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OV502 – Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026) & Send Help (2026) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – The Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast

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This week, Brent Leuthold joins me to review the new Gore Verbinski film, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die in a feature review, then we review Sam Raimi’s Send Help in this week’s secondary review. We also discuss Super Bowl advertising, Catherine O’Hara, James Van Der Beek, and Bud Cort’s passing, and more.

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• Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.6.8)
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Timestamps

• Show Start – 00:28
• Introducing Brent – 01:56
• Screening in Indy – 18:11
• News Before the Reviews – 21:55

Feature Review

• Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (2026) – 38:39
• Spoiler – 1:09:24

Secondary Review

• Send Help (2026) – 01:29:20
• Spoiler – 02:00:00

• Closing the Ep – 02:20:50
• Patreon Clip – 02:23:01

Related Links

• Catherine O’Hara, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Home Alone’ Star, Dies at 71
• James Van Der Beek, ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Star, Dies at 48
• Bud Cort, ‘Harold and Maude’ Star, Dies at 77

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