Marathon Me: A Movie Marathon Podcast

BACK TO THE FUTURE FRANCHISE MARATHON Now we take a step into the distant future reality of 2015... with Back to the Future Part II. Picking up right where the last one left off, there are two big problems to solve: Marty's kids need to be saved from committing a crime that will lead them to jail, and the writers need to find something to do with Jennifer. Luckily, Doc Brown has a solution to...

BACK TO THE FUTURE FRANCHISE MARATHON Now this is heavy... A simple story that takes a cocky teenager and his old-man scientist best friend, back in time to the 1950s, to set history straight and ensure the birth of Marty Mcfly. This premise continues on to a sequel, spans into a trilogy, and results in one of the most widely appreciated intellectual properties of the 20th century and beyond. Rhys...

FRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON The time has come: twelve films done, each bloodier than the last (not really). Marathon Me takes head-on the entire Friday the 13th franchise, with an individual ranking of the films from both Rhys and Kane, and an overview of the IP. From psycho-kinetic daddy-issues, to simulated camp-counsellors in space, the franchise pulls all the stops in attempting to keep a hockey-...

FRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON After a brief hiatus, Jason has returned.  Or been remade, more accurately. This Friday the 13th remake is fierce, violent and much darker than what we've seen before. And no longer is Jason campy - he's terrifying. We get some appropriately killable teenagers, and one of the Supernatural brothers to round it off. But does the remake actually make for enjoyable w...

FRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON The iconic showdown begins... Studio acquisitions, versions upon versions of scripts, theories, graphic novels, rumours, EVERYTHING has been building up to this fight between the two biggest slashers of popular culture. Jason gets to visit the suburbs, take on a burnt freak, and see what the 2000s are like (Jason X didn't count because let's pretend it didn'...

FRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON Wait... this isn't Alien?! This is JASON in space.  Yeah, doesn't make sense to us either. This pseudo Star Trek x Friday The 13th crossover is a wonder to the senses, and adds to the trend that every horror franchise must eventually end up going to space. Rhys and Kane argue over just how bad this film gets. But it can go without saying, that it is bizarre that...

FRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON Friday The 13th is now officially over and we're into the 'Jason' era, where the 90s have touched the franchise, New Line Cinema has come in to take the reigns, and making the movies good is no longer a priority. This entry is definitely... unique. Never before have we seen Jason in the form of... a giant f*cking worm, and it may be one of the greatest monst...

FRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON More than 30 years before Ghostface slashed up the big apple, Jason took a holiday to see lady liberty herself. This fascinating entry in the franchise transports Jason to an urban environment for the first time. On top of this, the big man embarks on a nordic vessel (for a majority of the film). Does the balance work, or does it fall flat on its face? Rhys and Kane rewatc...

FRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON Part 7?  Oh, the psycho-kinetic one! When you move onto the seventh entry in a series, what is there even left to say? Well, superpowers seem to exist in this universe now, and at least it is something fresh. Rhys and Kane pop on their tinfoil hats and give this glorified fan-fiction a watch, to see if supernatural powers combatting Jason Voorhees may liven up the slasher....

THE KISSING BOOTH TRILOGY MARATHON And it all started because of a f*cking kissing booth. In honour of The Kissing Booth 2 and 3 being immediately filmed one after the other, Kane, Rhys and Charli record this third entry in the series right after the last installment (and partly because this is how their recording schedule works). Amidst the gang's final summer before college, they become exi...

THE KISSING BOOTH TRILOGY MARATHON How did we get here? How did we get to a world where The Kissing Booth is not just a standalone film, but instead a full-on series... The boys (and Charli) move on to the second entry of the series, where Elle and Noah are not (un)happily dating long-distance, Lee is ruining yet another teen girl's life, and the new hot guy, Marco, joins the line of supposed...

THE KISSING BOOTH TRILOGY MARATHON Marathon Me are taking a brief intermission from discussions of 80s slashers and killable camp-counsellors to marathon something a little different... the iconic modern Netflix tweenie trilogy: The Kissing Booth . We are joined for this marathon by our friend Charli, a Kissing Booth expert, and our first female guest (about time the boys get some feminine film pe...

FRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON We enter a whole new era of the Friday The 13th franchise; zombie-Jason era . A much more comedic take on the franchise, this entry goes full-camp, with electrical resurrections, a killer unsure of his own strength and one-liners galore. Is this new light-hearted take come welcomed? or do Rhys and Kane think maybe Jason should have just stayed dead... Podcast Instagram: @m...

SCREAM FRANCHISE MARATHON Scream: Ghostface takes Manhattan. The Scream train continues! After the success of last year's re-quel, another entry had to be made. Joining us are our same core-four and the creative minds that did oh-so-well last time - but now they're in The Big Apple. Rhys and Kane go into depth here on the entry's take on 'the franchise,' luckily still taki...

FRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON Aaaaaaand, they're back. We take on a whole new version of Friday the 13th, where Jason isn't here? Instead, we have the criminal mastermind paramedic that is Roy Burns. #longlivetheking Rhys and Kane have an absolute ball with this entry, that is just absolute nuts. Critically-panned, the boys dive deep into probably one of the most redundant within the canon of...

FRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON We've made it to the last cha... but according to IMDB we're not even a third of the way through these movies? In this installment, Jason takes on the family dynamic, but more importantly, a child Corey Feldman. The formula seems to slightly be diverging here, but how noticeable is it? And our culmination of of teens includes George McFly, a goth and some twins -...

FRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON Were you thinking this franchise was feeling a bit flat? Maybe a third dimension will help. Amidst yet another boom in the popularity of 3D, Jason Voorhees couldn't let this pass unscathed - and he doesn't. But what really will shock audiences is that this film... is good. Strap a lie-detector machine to the Marathon Me boys, and they will happily tell you that t...

FRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON Pa.. pa.. pa.. pa...   Two.. two.. two... Barely a year later, the slasher classic gets a follow-up, and... a lot is the same. BUT grown up Jason makes his first ever appearance, and he hits the ground running, gunning and killing (actually, no guns). Rhys and Kane find themselves questioning if this sequel supports or rejects their theories raised by the first film. But o...

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID FRANCHISE MARATHON Disney has decided to remake yet another film near and dear to our hearts; but this one isn't a classic animated film going live action, it goes the other way! But does this mean that the film is an UPGRADE?.. No.  Rhys and Kane update the Diary of a Wimpy Kid marathon, by visiting this new Disney+ entry that follows last year's trashy straight-to-...

AMERICAN PIE MARATHON Nine movies down... ranging between the good, the bad, and the explicitly offensive (a lot of that last category). Rhys and Kane can now call themselves American Pie experts, having tracked the entire franchise, spin-offs included - meaning they both have an accurate Stifler-family-tree etched into their minds until the day that they die. This marks the end of a highlight fra...

FRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON Murder, sex and summer camps. It doesn't get much better than that. One of the most quintessential and important franchises in the entire lexicon of slasher films. Would we even HAVE an understanding of this genre as much if it weren't for the hockey-masked wearing fool? Rhys and Kane explore the terrifying plains of camp crystal lake, beginning with the first en...

AMERICAN PIE MARATHON An American Pie film from our current decade... something that must be seen to be believed.  One would surely think that this installment is reaching new heights of political correctness, gender equality, and teenage empowerment through a modern lens - but of course not; the film enters the territory of straight-to-streaming melodramatic, teen romance, that still makes you wa...

AMERICAN PIE MARATHON Starring Jonah Hill and Michael Cera, we would like to present Superba... actually, that's not right. We're onto the end of an era! The last of the American Pie Presents spinoff films of the 2000's, and this one really caps off an era. Crazy, balls-to-the-wall, sex-obsessed madness, that feels like a fever dream from beginning to end.  The Marathon Me boys watc...

AMERICAN PIE MARATHON American Pie enters full cartoon-mode; no bounds within reality anymore. Prepare yourself for a double-trouble (emphasis on the trouble) episode of marathon me, with TWO American Pie spinoff films. Finally, we enter college, and get to see the crazy sex antics that comes with higher education... and it's weird. Nude runs, cross-species experimentation, and manslaughter....

AMERICAN PIE MARATHON This one time... at band camp... Stifler's brother ruined several teenager's lives. The time that you all have been waiting for: the beginning of the spin-off movies. And what a film to start off with.  We join Matt Stifler, Steve's little brother, as he's all grown up and living the life of his older sibling, but seemingly without level-headed friends to...