Film and TV Reviews and Podcasts
In Denis Villeneuve‘s latest movie Sicario, Emily Blunt plays Kate, an idealistic FBI agent recruited to an interagency task force working to take down a drug cartel on the US/Mexico border. As the task force moves closer to the objective, Kate begins to question the tactics they use and her purpose within the unit.
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV131 – Special Ep – What’s Eating Dad? – Writer/Director Michael Goldburg and Producer Dave Chan In this special episode of the podcast, Tiny and I chat with Michael Goldburg and Dave Chan, the men behind comedy/horror short film What’s Eating Dad?, which will be the opening short for our […]
Only a few years after Prometheus marked Ridley Scott‘s return to the sci-fi space genre, he’s back with an adaptation of Andy Weir’s breakout hard sci-fi novel The Martian (read my review on Obsessive Book Nerd here). The Martian takes a realistic look at survival on our barren celestial neighbor and showcases what humanity can accomplish when unified toward a […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV130 – Mad Max: Fury Road, The Visit, The Mysteries of Laura, Pitch Perfect 2, and Tiny Quits The Bastard Executioner Despite planning to take a week off, we recorded an impromptu episode reviewing Mad Max: Fury Road. In Potpourri we discuss The Visit, The Mysteries of Laura, Pitch Perfect […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV129 – Extended Potpourri – Black Mass, Review, The Bastard Executioner, White God, Creep, and St. Vincent This week Matt and Tiny share their thoughts on the Whitey Bulger biopic Black Mass and then dive into some extended potpourri. Topics for this episode include Creep, White God, Get Hard, Review […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV128 – Favorite Sitcom Moments, Comet, DamNation, and We Are Your Friends This week Matt and Tiny share some of their memorable moments from sitcom television. Examples include scenes from How I Met Your Mother, Friends, Seinfeld and more. For potpourri, Tiny watched a “dam” good documentary and Matt shares […]
Welcome to the latest installment of what will be a lengthy ongoing series of reviews on ObsessiveViewer.com. Throughout my life, one of the largest gaps in my love of television (and frequent flirtation with science fiction) has been Star Trek. Now, by the grace of Netflix, I’m rectifying that injustice. My plan is to watch everything Star Trek related by […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV127 – Straight Outta Compton, No Escape, Hard Knocks, and Seinfeld’s setups and payoffs This week on the podcast, Matt and Tiny give a review of Straight Outta Compton, the record-breaking N.W.A. biopic charting the ascent of the controversial rap group in the 1990s. For Potpourri, Tiny looks forward to […]
Welcome to the first of what will be a lengthy ongoing series of reviews on ObsessiveViewer.com. Throughout my life, one of the largest gaps in my love of television (and frequent flirtation with science fiction) has been Star Trek. Now, by the grace of Netflix, I’m rectifying that injustice. My plan is to watch as much Star Trek related content […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV126 – Special Ep – Allison Burnett, writer/director of Ask Me Anything and author of Undiscovered Gyrl and Another Girl For this special episode of the podcast, Matt talks to Allison Burnett, the writer and director of Ask Me Anything, an indie drama about a girl who blogs about her […]
Check out my review of No Escape. A tense, unnerving thriller starring Owen Wilson.
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV125 – Special Ep – Kate Chaplin of Kate’s Take and Writer/Director of Wig’d Out In a special episode of the podcast, Matt chats with Kate Chaplin. Kate is a filmmaker who just wrapped filming on Wig’d Out here in Indianapolis. She’s also the host of Kate’s Take, a great […]
Ask Me Anything‘s cover art and description on Netflix are deceiving. The cover displays star Britt Robertson (Tomorrowland, Under the Dome) haphazardly wearing a man’s shirt and tie with a disheveled bed behind her and a befuddled, “look what I’ve gotten myself into” expression on her face. Netflix’s elevator pitch plot description reads: “On a yearlong break between high school […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV124 – Comedy Sequels, Ballers, Ask Me Anything, and Foxcatcher (Guest: Robert Fekkes) Our friend and frequent guest Robert Fekkes joins Tiny and I for a discussion about comedy sequels. We cover Dumb and Dumber To, Meet the Fockers, Next Friday, Horrible Bosses 2 and more. For potpourri, we talk […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV123 – Bonus Ep – True Detective Season 2 Tiny and I talked out our feelings about True Detective Season 2 in what was originally intended as a Potpourri recording for OV122. But we got longwinded and I decided to cut it into its own Bonus Episode. Enjoy and let […]
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