Commentary Companions: The Podcast!

To celebrate the film’s 45th anniversary, I’m doing a commentary on Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (or as it was theatrically known as, Raiders of the Lost Ark). This is a film that showed what Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were capable of and in my opinion, holds up to this day. I’m excited to talk about this treasure of a blockbuster.

To honor the memory of Peter Cullen and to celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary, I’m doing an audio commentary on The Transformers The Movie, the first official theatrical movie based on the Hasbro toys. This film made bold choices that traumatized fans to sell new, leaving it a divisive classic. Let’s roll out!

It’s October, and you know what that means. It’s Halloween season! And lots of people get into the Halloween season by watching horror films! Although, there are some people out there who aren’t fond of horror movies, and it’s usually fair. But if you’re not fond of the horror genre but you want to get into the Halloween spirit (no pun intended), I’ve got a list of horror movies that are light eno...

To honor the film’s 30th anniversary and to honor the memory of the film’s star, Tim Curry, I’m doing an audio commentary on Muppet Treasure Island, the last collaborative project between Jim Henson’s family and Disney before the Mouse House bought The Muppets. It’s a bittersweet episode for sure.

Commentary Companions has officially reached the end of the Marvel movies NOT set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with The New Mutants. We’ve certainly come a long way looking at every single Marvel movie prior and after Iron Man. It’s just a shame that the last X-Men movie set before the MCU had to be something as underwhelming as The New Mutants, a film more famous for being delayed four times!...

As I near the end of the non-MCU Commentary Companions series, I take a look at Dark Phoenix, or X-Men: Dark Phoenix if you’re pedantic, Fox’s second attempt at adapting the Dark Phoenix Saga from the comics. Is this as bad as I remember or is there some redeeming moments in this mess? Let’s fly into space and take a look at the final movie in the X-Men prequel series.

In this episode of Commentary Companions, I’m doing an audio commentary of Deadpool 2, the sequel to introduce Cable and Domino, only for us to never see them again in Deadpool and Wolverine! There’s a lot to unpack as I look back at this worthy sequel. I should point out that, I’m talking about the theatrical release, not the unrated Super Duper Cut, and not the PG-13 version known as Once Upon A...

In this episode of Commentary Companions, I’m doing an audio commentary of the 2017 movie Logan, the third solo Wolverine movie that was the final outing of the character for Hugh Jackman and was also notable for introducing Dafne Keen as X-23 to audiences. Does Logan still leave the same impact after Deadpool and Wolverine? Only one way to find out.

In this 50th episode of Commentary Companions (45th if you don’t count the five non commentary podcast episodes), I’m doing an audio commentary on X-Men Apocalypse, the last X-Men movie to be directed by Bryan Singer before his fall from grace. Does this film hold up 10 years later? Only one way to find out.

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.