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Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews

Hosted by Nicholas Abouhamad · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 117 episodes

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About this podcast

A show dedicated to watching, reviewing, and bickering over the entertainment of yesteryear. Whether they're the classics that defined the era, blockbuster failures that fell off the face of the Earth, or features that never made a name for themselves, it's all fair game! Don’t forget to subscribe to find out when we post!Hosted by video editor/content creator Nicholas Abouhamad alongside Sierra Watson, Raekwon Davis and Michael Capurso.Send your episode recommendations to @themediaobscura on Twitter/Instagram!

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Nicholas Abouhamad hosts Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews, a tv show with 117 episodes published.

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First Blood: The tragedy of Rambo and the Sequels that Ruined him

May 10, 20261h 0mEp. 10

On this episode of Glaring Admissions, Nick and Raekwon sit down to discuss First Blood, a smart and criminally underlooked action film/thriller from 1982. In the process, they explore an interesting question: would we h

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9. Rumble in the Bronx: The Movie that Made Jackie Chan a Legend in America | Glaring Admissions

May 25, 20251h 9m

Wanna get full video versions of Glaring Admissions up to two weeks earlier than everyone else? You can do so by becoming a Patron/Channel Member! Links below. On this episode of Glaring Admissions, Nick busts out the mo

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8. GoldenEye: The best place to start with James Bond is 17 movies in | Glaring Admissions

Dec 29, 20241h 38m

Glaring Admissions shall return in... This podcast episode. On the final Glaring Admissions of 2024, Nick and Raekwon sit down with their friend (and original Media Obscura co-host Mike's brother) John to discuss GoldenE

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7. Scream: A Crash Course on Slasher Films | Glaring Admissions

Oct 29, 20241h 8m

Scream! Louder! Scream is a 1996 horror film directed by Wes Craven. It follows a group of teenagers (led by Neve Campbell) and a reporter (Courtney Cox) that are getting attacked by a killer wearing a common Halloween m

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6. The Blues Brothers is a perfect, culturally significant film | Glaring Admissions

Sep 9, 20241h 1m

The best movie podcast duo out there (sorry, not sorry) is back to discuss John Landis 1980 musical comedy, The Blues Brothers! Raekwon’s never seen it before and, boy oh boy, did Nick feel the need to change that. For t

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5. Is It Too Early To Call Top Gun: Maverick a Classic? | Glaring Admissions

Jul 29, 20241h 32m

Nick and Raekwon are back to chat about Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick on the latest episode of Glaring Admissions! Be sure to drop your thoughts on whether or not the 2022 sequel to Top Gun can really be considered a cla

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4. Independence Day (Should We Celebrate Independence Day?) | Glaring Admissions

Jun 30, 20241h 13m

Independence Day is a 1996 action/disaster blockbuster that was directed by Roland Emmerich. It stars Bill Pullman, Will Smith, and Jeff Goldblum (among many others) as humans forced to scramble to fight off an alien inv

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3. Mulholland Drive (Baby's First Lynch Movie) | Glaring Admissions

Jun 3, 20241h 20m

Mulholland Drive is a 2001 surrealist drama/mystery that was written and directed by David 'Garmonbozia' Lynch. The film stars Naomi Watts and Laura Harring as two women investigating the circumstances that brought Harri

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2. Total Recall is Apparently Indiana Jones on Mars? | Glaring Admissions

Apr 26, 20241h 3m

Total Recall is a 1990 Paul Verhoeven directed adaptation of the Phillip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale." It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid, a construction worker who dreams of going to

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1. Jurassic Park (This Is Somehow Underrated) | Glaring Admissions

Apr 5, 202459m

Introducing Glaring Admissions, a show dedicated to watching/discussing iconic, famous movies that we've somehow missed out on! Join us on our inaugural episode as we sit down and discuss Steven Speilberg's iconic 1993 a

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99. Rad (Thunder in Your Heart is the greatest song of all time)

Mar 18, 20241h 0m

Check out the full-video edit of this episode, complete with cutaways, on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCscDbMTovs2Zww6by8HSDMg 1986's BMX, underdog, feel-good, teen, coming of age cult movie "Rad" is coming back to t

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98. Wild Wild West (Damn)

Oct 2, 20231h 29mEp. 98

Media Obscura's back and, on this week's episode, we're tackling Wild Wild (ficka) Wild Wild West, the 1999 Will Smith Box Office bomb! Join Nick, Sierra & Raekwon as they reminisce about this (not so) classic 90s action

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97. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (A handy thigh pistol)

Oct 4, 20221h 33m

Nick and Raekwon (sans Sierra) tackle the 2008-2009 Terminator television series, The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Also, Nick loses his voice doing his Schwarzenegger impression.

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96. Dragon Ball: Fight Son Goku, Win Son Goku (Abraham Lincoln)

Aug 16, 20221h 40m

Team Obscura reassembles to watch the 1990 unlicensed Dragon Ball movie, Dragon Ball: Fight Son Goku, Win Son Goku. The film centers around Son Goku's first adventure to collect the seven magical Dragon Balls and feature

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95. Monkeybone (Piggy)

Jul 12, 20221h 22m

Team Obscura checks out the 2001 Brendan Fraser comedy "Monkeybone," directed by Peter Sellick.

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94. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (Go-Go Gadget Go-Go Dancers)

Jun 7, 20221h 55m

The gang's back and they're looking at the 1965 Russ Meyers exploitation flick "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" on this weeks episode!

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93. Earth Girls Are Easy (Geena Davis and the Great Hairdryer Conspiracy)

May 17, 20221h 46m

Team Obscura (re)returns after a month long hiatus due to some health/life stuff to cover the 1989 movie Earth Girls Are Easy! The movie is a musical science fiction romantic comedy that was directed by Julien Temple and

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92. Slacker (The Boyhood Express)

Apr 5, 20222h 5m

Team Obscura chats about Richard Linklater's seminal 1990 film "Slacker," and spirals off into conversations about Linklater movies in general, education and the value of good conversation. 

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91. Game of Death (Spruce Bruce and the everlasting supply of Rob Schneider jokes)

Mar 15, 20222h 26m

Team Obscura sits down and chats about the 1978 Bruce-ploitation movie "Game of Death," a feature film built off of unused footage from an unfinished Bruce Lee movie. The gang also chats about fake Rob Schneider movies,

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90. Twins (Werner Herzog's Big Adventure)

Feb 22, 20222h 7mEp. 90

Team Obscura checks out the 1988 Ivan Reitman comedy film, Twins, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito! Also in this episode, the gang talks about nerd culture/the death of mid-budget movies and Nick launches

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