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The hosts of Now Playing Podcast dive deep into every franchise from Bond, DC and Marvel to Mad Max, Andromeda Strain to Wolverine, breaking down each film with sharp insight, behind-the-scenes stories, and a lot of humor. If a movie has a sequel (or three), we’ve probably reviewed it with real research, real opinions, and zero patience for bad movies.
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Godzilla Minus One Movie Review
The Laws of Subtraction Toho Studios finds the math of Godzilla Minus One working out well at the global box office as their giant lizard celebrates his 70th Anniversary with a 2023 blockbuster. Can a guilt-ridden kamikaze pilot put his fly
Intermission 9: Not the Full Monty (And Listener Q&A!)
For the first time ever, all six Now Playing Podcast hosts are together, and somehow everyone manages to keep their pants on. Mostly. In this Intermission podcast: Stuart discovers his inner Broadway fan; Brock boldly goes back to Star Trek
Clayface Movie Review
Getting Into Characters Batman would have one less problem in Gotham if Tom Rhys Harries (Slaughterhouse Rulez) had won an Oscar rather than gotten carved up by mobsters in the 2026 origin story Clayface. Can this disfigured celebrity recla
Street Fighter (2026) Movie Review
Eat some snails with Arnie, Justin, and Stuart in the Now Playing Arcade Lord Bison (David Dastmalchian) invites the world’s toughest warriors to show off their “psycho energy” and gravity-defying hairdos in the 2026 reboot of Street Fighte
The Social Reckoning Movie Review
Getting In Your Face(book) Mikey Madison (Anora) braces for a Social Reckoning after she shares stolen Facebook secrets with investigative reporter Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) in this 2026 docudrama. Has Mark Zuckerberg (Succession’s Jere
Godzilla (1998) Movie Review
Iguana Be Sedated Matthew Broderick needs another day off after Godzilla rises out of the Hudson to nest in New York City in a 1998 reboot of the iconic Japanese monster. But should this dweeby biologist criticize the asexual reproduction o
Intermission 8: Old Punks, Great Pumpkins, & Disco Testicles
Halloween has come to Now Playing! The hosts share their favorite spooky-season traditions, from month-long horror marathons and haunted houses to vintage TV specials, costumed pets, and gifts from the mysterious Mr. Bogeyman. Meanwhile, Ar
Godzilla (1954) / Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1956)
Jurassic Landmark This podcast covers both the original 1954 Japanese Godzilla as well as the 1956 Americanized re-edit Godzilla: King of the Monsters Before all the throwdowns with Mothra, Ghidorah, and King Kong, radioactive dinosaur Godz
Resident Evil (2026) Movie Review
First Person Shirker Austin Abrams (Whalefall) is tasked with delivering the cure to another Umbrella Corporation lab leak in the 2026 reboot of Resident Evil. But can the hapless courier reach the top floor of a Raccoon City hospital overr
Resident Evil (2022) TV Series Review
Is it evil that I’m glad Milla Jovovich is no longer a resident of this franchise? Umbrella Corporation wanted South Africa’s New Raccoon City to launch a pharmaceutical revolution in 2022, but the failed utopia ends up birthing a zombie ap
Iron Lung Movie Review
Crimson Tides YouTuber Mark Fischbach (aka Markiplier) adapts David Symanski’s 2022 submarine simulator Iron Lung into the surprise hit movie of 2026. What conspiracies will be uncovered when a convict gets welded inside a rickety submersib
Red Faction: Origins Movie Review
Get Your Ass Off Mars Robert Patrick (Terminator 2) thought he liberated the Red Planet from bossy Earthlings 25 years ago, but that was just the Origins of a conflict that rages on in this 2011 SyFy Channel video game adaptation. Can Red F
Intermission #7: Avengers - Homework
The Now Playing crew checks in for another Intermission with a packed slate of movies, memories, and questionable homework assignments. Jason revisits Point Break on the big screen 35 years later. Brock goes from The American President to K
Insidious: Out of the Further Movie Review
Getting Long In The Tooth Slain cult leader Sam Spruell (TV’s Fargo) promises to lead Insidious demons like Lipstick Face and The Bride In Black Out Of The Further in this sixth installment of the enduring horror franchise. Will traumatized
Jack Ryan: Ghost War Movie Review
Unclear and Present Danger John Krasinski (A Quiet Place) walked away from four seasons playing Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan on an Amazon Prime series, only to return in the explosive 2026 reunion movie Ghost War. Can the former CIA analyst help
Wonder Man TV Series Review
Asking questions about character motivation that Marvel never put to Echo Struggling actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman) hides his destructive ionic powers to land his dream role as Wonder Man in this 2026 Disney+ series. But can Iron Man
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Movie Review
Home Sick It’s a Brand New Day for Tom Holland now that everyone has magically forgotten Peter Parker, and Spider-Man is once again anonymously ridding New York City of criminals like Scorpion and The Hand. But is the workaholic web-slinger
Intermission #6: To Infinity and... Nowhere
Arnie and Justin unveil StubBook (https://stubbook.com), their independent movie-and-TV logging platform. Plus: mahjong mysteries, vintage novelizations, 3D-printing disasters, Marvel trivia with patron Corey, and a heated debate over wheth
The Punisher: One Last Kill Movie Review
John Wick comes at you with a pencil; Frank Castle comes at you with a pen! That's the Punisher way! Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) worries that his life has no purpose after putting down the crime family that murdered his wife and two childre
The Odyssey Movie Review
Ill Will Hunting Matt Damon has trouble finding a way home after winning the Trojan War with a duplicitous offering to Athena (Zendaya) in Christopher Nolan’s epic re-telling of The Odyssey. Is there something more than the giant cyclops, s
Eyes of Wakanda Miniseries Review
Dora (Milaje) The Explorer Marvel Animation resurrects Black Panther for the 2025 Disney+ anthology series Eyes of Wakanda. Join Arnie, Stuart, and Justin as they follow an elite squadron of “War Dogs” over the centuries and see the sacrifi
Did I Ever Tell You This? A Memoir by Sam Neill Book Review
The book Sam Neill wrote for himself... and shared with the rest of us. Sam Neill spent nearly five decades becoming one of cinema's most dependable actors, from Jurassic Park (https://nowplayingpodcast.com/movies/jurassic-park/) and The Hu
Ironheart Miniseries Review
The Devil’s In The Deep Dish Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) returns from her Wakanda Forever semester abroad to learn she’s lost her Tony Stark grant money and is being kicked out of MIT in the 2025 Disney+ miniseries Ironheart. Is the yo
When Life Gives You Lululemons by Lauren Weisberger Book Review
Athleisure wear, Affairs, and Awful Life Lessons Arnie concludes his journey through Lauren Weisberger's Devil Wears Prada trilogy with When Life Gives You Lululemons. Shifting the focus to Emily Charlton and an all-new ensemble initially f
Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns Book Review
One Million Readers Would Kill for a Better Sequel Over a decade before Disney made The Devil Wears Prada 2, original Devil author Lauren Weisberger wrote her own sequel. Arnie reviews Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns, a novel that re
Intermission #5: Backrooms v Supergirl - The Summer Hollywood Didn't See Coming
This month on Now Playing Intermission, the hosts discuss community theater, symphony screenings of Star Wars, audiobooks, road trips, and what they've been watching. Plus, listener Michael from England joins the show for Tom Hanks trivia b
Supergirl (2026) Movie Review
DC Universe Series (https://nowplayingpodcast.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=movie&series=dc-universe) Episode 2 Stupor Girl Milly Alcock (House of the Dragon) resists the call to do good like her cousin Clark (David Corenswet), instead sp
Toy Story 5 Movie Review
Left To Her Own Devices Woody (Tom Hanks) and Jessie (Joan Cusack) worry that screens have replaced childhood make-believe once 8-year-old Bonnie receives her first tablet in Toy Story 5. Can the cowgirl doll help her kid make friends the o
Agatha All Along Miniseries Review
The Switches of Eastview Kathryn Hahn (Glass Onion) realizes she’s Agatha All Along after breaking the TV show spell put on her by Wanda Maximoff in a 2024 Disney+ miniseries. But can this prickly loner forge a coven with Broadway legend Pa
Masters of the Universe (2026) Movie Review
Fistos of Fury Manchild Nicholas Galitzine (Red, White & Royal Blue) dares to stand in Dolph Lundgren’s spot and attempt to wield the Sword of Power in the 2026 reboot of Masters of the Universe. Will his newfound muscles and brute strength
