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Roll Models
The story of Autobots and Decepticons begins with the 2024 animated epic Transformers One. What makes lowly miner droid Orion Pax (Chris Hemsworth) so optimistic that he will find the Matrix of Leadership and lead his cog-less peers to a new destiny on the surface of Cybertron? And how does his friendship with bestie Brian Tyree Henry (Into The Spider-Verse) transform into such a bitter rivalry? Listen Now to find out how well Hasbro incorporates Scarlett Johansson, Jon Hamm, Keegan-Michael Key, and Steve Buscemi into their iconic toy line.
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The Silence of the Low Men
Stephen King tries his hand at touching coming-of-age drama with the 2001 adaptation of Hearts In Atlantis. So why are the Now Playing Podcast hosts so terrified by the stranger danger posed to 11-year-old Anton Yelchin (Star Trek) by neighbor Anthony Hopkins? Is single mother Hope Davis (American Splendor) smart to leave her son unsupervised with this supernatural tenant and trust that his fatherly lessons in gambling and kissing girls wonât get the pair into trouble with the FBI agents swarming small town Connecticut? Listen Now, and donât miss a minute of it.
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âIâm Ready for My Close-Up, Mr. Murnauâ
The silent movie Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror may be a counterfeit version of Dracula, but it boasts the most authentic undead performance in cinema history, according to Shadow of the Vampire. Has director John Malkovich made a pact with the devil by casting actual bloodsucker Willem Dafoe as his lead actor? And will co-stars Catherine McCormack (Braveheart) and Eddie Izzard (Oceanâs 13), along with crew Cary Elwes (Saw) and Udo Kier (Andy Warholâs Dracula), be sacrificed in the artistic pursuit of ultimate realism? âIris Inâ and Find Out Now!
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Little Miss Sunset
Six kidnappers abduct Abigail in a get-rich-quick scheme that backfires once they realize the wee ballerina is Draculaâs Daughter. Can ex-junkie Melissa Berrera (Scream), bad cop Dan Stevens (Legion), hacker Kathryn Newton (Quantumania), wheelman Angus Cloud (Euphoria), muscle Kevin Durand (Locke & Key), and sniper William Catlett (Black Lightning) find a way out of this babysitting bloodbath? And does directing team Radio Silence revive the Universal Monsters brand better than the recent Renfield and Last Voyage of the Demeter? Listen Now!
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My Body, Main Course
Will it be another cannibal holocaust for tweeting college activists after their 2015 plane ride crashes into the very same Green Inferno that Ruggero Deodato documented in his notorious 1980 found footage shocker? Director Eli Roth (Thanksgiving) certainly isnât letting these social justice warriors off any hooks or impaling sharp objects as they attempt to live-stream a stand-off between an oil company destroying the rainforest and a local tribe of headhunters. Find out if Final Girl Lorenza Izzo, and the Now Playing hosts, can withstand the abuse now.
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No Animals Werenât Harmed In The Making Of This Movie
Four documentary filmmakers disappear into the âgreen infernoâ of the Amazon rainforest and end up the main dish in a Cannibal Holocaust. But will the recovered footage of their final moments in the jungle actually prove that modern-day Americans are the real savages? And why is porn star Robert Kerman the only one arguing that snuff films shouldnât air on prime-time television? Find out if Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob taste like chickens as they dish on Italian splatter director Ruggero Deodatoâs notorious 1980 found footage landmark Listen Now!
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Custodians of the Galaxy
Cate Blanchett steps away from her Oscar bait prestige pictures to go vault hunting with fellow Academy Award winner Jamie Lee Curtis in a s***hole adaptation of Borderlands. Is Barbie tyke Ariana Greenblatt the key to opening up this blockbuster video game franchise to mass movie audiences accustomed to a less filthy Pandora planet? And will funnyman Kevin Hart get short with Jack Blackâs wise-cracking robot for stealing all the one-liners? Listen Now to learn if Thanksgiving director Eli Roth has a prayer of making a sequel to this costly Arcade effort.
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Echidna not, weâre back in the Now Playing Arcade
Those schmucks Stuart, Justin, and Arnie tried taking an extended break from video game movies but are finally ready to knuckle down and review the hit Sonic The Hedgehog miniseries that broke Paramount Plus streaming records in 2024. Can Idris Elba punch his way into the hardened hearts of the hosts as he trains klutzy deputy Adam Paley to crush the competition at a Reno bowling tournament? Or does the spin-off screech to a halt without movie stars Jim Carey and James Marsden in the picture? Enjoy a Knuckles sandwich when you Listen Now!
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At last, we get the live-action remake of Fox and the Hound.
Ryan Reynolds makes a big gambit to save the MCU from the Phase Four doldrums by reviving Hugh Jackman and the rest of 20th Century Foxâs stable of discarded superheroes for a 2024 blowout. But will Disney prune Deadpool & Wolverine from the sacred timeline once the vulgar assassin and his cranky man crush start letting blood and R-rated words fly? Maybe audiences are okay with Professor Xâs twin sister Emma Corrin (The Crown) wiping out everything thatâs happened since Endgame? Skate uphill with MFs Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie to find out now!
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Cloudy With A Chance of Meatheads
Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick) might shoot fireworks into tornadoes for free on YouTube, but Universal Pictures insists that storm chasers return to the big screen to enjoy the 2024 sequel Twisters. Does sensitive scientist Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where The Crawdads Sing) have the solution to taming these lethal cyclones? Or are her sidekicks Anthony âHamiltonâ Ramos and David âSupermanâ Cornenswet actually profiting from Oklahoma small towns being hit by natural disasters? Listen Now as the hosts put their spin on this second installment!
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Funnel of Love
Bill Paxton (Aliens) and Helen Hunt (TVâs Mad About You) rekindle their whirlwind romance as they tail tornadoes across Oklahoma in the 1996 blockbuster Twister. Will rival storm chaser Cary Elwes (Princess Bride) rain on their parade by being the first to test new technology that sees inside a cyclone? And does this unlikely marriage between Speed director Jan de Bont, Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton, and producer Steven Spielberg still hold water 28 years later? Find out if Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie consider this an F5 disaster when you Listen Now!
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My Heart Will Go On (but my franchise wonât)
Sandra Bullock does her best to keep a Caribbean vacation liner afloat after leech-covered psycho Willem Dafoe wires her boat to Speed 2 collision with an oil tanker in this infamous 1997 sequel. Does director Jan De Bont jump a shark trying to engage Cruise Control and sail this doomed voyage into familiar commercial waters? And did the mega-expensive production hit the metaphorical ice
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Uneasy Riders
Keanu Reeves has to keep the Speed of a Los Angeles city bus above 50 mph, or heâll set off another bomb planted by madman Dennis Hopper in the surprise blockbuster of Summer 1994. Should passenger Sandra Bullock be trusted to take the wheel and avoid all the oncoming gridlock and freeway construction when she canât keep her eyes off her hunky co-star? And how did this modestly budgeted action flick become cinematographer Jan De Bontâs ticket to a big-time Hollywood directing career? You pay no fare to hear the answers to this pop quiz now.
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The Cane Mutiny
Stephen King turned ABC-TV into the Weather Channel with his three-night prime-time event: Storm of the Century. But record snowfall and gale-force winds are just a tempest in a teapot compared to the destruction caused by Colm Feore (Thor) upon arrival on a quaint Maine island. Can Tim Daly stop the future Frost Giant from terrorizing his community with more success than Wings co-star Steven Weber, who played Jack Torrence in the networkâs previous King miniseries The Shining? Listen Now as Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart give you what you want!
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Deep Throat Slashes
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. -
A Tree Grows On Brosnan
Pierce Brosnan retires from James Bond duties to write books for Stephen King in the 2011 cable miniseries Bag of Bones. But is the ghost haunting his New England cottage his recently killed wife (Haunting of Hill Houseâs Annabeth Gish), or a blues singer (Dreamgirlsâ Anika Noni Rose) still cursing locals for wrongs received back in the 1930s? And does Mick Garris (The Stand) have anything in his bag of directing tricks to help this quiet story of grief and writerâs block take root as a TV ratings event? Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart spell it out for you now!
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Heâs the DJ, Iâm the Slapper
Oscar viewers mightâve turned on Will Smith, but Martin Lawrence is still Ride Or Die for 2022âs Best Actor winner as the long-time co-stars head into a fourth Bad Boys adventure together. Can the Miami cops clear the name of dearly departed captain Joe Pantoliano (Matrix) after heâs linked to drug cartel money? And is this duo ready for retirement now that eternal playboy Mike Lowery has found a wife and Marcus Burnett keeps having heart palpitations over his snack food diet? Use the password SKITTLES89 to download this podcast and Find Out Now!
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The Scribe Who Loved Me
Henry Cavill may never get to be 007, but heâs tailor-made for a stylish 2024 Kingsman spin-off from Matthew Vaughn. Is his literary superspy Argylle a stunningly accurate predictor of real-life geo-political events, or merely the invention of lovelorn novelist Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World)? And what happens when man-in-chair Sam Rockwell lets the cat out of the bag and exposes Sam Jackson, Bryan Cranston, and Catherine OâHara to be part of a network of powerful secret agents? Find out if Manners Maketh the Manuscript when you Listen Now!
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We Donât Need Another Hardy
Director George Miller crafts the fifth installment of his Mad Max Saga into an origin story for one-armed trucker Furiosa. Anya Taylor-Joy (Queenâs Gambit) takes the wheel from Charlize Theron to guide audiences from her green homeworld of Many Mothers to the sandy turf wars between Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme) and new baddie Dementus (Chris Hemsworth). But is it wise for the 79-year-old creator to travel down his Fury Road without series icon Tom Hardy in the driverâs seat? Witness Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie make it epic with another podcast review.
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Bye Bye Birdie
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 Burtonâs 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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