Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Worth the Watch? - Episode 178 I love Mission Impossible and only saw them for the first time 2 years ago. Mission Impossible movies are remarkable for a reason. Tom Cruise, the Producer, with his new partner/director "McQ" have found a way to capture our attention and place us on the edge of our seat…

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Worth the Watch? - Episode 177 Anyone who has listened to me talk about movies knows I love the transformers movies, so anytime a new one is released I get excited and nervous, because I don't want to be the only one who likes it. So can rise of the Beasts rise to the level of Bumblebee, or will it fall to the dep…

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Animation Hall of Fav Volume 3 As much as I want this episode to be perfect because of what this movie means to me - it isn't. But I have to keep telling myself published > perfect. Listen to find out why. --- After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted …

Disney's The Little Mermaid (2023) | Worth the Watch? - Episode 175 The Little Mermaid has been a Disney classic for decades, and in the age of live action remakes this was one that was inevitable. However, Halle Bailey's casting was sadly surrounded in controversy. But this movie has it all for Disney's live action age - new "real" CGI, new songs,…

Fast X | The Fast and Furious Saga Fast X! Finally was able to get around to seeing this wild idea of a film. Despite my dislike for F9 there is something about Fast X that was pulling me in. I am very grateful for my "Podcast Family" - Matt from 'Matt Goes to Movies' joining me. Available wherever you get your podcasts. --- Over many missions and …

Suzume | Animation Hall of Fav Volume 3 Makoto Shinkai is a director whose work I have come to love. It is hard to explain the excitement a new release from him brings me. But I was nervous after my disappointment with Weathering With you I didn't want to be let down again. So I went in with caution, and that caution was quickly forgotten as I was …

The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Worth the Watch? - Episode 172 Who knew that videos games would be the saving grace of kids' movies? The Mario Bros. were two brothers were something I never expected to see on the big screen - especially this well produced (by Illumination of all things). So, the question is - is it worth the watch? --- While working …

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | Worth the Watch? - Episode 171 This is without a doubt the biggest surprise of the year. A movie that I was not interested in at all, just going because it was new - to now become one of the things I am most excited about. I am not even a D&D player but Dungeons & Dragons has completely won me over. I'll te…

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Animation Hall of Fav Volume 3 Animation Hall of Fav cannot happen without interruptions. When this year's season was delayed, I thought that would be enough - but it wasn't so here is a second attempt to start it up again. Starting up Animation Hall of Fav with a trilogy of episodes from last year (2022…

How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Animation Hall of Fav Volume 3 Animation Hall of Fav cannot happen without interruptions. When this year's season was delayed, I thought that would be enough - but it wasn't so here is a second attempt to start it up again. Starting up Animation Hall of Fav with a trilogy of episodes from last year (2022) that were neve…

How to Train Your Dragon | Animation Hall of Fav Volume 3 Animation Hall of Fav cannot happen without interruptions. When this year's season was delayed, I thought that would be enough - but it wasn't so here is a second attempt to start it up again. Starting up Animation Hall of Fav with a trilogy of episodes from last year (2022) that were never …

The Mitchells vs The Machines | Animation Hall of Fav Volume 3 I do not know if there is a movie I have been more excited to review than The Mitchells vs The Machines. Even through this long and stressful weekend I have been wanting to sit down and talk about the Mitchells. This was even more exciting than going to see a new movie in theaters. I lo…

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Animation Hall of Fav 3 Now an Academy Award Winner!! I love stop motion, and I was expecting this to be the winner of Animation Hall of Fav, but now I'm not so sure. It is remarkable animation, a impressive and compelling adaptation of a classic story that tells a powerful message - these are all the things I love …

Creed | Creed 3 - Episode 165 This has been my most anticipated film of the first part of the year. Creed blew me away and I couldn't wait to see what Michael B. Jordan would do with it as a first-time director. Additionally, Jonathan Majors has been taking over my mind as a new Hollywood powerhouse. All to say, Creed 3 was looking quite promising.…

Creed | Creed 2 - Episode 164 I have been looking forward to this "binge" for a long time. I loved the first Creed and Creed 3 has been one of my most anticipated films of the year. To say I was excited to finally see Creed 2 would be to understate it. But as I revisited the first film and was reminded of its greatness, doubt began to creep in. I w…

Creed | Creed 1 - Episode 163 Rocky has meant a lot to me for a long time, but for some reason Creed went under my radar for too long. When I finally did see Creed I knew it was something remarkably special, I couldn't wait to review it on the podcast as I knew I would have some things to say about its impactful emotional scenes. I am looking towar…

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | MCU 31 - Episode 162 The Basement Binge is back with classic content, reviewing the MCU. The latest installment from Kevin Feige with Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan Majors, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Michael Douglas. I was not excited for this much, but I showed up anyway, because that's just what we do. Was i…

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | Animation Hall of Fav 3 Every year I spend the beginning of the year celebrating the wonderful format of Animation by visiting some of my favorites. Puss in Boots the Last Wish is a movie I never expected to ever be in the "Hall of Fav" but the more I heard about it the more I knew it was the best way to start! Subscr…

Bumbebee | Transformers Binge Starting the new year of 2023 by catching up on episodes from 2022 with finishing the Transformers Binge with Bumblebee --- On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. On the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, Charlie Watson discovers Bu…

Transformers: Age of Extinction | Transformers Binge I have crawled out of my whole to finally release this long-awaited episode recorded over 4 months ago - thank you for the patience - enjoy this episode. --- A deadly threat from Earth's history reappears and a hunt for a lost artifact takes place between Autobots and Decepticons, while Optimus P…

My most anticipated film of the year, so fitting it be the film to bring me back from the dead. Spoiler-free thoughts on Glass Onion to persuade you to go see it in theaters before this Knives Out Mystery is released on Netflix December 23. --- Famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece for his latest case. --- Show Notes You can follo…

I have just about fallen off the face of the Earth trying to keep up with homework. But I'm back at it! Black Adam Spoiler-Free review, and then back to Transformers and onto How to Train Your Dragon --- Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods-and imprisoned just as quickly-Black Adam is freed from his…

Transformers: Age of Extinction | Transformers Binge Finally getting back to episodes continuing with Transformers, with great excitement from Matt for Age of Extinction. --- When humanity allies with a bounty hunter in pursuit of Optimus Prime, the Autobots turn to a mechanic and his family for help. --- Show Notes You can follow me on Letterboxd …

Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Transformers Binge Dark of the Moon, a ridiculous title that is also accurate, this film is darker and one that I remember the least. In this generally poor regarded film, were we able to find anything worthy praising, or are well all just rotten? --- The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moo…

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Transformers Binge Transformers are back, and Revenge is coming. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, a movie that was without a doubt written during the writers' strike and then directed by the man child that is Michael Bay. All that junk aside, there is still a lot here to enjoy and Matt, Rob and Myself talk …

Transformers | Transformers Binge We continue our way with Transformers as we break into Michael Bay's live action Transformers. This is an absolutely wild blockbuster, and we had a ton of fun talking about it, the only question is, were we able to convince Rob of its greatness? --- An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Aut…

The Transformers: The Movie (1986) | Transformers Binge The Transformers, and important part of my childhood and falling in love with movies in many ways. When I was in film school, I felt my appreciation for Transformers and Michael Bay's filmmaking was invalid, as it was lacking in "artistic substance". That was how the Basement Binge started. So…

Where the Crawdads Sing, the adaptation of the wildly successful book. And it is a successful adaptation, enough so to get my wife - a big book fan - to love the movie enough to sit down and talk with me about it. --- A woman who raised herself in the marshes of the deep South becomes a suspect in the murder of a man she was once involved with. ---…

Ms. Marvel was a character I fell in love with from the first page of her first book. I've been looking forward to this series for a while, a new character with a different spirit than what we've seen in the MCU. While school took me away from a weekly review, I couldn't leave the series alone and loved it every week. --- Kamala is a superhero fan …

Marvel Minis - something new for The Basement Binge. As Marvel is seeking to find itself and its purpose, The Basement Binge is finding how to talk about these new entries - starting with the humorous Thor Love and Thunder. --- Thor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to fight Gorr the God Butcher, who intends to make t…

Ms. Marvel was a character I fell in love with from the first page of her first book. I've been looking forward to this series for a while, a new character with a different spirit than what we've seen in the MCU. I'm excited to be covering this every week with a mini episode! --- Kamala Khan attends Avengercon only to discover that she herself migh…

I have been waiting for Top Gun Maverick for years now! I can't wait to talk about it tomorrow, in the meantime, here are my quick thoughts on the original Top Gun. --- After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advance…

I have been waiting for Top Gun Maverick for years now! I can't wait to talk about it tomorrow, in the meantime, here are my quick thoughts on the original Top Gun. --- As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are …

This was supposed to happen sooner, but that is just the story of my life with Homework right now. --- Doctor Strange teams up with a mysterious teenage girl from his dreams who can travel across multiverses, to battle multiple threats, including other-universe versions of himself, which threaten to wipe out millions across the multiverse. They see…

This is an extremely delayed episode (school is crushing me), but either way I'm excited to talk about Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with Matt. --- When the manic Dr Robotnik returns to Earth with a new ally, Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic and his new friend Tails is all that stands in their way. --- Show Notes Check out Matt Goes to the Movies: Subscribe to M…

I guess purgatory was extended with me starting school... But finally releasing this episode on Sonic. I never thought that a movie based on Sonic the Hedgehog would be a thing, let alone this good. But here I stand corrected. Here is all that I love about Sonic the Hedgehog --- After discovering a small, blue, fast hedgehog, a small-town police of…

Finally back from purgatory, and what a strange movie to come back with - Morbius I've been saying for a while now that this would make a fantastic January movie, and while it does fit that boot perfectly, it's probably a good thing this has distanced itself from Spider-Man. --- Biochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disea…

Animation Hall of Fave Volume 2 - Episode 7 Atlantis has been a favorite ever since I was a young child rewatching this over and over on DVD. THe love and passion for creating a unique adventure film spill over everything and the film is rewarding to come back to even all these years later. --- A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid g…

Animation Hall of Fave Volume 2 - Episode 6 The Emperor's New Groove, is a movie that you already know, and for all the right reasons. Classic 2000s Disney full of humor, memorable characters, and great heart. Couldn't have an Animation Hall of Fav without including this favorite! --- Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his ex-administrator Yzm…

Animation Hall of Fave Volume 2 - Episode 5 Lupin III, you either know who that is and why this is a fun film, or you have no idea. Kind of like the Japanese James Bond, since his inception by Monkey Punch in 1967 by Monkey Punch, Lupin III has had a world of adventures in all his animated adaptations. But never in 3DCG. Lupin III: The First as it …

Animation Hall of Fave Volume 2 - Bonus Episode Belle has completely rocked my world. I almost missed the film not knowing about it at all. But once I walked out of the theater I knew this needed to be a part of 'Animation Hall of Fav.' Films like this only come around so often and I'm so glad I didn't miss it. It's one you definitely shouldn't mis…

Animation Hall of Fave Volume 2 - Episode 4 Kung Fu Panda 3 is the conclusion of a fantastic trilogy and I'm going to be missing Po. --- Continuing his "legendary adventures of awesomeness", Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to home. --- Show Notes Leave a Review on Podchaser for a S…

Animation Hall of Fave Volume 2 - Episode 3 Kung Fu Panda 2! The first one blew me away and I couldn't wait to get to the next part of Po's adventure, especially with all the positive things I had heard about this film. I'll let you in on a secret, Kung Fu Panda 2 continues the legacy of the first perfectly. --- Po and his friends fight to stop a p…

Animation Hall of Fave Volume 2 - Episode 2 Kung Fu Panda, I was not expecting to have this much to say. But when a film is this visually stunning and thematically rich there is a lot worth mentioning. It's funny, has a great voice cast, is stuffed with saturated sunsets, and tells a heartfelt story - Kung Fu Panda, in the words of Po "IS AWESOME!"…

Animation Hall of Fave 2 - episode 1 Interstella 5555:The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem - the first film of 2022 and the start of "Animation Hall of FAV #2" or Animation Season 2. I can not think of a better way to start this year. The animated House Musical for Daft Punk's second album Discovery and created in collaboration with legendary Animat…

Spider-ManNo Way Home. Already becoming the cinematic event of the year! Can this really be the ultimate Spider-Man movie? (I think in a way - yes) --- Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a Super Hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, f…

Spider-Man Far From Home. The least rewarding to rewatch??? --- Peter Parker and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to rest - Peter will have to agree to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of creatures that cause natural disasters and destruction throughout the continent. --- Show Notes Leave a Review on Po…

Spider-Man Homecoming, finally the start of something new for Spider-Man with his entry into the MCU. This used to be my favorite, did Spider-Man week change that? --- Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New …

The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the wost of Peter Parker's filmography? It can't be that bad? (It isn't, just another round of meh) --- For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the p…

The Amazing Spider-Man; too soon Sony? Probably, this is a moderately competent Spider-Man film with some fantastic elements mostly ruined by how quickly it came after some as solid as Sam Rami's trilogy. --- After Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically altered spider, he gains newfound, spider-like powers and ventures out to save the city from th…