THE FIXATE & BINGE PODCAST, with Host, Joe Curdy: Deep dives into cinema and storytelling with voices who create it

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back! If you have Disney+/HULU and a AMC+/SHUDDER subscription -- you owe it to yourself to see the following films new to streaming: A REAL PAIN , Written, directed and starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin. Streaming now on Disney+/HULU. A DIFFERENT MAN , Written and directed by Aaron Schimberg, starring Sebastian Stan, Adam Pearson, Renate Reinsve. Streaming now on...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to 2025 and a brand new year of The Fixate & Binge Podcast! In this episode, Netflix's new hit show -- AMERICAN PRIMEVAL -- is reviewed, but the question lingers: was there a better, more factually based story to be told from the Territory of Utah in the mid-19th century? Joe weighs in with some Mormon history... Joe also addresses news that streaming giants like...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a short series of the best from streaming in 2024!  This week's episode, I discuss the best that HBO/MAX offered subscribers with: THE PENGUIN TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (Season 2) THE FRANCHISE I also discuss the problem(s) with Tyler Sheridan's latest production, LANDMAN , starring Billy Bob Thornton, and Ali Larter. Lastly, I share my...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a short series of the best from streaming in 2024!  This week's episode, I discuss the best that HULU/FX offered subscribers with: SH ō GUN UNDER THE BRIDGE THE BEAR (SEASON 3) FARGO (SEASON 5) I also discuss troubling news about why the James Bond franchise has stalled -- and what this might mean for Bond fans around the world... Have a Happy Christmas and a Merry...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a short series of the best from streaming in 2024!  This week's episode, I discuss the best that Amazon Prime offered subscribers with: FALLOUT BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER RINGS OF POWER THE WALKING DEAD: DARYL DIXON (AMC) MATLOCK Next week, I will dive into the best in streaming from Disney/Hulu for 2024! You won't want to miss it! Thank you for listening! You can...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a short series of the best from streaming in 2024!  This week's episode, I discuss the best that Netflix offered subscribers with: BABY REINDEER  RIPLEY THE BROTHERS SUN BLUE EYE SAMURAI THE GENTLEMEN ARCANE BLACK DOVES Next week, I will dive into the best in streaming from Amazon Prime. You won't want to miss it! Thank you for listening! You can find and foll...

Send us Fan Mail Recent House Subcommittee Hearings and declassified footage in the past few years -- especially in the past two weeks -- seem to confirm what many have suspected for decades: We Are NOT Alone! In celebration of these extraordinary findings -- now available to the public -- Season 2, Episode 17 of The Fixate & Binge Podcast offers a definitive list of the best 15 films about UF...

Send us Fan Mail A huge welcome back to former guest Adam Kromachou, aka, Sunset Loner Cinema to discuss the year in film (so far), and what to keep an eye on for the awards circuit! Joe & Adam also dive into the new release -- Gladiator 2 (spoiler-free, of course) and offer their analysis on what worked, what was surprising, and other critiques. You won't want to miss hearing about the f...

Send us Fan Mail Tired of the kids sitting around the house during the Thanksgiving & Christmas Break holidays? Fed up with extended family who have overstayed their welcomes? Bored with endless college and NFL football games? Cash-strapped after another Christmas shopping season? This week's episode appeals to the couch-potato in all of us -- with an essential list of 30 Holiday Films to...

Send us Fan Mail With our post-election hangovers bringing on a new winter of discontent, former graduate school colleague and all-around comedy raconteur, Dr. Bob Beshere stops by the podcast to express his love for Taika Waititi's brilliant and hilarious WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, now in its final season. Joe and Bob reminisce about their time studying overseas, Shakespeare, and just what B...

Send us Fan Mail It was the best of  times, it was the worst of times -- Need a break from all the divisive politics during this contentious US election? Me too. Let's discuss kung fu movies from the 1970s. Here's a list of my 10 favorite films! THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (1978) FIVE DEADLY VENOMS (1978) ONE-ARMED BOXER (1972) MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE (1976) CRIPPLED AVENGERS (19...

Send us Fan Mail In celebration of Rotten Tomatoes' 25-year anniversary (1999 to 2024), top critics were recently approached by the site to put together a list of the TOP 25 FILMS. While their list was commendable, there were several critical omissions that in my opinion invalidate it. (No films were selected between the years 2002 to 2005; and only one female director's work was selecte...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a special episode of The Fixate & Binge Podcast -- with my special guest, Jeanette Flannery from the United Kingdom who has selected her three favorite American Horror films to discuss. Not to be outdone, Joe has in turn selected his favorite three British Horror films of his own for discussion! So tune in -- if you DARE -- to hear about: THE WICKER MAN (1973) Starr...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Fixate & Binge Podcast, for the final episode of a new 10-part series on underappreciated films. Spanning over 55 -years of forgotten Hollywood gems, this is the last part of the 10-part series hosted by Joe where he discusses in depth his selection of five films that are worth rewatching or even viewing for the first time! Part 10 of this 10-part series th...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Fixate & Binge Podcast, for the penultimate episode of a new 10-part series on underappreciated films. Spanning over 55 -years of forgotten Hollywood gems, join Joe for every episode as he discusses in depth his selection of five films that are worth rewatching or even viewing for the first time! Part 9 of this 10-part series the following films are reviewe...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Fixate & Binge Podcast, for the seventh episode of a new 10-part series on underappreciated films. Spanning over 55 -years of forgotten Hollywood gems, join Joe for every episode as he discusses in depth his selection of five films that are worth rewatching or even viewing for the first time! Part 8 of this 10-part series the following films are reviewed: C...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Fixate & Binge Podcast, for the seventh episode of a new 10-part series on underappreciated films. Spanning over 55 -years of forgotten Hollywood gems, join Joe for every episode as he discusses in depth his selection of five films that are worth rewatching or even viewing for the first time! Part 7 of this 10-part series the following films are reviewed: N...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Fixate & Binge Podcast, for the sixth episode of a new 10-part series on underappreciated films. Spanning over 55 -years of forgotten Hollywood gems, join Joe for every episode as he discusses in depth his selection of five films that are worth rewatching or even viewing for the first time! Part 6 of this 10-part series the following films are reviewed: THE...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Fixate & Binge Podcast, for the fifth episode of a new 10-part series on underappreciated films. Spanning over 55 -years of forgotten Hollywood gems, join Joe for every episode as he discusses in depth his selection of five films that are worth rewatching or even viewing for the first time! Part 5 of this 10-part series the following films are reviewed: THE...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Fixate & Binge Podcast, for the fourth episode of a new 10-part series on underappreciated films. Spanning over 55 -years of forgotten Hollywood gems, join Joe for every episode as he discusses in depth his selection of five films that are worth rewatching or even viewing for the first time! Part 4 of this 10-part series the following films are reviewed: Th...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Fixate & Binge Podcast, for the third episode of a new 10-part series on underappreciated films. Spanning over 55 -years of forgotten Hollywood gems, join Joe as every episode he discusses in depth his selection of five films that are worth rewatching or even viewing for the first time! Part 3 of this 10-part series the following films are reviewed: THE QUI...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Fixate & Binge Podcast, for the second episode of a new 10-part series on underappreciated films. Spanning over 55 -years of forgotten Hollywood gems, join Joe as every episode he discusses in depth his selection of five films that are worth rewatching or even viewing for the first time! Part 2 of this 10-part series the following films are reviewed: NEVER...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Fixate & Binge Podcast, for the first episode of a new 10-part series on underappreciated films. Spanning over 55-years of forgotten Hollywood gems, join Joe as every episode he discusses in depth his selection of five films that are worth rewatching or even viewing for the first time! Part 1 of this 10-part series the following films are reviewed: WHERE EA...

Send us Fan Mail Tighten up your straight jacket, exfoliate your funny bone, and get ready for the Ultimate List of Cinema's Greatest Comedies of the Last 80 years! Beginning in 1944 -- join Joe as he offers his very own list of classic comedies that have kept generations in stitches and find out which ones are destined to keep your kids and grandkids in stitches! From Cary Grant, Marilyn Mon...

Send us Fan Mail A Venn Diagram of perfection, Michael Mann's HEAT presents a mid-1990s Los Angeles as a sprawling concrete jungle of conformity that neither the cops or the robbers want any part of. Three masters at the height of their careers -- Mann, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, converging to make this masterpiece is the stuff of cinephile dreams. Join Joe on this deep-dive into all things H...