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Welcome to a short series of the best from streaming in 2024! 

This week's episode, I discuss the best that HBO/MAX offered subscribers with:

THE PENGUIN

TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (Season 2)

THE FRANCHISE

I also discuss the problem(s) with Tyler Sheridan's latest production, LANDMAN, starring Billy Bob Thornton, and Ali Larter.

Lastly, I share my spoiler-free review of Robert Egger's passion project, NOSFERATU and why I think Lily-Rose Depp deserves an Oscar Nomination this year for her electrifying performance in the film.

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Welcome to a short series of the best from streaming in 2024! 

This week's episode, I discuss the best that HULU/FX offered subscribers with:

SHōGUN

UNDER THE BRIDGE

THE BEAR (SEASON 3)

FARGO (SEASON 5)

I also discuss troubling news about why the James Bond franchise has stalled -- and what this might mean for Bond fans around the world...

Have a Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year! 

Looking forward to 2025!

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Welcome to a short series of the best from streaming in 2024! 

This week's episode, I discuss the best that Amazon Prime offered subscribers with:

FALLOUT

BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER

RINGS OF POWER

THE WALKING DEAD: DARYL DIXON (AMC)

MATLOCK

Next week, I will dive into the best in streaming from Disney/Hulu for 2024!

You won't want to miss it!

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Welcome to a short series of the best from streaming in 2024! 

This week's episode, I discuss the best that Netflix offered subscribers with:

BABY REINDEER 

RIPLEY

THE BROTHERS SUN

BLUE EYE SAMURAI

THE GENTLEMEN

ARCANE

BLACK DOVES

Next week, I will dive into the best in streaming from Amazon Prime.

You won't want to miss it!

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Recent House Subcommittee Hearings and declassified footage in the past few years -- especially in the past two weeks -- seem to confirm what many have suspected for decades:

We
Are
NOT
Alone!

In celebration of these extraordinary findings -- now available to the public -- Season 2, Episode 17 of The Fixate & Binge Podcast offers a definitive list of the best 15 films about UFOs/UAPs and extra terrestrial life!

From John Carpenter, to James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and beyond -- tune in to hear about the following films that have captured the imaginations of viewers for a lifetime:

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) directed by Robert Wise

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) directed by Steven Spielberg

E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) directed by Steven Spielberg

THE THING (1982) directed by John Carpenter

STARMAN (1984) directed by John Carpenter

THEY LIVE (1988) directed by John Carpenter

THE ABYSS (1989) directed by James Cameron

FIRE IN THE SKY (1993) directed by Rob Lieberman

CONTACT (1997) directed by Robert Zemeckis

SIGNS (2002) directed by M. Night Shyamalan

DISTRICT 9 (2009) Neil Blomkamp

UNDER THE SKIN (2013) directed by Jonathan Glazer

ARRIVAL (2016) directed by Denis Villeneuve

N.O.P.E. (2022) directed by Jordan Peele

NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU (2023) directed by Brian Duffield

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A huge welcome back to former guest Adam Kromachou, aka, Sunset Loner Cinema to discuss the year in film (so far), and what to keep an eye on for the awards circuit!

Joe & Adam also dive into the new release -- Gladiator 2 (spoiler-free, of course) and offer their analysis on what worked, what was surprising, and other critiques.

You won't want to miss hearing about the films Adam feels are strong contenders at the Oscars this year -- and what's yet to come!

Join us for a lively discussion on our mutual love of cinema, our mutual disdain for adults who behave like children in the cinema, and why movies still matter.

You can follow Adam on his TikTok here: Sunset Loner Cinema

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Tired of the kids sitting around the house during the Thanksgiving & Christmas Break holidays? Fed up with extended family who have overstayed their welcomes? Bored with endless college and NFL football games? Cash-strapped after another Christmas shopping season?

This week's episode appeals to the couch-potato in all of us -- with an essential list of 30 Holiday Films to keep you, your loved ones, bored kids, and extended family pre-occupied until the New Year drops and we all put 2024 in the rearview for good!

From family friendly holiday films, to adult comedies and critically acclaimed cinema classics, don't miss this essential list of the best 30 films to wile away the time. 

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With our post-election hangovers bringing on a new winter of discontent, former graduate school colleague and all-around comedy raconteur, Dr. Bob Beshere stops by the podcast to express his love for Taika Waititi's brilliant and hilarious WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, now in its final season.

Joe and Bob reminisce about their time studying overseas, Shakespeare, and just what Bob has been doing for the past 21 years other than fighting crime in the city all night.

Joe also shares first-reaction reviews from his Letterboxd page on two films that are currently screening: THE SUBSTANCE and A24's HERETIC.

This is one you do not want to miss!

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It was the best of  times, it was the worst of times --

Need a break from all the divisive politics during this contentious US election?

Me too.

Let's discuss kung fu movies from the 1970s. Here's a list of my 10 favorite films!

THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (1978)
FIVE DEADLY VENOMS (1978)
ONE-ARMED BOXER (1972)
MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE (1976)
CRIPPLED AVENGERS (1978)
THE INVINCIBLE ARMOUR (1977)
DRUNKEN MASTER (1978)
SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW (1978)
EXECUTIONERS FROM SHAOLIN (1977)
FIVE FINGERS OF DEATH (1972)

Tune in to see how I ranked them and why these 10 kung fu films are required viewing for anyone who has a love for martial arts action films! Their legacy is still influencing action films today...

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In celebration of Rotten Tomatoes' 25-year anniversary (1999 to 2024), top critics were recently approached by the site to put together a list of the TOP 25 FILMS.

While their list was commendable, there were several critical omissions that in my opinion invalidate it. (No films were selected between the years 2002 to 2005; and only one female director's work was selected out of the 25 film directors of which some director's work was listed more than once!). 

Are we really just going to sit idly by and let the Statler & Waldorfs of the cinema declare that no Pixar film or Wes Anderson film in a quarter of a century is worthy of inclusion here? 

I have compiled my own list that I feel is more inclusive and more encompassing when it comes to the diverse array of film work over the past quarter century because I passionately feel that we’ve been given better examples of cinema in the past 25 years that were ignored by this coterie of critics for Rotten Tomatoes. 

They were wrong. 

Here’s my list.

Please enjoy.

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