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OV469 – Last Breath (2025) & Riff Raff (2025) – Guest: Sam Watermeier – The Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast

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This week, Sam Watermeier joins me to review the new survival thriller Last Breath in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, we discuss the crime comedy Riff Raff. We also discuss the passing of Michelle Trachtenberg and Gene Hackman, more Scream 7 casting news, this year’s Oscar ceremony, and more.

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Mic Info

• Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.5.0)
• Sam: Samson Q2U via USB in Google Meet

Timestamps

• Show Start – 00:28
• Introducing Sam – 03:01
• News Before the Reviews – 16:32

Feature Review

• Last Breath (2025) – 43:26
• Spoiler – 1:06:15

Secondary Review

• Riff Raff (2025) – 1:29:19

Potpourri

• Sam: Spaced and The IT Crowd – 1:51:57
• Matt: Paradise on Hulu – 1:56:04

• Closing the Ep – 2:00:26
• Patreon Clip – 2:02:47

Related Links

• Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Actor, Dies at 39
• Gene Hackman and Wife Betsy Arakawa Found Dead in Santa Fe Home; Oscar-Winning Star of ‘French Connection’ and ‘Unforgiven’ Was 95
• David Arquette Returning As Deputy Dewey Riley In ‘Scream 7’
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