Listener Requests

Donnie Darko

Rabbit Test

Reviewed Sep 3, 2026

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes. Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Requested by Brent

Tropic Thunder

Fully Mental Jag-offs

Reviewed Jun 12, 2026

A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys. Genres: Action, Comedy, War

Requested by Caleb F.

Dragged Across Concrete

Is hitting the road with Mad Mel an idea as bad as lasagn...

Reviewed Mar 6, 2020

Two policemen, one an old-timer, the other his volatile younger partner, find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics becomes the media's cause du jour. Low on cash and with no other options, these two embittered soldiers descend into the criminal underworld to gain their just due, but instead find far more than they wanted awaiting them in the shadows. Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Requested by Sean Ray

Closer

This podcast's the most fun you can have without taking y...

Reviewed Feb 14, 2020

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other. Genres: Drama, Romance

Requested by Jeff Roy

Amadeus

Well, there it is.

Reviewed Jan 17, 2020

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Genres: Drama, History, Music

Requested by Brent

Brown Arrow

Flash Gordon

We’re going to empty your mind as we might empty your p...

Reviewed Dec 20, 2019

A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Requested by Kyle

Badlands

What began in the alleys and backways of a quiet town wil...

Reviewed Nov 1, 2019

An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands. Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance

Requested by Anthony Richards

Taxi Driver

Yes, Now Playing Podcast is talkin’ to you!

Reviewed Oct 11, 2019

Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city. Genres: Crime, Drama

Requested by Sean Ray

Miami Vice

Time is luck (so feel blessed you live in an era without ...

Reviewed Sep 13, 2019

A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Unorthodox Crockett gets involved romantically with the Chinese-Cuban wife of a trafficker of arms and drugs, while Tubbs deals with an assault on those he loves. Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Requested by Sean Ray

Eyes Wide Shut

A doctor’s strange love 

Reviewed Jul 12, 2019

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Requested by Sean Ray

Forbidden Planet

The movie that inspired Spock to fight the Ego Monster Wi...

Reviewed Mar 8, 2019

Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately. Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction

Requested by Clark Fischer

Body Heat

Enjoy a stiff breeze through your wind shield this Valent...

Reviewed Feb 15, 2019

During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband. Genres: Crime, Thriller

Requested by Kyle

Locke

Honk if you love concrete

Reviewed Jan 29, 2019

Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul. Genres: Drama, Thriller

Requested by Sean Ray

Face/Off

🎜Papa's got in brand new drag 🎝

Reviewed Jan 22, 2019

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge. Genres: Action, Crime, Science Fiction

Requested by Sean Ray

Apocalypse Now

Our motto: Coppola Now!

Reviewed Nov 18, 2018

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory. Genres: Drama, War

Requested by Sean Ray

Hereditary

Blood is thicker than water… but not as thick as paint ...

Reviewed Oct 31, 2018

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness. Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Requested by Mark Ward

Vanilla Sky

Mortality as entertainment cannot be the future, can it?

Reviewed Sep 7, 2018

David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred. Genres: Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction

Requested by Ed Powell

High Tension

How do you say Chainsaw Massacre in French?

Reviewed Mar 9, 2018

Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror. Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Requested by Scott Justin

Twelve Monkeys

Bruce Willis in another unusual holiday film!

Reviewed Dec 12, 2017

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease. Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

Requested by Matt Wessel

Bloody Birthday

Did you dismember what these kids wanted as a birthday gift?

Reviewed Sep 26, 2017

In 1970, three children are born at the height of a total eclipse. Due to the sun and moon blocking Saturn, which controls emotions, they have become heartless killers ten years later, and are able to escape detection because of their youthful and innocent facades. A boy and his teenage sister become endangered when they stumble onto the bloody truth. Genres: Horror

Requested by Matt Wessel

Brown Arrow

Happy Birthday to Me

Find out if we skewer this slasher classic!

Reviewed Sep 12, 2017

Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be her? She suffers from blackouts due to a freak accident one year earlier. We soon learn the truth behind her accident and what is going on. Genres: Horror, Mystery

Requested by Matt Wessel

The Legend of Hell House

This house don't want no short, short man!

Reviewed Sep 8, 2017

A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic, and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove or disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House. Genres: Horror, Mystery

Requested by Jason Fischer

Coherence

I think I saw Nicholas Brendan already tell this story in...

Reviewed Jun 16, 2017

Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead. Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller

Requested by Albert Kovacs

Princess Mononoke

Don't let the Disney logo fool you -- Mononoke is no Jasm...

Reviewed Feb 2, 2016

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict. Genres: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy

Requested by Paul Freelend

Brown Arrow

Masters of the Universe

Drinking game: take a shot every time someone in this pod...

Reviewed Jan 26, 2016

When the evil Skeletor finds a mysterious power called the Cosmic Key, he becomes nearly invincible, seizing Castle Grayskull and the surrounding city. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner and he begins to drain her life-force as he waits for the moon of Eternia to align with the Great Eye of the Universe which will bestow god-like power upon him. However, courageous warrior He-Man locates the locksmith inventor Gwildor, who created the Key and has another version of it. During a battle, one of the Keys is transported to Earth, where it is found by teenagers Julie and Kevin. Now, both He-Man and Skeletor's forces arrive on Earth searching for the potent weapon. Genres: Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Requested by Travis