OV458 - Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) & Juror #2 (2024) - Guest: Sam Watermeier

The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

This week, Tiny and I review Barry Jenkins’ new film, Mufasa: The Lion King in a non-spoiler and spoiler feature review. Then, in this week’s secondary review, I’m joined by Sam Watermeier for a review of Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2.

Timestamps

• Show Start - 00:28
• Lola’s First Movie - 04:05
• News - 08:50

Feature Review

• Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) - 17:15
• Spoiler - 36:05

Secondary Review

• Introducing Sam - 53:47
• Juror #2 (2024) - 1:00:33
• Spoiler - 1:28:50

• Closing the Ep - 1:53:38
• Patreon Clip - 1:55:08

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