Before Disney and the Marvel Cinematic Universe took over all things comic book, there was 20th Century Fox and X-Men. If someone wants to see what the comic book film landscape looked like, just take a look at 1989's Punisher and 1994's Phantom. But then came Blade (which we'll cover eventually), a movie that came out in 1998 and proved that cinematic movies based on comic books could indeed be financially successful. And after a lot of false pretenses and multiple script changes, Marvel's X-Men was finally ready to roll before cameras with little known director Bryan Singer behind the camera. Little did we know that not only would this franchise have a lot of peaks and valleys, but the Mouse House would eventually swallow its rights up whole. Will Garrett, Matt, and Batch enjoy the ride up to and through this year's Dark Phoenix?

I can't remember a retrospective which had more doom and gloom at the end of the tunnel than this one we are doing for X-Men. From the very beginning, bad press and bad word of mouth seemed to go hand in hand with Dark Phoenix, and I was wondering whether this series was worth diving into. But I feel we put together a hell of a series, and the least we could do was cap it off with this review of new director Simon Kinberg's conclusion Dark Phoenix. But will the film be worth YOUR time?

I would like to thank both Batch and Matt for seriously bringing their A-Game for this series, and stay tuned, as there are plans for a MUCH bigger set of shows with the three of us down the road.

Dark Phoenix (2019) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10)

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Chad fights through audio troubles to review a bunch of toys like he was some YouTube kid trying to get subscribers. I hate those kids. They literally get all the toys. Give me some toys, you prick YouTube kids. Anyhoo..... Chucky vs. The Gang: Whoever Wins, I hate YouTube Kids.

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Before Disney and the Marvel Cinematic Universe took over all things comic book, there was 20th Century Fox and X-Men. If someone wants to see what the comic book film landscape looked like, just take a look at 1989's Punisher and 1994's Phantom. But then came Blade (which we'll cover eventually), a movie that came out in 1998 and proved that cinematic movies based on comic books could indeed be financially successful. And after a lot of false pretenses and multiple script changes, Marvel's X-Men was finally ready to roll before cameras with little known director Bryan Singer behind the camera. Little did we know that not only would this franchise have a lot of peaks and valleys, but the Mouse House would eventually swallow its rights up whole. Will Garrett, Matt, and Batch enjoy the ride up to and through this year's Dark Phoenix?

After X-Men Days of Future Past ended up becoming a huge box office and critical success, director Bryan Singer wasted little time in jumping right back into the director's chair for X-Men: Apocalypse. Released to the worst reviews thus far -as well as $200 million less at the box office- Apocalypse is looked at by many to be the worst X-Men film of the series. But Matt and myself proclaimed at the end of the Deadpool podcast that we originally left the 2016 film feeling like its critical backlash was kind of unwarranted. How do we feel now?

Listen below not only to hear us review the film, but also get into the Bryan Singer rumors that actually began years before but really came to the forefront with this and Bohemian Rhapsody two years later. I also talk about actually working at 20th Century Fox during the film's making. All this and more below!

And be sure to join us on Friday for our review of Dark Phoenix!

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Pete, Falvey, and Law are drinking and talking about movies, spoilers, beer, weddings, television, and other useless things to pass the time. Because why not.

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Before Disney and the Marvel Cinematic Universe took over all things comic book, there was 20th Century Fox and X-Men. If someone wants to see what the comic book film landscape looked like, just take a look at 1989's Punisher and 1994's Phantom. But then came Blade (which we'll cover eventually), a movie that came out in 1998 and proved that cinematic movies based on comic books could indeed be financially successful. And after a lot of false pretenses and multiple script changes, Marvel's X-Men was finally ready to roll before cameras with little known director Bryan Singer behind the camera. Little did we know that not only would this franchise have a lot of peaks and valleys, but the Mouse House would eventually swallow its rights up whole. Will Garrett, Matt, and Batch enjoy the ride up to and through this year's Dark Phoenix?

Surging on their X-Men franchise, 20th Century Fox seemed content with not expanding upon characters which did not have 'Wolverine' in their title. Yet in the background lay a Canadian actor trying to get his dream project made named Ryan Reynolds. Reynolds had played the little known character of Deadpool in 2009's X-Men Origins Wolverine. But he was determined to right the wrong with an origin story that remained true to the character. His persistence paid off as in 2016, Deadpool arrived and ended up being a monster hit, making almost $800 million in the process.

I was not one who fell in love with the film when it was originally released, and I had not seen it since when we picked it up for review this week. With Deadpool and Deadpool 2, myself, Batch, and Matt delve even deeper into the X-Men franchise and I try to see if I was missing something three long years ago. Also, how did the sequel pan out?

Join us for yet another confrontational podcast in this retrospective series that has had it all. Will a change of opinion be added to the list?

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Rounding out our series of films from 1994 is The Coen Brother's The Hudsucker Proxy.

A total bomb on its release, The Hudsucker Proxy is a rags to riches tale that is predictable yet enjoyable.

Stay tuned for our next round of Movie Homework, featuring films that influenced Quentin Tarantino.

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C Chris has reviews of films he's very mad at. He yells at them and tells them they're not worthy of his time or admiration. It's sad and glorious. Listen and prove me wrong.

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We Break the 5th Wall in the Binge Universe as Jim Law finally joins the Binge Sportscast and we break down the NBA Finals. The boys also discuss the College Baseball World Series and the US Open of Golf. 

 

 

 

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Before Disney and the Marvel Cinematic Universe took over all things comic book, there was 20th Century Fox and X-Men. If someone wants to see what the comic book film landscape looked like, just take a look at 1989's Punisher and 1994's Phantom. But then came Blade (which we'll cover eventually), a movie that came out in 1998 and proved that cinematic movies based on comic books could indeed be financially successful. And after a lot of false pretenses and multiple script changes, Marvel's X-Men was finally ready to roll before cameras with little known director Bryan Singer behind the camera. Little did we know that not only would this franchise have a lot of peaks and valleys, but the Mouse House would eventually swallow its rights up whole. Will Garrett, Matt, and Batch enjoy the ride up to and through this year's Dark Phoenix?

Eight years after promptly leaving Fox in the dust to do Superman Returns, director Bryan Singer felt he had something to prove. So, in his own little way, he set off to make his own version of Marvel's The Avengers by gathering both his old and Matthew Vaughn's new casts together for the ultimate in X-Men movies, an adaptation of the much heralded series of comic books entitled Days of Future Past.

Join Matt, Batch, and myself for perhaps the most spirited discussion in this series yet, as two of us find Singer's 2014 film to be a new standard of X-Men films in a class all by itself. And one of us....doesn't.

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Falvey joins Law to talk about specialty donuts. And other things. They got E3, Animal Kingdom, Swamp Thing, Taskmaster, Chernobyl, Dark Phoenix, Perpetual Grace, and so much more.

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