Send us a text 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 keep you, your loved ones, bored kids, and extended family pre-occupied until the New Year drops and we al...
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Send us a text 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 Bob has been doing for the past 21 years other than fighting crime in the city all night. Joe also shares fi...
Nov 12, 2024•55 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Send us a text 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 (1978) THE INVINCIBLE ARMOUR (1977) DRUNKEN MASTER (1978) SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW (1978) EXECUTIONERS FROM SHAOL...
Nov 05, 2024•45 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Send us a text 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 selected out of the 25 film directors of which some director's work was listed more than once!). Are we really just goi...
Oct 29, 2024•30 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Send us a text 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) Starring Edward Woodard, Christopher Guest, Diane Client, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1...
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Send us a text 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 the following films are reviewed: SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS (2012) Starring Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam ...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Send us a text 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 reviewed: SHOOT 'EM UP (2007) Starring Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci ROCKNROLLA (2008) Starring ...
Oct 08, 2024•59 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Send us a text 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: CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND (2002) Starring Sam Rockwell, Julia Roberts, George Clooney THE BLIND S...
Oct 01, 2024•57 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Send us a text 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: NARC (2002) Starring Ray Liotta, Jason Patric, Busta Rhymes DEATH TO SMOOCHY (2002) Starring Robin Will...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Send us a text 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 13TH WARRIOR (1999) Starring Antonio Banderas, Omar Sharif DANCER IN THE DARK (2000) Starring Björk, ...
Sep 17, 2024•53 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Send us a text 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 GAME (1997) Starring Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger FESTEN (or, THE CELEBRATION) (199...
Sep 10, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Send us a text 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: The Madness of King George (1994) Starring Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Rupert Everett The L...
Sep 03, 2024•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 4
Send us a text 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 QUIET EARTH (1985) Starring Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge ENEMY MINE (1985) Starring Dennis Quaid, Lou...
Aug 27, 2024•59 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Send us a text 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 CRY WOLF (1983) Starring Charles Martin Smith, Brian Dennehy THE DEAD ZONE (1983) Starring Christopher...
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Send us a text 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 EAGLES DARE (1968) Starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood HAROLD & MAUDE (1971) Starring Ruth Gordo...
Aug 13, 2024•41 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Send us a text 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 Monroe, Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Peter Sellers, Gene Kelly, Graham Chapman, John Belushi, Leslie Nielsen, Bill...
Aug 06, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 119
Send us a text 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 HEAT -- how the story came to be , what events inspired Mann to make this masterpiece , and where the story ...
Jul 30, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 118
Send us a text Welcome back to the Fixate & Binge podcast -- and in this episode Joe is joined by the youngest guest in the podcast's history to offer their impressions on the latest big screen box office spectacle -- TWISTERS -- starring Glenn Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones! Joe also breaks down four shows currently streaming -- The Acolyte (Disney+), The Boys (Amazon Prime), Presumed Innocent (Apple TV) and Vikings: Valhalla (Netflix) with enthusiastic reasons why each of these shows (especi...
Jul 23, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Send us a text Dulce et Decorum est! Join Joe as he lays out the greatest warfare films (in his humble opinion) ever made! From Spielberg to Nolan to Ridley to Mel, listen in on which films made the coveted list -- and why. Also, Joe offers his spoiler-free reaction to this year's much-hyped LONGLEGS , starring Nicholas Cage and Maika Monroe. So if you're a fan of history, a student of historical battles, or an aficionado of battle reenactments, you won't want to miss this one! Which ones didn't...
Jul 16, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Send us a text There is a disturbance in the Force. Unseen, Sith-like powers operate in the shadows, fomenting hatred, misogyny, and racism targeting anything produced by the Star Wars franchise. As Disney+'s latest Star Wars content to hit the small screen -- The Acolyte -- winds down its first season, despite its glowing reviews from critics, the series has earned the unfortunate distinction of receiving the lowest viewer score in its 50-year franchise history. (And that's saying something con...
Jul 09, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Send us a text Whoever said "patience is a virtue" never had to wait this long for the 2nd season of Apple TV's Severance ! Join Joe as he lists a staggering 20 TV shows that he's still waiting to see the next season of! (I promise he has a life; no really, he does!) Joe also gives his spoiler-free impressions of A Quiet Place: Day One (now in theatres) and his thoughts on a recent low-budget horror film from 2021 The Deep House available on Amazon Prime. So tune in to hear what Joe has been wat...
Jul 02, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 114
Send us a text Satire is one of the most effective tools for political and cultural commentary -- and one of the most cherished forms of comedic expression in Western societies. Used appropriately, satire can (as Shakespeare once said) "hold the mirror up to nature" -- and be a catalyst for greater discussion and broader understanding. Or it can make you mad. Really mad. Season 4 of Amazon Prime's breakout television show THE BOYS is finally being recognized by a certain demographic of their aud...
Jun 25, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 113
Send us a text According to the Hollywood Reporter, the domestic box office returns are already down 24% from last year and 42% down from 2019, the last normal year before the COVID-19 pandemic when cinemas closed nationwide. What gives? Join Joe as he breaks down why 2024 is an unusual year, what effect events of 2023 had on the box office in 2024, and several other factors that will continue to be a challenge to pack cinemas across the country. Is there any hope? Will things improve? Is this t...
Jun 18, 2024•41 min•Season 1Ep. 112
Send us a text Welcome to episode 111! In this special episode, join Joe as he offers his definitive list of 25 films (spanning over 100 years) that depict fatherhood in film! From the Silent Film era to the neorealism of post-WWII foreign cinema, and on into the 21st century with everything from PIXAR films to Westerns, tune in to hear Joe briefly break down why these 25 films offer fine examples of fatherhood in cinema and why they're all worth seeing for yourself! Also included is a very spec...
Jun 11, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Send us a text It's been 9 years since George Miller's face-melting FURY ROAD changed cinema forever at the box office, and with no decline in quality, 2024's FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA is a very worthy prequel. It's been critically embraced, so why is it struggling at the box office? Join Joe as he breaks down what might be the overarching problem with the film, why it's underperforming -- and why fans of Mad Max may have just seen the last of these films. Joe will also discuss a few things to str...
Jun 04, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Send us a text Join Joe this week as he discusses the phenomenon that keeps television execs up at night -- why are viewers giving up on their favorite shows? Joe discusses several reasons from poor writing, to content, to large gaps between seasons and more. Are you losing faith in one of your favorite tv shows now? What could your show do to bring you back, or is it too late? Also tune in to hear Joe's hot takes on the 2024 Summer Season with The Fall Guy, Babes, Unfrosted (Netflix) and Infest...
May 28, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Send us a text "...you had my curiosity, but now you have my attention!" Join Joe as he lists 20 films with the best opening scenes of all time. From Speilberg to Kubrick, to Tarantino and Scorsese -- and more , find out what films have grabbed the attention of their audiences from the very beginning and which director is the clear master at it! In this series of podcasts for the next several months, join Joe this summer as he reviews tentpole would-be blockbuster films, classic films worthy of ...
May 21, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Send us a text All by his lonesome, Joe breaks down two vintage films that he still regrets waiting this long to recently see -- Woody Allen's comic masterpiece, ANNIE HALL and Wim Wenders' PARIS, TEXAS, the latter of which struck a personal chord. In this series of podcasts for the next several months, join Joe this summer as he reviews tentpole would-be blockbuster films, classic films worthy of your time, and what is worth binging on the smaller screen (t.v.) to help pass the time. You won't ...
May 14, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Send us a text Our returning guest and TikTok star, John Rising, helps us dive into the beloved classic, Groundhog Day. How is it so good and why does it still speak to us so many years later? Then we discuss the ultimate homage to cringe and one of the best films you've likely never heard of, Tim Burton's Ed Wood. There are spoilers, but none that will ruin anything for you. Thank you for listening! You can find and follow us with the links below! Read our Letterboxd reviews at: https://letterb...
May 09, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Send us a text This Binge Report is short and sweet! Find out what we think about Baby Reindeer, Loot season 2, Ripley, Killing Eve, Shogun, and the new film in theaters now, Boy Kills World. How does Boy Kills World compare to Monkey Man? Listen in to find out and let us know what you think. Thank you for listening! You can find and follow us with the links below! Read our Letterboxd reviews at: https://letterboxd.com/fixateandbinge/ Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/fixatean...
Apr 30, 2024•21 min•Season 1Ep. 105
