The Binge Movie Podcast

In this special episode, Rebecca and Jason are joined by guest Joshua Grannell, aka drag icon Peaches Christ, for a deep dive into one of the most amazingly bad movies any of them have ever seen: the mind-boggling misbegotten film noir pastiche THE ASSIGNMENT. And despite its awfulness, they want you to watch it immediately.

Rebecca praises GHOST IN THE SHELL’s jaw-dropping visuals while wishing it had retained the philosophical core of the original. Then, Jason chronicles the animal carnage of THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE to Rebecca’s horror and celebrates THE BOSS BABY as a feature-length animated 30 ROCK spinoff.

In which Rebecca and Jason compare T2 TRAINSPOTTING to its groundbreaking original, look for signs of life in the derivative sci-fi horror of LIFE, and lament a botched adaptation of Daniel Clowes' WILSON.

After picking three favorite movies from each of their birth years, Rebecca and Jason praise three wonderful but very different female-driven new releases: the live-action musical BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the French coming-of-age cannibal allegory RAW, and the enigmatic supernatural thriller PERSONAL SHOPPER.

In which Rebecca and Jason praise the high-minded thrills of KONG: SKULL ISLAND, celebrate the great Shirley MacLaine in THE LAST WORD while taking serious issue with its other performances, and dive deep into the familiar but effective character study of DONALD CRIED.

After an impassioned postmortem of this year's Oscars, Rebecca and Jason bid a not-so-fond farewell to Wolverine in LOGAN, talk teen nostalgia in BEFORE I FALL, and bemoan the botched potential of TABLE 19.

In which Rebecca goes into ecstasy over the socially aware horror of GET OUT, then Jason praises KIKI's essential portrait of trans people of color and the brilliant young actress playing a conflicted zombie in THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS.

In this very special episode, The Binge is joined by screenwriter George Northy (G.B.F.) for a critical appreciation of the female-directed horror anthology XX (11:20). He then sits in with Rebecca as she solicits Jason's views on future in-flight comedy fix FIST FIGHT (30:37), as well as the latest edition of "Spoil That Sh*t!" in which Jason gives away the convoluted ending of A CURE FOR WELLNES...

We're back! For Jason and Rebecca's first episode of the Trump presidency, we review three sequels that all work non-terribly: the tastefully trashy thrills of FIFTY SHADES DARKER (9:45); JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2's (28:58) nonstop head-shot action; and THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE's (45:43) deliciously referential hilarity.

We kneel at the alter of Annette Bening's exquisite performance in Mike Mills' lovely 20TH CENTURY WOMEN, take PATRIOTS DAY to task for its questionable taste and irresponsibility, and bemoan the sorry state of Ben Affleck's ambitious misfire LIVE BY NIGHT.

We ring in the New Year with three awards season titles making their San Francisco debuts: the mixed-bag grief parable A MONSTER CALLS, Jim Jarmusch's PATERSON with its redeeming lead performance by Adam Driver, and Pedro Almodóvar's sumptuously melodramatic return to form JULIETA.

It's The Binge Year in Review! Listen to Jason and Rebecca count down their 13 collective favorite films of this very bad year. As a holiday gift to you all, Jason ends the show by spoiling COLLATERAL BEAUTY for Rebecca live on the air. You're welcome.

We debate whether FENCES is an ideal holiday movie, celebrate the vital history lesson wrapped in the shiny upbeat package of HIDDEN FIGURES, debate who exactly is the right audience for SILENCE, and spoil the terrible ending of the terrible movie PASSENGERS.

Jason and Rebecca perform a soft-shoe of praise for the incandescent musical LA LA LAND, pull a 180 to to denounce COLLATERAL BEAUTY as one of the year’s worst films, and celebrate the importance and imagination of the Swedish trans-teen allegory GIRLS LOST.

Rebecca grills Jason on the Upworthy-worthiness of LION, his thoughts on MISS SLOANE as a known Chastainiac, and whether OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY works as holiday escapism.

In which Jason and Rebecca fall in love with three movies about female protagonists finding their identities in the face of loss and upheaval: the inspiring Disney princess of MOANA, Natalie Portman's astounding performance as JACKIE, and Isabelle Huppert's second brilliant lead turn this fall in THINGS TO COME.

For the first time ever, Jason and Rebecca give all four movies their highest rating! First, they tackle two audacious new releases about the darkest parts of humanity, told through a prism of different genres and tones: Tom Ford’s NOCTURNAL ANIMALS and Paul Verhoeven’s ELLE. After celebrating Kenneth Lonergan's nuanced character-driven genius in MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, they close out with the refr...

After several minutes of grief-stricken rambling about the presidential election, Jason and Rebecca name ARRIVAL one of the year's best movies, lament LOVING's newfound relevance while wishing it was a bit more dramatic, and can't get past a strictly intellectual appreciation of THE LOVE WITCH.

Jason's husband Scott Ward joins the show to lend his nerdy Marvel expertise to a review of DOCTOR STRANGE. Afterward, Rebecca and Jason admit to being thoroughly entertained by TROLLS and Jason gives mixed reviews to partially animated documentaries GIMME DANGER, about Iggy and the Stooges, and TOWER, about the 1966 mass shooting at UT Austin.

In an all-foreign all-unrated edition, Jason and Rebecca delight in the perverted thrills of THE HANDMAIDEN, praise Sonia Braga's towering performance in AQUARIUS, and patiently wait for the two dudes to bone in BEING 17.

In which Jason interviews MOONLIGHT writer/director Barry Jenkins about creating one of the year's best films, the construction of toxic masculinity, and Jenkins' storied San Francisco years.

In which Jason and Rebecca bemoan the state of October movies, wish they had a CPA to untangle the many convoluted threads of THE ACCOUNTANT, and praise the subject of MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE while wishing the film itself were a bit more inspired.

In their triumphant return, Rebecca and Jason finally tackle their full review of THE BIRTH OF A NATION, plow through the "erotic" "thrills" of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, praise the fresh, invigorating experience of AMERICAN HONEY, and face the uncomfortable relevance of DENIAL.

In which Rebecca sits down with East Bay director Justin Tipping to discuss his debut feature, KICKS, as well the pressures of representing your hometown, swerving the male gaze with a cast of 15 year old boys, and funding a film with a diverse cast.

We’re joined by Joshua Grannell, a.k.a. Peaches Christ, for a review of the Natasha Lyonne horror indie ANTIBIRTH (Grannell directed Lyonne in his own horror indie, ALL ABOUT EVIL). Then Rebecca infuriates Jason by calling out THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS’ similarities to Nicholas Sparks and weak female lead, they reunite over their love of Kathy Bates in COMPLETE UNKNOWN, and Jason laments that Chara...