Film and TV Reviews and Podcasts
Unbreakable (2000) Premise: An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead—and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile as glass. It may be easy to forget that M. Night Shyamalan’s follow up […]
Free Solo (2018) Premise: Follow Alex Honnold as he becomes the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite’s 3,000ft high El Capitan Wall. With no ropes or safety gear, he completed arguably the greatest feat in rock climbing history. I went into Free Solo wondering what could possibly possess a person to climb anything without ropes or harnesses. It […]
The Upside (2017) Premise: A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and an unemployed man with a criminal record who’s hired to help him. The Upside is a pretty middle of the road comedy that’s fairly inoffensive, if unimaginative in its execution. It’s a remake of the 2011 French film The Intouchables. It premiered at […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV267.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV267 – Bonus Ep – Escape Room, Mike’s 400th Movie Night, and Random Thoughts on Film Criticism In this bonus episode, Mike and I review the new horror/thriller movie, Escape Room. We also talk about Mike’s latest milestone in his long-running Movie Night tradition, amateur film criticism, and then […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV266.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV266 – 2018 Year in Review – Best and Worst Movies of the Year and Viewing Stats Happy 2019 and welcome to The Obsessive Viewer’s 2018 Year in Review episode! It’s our annual episode where Tiny, Mike, and myself share our movie viewing stats for the year, our top […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV265.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV265 – Roma – All Summers End, Big Mouth Season 2, The Ranch Season 5, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Private Life, Aquaman, and Robert Zemeckis In our final episode of 2018, Tiny and I review the new Alfonso Cuaron movie, Roma. Then, in our potpourri segment, I share my […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV264.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV264 – Bonus Ep – Aquaman, The American Meme, and Kevin Spacey’s Let Me Be Frank (Featuring Robert Fekkes) In this bonus episode, Fekkes and I review the new DCEU movie, Aquaman, determine it’s place within the DCEU, and discuss the future of DC movies. We also talk about […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV263.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV263 – Welcome to Marwen – Bohemian Rhapsody, Blindspotting, Movie Theater Etiquette, and TV Show Swap: LOSTPoint (Featuring Kyrsten Lyster) This week, Kyrsten and I review the new Robert Zemeckis movie, Welcome to Marwen and then we offer mini-reviews of Bohemian Rhapsody, and Blindspotting. I also share a harrowing […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV262.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV262 – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – The Mule, Cam, Cheap Thrills, Silent Night Deadly Night, and Mandy (Patreon Selection) This week, Mike and I review Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Mandy (as a special Patreon Review). We also discuss A-List and Letterboxd (as per usual), and Mike’s Ten […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV261.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV261 – Hold the Dark – Avengers: Endgame Trailer, The Tale, Green Book, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Letterboxd Film Club This week, Tiny and I review the latest Jeremy Saulnier movie, Hold the Dark. We also discuss the Avengers: Endgame trailer, Kevin Hart’s Oscar debacle, and Tiny and […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV260.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV260 – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Creed II, Instant Family, Finders Keepers, The Lion King trailer, and Facebook Live Police Chases (Featuring Robert Fekkes) This week, Fekkes and I go in depth with our review of the latest Wizarding World movie, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV259.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV259 – Movie Theater Potpourri – Widows, Overlord, A Star is Born, First Man, Detective Pikachu trailer, Dear David movie, and Help Name Our New TV Swap Segment (Featuring Kyrsten Lyster) This week, Kyrsten and I discuss the movies we’ve watched recently in the theater. Movies we discuss include […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV258.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV258 – Extended Potpourri – RIP Stan Lee, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Born Strong, House of Cards, Bob’s Burgers, Solo: A Star Wars Story, NYPD Blue and more This week, Tiny and I settle in for a good, old-fashioned Extended Potpourri episode. We discuss Stan Lee’s passing, the […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV257.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV257 – Letterboxd Potpourri – Halloween, Last Flag Flying, Mid90s, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Changing Lanes, The Walking Dead Movie Trilogy, and Breaking Bad Movie News This week, Tiny and I pick movies from each other’s Letterboxd diaries for discussion in an extended Letterboxd-edition of potpourri. We also talk […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV256.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV256 – Bad Times at the El Royale – The Oath, The Haunting of Hill House, and The Old Man and the Gun (Guest: Robert Fekkes) This week, Fekkes and I review the new Drew Goddard movie, Bad Times at the El Royale. We also discuss movie theater food […]
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