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OV471 – Novocaine (2025) & Borderline (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – The Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast

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This week, Brent Leuthold joins me to review the new action comedy Novocaine in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, I share my thoughts on Jimmy Warden’s Borderline. I also discuss recent movie and TV news, Yellowjackets, Opus, 2004’s Twisted and more.

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Mic Info

• Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.5.0)
• Brent: Earthworks ICON Pro in Google Meet

Timestamps

• Show Start – 00:28
• Screening in Indy – 04:30
• News Before the Reviews – 10:25

Feature Review

• Novocaine (2025) – 26:20
• Spoiler – 52:14

Secondary Review

• Borderline (2025) – 1:12:38

Potpourri

• Yellowjackets (Pilot Episode) – 1:29:10
• Opus (2025) – 1:33:54
• Twisted (2004) – 1:37:49

• Closing the Ep – 1:42:55
• Patreon Clip – 1:43:48

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• Darren Aronofsky Circling To Direct Netflix’s ‘Cujo’ Film Adaptation
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• My 2025 Podcast and Writing Archive
• Immediate Reaction – Novocaine (2025) – Mar 10, 2025
• Immediate Reaction – Opus (2025) – Mar 13, 2025
• Patreon Companion Episodes Collection
• Companion Ep – OV467 – Akeelah and the Bee (2011) & The Girl is in Trouble (2015) – Feb 26-Mar 1, 2025
• Patreon – Severance Episode Reviews

• Brent’s Letterboxd
• Awake in the Dark
• Brent’s Review of Black Bag (2025)
• Brent’s Review of Mickey 17 (2025)
• Brent’s Review of My Dead Friend Zoe (2025)

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• OV472 – The Alto Knights (2025) & Ash (2025)