Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews

Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews

By Nicholas AbouhamadTV & FilmFilm Reviews
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  • 92. Slacker (The Boyhood Express)

    Team Obscura chats about Richard Linklater's seminal 1990 film "Slacker," and spirals off into conversations about Linklater movies in general, education and the value of good conversation. 

    2 hr 6 min
  • 91. Game of Death (Spruce Bruce and the everlasting supply of Rob Schneider jokes)

    Team Obscura sits down and chats about the 1978 Bruce-ploitation movie "Game of Death," a feature film built off of unused footage from an unfinished Bruce Lee movie. The gang also chats about fake Rob Schneider movies, film twitter, and the world not being the worst someday hopefully maybe please just please.


    Check out more episodes of Media Obscura on your podcast player of choice, or hit us up on Twitter/Instagram (@themediaobscura). 

    2 hr 27 min
  • 90. Twins (Werner Herzog's Big Adventure)

    Team Obscura checks out the 1988 Ivan Reitman comedy film, Twins, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito! Also in this episode, the gang talks about nerd culture/the death of mid-budget movies and Nick launches into way too many middling impressions.


    Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/

    2 hr 8 min
  • 89. Rush Hour (You Should've Gone For The Eye)

    Team Obscura returns for their first [full] episode in over a year to cover the 1998 buddy cop flick, Rush Hour. Also, Nick exposes a strange obsession with the movie's villain, Sang.


    Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/

    2 hr 26 min
  • Reintroducing Media Obscura

    We're back! Check out this reintroduction to the Media Obscura podcast as we update you about what's been going on for the past year. We'll be back on 2/8 with a brand new episode about Rush Hour!

    21 min
  • Rerun: The Star Wars Holiday Special (Get A Life Day)

    Nick and Mike sit down and torture themselves with the infamous, terrifying, and genuinely un-cool 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. It's so bad that they find themselves unable to even comment on the thing... Go figure. Feel free to @ us your episode requests, faithful co-host prompts or just say hey!!! Love the show and wanna contribute to help us make more episodes? Feel free to buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/niche

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    1 hr 22 min
  • Rerun: Jingle All The Way (More Garbage)

    With Mike lost in a hall of mirrors, Nick enlists his buddy Raekwon to help him watch the Arnold Schwarzenegger Christmas film "Jingle All The Way." They also imagine a world where the movie spawned an MCU-esque cinematic universe.


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    1 hr 36 min
  • Rerun: The Terminal (Empathy at JFK)

    Nick and Mike celebrate 50 episodes of The Media Obscura Podcast by watching Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed, but often forgotten, gem: The Terminal. 

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    1 hr 58 min
  • 88. Superman (Skunk Brawler)

    Team Obscura checks out the seminal 1978 superhero movie "Superman." directed by Richard Donner and starring the most iconic of the men of steel, Christopher Reeve! Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/

    1 hr 34 min

About Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews

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A show dedicated to watching, reviewing, and bickering over the entertainment of yesteryear. Whether they're the classics that defined the era, blockbuster failures that fell off the face of the Earth, or features that never made a name for themselves, it's all fair game!