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Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast

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  • FILM REVIEWS
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Three playful movie reviewers break down a wide variety of film franchises by dedicating a podcast to every single sequel, remake, reboot, and spin-off in a series. Conversations are in-depth and cover production history, literary sources, gossip, merchandising, and good old fashioned personal opinion with loads of humor and critical insight. No cinematic universe is too obscure or sacred!

  1. Predator: Killer of Killers

    5 DAYS AGO

    Predator: Killer of Killers

    The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Motherf*ckers Before the Predator conducts his 2025 theatrical hunt in the Badlands, his animated counterparts are hosting a contest on Hulu where the winner is proclaimed Killer of Killers. How much competition will a Viking mother, an exiled Japanese brother, and an aspiring WWII pilot be for the homicidal aliens once they’re ripped away from historical battles and transported to a space arena?  And can the trio overcome their thirst for vengeance and find a way to get back to Earth collaboratively?  If it streams, we can kill it in a podcast review available now!

    1h 33m
  2. Moneyball

    2 NOV • NOW PLAYING PLUS ONLY

    Moneyball

    Takes Me Out Of The Ballgame Brad Pitt (F1) attempts to win the World Series for the cash-strapped Oakland A’s by turning America’s favorite pastime into Moneyball. But will grumpy coach Philip Seymour Hoffman (Mission: Impossible III) let a loser first baseman like Chris Pratt (Guardians Of The Galaxy) step up to the plate instead of all-star Carlos Peña? And what makes nerdy Jonah Hill (Superbad) think he knows more than the seasoned baseball scouts about how the game should be played?  Hear the hosts take a swing at this 2011 Oscar contender when you’re a November Patron.

    1h 46m
  3. Maniac Cop

    31 OCT • NOW PLAYING PLUS ONLY

    Maniac Cop

    Blue Lives Molder October Patrons can celebrate Halloween in a lawful way with a podcast review of Maniac Cop. Does the same intuition that drove Tom Atkins to crusade against Silver Shamrock masks in Season of the Witch have him correctly fingering a rogue New York police officer for a series of grisly Manhattan murders?  And should Bruce Campbell remain on the suspects list, given how differently he’s behaving from his goofy hero Ash in Evil Dead 2?  Marjorie, Arnie, and Stuart have no right to remain silent about this 1988 slasher any longer. So join in their fun now!

    1h 55m

  4. 28 OCT

    Marvel Zombies

    What If…. Stan Lee was replaced by George Romero? Now Playing Podcast has been overrun by Marvel Zombies just in time for Halloween, and somehow it’s all up to Jersey brat Kamala Khan (aka Ms Marvel) to save the day. Can she transmit an S.O.S. to allies in space before Shang-Chi, Red Guardian, Spider-Man, Thor, Riri “Ironheart” Williams,  and dozens of other Avengers are overtaken by an undead horde commanded by Scarlet Witch?  And why is Blade choosing to trick-or-treat in Moon Knight cosplay? Learn if Arnie, Justin, and Stuart find any Braaains in this 2025 animated miniseries when you Listen Now.

    1h 52m
  5. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

    21 OCT

    Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

    The Enemy of The Entity Is My Friend Brock, Arnie, and Stuart are at last ready to have The Final Reckoning with the eighth Mission: Impossible film, as well as its daredevil star, Tom Cruise. Does the world still need Ethan Hunt to dangle from dogfighting airplanes, dive solo into deep-sea submarine wrecks, or impersonate others in lookalike masks?  Or would it be better to let artificial intelligence take over the planet and remove nuclear control from unstable leaders like President Angela Bassett and General Nick Offerman?  Step out of the shadows and enjoy Now Playing’s latest podkova today!

    2h 1m
  6. TRON: Ares

    15 OCT

    TRON: Ares

    My So-Called Artificial Life Jared Leto aims to be a permanent part of the Tron universe by reconfiguring his rock star image into cyber-soldier Ares. But is he right to have bad feelings about the commands of generational villains Evan Peters (X-Men Days of Future Past) and Gillian Anderson (X-Files)? Or should he follow the directives of Flynn fangirl Greta Lee (Past Lives), and return to the Grid of the 1980s to celebrate Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, and OG programmer Jeff Bridges (Starman)? Find out if there’s a neon glow to this third installment in the franchise when you Listen Now!

    2h 11m
  7. Inferno

    7 OCT

    Inferno

    You’ve Got Plague  Tom Hanks is back as Robert Langdon, this time recovering from amnesia in an Italian hospital while the clock ticks down to the release of a deadly virus. But why did Ron Howard skip a novel to make Dan Brown’s fourth book, Inferno, the conclusion to the movie trilogy? And is Felicity Jones (Rogue One) any help stopping a madman obsessed with Dante, or aiding the symbologist as he tries to top The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons? Join Brock, Justin, and Arnie to find out if this 2016 thriller should burn in the seventh level of Hell. Listen Now!

    2h 14m
  8. Angels & Demons

    30 SEPT

    Angels & Demons

    Catch Me if you Conclave   Ron Howard follows up his biggest box office hit with a 2009 Da Vinci Code sequel that sends Tom Hanks and Ewan McGregor racing through Rome on a mission to solve more ancient riddles. Will taking time for some Vatican cardio in between his Louvre lectures make the Harvard symbologist fit enough to stop an Illuminati bomb plot?  Arnie, Jason, and Justin try not to suffocate in St. Peter’s Square as they determine whether Angels & Demons is a divine thriller, or just Dan Brown's humblebragging about his Italian vacation. Listen Now!

    1h 39m
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Three playful movie reviewers break down a wide variety of film franchises by dedicating a podcast to every single sequel, remake, reboot, and spin-off in a series. Conversations are in-depth and cover production history, literary sources, gossip, merchandising, and good old fashioned personal opinion with loads of humor and critical insight. No cinematic universe is too obscure or sacred!

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