Drama

Straw Dogs

Is he researching Stalingrad or the next Home Alone movie?

Reviewed Aug 24, 2021

A young couple moves to a quaint southern town. Soon their perfect getaway turns out to become a living hell when dark secrets and lethal passions spiral out of control. Genres: Drama, Thriller

Straw Dogs

No honey, it's just the neighbors dropping by to borrow a...

Reviewed Aug 17, 2021

David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate. Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

The Conversation

The proof that Shirley was cheating on Laverne

Reviewed Aug 13, 2021

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered. Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Gone Girl

...or Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married 3

Reviewed Aug 6, 2021

With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

The Green Knight

Gawain vs Groot

Reviewed Aug 3, 2021

An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men. Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Company of Heroes

Saving Private Ryan some money on special effects

Reviewed Jul 20, 2021

American soldiers lost behind enemy lines during the WWII make a horrific discovery: Hitler has a super bomb in development. Against all odds, they set out to find the scientist in charge of the program who is looking to defect. Genres: Action, Drama, War

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

"Bat Man" and Robbin

Reviewed Jul 6, 2021

Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yakuza past. Unfortunately, Kiryū's problems slowly escalate as he is pursued by a former associate, the baseball-bat-wielding psycho Gorō Majima, who has a grudge to settle with Kiryū. Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama

The Girl Who Played with Fire

Open Outlook Express and donate today!

Reviewed Jun 25, 2021

Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation. Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Reviewed Jun 18, 2021

Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Dolores Claiborne

Sometimes being a bitch is all a podcaster has to hold onto

Reviewed Jun 1, 2021

Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story. Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Panic Room

Keep the change, ya filthy animals!

Reviewed May 28, 2021

Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it. Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

The Game

The first rule of The Game is there are no rules to The Game

Reviewed May 21, 2021

In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

The Thanking of Now Playing Podcast Patrons by the Podcas...

Reviewed May 7, 2021

Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status. Genres: Drama, Western

Titanic

Celine's song will never let go

Reviewed Apr 30, 2021

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912. Genres: Drama, Romance

Magnum Force

You have the right to remain silent forever punk

Reviewed Apr 2, 2021

"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them. Genres: Action, Crime, Drama

WandaVision

"Here's the story of a lovely lady, who was grieving 'bou...

Reviewed Mar 16, 2021

Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The Stand

Baby, Can You Dig The Bland?

Reviewed Feb 23, 2021

In a world mostly wiped out by the plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil, the fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail and a handful of survivors. Their worst nightmares are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the Dark Man. Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

White House Down

Flags Of Our Daughters

Reviewed Feb 19, 2021

Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country. Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller

Needful Things

Antiques Horrorshow

Reviewed Feb 2, 2021

A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected. Genres: Drama, Horror

Rosemary’s Baby

Does eating the heart out of a prostitute make someone Sa...

Reviewed Dec 18, 2020

Young Rosemary Woodhouse and her husband Guy move in with a rich couple, who soon take an unusual interest in the Woodhouses' attempts to have a second baby after Rosemary miscarried the first one. Guy soon has unusual success and Rosemary becomes pregnant, but it becomes clear that the two are connected and that the pregnancy may not be all that Rosemary hoped for... Genres: Drama, Mystery

Rosemary’s Baby

This is no dream... this podcast is really happening... f...

Reviewed Dec 4, 2020

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family. Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Set three extra places at the table for the hosts of Now ...

Reviewed Nov 27, 2020

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black. Genres: Drama, Romance

The Craft: Legacy

Prep yourself for the woke wiccans!

Reviewed Nov 24, 2020

An eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers. Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror

JFK

The Real Nightmare on Elm Street

Reviewed Nov 20, 2020

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison. Genres: Drama, History, Thriller