OV465 - You’re Cordially Invited (2025) & Love Me (2025) - Guest: Sam Watermeier
The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast
Release Date: 02/06/2025
The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast
This week, Sam Watermeier joins me to review the new comedy You’re Cordially Invited in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, I share my thoughts on the sci-fi romance, Love Me. We also talk a bit about Scream 7 casting news, Arlington Road, Them, and more. Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Introducing Sam - 02:30 Playing in Indianapolis - 10:28 Scream 7 Casting News - 12:57 Feature Review You’re Cordially Invited (2025) - 33:19 Spoiler - 59:06 Secondary Review Love Me (2025) - 1:28:54 Potpourri Sam: Them (2006) - 1:45:46 Matt:...
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info_outlineThis week, Sam Watermeier joins me to review the new comedy You’re Cordially Invited in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, I share my thoughts on the sci-fi romance, Love Me. We also talk a bit about Scream 7 casting news, Arlington Road, Them, and more.
Timestamps
- Show Start - 00:28
- Introducing Sam - 02:30
- Playing in Indianapolis - 10:28
- Scream 7 Casting News - 12:57
Feature Review
- You’re Cordially Invited (2025) - 33:19
- Spoiler - 59:06
Secondary Review
- Love Me (2025) - 1:28:54
Potpourri
- Sam: Them (2006) - 1:45:46
- Matt: Arlington Road (1999) - 1:49:31
- Closing the Ep - 2:03:39
- Patreon Clip - 2:05:33
Related Links
- Joel McHale Joins ‘Scream 7’ As Sidney Prescott’s Husband Mark
- Ethan Embry Joins Cast Of ‘Scream 7’
- Scott Foley Joins Cast Of ‘Scream 7’
- Matthew Lillard Is Coming Back For ‘Scream 7’
- My 2025 Podcast and Writing Archive
- Patreon Companion Episodes Collection
- Companion Ep - OV465 - Burning (2018) & Underwater (2020) - Feb 3, 2025
- Patreon - Severance Episode Reviews
- Sam’s Letterboxd
- Sam’s Writing on Midwest Film Journal
- Sam's Review of Companion (2025)
- Sam's Review of Presence (2025)
- Sam's Essay on Fallen (1998)
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