Back to the Future Review (40th Anniv.), Deliver Me From Nowhere, Blue Moon, A House of Dynamite (#1037)

Filmspotting

Adam Kempenaar & Josh Larsen

Film Reviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 123 minutes

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With BACK TO THE FUTURE back in theaters for its 40th anniversary, Adam and Josh take the opportunity to give it Sacred Cow consideration. Plus, reviews of the Bruce Springsteen biopic DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, Richard Linklater’s BLUE MOON, and Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear thriller A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE. This episode is presented by⁠ Regal Unlimited⁠⁠, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits. (Timecodes and chapter starts may not be precise with ads.) Intro (00:00:00-00:00:56) Back to the Future at 40 (00:00:57-00:46:31) Filmspotting Family (00:46:32-00:51:07) Blue Moon (00:51:08-01:08:36) Deliver Me From Nowhere (01:08:37-01:19:01) Notes / Next Week (01:19:02-01:26:01) Polls (01:26:02-01:34:17) A House of Dynamite (01:34:18-01:45:43) Spoilers: A House of Dynamite (01:45:44-01:56:17) Credits / New Releases (01:56:18-02:00:45) Links: -Poll: 2nd Best Zemeckis https://poll.fm/16177171 -50 Years of Siskel & Ebert: "Lone Star" https://luma.com/pwlqid75 -The Mastermind Prize Pack Email us your favorite Reichardt character Feedback: -Email us at ⁠⁠⁠feedback@filmspotting.net⁠⁠⁠. -⁠⁠⁠Ask Us Anything⁠⁠⁠ and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and archive access. ⁠⁠⁠http://filmspottingfamily.com⁠⁠⁠ -T-shirts and more available at the Filmspotting Shop. ⁠⁠https://www.filmspotting.net/shop⁠⁠ Follow: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://facebook.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/larsenonfilm ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/larsenonfilm.bsky.social⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Film spotting is presented by Regal Unlimited, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits.
0:07.1	Sign up now in the Regal app or at the link in the show description and use code FilmSpot 25.
0:12.3	That's Film Spot 25 to receive your discount.
0:19.7	What kind of a show are you guys putting on here today?
0:22.6	You're not interested in art?
0:23.8	No.
0:24.2	Now look, we're going to do this thing. We're going to have a conversation.
0:29.0	From Chicago, this is film spotting, celebrating our 20th year.
0:32.6	I'm Josh Larson, and I'm Adam Kempinar.
0:35.0	This baby hits 88 miles per hour.
0:40.3	You're going to see some serious...
0:42.3	Back to the Future is 40 and back in theaters.
0:47.4	We've fired up the film spotting custom-built Delorean, and we've got a sacred cow review.
0:52.4	Plus reviews of Richard Linklater's Blue Moon, Catherine Bigelow's A House of Dynamite,
0:58.3	the Springsteen biopic, deliver me from nowhere, and more.
1:02.3	It's all ahead on film spotting.
1:04.2	Hello, fellas. I'm afraid you just a tear darn loud.
1:07.0	Can't guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are going to love it.
1:12.8	Welcome to film spotting. Somehow, Josh, Back to the Future is 40. Even more distressing, we're a full decade further into the future than the 2015 setting of Back to the Future Part 2. Still no hoverboards, though.
1:29.5	No hoverboards.
1:30.7	What's going on?
1:31.1	I mean, we've got, we've got the electric scooters all over our sidewalks.
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