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Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews

Nicholas Abouhamad

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

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01:05:05

11. Trainspotting: How to Choose Life, According to...

Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews ·

2026/08/23

Danny Boyle’s 1996 feature Trainspotting (based on the Irvine Welsh book of the same name) is one of the most iconic films of the 90s. And seeing as it’s the 30th anniversary of that seminal Miramax feature, we thought there was no better time to sit down and discuss it. Because behind the absolute beast of a soundtrack, the endless parade of quotable lines, and that hyper-stylized 90s cinematography, there’s also a deeply resonant story about coming-of-age and choosing life, as opposed to stewing

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00:54:15

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is Spielberg's...

Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews ·

2026/06/07

Close Encounters of the Third Kind or: Full Disclosure, this rips harder than just about anything else Spielberg “I’m Mr. In Contention for being the Greatest Filmmaker of All Time” Spielberg has ever cooked up. Take that Jurassic Park!   On this episode of Glaring Admissions, Nick and Raekwon sit down to review and provide an analysis/retrospective on 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the iconic science fiction film that was helmed by the iconic director of Jaws, ET: The Extra Terrestrial,

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01:00:10

First Blood: The tragedy of Rambo and the Sequels...

Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews ·

2026/05/10

On this episode of Glaring Admissions, Nick and Raekwon sit down to discuss First Blood, a smart and criminally underlooked action film/thriller from 1982. In the process, they explore an interesting question: would we have been better off had we never gotten any Rambo sequels?Their conversation also covers the production history of the first Rambo movie, some insights into the alternate versions of the movie that we almost got back in the 70s, Rambo's place in the history of mental health and

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01:09:03

9. Rumble in the Bronx: The Movie that Made Jackie...

Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews ·

2025/05/25

Wanna get full video versions of Glaring Admissions up to two weeks earlier than everyone else? You can do so by becoming a Patron/Channel Member! Links below. On this episode of Glaring Admissions, Nick busts out the movie that made Jackie Chan a star in America, Rumble in the Bronx! This episode finds him and his faithful co-host Raekwon discussing: - The differences between the US and Hong Kong cuts of the film (also known as Red Bronx in Japan), and which one is better/easier to find on

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01:38:07

8. GoldenEye: The best place to start with James Bond...

Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews ·

2024/12/29

Glaring Admissions shall return in... This podcast episode. On the final Glaring Admissions of 2024, Nick and Raekwon sit down with their friend (and original Media Obscura co-host Mike's brother) John to discuss GoldenEye! It's his first time watching a 007 movie before, and that leads to a long and playful conversation about the franchise and where he should take things from here.As for the movie itself, GoldenEye is an installment in the long-running Eon James Bond series of films. It was the

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01:08:56

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

Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews ·

2024/10/29

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

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01:01:28

6. The Blues Brothers is a perfect, culturally...

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2024/09/09

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

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01:32:08

5. Is It Too Early To Call Top Gun: Maverick a...

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2024/07/29

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

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01:13:58

4. Independence Day (Should We Celebrate Independence...

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2024/07/01

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

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01:20:46

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

Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews ·

2024/06/03

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 --- Send in a voice message:

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01:03:40

2. Total Recall is Apparently Indiana Jones on Mars?...

Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews ·

2024/04/26

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

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00:59:51

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

Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews ·

2024/04/05

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.--- Send in a voice message:

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01:00:14

99. Rad (Thunder in Your Heart is the greatest song...

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2024/03/18

Check out the full-video edit of this episode, complete with cutaways, on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCscDbMTovs2Zww6by8HSDMg1986'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

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01:29:24

98. Wild Wild West (Damn)

Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews ·

2023/10/02

Media Obscura's back and, on this week's episode, we're tackling Wild Wild (ficka) Wild Wild West, the 1999 Will Smith Box Office bomb!Join Nick, Sierra & Raekwon as they reminisce about this (not so) classic 90s action comedy! It's a film they all grew up with and have some nostalgia for it, so you'll be sure to hear the good, bad and ugly about this cowboy dud. Also, if you're that one listener Raekwon accidentally was mean to... he's

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01:33:22

88. Superman (Skunk Brawler)

Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews ·

2020/11/22

Team Obscura checks out the seminal 1978 superhero movie "Superman." directed by Richard Donner and starring the most iconic of the men of steel, Christopher Reeve! Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support

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01:28:28

87. Light of Day (Little Italy) w/Jackson

Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews ·

2020/11/15

Team Obscura (and Jackson) come together to check out the 1987 Joan Jett and Michael J. Fox music drama, Light of Day! Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support

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01:47:52

86. Willow (Ye Olden Hope)

Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews ·

2020/11/08

Team Obscura's back and are checking out the 1988 Fantasy/Adventure film "Willow" on this weeks Media Obscura! Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support

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01:43:09

85. Spider-Man 2 (Who Is The Bugman?)

Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews ·

2020/11/01

To celebrate two full years of "Media Obscura," Team Obscura revisits Sam Raimi's 2004 blockbuster classic, Spider-Man 2! Tobey Macquire's Peter Parker is losing his powers and struggling to balance having a personal life with being a superhero. Meanwhile, Mary Jane is set to get married and Harry Osborn laments the loss of his father, the Green Goblin. Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/ --- Send in a voice message:

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01:21:06

Rerun: The Addams Family Reunion (Gaslighting Mike)

Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews ·

2020/10/25

Boo, Nick's body revolting and forcing another rerun. Boo, because it's Halloween. On this weeks Media Obscura, Nick and Raekwon check out a direct-to-video Addams Family movie starring Tim Curry as Gomez Addams! Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support

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02:16:20

84. Commando (Mr. Baked Potato Head)

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2020/10/18

The gang checks out the 1985 action flick "Commando," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the joke-telling action hero John Matrix! Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support

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