x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast

Venganza Media, Inc.

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.

tv & film film reviews

All Episodes

00:07:57

Now Playing's ZOMBIELAND Review -- Available now!

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/10/19

Rule #1:if you want to survive the 2009 horror-comedyZombieland: Find a Friend in Now Playing! Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart will be doing lots of cardio to keep pace with the last four humans in America, as they make their way to a California amusement park overrun with undead.Donate for Silver Levelthis fall and learn to enjoy the little things - Jesse Eisenberg trying to wallpaper the closet with Emma Stone; Woody Harrelson extolling the virtues of fresh Twinkies; and the shocking first impression

en

01:32:51

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/10/16

Charlie's Angelsreturned in 2003...and so did Demi Moore. The superstar actress' Q-Score had fallen in the decade since her big hitsIndecent ProposalandGhost, but she was set to rise again as former Angel Madison Lee in this action sequel. Does she shine against then-box office champ Cameron Diaz? Does Moore even get enough screen time when squeezed into a cast with Bernie Mac, Crispin Glover, Justin Theroux, Robert Patrick, Shia LaBeouf, Luke Wilson, John Cleese, and Matt LeBlanc? Get your Zass

en

02:11:42

Joker

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/10/09

It’s Arthur Fleck, better known asJoker! Before becoming Batman’s #1 nemesis, the Clown Prince of Crime was just a struggling stand-up comic doing his best to make the public smile on the mean streets of Gotham. Can Joaquin Phoenix convince the Now Playing hosts that heartless millionaires like mayoral candidate (and father of Bruce) Thomas Wanye are the true enemies of the people? And isHangoverdirector Todd Phillips making a Scorsese inspired tragedy, or Trumpian comedy, out of this atypical DC

en

01:30:57

Charlie's Angels (2000)

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/10/02

"Girl Power!" The sentiment continues, but the look has changed dramatically since the era of Spice Girls and, this week's movie review, 2000'sCharlie's Angels. Listen now as our hosts remember what feminism looked like--in an unzipped mechanic's jumpsuit--as Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu update theAngelsfor a new millennium! {Charlie's Angels Series}

en

01:41:34

Rambo: Last Blood

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/09/25

It's been 11 years. The world has changed. John Rambo, however, has not--he's just tried to keep a lid on it. That lid blows when his "niece" is abducted by a Mexican cartel, andRambois out forLast Blood. Should this be Rambo's final mission? Join Arnie, Brock, and Jakob for this review to find out! {Rambo Series}

en

01:06:23

Charlie's Angels (1976)

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/09/18

Once upon a time, there were three little girls who went to the police academy... With those words Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg created a television sensation:Charlie's Angels. It was an instant television sensation. And in the 43 years since it premiered on TV it had two theatrical films, a 2011 reboot, plus an upcoming new film! Join Arnie, Marjorie, and Jakob as they go back to where it all began--on the 480i TV screens in 1976. {Charlie's Angels Series}

en

03:08:04

It: Chapter 2

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/09/11

It’s 2016, and The Losers Club is all grown up and ready for a rematch withIt. Chapter IIfinds Pennywise waking from his 27 year nap hangry, homicidal, and hot to dance with old Derry foes Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, and Bill Hader. Can arcade tokens, yearbook pages, a bunch of shower caps, and other artifacts from an ‘80s childhood be used to complete a Native American ritual that will ‘eighty-six’ this shape-shifting space clown for good? Listen and Find Out! {Stephen King Series} {It

en

01:59:19

It (2017)

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/09/04

30 years after massacring trees and dominating bookshelf space everywhere, Stephen King’s monster novelIttransformed into the biggest horror movie of all-time! Chapter One focuses on The Losers Club - a group of misfit kids investigating the stranger things occurring in their cursed small town. Will stuttering leader Bill (Jaeden Martell) find his missing brother alive in the city’s waterworks? Can new kid on the block Ben (Jeremy Ray Taylor) woo crush Beverly (Sophia Lillis) while fighting off

en

02:18:53

It (1990)

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/08/28

Were executives at the ABC network Pennywise or pound foolish for thinking Stephen King’s gory, gigantic novelITcould float on 1990s prime time television alongside family-oriented hitsWho’s The BossandThe Wonder Years?Tim Curry’s dancing clown did his best to lure the censors into the sewer as he terrorizes the children of Derry, Maine in a highly rated two-part miniseries. Make a pact to join podcasters Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob as they stare into the deadlights (and take shots at those special

en

01:22:01

The Angry Birds Movie 2

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/08/20

Mortal enemies come together like bacon and eggs in The Angry Birds Movie 2, as cranky cardinal Red (Jason Sudeikis) and green pig Leonard (Bill Hader) team up to stop mysterious balls of ice from flattening their respective island homes. Is this sequel "poultry in motion" now that new writers, directors, and Saturday Night Live cast members Leslie Jones and Pete Davidson have joined the nest? Or is the cartoon an albatross around the podcasters’ necks as they try to soar through Now Playing’s video

en

01:35:57

The Kitchen

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/08/14

DC Comics cooks up a new take on the gangster genre with the release ofThe Kitchen. Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elisabeth Moss star as a trio of marginalized mob wives who must find a way to put food on the table when their Irish hood husbands are busted for armed robbery. Is 1970s midtown Manhattan better off under the protection of wisegals who know how to clean up a blood stain? And should this dish have been seasoned with more of these ladies’ trademark comedy? Do it for the kids, and

en

01:40:57

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/08/07

Someone opened a cold can of whoopass, and now "Mike Oxmall" and "Franz Grubar" - a crime fighting duo better known asHobbs & Shaw- are storming the multiplex and hijacking theFast and Furiousfranchise. Will Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Jason Statham be at each other’s throats for their entire spin-off movie? Or can they find a way to work together to defeat "Black Superman" Idris Elba, and track down the carrier of a deadly virus (Vanessa Kirby)? Trust your Now Playing Family to tell you the

en

01:30:45

The Angry Birds Movie

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/07/31

The Now Playing Arcade is making Justin, Stuart, and Arnie see Red… and all the other Angry Birds that appear in the blockbuster 2016 animated movie! Can this short-tempered cardinal stop a boatload of green pigs from stealing all the eggs from his island with nothing more than slingshots, trampolines, and friends from anger management class? And does the vocal talent of Saturday Night Live alumni Jason Sudeikis, Maya Rudoph, and Bill Hader brighten the mood for the adults watching? Hear the hosts

en

01:20:52

Mercy

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/07/23

Only witches can make a "weeping book", but Hollywood often wrings tears from Stephen King readers with their many poor adaptations. Will Blumhouse - the studio behindParanormal ActivityandGet Out- show Mercy in their telling ofSkeleton Crewshort story “Gramma”? Chandler Riggs (Walking Dead) stars as a mama’s boy out to determine if his nana (Shirley Knight) is a dying woman with dementia, or a black magic practitioner trying to possess his soul. Find out if this flick makes the podcasters want to

en

02:00:02

The Mist

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/07/16

Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart get lost inThe Mistas they find their way back to the Stephen King retrospective. It tookShawshank Redemptiondirector Frank Darabont more than a decade to bring this standout entry in King’sSkeleton Crewshort story collection to the big screen. Are the beasties that maroon Thomas Jane and his son in a grocery store as scary as the religious zealotry of fellow refugee Marcia Gay Harden? And what will the hosts make of that infamous downbeat ending? Listen Now and clear the

en

01:15:52

Annabelle Comes Home

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/07/02

While Ed and Lorraine Warren are off “conjuring” up their next big screen supernatural adventure, daughter Judy and her groovy babysitters are backHometrying to contend withAnnabelle. It’s an apocalypse in the Artifacts Room when the devil doll escapes her glass case, and unleashes everything from a bloody bridal dress to a British werewolf in an effort to claim souls. What else will Marjorie, Stuart, and Arnie discover when they reach inside this Feeley Meeley box and sort through the odds and

en

01:42:31

Toy Story 4

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/06/30

Sheriff Woody (Tom Hanks) has come to a critical spork in the road. Can the cowboy doll continue down his path of being Bonnie’s neglected plaything now that fate, and a raucous family road trip, has reunited him with long lost love Bo Peep (Annie Potts)? And how should he deal with broken doll Gabby Gabby (Christina Hendricks), who holds Bonnie’s homemade creation "Forky" hostage in the hopes of exchanging him for Woody’s pull string? Listen to your inner voice - and Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart - when

en

01:10:18

The Curse of La Llorona

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/06/25

The Conjuringcinematic universe has certainly given Marjorie, Arnie, and Stuart a lot to cry about over the years. Is it a blessing or a curse that a blubbering Spanish spectre namedLa Lloronahas followedAnnabellepriest Father Perez to the big screen for a sixth installment in the franchise? Find out if the podcasters have a bawl watching this Weeping Woman use her long talons to snatch away two children from Hawkeye’s wife Linda Cardellini. Listen now! {Conjuring Series}

en

01:44:00

Toy Story 3

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/06/18

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Pixar’s playthings are ready to toy with your emotions once again as they prepare to spend infinity and beyond in the attic. But will their friendship survive after Andy decides to take only one of his childhood favorites to college, leaving the rest to be donated to a frenetic daycare center where passive-aggressive teddy bear Lots O’Huggin (Ned Beatty) orchestrates their misery? Find out ifToy Story 3leaves Now Playing’s trio of podcasters in tears when you Listen

en

02:27:47

Dark Phoenix

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast ·

2019/06/12

Before the Marvel Cinematic Universe overhauls the X-Men, those first movie mutants rise up from the ashes of the Fox franchise for a last stand withDark Phoenix. What happens when a space mission leaves Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) surging with energy, and blowing her stack at Professor X (James McAvoy), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), and all mankind? Will she be attracted to the newfound zen of Magneto (Michael Fassbender)? And does space alien Jessica Chastain come in peace... or just want a piece of her

en

1,202 results

Similar Podcasts

BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

David Yontef

Nerd Culture • A Gamekings Podcast

Blammo Media

UPodcast

UPodcast

The Writers Hangout

Sandy Adomaitis

The Sarah Fraser Show

Sarah Fraser