Marathon Me: A Movie Marathon Podcast

THE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE MARATHON It is now officially the reaping... five films done, Marathon Me is putting them all head to head in their own Hunger Games, by ranking them all from worst to best. The boys also take a look at the franchise as a whole and how it develops and matures - building the fantastical world for its audience, and evaluating if this is effectively done in the films or not...

THE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE MARATHON We went from catching some fire, to focusing on a bit of snow. Going back to the 10th annual hunger games, this new installment follows the origins of Coriolanus Snow, as he delves from an ambitious, yet compassionate man, to the Snow that we know and have vitriolic hate for today. Kane and Rhys dive into the satisfaction of Snow's arc, and if this prequel...

THE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE MARATHON One more double episode because... these are really two sides to the same coin. Get it? COIN! Katniss and Peta have now been through two Hunger Games competitions, and somehow not died. Fresh off of the PR tour of the previous Hunger Games, the two are hired as ambassadors for political causes. But here's the catch... they are both on opposing sides. How wi...

THE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE MARATHON What do need to cook? Just a little bit of fire. This franchise is officially cooking baby! After Katniss and Peta survive their first Hunger Games, the two are left to enjoy their winnings, with some peace, quiet and riches. Wait, no? They have to compete AGAIN - and with stronger, more experienced components??? That doesn't seem very fair. Kane and Rhys c...

THE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE MARATHON Marathon Me is volunteering as tribute to watch all of The Hunger Games movies. The cultural phenomenon following Katniss Everdeen as she fights in a game to the death, with fellow District 12 alumni, Peeta, as part of a strange socio-political tradition. People lap this shit UP. Five movies. Four books. And a life-time of preteens basing their personalities on...

QUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON The film-bros made it through Pulp Fiction and did them all: every film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino... and now they're going to rank them. (You're surprised? Don't you know how this show works?) From the settings of a crime-filled world of L.A. in 'Reservoir Dogs,' to the vastly different crime-filled world of L.A. (in the late 60s)...

QUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON Washed up, on-the-decline and at fear of being a has-been...  yep that's right: it's Rick Dalton. Back to California and the 'hangout movie,' Tarantino explores here the changing world of Hollywood as the 60s became the 70s, and fear filled the town amidst the threat of Charles Manson and his blood-thirsty "Family." Rhys and Kane unpack the...

A MARATHON ME CHRISTMAS SPECIAL  and DIARY OF A WIMPY KID FRANCHISE MARATHON Tis the season to be wimpy. The Christmas Gods have blessed the world this year with yet another Disney+ original Diary of a Wimpy Kid animated film. Our prayers have been answered and a trilogy has been created.  Rhys and Kane review the new addition to the Wimpy-Kid-universe, and talk a little bit about what festive fil...

QUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON The one that made the man a house-hold misogynist. But, like, is he though for real? Just following the civil war, a room is filled with individuals, stuck together by the dangerous element of winter, forced to confront one another's biases and most importantly... their hatred. A little bit ' The Thing ', a little bit ' Twelve Angry Men, ' a whol...

QUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON The man is not done revising history... he's now after the construct of the slave trade. Moving from pseudo-Western film to an explicitly Western film, we follow ex-slave and eternal badass, Django, as it's time for him to kick ass, get revenge, and save the love of his wife. Rhys and Kane watch and discuss, mouth-agape, at this sensationalist and completely ra...

QUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON As the first feature for Tarantino to explore going back in time, the filmmaker dives into Nazi occupied France amidst World War II, and the following results are something special. Going down the path of rewriting history through the medium of film, we found ourselves in some simultaneously familiar and unfamiliar territory, as the narrative goes in certain places that...

QUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON A grindhouse double feature that lives up to it's name because... that's exactly what it is... no subtlety here is there? First comes Robert Rodriguez's  blood-and-guts-filled zombie film 'Planet Terror,' oozing with camp, action and an unsavory taste in inauthenticity: yeah, spoiler alert here, neither Kane or Rhys really dug this one. But the m...

QUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON The most literal 'double billing' the podcast has ever done. Tarantino's mainstream action extravaganza, Kill Bill, sees the murderous 'The Bride' come back from seemingly the dead to strike vengeance on the Deadly Viper clan, wiggle some toes, and most importantly... kill Bill. Kane and Rhys have an absolute ball with the condoms full of blood a...

QUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON Behold; a double episode, of Tarantino's underrated ode to blaxploitation cinema, paired with an experimental anthology comedy that TECHNICALLY fits into the canon of Quentin Tarantino. Two black-sheep: one overlooked, another going straight in the bin. Rhys and Kane begin talking about "Jackie Brown" and its interesting exploration of a contemporary crime...

QUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON Reservoir Dogs may have been Tarantino's first mark on Hollywood, but it wasn't until Pulp Fiction that the man became a household name. Gracing the walls of dorm rooms everywhere, Pulp Fiction is one of the quintessential 'film-bro' movies of our generation. But at the same time, EVERYONE seems to love this movie (Kane's mum especially). Is this...

QUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON Welcome to the next journey for Marathon Me, as the boys take on all of favourite movie super-nerd and foot fetishist... Quentin Tarantino. Rhys and Kane start their dive into the weirdo's filmography with none other than his directorial feature debut; Reservoir Dogs. A heist goes wrong and the inexperienced/out-of-their-depth crew of criminals find themselves searc...

INDIANA JONES FRANCHISE MARATHON The grand adventure has come to a close... and what a journey it has been.  Five films, five adventures, and one clueless adventurer. Kane and Rhys have completed the franchise, spanning over 40 years and several continents. The boys have found a whole new appreciation for the whip-bearing Indy, and only after discussion, discovered their strong distaste for Dial o...

INDIANA JONES FRANCHISE MARATHON You thought Indy was done? Think again. Indiana Jones is now 80 years old, living in 1969, and hates loud teenagers and their 'poor music choices' more than ever. His adventure isn't over just yet: he still has to take on time travel and ruin Phoebe Waller Bridge's reputation. Rhys and Kane take on this first entry into the Indiana Jones franchi...

MARATHON ME UPDATE TO.... WES ANDERSON FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON Wes Anderson has confirmed that aliens exist. So looks like they're real now. The visceral and ambiguous tale of Asteroid City proves to be both one of Anderson's most stylistically dense, and intellectually provocative features, that seems to be leaving as many people stunned and confused, as in awe. Rhys and Kane take two diff...

INDIANA JONES FRANCHISE MARATHON They did it. They nuked the fridge. Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford have a real "f*ck it" moment, deciding that it's been 20 years; why not make a new Indiana Jones movie? They ditch the old 30s adventure-serial style now that both Indy and Spielberg have had some time to grow and move on - now entering a whole new world of 50s and B-grade red-sca...

INDIANA JONES FRANCHISE MARATHON We all have daddy issues, including Indiana Jones. The Last Crusade caps the trilogy as Indy is joined by James Bond (Sean Connery) on a spy mission, posing as his father. The paternal pair work together to fight Nazis and find out the secrets of God (neither of these two have ever heard of LSD, have they?) Rhys and Kane unpack this fan-favourite of the trilogy and...

INDIANA JONES FRANCHISE MARATHON Kali-ma! Kali-ma! Kali-ma! The first of Spielberg's follow-up sequels to the journey of the fedora'ed crusader - takes a far sillier and more Eastern turn down the trek. Standing as the only complete prequel from the franchise of films, the stakes are much lower, but teh action is a whole lot louder. Rhys and Kane fawn over the dynamic produced between In...

INDIANA JONES FRANCHISE MARATHON Whip it... whip it real good. Archaeology professor Indiana Jones ventures to seize a biblical artefact called the Ark of the Covenant and while doing so, puts up a fight against Nazis, ancient temples and far too many snakes. Rhys and Kane begin an adventure of their own as they take a deep dive into the wonderful and whimsical world of Dr Jones, first stopping at...

BACK TO THE FUTURE FRANCHISE MARATHON The 80s classic trilogy has been complete and oh my God, is it a marathon to behold... Kane and Rhys go through the franchise one-by-one, to convince you how they stack up to one another and what is the best Back to the Future movie. When are Marty and Doc at their peak? And when does this franchise nail this who time travel thing... Many people would argue th...

BACK TO THE FUTURE FRANCHISE MARATHON The often-referred to black sheep of the franchise takes Marty and Doc Brown into a much further distant land, full of revolvers, horses and dysentery: the wild west. Rhys and Kane fawn over the love between Doc and Marty in this one, as their rolls are reversed, and Doc gets his time to shine. Despite not paying attention to how the McFly family tree would lo...