Because Movies

(This episode was originally intended for release in October, and unfortunately has some iffy audio quality at times.)

AJ & Chris celebrate the Scream franchise with this look at Wes Craven’s sequels!

AJ & Chris are back to argue about a movie they both like in Predator: Badlands, discuss some classic John Woo flicks, and take uncalled for shots at Glen Powell! Plus Send Help, Deathstalker, and more!

It’s time for our annual Halloween episode(s), and we are focusing on the Scream franchise this time around! In this episode, AJ & Chris discuss the original flick at length, including their favorite characters, kills, jokes, and more!

Chris is joined by fellow comic book fans Jesse & Evan for a special audio commentary track for the 2000 super hero flick X-Men! Celebrating its 25th anniversary this month, X-Men kicked off a comic book movie trend that has continued to this day. After brief introductions, the commentary track begins at 1:15.

AJ & Chris are gearing back up with this catch-up episode, discussing the films of The Adams Family, disagreeing on Heart Eyes (20:36), and touching on Companion (27:05), Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice (29:37), The 4 30 Movie (34:13), and others! They finish off discussing the late Gene Hackman (48:10).

AJ & Chris wrap up this series with the official Because Movies Top Ten of 1999!

AJ & Chris continue their look at the films of 1999, this time discussing several “honorable mentions” that nearly made the Top Ten of that stacked year!

AJ & Chris are going back a quarter century to look at the movies of 1999 and whittle the epic slate of flicks down to their top ten of the year! In part one they discuss some notable exclusions that didn’t warrant serious consideration for the big list!

To celebrate Halloween this year, AJ & Chris decided to go big by putting together the inaugural class of the Because Movies Horror Hall of Fame! They couldn’t do it alone, so they welcome horror aficionado Lando in to help put it together. Each of them nominate 10 films, 5 Directors, 5 Actors, and 5 Actresses before collectively narrowing the field down to the final class!

(This episode was originally published in February of 2024 as a bonus episode of the Small Screeners podcast)

AJ & Chris put a cap on 2023 with their respective Top 10 Movies of the Year, and also talk on some of their other pop culture favorites and hot topics from last year. “Super Hero Fatigue”? (18:06) Streaming Vs. Theater (25:47) Movies 10-6 (37:53) 2023 TV (1:05:10) 2023 Music (1:11:46) 2023 Books (1:19:12) 2023 Podcasts (1:24:59) Movies 5-1 (1:32:20)