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OV468 – The Monkey (2025) & Grand Theft Hamlet (2025) – Guest: Mitch Ringenberg – The Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast

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This week, Mitch Ringenberg joins me to review the Oz Perkins movie The Monkey in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, we discuss the documentary Grand Theft Hamlet, which is now available on PVOD and on MUBI. We also talk a bit about the passing of George Armitage, Clayface director news, On Cinema at the Cinema, Severance season 2, and more.

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Mic Info

• Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.5.0)
• Mitch: Blue Yeti USB Mic via Google Meet

Timestamps

• Show Start – 00:28
• Introducing Mitch – 02:15
• Early 2025 Genre Movies – 03:41
• News Before the Reviews – 13:40
• Severance Season 2 – 26:32

Feature Review

• The Monkey (2025) – 36:26
• Spoiler – 1:10:25

Secondary Review

• Grand Theft Hamlet (2025) – 1:33:08

Potpourri

• Mitch: The Punisher (1989) – 2:02:05
• Mitch: Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell (1995) – 2:07:02
• Matt: On Cinema at the Cinema – 2:08:35

• Closing the Ep – 2:17:22
• Patreon Clip – 2:18:49

Related Links

• George Armitage Dies: ‘Grosse Pointe Blank’ & ‘Miami Blues’ Director Was 82
• James Watkins Lands ‘Clayface’ Directing Gig

• My 2025 Podcast and Writing Archive
• Immediate Reaction – Captain America: Brave New World (2025) – Feb 17, 2025
• Patreon Companion Episodes Collection
• Companion Ep – OV466 – The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) & Scare Me (2020) – Feb 16-17, 2025
• Patreon – Severance Episode Reviews

• Mitch’s Letterboxd
• Mitch’s Writing on Midwest Film Journal
• Mitch’s Review of ‘Salem’s Lot (2024)

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