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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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