is American cinema - it's UNIVERSAL SOLDIER. How does a film we loved as kids stack up against today's big budget action pictures? Is Van Damme the next Charlie Chaplin? There's so much to unpack here...--- Suppor...

ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS (Finding Desperado, Total Reboot podcast) joins us for a trip back in time as we discuss (for better or worse) Roland Emmerich's baffling caveman flick, 10,000 BC, which also has aliens. Did Alexei love it, hate it, can't quite decide? You'll have to find out. One thing's for sure - NOTHING is for sure.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/incinerator...

JASON SHAWHAN (Nashville Scene) salutes the stars and stripes with us as we tackle the bombastic, jingoistic dad movie to end all dad movies, the 2019 movie you probably didn't even know was a Roland Emmerich movie, MIDWAY. It's a lot of bland white dudes (including Nick Jonas with a mustache) exercising their patriotism, and Mandy Moore just sort of 'there'. It's, surprisingly, more successful th...

MAUREEN LEE LENKER (Entertainment Weekly) joins us for a Bard-tastic lambast of Roland Emmerich's conspiracy-theory laden 2011 romp, ANONYMOUS, that surely had Shakespeare spinning in his grave. This is one of those rare Emmerich efforts where we don't have much positivity to heap on the picture, save for some of the performances.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/in...

DARREN FRANICH (Entertainment Weekly) joins us for an intergalactic eulogy to Roland Emmerich's epic sequel to the 1996 blockbuster, INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE. Though there's a lot to love about the bombastic silliness of this overstuffed gem, the incinerator called and RESURGENCE answered. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/incinerator-podcast/support Hosted on A...

It's here - The Incinerator finals - where we decide, once and for all, who has the highest tolerance for nonsense. Our cinematic gladiators? MITCHELL BEAUPRE (Letterboxd), WILLIAM BIBBIANI (Critically Acclaimed network), DREA CLARK (Maximum Film! podcast), and BRYAN COGMAN (Game of Thrones). The winner receives the title of FIRE PROOF and $500 towards the charity of their choosing. And YOU do the...

GRAHAM SKIPPER (host of the NIGHT SCHOOL podcast and Zilla megafan) joins us for a haunting eulogy to Roland Emmerich's first and only attempt at a pre-existing cinematic property that wasn't his own, the film that introduced Graham to Led Zeppelin - 1998's blockbuster, GODZILLA. Though there's a lot of goofy charm in this overstuffed ode to American military excellence, it didn't quite have what...

DANE MCDONALD from the CHASING CHALAMET podcast joins us for an in-depth discussion of Roland Emmerich's well-intentioned but problematic 2015 drama, STONEWALL, based on the 1969 riots that kickstarted the gay liberation movement. Even though it's the first title in Emmerich's oeuvre to fall victim to the incinerator, our eulogy will live forever.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotif...

The TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS presents its penultimate round of chaos as Drea Clark ("Maximum Film" podcast), Jordan Courtney ("Filmshake" podcast), Dan Mecca (The Film Stage), and Eric Peacock ("Soundtracker" podcast) hatch an elaborate scheme to incinerate HEIST FILMS. The producer of the pod, Ryan Verrill, serves as Engineer for this descent into madness. Only one competitor will emerge victoriou...

The TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS continues with Round 3 of madness and shenanigans as Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd), Chris Thomas Devlin (screenwriter, "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"), Clay Keller ("Screen Drafts" podcast), and Clarke Wolfe (Fear HQ) explore the deep, dark recesses of America's sweetheart, SANDRA BULLOCK. The producer of the pod, Ryan Verrill, serves as Engineer for this descent into madnes...

Our inaugural TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS continues as William Bibbiani ("Critically Acclaimed" podcast network), Ross Bratin (the patron's champion), Sam Inglis ("Hawke Talk" podcast) and Devaughn Taylor ("Specter Cinema Club" podcast) dive deep into the soon-to-be incinerate oeuvre of ALFRED HITCHCOCK. The producer of the pod, Ryan Verrill, serves as Engineer for this descent into madness. Only one...