Film and TV Reviews and Podcasts
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 […]
“‘Cry havoc,’ said he who fought chaos with chaos, and let slip the dogs of war.” Read all of my House of Cards related posts here! Chapter 25
“Lie after lie. First to a prosecutor, then to a president. I feel exposed, like the skin where my ring used to be.” Read all of my House of Cards related posts here! Chapter 24 We’re coming up on the end of the season now and some of the bigger pieces are starting to fall into place. Doug is getting […]
You can read my review of every Bates Motel episode here! How about that? For a change, I’m not posting this review on Monday, mere hours before the next episode airs. I’m kind of proud of that but that’s neither here nor there. Some big things happened this week that will usher in the end of the season in a […]
“It’s not beginning the story that I fear. It’s not knowing how it will end. Everyone is fair game now. Including me.” Read all of my House of Cards related posts here! Chapter 23
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV49 – Captain America 2, 47 Ronin, Grand Budapest Hotel and The Returned This week the guys gush over the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America: The Winter Soldier. They discuss their favorite things about the movie and ponder the bigger picture of Phase 2 as a whole. […]
I would love to call baseball my favorite sport, if I were a sports enthusiast. Being that I’m an obsessive viewer of movies and TV, though, I don’t have the time to become a sports fan. It’s all well and good because I can live vicariously through one of my favorite genres of movies: the sports movie. Now that Spring […]
You can read my review of every Bates Motel episode here! Before I get to my (late again) review, I want to mention that Bates Motel was officially renewed by A&E for a third season. As with the first two seasons, I’ll probably review each episode. For now, let’s get to this week’s review.
“The road to power is paved with hypocrisy…and casualties. Never regret.” Read all of my House of Cards related posts here! Chapter 22 Chapter 22 (directed by Jodie Foster) takes the war between Frank and Tusk to personal levels. The Underwoods deal with scandal from an enemy unwilling to back down. Even when the couple deals with an aggressive offensive […]
“Dogs are so predictable, aren’t they?” Read all of my House of Cards related posts here! Chapter 21 Chapter 21 proves that House of Cards knows how to handle a bridge episode. Despite nothing truly substantial happening in this installment, the show still managed to create an engaging episode that promises to yield dividends in the coming episodes.
This week we’re giving you a special 2-part episode of The Obsessive Viewer Podcast! For this episode, we each chose a movie we haven’t seen yet but the other two have. Mike chose 2001: A Space Odyssey, Tiny chose A Nightmare on Elm Street and I picked The Karate Kid. In part one, we tell why we haven’t seen our gap movies and share our expectations for when we see it. Part two was recorded 3 weeks later and includes our reviews of our gap movies. We hope you like it. Don’t forget to rate us and review us on iTunes as well!
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