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OV516 – Primetime (2026) & Resident Evil (2026) – Guest: Sam Watermeier – The Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast

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This week, Sam Watermeier joins me to review Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime in a feature review. Then we review the new Zach Cregger movie, Resident Evil in this week’s secondary review. We also discuss Indianapolis movie events and recent movie and TV news, and more.

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Timestamps

• Show Start – 00:28
• Introducing Sam – 01:47
• Indianapolis Film Events – 06:48
• News Before the Reviews – 11:06

Feature Review

• Primetime (2026) – 17:14
• Spoiler – 46:25

Secondary Review

• Resident Evil (2026) – 1:31:38
• Closing the Ep – 1:53:18

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