OV469 - Last Breath (2025) & Riff Raff (2025) - Guest: Sam Watermeier

The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

This week, Sam Watermeier joins me to review the new survival thriller Last Breath in a feature review and then, in this week's secondary review, we discuss the crime comedy Riff Raff. We also discuss the passing of Michelle Trachtenberg and Gene Hackman, more Scream 7 casting news, this year's Oscar ceremony, and more.

Timestamps

• Show Start - 00:28
• Introducing Sam - 03:01
• News Before the Reviews - 16:32

Feature Review

• Last Breath (2025) - 43:26
• Spoiler - 1:06:15

Secondary Review

• Riff Raff (2025) - 1:29:19

Potpourri

• Sam: Spaced and The IT Crowd - 1:51:57
• Matt: Paradise on Hulu - 1:56:04

• Closing the Ep - 2:00:26
• Patreon Clip - 2:02:47

Related Links

• Michelle Trachtenberg, 'Gossip Girl' and 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Actor, Dies at 39
• Gene Hackman and Wife Betsy Arakawa Found Dead in Santa Fe Home; Oscar-Winning Star of 'French Connection' and 'Unforgiven' Was 95
• David Arquette Returning As Deputy Dewey Riley In 'Scream 7'
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• Odd Trilogies - Ep 97 - Frankenheimer's Paranoia Trilogy (with Matt Hurt)

• My 2025 Podcast and Writing Archive
• Immediate Reaction - 97th Academy Awards - Mar 2, 2025
• Patreon Companion Episodes Collection
• Companion Ep - OV467 - Akeelah and the Bee (2011) & The Girl is in Trouble (2015) - Feb 26-Mar 1, 2025
• Patreon - Severance Episode Reviews

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• OV470 - Mickey 17 (2025) & The Electric State (2025)