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OV509 – Toy Story 5 (2026) & Never Change! (2026) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – The Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast

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This week, Brent Leuthold joins me to review the Pixar film, Toy Story 5 in a feature review. Then we review the Hulu comedy, Never Change! in this week’s secondary review. We also discuss recent news, Indianapolis movie events, and AI dumbassery.

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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 – 02:40
• Indianapolis Film Events – 10:04
• Backhalf Blindspots on Patreon – 11:40
• News: Criterion’s Stanley Kubrick Box Set – 23:40
• A24 and AI – 38:34

Feature Review

• Toy Story 5 (2026) – 1:05:45
• Spoiler – 1:39:51

Secondary Review

• Never Change! (2026) – 2:01:17
• Closing the Ep – 2:25:20

Related Links

• The Complete Kubrick | The Criterion Collection
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