Commentary Companions: The Podcast!

To celebrate the film’s 30th anniversary, I’m doing an audio commentary on Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, often considered one of Disney’s darkest animated movies. Does this Victor Hugo adaptation hold up 30 years later? I have a hunch!

On this podcast episode to celebrate the 4th of July, I’ll be talking about the movie history of Captain America before Chris Evans portrayed the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Some of these adaptations have significance, even if the quality isn’t great and the stories deviate from the source material. But what better way is there to celebrate America’s 250th birthday than to talk abo...

Today I’m doing an audio commentary on Deadpool, the first follow-up to X-Men Days of Future Past and the first X-Men spinoff movie to get an R rating. Does it still hold up 10 years later? Let’s get some chimichangas and find out!

Today I am unfortunately doing an audio commentary for Fantastic Four (2015), otherwise stylistically known as “FANT4STIC.” Yeah, of all the Marvel films produced by Fox, this one’s definitely the worst. At least we can suffer this together.

To capitalize on the release of Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu, this podcast episode will talk about one of the most embarrassing moments in SW history, The Star Wars Holiday Special, a TV special so bad, George Lucas pretends it never happened.

In this episode of Commentary Companions, I’m doing an audio commentary on X-Men Days of Future Past that ties the prequels with the original trilogy actors and saw Bryan Singer return to the director’s chair, resulting in a newly set timeline with mixed results.

On this day, 25 years ago, DreamWorks Animation released Shrek in theaters, forever impacting the studio and the animation industry, becoming the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. To celebrate the 25th anniversary, I’ll be doing a commentary on this mean green 3D film.

2014 was quite a year for Marvel superhero movies. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we were treated to Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy. Outside the MCU, we were given X-Men Days of Future Past and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Whereas the first three films I mentioned are great, Amazing Spider-Man 2 is kind of a mess. And I’ll be doing a commentary on it. Let’s take a...

Today I do an audio commentary on The Wolverine, the 2013 second outing in Hugh Jackman’s solo Wolverine trilogy. Fair warning, I mention the word suicide several times in order to explain the Japanese ritualism of Hara Kiri, viewer discretion advised.

Today I’m doing an audio commentary on The Amazing Spider-Man, the first cinematic reboot in the Spider-Man franchise, and a thankless one at that. Is it better than The Avengers? Probably not, but it is better than Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance.

Today I'll be doing a commentary on what might be one of my least favorite Marvel movies ever, Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance. Yes, I do find this to be the most disappointing Marvel movie ever, more disappointing than Hulk and Blade Trinity.

For this episode of Commentary Companions, I’ll be talking about X-Men: First Class, the second prequel in the X-Men franchise, and the film that the franchise needed to return to form. Warning, this commentary lets out more F bombs than Hugh Jackman does in the film.

For this Commentary Companions podcast episode, I’ll be talking about a difficult period for Pixar Animation Studios before The Walt Disney Company bought them, how they almost parted ways, and Disney’s CG animation studio Circle 7, the cartoon studio made out of spite and didn’t last two years. And I’ll talk about the history of Pixar on the side, after all, this year is Pixar’s 40th anniversary.

In this episode of Commentary Companions, I’m doing an audio commentary on X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the first entry in Hugh Jackman’s solo Wolverine trilogy. Let’s get the claws rolling.

For this Valentine’s Day, I’m doing an audio commentary on Disney’s Beauty And The Beast, specifically the 1991 animated film. Feels perfect talking about this film on its 35th anniversary.

For this episode of Commentary Companions, I’m doing a commentary on Punisher: War Zone, released in 2008. It may not be Iron Man or Dark Knight, but it is a guilty pleasure.

In this episode of Commentary Companions, I do a commentary on Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, the second and final outing of Tim Story’s Fantastic Four series before Fox gave the franchise an unnecessary reboot. Is it better than the first outing?

In this episode of Commentary Companions, I do an audio commentary on Spider-Man 3, the sometimes maligned and divisive final entry in Sam Raimi’s trilogy, and the last time we would see Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man before No Way Home.

In one of my Commentary Companions podcast episodes, I mentioned Netflix acquiring Warner Bros Discovery. But after I uploaded that episode, Paramount Skydance suddenly announced a hostile takeover of Warner Bros, which WBD rejected. Paramount Skydance wants to acquire Warner Bros Discovery mainly to get CNN. In this Commentary Companions podcast episode, I ask the question, what if Paramount offe...

For my first Commentary Companions episode of 2026, I’ll be doing an audio commentary on Ghost Rider, the 2007 Nicholas Cage movie based on the Marvel Comics superhero. Let’s roll!

For my final Commentary Companions episode of 2025, I’ll be talking about what I believe are the most essential movies directed by the late Rob Reiner if you want to get to know him. This is very much a tribute to Rob and celebrates his accomplishments as both a director and an actor.

Merry Christmas, everyone! For this episode, I’ll be doing a double feature audio commentary! I’ll be doing an audio commentary on A Charlie Brown Christmas and on Mickey’s Christmas Carol. ‘Tis the season to be jolly!

To celebrate the film’s 35th anniversary, I’ll be doing an audio commentary on Home Alone, the holiday classic that has no right being this good. Grab a slice of cheese pizza and have some fun, ya filthy animal.

In this Commentary Companions episode, I take a look at X-Men: The Last Stand, the third and final installment in the original X-Men Trilogy

In this podcast episode to Commentary Companions, I ponder the question, what if Disney traded the movie rights to The Muppets franchise to Sony in exchange for the movie rights to Spider-Man? Could it work? Cover art by Vlado