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

The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

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

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

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Next Week on the Podcast

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