THE LAST MARATHON ME After close to four years, 150 episodes and a hell of a lot of movies, Marathon Me comes to a close. But who knows, maybe this will be a "final chapter" the likes of Friday the 13th Part 4 or Saw 7, that end up being nowhere near the last entry! Rhys is going to Europe for an undisclosed amount of time, and the time differences, nomadic nature of the trip and different cuisines overseas, it looks like putting the podcast to bed for a hot minute is the best approach for now. ...
Apr 19, 2025•47 min•Season 21Ep. 1
KEVIN SMITH FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON A bit unreal to think that Kevin Smith has become Marathon Me's longest series; the boys travelling from a convenience store, to the mall, a Christian cult camp, meeting God, and back to a convenience store (many many times.) The journey proving to be as close to a mixed bag as one could imagine for a filmmakers' career. Rhys and Kane rank every film from the once iconic director, break down the several phases of his career, and explore what other media and appea...
Apr 19, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 20Ep. 12
KEVIN SMITH FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON After being stuck in development hell for seemingly forever, Kevin caps off the 'Clerks' trilogy with a third and final entry; and if it wasn't for one more film to follow, fittingly bookend his entire filmography. But this is the world we live in: one where Kevin's film career appears to come to a sentimental and existential close, ending where it began, in the Quick Stop. Rhys and Kane revisit one of the most impactful cinematic experiences of their lives with ...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 14 min
KEVIN SMITH FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON After Yoga Hosers, something quite big happened to Kevin Smith. Not a new child. Not a new big culture-shifting movie. But a heart attack. What happens to Kevo's career and filmography when the man is faced with death itself and has to confront it? Jay and Silent Bob Reboot happens: the most Kevin Smith movie ever made. In this View-Askew installment, determined to avenge their legal defeat to Saban Films, Jay and Silent Bob set out for LA to try and stop the sho...
Mar 30, 2025•1 hr 11 min
KEVIN SMITH FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON Just what the world asked for... a pseudo-sequel to Tusk. How did a get a film like Yoga Hosers from Kevin Smith? The answer: a lot of weed. It also seems you get an over-the-top vulgar animated film as well as a nice bonus. When Yoga Hosers sees Harley Quinn Smith and Lily Rose Depp play disinterested teenagers who fight-off tiny Bratwurst-Nazis, Jay and Silent Bob become hardcore superheroes in their own ugly cartoon dimension. Rhys and Kane take on a double bi...
Mar 27, 2025•1 hr 11 min
KEVIN SMITH FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON After making a name for himself in the raunchy comedy space and becoming a becoming a bit of an icon for his relatable yet lightly flawed characters; Kevin changes course once again to something no one could have ever expected, horror movies. Opening this new chapter for Kev is 'Red State,' a pre-MAGA ultra-conservative threat cult thriller that keeps the vulgarity, but adds a layer of intensity - showing the visual literacy possessed by the film maker. Then come...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 30 min
KEVIN SMITH FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON It seems the View-Askew bible is ACTUALLY closed now and we're onto a new phase for Kevo. Who would've known this next phase was making other people's movies? On one hand, the director steals Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks to make his own Judd Apatow movie, and on the other, he borrows Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan and someone else's script to make a buddy cop film. Is this even the same guy we came to know and love as teenagers? Rhys and Kane dive head-first into t...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 13 min
KEVIN SMITH FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON Now that the View-Askewniverse is all tied up and finished, Kevin decides to break the mold, pave a new course and go for a film he's never done before. Then he goes right back to where he started. Where Jersey Girl tells the world that Kevo is more than profanity and deadbeats working shitty jobs, Clerks II shoves the man right back into his comfort zone. Back to the Quickstop, with the same characters, the same banter, but a new coat of paint and a new era of t...
Feb 25, 2025•1 hr 15 min
KEVIN SMITH FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON The KS universe finally comes together in a mega-mashup akin to the MCU's Infinity War. Just trade Spiderman for Bluntman, and infinity stones for joints. Jay and Silent Bob are the heroes this city needs. When best friends, Jay and Silent Bob discover that a major movie based on them is in production, the pair head to Hollywood to rightfully claim the royalty money they deserve. Rhys and Kane revisit the MOST Kevin Smith film there is: one that is solely made fo...
Feb 16, 2025•1 hr 1 min
KEVIN SMITH FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON Did not think it would take only four films for Kevin Smith to take on Catholicism, Alan Rickman and God Him(Her)self. Looks like we're here and Ben Affleck and Matt Damon and along for the ride. Two fallen angels who were ejected from paradise find themselves banned in Wisconsin. They are now headed for New Jersey where they find a loophole that can get them back into heaven. The only catch is that it will destroy humanity. A group bands together to stop them. '...
Feb 09, 2025•1 hr 1 min
KEVIN SMITH FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON Our friend Kevo takes a step in a new direction - one towards a more mature film... a Spike Lee film (in Rhys' opinion). When two comic book artists meet a girl, one of them falls for her but the man's hopes are crushed when he finds that she is a lesbian. Kane and Rhys jump on this third entry to the View-Askew-niverse and debate over whether its the best direction for Kevin to take his subject matter a little more seriously, or if it comes across as too pretent...
Feb 02, 2025•1 hr 2 min
KEVIN SMITH FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON So you've made "Clerks". You're the new hot kid on the block. You can make something great for almost no money. Hollywood is throwing you an opportunity to break it into the mainstream. Whatever you do: don't screw it up. "Mallrats" sees two best friends seek the comforts of the mall when their girlfriends leave them on the same day. After a day of distractions and discussions, they eventually decide to win their girlfriends back. Other than a magically appearing...
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 3 min
KEVIN SMITH FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON Marathon Me takes on another director. Feels a bit soon, doesn't it? Well, this one has been a long time coming. Rhys and Kane dive into the View-Askew-niverse, and look at all the films of Kevin Smith. The rightful and only place to start is Smith's first major hit that took indie-wood by storm. A simple and humble effort filmed entirely in and around a convenience store, all self-funded from Kevin's own credit card. The 90s gem is none-other than 'Clerks'. This...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 12 min
BLACK CHRISTMAS FRANCHISE MARATHON Christmas 2024 may have already passed, but Marathon Me has one more Christmas task: to rank this trilogy of remakes. An oddity that Black Christmas never got any direct sequels, but instead reinvention after reinvention, all spanning from a spine-tingling original classic slasher. Kane and Rhys probably undertake one of the easiest rankings they've done so far - with some clear winners and clear losers. But filled with Christmas spirit and an apatite for some ...
Dec 27, 2024•28 min
BLACK CHRISTMAS FRANCHISE MARATHON A far more modern interpretation of "Black Christmas," all inclusive with a nice sheen of amateurism and (attempted) elevation. With holidays around the corner, Riley and her friends prepare for a Christmas party. But when a masked stalker targets girls and goes on a killing spree, they decide to fight back. Following the 2006 remake, Kane and Rhys' hopes are not very high for this one. Ultimately, they find themselves tasting a whole new flavour of bad, but at...
Dec 23, 2024•42 min
BLACK CHRISTMAS FRANCHISE MARATHON In the thirty years since the original, movies changed quite a lot. But horror changed A LOT. From a film that inspired Halloween, how do we think this 2006 Dimension slasher film with fare? A murdering sociopath escapes prison and returns to his childhood home. However, he finds out that his house has been converted into a sorority house and begins killing the students living there. Kane and Rhys go into this remake with hesitancy, but an open mind, only to fi...
Dec 20, 2024•54 min
BLACK CHRISTMAS FRANCHISE MARATHON Marathon Me gets festive this holiday season; but of course with a bit more blood, plastic bag kills and a freak in the attic than you're usual family Christmas (most of the time). The boys take on the trilogy of remakes that is the 'Black Christmas' franchise. As winter break begins, a group of sorority sisters begin to receive anonymous, lascivious phone calls. Soon, some of the sorority girls go missing from the house, and a local adolescent girl is murdered...
Dec 10, 2024•1 hr 3 min
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON One marathon, spanning three decades and nine films. PTA touches on many themes, taking our hosts from the porn industry on the 1970s, to the oil rush on the late 1800s, and what it means to grieve in a contemporary turn into the 2000s. But one thing runs true... this director knows what he's doing. Rhys and Kane try to rank their individual favourite Paul Thomas Anderson films, to varying results; as well as discuss some predictions of the future of thi...
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 1 min
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON There's very little stranger than the transition from adolescence to adulthood... and the fact that maybe it may never happen. Licorice Pizza is one of those 'vibe movies' where you're transported to another era, an earlier time in your life, and a place where maybe your ethics are put on hold temporarily so that you can feel something pretty intense The film follows the story of Alana Kane, an adult afraid of losing her youth, and Gary Valentine, a teen...
Nov 27, 2024•58 min
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON The first PTA film set outside of L.A., this journey puts us in a new location, and on a new path for the director. Quiet, slow, serious and mature. Renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of British fashion in 1950s London. Women come and go in Woodcock's life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship. His carefully tailored existence soon gets disrupted by Alma, a young and strong-willed w...
Nov 04, 2024•58 min
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON Stoned. Confused. Obsessed with television. This is not a description of the show's hosts, but instead the film they are tackling today; the dark sheep of PTA's filmography. In a California beach community, private detective Larry "Doc" Sportello tends to work his cases through a smoky haze of marijuana. One day, Shasta, a former lover, arrives out of the blue to plead for Doc's help; it seems that Shasta's current beau, rich real-estate tycoon Mickey Wo...
Oct 27, 2024•56 min
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON Maybe Joaquin Phoenix will bring the world of PTA a bit of stability. Wait, he's one of PTA's least stable protagonist's? 'The Master' sees Freddie Quell, a troubled, boozy drifter, struggling with the trauma of World War II and whatever inner demons ruled his life before that. On a fateful night in 1950, Freddie boards a passing boat and meets Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a religious movement called the Cause. A fan favourite of many PTA-fo...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 3 min
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON After having some laughs with PTA's prior efforts; there's no laughs to be had when there will be blood. The director digs a little deeper than he usually would, and the man strikes oil. Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his adopted son HW to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local pre...
Oct 13, 2024•50 min
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON PTA decides to take a quick break from epic-proportion madhouse ensembles that make your mind work in overtime, to both explore the complexities of something as simple as love, and work with Adam Sandler. Barry Egan is a timid and shy man leading a lonely, uneventful life -- partly due to the constant berating he suffers from his seven sisters. However, several events transpire that shake up Egan's mundane existence, one of which is falling in love with ...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 11 min
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON How does one go on living after watching 'Magnolia'? You record a podcast about it. Impressively, the pod doesn't reach the length of the film itself. On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story. Rhys and Kane take ...
Sep 15, 2024•1 hr 21 min
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON Everyone is blessed with one special thing. For PTA, it seems to be film making. It's 1977, and teenage busboy Eddie Adams gets discovered by Jack Horner, who takes him under his wing and transforms him into the adult-film sensation: Dirk Diggler. Rhys and Kane bite off PTA's second feature, which already packs in a giant ensemble, and shoves its audience deep into the adult-film-industry of the 1970s. There's drugs, blood, inspirational character transf...
Sep 08, 2024•1 hr 14 min
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON The hardcore film analysis helmets are coming on. Rhys and Kane are taking a break from horror and kids movies to go through the filmography of one of Rhys' favourite directors: PTA. This episode sees a bit of a rundown of who Paul Thomas Anderson is as a film maker, why we should care about him, and explores his first directorial feature. A seed has been planted, and a whole floodgate opened unleashing: strange paternal dynamics, lost men in a world ful...
Sep 03, 2024•57 min
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS FRANCHISE MARATHON After a long road of many little singers covered in fur, a few strange A-to-B kids movies, and only one Dave and Uncle Ian, the entire Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise has been marathoned. Kane and Rhys are more cut-out for horror movies and iconic trilogies, but they've done the hard work and walked the line... now its time that they rank these Chipmunk films and cleanse them from the podcast for good. Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast F...
Aug 26, 2024•50 min
ALIEN FRANCHISE MARATHON Alien is BACK... and Marathon Me could not be more excited. Horror franchise installments from this year have been pretty damn good, and with Fede Alvarez on-board, things are looking promising. In this entry, we join the timeline between Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) and see Space colonisers come face to face with the most terrifying life-form in the universe while scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station. I wonder if we'll see a familiar face(hugger) or tw...
Aug 19, 2024•1 hr 17 min
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS FRANCHISE MARATHON A fourth entry to a beloved children's franchise that changes up the look and feel of the originals and is set on a road trip?... oh no. We've been here before and it wasn't pretty. Alvin, Simon and Theodore believe that Dave is going to propose to his girlfriend Samantha in Miami. In a bid to retain their place in Dave's life, the three set out to stop him. And the Chipettes are hosting American Idol, but don't worry about that. Rhys and Kane buckle up...
Aug 12, 2024•49 min
