{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"OV489 - The Smashing Machine (2025) &amp; The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025) - Guest: Sam Watermeier","description":"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\u2019s secondary review, we talk about Renny Harlin\u2019s, The Strangers: Chapter 2. We also discuss recent movie and TV news, screenings around Indianapolis, Heartland Film Festival, Robert Redford, Heat 2, and more. Timestamps  Show Start - 01:29 Introducing Sam - 04:31 Screening in Indy - 10:49 News Before the Reviews - 17:54  Feature Review  The Smashing Machine (2025) - 23:51 Spoiler - 1:06:57  Secondary Review   The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025) - 1:36:17  Closing the Ep - 2:03:00 Patreon Clip - 2:05:13  Related Links   My Voice Work on The Endless Elsewhere Podcast  My Guest Spot on Short Bites: A Stephen King Podcast OV429 - I Saw the TV Glow (2024) &amp;amp; The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) - Guest: Sam Watermeier  Robert Redford, \u2018Butch Cassidy\u2019 and \u2018All the President\u2019s Men\u2019 Icon, Dies at 89  \u2018Heat 2\u2019 Moves From Warner Bros. to Amazon MGM as Michael Mann\u2019s Sequel Gains Traction  &amp;nbsp;  Sam\u2019s Letterboxd Sam\u2019s 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  &amp;nbsp;  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  Patreon Special - High and Low (1963) at the Kan-Kan - Aug 24, 2025  Immediate Reaction - Together (2025) - Jul 23, 2025 Patreon Companion Episodes Collection  &amp;nbsp; Indianapolis Theaters  Heartland Film Festival  The Tenderness Tour Documentary at HIFF34   Alamo Drafthouse Indy Kan-Kan&amp;nbsp; Living Room Theaters  Keystone Art&amp;nbsp; Flix Brewhouse  &amp;nbsp; Ways to Support Us  Support Us on Patreon for Exclusive Content Official OV Merch Buy Me A Coffee Obsessive Viewer Obsessive Viewer Presents: Anthology Obsessive Viewer Presents: Tower Junkies As Good As It Gets - Linktree Start Your Podcast with Libsyn Using Promo Code OBSESS  &amp;nbsp; Follow Us on Social Media  My Letterboxd | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter Instagram | Threads | Bluesky | TikTok | Tiny\u2019s Letterboxd  &amp;nbsp; Mic Info  Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into R\u00d8DEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.6.6) Sam: Samson Q2U via USB in Google Meet  &amp;nbsp; Episode Homepage: ObsessiveViewer.com\/OV489 &amp;nbsp; Next Week on the Podcast   OV490 - Roofman (2025) &amp;amp; Bone Lake (2025)   ","author_name":"The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/obsessiveviewer.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38517900\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/193992755"}