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OV487 – Weapons (2025) & War of the Worlds (2025) – Guest: Sam Watermeier – The Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast

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This week, Sam Watermeier joins me to review the new Zach Cregger movie, Weapons in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, I talk about the new “ScreenLife” movie, War of the Worlds. We also discuss recent movie and TV news, screenings around Indianapolis, Batman, Batman Returns, The Shield and more.

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Mic Info

• Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.6.6)
• Sam: Samson Q2U via USB in Google Meet

Timestamps

• Show Start – 00:28
• Introducing Sam – 02:16
• Screening in Indy – 10:32
• News Before the Reviews – 19:10

Feature Review

• Weapons (2025) – 34:42
• Spoiler – 58:05

Secondary Review

• Exit Sam – 1:34:11
• War of the Worlds (2025) Spoiler Review – 1:39:34

Potpourri

• Heartland Film Festival 2025 – 2:08:10
• Batman (1989)/Batman Returns (1992) – 2:08:45
• The Gotham Project on Patreon – 2:11:17
• The Shield Rewatch – 2:15:22

• Closing the Ep – 2:29:15
• Patreon Clip – 2:30:59

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