OV463 - Wolf Man (2025) & Back in Action (2025) - Guest: Nick Rogers
The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast
Release Date: 01/23/2025
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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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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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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Recorded August 7, 2025: This week, Tiny and I review The Naked Gun in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, I talk about Happy Gilmore 2. We also discuss recent movie and TV news, screenings around Indianapolis, and more. Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Screening in Indy - 08:13 News Before the Reviews - 12:00 Feature Review The Naked Gun (2025) - 32:21 Spoiler - 53:58 Exit Tiny - 1:00:55 Secondary Review Matt’s Mea Culpa - 1:02:24 Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) - 1:04:35 Closing the Ep - 1:31:30 Patreon Clip - 1:32:52 Related Links ...
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This week, Brent Leuthold joins me to review the new MCU movie, The Fantastic Four: First Steps in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, I talk about the Alison Brie/Dave Franco horror movie Together. We also discuss recent movie and TV news, screenings around Indianapolis, and more. Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Introducing Brent - 02:11 Screening in Indy - 11:43 News Before the Reviews - 13:56 Feature Review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) - 32:13 Spoiler - 59:16 Secondary Review Together (2025) - 1:23:51 Spoiler - 1:40:16 Closing the Ep -...
info_outlineThis week, Nick Rogers joins me to review Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man in a feature review and then we chat about Back in Action in a non-spoiler secondary review. We also pay tribute to David Lynch and discuss Grand Theft Hamlet. For Potpourri, Nick talks about some foreign language 2024 movies he’s catching up on and I share my first viewing thoughts on Brian De Palma’s Carlito’s Way.
Timestamps
- Show Start - 00:28
- Introducing Nick - 02:20
- Grand Theft Hamlet (2025) - 06:48
- Playing in Indianapolis - 12:51
- RIP David Lynch - 15:21
Feature Review
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Wolf Man (2025) - 29:08
- Spoiler - 53:33
Secondary Review
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Back in Action (2025) - 1:13:35
Potpourri
- Nick: The Prosecutor (2024) & Escape (2024) - 1:37:33
- Nick: The Count of Monte Cristo (2024) - 1:39:06
- Matt: Carlito's Way (1993) - 1:40:40
- Closing the Ep - 1:50:10
- Patreon Clip - 1:52:46
Related Links
- My 2025 Podcast and Writing Archive
- Patreon Companion Episodes Collection
- OV463 Companion Ep - The Wolf Man (1941) & The Wolfman (2010) - Jan 19, 2025
- Patreon - Severance Episode Reviews
- David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
- Nick Rogers’ Letterboxd
- Nick’s Writing on Midwest Film Journal
- Nick’s 2024 Year in Review
- Nick's Review of Back in Action (2025)
- Nick's Review of Grand Theft Hamlet (2025)
- Nick's Review of Hard Truths (2024)
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Next Week on the Podcast
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OV464 - Presence (2025) & (TBD - Either Companion or Heart Eyes, depending on what AMC’s Scream Unseen is this coming Monday)