OV457 - A Complete Unknown (2024) & Y2K (2024) - Guest: Mitch Ringenberg
The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast
Release Date: 12/15/2024
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Timestamps
- Show Start - 00:28
- Introducing Mitch - 02:13
- News Before the Reviews - 06:39
- IFJA Nominees - 21:22
Feature Review
- A Complete Unknown (2024) - 37:18
- Spoiler - 1:03:30
- Exit Mitch Ringenberg - 1:17:15
Secondary Review
- 28 Years Later trailer - 1:18:11
- Y2K (2024) - 1:23:00
- Closing the Ep - 1:36:53
- Patreon Clip - 1:38:58
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