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The People Under the Stairs

2025-09-28

Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction) takes child star Brandon Adams (The Sandlot) on his first house burglary, only to learn that the gold coins they covet are guarded by The People Under The Stairs. Was Wes Craven wise to change neighborhoods from Elm Street suburbia to an inner city victimized by kinky cannibalistic Conservatives? And can twisted Twin Peaks couple Everett McGill and Wendy Robie displace Freddy Krueger and Ghostface as the director’s freakiest slashers ever? You’d be a Fool not to become a September 2025 Patron and Find Out Now!

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Inside Out 2

2025-08-16

Riley wrestles with all-new emotions as she enters her teenage years in Inside Out 2. Is there still a place for Joy (Amy Poehler) in the control room once a hectic hockey camp prompts the arrival of spastic Anxiety (Stranger Things’ Maya Hawke), hulking Embarrassment (Cobra Kai’s Paul Walter Hauser), wide-eyed Envy (The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri), and withering Ennui (Blue Is The Warmest Color’s Adele Exarchopolos)?  Find out what feelings Brock, Arnie, and Stuart have about the 2024 sequel when you become a Now Playing Patron in August 2025!

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Inside Out

2025-08-16

Brock, Stuart, and Arnie are helping July Patrons get into their feelings with a podcast review of Inside Out.  How well does the 2015 Pixar film explain the inner workings of an 11-year-old girl’s mind during her stressful relocation from hockey-loving Minnesota to broccoli pizza-eating San Francisco?  And what happens when Joy (Amy Poehler) is no longer the driving force in the moody tween’s day, and negative emotions Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Bill Hader), and Disgust (Mindy Kaling) take control? Become a Now Playing Patron to find out!

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I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)

2025-08-16

I Know What You Did Last Summer was Sony’s quick attempt to snag some of Scream’s box office blood money. So it feels fitting that this fishy franchise is once again following in Scream’s footsteps, coming back with a legacy sequel that recycles the original title. (Just like Halloween, Candyman, The Thing…) Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. return to face off against a new fisherman, but does the new cast and mystery hook our hosts? It’s the final installment in our 2025 I Know What You Did Last Summer donation series, so support indie podcasts and donate today to find out if this movie is slicker than the original!

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I Know What You Did Last Summer (2021)

2025-08-16

Just when you thought this franchise was dead in the water, Amazon Prime dredges it back up for the streaming generation. I Know What You Did Last Summer: The Series trades in rain slickers and fishhooks for influencers, secrets, and enough teen angst to fill an entire clambake. There’s no fisherman, hook, or even a kid on a bike, but for the first time in the franchise, there’s an actual whodunnit. Did this eight-episode reboot reel in something fresh, or is it just chum in the water? Donate to support Now Playing Podcast and hear the full review now!

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I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer

2025-07-14

Where do horror franchises go to die? Straight to DVD… and straight to hell. I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer is the third wheel nobody asked for, ditching the original cast, crew, and common sense. The setting moves from North Carolina to Colorado, and the writing moves straight into the trash. It’s got new teens, no thrills, and one absolutely bonkers twist that might actually make you laugh more than scream. Want to know what bait the killer fisherman’s dangling now? Donate to Now Playing Podcast and reel in our review of this flailing, failing sequel.

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Superman (2025) -- Extended Podcast Review for Supporters

2025-07-14

Director James Gunn leaves Guardians of the Galaxy behind to launch DC Studios, starting with the 2025 resurrection of Superman. But can David Corenswet be a Man of Steel to Metropolis after Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) smears his good name in a social media campaign that questions why dad Bradley Cooper sent him to Earth? And is the narrative even harder to control when reporter-girlfriend Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) challenges the way “Big Blue” protects foreign countries from invasion? Get the full scoop as the Now Playing Gang reunites.

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Femme Fatale

2025-06-27

Rebecca Romijn (X-Men) looks like just another Femme Fatale in a sleazy Brian De Palma thriller as she seduces and robs a bejeweled woman walking the red carpet at a glitzy movie premiere. But can the vixen wash away her sins and adopt a “good girl” identity after she falls for French ambassador Peter Coyote (E.T.)? Or will paparazzo Antonio Banderas spoil her image makeover by publishing a revealing picture that brings unwanted attention from criminals she left for dead? April Patrons don’t have to pay a $10 million ransom to find out now!

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Weird Science

2025-06-27

After the heavy events of the past few weeks, Arnie, Marjorie, and Justin lighten things up with a look at John Hughes’ teen sex comedy, Weird Science. Following The Breakfast Club, Hughes takes a wilder approach to high school misfits—this time with a hacked-together dream woman played by Kelly LeBrock. The film features early Robert Downey Jr. as a high school jerk, Bill Paxton in his unforgettable role as big brother Chet, and even Mad Max-style bikers led by Vernon Wells and Michael Berryman. But does Lisa’s magic still work 40 years later? Find out in this Patron-exclusive review!

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Congo

2025-06-27

Congo had the pedigree of a blockbuster: based on a Michael Crighton novel, produced by Kathleen Kennedy, directed by Frank Marshall, and featuring creatures by Stan Winston. It wanted to be the next Jurassic Park. And with a budget nearly as big, it sure tried. But instead of dino-sized success, we got killer gorillas, laser guns, and Tim Curry doing... whatever that accent was.  Now, 30 years later, Congo is back in the spotlight with Now Playing Podcast’s new Patron-exclusive review. Is it a misunderstood adventure classic or just monkey business?

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Book Review: I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan

2025-06-27

Our 2025 Summer/Fall Donation Drive kicks off today with our review of I Know What You Did Last Summer, the 1997 slasher that made hook hands cool again. But before the gore, there was... guilt? In this bonus episode, Arnie digs into the 1973 young-adult novel by Lois Duncan. But slasher fans be warned: there's no fisherman, no slickers, and definitely no body count. Just a group of teens, a hit-and-run, and a slow-burning mystery that’s more Nancy Drew than Ghostface.  Find out what changed, what got lost in translation, and why Duncan was not thrilled with the adaptation, in this bonus book review podcast. 

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I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

2025-06-27

After Scream slashed up the box office, every studio wanted in on the teen horror revival. Sony called up Kevin Williamson, and he hooked them up with his loose adaptation of a 1973 YA novel: I Know What You Did Last Summer. With hot young stars, a moderate body count, and a killer mystery, the film was a surprise hit in October 1997 and instantly became sleepover canon for a generation raised on Dawson’s Creek and dial-up. But nearly three decades later, does this thriller still have bite, or is it just riding a wave of '90s hype? Donate to support Now Playing Podcast and hear this bonus review to find out!

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Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven

2025-03-28

Rena Riffel shoves fellow Cheetah’s dancer Elizabeth Berkley down the stairs and out of the spotlight as she makes the bootleg sequel Showgirls 2 all about her overlooked supporting character. Will the aging stripper achieve the fame she’s coveted for the last 16 years by leaving Vegas and baby daddy Glenn Plummer behind and earning a spot on a late-night avant-garde TV dance show?  Become a Now Playing Patron in March 2025, and find out if Arnie, Marjorie, and Stuart are going to Hell for betting on Penny’s From Heaven as a winning bonus show.

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Antitrust

2025-03-28

Ryan Phillippe doesn’t believe Tim Robbins is a tech genius after learning the billionaire literally and figuratively murders startup companies to steal their software ideas in the 2001 cyber thriller Antitrust. Does the young programmer have the NURV to bring down the villain’s satellites before they roll out a new app that hijacks every screen in the world? Or will the (sesame) seeds of his coup be exposed by jealous Claire Forlani after she spies on her boyfriend’s off-the-clock collab with Rachel Leigh Cook? Put your trust in this Gold Level Hacker series and find out now!

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Showgirls

2025-03-14

You’re a whore darlin’, so don’t pretend like you can’t find the coin to hear Now Playing go down on Paul Verhoeven’s notorious 1995 bomb Showgirls. Did Elizabeth Berkley manicure her nails just so she could claw her way to the top of a Vegas nudie revue and erupt victorious from a sparkling volcano?  And does the dialogue that Joe Eszterhas (Basic Instinct) got paid $2 million to write taste as delicious as Doggy Chow coming out of Gina Gershon’s crooked mouth? Nothing is left to the imagination when you become a Now Playing Patron this March.

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Perfect Blue

2025-02-12

A Japanese pop singer breaks away from her musical trio to play a risque role on a violent TV soap opera in the groundbreaking 1998 anime Perfect Blue. Is there a psycho fan out to assassinate Mima and her handlers for daring to sex up her good-girl image? Or are the pressures of fame simply causing the starlet to lose touch with reality?  Find out how well director Satoshi Kon (Paprika), standing at the dawn of the social media age, predicted our 21st Century’s identity crisis when you log on as a Now Playing Patron this January. 

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Casablanca

2025-02-12

Humphrey Bogart thought he lost Ingrid Bergman when the Nazis invaded Paris, but their romance (and all of WWII-torn Europe) gets a second chance in a Casablanca nightclub years later. But is Rick heartless enough to make Ilsa his Plus One on the last plane out, and leave her freedom fighter husband Paul Henreid in Third Reich custody?  Or is this 1942 Best Picture winner actually a love letter to patriotism, as the cynical American and his French BFF Claude Rains flirt with choosing country over womanizing. February Patrons find out now.

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Teen Wolf: The Movie

2025-01-25

Tyler Posey returns to Beacon Hills a decade after making Teen Wolf a phenomenon on MTV to resurrect original girlfriend Crystal Reed from the dead and have a rematch with the Japanese trickster spirit Nogitsune. But did The Movie that debuted on Paramount Plus in 2023 screw the pooch by not bringing back series MVP Dylan O’Brien? Or has CW’s Superman Tyler Hoechlin saved the day by siring the franchise’s future (assuming Derek’s kid will commit to putting on the fur and red eyes and actually become a werewolf)? Donate to join the pack and find out now!

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Teen Wolf Too

2025-01-25

Jason Bateman learns he’s a Teen Wolf Too after joining Stiles and Chubby at a posh university. Can biology professor Kim Darby (Better Off Dead) help the struggling freshman keep his humanity after a dance with a coed transforms him into Big Dog on Campus? And is it a little too ooky and kooky of Addams Family alum John Astin to bribe the werewolf with sportscars and doctored grades in exchange for the ferocious canine joining the school boxing team? Hear the hosts weigh in on a notorious sequel when you Donate now!

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An American Werewolf in Paris

2025-01-10

Julie Delpy has a long history of capturing moviegoers’ hearts, but she never needed to pulverize those beating organs in a blender and drink blood smoothies until she starred in An American Werewolf in Paris. Is Yank tourist Tom Everett Scott (That Thing You Do) doomed to repeat the transformation that fellow countryman David Naughton underwent in 1981 London?  Or do things look different for this Wolf Man once he leaps off the Eiffel Tower and falls in with a pack of lupine supremacists? Donate for Silver Level to double your daredevil points now!

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Barry Lyndon

2025-01-10

Ryan O’Neal told a different kind of Love Story when he starred as a con artist hustling 18th Century Europeans out of a fortune intended for his sexy cousin in the wry costume drama Barry Lyndon. But does Stanley Kubrick’s insistence on authentic period detail turn a lighthearted novel by William Makepeace Thackeray into a cinematic experience as slow as watching paint dry? (And do you care when the images are this lovely?) Find out if the 2001 director shot himself in the foot with his 1975 pretensions by becoming a December Patron.

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Teen Wolf

2025-01-10

Michael J Fox loses his cool on a high school basketball court and becomes a Teen Wolf in his other big movie of 1985. Will classmates (or modern audiences) be impressed to see this TV star don full-body fur, sunglasses, and “surf” atop a moving vehicle? Or should Marty McFly hop in the Delorean and travel back in time to prevent this cheesy werewolf comedy from happening? Maybe father knows beast, as James Hampton helps his son understand their family ties to lycanthropy?  Don’t miss your shot to Donate at the Silver Bullet Level and find out.

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2024-12-08

​The Battle of the Five Armies may only have been about 50 pages in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit but it is the focus of Peter Jackson's third and final Hobbit film. It's elves and humans versus dwarves and orcs, with a few special surprises thrown in! ​How does the Battle of Five Armies compare to the Battle for Middle Earth in Return of the King, and were three films warranted to tell the story from one novel? Thanks to your donation to Now Playing you can listen and find out as Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie complete their Lord of the Rings Bonus Retrospective Series!

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2024-12-08

​He is fire...he is death...he is Smaug, the titular dragon in Peter Jackson's second Hobbit film. How can a halfling and some dwarfs battle such a mighty beast? How much of the movie passes before they get there? And how many characters from the original Lord of the Rings trilogy will appear along the way? Thanks to your donation to Now Playing you can hear Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart discuss all this and more in this review of The Desolation of Smaug as they prepare for next week's new release -- Battle of the Five Armies!

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2024-12-08

The Lord of the Rings trilogy was a critical success, a box office hit, and Return of the King even took home Oscar gold, so it was anything but unexpected when Warner Bros. announced the series would continue with The Hobbit. Yet the film was delayed. Guillermo del Toro was announced as the director and then stepped down. Original trilogy director Peter Jackson returned to again make these new films, and then the series was expanded from two to three movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien's one novel. And the film was filmed and, in some areas, released in the cutting edge, and controversial, 48 frames per second speed. But how was the film? Thanks to your support of Now Playing and you can join Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart as they give an overview of the film's lengthy production and review The Hobbit -- An Unexpected Journey!

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2024-12-08

After three years Lord of the Rings fans finally had their epic conclude with Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Now Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob conclude their review of Jackson's original Rings trilogy. With huge battles and Frodo's personal battle of wills with the ring, this was Jackson's most ambitious film in the trilogy, and it took home plenty of Oscar gold. But will it also take home recommends from the Now Playing hosts? Thanks to your support of our show you can now listen and find out!

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2024-12-08

​Though the fellowship is broken the war of Middle Earth continues on in Peter Jackson's second Lord of the Rings​ film -- The Two Towers. Our heroes separated this film follows three parallel stories of heroism, and introduces new heroes and villains, including Gollum who may be either or both! There is also more action, including the intense battle at Helm's Deep. How does this middle chapter compare to the first, and does the fellowship of the podcast remain united in their views? Thanks to your support of Now Playing Podcast you can listen to find out!

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2024-12-08

​It was considered a risky move. New Line Cinemas put up the money for not just one, but three Lord of the Rings movies. All three were filmed simultaneously in a single fourteen month shoot in New Zealand, directed by Peter Jackson, a proven director but not one with a blockbuster history. If the films had not been successful it was likely New Line would have gone under. Yet the gamble paid off! The first film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was a massive hit that not only minted that first trilogy but would also lead to a second Middle Earth film trilogy adapting J.R.R. Tolkien's earlier novel The Hobbit. Is that first Lord of the Rings film as good as its reputation, and can any movie do justice to Tolkien's original prose? Thanks to your donation you can join Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob and find out!

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Split

2024-12-08

M. Night Shyamalan has looked crazy for the last several podcasts, but his Split with mass audiences finally started to mend with this 2017 thriller about dissociative identity disorder. Can teenage outcast Anya Taylor-Joy escape a kidnapper with multiple personalities (James McAvoy) before he mentally and physically transforms into a carnivorous superhuman? And will difficult personalities Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob take away the light from this director once again? Donate for Gold Level, reheat some Hooters wings, and join the horde for the discussion today!

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Rush Hour 2

2024-12-08

Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are still stuck working together in Rush Hour 2, but now the flow of traffic sends the mismatched cops back to Hong Kong to investigate a mad bomber (Crouching Tiger’s Ziyi Zhang) and Triad gang lord (Last Emperor John Lone). Will audiences find love on this lavish double date that includes trips to the massage parlor, Michael Jackson karaoke, and raids on a real estate tycoon’s yacht? Print off a little counterfeit money and donate to hear the Now Playing podcasters break this Platinum Level Series down.

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Rush Hour

2024-12-08

Jackie Chan cut his teeth (and every other body part) in Hong Kong kung fu flicks and police stories throughout the 1970s and 80s, but he didn’t achieve Hollywood superstardom until he hitched his wagon to the 1998 action-comedy Rush Hour. Was Chan’s biggest stunt partnering with renegade cop Chris Tucker, and bumbling his way through Los Angeles tourist spots on the road to rescue a kidnapped 11-year-old girl? Find out if their sweet-and-sour chemistry gives the buddy cop formula a new flavor when you Donate for this Platinum Level series.

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An American Werewolf in London

2024-12-08

David Naughton gets lost backpacking through the English countryside and winds up An American Werewolf In London in John Landis’ classic 1981 horror-comedy. Will he listen to his undead friend Griffin Dunne (After Hours) and commit suicide before he’s transformed by the next full moon (and Oscar-winning make-up artist Rick Baker)? Or will this prancing Yank stop taking the medical advice of Dr. Pepper and get some sexual healing from naughty nurse Jenny Agutter? Get protection from the moon when you donate at the Silver (Bullet) Level this Winter.

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Spartacus

2024-12-08

Kirk Douglas (20,000 Leagues Under The Sea) turns the gladiator games of ancient Rome into a full-fledged slave rebellion in the 1960 epic Spartacus. But can the tough guy compete in an acting arena packed with Oscar-winning heavyweights like Laurence Olivier (Hamlet), Peter Ustinov (Death on the Nile), and Charles Laughton (Mutiny on the Bounty)? Or is the real star of the show Stanley Kubrick, who graduates from little indie films to helming the biggest Hollywood production of its day? Become a Now Playing Patron this November and Find Out!

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The Thing (1982)

2024-12-08

The Thing (1982)

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Arachnophobia

2024-10-31

Small-town doctor Jeff Daniels (Speed) must overcome his lifelong Arachnophobia if he hopes to rid his home of a lethal new strain of poisonous spider in this 1990 horror-comedy. Was the bug hater correct in calling in boorish exterminator John Goodman (TV’s Roseanne) and snotty scientist Julian Sands (Warlock) to help solve his eight-legged problem? And is longtime Spielberg producer (and first-time director) Frank Marshall able to spin a creature feature as satisfying as Jaws?  Find out when you become a Now Playing Patron this October.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

2024-09-14

Goth girl Winona Ryder might’ve left “ghost with the most” Michael Keaton at the altar 36 years ago, but she’s now desperate to wed the bio-exorcist and save her family in the 2024 sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Will their haunted honeymoon go better than his first marriage to soul-sucking Monica Bellucci (Matrix Reloaded)? And does Tim Burton’s ghoulish creation have enough creative juices left to revive a dead franchise and captivate a jaded younger audience like Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)?  Become a Now Playing Patron and Find Out this September!

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The Crow (2024)

2024-09-10

Bad boy Bill Skarsgard trades in his clown shoes and blood-filled balloons for face tats and a mullet as he joins the murder of actors who’ve starred as The Crow. The 2024 reboot brings Eric Draven back from the dead to stop Satanist Danny Huston (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) from whispering homicidal enchantments in the ears of impressionable folk like British pop star FKA Twigs. But is director Rupert Sanders’ comic book vision pure enough to survive comparisons to the iconic Brandon Lee original? Find out when you Donate to support Now Playing!

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Alien: Romulus

2024-08-24

Director Fede Alvarez (Don’t Breathe) resurrects the Alien franchise in time for a 45th-anniversary spin-off set shortly after Sigourney Weaver ejected the first xenomorph from her airlock. Will a team of scavengers raiding space lab Romulus meet the same fate as the Nostromo crew as they stumble into shocking genetic tests on the biomechanical beasties? And is Cailee Spaeny (Civil War) wise to trust androids as she navigates her path to the escape pod through pools of acid and hallways of facehuggers? Donate to find out now!

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Serenity (2005)

2024-08-20

Joss Whedon relaunched his canceled TV show Firefly as the shiny 2005 feature Serenity, and one Now Playing Patron has given Arnie, Stuart, and Brock the mission of covering it. Can Browncoat Nathan Fillion (Castle), psychic Summer Glau (Sarah Connor Chronicles), and a band of intergalactic outlaws beat Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave) to a secret that could bring down the oppressive Alliance?  And why didn’t this quirky space western find the same audience on the big screen as fellow cult series Star Trek? August Patrons find out now!

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Trap

2024-08-09

Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob have fallen into the Trap of watching yet another twisty thriller from M. Night Shyamalan. Can serial killer Josh Hartnett (Halloween H20) enjoy a concert with his tween daughter and still evade the FBI sting orchestrated by O.G. Parent Trap-per Hayley Mills? And is Taylor Swift feeling the pressure to collaborate with ICE or the CIA to keep pace with trendsetting pop crimefighter Lady Raven (aka Night’s daughter Saleka Shyamalan)? Don’t rely on your sixth sense… know how crispy things get when you Donate at the Blue Level.

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Deadpool and Wolverine - UNEDITED Podcast Release for Patrons

2024-07-28

This is a (mostly) unedited podcast.  It will contain background noises, misspeaks, and other errors. Also a couple corrections or "inserts" may be in the final version and not in this release.  But we are releasing this for our Patrons who want the fastest access to the show! 

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Dog Day Afternoon

2024-07-28

Al Pacino walks into a Brooklyn bank one Dog Day Afternoon and leaves a folk hero to a city furious at belittling authority figures. But can this clumsy criminal cash in on the celebrity of his TV news appearances and finance a “happily ever after” ending for both his wives? And what will cop Charles Durning (Tootsie) and G-man Lance Henriksen (Aliens) do if henchman John Cazale (Godfather 2) makes good on his promise to start tossing out bodies? Learn if Sidney Lumet’s 1975 drama is all bark and no bite when you become a July Now Playing Patron.

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A Quiet Place: Day One

2024-07-18

New York City isn’t normally considered A Quiet Place to escape noisy crowds, but all that changes on Day One of a frenzied alien invasion. So why is crazy cat lady Lupita Nyong’o (Us) heading off to her favorite Harlem pizzeria while Djimon Hounsou and the rest of the Big Apple tiptoe out of town? And how helpful is British tourist Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things) in navigating the flooded subways and streets littered with sound-producing debris? Hear what the hosts have to say about this third franchise installment when you Donate at the Quiet Level.

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X

2024-07-18

Mia Goth has got that X factor that Now Playing Podcast likes in a Scream Queen, so our Summer 2024 Platinum Donation Drive features the horror trilogy she made with director Ti West (House of the Devil). What happens when our aspiring star tries to shoot an amateur porno at a Texas farm without the Bible-thumping landowners finding out? Is dotty old Pearl (also played by Goth) oblivious to the hanky panky going on in her barn, or just waiting for the right moment to step into the spotlight and make things juicy? Donate Now to get the uncensored podcast today.

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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo García

2024-07-18

Director Sam Peckinpah (Straw Dogs) makes the most unusual baby shower request in cinema history with his gritty 1974 revenge flick Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia. Can retired GI Warren Oates (Wild Bunch) beat the toughest bounty hunters in Mexico to the secret location of a lothario who ran out on a crime boss’ pregnant daughter? And will that decapitation reward money buy this downtrodden American a better life, or just get blown on more booze and bordellos? Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob bring you the ugly truth when you become a June Patron.

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2024-06-21

Mia Goth has got that X factor that Now Playing Podcast likes in a Scream Queen, so our Summer 2024 Platinum Donation Drive features the horror trilogy she made with director Ti West (House of the Devil). What happens when our aspiring star tries to shoot an amateur porno at a Texas farm without the Bible-thumping landowners finding out? Is dotty old Pearl (also played by Goth) oblivious to the hanky panky going on in her barn, or just waiting for the right moment to step into the spotlight and make things juicy? Donate Now to get the uncensored podcast today.

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The Crow: Salvation

2024-06-17

Eric Mabius (Resident Evil) gets the electric chair after he’s wrongfully convicted of killing his girlfriend, but Salvation comes when a third magic Crow brings him back to life. Can the Goth crusader find the Scarred Arm Man responsible for the crime amongst a den of corrupt cops and businessmen, including Fred Ward (Right Stuff), Walton Goggins (Fallout), and William Atherton (Die Hard)?  And will Spider-Man cutie Kirsten Dunst shed her Mary Jane image to get dirty and help this undead antihero? Find out when you answer the caw to become a Silver Level Donor!

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The Crow: Wicked Prayer

2024-06-17

It’s Judgement Day once again for Edward Furlong after he and his Native girlfriend are sacrificed in a black magic ritual meant to summon Lucifer to a fractured desert community. Will a fourth Crow answer the T2 star’s Wicked Prayer to return from the dead and stop occultists David Boreanaz (Angel) and Tara Reid (American Pie) from birthing the Antichrist?  And is new director Lance Mungia a total birdbrain for plucking the black feathers off this Goth franchise so that it now resembles a hipster Spaghetti Western? Find out when you Donate for Silver Level!

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The Crow: City of Angels

2024-06-02

A second Crow with magic powers circles the City of Angels after vicious gang members - including rocker Iggy Pop, future Punisher Thomas Jane, and Yellow Ranger Thuy Trang - pitch a father and son off a pier. Can French star Vincent Perez live up to the legend of Brandon Lee as he returns from the ocean floor to inflict pain on his tormentors? And is love in the air this Day of the Dead now that Eric Draven’s favorite skater girl has grown into sexy tattoo artist Mia Kirshner? Hear Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart use their death coils when you Donate for Silver Level.

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The Crow (1994)

2024-05-24

Brandon Lee returns from the grave through the power of The Crow to bring vengeance upon the Detroit punks who ruined his Halloween wedding. But can director Alex Proyas (Dark City) deliver a gritty comic book vision on par with Tim Burton’s Batman after an on-set tragedy prevented his star from completing this 1994 action flick? And how much help does the undead vigilante receive from ghostbuster Ernie Hudson, skater girl Rochelle Davis, and alt-rockers Stone Temple Pilots, Nine Inch Nails, and The Cure? Donate for Silver Level to find out now!

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Home Sweet Home Alone

2024-05-11

10-year-old Archie Yates (Jojo Rabbit) thinks he’d rather be Home Sweet Home Alone in Chicago than on holiday in Japan with his family. Still, his silent night turns explosive after cash-strapped Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and Rob Delaney (Deadpool 2) invade his turf. Not since the Cabbage Patch Craze of the 1980s have respectable adults stooped to such violent means to claim an ugly doll for Christmas! Find out if this British lad can defend himself and this sixth installment of the franchise when you Donate for Silver Level.

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Body of Evidence

2024-05-11

Madonna refutes the large Body of Evidence that she’s box office poison by taking the stand in a steamy 1993 legal thriller. Can she justify her love for S&M that leaves aged suitors dead, or will district attorney Joe Mantegna convince the jury her lady parts are lethal weapons?  And is letting The Material Girl douse his privates in candle wax the best way defense lawyer Willem Dafoe can prove his client’s innocence (or stay married to Julianne Moore)? Be a witness for the prosecution of this notorious softcore campfest by becoming a February Patron.

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Thief

2024-05-11

Before Miami Vice creator Michael Mann defined the Buddy Cop formula for 80s television, he made an iconic expose of the Chicago underworld in his feature film debut Thief. Is master safecracker James Caan free to live the straight life with Tuesday Weld once he performs a final jewelry heist with James Belushi (Red Heat)? And how did The Godfather star wind up serving jail time with country singer Willie Nelson? Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie are ready to slip you the passcode for this podcast review when you become a Now Playing Patron this January.

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Gone with the Wind

2024-05-11

The antebellum South may be Gone With The Wind, but Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) continues her fight to never to be hungry (or lonely) again in this classic Civil War epic. What about square neighbor Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard) is so desirable to the fiery debutante that he thwarts an otherwise perfect union with fellow narcissist Rhett Butler (Clark Gable)? And how did a 1939 Best Picture winner become one of the most controversial films of the 21st Century? Find out if Arnie, Brock, and Stuart give a damn when you become a December Patron.

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The Driver

2024-05-11

Stuart, Jakob, and Brock take a ride with 70s sex symbol Ryan O’Neal (Love Story) for a podcast review of his underrated crime caper, The Driver. Before hitting the big time with gritty action flicks 48 HRS and The Warriors, Walter Hill directed this stylish game of cat-and-mouse between a stoic wheelman and tenacious cop, Bruce Dern (Silent Running). Can this slick antihero get away with the money and French babe Isabelle Adjani (Nosferatu) without firing a gun? Find out when you put down the sports page, and become a March Now Playing Patron.

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Your Name

2024-05-11

One of Japan’s highest-grossing animated films has come crashing down on Brock, Jakob, and Stuart. Let Now Playing add Your Name to the list of April Patrons getting to hear their podcast review of Makoto Shinkai’s 2016 genre-bending classic. What happens when a teenage girl living in a doomed village magically swaps bodies with an adolescent boy studying in fast-paced Tokyo? Can the pair be expected to work together and prevent a cataclysmic astrological event if they’re barely able to find their way to school or manipulate their new genitalia? Listen Now!

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Drive (2011)

2024-05-11

Ryan Gosling (Barbie) finds the Drive to become a real human being and a real hero when the loner mechanic takes a wheelman job to save struggling mother Carey Mulligan (Great Gatsby). Did the Hollywood stunt racer pick up any tricks on set that can abet Oscar Isaac (Moon Knight) and Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) as they pull “one last heist” for Ron Perlman (Hellboy) and Albert Brooks (Finding Nemo)? Find out if Brock, Stuart, and Jakob share director Nicolas Winding Refn’s fetish for synth-pop and satin jackets by becoming a March Now Playing Patron.

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Charade (1963)

2024-05-11

Audrey Hepburn sees through a Charade of deception concocted by criminals and spies as she travels around Paris looking for her husband’s killer. Does Cary Grant (North By Northwest) struggle to explain his part in the conspiracy because he’s one of the bad guys, or just gets tongue-tied around a Hollywood glamor girl? And could this Oscar winner be happy in an odd coupling with the future Oscar Madison, Walter Matthau? Find out if the hosts give Stanley Donen’s 1963 romantic thriller their stamp of approval when you become a May Patron.

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Jeepers Creepers: Reborn

2024-01-11

It’s been almost 23 years since The Creeper first appeared on cinematic backroads as a winged trucker with a taste for young male body parts. Now the Jeepers Creepers franchise is Reborn with a new director, new theme song, and new appetites for victims. Why do pregnant horror convention attendees suddenly whet the whistle of this fourth incarnation of the monster? And can an expecting young couple exit Creeper’s elaborate escape room before the dinner bell rings? Don’t let curiosity BEATNGU up. Donate for the Jeepers Level this Fall and Find Out!

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Jeepers Creepers 3

2024-01-11

The Creeper is changing his tune. "I Want To Hold Your Hand" might be a more appropriate theme song for the amputated monster as he circles back to the farmland where he lost a limb 23 years before, and tries to stop Meg Foster and a posse of orphaned vigilantes from finding his weak spot. But are Marjorie, Arnie, and Stuart more inclined to give the predator the finger for this final chapter of the Jeepers Creepers trilogy? Donate today and find out how well this long-delayed Victor Salva effort flies.

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Jeepers Creepers 2

2024-01-08

Fans of The Creeper didn't have to wait 23 years to see the monster renew his hunt for body parts on the big screen. Jeepers Creepers 2 was quick to put a brokedown bus full of high school jocks and cheerleaders on the menu. But did the beast bite off more than it could chew when it snatched the son of psycho farmer Ray Wise? Donate Today to find out how Arnie, Marjorie, and Stuart see this sequel.

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Jeepers Creepers

2024-01-08

Arnie, Marjorie, and Stuart have caught the scent of a new horror icon... The Creeper! And Jeepers, the lengths this supernatural scavenger will go to get some new eyes! Will road-tripping siblings Justin Long and Gina Phillips stay ahead of the monster truck driver and avoid a psychic’s dire vision of their future? And can the podcasters overlook the controversy that plagues writer-director Victor Salva? Donate Today and find out!

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Gone with the Wind

2023-12-29

The antebellum South may be Gone With The Wind, but Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) continues her fight to never to be hungry (or lonely) again in this classic Civil War epic. What about square neighbor Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard) is so desirable to the fiery debutante that he thwarts an otherwise perfect union with fellow narcissist Rhett Butler (Clark Gable)? And how did a 1939 Best Picture winner become one of the most controversial films of the 21st Century? Find out if Arnie, Brock, and Stuart give a damn when you become a December Patron.

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The Usual Suspects

2023-12-20

Five of the NYPD’s Usual Suspects hatch an elaborate heist while standing in a police line-up, only to learn they’re pawns in a bigger game being played by a mythic supervillain. Will Gabriel Byrne go straight after pulling this one last job with mumbler Benicio del Toro, bomber Kevin Pollack, and hothead Stephen Baldwin? And do today’s audiences look at Kevin Spacey with more suspicion as he confesses crimes to Chazz Palminteri? Become a Patron this November and hear the podcasters find all the pros and cons in Bryan Singer’s Oscar-winning breakout.

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Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

2023-12-20

Malcolm McDowell is no stranger to home invasion flicks, but is the Clockwork Orange star able to withstand the tortures awaiting him inside 2012’s straight-to-tape fifth Home Alone entry? His Holiday Heist is complicated by an anxious 10-year-old gamer who sets traps in a creepy Maine mansion to stop the crook from removing an Edvard Munch painting. Is the place haunted by the ghost of a murdered bootlegger or Macauley Culkin’s previous exploits? Find out if the hosts need to be as drunk as Ed Asner (Elf) to unwrap this gag gift when you Donate for Silver.

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Home Alone 4: Taking Back The House

2023-12-08

Kevin McCallister is Taking Back The House from nemesis Marv Murchins, as new star Mike Weinberg takes the franchise from role originator Macauley Culkin in a 2002 TV movie. But can the 9-year-old set booby traps that will stop his dad from marrying a bitchy socialite, and return to his family for Christmas? And was it wise for French Stewart (3rd Rock From The Sun) to fill in for Daniel Stern, and try to kidnap a boy prince inside a fully automated “smart house”? Find out as Arnie, Justin, and Stuart wrap up Home Alone 4 Silver Level Donors this December.

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Home Alone 3

2023-12-01

Macauley Culkin has outgrown his Yuletide shenanigans and passes the slingshot to the next generation of wisecracking kids in 1997 comedy Home Alone 3. Can newcomer Alex D Linz defend his Chicago suburb from a Die Hard-style ring of terrorists hunting door-to-door for a top secret microchip? And will bratty sister Scarlett Johansson slap her cheeks and scream when she gets upstaged by a vulgar parrot riding around in a weaponized toy car? Justin, Arnie, and Stuart are ready to save Christmas from North Korea when you Donate at the Silver Level.

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Home Alone

2023-11-04

You may be carving pumpkins this weekend, but Arnie, Stuart, and Justin are wrapping up a podcast review of the original Home Alone as an early present for Winter 2023 Silver Level Donors. Does Macauley Culkin’s unchaperoned spree through the Chicago suburbs play this far out from Christmas? Or is there something about the way the 8-year-old decks the halls… and decks home invaders Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern… that works as a gory Halloween treat? Donate today and let the South Bend Shovel Slayer get the Yuletide season started!

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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

2023-11-04

Macaulay Culkin was Home Alone 2 much in his first holiday comedy, so he’s spending Christmas 1992 Lost In New York. But should the 9-year-old be more cautious as he dashes around Manhattan - buddying up with Oscar-winning pigeon lady Brenda Fricker, running up a bill at Donald Trump’s Plaza Hotel, and pissing off employees Tim Curry and Rob Schneider? And are the traps the boy sets for crooks Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern too familiar to thwart their heist of the city’s biggest toy store? Be a part of it when you Donate for Silver Level this Fall.

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Exorcist: Believer

2023-10-15

Blumhouse is such a Believer in writer/director David Gordon Green after his 2018 reboot of Halloween that they’ve given their blessing to his expensive new Exorcist trilogy. This first installment has faithless single father Leslie Odom Jr turning to several religious figures… and original star Ellen Burstyn… to save his teenage daughter and a school friend from demonic possession. Will the results ring the tubular bells of Arnie, Brock, and Stuart, or have them spitting green vomit? The power of Now Playing compels you to Donate this October to find out!

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Angel Heart

2023-10-15

Detective Mickey Rourke links the disappearance of a jazz singer to a string of New Orleans voodoo murders in Alan Parker’s 1987 horror-noir Angel Heart. Should the private dick tell his sinister employer Robert DeNiro to keep his money, and quit the case before he goes down for these hellacious crimes? And can Cosby kid Lisa Bonet actually teach the star of 9 1⁄2 Weeks a thing or two about kinky sex? You won’t have to sell your soul to hear Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob sing about this cult film. Just become a Now Playing Patron this October and Listen Today!

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Seven Samurai

2023-08-29

Long before Sylvester Stallone forged a franchise out of expendable he-men from the 1980s, director Akira Kurasawa created one of the most celebrated tough guys teams in cinematic history. Can his Seven Samurai still wow action movie fans 70 years after first coming together to stop a band of merciless crop thieves? Or will Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie laugh like Toshiro Mifune watching the spectacle of ronin trying to whip unsophisticated farmers into a formidable killing force? Join the ranks of Now Playing Patrons this August and find out!

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The Adventures of Tintin

2023-07-02

Great snakes! Steven Spielberg leaves behind the ruin of The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull to search for treasure buried within Herge’s classic comic strip The Adventures of Tintin. Can he, actor Jamie Bell (Billy Elliott) and Peter Jackson’s team of WETA motion capture animators bring the Belgian boy reporter to life on the big screen? And is the British star power of Daniel Craig, Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost enough to win over American audiences unfamiliar with this globe-trotting ginger and dog Snowy? Become a Patron this July to find out!

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Dear Evan Hansen

2023-06-05

Ben Platt caught a bad break reprising his Tony-winning role in the movie adaptation of Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen. Can a socially awkward teenager improve the lives of a family rocked by suicide, and elevate his own social standing in high school, by forging a series of letters that fictionalize a friendship between him and a dead kid? And does his deception sound sweeter whenever he sings show tunes to surrogate moms Julianne Moore and Amy Adams? Become a Now Playing Patron this June and have a great day with this podcast review!

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Full Metal Jacket

2023-05-28

Stanley Kubrick took almost as long to film Full Metal Jacket as America spent fighting (and losing) the Vietnam War. Will his 1968 Marine Corp recruits find the battlefields of Huy and Da Nang to be a cake walk after surviving the verbal and physical torture of boot camp? Does joker Matthew Modine use his rifle or his “gun” on all the VC women he encounters? And would Vincent D’Onofrio and R Lee Ermey be decorated with Oscars if they hadn’t been beaten to the screen by Platoon? Your ass belongs to Now Playing when you enlist as a May Patron.

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Platoon

2023-05-21

Brat Packer Charlie Sheen learns that fighting the VC is only half the battle of the Vietnam War when he enlists in Oliver Stone’s Oscar-winning Platoon. Will the sheltered white boy survive the brutal jungle by following the orders of hard-ass “lifer” Tom Berenger? Or is it smarter to chill out to Motown with pothead Willem Dafoe? And does the writer/director’s real life infantry experiences make this 1986 Best Picture winner a more authentic experience than other ‘Nam movies of the era? Find out when you become a Now Playing Patron this May.

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Piranha 3DD

2023-05-14

The flesh-eating fish escape the lake by swimming up the pipes of an adult-themed Arizona water park in a 2012 Piranha sequel so raunchy they made it in 3-Double-D. Can survivors Ving Rhames and Christopher Lloyd help co-owners Danielle Panabaker (The Flash) and David Koechner (Anchorman) save their buxom guests from the millions of razorteeth in the water? And does David Hasselhoff prove he’s a better lifeguard than a singer once the Baywatch star cuts the ribbon on this bloodbath? Last one in the pool is a rotten egg, so Donate Now!

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Piranha 3D

2023-05-05

A beach full of sexed up, sunburnt spring breakers becomes a tasty breakfast for a prehistoric school of killer fish in the 2010 reboot of Piranha. It’s a gory new adventure in babysitting for small town sheriff Elisabeth Shue after her high school son brings his preteen siblings onto a debaucherous party boat that shipwrecks in the deadly waters. Are the moments of T&A and carnage even more eye-popping with director Alexandre Aja (Hills Have Eyes) filming in 3D? Jaws and every other body part hit the seafloor when you Donate for Silver this Spring.

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Piranha (1995)

2023-04-23

Roger Corman remakes Piranha, his flesh-eating fish phenomenon from the late 1970s, for a cable TV audience in 1995. But did the famously thrifty film producer cut too many corners by recycling all that footage from the low budget original? And does Greatest American Hero William Katt and Baywatch babe Alexandra Paul have better odds of beating the genetically modified school of razorteeth downriver to campers Punky Brewster and little Mila Kunis than before? You’ll get a third helping of aquatic slaughter when you Donate for Silver this Spring.

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Vampire's Kiss

2023-04-14

Long before Count Dracula, Nicolas Cage played a wannabe bloodsucker donning cheapie plastic fangs to terrorize New York single ladies in the 1989 horror-comedy Vampire’s Kiss. Can the insecure yuppie be disabused of his Nosferatu delusions before he devours any more cockroaches, pigeons, or one night stands? And is put-upon secretary Maria Conchita Alonso (Running Man) the true target of the Moonstruck star’s evil appetites? Become a Now Playing Patron this April and find out if Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart go to bat for this gonzo performance.

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Piranha II: The Spawning

2023-04-08

James Cameron made his first foray into deep sea filmmaking when he gave wings to Piranha Part 2. This time the killer fish are Spawning on the beaches of a Caribbean resort, and have been genetically modified to take to the skies and attack victims who think they’re safe on land. Can Lance Henriksen (Aliens) save his marriage and the mainland from a large-scale airborne attack? And should this sequel have sunk the Oscar-winning director’s career faster than the iceberg took out Titanic? Get a lesson in fly fishing when you Donate for Silver this Spring.

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Piranha (1978)

2023-03-31

Before director Joe Dante unleashed a gang of Gremlins onto small town America, he flushed a pool of genetically-modified Piranha into the 1978 summer movie season in his first blockbuster. Can a drunk divorcee, a ditzy skip-tracer, and Body Snatchers hysteric Kevin McCarthy get down river to warn a summer camp, and Dick Miller’s new water park, about the fast moving threat? And did these killer fish school Jaws 2 on how to make a follow-up that actually satisfies Steven Spielberg? Donate for Silver and get back into the water with Now Playing this Spring.

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The Matrix Resurrections

2023-03-25

Neo and Trinity might’ve looked dead at the end of Revolutions, but the beloved cyberpunks are back on the big screen for more bullet time fun thanks to Resurrections happening in the fourth installment of The Matrix. What game is director Lana Wachowski playing by having Keanu Reeves strung out on blue pills, and doubting the first movie ever happened? Can analyst Neil Patrick Harris, kung fu expert Morpheus, or a soccer mom named Tiffany help the programmer get his mojo back before he leaps out the window? It’s your time to fly when you Donate Now.

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Everything Everywhere All at Once

2023-03-25

Michelle Yeoh attempts to save her family and financially-struggling laundromat by plugging into the Multiverse and accessing her full potential in Best Picture winner Everything Everywhere All At Once. Will she regret disobeying father James Hong and immigrating to America with Goonie Ke Huy Quan after seeing her more actualized lives?  And does the aging martial artist still have the moves to defeat omnipotent offspring Stephanie Hsu, relentless IRS agent Jamie Lee Curtis, and a structurally unsound, soul-sucking bagel? March Patrons find out everything now!

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Warrior

2023-03-03

Estranged brothers Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton have very different reasons for entering the Sparta MMA tournament, but they are on a collision course to combat in the ring. These two actors built their resume and their muscles to “go to war” in this fighting flick. Did it work out for them? And does Nick Nolte deserve the Oscar nomination he got for playing the boys’ recovered alcoholic father? Listen now and find out!

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Knock at the Cabin

2023-02-22

M Night Shyamalan has suffered his share of critical and commercial beatings, but he’s back in the director’s chair hoping audiences will make the choice to watch his next twisty thriller. Is it just another example of gay bashing when adoptive parents Jonathan Groff and Ben Aldridge answer a Knock At the Cabin, and find four doomsday prophets, led by Dave Bautista, crashing their woodland vacation? Or will the world truly end unless these glampers prove willing to sacrifice more than a weekend without good internet? Choose M Night Blue Level and find out.

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2023-02-03

Jim Carrey tries to get over a bad breakup by scrubbing eccentric ex-girlfriend Kate Winslet from his memory in the sci-fi romance Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.  But will he regret his rash Valentine’s Day decision once clumsy technicians Mark Ruffalo and Elijah Wood get inside his head, and force him to revisit all the bittersweet moments of the volatile love affair?  And what dark secrets about the procedure (and Kirsten Dunst) come to light once creator Tom Wilkinson gets called in? Donate for another unforgettable Patron podcast this February.

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About Schmidt

2023-01-28

Jack Nicholson spent his acting career railing against the system, so it’s weird to see the movie icon receive the last of his 12 Oscar nominations playing a reserved insurance agent silently suffering the indignities of old age. Will retirement free the suit to leave behind a disappointing marriage, and find his voice out on the open road? And what happens when his RV reaches its final destination, and Jack has the chance to stop his daughter from marrying a foolish waterbed salesman? You’ll learn all About Schmidt when you become a Now Playing Patron this January.

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Midsommar

2022-12-09

Winter may just be getting started, but ice and snow won’t stop Stuart, Jakob, and Arnie from stripping to their birthday suits and welcoming Midsommar into their lives. Can grieving grad student Florence Pugh (Black Widow) and sexually frustrated beau Jack Reynor shake off their seasonal depression by taking mushrooms and joining a Swedish death cult? And does director Ari Aster elevate his 2019 horror film to the heights of debut Hereditary?  It’s just a bear to miss a good podcast, so Donate for Platinum this December and be part of the Now Playing family.

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Jingle All the Way

2022-12-09

Bad dad Arnold Schwarzenegger tries to fix his family problems by fighting the crowds and securing a highly coveted Christmas toy in the madcap holiday film Jingle All The Way. But can Hollywood’s biggest action star defend his comedic reputation against rampaging reindeer, a lecherous Phil Hartman (SNL), or a totally postal Sinbad (A Different World)?  And did Jake Lloyd grow up to be such a bratty Darth Vader just because he didn’t receive an action figure? Stop dreaming of becoming a Now Playing Patron and join us this December.  Donate Now!        

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Short Cuts

2022-11-04

Director Robert Altman takes Short Cuts from the lives of 23 unfaithful and guilt-ridden Los Angelenos, and stitches them together in a 3 hour tapestry that stands as one of the most influential films of the 1990s. How do the stories of hit-and-run driver Lily Tomlin, grieving mother Andie MacDowell, absentee father Jack Lemmon, phone sex operator Jennifer Jason Leigh, pantsless painter Julianne Moore, and bad cop Tim Robbins intersect? Justin, Jakob, and Stuart guide you through the celebrity gridlock when you become a Patron this November.

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The Addams Family 2

2022-10-28

Home might be where the heart is (along with numerous other body parts), but the open road is where Gomez takes the sequel in Addams Family 2. Will the kooky father convince Wednesday she belongs in the camper with Morticia, Pugsley, Lurch, and Thing after a paternity test indicates she’s actually the daughter of a billionaire scientist (Bill Hader)?  And can Uncle Fester really be called a blood relative after a science fair experiment goes awry and turns him into an ink-squirting octopus? Find out how they keep things animated when you Donate Now!

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Addams Family Reunion

2022-10-21

The Addams Family left syndicated TV and the Broadway stage behind to return to the big screen in 2019 for a kooky hit cartoon feature. Can tweens Pugsley (Finn Wolfhart) and Wednesday (Chloe Grace Moritz) please parents Gomez (Oscar Isaac) and Morticia (Charlize Theron) by conforming to ooky tradition while staying true to their morbid little selves? And is original illustrator Charles Addams spinning in his grave over the way MGM has redrawn his creations? You’ll go berserker for the Mazurka when you Donate for Silver Level this October!

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The Munsters (2022)

2022-10-07

Rob Zombie is the last guy you’d expect to revive a classic TV sitcom, but the metal icon has actually been waiting his whole career to cover The Munsters. Should parents be concerned that his Lily Munster will entertain the kiddies by straddling a pole, given that Sherri Moon is playing the part?  Or is this prequel “more human than human”... or at least less monstrous than Michael Myers and the Firefly clan… because Zombie understands romance? Get the scoop on Mockingbird Lane when you become a Now Playing Patron this October!   

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The Ninth Gate

2022-09-27

Director Roman Polanski has never done things by the book, so it’s weird he’s tasked Johnny Depp with hunting down rare volumes of Satanic lore to open The Ninth Gate of Hell in this 1999 mystery. Is the Devil in the detailed illustrations of these hardback occultist works, or has he taken human form and committed a string of international murders in libraries? And why is the Edward Scissorhands actor all butterfingers when it comes to sexy guardian angel Emamnuelle Seigner? The answers are available when you enter into Now Playing patronage.

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Addams Family Reunion

2022-09-17

I don’t remember seeing Tim Curry and Darryl Hannah in previous portraits of this spooky clan, but somehow they’re the ones inviting audiences back to TV in 1998 for an Addams Family Reunion. Are they, Fester, Lurch, and Thing able to survive a weekend at a sunny California resort with backbiting yuppie relatives? And could Pugsley possibly have found a soul mate in future Disney Channel star Haylie Duff (Lizzie McGuire)? Donate for Silver Level and take a waltz on the wild side with Brock, Arnie, and Stuart as they keep step with this kooky franchise.

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Addams Family Values

2022-09-10

There’s no better proof that The Addams Family Values the sanctity of life… and death… than in this 1993 sequel, as the kooky clan welcomes baby Pubert to the fold. Will Raul Julia and Angelica Houston regret entrusting their new child to Joan Cusack (In & Out), a psycho nanny scheming to abscond with the family fortune by marrying and murdering Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd)? And has the humor gotten too campy now that Wednesday (Christina Ricci) and Pugsley are banished to the Great Outdoors for the summer? Donate and find out!

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The Addams Family (1991)

2022-09-03

Raul Julia and Anjelica Houston invite crooks and movie audiences back into The Addams Family home for a big budget 1991 box office blockbuster. Is Christopher Lloyd (Back To The Future) pulling their chain or actually their long lost relative Uncle Fester? And if Wednesday’s child is full of woe, why is Christina Ricci such a delight as the morbid Addams daughter out to expose the deception? Brock, Arnie, and Stuart are on hand to assess the fortune made by Barry Sonnenfeld (Men In Black) in his directorial debut when you Donate for Silver this Fall.

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Halloween with the New Addams Family

2022-08-28

Halloween comes early this year for Silver Level Donors who want to hear all about the creepy and kooky New Addams Family. More than 10 years after ABC canceled their sitcom, John Astin and Carolyn Jones invite TV audiences back to their mansion for a prime time special celebrating the coming of Cousin Shy and the haunted holiday season. Is it a trick or a treat that high tech criminals are also at the party impersonating Gomez and Morticia, and trying to infiltrate the family vault? These ooky treasures are yours in living color when you Donate Now!

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Nope

2022-08-05

Would Jakob, Arnie, and Stuart pass up an opportunity to review a new Jordan Peele movie? Nope. That’s why Now Playing Patrons are being treated to an out-of-this-world podcast this August about his latest filthy spectacle. Can siblings Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer pay off family debts by photographing the UFO beaming horses off their movie ranch? And is that a flying saucer poking through those Agua Dulce clouds, or an oversized dinner plate meant to serve up tourists to the aliens? Donate to hear the hosts make a hearty meal out of this movie.

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

2022-07-30

Vampires are losing their heads over Bella’s new baby in Part 2 of Breaking Dawn. Can Edward and the Cullen clan convince the Volturi to spare the life of freaky Renesmee? Or are Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning destined to cause mass casualties in Forks, Washington when they arrive for a final showdown? And now that Robert Pattinson has finally taken Kristen Stewart off the market, will Taylor Lautner get hitched to a bride who hasn’t yet learned to walk down the aisle? Donate for Silver and revel in the bizarre mysteries of The Twilight Saga forever.

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

2022-07-23

The honeymoon comes crashing to a close in Breaking Dawn, after horny newlywed Kristen Stewart winds up pregnant with a vampire/human hybrid. Is Bella strong enough to birth Edward’s child without the bloodsucking fetus bursting from her oversized baby bump (or the embarrassed actors busting a gut over the script)? And has Jacob reached his breaking point with his wolf pack after Alpha dog Sam vows to hunt down and kill the woman he loves? Help the podcasters put a Silver Level bullet in Part 1 of The Twilight Saga conclusion. Donate now!

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Adventures in Babysitting

2022-07-16

Elisabeth Shue thought she was in for a night of Häagen-Dazs and bedtime stories, but winds up stranding three children in downtown Chicago in the 1987 comedy Adventures In Babysitting. Can the teenager get her charges safely back to suburbia before the parents learn they’ve been crashing frat parties, stealing porn mags from mafioso, and dangling from skyscrapers after curfew?  And is Chris Columbus’ directorial debut also part of the Thor retrospective?  Find out when you become a Now Playing Patron this July, or you’ll be left singing the Babysitter’s Blues.     

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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

2022-07-08

Rivals Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattison are ready to rip each other to pieces, but Kristen Stewart needs both monsters on her side if she’s going to survive Eclipse. Is the alliance between vampires and werewolves strong enough to defeat Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World) and her army of Seattle Newborns? And will Bella reconsider spending eternity as a Cold One after hanging around the campfire with Jacob and his tribe of shirtless hunks? Donate Now to hear Jakob, Arnie, and Stuart bite on the third installment of The Twilight Saga.

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon

2022-07-02

Kristen Stewart seemed content to spend eternity with Robert Pattinson after their first movie together. But with the arrival of the New Moon comes a new opportunity for love with shirtless werewolf Taylor Lautner. Will the fickle teenager choose hotness under the stars over another cold night in the sheets? And who is better equipped to protect Bella from diabolical vampire counsel The Volturi, whose members include Michael Sheen (Underworld) and Dakota Fanning (War of the Worlds)? Donate for Silver Level and know the heart of The Twilight Saga.

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Twilight

2022-06-24

Horror fans held their nose when Twilight turned vampires into sparkling vegetarian loverboys back in 2008. Now Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie are finally brave enough to revisit one of the biggest movie phenomena of the millennium, and see if Robert Pattinson’s icy romance with Kristen Stewart passes the smell test. Will Edward have an easier time getting to third base romancing Bella Swan than playing vampire baseball with his undead family? Find out when you donate for Silver Level, sit back, and enjoy a Cold One with Arnie, Jakob and Stuart.

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Love, Simon

2022-06-16

Everyone at Creekwood High seems to Love Simon… but that might change if they found out how much Simon loves writing to another closeted boy at school. Will the gay teenager risk having his romantic emails published on social media before he can learn the identity of his secret crush? Or is it easier to give nerdy blackmailer Logan Miller (Escape Room) a Queer Eye makeover that will win the heart of X-man Alexandra Shipp? Become a Now Playing Patron this June and experience all the pride and prejudice in this popular YA novel adaptation.

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

2022-05-20

Jack Nicholson cemented his reputation as the craziest leading man of his generation when he committed to playing a mental patient in the 1975 Best Picture winner One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Is his salty convict insane for thinking he can inspire fellow patients like Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, and Brad Dourif to take charge of their lives? Or will sadistic Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) bring down the hammer on his rebel-rousing? You have a front row seat to the World Series of podcasting when you become a May Now Playing Patron.

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Under the Skin

2022-05-06

Scarlett Johansson may look like one of Hollywood’s most desirable leading ladies, but Under The Skin she’s a predatory space alien with designs on submerging every bloke in Scotland in a pit of dissolving black ooze. Will Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie get onboard with the artsy aesthetic and secret camera approach of music video director Jonathan Glazer? And is ScarJo going down a dangerous path by consenting to on screen nudity? Stop that sinking feeling that occurs every time you miss a Now Playing exclusive podcast by signing up to be a Patron this May.

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

2022-04-29

Ben Stiller is best known as the pratfalling star of broad comedies like Meet The Parents, but his Secret Life ambition is to be an A-list director of Oscar bait like the 2013 Walter Mitty remake. Danny Kaye’s daydreamer of yesteryear is now a dweeb in the basement of Life Magazine, who locates his inner daredevil when he’s tasked with traveling the globe to find a misplaced photo negative. Don’t try to imagine how Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob will experience Stiller’s big artistic gambit. Take the leap of becoming a Now Playing Patron, and hear it all for yourself this April.

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The Warriors

2022-04-29

The Warriors was a 1979 gang film that had studio expectations as low as its budget. Yet the film's unique style, iconography, and treatment of gang life found its audience and is a cult hit to this day. Why is that? Does the film hold up nearly 40 years later? And what are the plans for the remake of this movie? Patrons of Now Playing's Podbean Campaign pledging $10 or more can listen now and find out!

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Hook

2022-04-29

Steven Spielberg enchanted '80s kids with movies he both produced and directed, including E.T., Goonies, and Gremlins. In 1990 that filmmaker who seemed to never grow up made a family film for kids of all ages -- Hook. What happens when Peter Pan comes to Earth and grows up to be Robin Williams? This sequel to J. M. Barrie's book and play has the answers. Did this Hook Now Playing's hosts? Patrons of Now Playing's Podbean Campaign pledging $10 or more can listen now and find out!

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Coherence

2022-04-29

A group of friends come together for a casual dinner, but when the power goes out is everyone who they seem to be? Have they been drugged? Is it in their heads? Or is the comet overhead opening a door to parallel dimensions? These are the questions asked in the low-budget science-fiction film Coherence. A review picked by a Now Playing Podbean backer and only available for other backers to hear! Join Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob now to find out if this plot coheres or not!

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Monster Trucks

2022-04-29

Cars and monsters. It sounds like a perfectly easy formula for a kid's movie. Kids love cars. Kids love monsters. And yet Monster Trucks became a monstrous loss for studio Paramount Pictures, who took a $115 million loss before the film even came out. Is it truly one of the worst films of all time, or is its hideous reputation undeserved? Arnie, Stuart, and Jerry take the film for a spin. Become a Patron for Now Playing and you can hear their review!

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Atomic Blonde

2022-04-29

John Wick co-director David Leitch is already best known as the director of next year's Deadpool sequel. But before taking on the Merc with a Mouth Leitch directed a different comic book adaptation: Atomic Blonde, based on the graphic novel The Coldest City. Starring Charlize Theron, Blonde looked to be a female John Wick. Does this '80s period-piece pack the punch of the Wick films? Listen to this bonus episode of Now Playing to find out!

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The Legend of Hell House

2022-04-29

Based on a novel by Richard Matheson (I Am Legend), The Legend of Hell House tells of three supernatural investigators paid to spend five days in the haunted mansion of the late Emeric Belasco. One investigator uses her psychic power, the other tries science, and the third is just there for the money. Can these three investigators prove the existence of life after death? And can our three reviewers prove a reason why you should watch this 1973 chiller? If you're a Now Playing patron you can listen and find out!

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Get Out

2022-04-29

Before February, 2017 Jordan Peele was best known as the comedian partner of Keegan-Michael Key. But his unexpected feature directorial debut Get Out--a horror film--was a smash hit that changed how fans thought of Peele. It was a critical success, and broke several box-office records. Now the Now Playing hosts Get In on the conversation. Now Playing Patrons can hear their review of the year's most-talked-about horror film.

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The LEGO Batman Movie

2022-04-29

The LEGO Movie turned plastic bricks into box office gold. Now the world's number one toy maker hopes to build upon that success with an entire LEGO Movie franchise. Its first installment took arguably the best supporting character from that first film and made him the star--Batman. Is this comedic tale of The Dark Knight kiddie-only fare, or is there something Batfans of all ages can appreciate? Become a Now Playing Patron and you can listen and find out!

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Lord of Illusions

2022-04-29

It took a decade for Hellraiser director Clive Barker to realize the dream of bringing his cursed private eye Harry D'Amour to the big screen. Lord of Illusions was intended to launch Scott Bakula into a new hardboiled horror franchise, but box office black magic quickly shuttered Harry’s detective agency. Will Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart join the character’s small cult of devotees when they exhume Clive’s final film for Now Playing Patrons? Sign up today and find out!

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The Wizard

2022-04-29

Justin, Stuart, and Arnie have video games on the brain in 2018, and it’s led them back to the 1989 family film The Wizard. Future rocker Jenny Lewis convinces TV star Fred Savage that his special needs half-brother Jimmy has the Nintendo skills to pay their bills. The trio hit the open road hoping to hustle gamers in every arcade from Reno to Los Angeles. But will a bully in a Power Glove stop their winning streak once Jimmy enters a high-stakes Super Mario 3 contest? Sign up today to be a Now Playing Patron and find out!

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The Last Dragon

2022-04-29

Motown founder Barry Gordy made a movie like no other when he produced the 1985 musical curiosity The Last Dragon. Frustrated martial artist “Bruce” Leroy Green searches the Big Apple for a new master, and winds up defending a beautiful VJ (Vanity) from a cadre of villains - including a mafioso jukebox tycoon, a sea monster in a tank, and the belligerent “Shogun of Harlem.” You’ll sho’nuff find out if limp wimps Arnie, Justin, and Stuart give this camp classic a “Glow-ing” recommendation when you become a Now Playing Patron.

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High Tension (Haute Tension)

2022-04-29

America wasn’t the only country to produce torture porn this millennium. Piranha 3D director Alexandre Aja first made a name for himself with the 2003 Gaelic slasher Haute Tension. Will Yank audiences be able to translate this ultraviolent tale of a deranged mechanic stalking two college girls in the French countryside? And can Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart make sense of that infamous twist ending?! Find out when you become a Now Playing Patron merci beaucoup!

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Beetlejuice

2022-04-29

It’s showtime once again for Betelgeuse… better known as Beetlejuice. (Just don’t say his name thrice!) The fast-talking “bio-exorcist” made the heads of millions of moviegoers spin when he debuted in theaters 30 years ago this month. Now “co-hosts with the most” Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart dig up this first collaboration between Batman star Michael Keaton and director Tim Burton to see if their zany afterlife comedy still kills. Listeners can join them in the conga line when they become a Now Playing Patron.

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Goodfellas

2022-04-29

The Godfather enjoyed the reputation of being the greatest gangster film ever made for nearly 20 years before director Martin Scorsese ordered actors Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci to dig a hole and bury Pacino’s dark tragedy. 1990 mob epic Goodfellas looks at Family life from the purview of low level hoods who will never get to be “made men” like Michael Corleone. Find out if hosts Stuart, Jakob, and Arnie bust these wiseguys’ balls for their outrageous scams and gratuitous f-bombs when you become a Now Playing Patron.

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Enter the Dragon

2022-04-29

Kung Fu films have a storied history, but Americans would likely be unaware of it were it not for one man--Bruce Lee. The martial arts virtuoso and actor brought this Hong Kong style to the United States with his breakout film Enter the Dragon. Sadly, Lee would not live to see his biggest film released, but his legacy lives on to this day. So enter the ring with the Now Playing hosts as they reflect on this kung fu classic.

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The Untouchables

2022-04-29

Treasury Officer Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) creates an elite task force of axe-wielding Prohibitionists, set on bringing down murderous bootlegger Al Capone (Robert De Niro), in the 1987 blockbuster The Untouchables. Will Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob find director Brian DePalma’s second movie about a hood nicknamed Scarface - now made “the Chicago way” - to be as violent and entertaining as his 1983 Al Pacino cult classic? Become a Now Playing Patron this July and enjoy a podcast that’s much more diverting than accounting.

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New Jack City

2022-04-29

Now Playing is looking for some New Jack patrons to join them for a New Jack gangster flick. Let Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart sex you up this August with an exclusive podcast dedicated to the 1991 hood classic New Jack City! Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes) thinks “the world is mine” now that Al Pacino’s Scarface is dead, and he controls New York’s crack cocaine empire. Find out if the bad guy also steals the spotlight away from director/star Mario Van Peebles, rapper Ice-T, Breakfast Club bad boy Judd Nelson, and comedic junkie Chris Rock when you become a patron today.

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Vanilla Sky

2022-04-29

Open your eyes and take another look at Vanilla Sky, the much-maligned puzzle movie that Tom Cruise and director Cameron Crowe made as an encore to Jerry Maguire. Audiences in 2001 thought the toothy mega-star would always play handsome, infallible heroes, and recoiled when the fantastical melodrama remade Cruise into a disfigured murderer. Will podcasters Jakob, Arnie, and Stuart see new virtues as they pull the intricate story out of deep freeze, or are they just de-thawing a 17-year-old dog? Find out when you become a Now Playing Patron!

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The Witch

2022-04-29

Now Playing Patrons have damned podcasters Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob to make sense of The Witch, the spooky 2016 indie that divides genre fans over the label “elevated horror”. Is black magic at work when baby Samuel goes missing, and a 17th Century family of Salem exiles start blaming each other for their sudden streak of misfortune? Or should Split star Anya Taylor-Joy fear her parents’ extreme religious teachings more than demonic goat Black Phillip? Thoust will find out - and live deliciously - when you Become a Now Playing Patron this October.

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Apocalypse Now

2022-04-29

Stuart, Jakob, and Arnie have a mission for all listeners this November: become a Now Playing Patron and enjoy an epic review of 1979 ‘Nam classic Apocalypse Now. Martin Sheen put his life on the line to play a shell-shocked soldier traveling a wartorn river on the hunt for rogue colonel Marlon Brando. Is this boat trip into the heart of darkness worth the risks creator Francis Ford Coppola took with his sanity and Godfather profits? And does napalm smell even sweeter in the extended 2003 Redux Cut? The dossier is declassified when you Enlist Today!

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The Nightmare Before Christmas

2022-04-29

By 1993 audiences had become accustomed to Tim Burton’s dark, gothic style. We also had seen him depict goth, cold, snowy Christmases in both Batman Returns and Edward Scissorhands. Those two live-action films seem like a build-up to Burton’s now-classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. Though he handed the directing reigns to Henry Selick, Burton’s fingerprints are all over this stop-motion fairy tale he wrote and produced. Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Now Playing hosts join Jack Skellington and Sandy Claws in Christmas Town. Is the film a great present, or a lump of coal in our hosts’ stockings? Become a Now Playing patron now to find out!

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Body Heat

2022-04-29

Kathleen Turner and William Hurt burned up the screen playing adulterers plotting to blow up husband Richard Crenna in the steamy 1981 thriller Body Heat. Does writer-director Lawrence Kasdan recapture the feel of classic 1940s mysteries with the same success his Raiders of the Lost Ark screenplay duplicated the thrill of old-fashioned movie serials? Or does Cheers star Ted Danson turn the whole affair into a lavish musical with his breakout turn as a hot-stepping lawyer? You’ll find out when you do what’s necessary, and become a Now Playing Patron.

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Super

2022-04-29

Come to the rescue of independent podcasting this January when you sign up to be a Now Playing Patron! It’s a Super way of getting exclusive content, like this bonus review of the first comic book movie by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy). Can nerdy crimefighter Rainn Wilson put a wrench in Kevin Bacon’s plans to hook wife Liv Tyler on drugs? And did Kick Ass steal Crimson Bolt’s thunder by beating him and ward Bolty (Ellen Page) to theaters? Find out when you suit up for another gangbuster Patron show with Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie.

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Forbidden Planet

2022-04-29

Moviegoers eager to join Captain Marvel in space this March are first encouraged to blast off to a Forbidden Planet. Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie are heading back in time to explore a highly influential science fiction classic. Will the hosts be over the moon for this Freudian take on future peril as Leslie Nielsen - trading his “Naked Gun” for a laser ray - fights off an invisible Id Monster? And does Robbie The Robot come off as C-3PO’s cool older brother, or the prototype for the Terminator? Enlist to become a Now Playing Patron and find out!

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Big

2022-04-29

Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob are taking April Patrons back to their childhood as they revisit BIG - the ultimate coming-of-age comedy. Tom Hanks earned his first Oscar nomination playing a pint-sized 12-year-old boy, who makes a careless wish on a carnival fortune-telling machine, and wakes up in the body of a 30-year-old man. Does Penny Marshall’s fable still play for a grown up audience? And how has parenting changed in the decades since this classic opened? A small contribution is all that’s required to become a Now Playing Patron and Find Out!

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit

2022-04-29

Justin, Stuart, and Arnie aim to p-p-please this May with a p-p-podcast review of Who Framed Roger Rabbit - the most celebrated marriage of live action and cel drawn animation ever! Bob Hoskins is the cartoon-hating gumshoe helping an anxious animated hare beat a murder rap. Will the real killer turn out to be Roger’s femme fatale wife Jessica Rabbit? And is Toontown big enough to house both Walt Disney and Warner Bros characters harmoniously? Your dreams come true not when you wish upon a star, but become a Now Playing Patron!

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Akira

2022-04-29

Stuart, Jakob, and Arnie are headed to Neo-Tokyo this June for a much-anticipated review of Akira. Japan’s answer to the X-Men pits telekinetic mutants against a fascist Colonel, and pill-popping bikers, in a post-apocalyptic city scarred by nuclear war. Will tyrant Tetsuo succeed in locating the mythical title character beneath an Olympic stadium? Or will phantom limb pain, and friction with former best friend Kaneda, undo his dreams of earning a gold medal in evil? Absorb everything about cinema’s most celebrated anime by becoming a Now Playing Patron.

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Eyes Wide Shut

2022-04-29

Everyone knows infidelity broke up Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, but did their marital problems begin after legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick was invited into their bedroom for the longest film shoot in history? Eyes Wide Shut peels back the curtain on the superstar couple as it sends Tom off on an all-night cruise for sex - climaxing in a masked orgy and a dead supermodel. (But don’t all couples go through this?) Use the password “Patron” to access this exclusive July 2019 show, and get busy with Arnie, Jakob, Stuart, and Kubrick.

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Boogie Nights

2022-04-29

Now Playing Patrons get lucky this August, as the zipper comes down on a super-sized review of Boogie Nights! Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson hit the big time with this unconventional portrait of pornographers living and working in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, as seen through the eyes of well-endowed adult film star Mark Wahlberg. Is something wonderful waiting to burst forth from this ensemble of Hollywood wannabes? Or do the good vibes of the 1970s disappear with the arrival of the coke-fueled ‘80s? Be a Patron and Find Out!

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Miami Vice

2022-04-29

Over 30 years after debuting on NBC television, Miami Vice is reinvented by co-creator Michael Mann as a splashy 2006 summer movie starring Oscar winner Jamie Foxx and mustachioed Colin Farrell. The fashions may have changed, but can Crockett and Tubbs preserve the series’ distinctive sense of cool as they go undercover, and infiltrate a smuggling ring that takes them far beyond city limits to Haiti, Cuba, and Columbia? Join your pals Jakob, Arnie, and Stuart in the speedboat this September when you become a Now Playing Patron!

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Taxi Driver

2022-04-29

Join Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie in the cab this October as they take Patrons through Taxi Driver - one of Martin Scorsese’s most acclaimed films! Is there a better way to beat insomnia than spending time with unhinged Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro) as he plots to wash away politicians and pimps alike from the dirty streets of 1970s Times Square? And will angel Cybill Shepherd, or a preteeen Jodie Foster in her first Oscar-nominated role, be the lucky girl in the backseat when all the shooting is over? Become a Patron and find out!

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Badlands

2022-04-29

Before he traveled up a Vietnamese river to hunt down a rogue soldier, Apocalypse Now star Martin Sheen took Sissy Spacek (aka Carrie) on a killing spree through the Badlands of South Dakota and Montana. The debut feature from acclaimed writer/director Terrence Malick is often cited as being one of the most influential films of the 1970s. Become a Now Playing Patron this November and find out if hosts Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie want to convict Kit and Holly for impersonating Bonnie & Clyde, or have a true romance with this uniquely poetic road movie.

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Flash Gordon

2022-04-29

Before Now Playing rockets back to that fabled galaxy far, far away, Brock, Arnie and Stuart weather the space opera George Lucas once sought to make instead of Star Wars. Comic strip hero Flash Gordon didn’t break any box office records when it crashed into movie theaters back in 1980, but has since won a substantial cult following thanks to colorful visuals, a rockin’ Queen score, and a pervasive sleazy vibe that starts with Playgirl centerfold/star Sam Jones! Find out if it’s the disaster Ming The Merciless hoped it to be by becoming a December Patron.

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Amadeus

2022-04-29

Hear the voice of God… or at least podcasters Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob… when you receive an exclusive show devoted to Amadeus. Was Mozart (Tom Hulce) murdered by jealous court composer Salieri (F Murray Abraham) in an elaborate plot to steal away his final musical composition? And didn’t the cackling brat kind of deserve it for being such an irresponsible husband and disappointing celebrity in person? Find out why this 1780 costume drama became one of the biggest hits of the 1980s when you become a Now Playing Patron this January.

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Closer

2022-04-29

Get to know Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob in revealing new ways this February when you listen to their decidedly un-romantic Valentine’s Day review of 2004 drama Closer. Will London writer Jude Law find the words to break up with American stripper Natalie Portman after falling for married photographer Julia Roberts? And will doctor Clive Owen send the stringy trickster to the ER for catfishing him in a chatroom? Find out who gets screwed, and who gets screwed over, when you sign the contract to become a Now Playing Patron!

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Dragged Across Concrete

2022-04-29

Mel Gibson has been Dragged Across Concrete for more than a decade over drunken, hateful comments caught on tape. Can he make a comeback in the buddy cop genre that made him a superstar? Indie filmmaker S. Craig Zahler (Bone Tomahawk) pulls Lt. Riggs out of retirement, and asks him to meditate on police ethics in the age of viral outrage while on stakeout with new partner Vince Vaughn. One listener called it his favorite film of 2019 and assigned Stuart, Jakob, and Arnie to the case. Find out if they agree when you Enlist as a March Now Playing Patron.

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

2022-04-29

Stanley Kubrick and Peter Sellers help folks see the lighter side of apocalypse with their 1964 Cold War classic Dr. Strangelove. What happens when a paranoid general (Sterling Hayden) decides to protect American bodily fluids by ordering fighter pilot Slim Pickens to drop 50 megaton bombs on unsuspecting Soviet targets? Can George C. Scott and a Nazi scientist convince the US President there’s an upside to starting World War III? Find out when you become a Now Playing Patron and join Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob in the bunker this April.

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Color of Night

2022-04-29

Color of Night

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A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2022-04-29

In 1968, director Stanley Kubrick concluded mankind’s space odyssey would be cut short by an evil computer named HAL. In 2001, sentimental friend Steven Spielberg completed the dead filmmaker’s exploration into Artificial Intelligence with one Siri-ously trippy sci-fi collaboration called A.I. What happens when android Pinocchio Haley Joel Osment takes sexbot Jude Law and a talking teddy bear along on his quest to become a flesh-and-blood boy? The Now Playing hosts promise to keep it real when you upgrade to Patron status this May.

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Real Genius

2022-04-29

Anyone can make a popcorn film, but it takes a Real Genius to engineer one of the greatest comedies of the '80s! Join Arnie this June as he slips on the Deely Bobbers and heads back to his Reagan-era school days for another look at this cherished Cold War spoof from the creators of Valley Girl and Police Academy. Can party animal Val Kilmer teach a 15-year-old nerd how to stop worrying and love the high powered laser they're developing for satellite warfare? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize you need to become a Now Playing Patron and listen now!

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The Dark Crystal

2022-04-29

Jim Henson and Frank Oz push the art of puppetry to a new level of sophistication with their expensive 1982 fantasy The Dark Crystal. But does being a fan of Kermit and Fozzie prepare you for a Muppet movie this morbid? Elfin genocide survivors Jen and Kira take on a depraved breed of Big Birds known as Skeksis, who are using the title gem to drain their planet of life essence. Have Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob ever stopped crying from the trauma caused by their initial theatrical viewing? Find out when you become a Now Playing Patron this August!

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Cast Away

2022-04-29

Going crazy after five months in lockdown? Try spending five years on a deserted island like Cast Away Tom Hanks! Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie are commissioned to sail back to Robert Zemeckis' blockbuster 2001 drama, and witness one man rebuild his life after a plane crash. Do any of the FedEx packages recovered from the wreckage contain items that soothe today's catastrophe victims? And does Hanks have more romantic chemistry with his volleyball than fiance Helen Hunt? It takes no time at all to become an August Patron. Donate and find out!

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Clerks

2022-04-29

Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie weren’t even supposed to podcast today! But because Now Playing listeners are always demanding new content, and regular customer Sean Ray made a special request, the hosts are rolling out of bed to run a price check on the 1994 comedy Clerks. What is Kevin Smith’s super thrifty debut film worth to slackers and service industry workers 26 years later? And what would surly cashiers Dante and Randal say about the sex habits of executive producer Harvey Weinstein now? Only September Patrons will be served!

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The House That Jack Built

2022-04-29

Become a Now Playing Patron this October and step inside The House That Jack Built. Wannabe architect Matt Dillon wants to make you feel cozy inside his lair, so ignore the bodies and bad pizza piled up in the freezer, and consider how all the blood on the walls is just another form of art. Is bad boy director Lars Von Trier going to Hell for making crude jokes about the suffering he’s caused women, children, and small animals throughout his controversial career? Stuart, Jakob, and Arnie are ready to pass judgement when you Donate Now.

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JFK

2022-04-29

It’s been nearly 60 years since JFK was assassinated in a Dallas motorcade, and yet many of the questions asked by Oliver Stone’s 1991 Oscar-winning docudrama remain unanswered. Kevin Costner stars as New Orleans DA Jim Garrison - the only man to publicly prosecute someone for the 35th President’s murder. Was Lee Harvey Oswald (Gary Oldman) made a patsy for crimes actually engineered by Tommy Lee Jones and Joe Pesci? Become a Now Playing Patron this November, as Stuart, Jakob, and Arnie reopen this controversial case file.

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Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?

2022-04-29

Guess Who’s Coming To Now Playing? Spencer Tracey and Katharine Hepburn host a hilarious lesson in civility and true love with their Oscar-winning 1967 comedy. How does a liberal White couple explain their angry reaction when their free-spirited daughter returns from Hawaiian vacation engaged to Black doctor Sidney Poitier? Are the racial politics of Stanley Kramer’s message movie the perfect antacid for film lovers struggling to digest Thanksgiving conversation in culturally divided America? Dinner is served when you become a November Patron!

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Trading Places

2022-04-29

Scrooge Dan Aykroyd learns something about Christmas (and frozen orange juice commodities) after Trading Places with street beggar Eddie Murphy in Now Playing’s holiday gift to December Patrons. Is this 1983 blockbuster uproarious because of the funny nature of these SNL stars? Or did director John Landis nurture the comedy by turning the decade’s obsession with yuppies and wealth into satirical targets? And how well did Jamie Lee Curtis shed her Scream Queen image to make audiences howl with laughter? Spend a little coin to help our show and find out.

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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2022-04-29

Brad Pitt may be the outlaw with the target on his back, but the real tragedy about The Assassination of Jesse James is what happened to The Coward that shot him. Casey Affleck co-stars as Robert Ford, the teenage fanboy who joins his idol on a train robbery that goes so badly it dooms both men to violent ends. Does this poetic Western deserve more fame and respect than it got from common folk in 2007? Join Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob as they take May Patrons back to 1881 to learn how America creates legends and losers. Donate Today!

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Pumping Iron

2022-04-29

Now Playing wants to get you pumped for another year of Patron exclusives by kicking off 2021 with a look back at the bodybuilding documentary that turned Arnold Schwarzenegger into a movie star. Will Jakob and Stuart be rooting for the Austrian Oak, future Incredible Hulk Lou Ferrigno, or one of the other colorful contestants vying to be Mr. Universe? And does our Arnie agree that Pumping Iron feels as fantastic as having sex with a beautiful woman? Find out by be-cuming a January Patron, and helping us carry some of the financial weight of the show.

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The Manitou

2022-04-29

Is that a lump in your throat, or are you just excited to talk about The Manitou - the craziest Omen wannabe of the 1970s? Find out what happens when swingin’ bachelor and clairvoyant con artist Tony Curtis learns a 400 year old Native American has beaten him inside the body of girlfriend Susan Strasberg. Can bookish Burgess Meredith, medicine man Michael Ansara, and one giant mainframe computer exorcise the ancient spirit before it sends her and all of White Man America into outer space? Become a February Patron and join this magic circle now!

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Titanic

2022-04-29

85 years after hitting an iceberg and sinking into the Atlantic, writer/director James Cameron resurrects the legendary ship Titanic as a 1997 cinematic spectacle. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio are two of the 2,200 passengers trying to stay afloat after greed, arrogance, and bad luck doom the luxury liner on its maiden voyage. Are the hosts a wreck too after re-experiencing the 1912 disaster? Or would they prefer to chuck this three-hour melodrama into the ocean? Find out when you set a course to become a Now Playing Patron this April.

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Dragon Ball Super: Broly

2022-04-29

The epic quest to obtain seven wish-granting Dragon Ball talismans has spanned time and space and every kind of media imaginable - comic books, cartoons, video games, and now a 2018 blockbuster movie. Is the latest chapter of the saga Super for resurrecting Broly, the musclebound menace of Goku and his extended family? And how much of the franchise’s dense mythology is comprehensible to viewers who didn’t catch ‘em all in the last 35 years? Become a March Patron and help Stuart, Justin, and Arnie take up this fight!

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The Vanishing (1988)

2022-04-29

The Vanishing of a woman making a quick pit stop during a road trip through France causes her boyfriend to spiral into an obsessive quest for truth in this acclaimed 1988 Dutch thriller. Can an eccentric chemistry teacher who was conducting a social experiment at the same gas station provide closure three years later? And why did critics who loved this existential mystery make the 1993 Hollywood remake with Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock disappear? The only way you’ll know is by becoming a Now Playing Patron, and taking the ride with us this June.

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Jennifer's Body

2022-04-29

Is there more than meets the eye to Megan Fox? The screen vixen takes a break from being objectified in Transformers movies to star as a literal maneater in the 2009 horror-comedy Jennifer’s Body. Can former Mean Girl Amanda Seyfried keep her high school boyfriend safe after a satanic emo band turns her cheerleader BFF into a backbiting monster? And are player haters Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart going all Benihana on screenwriter Diablo Cody because they’re lime green jello about her Juno Oscar win? Find out when you become a September Patron!

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Con Air

2022-04-29

Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart satisfy their itch to travel somewhere exotic this July by buying tickets aboard Con Air, the raucous 1997 action-comedy that pits Nicolas Cage against John Malkovich and a plane full of hardened criminals. Will the wrongfully imprisoned Army Ranger make it home in time to celebrate his daughter’s birthday, and watch her pull a dirty, wet bunny out of a box? And can serial killer Steve Buscemi, arsonist Dave Chappelle, or anyone else in this epic cast of tough guys get away with stealing the spotlight? Become a July Patron and Find Out!

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The Conversation

2022-04-29

The Conversation

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Arrival

2022-04-29

Before attempting to ride giant worms on far-off planet Dune, director Denis Villeneuve made first contact with extra-terrestrial octopi in the 2016 Best Picture nominee Arrival. Can Amy Adams (Man of Steel) and Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) decode an alien language before paranoid world leaders fire nukes at newly landed UFOs? And is this the right time for the DC Comics reporter and Marvel superhero to indulge in office romance? You’ll understand where Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart are coming from when you become a Now Playing Patron this October.

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Schindler's List

2022-04-29

Steven Spielberg stepped away from Jurassic Park and his special effects-driven spectaculars in 1993 to direct the harrowing docudrama Schindler’s List. Liam Neeson stars as a shallow businessman who risks life and fortune to protect his Jewish factory workers from concentration camp boss Ralph Fiennes after WWII Germany enacts the Final Solution. Does a guy whose previous Nazi confrontations involved face-melting ghosts leaping from a Lost Ark have the maturity to dramatize a true Holocaust story? Find out when you become a November Patron.

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Cats

2022-04-29

Cats did not land on its feet when family audiences tossed it from cinemas and into street traffic on Christmas 2019. How did Andrew Lloyd Webber’s blockbuster Broadway musical become such a hairball of a film? Jakob, Arnie, and Stuart are ready to dig their claws into every sour note of this “cat-tastrophy” - from the feral milk and catnip orgies, to Jennifer Hudson and Taylor Swift’s horrifying digital fur makeovers, to Rebel Wilson swallowing a chorus line of cockroaches. You’ll have a jellicle ball too when you become a December Now Playing Patron.

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Dressed to Kill

2022-04-29

We all go a little mad sometimes… especially director Brian DePalma for the thrillers of Alfred Hitchcock in his 1980 postmodern slasher Dressed To Kill. What diagnosis will psychiatrist Michael Caine give the psycho who stalks and kills his patients with the shrink’s stolen straight razor? And can a teenage computer nerd provide any technical assistance to potential victim Nancy Allen, or his sexually frustrated mother Angie Dickinson? Jakob, Arnie, and Stuart invite donors to lie down on a couch made for Now Playing Patrons, and listen in this January.

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Love Exposure

2022-04-29

Now Playing listeners needn’t get their panties in a bunch. Just become a Patron this February, and receive a podcast review of Love Exposure - one of the wildest Japanese melodramas ever made! Find out if a good Catholic mama’s boy is really doing God’s work when he trains a gang of ninjas to secretly film up the skirts of oblivious females. Will this devout pervert finally receive the approval he desires after a dangerous cult brainwashes the crush who only loves him when he cross-dresses? Get all kinds of ideas for a deviant Valentine’s Day when you Donate Now!

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Parasite

2022-04-29

It’s Oscar Sunday, and Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie are celebrating with a review of Parasite - the most shocking Best Picture winner of the last decade! Writer/director Bong Joon Ho (Snowpiercer) exposes the dark side of Korea’s class system with the story of a family of social climbers who con a wealthy clan into opening up their doors and wallets to them. But more than riches and ram-don await the Kims once they worm their way inside the concrete walls of this house of secrets. Become a March Patron and you won’t have to live without this podcast.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

2022-04-19

The end is near for Harry Potter as the boy wizard and his Hogwarts classmates face off with Voldemort and his Death Eaters in The Deathly Hallows Part 2. Will the surviving members of the Order of the Phoenix find the last Horcruxes before the Dark Lord turns his Elder Wand on them? The conclusion takes viewers to the dragon-guarded vaults of goblin bank Gringotts, the flaming treasures inside the Room of Requirement, and an epic Forbidden Forest showdown. Brock, Stuart, and Arnie pity the living who don’t get to hear this Gold Level finale. Donate Now!

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

2022-04-19

Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) has delivered Hogwarts to Severus Snape (Alan Rickman), so Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley leave school to hunt for Horcruxes in Part 1 of their final screen adventure. Will the trio unlock the secrets of immortality by locating three legendary talismans known as the Deathly Hallows? And has muckraker Rita Skeeter uncovered any skeletons in Dumbledore’s closet with her latest tell-all? Find out if this seventh movie leaves a Dark Mark on Brock, Arnie, or Stuart when you Donate for Gold Level.

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Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix

2022-04-19

Hogwarts is besieged by a sadistic, rule-making new headmaster (Imelda Staunton), so Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix rally a select group of students to fight the system. Can the boy wizard clear his name, and convince the school that Voldemort has indeed returned? Or will Ralph Fiennes snake his way inside Harry’s head, and take possession of his mind and body? And what horror is Hagrid hiding in the Forbidden Forest? Hear every prophecy Brock, Stuart and Arnie have about this Gold Level series when you Donate Today!

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Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix

2022-04-19

Hogwarts is besieged by a sadistic, rule-making new headmaster (Imelda Staunton), so Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix rally a select group of students to fight the system. Can the boy wizard clear his name, and convince the school that Voldemort has indeed returned? Or will Ralph Fiennes snake his way inside Harry’s head, and take possession of his mind and body? And what horror is Hagrid hiding in the Forbidden Forest? Hear every prophecy Brock, Stuart and Arnie have about this Gold Level series when you Donate Today!

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2022-04-19

Things are no longer fun and games at Hogwarts as Harry Potter is forced to compete in the Triwizard Tournament and vie for the Goblet of Fire. Is someone at the school setting up the fourth year wizard to fail as he faces off with dragons, outswims mermaids, and navigates dangerous hedge mazes? And will Twilight hunk Robert Pattinson walk away with the real trophy - Harry’s first crush Cho Chang? You’ll be muttering Unforgivable Curses all spring long if you miss out on this Gold Level Now Playing series. Donate Today!

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2022-04-19

Daniel Ratcliff goes from popular kid to pariah after Harry Potter is accused of opening The Chamber of Secrets and unleashing an ancient curse. Can vain new professor Kenneth Branaugh put a positive spin on the PR nightmare once the boy wizard’s classmates start turning up paralyzed? And will director Chris Columbus (Home Alone) suffer a sophomore slump trying to recapture the magic of his debut? Join Parselmouths Brock, Arnie, and Stuart for their second helping of Potter-mania when you Donate for Gold Level.

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2022-04-19

Daniel Ratcliff goes from popular kid to pariah after Harry Potter is accused of opening The Chamber of Secrets and unleashing an ancient curse. Can vain new professor Kenneth Branaugh put a positive spin on the PR nightmare once the boy wizard’s classmates start turning up paralyzed? And will director Chris Columbus (Home Alone) suffer a sophomore slump trying to recapture the magic of his debut? Join Parselmouths Brock, Arnie, and Stuart for their second helping of Potter-mania when you Donate for Gold Level.

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

2022-04-19

Something magical is happening at Now Playing! Muggles Arnie, Stuart, and Brock are enrolling at Hogwarts, and getting an education in the Harry Potter movie franchise. The adventure begins with The Sorcerer’s Stone, the 2001 debut in which Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint became fast friends in their first year at wizard school. But can the freshmen stop a duplicitous teacher from bringing unspeakable nemesis Voldermort back from the dead? You’ll get access to all you desire when you Donate Now for this eight-part Gold Level podcast series.

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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

2022-04-19

A documentary filmmaker goes looking for her Next of Kin on a remote farm and winds up witnessing Paranormal Activity. Has the latest installment of the franchise found religion, and returned to divulge well-guarded secrets about the unseen evil that’s stalked suburbia for the last six movies? Or will audiences be stuck watching hours of folk dancing and butter churning if the high-tech drones and GoPros don’t get a clear look at the demon dwelling beneath an old church? Find out if Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart are in Seventh Heaven when you Donate for Gold.

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Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

2022-04-19

Don’t adjust your TV sets! Tracking is not the reason why the sixth installment of Paranormal Activity has so many wavy lines running through it. The new footage was simply shot using Katie and Kristi’s spirit camcorder, which photographs a three-dimensional Ghost Dimension. Prepare to make some extra trippy Yuletide memories with the Fleege family, as wipsy demon Tobi beats Santa down the chimney in an attempt to possess wee daughter Leila. The hosts are sure to provide wet blankets for this holiday extermination ceremony when you Donate for Gold.

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Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

2022-04-19

Katie, Kristi, and Hunter aren’t the only children to grow up on videotape, surrounded by Paranormal Activity. A Latinx teenager documents his own possession in The Marked Ones, after being hexed by the bruja downstairs. Is it so bad that the aspiring filmmaker can now lean back at impossible angles, walk his chihuahua on the ceiling, or knock over gangbangers with a flick of his fingers? And how did Grandma Lois and her coven of SoCal witches come to be part of la familia? Donate for Gold Level to get the answers, and celebrate Cinco de Incubo.

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Paranormal Activity 4

2022-04-19

Newborn Hunter Rey disappeared into the foster care system amid a flurry of Paranormal Activity 4 years ago. Now Aunt Katie is ready to bring the boy back home to his family of witches, even though that means murdering more wholesome suburbanites on CCTV. Watch as Hunter’s half-sister Kathryn Newton (Freaky) and her cockblocked BFF wire all the webcams in a Nevada two-story so that audiences have front row seats to their showdown with the occult. Get a functional password for this thrilling Gold Level podcast when you Donate Today.

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Paranormal Activity 3

2022-04-19

Paranormal Activity 3 rewinds the story of terrorized sisters Katie and Kristi Featherston back to their first childhood encounters with evil spirits in the 1980s. Can a low rent wedding photographer use his rudimentary equipment to catch the nightly demonic assaults occurring in his stepdaughters’ loft? And are new directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman catfishing the audience into thinking this third chapter in the saga is a worn out VHS copy of Poltergeist? Follow the family tree to its twisted roots when you Donate for Gold Level!

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Paranormal Activity 2

2022-04-19

Katie Featherston wasn’t the first girl to be caught on tape in a bedroom tryst with a demon. Little sister Kristi experienced Paranormal Activity 2 in a blockbuster prequel that documents the same aggressive, unseen force attempting to abduct her newborn son. Does indie director Tod Williams find a new angle on the found footage genre by installing security cameras in revealing new places around a SoCal suburban home? And does a superstitious maid have the answer for ridding the family of this evil spirit forever? Push play on this Gold Level entry and find out.

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Paranormal Activity

2022-04-19

A San Diego couple buy a video camera to document the Paranormal Activity visiting their bedroom late at night, and end up making the most profitable horror movie of all time. How did raw footage of creaking floorboards and slight door movements scare the bejesus out of audiences steeped in the graphic imagery of torture porn? And can Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie find any clues revealing the identity of this demon supposedly hiding in the dark? The lights come up on a highly requested series when you Donate for Gold Level this Fall.

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Bird Box

2022-04-19

All eyes were on Birdbox when it debuted in 2018 as Netflix’s all-time #1 movie. But how realistic is this apocalyptic tale to audiences after a pandemic? Did Sandra Bullock shove her two children into a pontoon and blindly navigate river rapids just to avoid monsters nobody can see, or because she spent too much time single-parenting in quarantine? And would the loner be any saner living in a supermarket with John Malkovich (Con Air) and Lil Rel Howery (Get Out)? Get the answers when you pledge for Platinum, and remove the Now Playing blindfold.

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A Quiet Place Part II

2022-04-19

John Krasinski bought the farm, so Emily Blunt and her brood must now tiptoe out into a dangerous world and look for another Quiet Place to hide from man-eating aliens. Part II has deaf daughter Regan risking life and limb to reach a radio station on a remote island, where her cochlear implant could potentially broadcast a weaponized soundwave. Is widower Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later) better at protecting this brave child than he was his own family? And will audiences hear more about the day the space invasion began? Donate Now for Platinum!

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A Quiet Place

2022-04-19

A Quiet Place

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Zodiac

2022-04-19

The elusive killer known only as Zodiac has evaded justice for over 50 years, but now Se7en director David Fincher is on the case with his fourth Gold Level thriller. Can cartoonist Jake Gyllenhaal help fill in the picture for San Francisco cops Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Edwards as they investigate a series of puzzling 1969 murders? And will smartass reporter Robert Downey Jr. die because he slandered the phantom slayer in print, or because he drank all those aqua velva cocktails? You’ll be put on Now Playing’s mailing list and find out when you Donate Today.

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Don’t Breathe 2

2022-04-19

All Stephen Lang ever wanted to do was keep his daughter safe. But in Don’t Breathe 2, the blind veteran is forced to pick up a hammer and beat back some ruthless meth dealers and human traffickers breaking into his new house to seize a little girl. Are Jakob, Arnie, and Stuart ready to forgive the monster of the original Home Invasion classic? Or is it impossible to look away from the awful things the vigilante did to acquire his family? Our lips are sealed until you become a Silver Level Donor, and open the door to exciting podcast exclusives this Fall.

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Don’t Breathe

2022-04-19

Blind veteran Stephen Lang (Avatar) looked like an easy mark, but it’s the trio of burglars breaking into his crumbling Detroit two-story who should be scared for their lives in Don’t Breathe. Sitcom star Jane Levy and Dylan Minnette (Goosebumps) try to tiptoe around the fact that they’ve stumbled into a dangerous living situation full of traps, surprises, and a host who can hear their every move. Find out if they get away with the money they need to fund their California dreamin’ when you Donate for Now Playing’s next Home Invasion classic. Go Silver!

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You're Next

2022-04-19

The next installment in Now Playing’s Silver Level home invasion retrospective is You’re Next, the irreverent 2013 thriller from indie director Adam Wingard (The Guest). What happens when masked assassins target a mansion where the bickering family inside is more prepared for bloodshed than they are? Does our Australian Final Girl prefer the arrows coming through the window to the ones shooting back and forth between the nasty siblings? You’re always safe with Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart, as they take aim at another genre classic. Donate Now!

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Candyman (2021)

2022-04-19

Who can take a franchise, sprinkle it with dew, and get whole new generations buzzing about a gutted corpse or two? Executive producer Jordan Peele can, because he mixes love for a 1992 Tony Todd slasher with the inflammatory racial politics of Get Out and Us. Is it performance art or possession that drives a desperate Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman) to strap on the iconic hook and paint the gentrified Cabrini-Green neighborhood red in 2019? You can summon the thoughts of the Now Playing hosts anytime you want when you Donate for Candyman today!

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Candyman: Day of the Dead

2022-04-19

Horror movie lovers call Candyman to the screen for a third time as East LA celebrates Day of the Dead. Can the urban legend boogeyman once known as 19th Century artist Daniel Robitaille convince new blonde Donna D'Errico (Baywatch) to promote his legacy of violence in an art gallery exhibition of his paintings? And would the LAPD dare crack down on gang activity in the rough neighborhood once the sweet-talking serial killer starts recruiting locals into his congregation? You're invited to the picnic too when you become a Silver Level Donor.

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Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

2022-04-19

How many beads will New Orleans throw hook-handed slasher Candyman after he leaves Chicago to celebrate Mardi Gras in the Big Easy, and flash that infamous chest full of bees at the descendants of those who lynched him? Is this sequel really a Farewell To The Flesh, or a hearty hello to new director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls), and a new blonde scholar out to shatter the urban legend's bad boy reputation with grade schoolers? It's sweets for the sweet Now Playing donor who unwraps the Silver Level foil on this tasty podcast.

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Candyman (1992)

2022-04-19

Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob invite Now Playing listeners to “be our victim” all June long, as they whisk Silver Level Donors back to Chicago’s notorious Cabrini-Green housing project in search of the original Candyman. Tony Todd (Final Destination) stars as an urban legend serial killer who likes to put grad students like Virginia Madsen on the hook for all his grisly deeds. Is there any truth to the rumor that Clive Barker’s honey-voiced slasher surpassed Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Michael Myers as the horror icon of the 1990s? Donate and find out!

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Us

2022-04-19

This Friday the 13th, slip on a red jumpsuit and tether yourself to the weirdest blockbuster of 2019. Lupita Nyong'o returns to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk where she once mysteriously went missing, and confronts sinister duplicates of her family. Is getting these leering look alikes out of her childhood home as scary or funny as Get Out? And why did writer-director Jordan Peele link this slasher scenario to the failed 1986 humanitarian effort Hands Across America? The Now Playing hosts have five on it, so don’t panic. Join Us at the Silver Level this summer to Find Out!

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The Strangers -- Prey at Night

2022-04-19

The Strangers are back on screen hunting Prey At Night a decade after shaking up the Home Invasion genre with their 2008 debut. Have Dollface, Pin-Up Girl, and the Man in the Mask upped their game by taking on an entire trailer park? And has mom Christina Hendricks dealt with enough Mad Men on television to know how to keep this trio of maniacs away from her “Tetris King’’ husband, jock son, and juvenile delinquent daughter? That knocking you hear is Stuart, Arnie and Jakob going door-to-door looking for Silver Level listeners. So Donate Now!

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The Strangers

2022-04-19

Lock the doors, bar the windows, and strap on a pair of headphones! Now Playing is prepping a retrospective of recent Home Invasion Classics, starting with the original 2008 shocker The Strangers. Why do three masked pranksters spend the night terrorizing a couple in a remote woodland cottage? And can Liv Tyler (Lord of the Rings) and Scott Speedman (Underworld) appease their unwanted house guests before they become another crime statistic? Invite Stuart, Arnie, Jakob, and a whole lot of fun into your life when you donate for Fall’s Silver Level Series.

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Old

2022-04-19

Has M. Night Shyamalan’s love for outlandish plot twists gotten Old? The Sixth Sense director tries not to look washed up as he brings summer movie audiences to a supernatural beach where vacationers wrinkle rapidly no matter how much sunscreen is applied. Can a dysfunctional family find a way out of this sand trap before they turn to dust? And does accelerated aging allow parents to bypass having the awkward ‘birds and bees’ conversation with their kids, and just let nature take its course? The clock is ticking. Donate this second!

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28 Days Later

2022-04-19

28 Days Later is part apocalyptic thriller, part zombie horror, all scary as hell. Directed by Trainspotting wunderkind Danny Boyle 28 Days Later had a small budget but portrayed a grand vision. Its success helped reignite a love for zombies in 21st century cinema, introduced American audiences to future Batman baddie Cillian Murphy, and returned Boyle's status as an indie darling. But does the film hold up 10 years later? Thanks to your donation to Now Playing you can listen and find out!

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The Matrix Revolutions

2022-04-19

"Everything that has a beginning has an end." That mantra is spoken repeatedly in The Matrix Revolutions, the conclusion of the Wachowski Brothers' original vision. But is this a case where the ends justify the means? In 2003 this film was met with widespread fan dissatisfaction, but with over 10 years of distance Stuart, Jakob, and Arnie are ready to jack in one last time. Does the film deserve its reputation? Thanks to your donation to Now Playing you can listen to find out!

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The Matrix Reloaded

2022-04-19

It took four years for movie fans to re-enter the Matrix. From 1999 to 2003 there were no Matrix movies, comics, or even video games. But in 2003 that all changed as the Wachowski Brothers unleashed an onslaught of Matrix media on fans, including not one but two films that promised to bring the Matrix saga to a close. The first of those films was The Matrix Reloaded. Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus were back but they brought dozens of new characters increasing the complexity of the film series. Fans left theaters divided on the sequel they had anticipated for so long, but was the film that much of a departure from the original? Thanks to your donation to Now Playing you can listen and find out!

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The Matrix

2022-04-19

In 1999 sci-fi fans were blown away by a new vision of rebel freedom fighters struggling against an oppressive ruler. New CGI effects helped to create visions never before seen in film. No, we're not talking about The Phantom Menace but The Matrix. Part Terminator, part Star Wars, part video game, The Matrix created a cult following and a fashion style. Now, fifteen years later, does this film still hold up? Thanks to your donation you can take the red pill and Stuart, Jakob, and Arnie will show you how deep the rabbit hole goes!

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

2022-04-19

The rebellion against President Snow and the Capital has reached its zenith. Under the leadership of President Coin, and inspired by The Mockingjay Katniss Everdeen, the districts have joined forces and are fighting for their own freedom. But all is not what it seems, and it's time for The Girl on Fire to face one final Hunger Games. Is this final installment in The Hunger Games film series a worthy conclusion? Thanks to your donation to Now Playing you can listen to this bonus movie review podcast and find out!

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

2022-04-19

​Last night The Hunger Games film series reached its conclusion as Mockingjay Part 2 was released in theaters. Prepare for that ultimate conclusion by joining Stuart, Jakob, and Arnie as they review Mockingjay Part 1 in this podcast. Did Suzanne Collins' third book need to be split into two movies? And how does a Hunger Games movie work with no games? Thanks to your donation to Now Playing, you can join Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob to find out!

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2022-04-19

The 2012 Hunger Games movie proved Katniss and her games could be as successful on screen as they were on the page. Color Force and Lionsgate wanted to ensure continued success with The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Released over a year later, the second film established Hunger Games as a November release staple. And with this sequel there's a new director, new writers, and almost double the budget. Did more money mean a better film? Thanks to your donation to Now Playing you can join Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob to find out!

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The Hunger Games

2022-04-19

The Hunger Games novels topped the New York Times best seller lists and went on to become Amazon's all-time top selling book series (outselling even Harry Potter). Jennifer Lawrence was an acclaimed Oscar-nominated actress gaining mainstream attention after her role in X-Men: First Class. When those two came together, with Lawrence playing lead character Katniss in the Hunger Games movie series, the result was a worldwide phenomenon. The first three films alone grossed over $2 billion worldwide. Now the fourth and final Hunger Games film is set to be released, and leading up to Mockingjay Part 2 Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob are watching and reviewing all the Hunger Games movies. Did the original movie The Hunger Games do the book justice? And how is it not just a young adult series? Thanks to your generous support that keeps our show operating, you can listen and find out!

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10 Cloverfield Lane

2022-04-19

Mary Elizabeth Winstead flees an angry lover in New Orleans only to crash her car at 10 Cloverfield Lane. Should the battered woman be afraid of bumping into the big monster that toppled New York City in the previous installment? Or is she just being gaslit by her paranoid survivalist savior John Goodman? And how does this claustrophobic game of Chutes and Ladders play to an audience that’s already been living in quarantine for months? Join Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart inside the Platinum Level bunker for all the answers when you Donate Today!

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Cloverfield

2022-04-19

Something big is crashing down on Now Playing in time for Halloween! Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart are here to declassify all three installments of JJ Abrams’ super secret Cloverfield monster franchise… starting with the original 2008 found footage blockbuster! What happens when a goodbye party for a New York businessman headed to Japan turns into a ticker tape welcome parade for America’s first kaiju? Does funnyman TJ Miller have enough batteries in his camera to document all the action of this Manhattan rampage? Donate for Platinum Level and find out!

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