<description>Pixar films including Toy Story, Monsters Inc., and Finding Nemo, had been smash hits.  But could this success that worked on toys, fish, bugs, and beasts, work for a movie starring a roster of human characters?  That was the risk they took with The Incredibles -- Pixar's first superhero film.  The gamble worked and Pixar had another hit, but how does this film hold up more than 10 years later?  Join Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob to find out!
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Pixar films including Toy Story, Monsters Inc., and Finding Nemo, had been smash hits.  But could this success that worked on toys, fish, bugs, and beasts, work for a movie starring a roster of human characters?  That was the risk they took with The Incredibles -- Pixar's first superhero film.  The gamble worked and Pixar had another hit, but how does this film hold up more than 10 years later?  Join Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob to find out!


Now Playing Presents:  The Silent Night, Deadly Night Movie Retrospective Series

The Incredibles -- A Now Playing Bonus Review

<description>An undercover police officer infiltrates a group of thieves, but can he resist the lure of the subculture and do his duty?  No, we're not talking the Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze film Point Break--we're reviewing the 2001 car racing film The Fast and The Furious.  Starring Vin Diesel, fresh off the success of Pitch Black, the film raced to box office success and launched a billion-dollar franchise.  But is there more to this film than fast cars and attractive women?  Join Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob to find out!
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Hear us review all the Fast and Furious films at NowPlayingPodcast.com.

The Fast and Furious franchise started off as low budget racing films, but has risen to be one of Hollywood's most bankable action franchises.  In anticipation of the upcoming Furious Seven, Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob are living their life one quarter mile at a time and reviewing each film in this series!


Join us at NowPlayingPodcast.com for our Fast and Furious Retrospective Series!

<description>Just in time for the holiday season, genre film studio Anchor Bay released a remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night!  Only loosely based on the original, and titled simply Silent Night, the new version brings star power before unseen in the franchise, with Malcolm McDowell, Donal Logue, and Jamie King starring in the film about a psychotic Santa who kills those who are naughty.  Is this modern version of Silent Night a Christmas treat, or another lump of coal left in the Christmas stocking?  Listen to find out!</description>

This and a Home Alone reboot? Malcolm McDowell has gone from ultraviolent to ultracheap!

Just in time for the holiday season, genre film studio Anchor Bay released a remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night!  Only loosely based on the original, and titled simply Silent Night, the new version brings star power before unseen in the franchise, with Malcolm McDowell, Donal Logue, and Jamie King starring in the film about a psychotic Santa who kills those who are naughty.  Is this modern version of Silent Night a Christmas treat, or another lump of coal left in the Christmas stocking?  Listen to find out!

Silent Night

<description>The Silent Night, Deadly Night films have always been loose with continuity, but in Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker we see yet another exploration of Christmas evil when an angsty Pinocchio unleashes deadly toys upon an unsuspecting young boy.  With outspoken Silent Night, Deadly Night hater Mickey Rooney playing a drunken Gepetto, does this film have more to it than delicious irony?  Listen to find out!</description>

It wishes it was a real movie...

The Silent Night, Deadly Night films have always been loose with continuity, but in Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker we see yet another exploration of Christmas evil when an angsty Pinocchio unleashes deadly toys upon an unsuspecting young boy.  With outspoken Silent Night, Deadly Night hater Mickey Rooney playing a drunken Gepetto, does this film have more to it than delicious irony?  Listen to find out!

Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker

<description>After three films exploring the homicidal impulses of the Caldwell (or is it Chapman) family, Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 goes a different direction as a wannabe journalist investigates a case of spontaneous combustion in Los Angeles during Christmas season.  Is a cult of Lilith worshipers a good replacement for a homicidal maniac, and is the Ricky played in this film by Clint Howard the same Ricky we've seen in the previous three films?  Listen to find out!</description>

This film really bugs us...

After three films exploring the homicidal impulses of the Caldwell (or is it Chapman) family, Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 goes a different direction as a wannabe journalist investigates a case of spontaneous combustion in Los Angeles during Christmas season.  Is a cult of Lilith worshipers a good replacement for a homicidal maniac, and is the Ricky played in this film by Clint Howard the same Ricky we've seen in the previous three films?  Listen to find out!

Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation

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!

Now Playing Presents: The Silent Night, Deadly Night Movie Retrospective Series

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