The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

OV468 - The Monkey (2025) & Grand Theft Hamlet (2025) - Guest: Mitch Ringenberg


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This week, Mitch Ringenberg joins me to review the Oz Perkins movie The Monkey in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, we discuss the documentary Grand Theft Hamlet, which is now available on PVOD and on MUBI. We also talk a bit about the passing of George Armitage, Clayface director news, On Cinema at the Cinema, Severance season 2, and more.

 

Timestamps

  • Show Start - 00:28
  • Introducing Mitch - 02:15
  • Early 2025 Genre Movies - 03:41
  • News Before the Reviews - 13:40
  • Severance Season 2 - 26:32

 

Feature Review

  • The Monkey (2025) - 36:26
  • Spoiler - 1:10:25

 

Secondary Review

  • Grand Theft Hamlet (2025) - 1:33:08

 

Potpourri

  • Mitch: The Punisher (1989) - 2:02:05
  • Mitch: Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell (1995) - 2:07:02
  • Matt: On Cinema at the Cinema - 2:08:35

 

  • Closing the Ep - 2:17:22
  • Patreon Clip - 2:18:49

 

Related Links

  • George Armitage Dies: ‘Grosse Pointe Blank’ & ‘Miami Blues’ Director Was 82
  • James Watkins Lands ‘Clayface’ Directing Gig

 

  • My 2025 Podcast and Writing Archive
  • Immediate Reaction - Captain America: Brave New World (2025) - Feb 17, 2025
  • Patreon Companion Episodes Collection
  • Companion Ep - OV466 - The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) & Scare Me (2020) - Feb 16-17, 2025
  • Patreon - Severance Episode Reviews

 

  • Mitch’s Letterboxd
  • Mitch’s Writing on Midwest Film Journal
  • Mitch's Review of 'Salem's Lot (2024)

 

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  • Flix Brewhouse

 

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Mic Info

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  • Mitch: Blue Yeti USB Mic via Google Meet

Episode Homepage: ObsessiveViewer.com/OV468

 

Next Week on the Podcast

  • OV469 - Last Breath (2025) & Riff Raff (2025)

 

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