The Incinerator Podcast

During our off weeks, we'll be dropping special treats, including our monthly STATE OF THE UNION series, now available outside of the paywall. Join Ryan Verrill and Billy Ray Brewton as they discuss the latest movie news, movie recommendations, and physical media goodness.

Join our Patreon Army to receive exclusive access to special series like Burn Baby Burn with Mitchell Beaupre, our popular Cut As You Go series, our monthly State of the Union, Southern Hospitality, and much, much more. All of this for as little as $5 per month!

To join our Patreon Army visit www.patreon.com/incineratorpod

During our off weeks, we'll be dropping special treats, including our monthly STATE OF THE UNION series, now available outside of the paywall. Join Ryan Verrill and Billy Ray Brewton as they discuss the latest movie news, movie recommendations, and physical media goodness.

Join our Patreon Army to receive exclusive access to special series like Burn Baby Burn with Mitchell Beaupre, our popular Cut As You Go series, our monthly State of the Union, and our upcoming Because of John Hughes limited series. All of this for as little as $5 per month!

To join our Patreon Army visit www.patreon.com/incineratorpod

It's here, finally dropped from behind the paywall! Episode 2 of MANN-SPLAINING, the second series of CUT AS YOU GO where DARREN FRANICH and I incinerate the oeuvre of MICHAEL MANN, week-by-week, until only one remains. Up next? As voted by you, our Patreon Army - the weirdest and wonkiest film in Michael Mann's career. Folks keep trying to reclaim it, but y'all can cut that shizz out. It's THE KEEP. Lord help us.

It's here, finally dropped from behind the paywall! Episode 2 of MANN-SPLAINING, the second series of CUT AS YOU GO where DARREN FRANICH and I incinerate the oeuvre of MICHAEL MANN, week-by-week, until only one remains. Up next? As voted by you, our Patreon Army - sexy ass Daniel Day-Lewis running around the woods with Wes Studi hot on his trail - it's THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS? How in the hell is this film already meeting The Incinerator? Your guess is as good as ours.

In our most unique episode this season, co-host BILLY RAY BREWTON steps into the role of competitor for the first time as he does epic battle with writer, producer, and former podcaster KENNY NEIBART over a topic near and dear to both their black hearts - 90'S TEEN COMEDIES. Will Billy Ray survive the nonsense he created or will Kenny drive him over the edge? Freshly minted co-host RYAN VERRILL mans the ship for this ridiculously fun aside. To vote for the winners, visit us at www.incineratorpod.com. 

It's here, finally dropped from behind the paywall! Episode 2 of MANN-SPLAINING, the second series of CUT AS YOU GO where DARREN FRANICH and I incinerate the oeuvre of MICHAEL MANN, week-by-week, until only one remains. Up next? As voted by you, our Patreon Army - a film about technology made by people who seem to have never owned a computer - it's BLACKHAT. Not even a Chris can save it.

You're all alone at home...there's a strange noise...shadows moving about...oh, it's just we fools at The Incinerator sending SINGLE LOCATION THRILLERS your way via JAY KRIEGER from the Daily Horror Habit podcast and DEVAUGHN TAYLOR from Specter Cinema Club. And producer of the pod, RYAN VERRILL, serves as engineer proxy. Everyone has their strong opinions on this topic and we promise you none of them will be reflected adequately here. This is just madness. To vote for the winners, visit us at www.incineratorpod.com. 

It's here, finally dropped from behind the paywall! Episode 1 of MANN-SPLAINING, the second series of CUT AS YOU GO where DARREN FRANICH and I incinerate the oeuvre of MICHAEL MANN, week-by-week, until only one remains. Up first? As voted by you, our Patreon Army - a sleepwalking Johnny Depp with supporting actors carrying the load - it's PUBLIC ENEMIES. Come for the poor camera choice. Stay for a batshit Channing Tatum.

Season 2 is providing our most controversial episode yet, as BEN HASLAR and RYAN LUIS RODRIGUEZ from the Reels of Justice podcast fan the flames of conventionality to incinerate the films of THE MCU. Causing havoc along the way is their podcasting co-host and Engineer ROBB MAYNARD. Everyone has their strong opinions on this topic and we promise you none of them will be reflected adequately here. This is just madness. To vote for the winners, visit us at www.incineratorpod.com. 

Season 2 of The Incinerator is here, and stepping into the flames for the first time as competitors - from the Screen Drafts podcast, it's CLAY KELLER and RYAN MARKER. In the first shake up to our initial formula, they'll be tackling "Songs from Coen Brothers Films" (a definition which shifts throughout). Producer of the pod, Ryan Verrill, also joins as proxy for The Engineer, who gets their hands on some insane new landmines. It's a weird and wild way to kick off the new season! To vote for the winners, visit us at www.incineratorpod.com. 

When deciding the best films of 2022 (and who better qualified than The Incinerator Podcast), we felt it only fitting to invite three of the raddest cats around to lend their cinematic goods to a rowdy roundtable discussion: MITCHELL BEAUPRE (Letterboxd, The Film Stage), DAVID FEAR (Rolling Stone), and WYNTER MITCHELL-ROHRBAUGH ("Waiting 2 X-Hale" podcast).  Buckle up and brace yourselves - WE GO LONG.

J.D. DURAN (In Session Film podcast) wraps himself in a. blanket of freedom as he joins us to say 'farewell' to Roland Emmerich's pitting of Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx against the greatest threat against our Democracy...James Woods - that's right, it's WHITE HOUSE DOWN. And, CHRIS THOMAS DEVLIN (screenwriter, Texas Chainsaw Massacre) helps us dissect the pomp, circumstance, and inaccuracies of Roland Emmerich's most entertaining attempt at respectability, so get ready to say goodbye to Heath Ledger's dreamy eyes and Donal Logue's insane racism as we toast THE PATRIOT. And, yes, we go into the "Mel" of it all.

With most major awards associations having distributed nominations or awards at this point, it's time to hear from the experts on performances...or the folks who were available when we needed them: CLAY KELLER (Screen Drafts podcast), DANE MCDONALD (Chasing Chalamet), and SCOUT TAFOYA (RogerEbert.com). Which films will make the cut, and which ones will end the year languishing in obscurity? In three hours, you'll know the answers.

MITCHELL BEAUPRE (The Film Stage, Paste) joins us to discuss that moon...that just keeps on falling. Boy, does it fall. All over the damned place. Crazy old moon. MOONFALL might be one of the biggest box office disasters in history, but it definitely lives up to its title. And, THOMAS GRABINSKI (Watching Movies at the Bar podcast) joins us to answer the important question: does burning books in a library make Jake Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum Republicans? That's right - it's not yesterday...it's not today...it's not tomorrow...it's THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. 

We're putting one of the four finals nails in the coffin that was 2022 with a roundtable devoted to the wide world of documentaries. Joining us are: DREA CLARK (Maximum Film! podcast), MARYA E. GATES (RogertEbert.com), and JENN WILSON (Film Independent). Which films will make the cut, and which ones will end the year languishing in obscurity? In three hours, you'll know the answers.

HARMONY COLANGELO (This Ends at Prom podcast) joins us for an apocalyptic dive into the surprise smash hit that proved the Mayans right, and turned John Cusack into the limo-driving action hero of our dreams - that's right, it's 2012. Because who better to continue the human race than a bunch of white billionaires and Thandiwe Newton?!

DAVE SCHILLING (The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times) joins us for a colorful discussion of Roland Emmerich's original IP that spawned a franchise and the androgynous crush of our dreams in Jaye Davidson - that's right, meeting the incinerator well ahead of its time, it's STARGATE. Let's dive into action hero James Spader!

LESLIE BYRON PITT (Fatal Attractions podcast) joins us for...a RoboCop rip-off? A zombie movie? Soft core Van Damme porn? You got it, it's Roland Emmerich's cannonball into the pool that is American cinema - it's UNIVERSAL SOLDIER. How does a film we loved as kids stack up against today's big budget action pictures? Is Van Damme the next Charlie Chaplin? There's so much to unpack here...

ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS (Finding Desperado, Total Reboot podcast) joins us for a trip back in time as we discuss (for better or worse) Roland Emmerich's baffling caveman flick, 10,000 BC, which also has aliens. Did Alexei love it, hate it, can't quite decide? You'll have to find out. One thing's for sure - NOTHING is for sure.

It's here - The Incinerator finals - where we decide, once and for all, who has the highest tolerance for nonsense. Our cinematic gladiators? MITCHELL BEAUPRE (Letterboxd), WILLIAM BIBBIANI (Critically Acclaimed network), DREA CLARK (Maximum Film! podcast), and BRYAN COGMAN (Game of Thrones). The winner receives the title of FIRE PROOF and $500 towards the charity of their choosing. And YOU do the voting!

The TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS presents its penultimate round of chaos as Drea Clark ("Maximum Film" podcast), Jordan Courtney ("Filmshake" podcast), Dan Mecca (The Film Stage), and Eric Peacock ("Soundtracker" podcast) hatch an elaborate scheme to incinerate HEIST FILMS. The producer of the pod, Ryan Verrill, serves as Engineer for this descent into madness. Only one competitor will emerge victorious and head to our Finals - which one will it be? You do the voting, remember?

The TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS continues with Round 3 of madness and shenanigans as Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd), Chris Thomas Devlin (screenwriter, "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"), Clay Keller ("Screen Drafts" podcast), and Clarke Wolfe (Fear HQ) explore the deep, dark recesses of America's sweetheart, SANDRA BULLOCK. The producer of the pod, Ryan Verrill, serves as Engineer for this descent into madness. Only one competitor will emerge victorious and head to our Finals - which one will it be? You do the voting, remember?

Our inaugural TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS continues as William Bibbiani ("Critically Acclaimed" podcast network), Ross Bratin (the patron's champion), Sam Inglis ("Hawke Talk" podcast) and Devaughn Taylor ("Specter Cinema Club" podcast) dive deep into the soon-to-be incinerate oeuvre of ALFRED HITCHCOCK. The producer of the pod, Ryan Verrill, serves as Engineer for this descent into madness. Only one competitor will emerge victorious and head to our Finals - which one will it be? You do the voting, remember?

It's here - our inaugural TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS. Round 1 finds Bryan Cogman ("Game of Thrones"), Jason Kleeberg ("Force Five" podcast), Kenny Neibart ("Podcast Like It's 1999" podcast) and Oriana Nudo ("Hollywood-ography" podcast) doing battle over DEAD, DEATH, DEADLY, DEATHLY (films with one or more of those words in the title). The producer of the pod, Ryan Verrill, serves as Engineer for this two hours of madness. Only one competitor will emerge victorious and head to our Finals - which one will it be? You do the voting, remember?

We're closing out the first season of The Incinerator with one of our most flammable topics yet - HORROR SEQUELS. And our combatants are up for the challenge - genre audiobook narrator SEAN DUREGGER, and DOUG MCCAMBRIDGE from the GOOD TIMES GREAT MOVIES podcast. They'll be guided, rewarded, and penalized the entire way by a super secret guest known only as "The Engineer". The players won't know who's causing them so much grief, and neither will you, till everything is said and done.

We're joined by two dudes who understand and love the 90's as much as anyone, and JORDAN COURTNEY and NICHOLAS LOUP from FILMSHAKE do, indeed, engage in epic 'hanging from a helicopter' battle over 90'S ACTION FILMS. They'll be guided, rewarded, and penalized the entire way by a super secret guest known only as "The Engineer". The players won't know who's causing them so much grief, and neither will you, till everything is said and done.

Over the course of a month, we posted numerous TWITTER POLLS all relating to the stars of the Grown-Ups films. The films that won those polls are battled about by patrons ROSS BRATIN and NICK RUDOW until only one remains. They'll be guided, rewarded, and penalized the entire way by a super secret guest known only as "The Engineer". The players won't know who's causing them so much grief, and neither will you, till everything is said and done. Co-hosted by Mitchell Beaupre.

We're getting ready to rumble, incinerator style, as wrestling buffs BJ and HARMONY COLANGELO (This Ends at Prom podcast) step into a no holds barred cage match to determine, once and for all, the greatest wrestlers to grace the silver screen. They'll be guided, rewarded, and penalized the entire way by a super secret guest known only as "The Engineer". The players won't know who's causing them so much grief, and neither will you, till everything is said and done.

Known for her burning intensity as an actress, JENNIFER JASON LEIGH feels like a proper 'first' for The Incinerator, seeing as how we've never inflicted this kind of damage on an individual before. Doing just that are SAM INGLIS (Hawke Talk Podcast) and JASON SHAWHAN (Nashville Scene), the two biggest JJL fans to ever JJL. They'll be guided, rewarded, and penalized the entire way by a super secret guest known only as "The Engineer". The players won't know who's causing them so much grief, and neither will you, till everything is said and done.

Pride Month is hot, hot, hot as we dive into the illustrious, awards-laden legacy of FOCUS FEATURES with two queers who know their way around awards, CHRIS FEIL and JOE REID from the "This Had Oscar Buzz" podcast. They'll be guided, rewarded, and penalized the entire way by a super secret guest known only as "The Engineer". The players won't know who's causing them so much grief, and neither will you, till everything is said and done.