Commentary Companions: The Podcast!

To celebrate the film’s 45th anniversary, I’m doing a commentary on Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (or as it was theatrically known as, Raiders of the Lost Ark). This is a film that showed what Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were capable of and in my opinion, holds up to this day. I’m excited to talk about this treasure of a blockbuster.

To honor the memory of Peter Cullen and to celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary, I’m doing an audio commentary on The Transformers The Movie, the first official theatrical movie based on the Hasbro toys. This film made bold choices that traumatized fans to sell new, leaving it a divisive classic. Let’s roll out!

It’s October, and you know what that means. It’s Halloween season! And lots of people get into the Halloween season by watching horror films! Although, there are some people out there who aren’t fond of horror movies, and it’s usually fair. But if you’re not fond of the horror genre but you want to get into the Halloween spirit (no pun intended), I’ve got a list of horror movies that are light enough for anyone who doesn’t want to be scared too much. These films and horror comedies are the kinds of films that will make you come for the gimmick, but stay for the plot.

To honor the film’s 30th anniversary and to honor the memory of the film’s star, Tim Curry, I’m doing an audio commentary on Muppet Treasure Island, the last collaborative project between Jim Henson’s family and Disney before the Mouse House bought The Muppets. It’s a bittersweet episode for sure.

Commentary Companions has officially reached the end of the Marvel movies NOT set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with The New Mutants. We’ve certainly come a long way looking at every single Marvel movie prior and after Iron Man. It’s just a shame that the last X-Men movie set before the MCU had to be something as underwhelming as The New Mutants, a film more famous for being delayed four times! But with all that considered, maybe there is value in this last X-Men film, right?

As I near the end of the non-MCU Commentary Companions series, I take a look at Dark Phoenix, or X-Men: Dark Phoenix if you’re pedantic, Fox’s second attempt at adapting the Dark Phoenix Saga from the comics. Is this as bad as I remember or is there some redeeming moments in this mess? Let’s fly into space and take a look at the final movie in the X-Men prequel series.

In this episode of Commentary Companions, I’m doing an audio commentary of Deadpool 2, the sequel to introduce Cable and Domino, only for us to never see them again in Deadpool and Wolverine! There’s a lot to unpack as I look back at this worthy sequel. I should point out that, I’m talking about the theatrical release, not the unrated Super Duper Cut, and not the PG-13 version known as Once Upon A Deadpool.

In this episode of Commentary Companions, I’m doing an audio commentary of the 2017 movie Logan, the third solo Wolverine movie that was the final outing of the character for Hugh Jackman and was also notable for introducing Dafne Keen as X-23 to audiences. Does Logan still leave the same impact after Deadpool and Wolverine? Only one way to find out.

In this 50th episode of Commentary Companions (45th if you don’t count the five non commentary podcast episodes), I’m doing an audio commentary on X-Men Apocalypse, the last X-Men movie to be directed by Bryan Singer before his fall from grace. Does this film hold up 10 years later? Only one way to find out.

To celebrate the film’s 30th anniversary, I’m doing an audio commentary on Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, often considered one of Disney’s darkest animated movies. Does this Victor Hugo adaptation hold up 30 years later? I have a hunch!