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Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast

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The hosts of Now Playing Podcast dive deep into every franchise from Bond, DC and Marvel to Mad Max, Andromeda Strain to Wolverine, breaking down each film with sharp insight, behind-the-scenes stories, and a lot of humor. If a movie has a sequel (or three), we’ve probably reviewed it with real research, real opinions, and zero patience for bad movies.

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Book Review: I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois...

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2025/06/27

Do you think you know what they did last summer? Think again!Our 2025 Summer/Fall Donation Drive kicks off today with our review of I Know What You Did Last Summer, the 1997 slasher that made hook hands cool again. But before the gore, there was... guilt? In this bonus episode, Arnie digs into the 1973 young-adult novel by Lois Duncan. But slasher fans be warned: there's no fisherman, no slickers, and definitely no body count. Just a group of teens, a hit-and-run, and a slow-burning mystery that’s

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01:57:42

Species II

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2025/06/24

Houston, we have a baby mama problem. What happens when a space mission goes wrong, and the astronauts bring back more than just Mars rocks? You get Species II, a bigger, bolder, and weirder follow-up that doubles down on the sleaze, the sci-fi, and the mutant mating. Today, our hosts dive into this sequel, pondering the true mystery: why should Peter Boyle and James Cromwell ever be in the same movie? Buckle up! Things are about to get even more sticky.

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02:02:08

Species

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2025/06/17

Came to mate, stayed to mutilate.30 years ago, Species slithered onto screens with a deadly combo: sexy aliens, mad science, and a cast way too good for this movie. Today Now Playing Podcast kicks off a four-part retrospective of this cult-favorite creature feature franchise, asking the hard questions: Was Sil just misunderstood? Is Alfred Molina okay? And why does the government’s top plan always involve “wait and see what happens”? Strap in! We're mating and debating now!

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02:00:57

Ballerina

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2025/06/10

Black Ops SwanLionsgate’s still milking the John Wick cow, even if Keanu's nowhere in sight. First, they gave us The Continental (because who hasn’t wanted a TV show about hotel management?), and now comes Ballerina, the big-screen spin-off where Ana de Armas pirouettes while wielding flamethrowers, claymores, knives, guns. Lots of guns. Does she have what Wick needs? Join Justin, Jason, and Arnie to find out if Ballerina is a graceful leap forward or just another franchise misstep in ballet

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01:59:59

Karate Kid: Legends

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2025/06/03

Cobra WhyThe Karate Kid franchise has had nothing but victories lately. The 2010 remake was a box-office success, and fans flocked to YouTube and Netflix for Cobra Kai. Now, Sony wants to high-kick this franchise back into theaters and combine the universes, having both Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan as teachers to young Li Fong (Ben Wang). But with those senseis relegated to glorified cameos, and the karate coming late into the film, will audiences be disappointed in this film that focuses as much

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01:59:59

Karate Kid: Legends

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2025/06/03

Cobra WhyThe Karate Kid franchise has had nothing but victories lately. The 2010 remake was a box-office success, and fans flocked to YouTube and Netflix for Cobra Kai. Now, Sony wants to high-kick this franchise back into theaters and combine the universes, having both Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan as teachers to young Li Fong (Ben Wang). But with those senseis relegated to glorified cameos, and the karate coming late into the film, will audiences be disappointed in this film that focuses as much

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01:53:42

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

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2025/05/31

Kids, the story of how I met your mother includes a drifter with no phone and a body countNow Playing Podcast has a bonus Friday episode, free for all listeners! This time, the hosts take aim at Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, the 2016 Tom Cruise action sequel. Does the second Reacher film live up to the first, or should it have followed its own advice and stayed away? Find out in this all-new review, available now!

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02:04:03

Jack Reacher

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2025/05/28

He's an expert at finding a parking spot in Pittsburgh. Which is no easy feat, let me tell you! In this week’s new podcast, we’re taking aim at Jack Reacher. Tom Cruise stars as the mysterious drifter and former military investigator in this gritty action thriller. It also marks the first time Cruise teamed up with director Christopher McQuarrie, a partnership that would lead to several Impossible films to come. Does this adaptation of Lee Child’s popular novel One Shot hit the mark? Listen now as

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01:55:41

Final Destination: Bloodlines

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2025/05/21

Blood is thicker than water, but both make a mess when you splatter.It’s been an entire generation since the last Final Destination crushed the box office in 2011. Now Death is back and stalking an entire family tree. Grandma survived a toppling tower in the ‘60s and now Death wants her, and her heirs. Can Tony Todd, in his final performance, help break the Bloodlines’ curse? Log on and join us now to find out!

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02:30:54

The Continental: From the World of John Wick

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2025/05/14

Limp WickJohn Wick may be dead…but the franchise is very much alive. With spin-off films like Ballerina, Caine, and an anime Wick prequel on the way and John Wick 5 already in the works, the high-octane universe of assassins, coins, and Continental rules isn't slowing down anytime soon. But before we return to the big screen, we’re flashing back to the 1970s for the Peacock mini-series The Continental: From the World of John Wick. Can a TV budget capture the brutal elegance and balletic gun-fu that

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01:52:52

Apollo 13

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2025/05/06

Houston, we have a podcast!Houston, Stuart has a problem… with our co-host in the ICU, Arnie, Brock, and Justin have come together to discuss a film that’s all about survival, perseverance, and the triumph of the human spirit: Apollo 13. As the acclaimed Ron Howard/Tom Hanks collaboration marks its 30th anniversary, the hosts revisit this beloved biopic to see if it still soars. Strap in and listen now!

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02:31:52

Sinners

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2025/04/30

From cotton fields to coffin lidsSinners isn’t just a vampire movie—it’s a Southern Gothic opera about bloodlines, betrayal, and the price of your soul. On this episode, Justin, Marjorie, and Arnie dive into Ryan Coogler’s (Black Panther) first original feature, where Michael B. Jordan (Creed) plays war-torn twins battling both the past and the undead in 1930s Mississippi. Hailee Steinfeld (Hawkeye) plays Mary, Stack’s former flame-turned-vampire femme fatale, while Jayme Lawson's (The Batman)

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01:42:05

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

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2025/04/22

How To Overfeed Your DragonChris Pine (Star Trek) and Michelle Rodriguez (Avatar) learn there’s no Honor Among Thieves when accomplice Hugh Grant (Heretic) sends them to prison so he can lay sole claim on the spoils of a heist. Does the wise-cracking bard have the charisma points to pull off a revenge campaign that rescues daughter Chloe Coleman (My Spy) using insecure wizard Justice Smith (Detective Pikachu), shape-shifting druid Sophia Lillis (It), and saintly dandy Rege-Jean Page (Bridgerton)

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01:19:49

Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness

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2025/04/15

50 Shades of Grayson AzrielThe third Dungeons & Dragons movie is steeped in sin as it partners a quartet of bloodthirsty bandits with a celibate knight on a quest to rescue his father from a kinky underworld. Is returning director Gerry Lively faithful to the letter of the 3rd edition game supplement The Book of Vile Darkness, which first let players fall under the spell of a black magic text printed in blood, skin, and bone? And why did SyFy Channel pass on this 2012 campaign, limiting its

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01:48:44

A Minecraft Movie

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2025/04/08

Cocky BlockersJack Black attempts to build a cinematic universe out of chickens cooked in lava, rampaging pigs and zombies, and other doodads mined from the biggest video game of all time. But is it wise to spend $150 million on A Minecraft Movie that just looks like pixelated 8-bit graphics? And is any of the Overland’s wild architecture as creative as the fringed leather wardrobe that Jason Mamoa sports in the real world? Listen Now to find out if director Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) can

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01:11:18

Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God

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2025/04/02

A saga for the ages… or at least a podcast appropriate for April Fool’s DayBritish heavy Bruce Payne (Passenger 57) is the only cast member willing to return for a Dungeons & Dragons sequel now that the 2005 campaign is being launched on SyFy Channel. Can new director Gerry Lively (Darkness Falls) do a better job of advancing the fantasy role-playing game into a credible cinematic universe by more closely studying the classic monster manuals and rule books of TSR? Find out if hosts Justin,

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01:11:18

Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2025/04/02

A saga for the ages… or at least a podcast appropriate for April Fool’s Day British heavy Bruce Payne (Passenger 57) is the only cast member willing to return for a Dungeons & Dragons sequel now that the 2005 campaign is being launched on SyFy Channel. Can new director Gerry Lively (Darkness Falls) do a better job of advancing the fantasy role-playing game into a credible cinematic universe by more closely studying the classic monster manuals and rule books of TSR? Find out if hosts Justin,

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01:20:55

Dungeons & Dragons (2000)

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2025/03/25

The Desolation of SnailsJeremy Irons sees a reversal of fortune in his acting career as he conjures an army of fire-breathing beasts to fight empress Thora Birch (American Beauty) in a theatrical Dungeon And Dragons campaign from 2000. Can wise-cracking thieves Justin Whalin (Lois & Clark) and Marlon Wayans (White Chicks) bring together a mage, a dwarf, and an elf to acquire the magic gem that will put an end to all the shoddy CGI work swirling in the sky? Listen now to learn if Arnie, Stuart,

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01:20:55

Dungeons & Dragons (2000)

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2025/03/25

The Desolation of Snails Jeremy Irons sees a reversal of fortune in his acting career as he conjures an army of fire-breathing beasts to fight empress Thora Birch (American Beauty) in a theatrical Dungeon And Dragons campaign from 2000. Can wise-cracking thieves Justin Whalin (Lois & Clark) and Marlon Wayans (White Chicks) bring together a mage, a dwarf, and an elf to acquire the magic gem that will put an end to all the shoddy CGI work swirling in the sky? Listen now to learn if Arnie, Stuart,

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01:35:45

Mazes and Monsters

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2025/03/18

That Thing You Pardieu College kid Tom Hanks plays RPG Mazes And Monsters and quickly descends into madness and murder in this notorious 1982 TV movie. Did Maze Controller Chris Makepeace (Meatballs) make the fantasy too real by swapping out dice bags and painted figurines for a live-action campaign inside a dangerous cave? Or did the future Oscar winner simply get too wrapped up in a delusional Method Acting quest to become his holy man character, forsaking his studies and sex with girlfriend Wendy

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