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OV485 – The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) & Together (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – The Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast

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This week, Brent Leuthold joins me to review the new MCU movie, The Fantastic Four: First Steps in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, I talk about the Alison Brie/Dave Franco horror movie Together. We also discuss recent movie and TV news, screenings around Indianapolis, and more.

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Mic Info

• Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.6.5)
• Brent: Earthworks ICON Pro in Google Meet

Timestamps

• Show Start – 00:28
• Introducing Brent – 02:11
• Screening in Indy – 11:43
• News Before the Reviews – 13:56

Feature Review

• The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) – 32:13
• Spoiler – 59:16

Secondary Review

• Together (2025) – 1:23:51
• Spoiler – 1:40:16

• Closing the Ep – 1:46:31
• Patreon Clip – 1:47:33

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• Brent’s Letterboxd
• Awake in the Dark
• Brent’s Review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• Brent’s Essay on Wild at Heart for Midwest Film Journal’s Willem Dafoe Series
• Brent’s Review of Eddington

• My 2025 Podcast and Writing Archive
• Immediate Reaction – Together (2025) – Jul 23, 2025
• Patreon Special – 28 Days Later (2002) at Alamo Drafthouse – May 23, 2025
• Patreon Companion Episodes Collection
• Patreon – Severance Episode Reviews

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• OV486 – The Naked Gun (2025) & TBD (2025)