MOVIE Morning

Kathryn Bigelow - the first woman who won the Best Director OSCAR at the Academy Awards - is back to deliver us her latest tense thriller... but on Netflix. Bigelow's films have had a big impact on me as a film fan since I was an early teen and I've been waiting years for her to finally make a new movie. I - thank god - had the opportunity to see A House of Dynamite in cinemas last week, with it c...

Luca Guadagnino, one of the most prolific filmmakers of our time, is back with yet another movie having its European Premiere at the BFI London Film Festival: After the Hunt . I happen to be a pretty big fan of Guadagnino, really liking movies such as Call Me By Your Name and Challengers . Last year though, he did disappoint me with his Daniel Craig OSCAR vehicle, Queer . After the Hunt boasts a t...

Guillermo del Toro is back! This time, he's putting out his lifelong passion project: an adaptation of Mary Shelley's iconic FRANKENSTEIN ... on Netflix. I have admired GDT as a filmmaker for my entire life as a cinephile and am always game to see WHATEVER he's putting out in theaters... or, err, on Netflix. Back a few days ago, I had the amazing privilege to see Frankenstein at it's UK premiere a...

The DCU continues! Season 2 of James Gunn's Peacemaker - technically the third project of the DCU - has now wrapped up it's 8-episode run on HBO Max. As all of you know, I love James Gunn and all his movies & shows, and for years... I've been PUMPED for his DCU and fully believe in his vision for the new DC Universe. So, I was unbelievably relieved this summer that I loved Superman as much as...

Dwayne Johnson is officially turning a page in his career as he stars in an A24 movie, now out in theaters! Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine , which tells the real-life story of wrestler Mark Kerr. I've been looking forward to Benny Safdie's next movie for years, since I was a big fan of his collaborations with his brother - especially their work on Good Time . And I, despite how silly this sou...

Hey, everyone - It's been a while but I'm finally back with another review. Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another is now out in theaters. This is, as of now, by far the best reviewed movie of the entire year, even over Sinners , so expectations were high going into the theater. I've always found PTA to be a little hit-or-miss with me. He always makes good films, but I've found movies suc...

Wow! James Gunn, after months and months of speculation, has finally announced his follow-up to Superman. And, as expected, it’s pretty much a Superman sequel. Man of Tomorrow hits theaters in July 2027, and will see the return of David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan and Nicholas Hoult to their now iconic roles. Rumors are also floating out there of other cast members who may be involved… and I’ll be...

The DCU's next chapter has already arrived. Season 2 of James Gunn's Peacemaker dropped its first episode on HBO Max earlier today. This is, of course, the second season of the spin-off show from The Suicide Squad, but that description almost feels degrading because I kind of think season 1 might have even been better than The Suicide Squad. It's taken much longer than expected to get season 2, th...

The summer movie season is coming to a close, which means another season of movies is about to begin. Fall 2025 seems packed with all the trademarks of this season of movies: awards darlings, feel-good films, seasonal releases and some of the biggest franchise movies of the year! It's been a bit of a mixed bag of a year so far when it comes to movies, but I'm sure I'll finally get to see some of m...

Alien: Earth, from Fargo and Legion's Noah Hawley, has now arrived on Disney+, Hulu and FX worldwide. The first two episodes have just premiered, with one episode releasing on each of the following weeks. I consider myself a very casual Alien fan, but I am a bigger fan of it than Predator so there's that. I love the first two films and really enjoyed Fede Alvarez's Romulus from last year as well....

One of my most anticipated horror movies of the year - Zach Cregger's Weapons - has finally hit theaters worldwide. This is Zach Cregger's follow-up to Barbarian, which was the 'WTF was that' horror movie of 2022, that had a lot of huge fans. This film's script, also written by Cregger, sparked a huge bidding war back over two years ago, with New Line Cinema picking it up for nearly $40 million. T...

Is this finally the return of the theatrical comedy? The Naked Gun reboot has finally hit theaters, after years of rumors and development. But this time, it's led by one Liam Neeson. I only watched the original movies, starring another actor with LN initials, for the first time a few weeks back and surprisingly, mildly enjoyed them. I have been interested in this reboot for a while though because...

The fourth MCU Spider-Man movie is finally in production. From Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers (the writers of the previous trilogy) and director Destin Daniel Cretton, Spider-Man: Brand New Day promises to be a bit of a new start for all of our favorite web slinging hero. I, of course, love Spider-Man (look at my profile photo!). He’s always been my favorite Marvel character and I can promise yo...

James Cameron is back to deliver the goods! The first trailer for Avatar: Fire and Ash debuted with The Fantastic Four: First Steps last week and now, the trailer is finally online. I started off as the world’s biggest Avatar hater. I loved James Cameron’s films and was appalled by his decision to spend DECADES of his career making movies in Pandora as opposed to returning to making a variety of a...

Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps is now in theaters. This film was first announced to be in development six years ago this weekend and it’s extremely exciting that Marvel’s First Family finally has a worthy big screen adaptation. I’ve loved these characters ever since I was a kid and I’ve been praying for a good F4 adaptation since I was a kid. This movie had heart, humor and all th...

Here we are, with another Adam Sandler Netflix movie! I typically don't even tune in for these because they're quite literally all the same... but now they've reached back to a comedy classic that people do care about. I only watched the first Happy Gilmore film a few months ago, and I found it to be consistently entertaining. I will say, though, that I'm a bit more of a Billy Madison guy. I also...

The Fantastic Four are finally back on the big screen, with Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps now out in theaters! It has been a nightmare watching some of my favorite characters in all of comics continuously get butchered in big screen adaptations, and Kevin Feige & Marvel Studios have been promising that they're finally gonna deliver a faithful adaptation of the Fantastic Four....

Today, one of my biggest projects ever finally releases. In this episode, I'm going to be breaking down pretty much EVERY upcoming DCU and DC Elseworlds project (Movie/Show/Shorts) that has either been announced or HEAVILY rumored at some point over the past three years. Back in November 2022, James Gunn & Peter Safran entered the fray as the new CEOs of DC Studios, the first time DC Entertain...

Superman has now been out in theaters for a few days and I've had the opportunity to now see it a good couple of times. This was my most anticipated movie of the year and I'm glad to say that it lived up to the hype. While it may be his most flawed movie, James Gunn still delivers a sincere, funny, action-packed and TRUE Superman movie. He still hasn't missed. I'm unbelievably hyped for the future...

The time is finally here. My most anticipated movie of the year - James Gunn's SUPERMAN - is finally arriving in theaters this weekend. I had the incredible opportunity to see this movie at an early Fan First Screening yesterday, which is how I'm getting this review out about the time it is debuting worldwide, in a select few countries today. This is the official, theatrical launch of James Gunn a...

It was a BIG week in trailers! The first looks at Lord & Miller's adaptation of Project Hail Mary, Edgar Wright's The Running Man adaptation AND Christopher Nolan's onscreen take on The Odyssey dropped. The first two of those released online earlier this week, while the teaser for The Odyssey was played in front of showings of Jurassic World Rebirth. Although, I'm sure if you looked online you...

Here we go again! The seventh film in the Jurassic franchise - Jurassic World Rebirth - is now in theaters worldwide. This is the first time since The Lost World that David Koepp has returned to write the screenplay for, but this time it's not an adaptation of a Michael Crichton novel. I had hope since that original announcement and the hiring of Gareth Edwards as the director certainly had me yea...

All six episodes of Ironheart, the latest Marvel Television series, are now streaming on Disney+. This show has been LONG DELAYED from its initially planned 2023 release (I believe), and it finished initial shooting almost three years ago. The craziest part of all this is that Ryan Coogler is one of the EPs on the series. He introduced the character into the MCU in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever....

It has been a wonky few months of movies. I have been on record that 2025 has been an immensely underwhelming year for movies thus far... filled with a ton of disappointing movies and very mediocre theatrical experiences as well. We are now HALFWAY through 2025 and despite the large bag of disappointing and not very good movies released so far this year, we have had some pretty good to great movie...

She's back! After the smash success that was the first M3GAN that released in January of 2023, M3GAN has returned for her second adventure from Blumhouse. I enjoyed the first M3GAN way more than I should have at the time, despite it being a relatively tame, paint by numbers killer robot movie. I appreciated the attempt to at least tie it into the idea of heavy technological reliance when parenting...