Law and Moreno sit down to wait for Garrett Collins and decide to create something called the Mini Binge. A totally new and original idea we thought of all on our own. Google voice is visited, TV and films are discussed, and Law decides to start gaming again. Then Garrett shows up and we leave.
0:02:03-Law and Moreno and Valley. Good shit. It’s cold out there in Rhode Island. Old School Voicemail. Goovey Awards discussed a bit. Binge Aftertaste: Indiana Jones coming your way this Friday. Hold onto your potatoes! March 12th for BMFMLMLBMPMCTM picks! You get it. 12 pm CST! That’s cocksucking time. Video games. Patreon stuff. Exclusive content. More Goovey stuff. “I Love Him.”
0:38:32 -Sounder for Randy Rivet!
0:45:35-GOOGLE VOICE. Some Logan (movie) talk and Oscar stuff sprinkled in there.
2:11:29-TV ROUND UP. Moreno has got one-Legion. Jack gives his thoughts on a 30 for 30, which is an ’85 Bears Documentary. Tangents. Law is deep into comedies with Always Sunny, Workaholics, Man Seeking Woman, Crashing, Last Week Tonight, and Girls. He presses on with Billions and Big Little Lies. Walking Dead? Fuck.
2:58:22– WHAT DID YOU WATCH? Reminiscing about an episode with drunk ass Ammon way back when starts off the segment. Jack begins with Get Out and Logan. Ammon shows up towards the end of the Logan review and talks about why he’s looking so dapper (check the Binge Media facebook page). Moreno saw I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore (which Law also happened to see). Ammon takes the mic with Hidden Figures, Lion, Passengers, The Lego Batman Movie, and switches to TV with Legion, 24: Legacy, Taboo, The Bachelor, This is Us. He also rewatched The Matrix.
I ususally wake up Sunday afternoon and wonder why in the hell I went to bed at 5:00 AM. Then I look at my notes from the previous night’s BingeCast recording and things start to make sense. This gem for instance…..
“Google Voice – Darth Vader’s dick, spent way too long talking about this.”
There’s three or four of these type of conversations within this episode because we can’t stop talking with our drunk lips.
Garrett pops in to review LOGAN.
Google Voice is packed with yelling.
TV Round-Up works through This Is Us, The Bachelor, 24 Legacy, Taboo, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, Schitt’s Creek
The Garrett Collins Oscar Game turns into another classic for the ages.
What Did You Watch stumbles around BAD SANTA 2, FENCES, THE MAGNIFICENT 7, THE FOUNDER, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, ALLIED.
Then we tease our review of the first time Ammon ever recorded with us on the old site. For next time.
Have fun trying to finish this one in one sitting.
It’s about time Jimmy O got his ass back to the BingeCast so I blackmailed him just enough to convince him. I have some very revealing Comic Con pictures of the man.
Jimmy sits down with me for a one-on-one about his new project THE HARVESTERS, the state of online film criticism, his best and worst of the year so far, and much, much more. We also get reviews of BLAIR WITCH, KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS, DON’T BREATHE, WIENER, and SAUSAGE PARTY.
Moreno jumps on near the end to yell a lot and mix a drink.
0:02:10. No Moreno. No Ammon. Law is rolling solo then, right? WRONG. He’s got a very special guest by the name of Jimmy O. How about that guys? The two catch up on as much as they can before the meat of the podcast has to be attended to. The two of them discuss what Jimmy O is up to currently, Halloween movies, film reviews, internet trolls, and a lot more.
1:15:40-Law asks Jimmy what his favorite movie of the year is. Also, what did he think was dog shit?
1:22:49-J.O. is grilled about TV. He brings Stranger Things and Outlander. He really likes shows with judges. Law discusses 24, Night of, Smallville and Supernatural. Just note-all these programs are discussed rather briefly.
1:29:26-Would Suicide Squad be better with Tom Hardy? This leads to Jimmy O talking about his man crush on the actor.
1:38:42-WHAT DID YOU WATCH? Mr. O is thankfully allowed to talk about Blair Witch a bit. He moves onto Kubo and the Two Strings, along with Don’t Breathe. Law talks about a documentary detailing the scandal involving Anthony Weiner, titled Weiner. He moves from talking about Weiner to Sausage Party. Appropriate, right? Some asshole calls in after that with a great question. More tv talk. Another call. Doesn’t come through. Jimmy O just wants to talk about Tentacles. Moreno actually shows up via a phone call. Way to phone it in, dick. GET IT? The three just toss around what movies were good and which movies sucked this year, along with the best theater experiences. Good shit by everyone. Enjoy it. Then get the hell out.
It’s old school day in the Binge Media Podcast offices. That means Moreno and Law kick the shit with just the two of them reminiscing about the old way of things and dropping all their sounders from yesteryear. They even break out their very first show together and review it from beginning to cringe-worthy end.
The boys also drunk dial some listeners, battle TV Round-Up (Better Call Saul, Girls, Vinyl, Banshee, Game of Thrones, Full Frontal, and more), listen to some Google Voice, and discuss What They Watched this week (Midnight Special, Lemmy, The Jungle Book).
0:00:00-Make up some tacos, son. It’s Bingecast time.
0:02:11-Moreno and Law are your hosts, throwback style! Alright alright alright! Sass his making his way through the Binge roster, visiting all the cocksuckers. Recap of last’s weeks show, of course. Memories of a certain “old show” flood this one. Law’s voice back then was pretty sultry. Like white chocolate. Good goddamn.
0:27:29-TV ROUND UP. Banshee is first in line. #TeamLaw and #TeamMoreno alliances have been formed for Game of Thrones. Law has got more behind him (just how he likes it), and Moreno could not give a fuck. HBO’s Sunday Night Schedule is detailed, which leads to a discussion of Vinyl. Inside Amy Schumer, Last Week Tonight, Samantha Bee: Full Frontal, The Daily Show…it’s all here. Law actually liked this season of Girls. What?! Season finale of Better Saul Call is dissected by Moreno. Commentary history is debated between the two, because they like wasting our time.
1:17:12-The boys drunk dial a listener.
1:31:49-GUUGLE VOICE.
2:01:34-Call from a certain intern.
2:35:34-GOOGLE VOICE presses on.
2:43:47-Shit from old show. Also Movie Homework is delayed a week. Watch either Tremors or Beavis and Butthead Do America. Or watch both. You aren’t do anything important, right?
3:02:12-WHAT DID YOU WATCH? Moreno tangents with stories of Sass Quatch. He then moves on to his only watch of the week, titled Lemmy, a documentary about Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister. Law then grabs the mic and fifes all over The Jungle Book. He also gives his thoughts on Midnight Special. BMFL bullshit.
3:25:41-SMARTER OR DUMBER. The hosts pay a little tribute to the recently passed amazing artist Prince. RIP.
Even more old show stuff after Then they peace out. That’s all, fucks.
I’ve been doing this shit for over eleven years. Hunched over my computer writing about movies. I started out doing it for free and for the fun of it. Then I got paid. Then I started doing podcasts. Then Moreno. Then we started our own site. Now we do it for free again. That’s my online journal in a nutshell. It was fun watching the emergence of JoBlo.com from the inside. The first time I saw the site quoted on a TV spot for a film I almost dropped a deuce. My friends and co-writers were being quoted on posters, on DVDs, on commercials, and various online advertising. It was surreal. I was proud to be a part of the site and always happy for them but couldn’t help but wonder what it must feel like. I was never a reviewer for the site. I did news, columns, and podcasts, none of which led to any distributors asking to use my lines for their marketing. When TOY STORY 3 came out I made a plea to JoBlo, himself, to have the opportunity to review the film for the site. Because of my passion for Pixar and the fact that we were all drunk led to an agreement. The movie came out and I poured my soul into the review. For some reason though, signals were mixed and it was presented as nothing more than a link on the front page of the site. Even worse, I just tried searching for it so you could take a look and it’s completely wiped from the site because I was banned from their little movie community. It was my one true opportunity to fulfill a dream. It failed.
I’ve got to do a lot of cool stuff over the years. I’ve partied with movie stars, interviewed celebrities, screened a Judd Apatow film sitting next to Judd Apatow, played beer pong with Broken Lizard, and rode a fucking elevator with Samuel L. Jackson. I will never overlook the awesomeness of each and every occurrence. However, without trying to sound spoiled or unappreciative, the one thing I have always wanted, more than anything, was to get one of my quotes on a DVD/Blu-ray.
Skip to October, 2014, when I was in the midst of watching 101 first-watch horror films for the Halloween season. It sucked. Shitty movie after shitty movie filled my nights as I slowly crept into some sort of weird film-watching depression. A couple weeks in, as I was ready to throw in the towel, and old friend of mine, Gavin Booth, invited me to the world premiere of his new horror film, THE SCAREHOUSE. Filmed in my hometown of Windsor, Ontario, my interest was piqued. I watched the film, loved it, found the inspiration to finish my challenge, and got to be one of the first people in the world to review it. THE SCAREHOUSE went on to get into many film festivals and even won Best Feature at the New York City Horror Film Fest. It was getting the recognition it deserved and I could only hope I helped with that.
Last month Gavin sent me a picture of the poster for the film as it hung in Toronto for the city’s premiere. There, at the bottom of the one-sheet was a line from my review of the film followed by “Binge Media”. I played it cool in my response but was secretly jumping for joy. A few weeks ago I heard form Gavin again, this time to tell me that my quote was one of a bunch he submitted for the DVD packaging. “Thanks”, I replied casually whilst really thinking, “Are you fucking kidding me?”
Early this week, Gavin sent me this, the official first look at the cover art. Click to enlarge.
And there it is. Eleven years later and my bucket list just got a little bit lighter. I love seeing it there. I love that it’s silly and seductive. I love that it exists. Is it cheating because I know the director? Probably a bit but he swears he had nothing to do with the final decision by the distributors. I don’t give a fuck either way. That’s my quote on a film I legitimately enjoyed. And that’s my site, the one Moreno and I built from the ground up. I couldn’t be prouder.