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OV473 – Freaky Tales (2025) & A Working Man (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – The Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast

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This week, Brent Leuthold joins me to review the new anthology crime comedy from Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Freaky Tales in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, I share my thoughts on the action movie A Working Man. We also discuss recent movie and TV news out of CinemaCon, Val Kilmer’s passing, screenings around Indianapolis, and more.

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Mic Info

• Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.5.4)
• Brent: Earthworks ICON Pro in Google Meet

Timestamps

• Show Start – 00:28
• Introducing Brent – 02:34
• Screening in Indy – 06:28
• News Before the Reviews – 10:20

Feature Review

• Freaky Tales (2025) – 48:53
• Spoiler – 1:10:57

Secondary Review

• A Working Man (2025) – 1:35:31

• Closing the Ep – 2:03:14
• Patreon Clip – 2:04:25

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• Heartland Film Cinemania – April 11, 2025
• Indy Film Fest
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• Sam Mendes’ Beatles Biopics Set Release: All Four Movies to Open in April 2028
• ‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’ Sets 2027 Release Date, Reveals First Look at CinemaCon
• Tom Holland’s ‘Spider-Man 4’ Gets Official Title, ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ Ahead of Summer Filming
• Keanu Reeves Set for ‘John Wick 5’ as Franchise Expands With Animated Prequel Film, Donnie Yen-Directed Caine Spinoff
• Val Kilmer, Star of ‘Batman Forever,’ ‘Tombstone,’ Dies at 65

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• OV474 – Warfare (2025) & The Luckiest Man in America (2025)