Film and TV Reviews and Podcasts
FIND ALL OF MY X-MEN REVIEWS HERE Oh boy. Now it’s time to review X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This was my first time seeing this movie. I was so scarred by The Last Stand that I took a sabbatical from the franchise. Even if I hadn’t, the overwhelmingly negative word of mouth that this movie received didn’t exactly sway me into […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV55 – Car Movies – Days of Thunder, Fast Five, Drive, Vanishing Point In anticipation of the local (to Matt and Tiny) running of the Indianapolis 500, the guys take a look at the vast cinema showroom of Car Movies. In the episode, Tiny offers up Days of Thunder, Christine and […]
FIND ALL OF MY X-MEN REVIEWS HERE After X2‘s release in 2003 I was really looking forward to this movie. It was one of my most anticipated movies ever until Bryan Singer decided to make Superman Returns instead. The announcement that Brett Ratner would take over directing X3 only crushed my spirits more. I had little faith in Ratner and […]
FIND ALL OF MY X-MEN REVIEWS HERE As of this writing out of the X-Men franchise’s 6 movies, I haven’t seen The Wolverine or X-Men Origins. Of the remaining 4 movies, however, I have a hard time choosing between X2 and First Class when choosing which title is my favorite of the franchise. X2: X-Men United was a marked improvement […]
You know what happens when an Obsessive Viewer watches X-Men? The same thing that happens to everyone else…uh, he watches X-Men. Find all of my X-Men reviews here This review (and all subsequent X-Men reviews) comes from someone who isn’t terribly familiar with the greater X-Men comic book mythology. My knowledge of X-Men prior to the first movie was gleaned […]
You can read my review of every Bates Motel episode here! Last week Bates Motel closed the book on its second season in a character development-laden finale that proved me wrong on nearly all of my predictions. That’s not to say The Immutable Truth was a disappointment, though. Hardly. In fact, season 2 of Bates Motel closed on a note […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV54 – Nostalgia TV, Comedy Bang Bang and Halloween 3 News This week the guys dig deep to share their most nostalgic television titles. Matt awkwardly shares his affection for the CHiPs theme music, while Mike and Tiny share their love of All That and Goosebumps, respectively. For Potpourri, Mike […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV53 – Bonus Ep – House of Cards Seasons 1 and 2 In this special bonus episode of the podcast, Matt and Tiny sit down with their friend Greg Lenz from We Are Libertarians (and OV1) to discuss Netflix’s political drama House of Cards. No “stone to the face” is left […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV52 – Summer Blockbusters, Star Wars Casting, and Spider-Man Review This week the guys usher in the Summer movie season with a discussion about Summer Blockbusters. Mike shares how movies influenced his life-changing summer of 1999. Tiny shares his creepy affection for Will Smith. And Matt pays homage to a couple […]
You can read my review of every Bates Motel episode here! Once again, I am late to the party on getting a review written and posted for Bates Motel. I apologize to all of my loyal readers for that. Things have been hectic lately as we prepare to take The Obsessive Viewer Podcast to Indy PopCon later this month. If […]
I am the worst. I waited until the last day of April to post my breakdown of March’s movie viewing habits. April was a busy month, though. We are far past the procrastination stages of getting our table prepared for Indy PopCon. So much of my month has been devoted to planning for that. If you are in the Indianapolis […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV51 – Guilty Pleasure TV, Need for Speed, Kill Your Darlings and The Americans This episode was recorded March 25th. The guys share some of their Guilty Pleasure TV shows. Shows discussed include a bevy of “reality” series as well as the likes of pro wrestling, Prison Break and Glee. […]
“I think I’ve proven I’m not your typical Vice President.” Read all of my House of Cards related posts here! Chapter 26 Well, here we are. We’ve reached the end of season 2 of House of Cards and the end of my episode-by-episode reviews. I hope you enjoyed going through this season of the show with me. It’s been fun […]
You can read my review of every Bates Motel episode here! Spoilers Ahead
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV50 – Religion in Movies, Godzilla Footage, The Raid 2 and Sorkin’s Apology For our 50th episode we took a look at religion’s role in cinema. We covered God on Trial, The Passion of the Christ, Rosemary’s Baby, Ben-Hur, The Mist and several more movies. Not to mention, we also discussed […]
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