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OV496 – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) & Eternity (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – The Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast

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This week, Brent Leuthold joins me to review the new Rian Johnson movie, Wake Up Dead Man in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, we share our thoughts on Eternity. Brent and I also discuss screenings around Indianapolis, movie news, and more.

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Mic Info

• Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.6.8)
• Brent: Earthworks ICON Pro in Riverside FM

Timestamps

• Show Start – 00:28
• Introducing Brent – 02:28
• Screening in Indy – 09:35
• News Before the Reviews – 17:14

Feature Review

• Wake Up Dead Man (2025) – 41:18
• Spoiler – 1:28:53

Secondary Review

• Eternity (2025) – 1:53:52

• Closing the Ep – 2:18:11
• Patreon Clip – 2:21:06

Related Links

• Nominations Announced for the 2025 Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards
• Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD ‘to finish what we started,’ CEO Ellison tells CNBC

• Brent’s Letterboxd
• Awake in the Dark
• Brent’s Review of Wake Up Dead Man
• Brent’s Review of Eternity
• Brent’s Review of 100 Nights of Hero
• Brent’s Essay on The Truman Show for MFJ

• My 2025 Podcast and Writing Archive
• TV Reaction – It: Welcome to Derry S01E01: The Pilot – Nov 9, 2025
• Video Reaction – It: Welcome to Derry S01E01: The Pilot – Nov 9, 2025
• Immediate Reaction – Frankenstein (2025) – Oct 15, 2025
• Immediate Reaction – The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025) – Oct 24, 2025
• Immediate Reaction – A House of Dynamite (2025) – Oct 15, 2025
• Book Reaction – The Long Walk by Stephen King – Chapters 8-10 – Oct 4, 2025
• Book Reaction – The Long Walk by Stephen King – Chapters 11-13 – Nov 1, 2025
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