Join host Bryan Dressel, Matt “Zombie Dog- Buddy” Dykes, Ryan “Brusier” Lootens, and Joel “Slink” DeWitte as they break down the questionable sequel to John Wick. This action-packed follow-up keeps the Binge Buddies on guard as they struggle with where this movie went right, and where it went a little wrong. But the question remains by the end, Did Ruby Rose win over Ryan? Spoilers… no.
Tag Archives: 2017
Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich: Ranking the Saga
Welcome to the finale of “Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich,” our in-depth look through the Fast and Furious franchise. Bryan Dressel, Matt “Zombie Dog” Dykes, Joel DeWitte, and Ryan Lootens sit down and rank all the movies and go over the highlights of the series. There’s a lot of great filmmaking in here and a lot of fun moments, even if not every film lands. Where does this franchise sit with you? Do you agree with these lists?
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Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich: Fast X
This week on Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich the Binge Buddies reach the end of the road of the Fast Franchise so far with ‘Fast X.’ Bryan Dressel, Matt “Zombie Dog Vauxhall HC Viva Farenza Canada ’71-’73” Dykes, Joel “ANC Pacer” DeWitte, Ryan “DMC Delorean” Lootens discuss the one thing that works in this movie (Momoa) and then go into everything else that doesn’t work. And folks, the rest of the stuff just doesn’t really work. You’ll want to hear about it all.
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Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich: F9 The Fast Saga
Hi and welcome to yet another exciting episode of Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich. This week Bryan Dressel, Matt “Zombie Dog Volvo P1800” Dykes, Joel “Alfa Romeo Spyder” DeWitte, and Ryan “Hudson Hornet” Lootens tackle ‘Fast 9: The Fast Saga.’ Does it recover the adventure and charm of the older entries in the series or does it strain with fatigue? Does it bring the ensemble that we know and love back together or does it feel like a Vin Diesel movie with other actors living in the b-story? The gang covers all this and more.
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Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich: Hobbs & Shaw
This week on ‘Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich’ Bryan Dressel, Matt “Zombie Dog Shelby GT 500CR” Dykes, Joel “Bentley EXP100GT” DeWitte, and Ryan “Jaguar XJS” Lootens make a pit stop to talk about the rather abyssmal (and overlong) Fast franchise offshoot ‘Hobbs & Shaw.’ At least Statham and the Rock gave it their all, right? RIGHT?
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Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich: F8 of the Furious
This week on another high octane episode of “Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich,” Bryan Dressel, Matt “Zombie Dog Sion tC” Dykes, Joel “Ford Mustang” DeWitte, and Ryan “Dodge Viper” Lootens talk about the most disappointing entry in the Fast and Furious franchise since the second movie – ‘The Fate of the Furious.’ Slower car chases, pacing issues, and other issues abound and the Binge Buddies crew is there to work through them all.
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Scarlett Johansson: Rough Night (2017)
A new month means a new subject for our retrospective series, and this month we’ve chosen ScarJo. That’s right. We’re following the varied career of Scarlett Johansson. First film on the docket: Rough Night, a movie that tests her comedic acumen and finds her wanting. It’s not like her performance is bad, it’s just that she has nothing to do and doesn’t have any moments that really push her to do anything anyone in the world would consider funny. We had a rough time with Rough Night, folks.
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Episode #293 – Revenge
And now for something completely unexpected: a rape revenge film that is good, actually, and that turns all its tropes on its head. I know, right? We’re talking about the 2017 film Revenge, from writer/director Coralie Fargeat. She brings a master filmmaker’s touch to an otherwise played out genre and asks us to take a hard look at ourselves. It’s quite the film and we do the best we can breaking down everything about it.
TRIGGER WARNING for discussions of rape and the rape revenge genre.
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A list of all the films I watched in 2017!
As a host of a movie podcast, you watch a lot of movies. Bare minimum you’re looking at 52 movies for a year, but that’s saying you only watch them for the episodes you’re prepping for, and that’s just dumb. This year I watched a grand total of 225 movies. I count them as watches after I’ve sat thorough at least half the movie, although that only came in to play a few times, particularly at Christmas while flipping through movies on TV. Throughout the whole year, I only quit one movie, that is the lowest that number has ever been for me.
So! Without any further ado… My 2017 in movies, with some short reviews thrown in for fun.
WHAT I WATCHED:
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- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – (technically the movie started playing in 2016, but I count it because when I walked out it was 2017)
- Swiss Army Man
- Clerks – First time I had watched this in about 5 years, it surprisingly holds up.
- Batman V Superman – The first, but not the last time I will watch this in 2017.
- Resident Evil
- Hell or High Water
- Hidden Figures
- Resident Evil 2
My personal fav RE movie. - Resident Evil 3
- Underworld Blood Wars
- Resident Evil 4
- Resident Evil 5
- Final Fantasy Kingsglave
- Silence – After the last 6 movies I watched, this was the greatest thing I had ever seen.
- Moon
- Resident Evil 6 – This is the most lackluster ending to a franchise ever…
The marketing was better than the movie…. - 50 Shades of Gray – This sucked.
- The Mighty Ducks
- D2 The Mighty Ducks
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
- Amelie
- When Harry Met Sally
- Lost in Space
pfff! haha they are all so serious! - Babe
- Dirty Dancing
- Little Rascals
- John Wick
- Sing Street – Still the best movie of 2016.
- John Wick Chapter 2 – Totally forgot this was a movie.
- The Lego Batman Movie
Both fantastic and utterly forgettable - Deadpool
- Lost Highway
- Finding Dory
- Suicide Squad – Don’t remember what compelled me to watch this again, but I know I liked it way move on this viewing, I know it’s crap, but it’s fun crap.
- Clueless
- Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog – Is this a movie? It’s better than most…
- Some Like It Hot
This movie is near perfect. - Newsies (live) – Saw it in a movie theater, I’m counting it.
- Doctor Strange
- The Legend of Tarzan – God I hope I never see this again.
- X-Men Apocalypse
- The Legend of Tarzan (again) – Fuck…
- Friday the 13th Part 6 : Jason Lives – Better than Tarzan
- A Cure for Wellness – Why did we all forget about this movie? It was pretty good!
Beautiful movie - The Italian Job
- Old School
- Knock knock – Terrible… Better than Tarzan… okay I’ll stop hating on Tarzan.
- Logan
- Get Out – Best of the year? Maybe…
—Tried to watch “Sisters” – got way too bored and turned it off - Little Nicky – I paid actual money to rent this. Still don’t know why.
- Pacific Rim
- Jurassic Park
- Beauty and the Beast (1991) – If they make a live action movie of this, it will suck.
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers : The Movie
Yes, that Power Ranger movie. - Kong Skull Island – That was awesome! I will go home and force my wife to watch the Peter Jackson one RIGHT NOW!
- King Kong (2005) – She fell asleep…
- Ghost in the Shell
- Princess Mononokee
- Paprika
I miss Satoshi Kon - Akira – Anime Battle for ATH, go listen! All of the movies picked were amazing!
- Noises Off! – Have you seen this? You really should!!
- James and the Giant Peach
- Power Rangers – It was awesome! Shut up, it was.
- Trainspotting 2
- Superman the Movie
- Terminator 2 – Another one you’ll see pop up a few times…
Best movie ever made. Come at me. - The Running Man
- Cloak and Dagger
- What We Do in the Shadows
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – First repeat of the year (by choice… fucking Tarzan). I think that’s pretty good.
- Arrival
- Furious 7
- F8 of the Furious
- Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion
- Rogue One
Better every time I watch it. - The Conjuring 2
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens – I watch this one more than I’m proud of. I’m always expecting that the next viewing will the the time that I love it… and nope… it’s good. Not great.
- Don’t Think Twice
- Jason Bourne
- Free Fire – Man I loved this movie, such an odd way to tell a story, and I loved every minute of it.
- Nocturnal Animals
- Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
- Alien
1 of 2 good Alien movies. - Alien Vs Predator Requiem
- Moana
- Prometheus
- Alien 3 – Alien battle for ATH was clearly happening here. Watching a lot of Alien movies really reminds you that there are only 2 good ones.
- La La Land
- The Fifth Element – This was in theaters, and it was amazing.
annnnd JUMP! - Alien Covenant – Crap, saw it without Chewie so that means I have to see it twice… CRAP!
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
- Batman and Bill – Hands down my favorite Doc of the year.
- Batman v Superman – 2nd time, still love it.
- Wonder Woman – And holy sheeeeeet that was so much better than BVS.
- Alien Covenant – ugh…
- Almost Famous
This poster is one of my all time favorites. - It Comes at Night – Great movie, too bad the trailers were so misleading.
- Armageddon
- The Mummy (1999)
- The Secret Life of Pets
- Meru – Awesome doc about climbing a mountain, should still be free on Amazon, check it out!
- Despicable Me
- Beauty and the Beast (2017) – Wow this sucked. Ewan McGregor was good.
- Batman Forever
- Batman and Robin
- Despicable Me 2
- The Burbs
- Logan – Even on rewatch, still very good, slightly over hyped, movie.
This movie is gorgeous. - Baby Driver – One of the most fun movies of the year.
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes
- Orlando
- Battleship
- Kung Fu Hustle
- Long Kiss Goodnight
- Fist Fight – Better than I thought it would be…
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Power Rangers
GO GO! - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Passengers – (quit halfway) (watched second half after 121 and 122)
- War for the planet of the apes
- Valerian and the Planet of 1000 Cities – Deserved a way better reception than it got. I thought it was a blast.
- Ghost in the Shell (2017) – BOO!
- Spawn
- Free Fire
- Wings
Might be my favorite movie I watched this year. (Not released in 2017) - Dunkirk – My new favorite Nolan movie.
- Tour de Pharmacy
- Sing – My most unexpected joy-to-watch movie of 2017.
- Kong skull island
- Never Ending Story
- Ingrid Goes West – In contention for my least favorite movie of the year… Spoilers it’s in 3rd place.
- Never Ending Story Part II
- Barton Fink
- The Terminator
- Terminator 2 Judgement Day – They released it in theaters, I’m surprised I only saw it**
- Avatar
- Good Time
I’ll use a still that give nothing away. Eff you marketing of Good Time. - Terminator 2 Judgement Day — **twice
- Tag – WTF was this movie??? See it!
- Why Don’t You Play in Hell – So. Fucking. Good. FUCK BOMBERS YEAH!!
- Annabelle
- IT – A new contender has shown up as my favorite movie of the year.
- The Mummy – Why?
- Mother! – See our ATH Episode released on 1/11/18 to see my thoughts on this one.
- Long Live the King
- Annabelle: Creation
- Queen Kong – Chewie’s most unexpected joy-to-watch movie of 2017.
This is a Musical. That’s all I’ll say. - Pet – This movie so doesn’t go where you think it’s going. And for that I love it.
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula
- Mary’s Shelly’s Frankenstein
- The Collector
- Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
- Rosemary’s Baby
- Thirst
so. good. - Fright Night – All time classic, so glad I rewatched it.
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Justice League Dark – They got Matt Ryan to voice Constantine! Movie is okay.
- An American Werewolf in London – In my top 5 of all time.
- Sleep Away Camp
- What We Do in the Shadows – I didn’t realize how much I go back to this movie till I made this list.
- Addams Family Values
- Geostorm
- In & Out
Forgotten but amazing comedy. - Baby Driver
- Thor
- Thor The Dark World
- Hocus Pocus – Chewie has never seen this! We must watch it annnnd…. She fell asleep.
- Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping
- Blade Runner 2049 – Holy hell I love this movie. I could go on and on…
The color alone makes me love this movie. - Jason X
- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- H20: Halloween 20 Years Later
- Friday The 13th part 9 Jason Goes to Hell – Was going to watch part 7… should have watched part 7….
- The Wizard – Power glove… It’s so bad.
I bought this. I now own this movie. Jealous? - Super – Everyone who told me I HAD TO SEE THIS had no idea how much I’d hate it.
- Thor Ragnarok – Man, this movie was a blast!
- Son of Batman
- Wonder Woman (2009)
- Superman Unbound – UNBOUND!!!!
- Green Lantern First Flight
- Elle – Rough watch… good movie.
- The Royal Tenenbaums
I chose this photo for the dumb face on the right. - The Big Sick
- BVS – again
- Justice League – Poor Justice League… So many cooks you can’t see the kitchen. I still liked it for what it was.
- Pet Cemetery
- Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales – way Way WAY Better than the last one.
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri – Trailer gives away a lot, but still love this movie. McDonagh has one of the strongest voices out there making movies today. Great ending.
- Hellraiser
- The Ladykillers
First and last time I’ll watch this one… - Turner and Hooch
- Iron Man – Don’t watch this if you want to keep enjoying the Marvel movies. This is better than the rest by a mile.
- Too Funny to Fail – Not a ton of people have talked about this doc, but you should definitely watch it.
- Avengers
- 3 Ninjas
- Star Wars TFA – Prepping for Last Jedi… Its official 6, 5, 4, RO, 1, 7, 3, 2 (8 is still pending and I don’t know where it will land….)
- Cult of Chucky – Better and worse than I thought it would be. Felt more like a TV Pilot than a movie.
- Star Wars Return of the Jedi
Leia is such a bad ass. - Good Time – This time for the podcast. So GOOD!
- Death Note – The bad in this movie outweighs the good by just a bit.
- The Disaster Artist
- Space Jam – Welp, never going back to this one.
- Jack and the Beanstalk (1974) – Thanks Elliot…
- Night of the Hunter
- Superman 4 the Quest for Peace – Just as bad as you’ve heard it is… so watch it already!!!!
- Harry and the Henderson’s
- The Babysitter – I barely remember even watching this. But I think I kinda liked it? Maybe?
Seriously though, Why isn’t he wearing a shirt? - Godzilla vs Gigan
- Ghostbusters II
- Star Wars Episode 8 The Last Jedi – Saw this weeks ago now… still processing it. Definitely more my pace than TFA was, take that for what you will.
- Santa Clause 3
- Shape of Water – We have a winner for best of the year.
Not the best photo I know, but I love this shot in the movie. - Baywatch – AWFUL, but I kinda liked it?
- Elf
- Love Actually – This movie is mean. I really enjoy it, but everytime I watch it I find myself asking, why is everyone so mean?
- Bad Santa
- The Santa Clause
- The Greatest Showman – We have a winner for least favorite of the year… but… the singers can actually sing… so I don’t know!!
- The House
- Despicable Me 3 – Stop. Stop now.
- Okja – well that was fantastic!
I WANT A SUPER PIG! (not to eat it) - Bright – I was on The Front Row Movie Reviews talking about this one!
- Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle – How does Jack Black steal a movie from The Rock and Kevin Hart?? I don’t know, but he sure did!
- The Mighty Ducks – A fitting way to end the year. Just like this movie I’m young scrappy and hungry!.. For 2018 movies? This joke failed… Also I saw Hamilton.
DONE!!!
What did I learn from this? I like a lot of bad movies, and that’s okay! As the year went on I started to get discouraged about weather or not I’d even share this very embarrassing list, but I think that misses the point of why I did it. What I learned from this is that I love movies. Period. The good and the bad, it is still my favorite way to experience a story. Even the worst of the worst have something in them that is enjoyable. I look forward to how my list looks from 2018, I doubt I’ll have the time to watch 200+ movies again, but it’s worth a shot!
TOP 10 OF 2017 RELEASES:
- Shape of Water
- Okja
- Dunkirk
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
- Good Time
- IT
- Batman and Bill
- The Disaster Artist
- Baby Driver
- The Big Sick
HONORABLE MENTION: POWER RANGERS!!
BOTTOM 5 OF 2017
- Alien Covenant
- The House
- Ingrid Goes West
- Despicable Me 3
- Baywatch – still liked it… but man its just terrible.
HORRIBLE MENTION: THE GREATEST SHOWMAN
Would be in the top five, but its rare to get a musical with actual singers and dancers in it.
Bryan is the Host and Producer of After the Hype. He loves talking. About everything. But mostly Batman, Star Wars and Green Lantern.
He also lives in Los Angeles and works in TV Post Production