The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

In anticipation of Father’s Day, Tiny and I discuss our favorite TV show dads. We break down the “TV dad” archetype into three subcategories: The Idiots , The Breadwinners , and The Wholesome Dads . For Potpourri, I share my thoughts on the premiere of Netflix’s Sense8 and declare my love for Star Trek . Also, Tiny talks about John Oliver’s coverage of FIFA on Last Week Tonight . Find back episode...

This week Tiny and I welcome our friend Robert Fekkes back to the podcast for a review of the new Poltergeist remake with Sam Rockwell. We also talk about the latest Indy PopCon news, rumors about Stephen King’s The Dark Tower , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel news, and more! Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and let us know what you think of the movie by tweeting us: @...

This week, in honor of Memorial Day, Tiny and I discuss some notable war movies. Titles include Enemy at the Gates , The Hurt Locker , Black Hawk Down , and Platoon . Later in our “potpourri” section, Tiny talks about Little Giants while I gush over finishing Bloodline ; share my disappointment with Hulu’s Resident Advisors , and more. Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and...

This week Matt and Tiny discuss some notable instances where the business of Hollywood interferes with the creativity of it. Some of the notable contract disputes discussed are Marlon Brando in Superman, Crispin Glover and Back to the Future Part II, Edward Norton in everything, and more! Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and let us know what you think of the movie by tweet...

Last week Mike announced he’s leaving the podcast so he can concentrate on getting his Masters in English. Mike will pop up on the show from time to time and hopefully officially return in the future when he has more free time. Until then, join us for his final episode as we discuss each title in his “top ten movies of all time” list! Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and l...

In honor of Avengers: Age of Ultron’s release, we are discussing the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe in two episodes. In this installment, we cover Phase Two: Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, and of course, Avengers: Age of Ultron. Avengers: Age of Ultron Review starts at 53:26 This episode also includes a HUGE announcement regarding...

In honor of Avengers: Age of Ultron’s release this week, we are discussing the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe in two episodes. In this installment, we cover Phase One: Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers. Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and let us know what you think of the movie by tweeting us: @ObsessiveViewer ,  @Obsessiv...

In this brief bonus episode, we discuss some of the movie news that that broke last week. Included are our thoughts on the latest Star Wars and Batman v Superman trailers, the new details for Star Wars Anthology/Rogue One and our thoughts on It Follows. Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and let us know what you think of the movie by tweeting us: @ObsessiveViewer ,  @Obsessi...

This week, in honor of spring, we discuss some of our favorite movies about baseballs. Also in the episode, Mike shares his take on It Follows, Tiny shares his feelings about Generation Iron and the sport of bodybuilding and I lament my viewing of last year’s Into the Storm. Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and let us know what you think of the movie by tweeting us: @Obses...

This week, our friend Robert Fekkes joins us for a discussion highlighting our favorite College Movies. Also in the episode, we talk about the latest indie horror hit It Follows, Scientology documentary Going Clear, Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy and more! Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and let us know what you think of the movie by tweeting us: @ObsessiveViewer ,  @ObsessiveT...

For our 100th episode, we each made up fake movie titles and spent the episode building fake movie plots around them. Listen to us pitch plots for Perforated Justice , Agent 12 , Mega Audit 2: The Receipt and more. For Potpourri, I bring up a couple Amazon Pilots , Tiny talks Insurgent and Mike sings Run All Night ’s praises   Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and let us kn...

This week on the podcast, Matt and Tiny talk out their feelings about Chappie. After the review, Matt shares his thoughts on Apple's exclusive deal with HBO Now, Community's season premiere, Happy Endings' mysterious countdown and his disappointment about Harmontown. Tiny talks about reality TV, the Parks & Rec finale, and Mike & Molly. Due to scheduling conflicts, Mike couldn't make it this week....

This week, Tiny misses out on an extended potpourri episode due to food poisoning. So Matt and Mike have a chat about a bevy of topics. Mike talks about his rekindled appreciation for Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. While Matt breaks down what all he's watched lately on Amazon Prime, Hulu Plus and Netflix. Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and let us know what you think of t...

Friend of the show Robert Fekkes (from our Interstellar episode ) fills in for Mike to talk about Jupiter Ascending, the latest Avengers trailer, the peril of video game movies, The Walking Dead, The Man in the High Castle, The Last Man on Earth and more. Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and let us know what you think of the movie by tweeting us: @ObsessiveViewer ,  @Obses...

The guys breakdown their thoughts on this year's Academy Awards in this week's episode before going into a few rounds of Potpourri. In Potpourri, Matt gets excited about The Man in the High Castle , Star Trek: The Original Series and SyFy's The Expanse . Mike shares his thoughts on Kingsman: The Secret Service , the new Power/Rangers short film and revisiting Snowpiercer . Tiny speaks highly of Wh...

The Oscars are this weekend and in what's become one of my favorite Obsessive Viewer traditions, we've invited fellow podcasting friends to submit clips discussing this year's Oscar nominees. This year's showcase includes Intermission Podcast from MovieGuys.org , Poor Man's Process from supraliminalfilms.com , Nerd's Domain from nerdsdom.com , The Nerds You're Looking For from thenerdspodcast.com...

In this impromptu bonus episode, the guys welcome their friend Dustin Mattingly to discuss the breaking news involving Spider-Man being included in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They also share their thoughts on the Fantastic Four trailer and touch on the latest news involving the Halloween franchise and the announcement that Jon Stewart is going to leave The Daily Show. Find back episodes of the...

In this episode, Matt sits down (sans Mike and Tiny) with Matt Quiett from Nerd's Domain for a chat about podcasting, movies and TV. They talk at length about taking their podcasts to conventions, the merits of Google Chromecast, their fandom of FX's The Shield, Justified, Deadwood and a lot more. Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and let us know what you think of the movie...

In honor of this weekend's Super Bowl, we discuss some of our favorite football movies. Listen as I (Matt) try to understand professional sports fandom while Mike and Tiny bond over their love of the game. For Potpourri, Mike talks about the end of Parenthood, Tiny shares his thoughts on Orange is the New Black and I share my love for Black Mirror. Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpod...

This week we discuss some of our favorite and most notable movie character deaths. Beware of spoilers, obviously. We mark them pretty clearly. For Potpourri, Mike and Tiny watched Selma and The Imitation Game, respectively. While Matt talks up Agents of SHIELD, the Star Wars saga and ambitious plans for blog posts. Indy PopCon 2015 Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and let...

Here's part 2 of our 2-part review of 2014 in movies! In this episode, we share our honorable mentions and the best movies we saw in 2014. We also share our excitement for 2015. Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and let us know what you think of the movie by tweeting us: @ObsessiveViewer ,  @ObsessiveTiny ,  @IAmMikeWhite . Runtime: 1:33:42   Direct Download Link: http://tr...

Here's part 1 of our 2-part review of 2014 in movies! In this episode, we share our viewing statistics, blog and podcast statistics and the worst movies we saw in 2014. We'll be back with our Top Ten Movies of 2014 episode next week! Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and let us know what you think of the movie by tweeting us: @ObsessiveViewer ,  @ObsessiveTiny ,  @IAmMikeWh...

In this massive bonus episode, Mike and I commemorate Friends being put on Netflix with a full series retrospective. Our shared fandom of Friends is one of the things that solidified our friendship when we met in college. Now we are celebrating the show hitting Netflix with a full series retrospective!   Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and let us know what you think of th...

In our final full episode of 2014, we recorded an extended potpourri where we talked about a lot of different movies and news. Topics covered include the Sony Hack/The Interview release debacle, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Mike's first viewing of A Christmas Story, The Skeleton Twins, The One I Love, The Babadook, Chef and much more. Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpod...

This week we talk about some of our favorite TV Dialogue after taking a week off due to illnesses across the board! In the episode we stay contemporary across the board as Tiny brings The Newsroom and True Detective to the table. Mike discusses some of his favorite dialogue from Dexter and Parenthood . Finally, I put up The Shield and House of Cards ' dialogue up for discussion. Find back episodes...