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Binge Movie Aftertaste – Halloween Retrospective w/ Jason Morris and Doug Wicker: Halloween Kills (2021)

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In 1978, a little known director by the name of John Carpenter relinquished Halloween on an unsuspecting public. At the time, it was the most profitable independent film of all time, and is credited with beginning what came to be known as the slasher era of horror. After sequel upon sequel was released to mixed results, with the cultivation being the Busta Rhymes starring Halloween Resurrection in 2002, people thought the legend of Michael Myers was done forever. Even horror lover Rob Zombie failed to leave a positive lasting impression with his two retellings of the Michael mythos in the 2000s.

Sometimes I look at the year and cannot believe what I’m seeing happen around it. For example, Michael Myers had a run in the late 70s-late 80s where he was one of our most popular slashers. But when the 90s made him pretty much obsolete, everyone counted him out of making a comeback. Rob Zombie’s attempts -at least the first one- to resurrect the character and story was a hit with audiences. But after his second film wasn’t what people were expecting, Myers was once again put on ice. Yet, 2018 saw him once again set the box office afire with the simply titled Halloween, and this new one is already tripling its budget in box office take. How is this possible, and is this success warranted with a good film?

Listen in as I once again welcome filmmakers Doug Wicker and Jason Morris to continue our look at the Halloween franchise with this review of Halloween Kills, and then make it known whether we really want this franchise to End, which it supposedly is doing next year. 

PS – If you are a fan of Millennium or even just the X-Files, be sure to check out Morris’s documentary Millennium After The Millennium,

Halloween Kills (2021) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10)

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Binge Movie Aftertaste – Halloween Retrospective w/ Jason Morris and Doug Wicker: Halloween (2018)

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In 1978, a little known director by the name of John Carpenter relinquished Halloween on an unsuspecting public. At the time, it was the most profitable independent film of all time, and is credited with beginning what came to be known as the slasher era of horror. After sequel upon sequel was released to mixed results, with the cultivation being the Busta Rhymes starring Halloween Resurrection in 2002, people thought the legend of Michael Myers was done forever. Even horror lover Rob Zombie failed to leave a positive lasting impression with his two retellings of the Michael mythos in the 2000s.

When a failed attempt at a third film (which was pitched as a 3D film, nonetheless) was put on the back burner, fans of the franchise were left wondering if Michael Myers would ever be back in full form. Enter John Carpenter and producer Jason Blum. With the hiring of writer Danny McBride and one time indie darling David Gordon Green as director, there was certainly a feeling of unease about whether or not the franchise was in good hands.

Following up on our original Halloween Retrospective from 2015, I bring back filmmakers Jason Morris and Doug Wicker to decide whether or not the financially successful Halloween (2018) was as creatively successful as it is financially. Download below!

Halloween (2018) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10)

 

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Binge Movie Aftertaste w/ Chris Papps AND Jason Morris

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Surprise! Here we are again, Bingers. The time has come for another Binge Movie Aftertaste, and in tow, I once again have the one and only lovely Jason Morris. Not only has he been working deep into his own projects, he also has not been feeling well as of late. Plus, with me doing retrospectives and putting together interviews long in the making, it’s been tough to be in the same place at the same time. Yet, here we stand, working on another project of our own (maybe to be further discussed at a later date) and sitting down for another Aftertaste.

And boy, did Jason pick a good week to come back. This week, we are joined by none other than friend and fellow film lover Chris Papps. Somehow finding his way into film premieres and celebrity run-ins, Papps is not short on entertaining stories to share. We also delve into (our last one, I swear) a review of Batman V Superman. Also on tap, reviews of Deadpool (Jason likes it, we don’t), Midnight Special, Everybody Wants Some, Lobster, and way more in this action packed edition of the Binge Movie Aftertaste!

 

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Binge Movie Aftertaste w/ Brandon Slagle; Our Most Anticipated Movies of 2016, and a Special Appearance by Adam Simon

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No time to mess around this week, as this is one jam packed show. What does ‘jam packed’ mean, anyway?

Of course, even with a sense of urgency, Jason and I don’t move things any faster. We start things off by talking about our most anticipated movies of the year, with Jason saying Benedict Cumberbatch’s name in a way that needs to be heard to be believed.

After this bit of nonsense, Jason and I get filmmaker Brandon Slagle on the show to speak about all aspects of the business. He mentions how he got his new directorial effort House of Manson distribution, and why he is more proud of this effort than his other films. Slagle also mentions his ‘BFF’ Ben Affleck, and how he feels Ben is going to do in Batman Vs Superman. More things about the action genre are spoken about, and we finally let the very busy Slagle go back to his duties.

Unfortunately, House of Manson is only being distributed in the UK for the time being. But keep an eye out for physical distribution in the US soon. Any UK listeners (ahem, Nate) here is the Amazon UK link to purchase a copy. Despite a pretty off and on Skype reception, this was a very interesting conversation and we look forward to speaking with Brandon again in the future.

But that isn’t all. Much like the action theme of this particular show, the action never stops as I finally get old favorite Adam Simon back on the show to let loose on his current Hollywood thoughts. Oh sure, we speak about how his films Synapse and Man Down are coming along in the distribution department. But we cover even more topics. From his buddy Clifton Collins Jr’s book Prison Ramen to his thoughts on Star Wars: The Force Awakens to even some Oscar talk, there is no topic off limits. Expect more participation of Simon, as well as more about Prison Ramen, in the Aftertaste’s future.

Jason and I close the show off by talking about our own feelings on how the action genre is holding up in today’s climate. Are we in line for even more spandex ladened franchises? Will there be another The Matrix to knock our socks off? Was The Matrix even original?

Click that little download button located at the bottom of this article to find out!

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One more note: You may have noticed a voice at the beginning of these podcasts who introduces each show for me. That gentleman, my Anonymous Announcer Guy as I like to call him, has just started his own podcast about comics, films, and the ilk. Check him out if you have a chance:

Bunch: Bagged & Boarded! – 12pm (PST) on .darkBarn Radio

 

 

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Binge Movie Aftertaste w/ Jennifer Brody; Our Oscar Predictions and Tributes

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13th continuumEvery once in awhile a guest comes on the Binge Aftertaste and makes us look dumb. Granted, it is not that hard to do so to us. But we knew almost immediately that once we got author Jennifer Brody on the line, we were in for some intelligence questioning. It’s good for assholes such as us.

Before that though, Jason and I pay some tributes to those in the entertainment business who had fallen the week we recorded. Both David Bowie and Alan Rickman get their due diligence. But Jason had some personal interaction with The Tall Man himself, Angus Scrimm, and he shares that experience with us. It’s interesting hearing the career Scrimm had that went far beyond his role in the Phantasm films. Rest in Peace to all.

We then get Brody on the line and it is off and running. She shares things such as how her family reacted to her going from graduating from Harvard to working for an at the time in its infancy Platinum Dunes run by the one of a kind personality known as Michael Bay. Interactions with both Bay and Marilyn Manson are shared, and Brody gradually transitions to how she ended up  working on the Lord of the Rings trilogy for her hero Mark Ordesky. Some new information about the films is given, and it is safe to say that the success of that trilogy was a meeting of some amazingly brilliant minds.

We then get into Brody’s book The 13th Continuum, the first of a trilogy of hopeful post dystopian stories about otherworldly attempts to revive a fallen humanity. We also talk about how she optioned the book to be made into a film, and her attempts to get her movie to be directed by a woman, as well as why she would never adapt her own book into script form. She also drops information on how hard she worked on trying to get Guillermo Del Toro to realize his passion project The Mountains of Madness, and how close it came to getting made.

The show moves on to Jason and I giving our Oscar predictions. What began as a look at the four major categories somehow got derailed into talking about at least two others. By this time we were too drunk to keep track.

Thanks a ton to Jennifer Brody for coming on the air with us. Her book The 13th Continuum gets released in book stores on April 19th, and it is available for pre-order on Amazon now.

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Binge Movie Aftertaste: Back to the Future Retrospective w/ Nate Peterson Pt 2

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Or as I like to call it, the podcast that almost wasn’t. After getting Jason to finally leave the alcohol table and Nate Peterson to get up at 3 AM to record the second (and final?) part of this retrospective, I forgot a sort of important part of recording a podcast. 40 minutes into blabbing about Back to the Future, I realized I forgot to hit the record button.

Not only do we get into this story, Jason, Nate and I do have other business to attend to, which consists of dissecting the two sequels to a movie that was not originally destined to have one. Lots of questions are asked and (not really) answered in this complete breakdown of Back to the Futures Part 2 and Part 3.

Some of which are:

  • Why is Crispin Glover not here, and how much is he missed?
  • How much of the future did they get right?
  • Why does Doc Brown peel off his face?
  • How the hell did Ohh LaLa not catch on?
  • How big of an asshole is Biff?
  • How stupid of a McGuffin is that stupid Sports Almanac?
  • Why can’t Lea Thompson catch a break when it comes to her make-up jobs?
  • Speaking of Thompson, what the hell is she doing in 3?
  • What are the chances of a Back to the Future remake?
  • How many times can we get Jason to screw up Mary Steenburgen’s name?
  • Why do I now have the tendency to go play the TellTale game?

Plus, listen as Jason gets more and more slurred and drunk as the podcast goes on. After two plus hours (actually almost three if you count the lost 40 minutes) you can imagine how much his mic was holding him up. A little over two weeks into the year, I don’t think the craziness that comes with this podcast will be topped.

Back to the Future Part 2: 6/10, 8/10, 8/10

Back to the Future Part 3: 7/10, 8.5/10, 7/10

 

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Finally, be sure to check out Nate Peterson’s youtube channel Food Review UK. Where he and his UK buddies (shockingly) review food.

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Binge Movie Aftertaste – Back to the Future Retrospective w/ Nate Peterson Pt 1

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Welcome to our first Aftertaste of the new year. To usher in 2016, I decided to throw Jason a bone by doing a retrospective on what he has called on the air one of his favorite movies of all time. Needless to say, Jason is very excited to not talk Star Wars anymore, and in turn talk about something he actually cares about.

But hold on, Bingers. There’s more. To spice up this retrospective, I brought in my old friend and Binge voicemail favorite Nate Peterson to offer his own opinions on the entire series. Is he as high on Back to the Future as Jason? Why am I so cynical when it comes to the series? What can we expect to see from this experience of watching the movies that we haven’t seen before? Is Nate going to get so heated throughout this retrospective it will be the lawst time he appears on the Binge airwaves?

While I expected to talk about the first two films of the series in this one podcast, we were such blabbermouths that we were only able to get through the first movie. We touch on many things in this observation of 1985’s sentimental hit.

Things such as:

  • How creepy is Doc and Marty’s relationship, and could it resonate today as it did then?
  • How hot is Lea Thompson?
  • How bad is Lea Thompson’s old age make-up?
  • How triumphant is George’s moment of glory?
  • What would the owner of that 50s diner think of Obama being our president?
  • Who the hell sleeps like THAT?!
  • What would Eric Stoltz have done with the character of Marty McFly?
  • Who the hell is Eric Stoltz?

All this and more lie ahead in this, our first retrospective of the year. So click that download button and wait for all our Back to the Future knowledge hit your ear holes at 1.21 gigawatts. Or, something like that.

Back To The Future: 10/10, 9/10, 7/10

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The Binge Movie Aftertaste – 2015 Year End Special

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What did you all do on Christmas Day? Let me rephrase. What did all you normal people do on Christmas Day? Probably spend it with loved ones and get drunk in front of the TV watching either basketball or movies. What did Jason and I do? We got drunk and taped our final Binge Movie Aftertaste of the year.

Since Jason had just gotten out of Star Wars Episode VII, we decided to give a brief description of our initial feelings towards it. Though we also share our story of the time a couple days before when we recorded this exact portion of the podcast together at a resort hotel room, only to have it come out sounding like shit, resulting in us having to record it again.

We then give our top ten films of 2015 lists. Something you should know. You probably won’t find the majority of these choices on anyone else’s list. Is that a bad thing? Let us know.

We also spend some time at the end of the show giving a few examples of what we have planned for the first few months of the year, and the immediate future of the show. Thanks to all of you for your continued support. We have tinkered with the format a bit, and all the Binge listeners have been nothing but supportive. We will continue to keep things rolling on the show, and hopefully give you all some updates on our own film careers as well. Things are heating up, and you all are more than partly to thank for that.

Listen, drink, and enjoy. We hope everyone has an awesome and safe new year.

 

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The Binge Movie Aftertaste – Star Wars Retrospective w/ David Mayne Pt 3

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Welcome back to yet another addition to Binge Media’s Star Wars coverage. Though at this point, we are all getting exhausted of it. My bosses have dropped hints there is a little too much of The Force. Jason is more annoyed than usual. Even Anonymous Announcer Guy loses it in this week’s intro. Let’s not sever ties, though. Star Wars is on all of our minds, as the new addition to the universe is merely days away from being released. So of course Jason and I HAD to bring lead Adventure Amigo David Mayne in to finish discussing the released Star Wars features, specifically Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. We also predict what to expect from a little movie coming out called Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens.

Some things discussed:

  • How is the prequel trilogy like Indiana Jones 4?
  • How bad is Portman in this series?
  • Can the final half of Revenge of the Sith make up for a lackluster prior movie and a half?
  • How much are we looking forward to The Force Awakens?
  • Will Jason’s nightmare of discussing this franchise ever end?
  • Will Luke be bad?
  • Is the practical effects vs CGI factor THAT big of a factor?

Until December 18th knocks us on our asses, may the Force, and the beer, be with you.

Attack of the Clones – 5.5/10, 6.5/10, 6/10

Revenge of the Sith – 8/10, 5/10, 8/10

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