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OV505 – The Sheep Detectives (2026) & Hokum (2026) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – The Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast

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This week, Brent Leuthold joins me to review the new cozy murder mystery, The Sheep Detectives in a feature review. Then we review the Damian McCarthy horror film, Hokum in this week’s secondary review. We also discuss recent news and Indianapolis movie events.

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• Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.7.3)
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Timestamps

• Show Start – 00:28
• Introducing Brent – 02:05
• News and Film Events – 10:09

Feature Review

• The Sheep Detectives (2026) – 23:55
• Spoiler – 58:38

Secondary Review

• Hokum (2026) – 1:28:15

• Closing the Ep – 1:49:29
• Patreon Clip – 1:52:01

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