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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

Jaws

The true Amityville Horror

Reviewed Mar 29, 2011

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again. Genres: Adventure, Horror, Thriller

Kick-Ass

No, you won't find Now Playing Podcast on MySpace...it's ...

Reviewed Mar 25, 2011

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so. Genres: Action, Crime

Minority Report

Precog sounds like a plumbing term.

Reviewed Feb 4, 2011

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Total Recall

Man, I just pulled my Quato

Reviewed Jan 14, 2011

Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Rekall, a virtual vacation company that manufactures memories. When something goes wrong during Quaid's memory implant procedure, his life turns upside down, leading him to question what is reality and what isn't. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Blade Runner

Anyone else see a unicorn run through here?

Reviewed Jan 7, 2011

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans. Genres: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller

First Blood

Featuring David Caruso without sunglasses!

Reviewed Nov 5, 2010

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers. Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller

Bride of Chucky

Now Playing Podcast, eat your heart out!

Reviewed Oct 18, 2010

For ten years, the tortured soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray has been imprisoned inside a child's doll. Chucky is reborn when his old flame, Tiffany, rescues his battered doll parts from a police impound. But Chucky wants his new playmate cut down to size, so he transforms his blushing bride into a stunning little terror. Chucky and Tiffany can't wait to start their own homicidal honeymoon. When this demonic duo hits the road and hooks up with a pair of unsuspecting newlyweds, they leave a trail of murder and mayhem behind them. Chucky's back! Genres: Comedy, Horror

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

This is my chainsaw. There are others like it, but this o...

Reviewed Oct 15, 2010

After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers. Genres: Horror

The Social Network

We hope you LIKE our review!

Reviewed Oct 12, 2010

In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend. Genres: Drama

The Lost Boys

Have you ever looked up from his oiled breasts to notice ...

Reviewed Aug 27, 2010

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Next week, Now Playing Podcast will defeat the 7 evil mov...

Reviewed Aug 14, 2010

As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors. Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance

Inception

All these movies with dreams, and yet still no going to s...

Reviewed Jul 18, 2010

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Predators

Yo, Adrien. Christian Bale called. He wants his Batman vo...

Reviewed Jul 11, 2010

A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Predator

Starring...Rich Little as the Predator!

Reviewed Jun 18, 2010

A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

I doubt this is actually 100% Medically Accurate, but I c...

Reviewed May 19, 2010

During a stopover in Germany in the middle of a carefree road trip through Europe, two American girls find themselves alone at night when their car breaks down in the woods. Searching for help at a nearby villa, they are wooed into the clutches of a deranged retired surgeon, who has a very disturbed vision. Genres: Horror

The Karate Kid

Fear does not exist on this podcast! Pain does not exist ...

Reviewed May 14, 2010

New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target of bullying by a group of thugs, led by Ali's ex-boyfriend Johnny, who study karate at the Cobra Kai dojo under ruthless sensei John Kreese. Fortunately, Daniel befriends Mr. Miyagi, an unassuming repairman who just happens to be a martial arts master himself. Miyagi takes Daniel under his wing, training him in a more compassionate form of karate for self-defense and, later, preparing him to compete against the brutal Cobra Kai. Genres: Action, Drama, Family

Freddy vs. Jason

The movie so nice we reviewed it twice!

Reviewed Apr 23, 2010

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too. Genres: Horror

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

The only thing that can defeat Freddy is a good mix of ha...

Reviewed Mar 19, 2010

A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams. Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

A Nightmare on Elm Street

We're your boyfriends now, Nancy!

Reviewed Mar 5, 2010

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world... Genres: Horror

The Departed

The rat symbolizes obviousness

Reviewed Feb 12, 2010

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them. Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Gangs of New York

Lucky, this is Cameron Diaz. Cameron, this is Lucky. Now,...

Reviewed Jan 29, 2010

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people. Genres: Crime, Drama, History

Back to the Future

What are you listening to, butthead?

Reviewed Jan 7, 2010

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985. Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

Saw III

Jigsaw's brain is exposed in a room THAT dirty? Even if i...

Reviewed Nov 20, 2009

Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detectives scramble to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff Reinhart are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard. Genres: Crime, Horror, Thriller