The Fixate & Binge Podcast

Sep 10 2024
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Welcome to the Fixate & Binge Podcast, your one-stop destination that uses movies and television shows as a springboard to discuss life’s most important topics!  Listen in to hear recommendations, reviews, and real-world applications on the meaning of the stories told through the medium of movies and television. Hosted by Joe Curdy, new episodes are released every Tuesday. Usually spanning 30-60 minutes each episode, you’ll come away with something to think about and a knowledge of which entertainment options are worth your time, and which are not. 

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Spoiler-Free reviews for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Rebel Ridge, & Five Underappreciated Films (part V of X): The Game, Festen (The Celebration), A Simple Plan, Waking Ned Devine, The Limey

Sep 10 2024 69 mins  
Send us a textWelcome back to The Fixate & Binge Podcast, for the fifth episode of a new 10-part series on underappreciated films.Spanning over 55 -years of forgotten Hollywood gems, join Joe for every episode as he discusses in depth his selection of five films that are worth rewatching or even viewing for the first time!Part 5 of this 10-part series the following films are re

1st Reactions for Batman: Caped Crusader, Thelma, & Five Underappreciated Films (part IV of X): The Madness of King George, The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Ghost and the Darkness, Brassed Off, Grosse Pointe Blank

Sep 03 2024 59 mins  
Send us a textWelcome back to The Fixate & Binge Podcast, for the fourth episode of a new 10-part series on underappreciated films.Spanning over 55 -years of forgotten Hollywood gems, join Joe for every episode as he discusses in depth his selection of five films that are worth rewatching or even viewing for the first time!Part 4 of this 10-part series the following films are r

1st reaction to Strange Darling & Five Underappreciated Films (Part III of X): The Quiet Earth, Enemy Mine, The Name of the Rose, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Reality Bites

Aug 27 2024 59 mins  
Send us a textWelcome back to The Fixate & Binge Podcast, for the third episode of a new 10-part series on underappreciated films.Spanning over 55 -years of forgotten Hollywood gems, join Joe as every episode he discusses in depth his selection of five films that are worth rewatching or even viewing for the first time!Part 3 of this 10-part series the following films are review

1st Reaction for Alien: Romulus & Five Underappreciated Films (Part II of X): Never Cry Wolf, The Dead Zone, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, The Last Starfighter, Ladyhawke

Aug 20 2024 62 mins  
Send us a textWelcome back to The Fixate & Binge Podcast, for the second episode of a new 10-part series on underappreciated films.Spanning over 55 -years of forgotten Hollywood gems, join Joe as every episode he discusses in depth his selection of five films that are worth rewatching or even viewing for the first time!Part 2 of this 10-part series the following films are revie

Five Underappreciated Films (Part I of X): Where Eagles Dare, Harold & Maude, Papillon, The Man From Snowy River, WarGames

Aug 13 2024 41 mins  
Send us a textWelcome back to The Fixate & Binge Podcast, for the first episode of a new 10-part series on underappreciated films. Spanning over 55-years of forgotten Hollywood gems, join Joe as every episode he discusses in depth his selection of five films that are worth rewatching or even viewing for the first time!Part 1 of this 10-part series the following films are review

85 All-Time GREATEST COMEDY Films from 1944 to 2024!

Aug 06 2024 44 mins  
Send us a textTighten up your straight jacket, exfoliate your funny bone, and get ready for the Ultimate List of Cinema's Greatest Comedies of the Last 80 years!Beginning in 1944 -- join Joe as he offers his very own list of classic comedies that have kept generations in stitches and find out which ones are destined to keep your kids and grandkids in stitches!From Cary Grant, Maril

A Deep-Dive Into Michael Mann's Neo-Noir Masterpiece: 1995's HEAT

Jul 30 2024 35 mins  
Send us a textA Venn Diagram of perfection, Michael Mann's HEAT presents a mid-1990s Los Angeles as a sprawling concrete jungle of conformity that neither the cops or the robbers want any part of. Three masters at the height of their careers -- Mann, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, converging to make this masterpiece is the stuff of cinephile dreams.Join Joe on this deep-dive into all t

Spoiler-free Impressions on TWISTERS, VIKINGS: VALHALLA, THE ACOLYTE, THE BOYS, & PRESUMED INNOCENT!

Jul 23 2024 31 mins  
Send us a textWelcome back to the Fixate & Binge podcast -- and in this episode Joe is joined by the youngest guest in the podcast's history to offer their impressions on the latest big screen box office spectacle -- TWISTERS -- starring Glenn Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones!Joe also breaks down four shows currently streaming -- The Acolyte (Disney+), The Boys (Amazon Prime), Pres

VENI, VIDI, VICI: The Greatest Warfare Films Ever Made! And a Spoiler-Free Reaction to 'LONGLEGS'!

Jul 16 2024 44 mins  
Send us a textDulce et Decorum est!Join Joe as he lays out the greatest warfare films (in his humble opinion) ever made! From Spielberg to Nolan to Ridley to Mel, listen in on which films made the coveted list -- and why. Also, Joe offers his spoiler-free reaction to this year's much-hyped LONGLEGS, starring Nicholas Cage and Maika Monroe. So if you're a fan of history, a student o

This Is NOT the Way: The Problem With Star Wars Are the "Fans" of Star Wars

Jul 09 2024 31 mins  
Send us a textThere is a disturbance in the Force. Unseen, Sith-like powers operate in the shadows, fomenting hatred, misogyny, and racism targeting anything produced by the Star Wars franchise. As Disney+'s latest Star Wars content to hit the small screen -- The Acolyte -- winds down its first season, despite its glowing reviews from critics, the series has earned the unfortunate