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Now Playing Podcast episodes consist of a panel of three hosts discussing a film in its entirety, before providing individual “recommends” or “not recommends” stylized as green or red arrows, respectively. As of July 2020, the show had amassed more than 2,000 reviews on Apple Podcasts, achieving an average of 4.6 stars out of 5.

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Its 1000 th movie review was released on June 23, 2020. Now Playing celebrated its 500 th episode, a review of Chopping Mall, on October 14, 2016. In 2020, Venganza Media began producing live Now Playing watch parties on the HotMic mobile app.

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In 2019, Podbean ranked Now Playing among its Top 10 TV and Film Podcasts. The move allowed the show to be financed by donors through Podbean's patron funding model. To maintain its status as a listener-supported podcast with no sponsors, Now Playing joined the Podbean platform in 2016.

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Due to a series of delays, including the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the hardcover release of 'Underrated Movies We Recommend' is expected to debut in late 2020. Shortly thereafter, filmmaker John Carpenter agreed to write the foreword for the book. In 30 days, the campaign far exceeded its target goal, raising $115,482 for the project. In early 2015, Now Playing launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise $40,000 for a book titled “Underrated Movies We Recommend.” The book consists of 125 movie reviews from four of the show's hosts, with art designed by comic book artist and writer Tom Beland. Latham joining in 2014, and Marvelicious Toys podcast co-host and graphic designer Justin Kozisek joining in 2016. Now Playing continued to add new on-air and behind-the-scenes personalities as the show grew in popularity, with Star Wars Action News contributor Jerry Stephens joining the show in 2011, journalist Jason R. “We usually try to have somebody who’s a fan of the series, somebody who is new to the series, and somebody who is kind of indifferent,” Carvalho said in a 2018 interview. With no shortage of Hollywood film franchises and sequels to review, Now Playing began to amass a steady following, with its popularity largely attributed to its retrospective format and the diversity of its hosts. The new retrospective format was launched on January 9, 2009, with a review of 1980s Friday the 13 th, leading up to the release of the 2009 remake. Early episodes of Now Playing consisted of two hosts, but Carvalho changed the format in early 2009, adding a third host and changing the focus of the program to full-length reviews of entire film franchises.

Soon thereafter, Arnie Carvalho began to recruit friends and acquaintances to join the show as hosts, including childhood friend Stuart Atkinson, Star Wars Action News contributor Jakob Conkling, and voice artist James “Brock” O’Shea. The show would eventually become part of the expanding Venganza Media Podcasting Network, which includes Star Wars Action News, book review podcast Books & Nachos, and the Marvel Universe collecting-themed Marvelicious Toys. The Carvalho's had been podcasting since 2005, when they formed Star Wars Action News, a podcast for Star Wars memorabilia and merchandise collectors. Now Playing Podcast was conceived in 2007 by Arnaldo “Arnie” Carvalho and his wife, Marjorie Carvalho, as the pair exited a screening of the film Ghost Rider.