Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews

Nicholas Abouhamad
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Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews

A show dedicated to watching, reviewing, and bickering over the entertainment of yesteryear. Whether they're the classics that defined the era, blockbuster failures that fell off the face of the Earth, or features that never made a name for themselves, it's all fair game! Don’t forget to subscribe to find out when we post! Hosted by video editor/content creator Nicholas Abouhamad alongside Sierra Watson, Raekwon Davis and Michael Capurso. Send your episode recommendations to @themediaobscura on Twitter/Instagram! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support

  1. OCT 29

    7. Scream: A Crash Course on Slasher Films | Glaring Admissions

    Scream! Louder! Scream is a 1996 horror film directed by Wes Craven. It follows a group of teenagers (led by Neve Campbell) and a reporter (Courtney Cox) that are getting attacked by a killer wearing a common Halloween mask. The film is known for helping revitalize the slasher genre in the 90s and for being a deconstruction of its tropes. Despite coming out right before Christmas and not being expected to be a hit, the film ended up being a runaway success that has since spawned five sequels and a TV series. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support

    1h 9m
  2. 6. The Blues Brothers is a perfect, culturally significant film | Glaring Admissions

    SEP 9

    6. The Blues Brothers is a perfect, culturally significant film | Glaring Admissions

    The best movie podcast duo out there (sorry, not sorry) is back to discuss John Landis 1980 musical comedy, The Blues Brothers! Raekwon’s never seen it before and, boy oh boy, did Nick feel the need to change that. For those of you that don’t know, The Blues Brothers is a film adaptation of the popular SNL characters of the same name/real blues revue band led by Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi. The film, which casts them as the Blues, follows them on an adventure to raise $5000 to save the orphanage they grew up in, and finds them joined by legendary black musicians such as Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Cab Calloway and Ray Charles. They’ve got a souped up car they’ve named “The Blues Mobile,” a killer band, and they’ve pissed off everybody they could in the state of Illinois in the process. And you know what else they’ve got? A heckin’ good movie. Like, easily Nick’s favorite musical tier stuff. So join Nick and Raekwon as they discuss the classic musical The Blues Brothers, and how it’s an important film in Saturday Night Live’s canon that is 100% worth watching! Because, really, it’s got a sixty car pileup! How many car crashes do you need for a movie to be worth your time??? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support

    1h 1m
  3. 5. Is It Too Early To Call Top Gun: Maverick a Classic? | Glaring Admissions

    JUL 29

    5. Is It Too Early To Call Top Gun: Maverick a Classic? | Glaring Admissions

    Nick and Raekwon are back to chat about Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick on the latest episode of Glaring Admissions! Be sure to drop your thoughts on whether or not the 2022 sequel to Top Gun can really be considered a classic already down in the comments, as well as your thoughts on the series as a whole. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support

    1h 32m
  4. 4. Independence Day (Should We Celebrate Independence Day?) | Glaring Admissions

    JUL 1

    4. Independence Day (Should We Celebrate Independence Day?) | Glaring Admissions

    Independence Day is a 1996 action/disaster blockbuster that was directed by Roland Emmerich. It stars Bill Pullman, Will Smith, and Jeff Goldblum (among many others) as humans forced to scramble to fight off an alien invasion in the days leading up to the 4th of July. The film was released to massive success back in the 90s and briefly held the title as the second highest grossing film of all time (behind Jurassic Park). Despite it's popularity, and it's notability for helping jumpstart Will Smith's film career, it's also a movie that has received a mixed reception from critics and audiences alike for close to thirty years now. Which brings us to this video: Should we celebrate ID4? Is it actually a good movie? Welp, that's what here to find out. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support

    1h 14m
  5. 3. Mulholland Drive (Baby's First Lynch Movie) | Glaring Admissions

    JUN 3

    3. Mulholland Drive (Baby's First Lynch Movie) | Glaring Admissions

    Mulholland Drive is a 2001 surrealist drama/mystery that was written and directed by David 'Garmonbozia' Lynch. The film stars Naomi Watts and Laura Harring as two women investigating the circumstances that brought Harring's character (Rita) to Watts' (Betty, not Betsie's, I promise) door. Along the way, surrealism happens. Ya know, Lynch stuff. Chapters: 00:00 - Opening 00:38 - Movie Trailer 01:37 - The Episode Proper --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support

    1h 21m
  6. 2. Total Recall is Apparently Indiana Jones on Mars? | Glaring Admissions

    APR 26

    2. Total Recall is Apparently Indiana Jones on Mars? | Glaring Admissions

    Total Recall is a 1990 Paul Verhoeven directed adaptation of the Phillip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale." It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid, a construction worker who dreams of going to Mars and stops at Rekall Incorporated to have the memories of one such trip implanted into his brain. However, something goes wrong. It appears that "Douglas" has actually been a spy who's been to mars all along! He'll now have to get back to the red planet and figure out what happened to himself before he's captured by the shadowy "organization" that seems to want to keep him from there! Join Nick and Raekwon as they chat about this classic action movie in this episode of Glaring Admissions: A Media Obscura Podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support

    1h 4m
  7. 1. Jurassic Park (This Is Somehow Underrated) | Glaring Admissions

    APR 5

    1. Jurassic Park (This Is Somehow Underrated) | Glaring Admissions

    Introducing Glaring Admissions, a show dedicated to watching/discussing iconic, famous movies that we've somehow missed out on! Join us on our inaugural episode as we sit down and discuss Steven Speilberg's iconic 1993 action/suspense/horror classic, Jurassic Park! It's spawned *a lot* of sequels, was worked on concurrently with Schindler's List and, surprise surprise, affirms that nobody can really do it quite as well as Spielberg can. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support

    1 hr

  8. MAR 18

    99. Rad (Thunder in Your Heart is the greatest song of all time)

    Check out the full-video edit of this episode, complete with cutaways, on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCscDbMTovs2Zww6by8HSDMg 1986's BMX, underdog, feel-good, teen, coming of age cult movie "Rad" is coming back to theaters this Thursday for a holiday called "Rad day" and, in preparation for it, I decided to sit down with my good friend/podcast co-host Raekwon to give the movie a run down. The film follows Cru, a paperboy/diner employee who loves BMXing as he prepares for a race against the nations best BMX racers. Along the way, he meets Christian (Lori Loughlin), a biker for the Mongoose team who quickly falls in love with him. He also butts heads with Ms. Rocky Balboa herself, Talia Shire, and Duke Best (who might be the craziest person ever). It's a movie. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support

    1 hr
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A show dedicated to watching, reviewing, and bickering over the entertainment of yesteryear. Whether they're the classics that defined the era, blockbuster failures that fell off the face of the Earth, or features that never made a name for themselves, it's all fair game! Don’t forget to subscribe to find out when we post! Hosted by video editor/content creator Nicholas Abouhamad alongside Sierra Watson, Raekwon Davis and Michael Capurso. Send your episode recommendations to @themediaobscura on Twitter/Instagram! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support

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