Film and TV Reviews and Podcasts
OBSESSIVE NOTE: My friend Mike is by far the biggest Dexter fan I know. As such, he has kindly offered to contribute his thoughts on the series’ past, present and increasingly limited future. You can follow him on Twitter at @IAmMikeWhite. – Matt (@ObsessiveViewer) “The mask is slipping,” a line from a second season episode of Showtime’s long running mega-hit […]
Last week my PS3 died a hero’s death. In the end, it went out doing what it did best, streaming Netflix so I wouldn’t have to eat my Honey Bunches of Oats in silence. As a result, I streamed Netflix on my laptop set up on a TV tray at the foot of my bed. With this set up, I […]
The latest episode of The Obsessive Viewer Podcast is officially posted. It’s a great episode despite yours truly talking through a cold. We talk about cancelled TV shows and spin offs. It was a good conversation. You’ll notice that we changed around the music a little bit. We’re in the process of getting better intro and outro music. If you’re […]
I feel like I was a little hard on the show last week. I want to reiterate that it was a good episode but the similarities to Lost were obvious to the point of being distracting for me. I also want to say that Under the Dome season 1 now has a home video release date. It’ll be released on […]
Release Date: September 20th, 2013 Director: Denis Villeneuve Writer: Aaron Guzikowski Stars: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano, Terrence Howard
Release Date: March 2nd, 2007 Director: David Fincher Writers: James Vanderbilt (screenplay), Robert Graysmith (book) Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr.
Hey guys, here’s this week’s episode of The Obsessive Viewer Podcast. This week we discussed movies that make us nostalgic and had a great time talking about them. Plus, we recorded it on Monday so I had all week to edit it and put it all together. That was definitely nice. We also changed things up a bit. Instead of […]
Last week’s Under the Dome was the closest the series has come to being what I hoped it would be before the series premiered. I went into this week’s episode hopeful that it would keep the momentum going. So did it? Read on to find out but beware. There are MAJOR EPISODE SPOILERS in this review.
Release Date: December 27, 2013 (limited)/ January 10, 2014 (wide) Director: Peter Berg Writer: Peter Berg Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Eric Bana, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch
July was another stellar month for me in terms of the amount of movies watched. My 29 viewings beat my previous record of 25 in 2010. It was a big improvement over last year’s all time low of 12 viewings. So let’s get to it…
In honor of the return of the best show on television next week, today’s Streaming Saturday is Breaking Bad! Next Sunday, the first episode of the final 8 episodes of the series will premiere. Just in time, Netflix has added season 5 of the show to their streaming arsenal. So if you want to rewatch last year’s episodes to prepare […]
This week’s episode of The Obsessive Viewer Podcast has finally been posted. Our special guest Mike returns once again as we discuss sitcoms. We spent a solid hour talking up sitcoms and could have easily spent a couple more talking up the genre. Don’t be surprised if we have two or three more sitcom themed episodes in the near future.
In the early hours of New Year’s Day 2009, 22 year old Oscar Grant was detained with a group of friends by BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) police officers in Oakland, California. In view of a crowd of onlookers with cell phones and digital cameras in hand, an officer detaining him shot Oscar in the back. Fruitvale Station recounts the […]
A note before I get started with this week’s review. I mentioned last week in my “Parting Thoughts” section that I didn’t understand last week’s episode title (Blue on Blue) and thought a better episode title would be “Friendly Fire.” Thanks to Reddit user “AegisToTheCrown” I now know that “Blue on Blue” is actually military terminology for “friendly fire.” I […]
Release Date: October 4th, 2013 Director: Alfonso Cuarón Writers: Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney The above alternative poster was found here. This week’s Trailer Tuesday is, admittedly, my first repeat. Back in May, I featured the teaser trailer for Alfonso Cuarón’s highly anticipated space thriller Gravity. The movie features Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as two astronauts stranded in low Earth orbit, fighting […]
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