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The Movie Marathon Podcast is a film podcast built around the binge. We marathon entire franchises and films from start to finish — one movie per episode — covering the production history, the casting, the performances, and what each film actually means.
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Weapons — How Zach Cregger's Film Shook Up Horror (opens the original)
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The Binge Bros revisit Weapons — the 2025 horror film from Zach Cregger that we saw on opening night together, which sparked a parking lot conversation that became the genesis of this podcast. A year later, ahead of Cregger's Resident Evil, we go deeper on the grief that drove the screenplay, how Cregger wrote sentence by sentence after losing his best friend and Whitest Kids U' Know co-founder Trevor Moore in 2021, why the Rashomon structure was the only way to pull off the Gladys reveal, and w
Friday Night Lights — The Best Football Movie Ever Made? (opens the original)
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Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can't lose. (Yes we know they actually don't say this in the movie). We close out our football season binge with 2004's Friday Night Lights. We cover the full production story — how H.G. Bissinger's book bounced around Universal for 14 years, why Peter Berg got the job (he and Bissinger also happen to be second cousins), why he shot football like a combat sport, and the deal Berg made with Odessa to film on location. Plus: the Astrodome final game, how the film softened
The Waterboy — Does Adam Sandler's 'Foosball' Classic Still Hold Up? (opens the original)
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Football season is here and you can do it with Adam Sandler's 1998 classic The Waterboy. In this episode, the Binge Bros break down the full production story — the SNL Canteen Boy sketch that inspired Bobby Boucher, how Tim Herlihy intentionally flipped the Happy Gilmore formula, and director Frank Coraci playing Bobby's dad Roberto. Plus our Farmer Fran favorite lines, which NFL team would draft Bobby Boucher today, and why a 32% on Rotten Tomatoes for this movie is an absolute travesty. The mo
What's Your Favorite Movie? — Talking Through Our Top Films (opens the original)
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In celebration of our 30th episode, the Binge Bros answer the question everyone gets asked and nobody can answer cleanly — what's your favorite movie? The episode runs through three rounds: pretentious answer, nostalgic answer, and guilty pleasure, before expanding to full top 8 lists. See what ranks as our favorites and let us know what you would put in your top 8.
The End of Oak Street — The Dinosaur Movie We Need Right Now (opens the original)
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The Binge Bros break down The End of Oak Street — David Robert Mitchell's 80s-set suburban dinosaur thriller starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, produced by JJ Abrams. The episode covers the full production story including how Oscar Isaac almost played Greg, ILM rethinking the dinosaur scale for a neighborhood environment, and Michael Giacchino scoring this back to back with Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Plus we talk feathered dinos, JJ mystery boxes, and the Brachiosaurus scene that's accide
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