{"podcast":{"title":"Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast","slug":"now-playing-the-movie-review-podcast-1005138","podcast_index_feed_id":1005138,"rss_url":"http://podcast.nowplayingpodcast.com/feed.xml","website_url":"http://nowplayingpodcast.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/1425882/NP_Cover_2026.jpg","author":"Venganza Media, Inc.","episode_count":1023,"summary":"The hosts of Now Playing Podcast dive deep into every franchise from Bond, DC and Marvel to Mad Max, Andromeda Strain to Wolverine, breaking down each film with sharp insight, behind-the-scenes stories, and a lot of humor. If a movie has a sequel (or three), we’ve probably reviewed it with real research, real opinions, and zero patience for bad movies.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-06T04:17:28.835539+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/now-playing-the-movie-review-podcast-1005138"},"episode":{"title":"Mortal Kombat II","slug":"mortal-kombat-ii","published_at":"2026-05-12T23:45:48+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/now-playing-the-movie-review-podcast-1005138/mortal-kombat-ii","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/now-playing-the-movie-review-podcast-1005138","url":"http://podcast.nowplayingpodcast.com/e/mortal-kombat-ii/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/aeik5uyzyy46z3yn/NPPMortalKombat04-Mortal_Kombat_2_II_2026852wu.mp3","summary":"Nic is not the only Cage who made garbage action flicks in the 1990s Karl Urban (The Boys) goes from Comic-Con has-been to fighting for Earth in a life-or-death tournament called Mortal Kombat II. Does this aging Gen X-er still have enough fight to defeat classic video game characters like fan-wielding Kitana, toothy Baraka, and big, bad Outworld villain Shao Khan? And can director Simon McQuoid bring new life to martial artists who didn’t stick the landing in his COVID-era first attempt at the property? Get over here and listen to Arnie, Justin, and Stuart provide perspective on another Now Playing Podcast Arcade entry.","meta_description":"Nic is not the only Cage who made garbage action flicks in the 1990s Karl Urban (The Boys) goes from Comic-Con has-been to fighting for Earth in a life-or…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5916,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/now-playing-the-movie-review-podcast-1005138/episodes/mortal-kombat-ii/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/now-playing-the-movie-review-podcast-1005138/mortal-kombat-ii.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}