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Every film reviewed where the entire Now Playing Podcast panel gave it a passing grade — zero red arrows, at least three green.

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560 films
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Short Circuit

Do you think we are doing this for our own self gratifica...

Reviewed Jun 30, 2016
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth. Genres: Comedy, Family, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release
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The Bourne Identity (2002)

Parkour solves everything

Reviewed Jun 28, 2016
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for? Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery, Theatrical Release, Thriller
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SpaceCamp

In Space, no one can hear you camp!

Reviewed May 27, 2016
Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for teenagers with her NASA-employed husband, Zach. One night during an engine test, Andie and four teenage campers are accidentally shot into space. Together, the group -- which includes Kathryn, a pilot-in-training, and Tish, a ditz with a perfect memory -- must work together to operate the spacecraft and return home. Genres: Adventure, Family, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Proof that del Toro would rather hang out with creatures ...

Reviewed May 24, 2016
Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation. Genres: Action, Fantasy, Theatrical Release
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Hellboy

It's a boy meets girl meets demon love story!

Reviewed May 17, 2016
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces. Genres: Action, Fantasy, Theatrical Release
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Men in Black 3

Will Smith has to get back...to the future!

Reviewed May 6, 2016
Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind. Genres: Action, Comedy, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Time Travel
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The Running Man (1987)

Arnold Schwarzenegger, come on down! You're the next cont...

Reviewed May 3, 2016
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller
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Men in Black

Now Playing - the first, last, and only defense against b...

Reviewed Apr 22, 2016
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies. Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release
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A Clockwork Orange

Listen well, me droogies!

Reviewed Jan 22, 2016
In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune? Genres: Crime, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release
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Hobo with a Shotgun

But seriously...can electricity do that?

Reviewed Jan 19, 2016
A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt cops, abused prostitutes and even a pedophile Santa, the Hobo goes about bringing justice to the city the best way he knows how - with a 20-gauge shotgun. Mayhem ensues when he tries to make things better for the future generation. Street justice will indeed prevail. Genres: Action, Christmas/Holiday, Crime, Theatrical Release, Thriller
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