The Obsessive Viewer Podcast - Ep 489 - The Smashing Machine (2025) & The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025) - Guest: Sam Watermeier
Update: 2025-10-09
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OV489 – The Smashing Machine (2025) & The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025) – Guest: Sam Watermeier
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The Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast
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This week, Sam Watermeier joins me to review the new Benny Safdie movie, The Smashing Machine in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, we talk about Renny Harlin’s, The Strangers: Chapter 2. We also discuss recent movie and TV news, screenings around Indianapolis, Heartland Film Festival, Robert Redford, Heat 2, and more.
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Mic Info
- Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.6.6)
- Sam: Samson Q2U via USB in Google Meet
Timestamps
- Show Start – 01:29
- Introducing Sam – 04:31
- Screening in Indy – 10:49
- News Before the Reviews – 17:54
Feature Review
Secondary Review
- The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025) – 1:36:17
Related Links
- Heartland Film Festival
- The Tenderness Tour Documentary at HIFF34
- My Voice Work on The Endless Elsewhere Podcast
- My Guest Spot on Short Bites: A Stephen King Podcast
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- Robert Redford, ‘Butch Cassidy’ and ‘All the President’s Men’ Icon, Dies at 89
- ‘Heat 2’ Moves From Warner Bros. to Amazon MGM as Michael Mann’s Sequel Gains Traction
- Sam’s Letterboxd
- Sam’s Writing on Midwest Film Journal
- Sam’s Review of Arrow’s Spawn 4K UHD Release
- Sam’s Review of Are We Good?
- Sam’s Review of The Strangers: Chapter 2
- Sam’s Quick Takes Reviews of Twinless and Lurker
- My 2025 Podcast and Writing Archive
- Book Reaction – The Long Walk by Stephen King – Chapters 1-2 – Sept 18, 2025
- Book Reaction – The Long Walk by Stephen King – Chapters 3-5 – Sept 21, 2025
- Book Reaction – The Long Walk by Stephen King – Chapters 6-7 – Sept 28, 2025
- Book Reaction – The Long Walk by Stephen King – Chapters 8-10 – Oct 4, 2025
- Patreon Special – Yojimbo (1961) at the Kan-Kan – Aug 27, 2025
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