<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!


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!


				Now Playing finishes its Final Destination Retrospective Series with the newest installment in the series. Sam and his coworkers are on their way to a work retreat when a bridge collapse nearly kills them all, but Death's design is still coming. Does Tony Todd's Bludworth have an insight into Death's plan that can help them save their lives, or are they Dust in the Wind? And do audiences care, or do we just want to see inventive death scenarios? Listen to Arnie, Jakob, and Brock as they review this installment and find out!
			

The eyes have it!

Final Destination 5

<description>Now Playing finishes its Final Destination Retrospective Series with the newest installment in the series.  Sam and his coworkers are on their way to a work retreat when a bridge collapse nearly kills them all, but Death's design is still coming.  Does Tony Todd's Bludworth have an insight into Death's plan that can help them save their lives, or are they Dust in the Wind?  And do audiences care, or do we just want to see inventive death scenarios?  Listen to Arnie, Jakob, and Brock as they review this installment and find out!</description>

Now Playing finishes its Final Destination Retrospective Series with the newest installment in the series.  Sam and his coworkers are on their way to a work retreat when a bridge collapse nearly kills them all, but Death's design is still coming.  Does Tony Todd's Bludworth have an insight into Death's plan that can help them save their lives, or are they Dust in the Wind?  And do audiences care, or do we just want to see inventive death scenarios?  Listen to Arnie, Jakob, and Brock as they review this installment and find out!

<description>In 2009 Rob Zombie returned to the twisted mind of Michael Myers in Halloween 2...and no one cared because horror films had entered a new dimension: 3-D!  Capitalizing on this new cinema gimmick was The Final Destination, the fourth in the franchise.  With Final Destination 2 director David R. Ellis returning to stage another car crash, this time on a speedway, and psychic Nick trying to save the lives of his friends from such threats as a car wash, a swimming pool, and a chain link fence, do inventive deaths inject new life into the Final Destination series?  Listen to find out!</description>

Beware of falling bathtubs

In 2009 Rob Zombie returned to the twisted mind of Michael Myers in Halloween 2...and no one cared because horror films had entered a new dimension: 3-D!  Capitalizing on this new cinema gimmick was The Final Destination, the fourth in the franchise.  With Final Destination 2 director David R. Ellis returning to stage another car crash, this time on a speedway, and psychic Nick trying to save the lives of his friends from such threats as a car wash, a swimming pool, and a chain link fence, do inventive deaths inject new life into the Final Destination series?  Listen to find out!

The Final Destination

With the release of the latest movie in the Final Destination franchise, Final Destination 5, the hosts of Now Playing look back at Death's greatest traps and tricks, watching all five of the Final Destination films in order and reviewing them for you!

Now Playing Presents: The Final Destination Retrospective Series

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