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Welcome to the complete Now Playing Podcast Movie Review Archive. Since our first review of Spider-Man 3 in 2007, we've reviewed [np_stat type="movies"] of movies through retrospective series, standalone reviews, and special episodes. Browse alphabetically, search by title, or explore by series to discover every film we've covered. Whether you're revisiting a favorite franchise or looking for a review of a single movie, you'll find the entire collection here.
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Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

"We will have a most triumphant time!"

Reviewed Aug 18, 2020
Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation. Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

Deep Blue Sea 3

It's a Sea-Mageddon!

Reviewed Aug 14, 2020
Dr. Emma Collins and her team are spending their third summer on the island of Little Happy studying the effect of climate change on the great white sharks who come to the nearby nursery every year to give birth. Along with the last two inhabitants of this former fishing village, their peaceful life is disrupted when a "scientific" team led by her ex-boyfriend and marine biologist Richard show up looking for three bull sharks who we soon learn aren't just any bull sharks. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction

Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland

An experiment in sharing, caring, and impairing

Reviewed Jul 24, 2020
Psychotic Angela is itching to do what she does best: slaughter dozens of teenage campers. As luck would have it, the previous site of her murders has been renamed and converted into an experimental summer camp meant to bring together privileged and lower-class teens. On the day the youths are boarding the buses to camp, Angela runs over a potential camper with a garbage truck and assumes her identity. Once she has infiltrated the camp, the real terror begins. Genres: Comedy, Horror
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Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers

Uncle John is going to hear about this!!!

Reviewed Jul 17, 2020
Angela Baker escapes from a mental hospital and surfaces at a summer camp as a counselor who lectures her teenage charges on proper moral behavior. Those teens who break her strict rules -- from the camp chatterbox or a sex-obsessed girl to the boys who are peeping Toms -- are murdered by the impostor in various gruesome ways. As more campers go missing, intrepid counselor Molly begins to piece together the truth. Genres: Comedy, Horror
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Clear and Present Danger

Just Say No Recasting

Reviewed Jul 14, 2020
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible. Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
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The Hunt for Red October

Sonofabitch, I found Red Sonja instead!

Reviewed Jun 30, 2020
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on! Genres: Action, Thriller

The Breakfast Club

To celebrate Now Playing Podcast’s 1000th Show… Deten...

Reviewed Jun 23, 2020
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same. Genres: Comedy, Drama