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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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