Movie Review Archives

Fantastic Four

I guarantee there are stories about the making of this fi...

Reviewed Aug 11, 2015

Four young outsiders teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

No need to hold your breath, the show is here!

Reviewed Aug 4, 2015

Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed to destroying the IMF. Genres: Action, Adventure

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Cruise certainly hits a high point in this series -- 144 ...

Reviewed Jul 28, 2015

Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster. Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Ant-Man

Now Playing Podcast ALWAYS finds out!

Reviewed Jul 21, 2015

Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Mission: Impossible III

The most morbid Felicity episode ever!

Reviewed Jul 14, 2015

Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves. Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Terminator Genisys

This is the podcast that will change history!

Reviewed Jul 7, 2015

The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Mission: Impossible II

I must be Chimera, cuz, girl, you're Beller-fine!

Reviewed Jun 30, 2015

With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude. Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Super 8

If you didn't pledge, you won't know what's in the train ...

Reviewed Jun 29, 2015

In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances, strange phenomena, and a growing sense of fear, as they uncover that something terrifying has been set loose. Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

The Goonies

Find out if this movie is Good Enuff for our hosts!

Reviewed Jun 26, 2015

Young teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure in hopes of saving their homes from demolition. However, on their quest to find the treasure, they run into a family of recently escaped criminals, determined to capture the kids and reach the treasure first. Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Family

Mission: Impossible

You don't have to hang from wires to hear this review, ju...

Reviewed Jun 23, 2015

When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score. Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Jurassic World

Can one of the raptors please eat Jimmy Fallon?

Reviewed Jun 19, 2015

Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

Insidious: Chapter 3

Now going even further into The Further.

Reviewed Jun 16, 2015

A twisted new tale of terror begins for a teenage girl and her family, and revealing more mysteries of the otherworldly realm, 'The Further'. Genres: Horror, Thriller

Jurassic Park III

Honey, I shrunk the island.

Reviewed Jun 12, 2015

In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for survival as a host of new -- and even more deadly -- dinosaurs try to make snacks of them. Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

Firestarter: Rekindled

Listen to find out if it's really better to burn out than...

Reviewed Jun 9, 2015

A young woman who has the ability to start fires with her mind, must now face the trauma of her childhood by battling with a group of very talented children and their cruel leader, John Rainbird. Genres: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Spielberg was so preoccupied with whether or not he could...

Reviewed Jun 5, 2015

Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Firestarter

We didn't start the fire, but we're here to review it!

Reviewed Jun 2, 2015

Charlene "Charlie" McGee has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic power and the love of her father save her from the threatening government agency which wants to destroy her? Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Poltergeist

Can Poltergeists still haunt you if you cancel cable?

Reviewed May 30, 2015

A family's suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her. Genres: Horror

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

The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)

Is this the worst movie Now Playing Podcast has ever revi...

Reviewed May 26, 2015

Taking inspiration from The Human Centipede films, the warden of a notorious and troubled prison looks to create a 500-person human centipede as a solution to his problems. Genres: Horror

Futureworld

Androids dream of absolutely nothing

Reviewed May 22, 2015

Two years after the Westworld tragedy in the Delos amusement park, the corporate owners have reopened the park following over $1 billion in safety and other improvements. For publicity purposes, reporters Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard are invited to review the park. Just prior to arriving, however, Browning is given a clue by a dying man that something is amiss. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

Mad Max: Fury Road

We finally have an explanation for the black birds!

Reviewed May 19, 2015

An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Westworld

The future of entertainment is litigation

Reviewed May 15, 2015

Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park. Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction, Western

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Three hosts enter, one podcast leaves!

Reviewed May 12, 2015

Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

He was right. It wasn't the years...it was the mileage.

Reviewed May 8, 2015

Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts. Genres: Action, Adventure