Samuel L. Jackson

Coming to America

Trading Places 2: Finding Umfufu

Reviewed Mar 2, 2021

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble. Genres: Comedy, Romance

Do the Right Thing

That’s that Gold Level truth, Ruth!

Reviewed May 3, 2019

Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise. Genres: Drama

Sea of Love

Roses are red / Violets are blue / If you date Pacino / H...

Reviewed Jul 27, 2018

Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects. Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance

The Exorcist III

The Day of the Demon

Reviewed Sep 23, 2011

On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified. Genres: Horror, Mystery

GoodFellas

You think this Scorsese is a funny guy? Does he amuse you...

Reviewed May 6, 2018

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway. Genres: Crime, Drama

Patriot Games

Get off my franchise!

Reviewed Jul 7, 2020

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge. Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jurassic Park

Good programmers save lives

Reviewed May 29, 2015

A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape. Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction

True Romance

We'd love you to join us for pie after you hear this podc...

Reviewed Oct 2, 2015

Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it. Genres: Action, Crime, Romance

Pulp Fiction

And you will know our name is Now Playing when we lay our...

Reviewed Oct 16, 2015

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time. Genres: Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Maybe John and Zeus can call in The Wolf to help with Simon.

Reviewed Feb 5, 2013

New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration. Genres: Action, Thriller

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Stop being a little baby and help support your favorite p...

Reviewed Apr 19, 2024

Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her. Genres: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Jackie Brown

Now Playing Podcast. The very best there is. When you abs...

Reviewed Dec 4, 2015

Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself. Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

Now THIS is podcasting!

Reviewed Nov 17, 2015

Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Deep Blue Sea

The sharks are smarter than the screenwriters

Reviewed Apr 25, 2011

Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction

Unbreakable

It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s a rain poncho?

Reviewed Nov 23, 2018

An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead — and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile as glass. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

Begun the Clone Wars podcast has...

Reviewed Nov 24, 2015

Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Your support is what keeps Now Playing Podcast's heart be...

Reviewed Dec 18, 2015

The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill. Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

The Incredibles

Now Playing Podcast's Terrific Three review the Incredibl...

Reviewed Feb 27, 2015

Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume. Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Family

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Listening to Now Playing Podcast will help you not lose y...

Reviewed Dec 1, 2015

When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must choose a side. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Snakes on a Plane

After all the hype, the only question left was simple: di...

Reviewed Aug 18, 2006

FBI agent Neville Flynn boards a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a key witness to testify against a mob boss at an upcoming trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate full of hundreds of deadly venomous snakes in an attempt to eliminate the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat. Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Horror, Thriller

Iron Man

Let's face it...this is not the worst thing you've caught...

Reviewed Apr 3, 2012

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Iron Man

I am Iron Reviewer!

Reviewed Jun 8, 2008

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Begun the Clone Wars review has!

Reviewed Aug 16, 2008

As the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, Anakin Skywalker and his new Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano plunge into a dangerous mission to rescue the kidnapped son of crime lord Jabba the Hutt. Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Marry, Screw, or kill: Ziro, Jabba, and Stinky

Reviewed Dec 15, 2015

As the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, Anakin Skywalker and his new Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano plunge into a dangerous mission to rescue the kidnapped son of crime lord Jabba the Hutt. Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction