Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews
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Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews

by Nicholas Abouhamad

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!
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Hosted by video editor/content creator Nicholas Abouhamad alongside Sierra Watson, Raekwon Davis and Michael Capurso.
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100 episodes
EN language
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1
9. Rumble in the Bronx: The Movie that Made Jackie Chan a Legend in America | Glaring Admissions
1:09:03 May 25, 2025
2
8. GoldenEye: The best place to start with James Bond is 17 movies in | Glaring Admissions
1:38:07 Dec 29, 2024
3
7. Scream: A Crash Course on Slasher Films | Glaring Admissions
1:08:56 Oct 29, 2024
4
6. The Blues Brothers is a perfect, culturally significant film | Glaring Admissions
1:01:28 Sep 9, 2024
5
5. Is It Too Early To Call Top Gun: Maverick a Classic? | Glaring Admissions
1:32:08 Jul 29, 2024
6
4. Independence Day (Should We Celebrate Independence Day?) | Glaring Admissions
1:13:58 Jul 1, 2024
7
3. Mulholland Drive (Baby's First Lynch Movie) | Glaring Admissions
1:20:46 Jun 3, 2024
8
2. Total Recall is Apparently Indiana Jones on Mars? | Glaring Admissions
1:03:40 Apr 26, 2024
9
1. Jurassic Park (This Is Somehow Underrated) | Glaring Admissions
59:51 Apr 5, 2024
10
99. Rad (Thunder in Your Heart is the greatest song of all time)
1:00:14 Mar 18, 2024
11
98. Wild Wild West (Damn)
1:29:24 Oct 2, 2023
12
97. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (A handy thigh pistol)
1:33:08 Oct 4, 2022
13
96. Dragon Ball: Fight Son Goku, Win Son Goku (Abraham Lincoln)
1:40:55 Aug 16, 2022
14
95. Monkeybone (Piggy)
1:22:34 Jul 12, 2022
15
94. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (Go-Go Gadget Go-Go Dancers)
1:55:20 Jun 7, 2022
16
93. Earth Girls Are Easy (Geena Davis and the Great Hairdryer Conspiracy)
1:46:37 May 17, 2022
17
92. Slacker (The Boyhood Express)
2:05:35 Apr 5, 2022
18
91. Game of Death (Spruce Bruce and the everlasting supply of Rob Schneider jokes)
2:26:19 Mar 15, 2022
19
90. Twins (Werner Herzog's Big Adventure)
2:07:57 Feb 22, 2022
20
89. Rush Hour (You Should've Gone For The Eye)
2:25:31 Feb 8, 2022
21
Reintroducing Media Obscura
20:23 Feb 1, 2022
22
Rerun: The Star Wars Holiday Special (Get A Life Day)
1:21:40 Dec 20, 2020
23
Rerun: Jingle All The Way (More Garbage)
1:35:23 Dec 14, 2020
24
Rerun: The Terminal (Empathy at JFK)
0:00 Dec 6, 2020
25
Update: No New Episode This Week
0:00 Nov 29, 2020
26
88. Superman (Skunk Brawler)
1:33:22 Nov 22, 2020
27
87. Light of Day (Little Italy) w/Jackson
1:28:28 Nov 15, 2020
28
86. Willow (Ye Olden Hope)
1:47:52 Nov 8, 2020
29
85. Spider-Man 2 (Who Is The Bugman?)
1:43:09 Nov 1, 2020
30
Rerun: The Addams Family Reunion (Gaslighting Mike)
1:21:06 Oct 25, 2020
31
84. Commando (Mr. Baked Potato Head)
2:16:20 Oct 18, 2020
32
83. The Iron Giant (Mike's Excited)
2:18:16 Oct 11, 2020
33
82. Dragons Forever (Something Sus)
1:51:14 Oct 4, 2020
34
Rerun: Detective Conan (Nick, Cro-magnon P.I.)
1:07:11 Sep 27, 2020
35
81. Cyborg Cop II (Don't Humor Nick)
2:02:27 Sep 20, 2020
36
Rerun: Scrubs (Barbecue and Dr. Funko Cox)
1:31:56 Sep 13, 2020
37
80. Mazes and Monsters (Tom Hanks, Roleplayer)
1:37:14 Sep 6, 2020
38
79. The Karate Kid (Cobra Kai, Cobra Why?)
1:45:10 Aug 30, 2020
39
78. Titanic II (Cold Cuts)
1:44:33 Aug 23, 2020
40
Rerun: Shanghai Noon (Not Rush Hour)
1:34:19 Aug 16, 2020
41
77. Dazed and Confused (Alright, x3)
1:51:20 Aug 9, 2020
42
Rerun: Man on the Moon (Jung and Reckless)
1:24:17 Aug 2, 2020
43
76. Commercial Cavalcade #2 (Arsenio)
1:49:24 Jul 26, 2020
44
75. Purple Rain (Tortured Artists)
1:43:48 Jul 19, 2020
45
Rerun: Martial Law (Cobra)
0:01 Jul 12, 2020
46
74. Ren and Stimpy (A Very Wu-Tang Phantom Zone)
1:35:13 Jul 5, 2020
47
73. Batman and Robin (The Joel Schumacher Aflac/Affleck Conundrum)
1:42:32 Jun 28, 2020
48
72. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures (New Raekwon, Who Dis?)
1:43:35 Jun 21, 2020
49
71. Bride of the Monster (A Very Muppets Horror B-Movie)
1:04:36 Jun 14, 2020
50
Rerun: Ed Wood (More Charades)
1:35:30 Jun 7, 2020
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