MOVIE Morning

Jack Reacher is back for his 3rd adventure on Prime Video. Reacher season 3 has wrapped up its run on Amazon and this will be the first time I cover the show on MOVIE Morning! I caught up on Reacher not too long after season 2 released and fell in love with the vibe of this show and Alan Ritchson’s pitch perfect portrayal of Jack Reacher. Each of the first two seasons had many great qualities to t...

Oh, boy. What a day. The full (?) cast for Avengers: Doomsday has now been revealed, through a laughably long livestream involving chairs... and, in true MCU fashion, a brief cameo by RDJ - Doctor Doom - himself. In this breakdown, I will go through all the big names and surprises that were revealed to be a part of Avengers: Doomsday, which is now in production, as well as cover some of the VERY n...

Everyone’s most anticipated movie of the year (wink, wink) - SNOW WHITE, starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot - has released in theaters. Listen, I watched Snow White about as much as any guy when I was younger, but I haven’t exactly kept it as a favorite since I was like 5 years old. Also, I’m completely sick of Disney live-action remakes and had less than no interest going into this movie. I do...

Hey everybody, welcome back to another review here on MOVIE Morning. Today, I'm reviewing one of my most anticipated action, mid-budget films of the whole year: NOVOCAINE, starring Jack Quaid. The trailer for this film that came out a few months ago immediately put this film on my radar. It had a U.S. release just a few days ago and I had the chance to see it a bit early, relatively, here in the U...

The Russo Brothers are back with another film... and it's, yet again, another straight to streaming one. Since Avengers: Endgame, the Russos have not been producing the most critically-acclaimed hits, to be nice. Cherry on Apple TV+ was critically panned, The Gray Man received mixed reviews and a lot of their other produced content, like the Citadel universe, was destroyed online. Now, they've dev...

Steven Soderbergh is back with his 2nd film in under three months: BLACK BAG, a new spy film starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender. Hey everyone, welcome back to MOVIE Morning, this time for a bit more of a low-key review... in a weekend of MANY reviews. Black Bag just hit theaters yesterday and it has gotten some pretty fantastic early reviews but I'm someone who very rarely LOVES Soderb...

The greatest superhero show in the universe has returned! Invincible is back on Prime Video and has now wrapped up with its 3rd - and, possibly, craziest - season yet. I have loved this show since season 1 and then diving deep into the original comic book series by Robert Kirkman, almost four years ago now. Season 3 finally kicked off some of the long-running storylines that will likely continue t...

OSCAR winning director Bong Joon Ho has finally returned with his next film - a book adaptation - Mickey 17 from Warner Bros. Pictures. This was easily one of my most anticipated films of the year because Parasite is easily one of the best Best Picture winners of the last decade and it made history by being the first International film to ever win Best Picture. Mickey 17 looked like a complete bla...

After six and a half years, Daredevil has finally returned to screens! That's right, Daredevil: Born Again has finally premiered on Disney+! It has been a long and tumultuous road getting to the moment of finally getting this show. From the highly publicized creative overhaul to the incredibly naive & silly comments made by the show runner just a few weeks back, this show hasn't exactly had an...

Hello, everybody! Welcome back to MOVIE Morning where, today, we'll be discussing the 2025 Best Picture nominees! More specifically, I'll be ranking them based off my preferences, NOT by how likely they are/were to win Best Picture at the OSCARS this year. This is always a really interesting ranking because these films are supposed to be the best of the year, but they rarely represent that for me...

The time is almost here. The 97th Academy Awards are days away so, as always, it’s time to give you my official winner predictions for the categories, all of them in fact. I believe I’ve missed the last couple of years but this year, I’ve definitely seen more of these films than ever so it’s going to be an interesting episode. I’m not only going to be providing my predictions, but also who I think...

So, the first season of the latest Spider-Man animated series - Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man - has now wrapped up on Disney+. I was shocked by how much I enjoyed the first 2 episodes and have been eagerly awaiting each set of episodes every week. I've also been really excited to delve deep into the show and discuss the entire first season, in full spoiler detail. Continue on if you've see...

The Gorge - the latest film from Doctor Strange and Sinister director Scott Derrickson - has landed on Apple TV+. Welcome back to MOVIE Morning for another review and this time, we'll be talking about a streaming movie; I feel like it's been a while. I think Scott Derrickson is a very talented director: I'm, of course, a huge fan of Doctor Strange and Sinister, but also of the fantastic The Black...

The first MCU movie of the year - Captain America: Brave New World - is now out in theaters. Honestly, I've been shockingly not excited for this movie. As much as I love Sam Wilson and I did enjoy Falcon and Winter Soldier more than most people, the behind the scenes drama on this movie and the creative team announced just kept killing my excitement as we got closer to release. I've liked the tone...

Well, here we are. The final five episodes of Cobra Kai have finally arrived. Needless to say - if you've seen my reviews - I have been endlessly frustrated with Cobra Kai - Season 6 so far. In every way, the last ten episodes have been a bridge too far for me, even for a show as silly as Cobra Kai. More importantly, most of the show's plot lines (if not, all) were wrapped up by the end of season...

Super Bowl weekend has now come and gone, and for all of us non-sports watchers, it's TYPICALLY a weekend of an abundance of trailer/teaser drops for movies. Anyone who was online yesterday very quickly learned that it was going to be a largely quiet year on the trailer front. Don't even get me started on the whole Superman Puppy Bowl debacle. But, the one new major trailer we did get was the new...

I'm over a month late... but it's finally time to count down my top 10 favorite films of 2024, with quite a few honorable mentions. This is by far the most new release films I've ever watched in one year, and it's largely due to me attending college in the U.K. and having way more access to many more films, particularly awards films. I spent an extra month trying to make my coverage of 2024 films...

OSCAR-winning actor Ke Huy Quan, originally of Temple of Doom and Goonies fame, has made an epic Hollywood comeback over the last few years. Now, he’s leading his very own movies. Love Hurts is the latest production under 87 North, the same people behind the original John Wick, Violent Night and Nobody. It’s also being directed by a stuntman and Quan himself, during his near 4-decade absence from...

The dinosaurs are back! The first trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth - the seventh installment of the Jurassic franchise - has finally hit theaters .This movie had a FAST road to production, with Jurassic World Dominion only coming out three years ago and this movie only being announced about 18 months ago. For context, the time gap between Fallen Kingdom and Dominion was FOUR years. The first Jur...

It's finally time! The first trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps (fittingly releasing on F ebruary 4) has, at long last, arrived online. This has been one of my most anticipated films for my whole life. I love these character so much and they have NEVER been done justice on the big screen. The fact that I live in a world where people think characters like the F4 and Superman are boring is...

Companion - a horror film "from the producers of The Notebook and Barbarian" (one of the greatest taglines I've ever heard) - has released in theaters worldwide. This was a movie I had very little interest in until seeing that very mysterious first trailer and seeing the reviews that have been coming out from critics over the past 2 months, which have been GLOWING. I had the chance to see the film...

Hey everyone, the first 2 episodes of Disney+'s Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man have dropped. This show has a bizarro release schedule and will only be on for the next 3 weeks, despite having 10 episodes. Episodes 3-5 and episodes 6-8 will be grouped together for the next 2 weeks respectively, and then the final 2 episodes will premiere on February 19. This is a show that I was hyped(!) abou...

Hey everybody, the latest January dumpster fire (but this time directed by OSCAR-winner Mel Gibson) - Flight Risk - has hit theaters. My main point of curiosity with regards to this movie has been wondering why Mel Gibson, for his next directorial feature, would tackle a B-rate action film like Flight Risk, assuming it isn’t because it’s the only movie he could get because of all the shenanigans....

Hey everyone, The Brutalist - the acclaimed, now 10x OSCAR nominee film - has now released in theaters nationwide in the U.S. and in UK theaters this weekend. This film premiered over 4 months ago now so, typically, I wouldn’t feel much inclination to review it, especially since this film is certainly making my top 10 movies of 2024 list, which releases next week on this very show. The timing of t...

Hey everyone, Skeleton Crew just wrapped up its 8-episode run on Disney+ last week. My understanding is that the show was originally pitched as a limited series but pending the full viewership numbers, a potential season 2 is being discussed. In the meantime, I'll leave the title of this review to 'Season 1 Review'. I reviewed the first 2 episodes back in December and LUCKILY, this show has been t...