Marathon Me: A Movie Marathon Podcast

HOSTEL FRANCHISE MARATHON Moving on from the spawn of Satan entering the world of the living, to the living entering a hell-on-earth: a new marathon is under way, and it's Hostel. Eli Roth's second major film, spawning from the wallet of Quentin Tarantino, this franchise sees the 'Elite Hunting Club' traffic human beings in Slovakia for the uber-rich to do with them as they will and explore the disgusting extremity of human objectification. Rhys and Kane try to hold in their lunch and not pass out, as they marathon all three Hostel movies - a pillar in the cinematic canon of the torture-p*rn sub-genre. Maybe Rhys might postpone that Europe trip? Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

THE OMEN FRANCHISE MARATHON 6 films, touching 6 decades, with 6 takes on the anti-Christ (to varying degrees of quality) Some friends are only with you for a short time, and some are with you for life. Damien is one of the lifelong homies. After investigating and diving into the sometimes scary, sometimes wild world of The Omen, the boys have found another home amidst the religious imagery and anxieties of this cinematic universe. Rhys and Kane go through their individual rankings of the franchise, so you know which ones are a must-watch, and which ones you can throw in the bin. On top of this, the pair touch on varying additional Omen-related media and what their overall take on the franchise is. Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

THE OMEN FRANCHISE MARATHON Finally we're at the final Omen film, and for some reason, it likes to go by as 'The First Omen'. It's okay; aging is scary, we get it. The long anticipated PREQUEL. Will it have the prequel curse? Will it have the actual curse that the original film had? If you've read any reviews yet, you'll see that pleasantly, no! This actually sort of rocks. Kane and Rhys unpack 'Immaculate 2,' I mean: 'The First Omen,' and see how one of these films plays out in our current climate of horror pop culture, anti-conservativism, and abortion legislation. There's a lot to get through... Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

THE OMEN FRANCHISE MARATHON The only film to my knowledge to be solely made because of the novelty of it's release date - having come out 06/06/06; what a hell of a time. The Omen sees on one fateful night, the rebirth of the antichrist... coming in the form of a small child named Damien. [Liev Shreiber]'s perfect, wholesome and almost soap-opera-like life gets completely torn apart, when he realises his son may be more than what he thought he was... This sounds a bit familiar. Rhys and Kane essentially rewatch the original Omen, with a new fresh coat of paint that honestly suits the franchise far far less than the intentional grittiness of the first dive into the family of Damien Thorn. We do have Julia Stiles, Liev Shreiber and David Thewlis to accompany this new coat of paint, but is it enough? Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

THE OMEN FRANCHISE MARATHON What else could the antichrist have to say on the big screen? So it's about time he shifts to the small screen... with this made-for-TV 'movie'. Following the death of Damien Thorn, the seed of Damien lives on in a little girl names Delia. Taking a very similar approach to the first Omen film, we find the antichrist in the form of a small child; except this time, nothing is scary, everything is annoying, and things happen that are f*cking ridiculous. Rhys and Kane hope that you're happy that they're so dedicated to the completion of the series and went out of their way to find a watchable version of this (without Russian dubbing). Hopefully listening to them unpack this wild film is less boring than the experience watching it is. Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

THE OMEN FRANCHISE MARATHON Or more commonly regarded as: 'The Omen 3: The one with Sam Neill'. The Omen franchise enters the 80s, and Damien enters his 30s. It's the antichrist's time to shine, but a little fella that goes by the name 'anti-antichrist' (friends call Him 'Christ') has been born again and threatens all that Damien strives for. Rhys and Kane reluctantly dive into this cap to the trilogy, following the disappointment and outright bore of part two. The boys have no idea what's about to hit them, including: a battle between ultimate good and evil, a baby-murder massacre, and a fascinatingly compelling time. Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

THE OMEN FRANCHISE MARATHON Marathon Me's 100th EPISODE is finally here! And really, what is truer MM-spirit than talking about a random, weird, sorta-shit horror movie sequel. Damien is now a teenager, coming to know himself as both a person, and something much darker and much more important. Narrative potential is massive right; a lot of room to comment on the universal teenage experience and coming of age? Well, someone tell the filmmakers to actually commit to it and take us there. Kane and Rhys continue their journey hot from 'The Omen,' but are left feeling a little cold after this one. Could be the film. Could be the demonic presence inhabiting the Marathon Me studio. Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

THE OMEN FRANCHISE MARATHON Back to horror movies, with a franchise that has the same amount of frights, curses, and forgotten obscure sequels. The Omen sees on one fateful night, the rebirth of the antichrist... coming in the form of a small child named Damien. Gregory Peck's perfect, wholesome and almost soap-opera-like life gets completely torn apart, when he realises his son may be more than what he thought he was. Kane and Rhys begin The Omen franchise in anticipation for the upcoming reboot/prequel The First Omen; revisiting what made this franchise as relevant today (apparently) as it was when it first began in the 70s. Also... there's a lot of bizarre sequels to sink their teeth into. Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

THE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE MARATHON It is now officially the reaping... five films done, Marathon Me is putting them all head to head in their own Hunger Games, by ranking them all from worst to best. The boys also take a look at the franchise as a whole and how it develops and matures - building the fantastical world for its audience, and evaluating if this is effectively done in the films or not. Rhys and Kane went in as Panem-virgins, and are now coming out veterans. Fellow Hunger Games veteran, Hannah, gives us her ranking on the book series. Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

THE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE MARATHON We went from catching some fire, to focusing on a bit of snow. Going back to the 10th annual hunger games, this new installment follows the origins of Coriolanus Snow, as he delves from an ambitious, yet compassionate man, to the Snow that we know and have vitriolic hate for today. Kane and Rhys dive into the satisfaction of Snow's arc, and if this prequel gives the well-awaited context and world-building the two have been asking for, to cover up a few holes left present through the last few films. Hannah comes back for one final time to summarise her experience with the source novel. Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

THE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE MARATHON One more double episode because... these are really two sides to the same coin. Get it? COIN! Katniss and Peta have now been through two Hunger Games competitions, and somehow not died. Fresh off of the PR tour of the previous Hunger Games, the two are hired as ambassadors for political causes. But here's the catch... they are both on opposing sides. How will they get out of this pickle?! In Mockingjay, sh#t starts to go down. The stakes are much higher, and Panem is at risk of political collapse. It's time for a revolution. Rhys and Kane take on this double billing and almost get a full movie on their hands. Book Correspondent, Hannah, joins to compare if the book really had to be split into two movies. (it didn't) Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

THE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE MARATHON What do need to cook? Just a little bit of fire. This franchise is officially cooking baby! After Katniss and Peta survive their first Hunger Games, the two are left to enjoy their winnings, with some peace, quiet and riches. Wait, no? They have to compete AGAIN - and with stronger, more experienced components??? That doesn't seem very fair. Kane and Rhys continue their dive into the franchise, with an entry that ups the ante in terms of every category (including overall film quality). Special guest, Hannah, returns to answer if Peta's leg has grown back yet or not. Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

THE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE MARATHON Marathon Me is volunteering as tribute to watch all of The Hunger Games movies. The cultural phenomenon following Katniss Everdeen as she fights in a game to the death, with fellow District 12 alumni, Peeta, as part of a strange socio-political tradition. People lap this shit UP. Five movies. Four books. And a life-time of preteens basing their personalities on this. Rhys and Kane, both virgins to this franchise, dive head-first, entering the world of Panem, to see what this whole thing is about. I wonder what district makes podcasts? Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

QUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON The film-bros made it through Pulp Fiction and did them all: every film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino... and now they're going to rank them. (You're surprised? Don't you know how this show works?) From the settings of a crime-filled world of L.A. in 'Reservoir Dogs,' to the vastly different crime-filled world of L.A. (in the late 60s) of 'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood,' Rhys and Kane made it through the entire filmography. The boys track through the several different phases of the iconic director, analysing how the exploration of identity in a crime world, develops to experimentation with exploitation, eventually molding into revisionist depiction of history. Many say that Tarantino does the same thing over and over, but upon this marathon, these two theorise he's still got more tricks up his sleeve. Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

QUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON Washed up, on-the-decline and at fear of being a has-been... yep that's right: it's Rick Dalton. Back to California and the 'hangout movie,' Tarantino explores here the changing world of Hollywood as the 60s became the 70s, and fear filled the town amidst the threat of Charles Manson and his blood-thirsty "Family." Rhys and Kane unpack the most recent of Tarantino's efforts, which tracks back to the first of his films that the two hosts ever watched together. With Rhys having read the novel and seen the film a hand-full of times , this new marathoned re-watch has him burning with anticipation to share his updated take. Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

A MARATHON ME CHRISTMAS SPECIAL and DIARY OF A WIMPY KID FRANCHISE MARATHON Tis the season to be wimpy. The Christmas Gods have blessed the world this year with yet another Disney+ original Diary of a Wimpy Kid animated film. Our prayers have been answered and a trilogy has been created. Rhys and Kane review the new addition to the Wimpy-Kid-universe, and talk a little bit about what festive films they have been watching. Love Actually or Bad Santa; which camp are you on? Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

QUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON The one that made the man a house-hold misogynist. But, like, is he though for real? Just following the civil war, a room is filled with individuals, stuck together by the dangerous element of winter, forced to confront one another's biases and most importantly... their hatred. A little bit 'The Thing', a little bit 'Twelve Angry Men,' a whole lot of Tarantino. Rhys and Kane go deep into the grit and tension of this Western tale, to unpack whether its slow bottle format is genius, or if it's a drag. Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

QUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON The man is not done revising history... he's now after the construct of the slave trade. Moving from pseudo-Western film to an explicitly Western film, we follow ex-slave and eternal badass, Django, as it's time for him to kick ass, get revenge, and save the love of his wife. Rhys and Kane watch and discuss, mouth-agape, at this sensationalist and completely rad retelling of how maybe this whole abuse-of-human-rights thing maybe should have gone? Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

QUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON As the first feature for Tarantino to explore going back in time, the filmmaker dives into Nazi occupied France amidst World War II, and the following results are something special. Going down the path of rewriting history through the medium of film, we found ourselves in some simultaneously familiar and unfamiliar territory, as the narrative goes in certain places that make you think: this didn't really happen, did it? Rhys and Kane go in with open hearts and open minds, coming out of the experience with a reception to the film, both are genuinely surprised by. Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com

QUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON A grindhouse double feature that lives up to it's name because... that's exactly what it is... no subtlety here is there? First comes Robert Rodriguez's blood-and-guts-filled zombie film 'Planet Terror,' oozing with camp, action and an unsavory taste in inauthenticity: yeah, spoiler alert here, neither Kane or Rhys really dug this one. But the main course: is Tarantino's grungy road-movie, 'Death Proof.' This one is really the one that matters in this Tarantino-athon. The auteur himself claims that this is "objectively" his worst movie, but does Marathon Me agree? Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Facebook page: @marathonmeoffical Email: marathonmepodc@gmail.com