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OV090 - 2014 in Review Part II - Best Movies of 2014

The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

Release Date: 01/15/2015

OV498 - IFJA Ten Best Films of 2025 - Guests: Andy Carr and Logan Sowash show art OV498 - IFJA Ten Best Films of 2025 - Guests: Andy Carr and Logan Sowash

The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

In this final episode of 2025, I welcome my friends and IFJA colleagues Andy Carr and Logan Sowash from to the show to help me close out the year with a breakdown of the ’s Ten Best Films of 2025. Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Introducing the Guests - 02:30 IFJA Thoughts - 08:38 Best Film Finalists Bob Trevino Likes It - 15:12 Hamnet - 23:00 The Life of Chuck - 32:25 Marty Supreme - 43:36 No Other Choice - 56:26 Train Dreams - 1:06:15 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery - 1:16:17 Weapons - 1:21:30   Runner-Up: One Battle After Another - 1:28:37 Winner:...

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OV497 - The Long Walk (2025) & The Plague (2025) - Guest: Joe Shearer show art OV497 - The Long Walk (2025) & The Plague (2025) - Guest: Joe Shearer

The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

This week, Joe Shearer joins me to review Francis Lawrence’s Stephen King adaptation, The Long Walk in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, we share our thoughts on Charlie Polinger’s The Plague. Joe and I also discuss movie events around Indianapolis, and pay tribute to Rob Reiner and James Ransone. Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Introducing Joe - 02:28 Remembering Rob Reiner - 17:47 Remembering James Ransone - 28:51 Feature Review The Long Walk (2025) - 33:00 Spoiler - 1:03:05 Secondary Review The Plague (2025) - 1:22:55 Closing the Ep - 1:43:47 Patreon...

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OV496 - Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) & Eternity (2025) - Guest: Brent Leuthold show art OV496 - Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) & Eternity (2025) - Guest: Brent Leuthold

The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

This week, Brent Leuthold joins me to review the new Rian Johnson movie, Wake Up Dead Man in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, we share our thoughts on Eternity. Brent and I also discuss screenings around Indianapolis, movie news, and more. Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Introducing Brent - 02:28 Screening in Indy - 09:35 News Before the Reviews - 17:14 Feature Review Wake Up Dead Man (2025) - 41:18 Spoiler - 1:28:53 Secondary Review Eternity (2025) - 1:53:52 Closing the Ep - 2:18:11 Patreon Clip - 2:21:06   Related Links     ...

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OV495 - Wicked: For Good (2025) & Good Boy (2025) show art OV495 - Wicked: For Good (2025) & Good Boy (2025)

The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

This week, Tiny and I review the new Jon M. Chu movie, Wicked: For Good in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, I share my thoughts on Ben Leonberg’s Good Boy. Tiny and I also discuss screenings around Indianapolis, movie news, and more. Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Screening in Indy - 04:30 News Before the Reviews - 06:59 Feature Review Wicked: For Good (2025) - 09:26 Spoiler - 28:09 Secondary Review Good Boy (2025) - 52:58 Potpourri Tiny’s Write-In Potpourri - 1:12:50 Rewatching TV Shows - 1:14:53 The Timekeepers of Eternity (2021) - 1:17:48 Keeper...

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OV494 - Predator: Badlands (2025) & Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) - Guest: Sam Watermeier show art OV494 - Predator: Badlands (2025) & Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) - Guest: Sam Watermeier

The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

This week, Sam Watermeier joins me to review the new Dan Trachtenberg movie, Predator: Badlands in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, we talk about the animated anthology film, Predator: Killer of Killers. We also discuss screenings around Indianapolis, movie news, and more.   Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Introducing Sam - 03:56 Screening in Indy - 11:52 News Before the Reviews - 14:30 Feature Review Predator: Badlands (2025) - 28:55 Spoiler - 1:18:21 Secondary Review Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) - 1:48:26   Closing the Ep - 2:10:10 Patreon...

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OV493 - Bugonia (2025) & Black Phone 2 (2025) - Guest: Keegan King show art OV493 - Bugonia (2025) & Black Phone 2 (2025) - Guest: Keegan King

The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

This week, Keegan King joins me to review the new Yorgos Lanthimos movie, Bugonia in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, we talk about Scott Derrickson’s Black Phone 2. We also discuss screenings around Indianapolis, and more.   Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Introducing Keegan - 03:40 Matt’s Guest Appearances - 05:29 Screening in Indy - 07:40  Feature Review Bugonia (2025) - 12:36 Spoiler - 55:41  Secondary Review Black Phone 2 (2025) - 1:46:13   Closing the Ep - 2:11:11 Patreon Clip - 2:12:34   Related Links   ...

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OV492 - Shelby Oaks (2025) & Frankenstein (2025) - Guests: Brent Leuthold and Joe Shearer show art OV492 - Shelby Oaks (2025) & Frankenstein (2025) - Guests: Brent Leuthold and Joe Shearer

The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

This week, Brent Leuthold and Joe Shearer join me to review the new Chris Stuckmann movie, Shelby Oaks in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, Brent and I talk about Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. We also discuss screenings around Indianapolis, movie trivia nights, and more.   Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Introducing Brent and Joe - 03:01 Screening in Indy - 22:45  Feature Review  Shelby Oaks (2025) - 32:10 Spoiler - 1:28:24 Secondary Review Frankenstein (2025) - 1:59:52   Closing the Ep - 2:26:29 Patreon Clip - 2:28:40  ...

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OV491 - HIFF2025: Filmmaker Interviews - A Simple Machine (2025) & Disposable Humanity (2025) show art OV491 - HIFF2025: Filmmaker Interviews - A Simple Machine (2025) & Disposable Humanity (2025)

The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

In this special episode, I share my experience at this year’s (HIFF34) before playing two filmmaker interviews I conducted. In the first interview, I chat with director/editor/writer Mark Hoffman and producer Alyssa Roehrenbeck about their film . Then, I talk with director/cinematographer/writer Cameron Mitchell and co-writer David Mitchell about their documentary, .   Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Thoughts on HIFF34 - 03:18 HIFF34 Awards - 05:43 What I Saw at HIFF34 - 09:39 Filmmaker Interviews A Simple Machine (2025) - 19:35 Disposable Humanity (2025) - 45:56   Closing the...

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OV490 - HIFF2025: Filmmaker Interview - The Tenderness Tour (2025) Director Andie Redwine & Star Richard Propes show art OV490 - HIFF2025: Filmmaker Interview - The Tenderness Tour (2025) Director Andie Redwine & Star Richard Propes

The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

In this special episode, I’m joined in two interviews by director Andie Redwine and star Richard Propes to discuss their documentary The Tenderness Tour, which premiered at this year’s Heartland Film Festival. We discuss the process of creating the film, documenting Richard’s activism, the experience bringing the film to HIFF, the decades long history of The Tenderness Tour, and much more.   Timestamps   Show Start - 00:28   Filmmaker Interviews Andie Redwine - 03:58 Richard Propes - 1:08:22   Closing the Ep - 2:05:13 Patreon Clip - 2:07:31   Related...

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OV489 - The Smashing Machine (2025) & The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025) - Guest: Sam Watermeier show art OV489 - The Smashing Machine (2025) & The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025) - Guest: Sam Watermeier

The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

This week, Sam Watermeier joins me to review the new Benny Safdie movie, The Smashing Machine in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, we talk about Renny Harlin’s, The Strangers: Chapter 2. We also discuss recent movie and TV news, screenings around Indianapolis, Heartland Film Festival, Robert Redford, Heat 2, and more. Timestamps Show Start - 01:29 Introducing Sam - 04:31 Screening in Indy - 10:49 News Before the Reviews - 17:54 Feature Review The Smashing Machine (2025) - 23:51 Spoiler - 1:06:57 Secondary Review The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025) - 1:36:17 ...

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Here’s part 2 of our 2-part review of 2014 in movies! In this episode, we share our honorable mentions and the best movies we saw in 2014. We also share our excitement for 2015.

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Runtime: 1:33:42 

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Timestamps

Intro - 00:35

Episode Start - 01:08

Our Honorable Mentions - 01:44

Our Top Ten Movies of 2014 - 08:35

 

Best Movies of 2014 

Our Number 10s - 08:38

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Korengal, X-Men: Days of Future Past

 

Our Number 9s - 14:41

Snowpiercer. This is Where I Leave You, Gone Girl

 

Our Number 8s - 18:59

Interstellar, Nightcrawler, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

 

Our Number 7s - 24:17

Birdman, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Nightcrawler

 

Our Number 6s - 28:30

Guardians of the Galaxy, Snowpiercer, Captain America: The Winter Soldier

 

Our Number 5s - 32:40

Gone Girl, The Normal Heart, Men, Women & Children

 

Our Number 4s - 38:45

Chef, The Skeleton Twins

 

Our Number 3s - 47:51

Boyhood, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Theory of Everything

 

Our Number 2s - 59:02

Nightcrawler, Interstellar, Guardians of the Galaxy

 

Matt’s Interstellar Rant - 1:02:05

 

Our Number 1s - 1:12:47

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Mike) - 1:12:47

Guardians of the Galaxy (Tiny) - 1:16:03

Whiplash (Matt) - 1:18:39

 

Movies We Missed in 2014 - 1:23:53

Looking Toward 2015 - 1:26:43

 

Show Notes 

 

 

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OV PODCAST IN 2014

Total Podcast Episodes in 2014 – 55 – (4.5 per month average)

  • Full Episodes – 50 | (90.9% of total podcast eps)
  • Bonus Episodes – 4 | (7.27% of total podcast eps)
  • Special Episodes – 1 | (1.81% of total podcast eps)
  • Movie Episodes – 35 | (63.63% of total podcast eps)
  • TV Episodes – 14 | (25.45% of total podcast eps)
  • Live Episodes – 6 | (10.9% of total podcast eps)
  • Extended Potpourri – 7 | (12.72% of total podcast eps)
  • Guest Episodes – 12 | (21.81% of total podcast eps)

Total 2014 Podcast Time: 83:35’48

In other words, we released enough audio to last 3.47 Days or 0.9% of the Year.

·      Most Active Month (for Podcasting) – April – 7 eps | (12.7% of episodes released)

Least Active Month (for Podcasting) – January/September – 3 eps | (5.4% of episodes release)