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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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01:47:12

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

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2021/03/31

Godzillawon the box office when he took down a MUTO (and most of San Francisco) in his 2014 Hollywood comeback. Now Mothra, Rodan, and all of the Big Lizard’s former co-stars burst forth from the Hollow Earth to challenge the throne. Have eco-terrorists made it possible for three-headed Ghidorah to be crowned 2019’sKing of the Monsters? And are these Titan battles stranger than the things Millie Bobby Brown witnesses on a daily basis with her bickering scientist parents? Myth is our compass as Now

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01:50:53

Coming 2 America

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2021/03/10

30 years after finding the perfect wife in New York City, Eddie Murphy’s King Akeem is once againComing 2 Americato meet the son he sired with one-night stand Leslie Jones. Will Millennial prince Jermaine Fowler follow in his father’s footsteps, and marry for love? Or will despot Wesley Snipes bring civil war down upon Zamunda if his daughter isn’t made the royal bride? And are these wedding hijinks more appetizing than a grass burger from McDowell’s? Discover if the palace is big enough to house

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02:04:12

Coming To America

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2021/03/03

Eddie Murphy let his soul glow in a new romantic light for the 1988 fairy taleComing To America, starring as an African royal looking for his bride in downtrodden Queens, New York. Will any woman see Prince Akeem’s true worth once he goes undercover as a poor exchange student working the janitorial crew of a fast-food restaurant? And can audiences spot Murphy and buddy Arsenio Hall in all of their latex disguises courtesy of Oscar-winning make-up artist Rick Baker? Explore the very fine line between

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02:58:37

The Stand (2020)

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2021/02/23

Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie are not going toStandfor another crummy TV miniseries, so CBS better hope their nine-hour take on Stephen King’s beloved novel doesn’t choke like a Langolier downing ham Bronson Pinchot. Whoopi Goldberg leads an all-star cast of survivors rebuilding civilization in the aftermath of a deadly virus. Will they (or audiences) be tempted to shun the grind of a Colorado commune, and follow Dark Man Alexander Skarsgaard into debauchery? What happens in New Vegas gets said on an

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01:17:38

Gerald's Game

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2021/02/17

Did Valentine’s Day lack that spark of danger you crave? Why not spice up your life by joining in a round of Gerald’s Game? Carla Gugino leaves her Spy Kids at home, and consents to some light bondage in a remote Maine cabin, in an effort to save her marriage to yuppie Bruce Greenwood. What happens when she’s left shackled to the bedpost with no one but a feral dog and figments of an overactive imagination to hear her cries? Find out if Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart are turned on by the kinky side of

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01:41:47

Sleepwalkers

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2021/02/10

Madchen Amick saw her fair share of weirdness living in Twin Peaks, but nothing could prepare her for a date in the pet cemetery with one of Stephen King’s Sleepwalkers. Will the virginal high school student survive a makeout session with a feline vampire intent on stealing her breath? And can the Now Playing hosts stop gasping over the dated computer effects, and numerous incestuous lovemaking scenes between mother and son? The cat definitely doesn’t have the tongues of Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart, so

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01:35:52

Needful Things

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2021/02/03

Stephen King is hosting a fire sale in Castle Rock – the fictional Maine setting for some of his most iconic stories. Now everything… and everyone… must go, unless local sheriff Ed Harris can shut down the dirty dealings of sinister new shopkeep (and O.G. exorcist) Max Von Sydow! Will these small town residents sell out their neighbors for the chance to own enchanted objects that corrupt their hearts and minds? And will podcasters Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie get all they wish for out of the 1993

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01:13:12

Far Cry

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2021/01/27

Arnie, Justin, and Stuart have shed a lot of tears while suffering through the 11 previous Uwe Boll video game adaptations, but the divisive director/producer can’t hurt the podcasters anymore if they can surviveFar Cry. Til Schweiger (Inglourious Basterds) stars as the mercenary boat skipper who takes on an island of mutants like in the original installment of the first-person shooter. Can the aspiring action hero score any points with movie audiences ready to goPostalshould Boll leave themAlone In

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01:04:30

Bloodrayne: The Third Reich

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2021/01/20

IsBloodraynestorming the Nazi death camps because she wants to take downThe Third Reichand stop Hitler from becoming a vampire? Or because the bisexual bloodsucker is kinky for more steam room threeways? Director Uwe Boll wants to have it three ways too, as he reuses the sets and cast of this video game adaptation to simultaneously make aBloodrayne“spoof” with obese asskicker Blubberella, and a Spielberg-trolling expose of Auschwitz gas chambers. Don’t worry, the Now Playing firing squad is equipped

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01:02:42

Bloodrayne: Deliverance

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2021/01/13

Almost everything has changed forBloodraynenow that the daywalking vampire has left her European medieval castle, and traveled to the American frontier town ofDeliverance, for a “high midnight” showdown with an undead Billy The Kid. Should gamers continue to feed their quarters into a series saddled with tax cheat Uwe Boll? Or does the much-maligned director prove to be better at shooting Spaghetti Westerns than Tolkien fantasies and zombie raves? Find out if the Now Playing Arcade removes the

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01:28:31

Bloodrayne

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2021/01/06

Kristanna Loken trades her Terminatrix leathers for a sword and fangs to star as the half-human, half-vampire assassinBloodrayne. Does the video game vixen score many points with PlayStation fans by beating up on fat rocker Meatloaf, or picking a fight with everyone’s favorite pacifist Sir Ben “Gandhi” Kingsley? And can anyone win against an End Boss as bad as director Uwe Boll, whose track record in the Now Playing Arcade automatically has the hosts reaching for their bows and Red Arrows? Find out

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02:13:50

Wonder Woman 1984

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2020/12/30

Before we leave behind a stressful year of coronavirus and social turmoil, Now Playing needs to travel back in time to1984, and see ifWonder Womancan provide the big screen fireworks that quarantined audiences have been missing. Will heartbroken Gal Godot really give up her tiara and Amazonian strength for the chance to be with Steve Trevor (Chris Pine)? And was it always Kristin Wiig’s wish to get into shape wearing a grody to the HBOMax cheetah outfit? Find out if Pedro Pascal can make our dreams

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02:47:35

Tenet

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2020/12/23

John David Washington had some trouble infiltrating hate groups as aBlacKkKlansman, but that’s child’s play compared to the lengths he goes to unlock the secrets ofTenet. Christopher Nolan’s 11th big screen adventure is his most twisted look at time yet – an IMAX sized optical illusion that reflects back on James Bond flicks while simultaneously pushing audiences into the uncertain future of a new quantum Cold War. Wishing you had that PhD in Physics while you watched? Stuart, Jakob, and Arnie are

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01:51:06

Golden Years

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2020/12/16

CBS attempted to change its image as “the old persons’ network” in 1991 when it greenlit Stephen King’sGolden Years, a series about a top secret lab experiment that rapidly de-ages an elderly janitor. Can the 8 episodes of this prematurely cancelled TV drama find new life edited down into a four hour movie? And why is Felicity Huffman footing the bill for this afflicted man’s flight from justice, particularly when he no longer qualifies for senior citizen discounts? Get nostalgic for King’s “novel

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01:22:25

Another 48 Hours

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2020/12/09

Eddie Murphy was the biggest comedy star of the 1980s when he decided to spend Another 48 Hrs razzing rednecks and dodging bullets back in San Francisco. Now Nick Nolte is the one who stands to go to jail, after false charges are brought against the cop while he chases phantom drug dealer The Iceman. Can director Walter Hill keep the boys competitive with the big action sequels of the era, or does the pair spend too much time repeating the first movie’s greatest hits to keep pace with Lethal Weapon

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01:37:51

48 Hrs.

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2020/12/02

It’s detective Nick Nolte’s worst nightmare – spending 48 Hrs handcuffed to scene stealer Eddie Murphy in his movie debut. How much damage can the pair do in two days as they tear through San Francisco looking for Warriors James Remar and David Patrick Kelly, and a Porsche full of money? And should director Walter Hill get his dick bronzed for pioneering the action-comedy formula that paved the way for Lethal Weapon, Rush Hour, and all those future foul-mouthed buddy cop franchises? Spend a little

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01:27:27

The Craft: Legacy

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2020/11/25

It’s taken almost 25 years for The Craft to conjure a sequel, but now the Legacy of the 1996 wicca hit continues with a new generation of female spellcasters joining the circle. Can four teen witches work together to defeat sinister stepfather David Duchovney, and some toxic high school boys? Or will Lily, the new Witch of the West, lose confidence in her powers after mother Michelle Monaghan, Mission Impossible 3, spills a dark family secret? Find out if Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob are in a bind about

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01:36:47

The Craft

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2020/11/18

Blessed be! Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart are under the spell of The Craft, the first high school movie of the ’90s to stick up for the wiccans. Strange things start happening when naturally gifted magick user Robin Tunney blows into an LA Catholic school from the North, and joins a coven of weirdos led by Wicked Witch of the West Fairuza Balk. Is hunky football jock Skeet Ulrich the snake-in-the-grass that will undo all this supernatural Girl Power? Or were the foursome mistaken for ever putting their

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01:47:43

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

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2020/11/11

Most Americans remember the First Gulf War as a quick and decisive U.S. victory, but director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) sees it as the beginning of a White House corporate takeover in his 2004 version of Manchurian Candidate. Should shellshocked Denzel Washington get back on his meds, and stop accusing fellow soldier Liev Schrieber of being a sleeper agent? Or is this Vice Presidential hopeful really in the pocket of Big Pharma, or worse; his mother Meryl Streep!? Find out if this remake

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12:36

Join Stuart, Jakob, and Arnie at 10 Cloverfield Lane

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2020/11/07

Mary Elizabeth Winstead flees an angry lover in New Orleans only to crash her car at 10 Cloverfield Lane. Should the battered woman be afraid of bumping into the big monster that toppled New York City in the previous installment? Or is she just being gaslit by her paranoid survivalist savior John Goodman? And how does this claustrophobic game of Chutes and Ladders play to an audience that’s already been living in quarantine for months? Join Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart inside the Platinum Level

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