Film and TV Reviews and Podcasts
Welcome to the first of what will be a lengthy ongoing series of reviews on ObsessiveViewer.com. Throughout my life, one of the largest gaps in my love of television (and frequent flirtation with science fiction) has been Star Trek. Now, by the grace of Netflix, I’m rectifying that injustice. My plan is to watch as much Star Trek related content […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV126 – Special Ep – Allison Burnett, writer/director of Ask Me Anything and author of Undiscovered Gyrl and Another Girl For this special episode of the podcast, Matt talks to Allison Burnett, the writer and director of Ask Me Anything, an indie drama about a girl who blogs about her […]
Check out my review of No Escape. A tense, unnerving thriller starring Owen Wilson.
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV125 – Special Ep – Kate Chaplin of Kate’s Take and Writer/Director of Wig’d Out In a special episode of the podcast, Matt chats with Kate Chaplin. Kate is a filmmaker who just wrapped filming on Wig’d Out here in Indianapolis. She’s also the host of Kate’s Take, a great […]
Ask Me Anything‘s cover art and description on Netflix are deceiving. The cover displays star Britt Robertson (Tomorrowland, Under the Dome) haphazardly wearing a man’s shirt and tie with a disheveled bed behind her and a befuddled, “look what I’ve gotten myself into” expression on her face. Netflix’s elevator pitch plot description reads: “On a yearlong break between high school […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV124 – Comedy Sequels, Ballers, Ask Me Anything, and Foxcatcher (Guest: Robert Fekkes) Our friend and frequent guest Robert Fekkes joins Tiny and I for a discussion about comedy sequels. We cover Dumb and Dumber To, Meet the Fockers, Next Friday, Horrible Bosses 2 and more. For potpourri, we talk […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV123 – Bonus Ep – True Detective Season 2 Tiny and I talked out our feelings about True Detective Season 2 in what was originally intended as a Potpourri recording for OV122. But we got longwinded and I decided to cut it into its own Bonus Episode. Enjoy and let […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV122 – Best Movies of 2015 So Far and Star Wars 7 Box Office Predictions Mike killed a deer before we sat down to discuss how we feel about the movies released in the first half of 2015. Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and let us know […]
About 45 minutes into Fantastic Four‘s meager 85 minute runtime, the 5 year old sitting a few rows in front of me loudly asked her parents “Which one of them turns into the rock thing!?” I usually have zero tolerance for movie talkers and theater disruptions. However, instead of quietly wishing that theaters would double charge parents who bring their […]
SPOILERS HEREIN “Wow, you sound like a bad romantic comedy. Except we didn’t meet-cute, we met sick/twisted.” – Emma Find all my reviews of MTV’s Scream here. In Scream’s fifth episode, Emma deals with the fallout of footage of her losing her virginity going viral. Meanwhile Jake and Will make me wish even more that they would just get killed […]
Alex Garland is responsible for writing two of my favorite movies in the last fifteen years. 28 Days Later and Sunshine were both collaborations between Garland and director Danny Boyle that told thought-provoking stories about humanity’s flaws and its willpower in a familiar but somehow original sci-fi or horror premise. Garland’s directorial debut Ex Machina follows this trend and leaves […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV121 – Fake Sequel Game, Seinfeld, Faults, Annie Hall, and Fifty Shades of Grey This week we played a version of our Fake Movie Game, only this time we pitched Fake Sequels. One host pitches a title and the other two hosts pick an alternate genre and then pitch the […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… In this special episode of the podcast, I (Matt) premiere my solo side-project podcast: Anthology. In this pilot episode, I introduce the concept for the podcast, its origin, and give some background on The Twilight Zone and my feelings about the show. I also review and analyze The Twilight Zone’s […]
Vacation shares some surprising similarities with Jurassic World. Both are pseudo-reboots of decades-old franchises masquerading as sequels that both feature amusement parks with velociraptors. Of course, in Jurassic World the velociraptor is the only character with meaningful development whereas Vacation‘s velociraptor is a roller coaster. However, their biggest similarity is the fact that they both missed their marks completely.
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV119 – Extended Potpourri – Indy Film Fest 2015, Ex Machina, Happy Valley, MTV’s Scream, Mistress America, and The Gallows Mike returns to the podcast this week (for a few episodes! We have a classic Extended Potpourri for you in which I break down my experience at Indy Film Fest, […]
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