Now Playing: The Avengers Movie Retrospective Series
Summary: The Avengers explode on movie screens this May after a massive multi-movie strategy begun with Iron Man in 2008. In anticipation of this blockbuster film, Now Playing's reviewers watch and review all The Avengers films, including their early appearances in film and television, all the way through a weekend of release review of The Avengers this May!
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This September Vin Diesel is back as Riddick, and Now Playing is preparing by watching and reviewing all three Riddick films -- Pitch Black, Chronicles of Riddick, and Riddick! Join us each week at nowplayingpodcast.com for a new installment in this retrospective series!
Fresh off the success of Shaun of the Dead creators Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright decided the follow-up would be a new type of genre parody; instead of making a comedic horror film the duo created Hot Fuzz lampooning the over-the-top action films of the 80s and 90s. It was billed as the second part of their "Blood and Ice Cream trilogy" where Pegg would star with Nick Frost. Did this Spaced team suffer a sophomore slump or is Hot Fuzz a follow-up as good as the original? Thanks to your support of Now Playing you can listen and find out!
Nothing can stop the undead. They just keep coming, and if you kill one two more take their place until eventually you have an unstoppable zombie horde. The same can be said for zombie movies themselves! Since the one-two punch of 28 Days Later and Sack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead the zombies have grown larger and larger, and this weekend in theaters comes the biggest zombie movie of them all--World War Z. Starring Brad Pitt as a UN investigator this film was intended to kick off a trilogy of big-budget zombie action films. Does this film continue the pile-on of zombie hits or is this one zombie who should have stayed dead? Donate to support Now Playing to find out!
It's hard to kill a zombie in Return of the Living Dead. Shoot them, burn them, they keep coming back for more brains. But after 1993 it seemed the zombies had finally been killed for good by the most harrowing of enemies--intellectual property rights issues. Leave it to Hollywood to never leave money on the table, though, as the zombie resurgence of the early 21st century with 28 Days Later and Dawn of the Dead enabled Return of the Living Dead to crawl from the grave again with not one but two low-budget, direct-to-SyFy Channel sequels. This week on Now Playing's bonus donation series Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob watch the first of these films: Return of the Living Dead--Necropolis. Is watching this film worse than eating cooked, zombified rat? If you donate to support Now Playing you can listen and find out!
For Return of the Living Dead 3 studio Trimark Pictures brought in Brian Yuzna, a horror producer and director best known for the ground-breaking Re-Animator films. Yuzna worked with writer John Penney to create a zombie love story. Starring future O.C. actress Melinda Clarke as Julie, a goth girl with a new found taste for brains, Return of the Living Dead 3 had much different in tone than the previous two films. Is this change for the better? Donate to Now Playing and you can listen and find out!
Punk rock, humor, and zombies proved a successful mix in Return of the Living Dead so a sequel was inevitable. Some of the cast returned, including actors who's characters died in the first one, but writer/director Dan O'Bannon was absent from the sequel. With a new tale of Trioxin fueled undead and an even stronger emphasis on the jokes, is Return of the Living Dead II a proper thriller? Donate to support Now Playing and find out!
The Avengers broke box office records taking in more at the US box office in the opening weekend than any other film. With such popularity the world was primed for a follow-up. Now, almost one year to the day later, Marvel Studios' next film Iron Man 3 has been delivered, and came in second only to The Avengers in its opening weekend. The new film features a Tony Stark solo mission against his comic book nemesis The Mandarin in a storyline taken from the Warren Ellis Extremis comic arc. But without Jon Favreau directing and without a Hulk can the armored Avenger still shine? Listen to Jakob, Arnie, and Stuart's review to find out!
The Avengers broke box office records taking in more at the US box office in the opening weekend than any other film. With such popularity the world was primed for a follow-up. Now, almost one year to the day later, Marvel Studios' next film Iron Man 3 has been delivered, and came in second only to The Avengers in its opening weekend. The new film features a Tony Stark solo mission against his comic book nemesis The Mandarin in a storyline taken from the Warren Ellis Extremis comic arc. But without Jon Favreau directing and without a Hulk can the armored Avenger still shine? Listen to Jakob, Arnie, and Stuart's review to find out!
It's been 32 years since Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell left obscurity in Detroit and went to a cabin in the woods that would start their careers and scare the hell out of moviegoers. With Raimi reaching big-time success with big-budget films like Oz and Spider-Man it seemed that the Evil Dead franchise would remain lifeless, but in 2013 it was back with a poster promising "The Most Terrifying Film You Will Ever Experience." Raimi and Campbell remained involved as producers, but directing fell to first-time filmmaker Fede Alvarez. Does this return to terror work for Evil Dead, or is it another forgettable horror reboot? DONATE to Now Playing to find out!
This summer, Superman flies back onto the big screen in Man of Steel, the first reboot of the superhero in 35 years! To prepare for Zach Snyder's film, join Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob at NowPlayingPodcast.com as we look at a new Superman film each week, ending with a week-of-release review of Man of Steel.
As we build up to Man of Steel this summer, Now Playing hosts Stuart, Jakob, and Arnie are looking at some lesser known DC Heroes -- Tank Girl, Constantine, and Jonah Hex. Hear all the reviews at NowPlayingPodcast.com!
In just a few weeks it's A Good Day to Die Hard in theaters, and to prepare the hosts of Now Playing are watching and reviewing all the Die Hard films! Listen each week at nowplayingpodcast.com
It's the holiday season once again, and to get you in the spirit of the season join Now Playing as we review all six films in the Silent Night, Deadly Night retrospective including the 2012 remake!
A preview from the first episode of Now Playing's Official Living Dead Remake Retrospective Series! Listen to this preview and to find out how to hear the entire series!
A preview from the second episode of Now Playing's Official Living Dead Remake Retrospective Series! Listen to this preview of our review of 2004's Dawn of the Dead and to find out how to hear the entire series!
