The Extra Buttery Podcast

In their fifth bonus episode, Robert and Jason revisit a terrifying movie from Jason's childhood: Tarsem Singh's psychological thriller THE CELL. Don't ask us why Jason was watching something this creepy at 12 years old! We start off by discussing Robert's previous disappointment with Tarsem's IMMORTALS, and then move into THE CELL's crazy but time-tested visual effects and the central performance...

In the 95th episode of The Extra Buttery Podcast, summer movie season is crawling back to life. We begin in the Montana wilderness with a new thriller from Taylor Sheridan, THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD, starring Angelina Jolie (2:40). Then we retreat back into the house with THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (16:36), a long-delayed Hitchcock ripoff starring Amy Adams. Finally, we puzzle through our second Zack Sn...

In the fourth episode of Jason and Robert Watch Old Movies, we take a deep dive into Robert Altman's THE PLAYER. Released in 1992 and nominated at the 65th Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing, Tim Robbins stars as a hot shot movie exec who gets embroiled in a murder-mystery with a bitter screenwriter. We talk about how we stumbled upon this film (3:00), its l...

In the 94th episode of the Extra Buttery Podcast, Jason and Robert recap the Oscars (2:29) – Robert’s second favorite holiday of the year – before discussing Clueless Cole in MORTAL KOMBAT (19:06), the predictability of the new space thriller STOWAWAY (32:56), before finishing off with THE CAPTAIN FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER (42:54), a TV series that’s equal parts action, comedy, drama, thriller...

In the third episode of Jason and Robert Watch Old Movies, we head back to the beginnings of the superhero era with the smash box office miss, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN. An ill-fated project from inception, a grumpy Sean Connery (in his last film ever) stars in a dieselpunk superhero flick directed by Stephen Norrington (also his last film), based on an adaptation of Alan Moore and Kev...

In the 93rd episode of the Extra Buttery Podcast, Jason and Robert open with a brief discussion about some casting news with Disney+’s upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series before taking a deep dive into ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE (3:40). After discussing our initial thoughts, we talk about pivotal inclusion of The Flash and Cyborg’s backstories and stylistic differences between Snyder and the-man...

In the 92nd episode of the Extra Buttery Podcast, Jason and Robert share their thoughts on the WANDAVISION finale and Scarlet Witch's grieving process (4:13) before diving into the Oscar nominations, including the inclusion of Thomas Vinterberg and SOUND OF METAL, two films we thought would get overlooked. The meat of the episode (16:16) begins with a brief chat about our biggest surprises be...

It’s our second bonus episode, part of our new series where Robert and Jason go back over older titles one of us has never seen before. This time we get into GATTACA (1997), starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. We go over Jason’s attempts to get Robert to watch (3:54), and catch everyone up on how Andrew Niccol burst on the scene with his directorial debut (5:56). We discuss how the movie may hav...

In the 91st episode of the Extra Buttery Podcast, Jason and Robert discuss Lee Isaac Chung’s MINARI (7:40), about a Korean family trying to carve out their own little space in America, and Shaka King’s JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (35:17), about Fred Hampton and the Black Panther Party in the 1960s. How did these films tackle racism and prejudice? What do they tell us about America? Skip to the end...

In the first-ever episode of Jason and Robert Watch Old Movies (title TBD), we tackle the hard truth about Ahhh-nold’s TRUE LIES: it’s a really fun action movie. A $300-million hit, it was supposed to spawn a sequel (14:53), only to get shelved after 9/11 irrevocably changed the action movie landscape. We continue with our most ridiculous moments (21:27), the best lines (26:47), what the upcoming...

In the 90th episode of the Extra Buttery podcast, Jason and Robert begin with an extended discussion on the recent SAG nominations, why no one cares about the Golden Globes (hint: they get it wrong all the time) and why the Oscars have an obsession with representing international films even though they’re often poorly understood or overlooked by the voting body of – you guessed it – predominantly...

In the 89th episode of the Extra Buttery podcast, Jason and Robert discuss the first two episodes of WandaVision, which asks more questions than it answers, before jumping into our Top 10 films of the year (so far). Our lists are subject to change as we await new releases, but check our discussion starting (4:46) before running down the full list (45:10). The episode ends with some extra butter --...

Happy New Year! In the 88th episode of the Extra Buttery podcast, Jason and Robert wrap up 2020 with the holiday releases. Unfortunately, most of it came with capital-D Disappointment and a side of unbuttered popcorn. We begin by questioning the decision to include L__ S______ in the season finale of The Mandalorian (2:08, Wookiepedia time: 11:44) before moving onto even more curious screenwriting...

We’re back! In the 87th episode of the Extra Buttery podcast, Jason and Robert open up with their expectations for Spider-Man 3 (or is it 8?) given the recent castings, which swings the discussion to Warner Bros.’ decision to release WONDER WOMAN 1984 in theatres and on streaming services at the same time (5:45). Want to skip straight to the good stuff? It’s a STAR WARS extravaganza with THE MANDA...

“YADDLE MAKES ANOTHER APPEARANCE!” In the 86th episode of the Extra Buttery podcast, Jason and Robert discuss RONIN and 47 RONIN (loosely connected) … then, yup, it’s a tangent as Robert drones on about his custom (!) tweed jacket. The episode officially begins with a lengthy discussion about romantic crime drama QUEEN & SLIM (7:40, *spoilers* between 18:19-19:52), and Chapters 10 and 11 of TH...

Is this the Heath Ledger appreciation hour? In the 85th episode of the Extra Buttery podcast, Jason and Robert open up with an extended talk about the timeless medieval comedy, A KNIGHT’S TALE (now on Netflix), and where it fits in Ledger’s legacy. After the intro and – tangent alert! – Robert proudly revealing his pumpkin spice obsession, we move onto Season 2 of THE MANDALORIAN (10:20) where we...

What’s your favourite movie so far this year? In the 84th episode of the Extra Buttery podcast, Jason and Robert wonder how the delayed releases of big-time movies will affect award races. Then they move on to a wrap-up of VIFF with Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut FALLING (3:32, *minor spoilers*) and ANOTHER ROUND (10:34), a Danish film from Thomas Vinterberg about four schoolteachers who get...

In the 83rd episode of the Extra Buttery Podcast, Jason and Robert discuss Vin Diesel’s burgeoning music career in the cold open before moving on to ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE with its $70-million budget and the impact it may have on streaming services and expensive IPs. The episode gets going with THE BOYS (11:23, *spoilers*) before moving diving into TIFF with Chloe Grace Moretz’s SHADOW IN TH...

In the 82nd episode of the Extra Buttery podcast, Jason and Robert talk about the box office impact of COVID-19 and the fallout from TENET and MULAN before moving onto an in-depth discussion about the themes and ideas behind Season 2 of Amazon’s THE BOYS (4:25); Charlie Kaufman’s weird psychological thriller I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (17:28); Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira’s awesome c...

In the 81st episode of the Extra Buttery podcast, Jason and Robert briefly discuss Denis Villeneuve's hotly anticipated DUNE (4:17) before jumping in head and feet first (get it?) into Christopher Nolan's mind-bending spy thriller TENET (5:46), and then finishing off with some short thoughts on Fox's final X-Men film, THE NEW MUTANTS (42:32), and Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter turning back the clock...

In the 80th episode of the Extra Buttery podcast, Jason and Robert open with a discussion about rumours of Shia LaBeouf playing Iceman in the MCU’s X-Men universe; the Australian cyberpunk sci-fi thriller, "Upgrade" (6:13); the classic Taiwanese film, "Yi Yi", from acclaimed director Edward Yang (19:12); Seth Rogen's new HBO comedy, "An American Pickle" (30:41); and Season 2 of Netflix's sibling s...

In the 79th episode of the Extra Buttery podcast, Jason and Robert open with a discussion on the continued delays of new releases before moving onto Kelly Reichardt’s new minimalist film set in 1820’s Oregon, “First Cow” (4:55), Netflix’s new series based on the Arthurian legend, “Cursed” (20:27), the new Nicolas Cage spectacle, “Color Out of Space” (32:29), and then finishing with the charming ro...

In the 78th episode of the Extra Buttery podcast, Jason and Robert open with the announcement of a Fallout movie, discuss Michael Keaton’s return as Batman (3:09), Charlize Theron kicking more ass in The Old Guard (10:42), how Rachel McAdams saves Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (23:50), Rob’s take on Greg Daniels’ new Amazon TV show Upload (34:58), and Jason’s take on Netflix’s Ta...

Welcome to the Extra Buttery podcast! In this episode, Jason and Rob discuss Joel Schumacher (RIP) and the impact of “Batman Forever”, the brewing legal battle between Cineworld and Cineplex (6:41) and the various issues surrounding QuiBi (21:27). Then we chat about Spike Lee's “Da 5 Bloods” and its decision to not de-age its older actors (30:50), and HBO Max’s “Love Life” and why it deserves a Se...

Theme music: "Downtown" by Podington Bear. [CC BY-NC 3.0] Time Stamps: Robert and Jason have a discussion about Black Lives Matter, Hogan's Alley in Vancouver and the importance of education before moving onto... THE VAST OF NIGHT (13:34), the overlooked micro-budget sci-fi thriller that was rejected from just about every festival but is now on Amazon Prime, and SPACE FORCE (27:27), Netflix's sati...