Hey, NEMM fans! We've got two big announcements to share with you today! Check 'em out and see you at the movies real soon. The NeverEnding Movie Marathon is a weekly podcastic celebration of cinema. Dive deep into fan-favorite films (#NoStinkers!), thematically curated to enhance your movie viewing by hosts Matt Detisch, Alex Logan, and Michael Ro…

Alex, Matt, and Rocco each break down a favorite project that Steven Spielberg almost made throughout his long and storied career. An incredibly expensive adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson's Robopocalypse is Alex's pick, since he once got a moment to discuss the project with Michael Bay, who inherited the script (and some leftover sets) from Spielberg…

Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise finally team up to pre-cog the future of our real-life surveillance state with this ultra-paranoid sci-fi thriller from the GOAT of that exact sub-sub-genre, Philip K. Dick! Do all of the visual effects and fake-outs still hold up almost 20 years later after MINORITY REPORT blew up the 2002 summer blockbuster? Maybe …

We pick up the second half of our conversation about SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) with the incredibly epic and ultra-violent Normandy Beach sequence that saw Steven Spielberg put all of his technical skill and wizardry behind the camera to create the most realistic portrayal of this turning point in World War II and world history. Plus, we finally ge…

Matt has been preparing for this episode his entire life, so we're dedicating TWO PARTS to cover Steven Spielberg's epic World War II sad-venture film, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998). Alex and Rocco join Matt to discuss how Spielberg and writer Robert Rodat crafted the "documentary realism" approach to the true story of the Niland Brothers, why Tom Han…

In 1993 filmmaker Steven Spielberg made dinosaurs walk and the style of blockbuster that he had helped create completely extinct. JURASSIC PARK (1993) is a film that changed it all, including the lives of your hosts, Alex, Matt, and Rocco, especially when it came to the toys and their DINO DAMAGE! We detail how Michael Crichton, David Koepp, Dennis…

While Rocco is away, Alex and Matt will play... with their little alien pal from Brodo Asogi! E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial has been delighting adults and terrifying children for 40 years now, becoming an instant blockbuster, then an icon for Spielberg's company Amblin, an Easter egg in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, and eventually a punch…

Matt returns to talk about DAUGHTER OF THE SEA, the short film he made with his wife, and to discuss that artifact-lovin', Nazi-punchin', fedora-doffin', bullwhip-snappin' daddy, Harrison Ford! Steven Spielberg and George Lucas joined forces for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, the first Indiana Jones movie in the five film franchise, an American James Bon…

"We're gonna need a bigger podcast!" So, Alex and Rocco invite on STUNG (2015) screenwriter and expert in all things shark, Adam Aresty, to discuss Spielberg's first blockbuster, the one that changed it all, and made everyone afraid of the water... JAWS (1975)! It's a new mini-marathon, folks! This summer, we're gettin' in the ring with Steven for …

It's a new mini-marathon, folks! This summer, we're gettin' in the ring with Steven for the SPIELBERG SUMMER SLAM! We're hitting up his incredible run of blockbusters from the genre-defining JAWS (1975) up through his hand-wave screen technology-introducing MINORITY REPORT (2002)! But first, Rocco and Alex give you some context on the Hollywood Blo…

We've come to the end of our Tom Cruise mini-marathon, but honestly, folks, what a way to go out! Most of us doubted that 'Top Gun: Maverick' was going to be good, but no one (seriously, NO ONE) predicted that it was going to be GREAT! And perhaps even better than the original...? Rocco and Alex start off with their opening thoughts on the new film…

TV writer and our own Tom Cruise correspondent, Gina Ippolito, returns to the NeverEnding Movie Marathon to talk TOP GUN... and a million other things, since she, Alex, and Rocco keep getting derailed to discuss which state has the best rollercoasters, if you can wipe down another man's cat, and Marlon Brando's food pranks on Frank Sinatra. On topi…

This week on the NeverEnding Movie Marathon, Alex and Rocco are pitting brother against brother in the Battle of the Great Scotts! Tony versus Ridley in Three Rounds! Two Scotts enter the ring, but only one Scott will be crowned King of Movies! Rocco represents Ridley Scott with three films that he loves: ALIEN (1979), BLADE RUNNER (1982), and MATC…

Paul Thomas Anderson's primal scream about coincidence, fate, frogs, and Hollywood is on the table today thanks to our friend, Alex Kauffman. She reveals that at 18-years-old she got a Magnolia-inspired tattoo that she maaaaybe regrets getting back then as she, Rocco, and Alex Logan try to get to the bottom of what the hell this movie actually mean…

Today, Rocco and Alex kick off our May Double Feature... Tom Cruisin’ USA! We begin with a handful of films that you’ve NEVER seen as these are all near-misses for the Cruise Missile. This is Tom Cruise Almost Made! We begin with his near-miss launching the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man in an adaptation that never quite f…

Rocco and Alex continue April Double Features with another significant other's choice! This time, producer extraordinaire, legendary cat-mom, pizza aficionado, horror movie connoisseur, and the Gale to Rocco's Dewey, KAT HARTMAN (BuzzFeed), is here with Wes Craven's meta-horror masterpiece, SCREAM (1996)! We break down how Kevin Williamson's brilli…

Before we get to Wes Craven's supreme slasher commentary 'Scream' (1996) next week, Rocco and Alex trace the history of three films that came before it and three more that followed in its footsteps. These are our favorites in the Meta Horror subgenre, and they create their own mini-marathon with 'Scream' in the dead center... emphasis on DEAD! In t…

Our April Double Feature begins with this Aussie bouquet-tossin' gem that was hand-picked by Jennifer Logan, the political activist, artist, and wife of Alex, one-third of your hosts here at the NeverEnding Movie Marathon. With Matt off making a film with his wife, Alex and Rocco are inviting their significant others on the pod to gush about the mo…

In this week's mini episode, Matt's got a big announcement to break, Alex has a little bit of Oscar shade to throw, and Rocco has some dots to connect between our past episodes to create brand new thematically-tied mini-marathons in a segment we call Hidden Marathons. The NeverEnding Movie Marathon is a weekly podcastic celebration of cinema. Dive …

April Stinkers Day hacks up its hairball a little early this year as Alex, Rocco, and Matt relax their USUALLY strict #NoStinkers policy to let this mangey stray onto the pod. And we couldn't possibly celebrate another April Stinkers Day without our filmmaker friend Giovanni Iacobucci (modmythmedia.com, donut.media), who we must apologize to once m…

So far, our Bat Signals mini-marathon has been tracing the influences of writer/director Matt Reeves leading up to his new Bat-film, but let’s pivot to the star of the big show for this final piece in our mini-marathon puzzle as Robert "RPattz a.k.a. RBats a.k.a. The Bat-tinson" Pattinson cites this '90s animated comic-book film as inspiration on h…

After tracing director Matt Reeves's influences through The French Connection, Chinatown, and Zodiac in our Bat Signals mini-marathon, Matt, Alex, and Rocco followed the Riddler's clues to his Se7en-themed Gotham City apartment for a meeting with... THE BATMAN! In this mega-episode - that is still 40 minutes shorter than the film - we attempt to an…

Even if he never stepped on set, director David Fincher has his fingerprints all over 'The Batman' and this is the film to blame! Not only is Paul Dano's Riddler based on the real Zodiac Killer (just look at their similar masks), Fincher's meticulous craftsman style is a direct influence on Bat-director Matt Reeves. We've been tracing the films tha…

Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown... OR IS IT?! It is. And it's also a landmark artwork that changed the face of cinema forever. And we're not just talkin' about what it did to its nose! In fact, you can still feel its influence all over what director Matt Reeves is doing with The Batman, so in this mini-marathon called Bat Signals, Matt, Alex, and R…

Put up the Bat Signal! It's time for Matt, Alex, and Rocco to investigate the films that inspired Matt Reeves while making 'The Batman,' beginning with this hard-nosed crime thriller that won Best Picture. William Friedkin surrounds himself with New York's "Finest" for an "all gas, no brakes" approach to shooting a cop drama. And the Academy was li…

Could you believe that a trio of nerds like us would be excited for another Batman movie? If you can't, then you must've missed our two-part 'Batman Forever' deep dive! To prepare for 'The Batman' in March 2022, we're marathoning three films that director Matt Reeves cited as inspiration for his new DC superhero film. We've got ourselves a slew of …

Terry Gilliam is serving up Bruce Willis in a full-body condom time-traveling to 1990s Philly to hang out with a wild-eyed Brad Pitt? And America says... Yes please! We love it! '12 Monkeys' probably shouldn't work on any level, but it was a critical and box-office hit that changed sci-fi filmmaking and Hollywood as a whole. It also evolved how we …

OK, campers, rise and shine, because we've got an ice-cold classic that celebrates our favorite rodent-based holiday... GROUNDHOG DAY! We dig into the on-set antics of Bill "The Murricane" Murray and how that severed his friendship with writer/director Harold Ramis; Matt explains Pennsylvania traditions like polka and savory punch made from groundh…

Auteur filmmaker Christopher Nolan pulls out all the stops - bending space and time to his will - in an Herculean effort to present this epic about... CORN! Well, and space, black holes, climate change, the extinction of the human race... ya know, all the good stuff. Continuing our Time Travel Rules! mini-marathon about how time travel works in fil…

Time Travel! How does it work?! No one REALLY knows, but we here at the NeverEnding Movie Marathon have a few theories based on the portrayal of time travel in some of our favorite films! So, we kick off our "Time Travel Rules!" mini-marathon with this quintessential movie about zapping into the past to ensure your parents have sex... it's BACK TO …

Let's say so long to 2021 with this deep dive into the films that surprised and delighted us throughout this weird and trying year. Rocco, Matt, and Alex each reveal the three 2021 movies that they're ready to Stan for (everything from Titane to Red Rocket to Dune), plus one Stinker each that deserves a good old-fashioned flushing. We round out our…

Jack in for the titular episode of our Keanu Resurrections mini-marathon... THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS! We break down how Lana Wachowski uses "bullet time" to dodge making the same mistakes of other long-overdue "memberberries" sequels, while still totally delivering on the action-packed "mind-porn" of the original trilogy! We begin with a No Spoiler…

WE'RE THINKIN' WE'RE BACK... FOR OUR 50TH EPISODE! We continue our adventure into the Keanu Resurrections with what could have been another Liam Neeson-style "Geriaction" Thriller about an old guy killing bad guys, but Keanu took the action to that next level, and we're all benefiting from it! Starring Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, Ad…

Pop quiz, hotshot! What's the best bus-based action film of the '90s? MINIMUM SPEED... which was (thankfully) retitled SPEED during the scripting phase. We're back in Jan de Bont Country to dig into the second episode of our Keanu Resurrections mini-marathon-- a wild ride through Keanu Reeves's career as he enters another Resurrection, playing Neo …

In about 35 years, Keanu Reeves has gone from Stoner Dude to Indie Darling to Action Hero to Shakespearean Punchline to the entire internet's boyfriend. Alex, Matt, and Rocco guide you on this wild ride through Keanu's career as he enters another Resurrection, playing Neo a fourth time in the new Matrix movie. We begin with this white-knuckle skydi…

"KEVIN!" vs. "Hey, it's the Jojo Rabbit boy... No, not the main one... his doofy friend..." So, not every kid has what it takes to be a Kevin McCallister, although several have tried over the past three decades. We break down the true genius of the original John Hughes and Chris Columbus Christmas classic that has been in heavy rotation since 1990,…

HAPPY F*$%ING THANKSGIVING! After talking plane, train, and automobile movies throughout November, we're doin' the mess around with the ultimate movie about ALL THREE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION... it's the John Hughes classic starring Steve Martin, John Candy, and a million That Guys along the way, it's Planes, Trains & Automobiles! We break down our …

In 2008, the Wachowskis presented pure, uncut, psychedelic exuberance on screen for 2+ hours... and the world shrugged their stupid shoulders. But now, we're reclaiming the masterpiece that is 'Speed Racer' for its incredible cast (John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Christina Ricci, Rain, and who could forget young Paulie Litt? Not us!), its eye-popping…

All aboard! We're piercing snow on this deep-dive into the masterworks of genius filmmaker Bong Joon-ho. Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris, Jamie Bell, Song Kang-ho, John Hurt, and Octavia Spencer chugga-chugga choo-choo into a climate apocalypse in 'Snowpiercer' (2013)! Throughout November, the NeverEnding Movie Marathon crew will answer that …

'Planes, Trains, and Automobiles' (1987) is the quintessential Thanksgiving movie, right? But what are the quintessential movies about a Plane, a Train, and an Automobile? Throughout November, the NeverEnding Movie Marathon crew will answer that query with three of their favorites, starting with this Nicolas Cage crashterpiece (or trashterpiece?), …

The Night He Came Home... Again. And Again. But not counting those other sequels! We get into the wacky timeline of David Gordon Green's 'Halloween Kills', why we think this movie rules while most critics didn't, and continue our conversation on urban legends and the legacy of horror. Plus, Alex details his latest encounter with director John Carpe…

Don't say his name five times, or we're all in for it! Director Nia DaCosta and producer Jordan Peele cooked up this scary new take on 'Candyman' with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo, and Vanessa Williams that has the three of us buzzing like bees. As we continue diving deep into our Legacy of Horror mini-marathon, Matt discus…

Halloween is upon us, so the NeverEnding Movie Marathon is getting extra spooky all October long with three of our favorite fright fests with a long history of going bump in the night! That's right, our picks for this month's marathon are all about the lasting Legacy of Horror-- three films that reinterpret their source material to scare an all-new…

In this extra spooktacular pod-o-ween special from the NeverEnding Boo-vie Scare-arathon, we talk about the legacy of the horror genre from its earliest days in silent film to the boom of Universal Monsters in the 1930s to the Slashers of the late-'70s to the art-house, "message" horror of today, including all of the scary flicks that terrified us …

We close out our Tommy Lee Jones mini-marathon celebrating his 75th birthday with this '90s classic that was actually as good as its Will Smith theme song... here come THE MEN IN BLACK, y'all! Rocco, Alex, and Matt get into the real-world origins (and conspiracy theories) behind this secretive government organization, director Barry Sonnenfeld's we…

We promised to go on FOREVER about Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever... so, we did! Here's part two with supreme Bat-fan and Matt's brother, A.J. Detisch as continue to celebrate Batman, Tommy Lee Jones, and all the buffoonery that Jim Carrey could muster. The NeverEnding Movie Marathon is a weekly podcastic celebration of cinema. Dive deep into fan…

Between Tommy Lee's Two-Face tomfoolery, Riddler's Blender base, and the toys... Holy Plastic Playthings, Batman! The toys! We could go on FOREVER about Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever... so, we do! In a two-part podcast about Val Kilmer's swing at Bat(man), we're joined by supreme Bat-fan and Matt's brother, A.J. Detisch, for a dual celebration o…

For his 75th birthday, we're celebrating America's Greatest Grump all September long with our Tommy Lee Jonesin' for the '90s mini-marathon! Only 3 TLJ films are as goofy, fun, and toyetic as Batman Forever, Men in Black and today's topic, Small Soldiers! Between our walk down memory lane of the ToyFare Magazines of our pasts and a debate over the …

There are certain movies that even we didn't see, so this episode is our chance to catch-up on our Missed Selections from podcasts past. Alex gives his breakdown of the whackadoo wizarding world of Ben Wheatley's A Field in England, Rocco expounds on his Nicolas Cage love (again) with Norman Jewison's Moonstruck, and Matt explains why Holly Hunter …

Since all roads lead to Brendan Fraser on the NeverEnding Movie Marathon, we revisit The Mummy's acceptable sequel that decided to introduce a child and a Rock instead of some new ideas... at least Rachel Weisz and Patricia Velásquez are both given their moments to shine in The Mummy Returns! And since we're unwrapping our old Egyptian pal, we figu…