Binge Movies: Rankings and Reviews

One Battle After Another (2025)

INSTANT REACTION: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025)

Many critics are calling Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another (2025) a “blockbuster.” But is that really what it is? In this spoiler-free instant reaction, Jason digs into the hype and interrogates whether Anderson has truly delivered his first large-scale crowd-pleaser...or something more complicated.

The $175 million action thriller, inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland and released by Warner Bros. Pictures, stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti. It follows an ex-revolutionary forced to rescue his daughter from a corrupt military official, set against a backdrop of revolution, betrayal, and power.

Credits
Host: Jason
Produced by: Binge Movies
Franchisees: Heather, Dan, Jason, Matt, Pete
Support: patreon.com/bingemovies

Slashers 1981, Part I: My Bloody Valentine, The Funhouse & More

Jason, Megan from Spoilerpiece Theatre (the balanced critic), and Paul from The Countdown (the curmudgeon) reunite to continue their descent into the golden age of slashers. This round, they tackle the first wave of 1981’s massive blood-soaked slate.

The Blood Pool includes:

• Home Sweet Home (Jan 1, 1981) – a killer Thanksgiving turkey of a movie to kick off the year.

• Night School (Jan 7, 1981) – Boston goes giallo with a motorcycle-helmeted killer.

• My Bloody Valentine (Feb 11, 1981) – Canadian miners dig up one of the genre’s defining entries.

• The Funhouse (Mar 13, 1981) – Tobe Hooper’s creepy carnival ride from Universal Studios.

 

 

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Series theme: Shattered by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

This episode first aired as part of The Slashers limited series — now back in circulation for the true believers.

And remember… DON’T let them catch you.

The Slashers: 1980 – Friday the 13th, Prom Night & the Birth of the Slasher Boom

The Slashers: 1980 (Season 1 Rebroadcast)

Coming to you from the last video store in the universe, this is The Slashers.

Season 1 was originally recorded in 2023, and we’re re-airing it now on this new feed to get you ready for Season 2!

Hosted by Jason from Binge Movies, Megan Kerns from Spoilerpiece Theatre, and Paul from The Countdown, The Slashers takes you year by year through the golden era of the slasher film. Each episode, we assemble that year’s Blood Pool — a lineup of slasher movies — and at the end, we hand out awards for:

• Best Artwork

•  Best Kill

•  Best Cult Classic

•  Best Final Girl

•  Best Overall Flick

1980 Blood Pool

• Don’t Answer the Phone! (Feb 29, 1980)

• Friday the 13th (May 9, 1980)

• Prom Night (July 18, 1980)

• Motel Hell (Aug 14, 1980)

• Schizoid (Sept 1, 1980)

• Fade to Black (Oct 14, 1980)

• Maniac (Dec 26, 1980)

Some became icons, some became obscurities, but all sharpened the blade for the slasher boom to come.

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Top Grossing Movies of 2009, Ranked Part II

EP 202: Top Grossing Movies of 2009, Ranked Part II

Few believed Blue Cat People would work, but by the end of the 2000s, it was the biggest movie of all time. Proving once again, you should never bet against Jim Cameron. Jason and Robert Yaniz Jr. (Crooked Table) close out the Top Grossing Movies of the 2000s series with the five biggest hits of 2009.

From Gladiator to Avatar, this series has tracked a decade where franchises rose, originality waned, and box office spectacle became Hollywood’s ultimate currency.

The Lineup:
5. 2012
4. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
3. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
1. Avatar 

Which of these blockbusters deserves preservation in the Vault, and which should be left behind with the aughts?

Credits
Host: Jason
Guest: Robert Yaniz Jr. (Crooked Table)
Produced by: Binge Movies
Franchisees: Heather, Dan, Jason, Matt, Pete
Support: patreon.com/bingemovies

Top Grossing Movies of 2009, Ranked Part I

EP #201: 2009, Part II — Conspiracy Season

2009 didn’t just entertain—it reflected a culture already steeped in paranoia and conspiratorial thinking. Jason and Chauncey Telese (La Podfidential) rank five box office giants that, in hindsight, reveal how stories of secret cabals, engineered crises, and “truth” shaped by vibes over facts were already dominating the mainstream.

The Lineup:
10. The Hangover (2009)
9. Angels & Demons (2009)
8. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
7. The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
6. Up (2009)

What seemed like harmless fun at the time now reads as a cultural preview of the conspiratorial mindset that would escalate throughout the next decade. The conversation also touches on the death of Hulk Hogan, the paranoia baked into Dan Brown’s novels, Ron Howard’s attempt to give pulp a prestige sheen, and Peter Thiel, who secretly bankrolled Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker, a real-world conspiracy that toppled a media empire.

Which film deserves preservation in the Vault, and which one feels like prophecy for America’s conspiratorial future?

Credits
Host: Jason
Guest: Chauncey Telese (LA Podfidential)
Produced by: Binge Movies
Franchisees: Heather, Dan, Jason, Matt, Pete
Support: patreon.com/bingemovies