Film and TV Reviews and Podcasts
The Great Dictator (1940) Premise: Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel’s regime. Immediately after The Great Dictator ended, I rewound the movie and rewatched the five minute speech at the end again. Now, while sitting in the afterglow of my first viewing of the film, I am […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV270.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV270 – FYRE (Netflix) & Fyre Fraud (Hulu) – Bryan Singer Atlantic Expose, QB1: Beyond the Lights, and On the Basis of Sex This week, Tiny and I review the Hulu and Netflix documentaries FYRE and Fyre Fraud. But first, we discuss the news regarding the latest Bryan Singer […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV269.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV269 – Glass – Leslie Jones and Ghostbusters 2020, Faith-Based Movies, Dog Movie Trailers, and Farting at the Gym (Featuring: Robert Fekkes) This week, Fekkes and I review M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film, the trilogy ending Glass. We also discuss the latest regarding the announcement of a new Ghostbusters […]
Stan & Ollie (2018) is a serviceable and delicate depiction of one of comedy’s greatest duos. – 3.5 stars
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV268.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV268 – The Upside – If Beale Street Could Talk, Neal Brennan’s 3 Mics, Free Solo, and the Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer This week, Tiny and I review the Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart comedy/drama The Upside. But first, we share some good news regarding Mike and myself, share […]
Escape Room (2019) Premise: Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive. Escape Room was a fairly decent thriller for about 2/3s of its runtime. For the other 3rd, it was pretty rote with underdeveloped characters, derivative set pieces, and an ending that felt like a first draft fever dream.
Glass (2019) Premise: Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. I can’t remember the last time I was so invested in 2/3s of a movie only to find myself struggling so hard to hold my interest in its final act. But such is the life of the […]
Split (2017) Premise: Three girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th. When I sat down to rewatch Split, the thing I was most curious about was if the surprise ending was what made the movie great in my mind or if […]
Unbreakable (2000) Premise: An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead—and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile as glass. It may be easy to forget that M. Night Shyamalan’s follow up […]
Free Solo (2018) Premise: Follow Alex Honnold as he becomes the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite’s 3,000ft high El Capitan Wall. With no ropes or safety gear, he completed arguably the greatest feat in rock climbing history. I went into Free Solo wondering what could possibly possess a person to climb anything without ropes or harnesses. It […]
The Upside (2017) Premise: A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and an unemployed man with a criminal record who’s hired to help him. The Upside is a pretty middle of the road comedy that’s fairly inoffensive, if unimaginative in its execution. It’s a remake of the 2011 French film The Intouchables. It premiered at […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV267.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV267 – Bonus Ep – Escape Room, Mike’s 400th Movie Night, and Random Thoughts on Film Criticism In this bonus episode, Mike and I review the new horror/thriller movie, Escape Room. We also talk about Mike’s latest milestone in his long-running Movie Night tradition, amateur film criticism, and then […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV266.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV266 – 2018 Year in Review – Best and Worst Movies of the Year and Viewing Stats Happy 2019 and welcome to The Obsessive Viewer’s 2018 Year in Review episode! It’s our annual episode where Tiny, Mike, and myself share our movie viewing stats for the year, our top […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV265.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV265 – Roma – All Summers End, Big Mouth Season 2, The Ranch Season 5, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Private Life, Aquaman, and Robert Zemeckis In our final episode of 2018, Tiny and I review the new Alfonso Cuaron movie, Roma. Then, in our potpourri segment, I share my […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV264.mp3 RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV264 – Bonus Ep – Aquaman, The American Meme, and Kevin Spacey’s Let Me Be Frank (Featuring Robert Fekkes) In this bonus episode, Fekkes and I review the new DCEU movie, Aquaman, determine it’s place within the DCEU, and discuss the future of DC movies. We also talk about […]
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