MOVIE Morning

Hey everyone, one of my most anticipated movies of the year - Fede Álvarez's Alien: Romulus - has now hit theaters. It is obviously the premier theatrical release of August and it's a film I was very excited for because I love the first two Alien movies but I'm also a big fan of Fede's horror movies. The trailers looked VERY promising and after the high-brow mumbo-jumbo that was Ri...

Hey everyone, The Umbrella Academy is back with its latest and final season. Overall, I think this show has been a bit of a mixed bag, with some AMAZING moments and characters but some very messy storytelling. That, in my opinion, has been pretty consistent over all three of the previous seasons. Well, the show has now wrapped, with season 4 dropping on Netflix just recently. Does the final seaosn...

Hey everyone, the latest video game adaptation - Borderlands - has been released in theaters. I have never really had much interest in the games but from reading the premise, I always thought a movie adaptation could be fun. That being said, the behind the scenes nightmare that we've heard this film turned into and the constant delays (the movie BEGAN PRODUCTION in April 2021) kind of killed a...

Hey everyone, I hope you’re all doing better than I am because I just wasted 3 hours and 20+ minutes watching the Director’s Cut of Rebel Moon - Part 1, which has now been retitled ‘Chapter One: Chalice of Blood’ for this release. I was on record as hating Part 2 of Rebel Moon back in April but I was one of the rare few who actually dug the first part, despite its insane array of problems. That be...

Hey everyone, M. Night Shyamalan is back! While I have not been a big fan of his work in recent years (since Split), it is undeniable that he makes some of the more interesting movies out there and I always appreciate going to see his movies in theaters. Trap seemed like a great concept which is why it was one of my most anticipated movies of the back half of 2024. I'm also a big Josh Hartnett...

Hey everyone, Batman: Caped Crusader - the latest attempt at making a Batman animated series - has finally arrived on Prime Video. I feel like it has been an ENDLESS wait to see this series; I've been hyped to see this show ever since they announced it YEARS back and that it would be from Matt Reeves as well as, creator of Batman: The Animated Series (the greatest animated show of all-time), B...

Hey everyone, with a new installment in the long-running (Fox) X-Men franchise, I thought it would be fun to pause and take time to rank all 14 X-Men adjacent films that have been released theatrically! Deadpool & Wolverine is, obviously, a strange addition to this canon as it was made by Marvel Studios rather than Fox but it still uses a lot of the characters from that franchise. This worst to be...

Hey everyone, Marvel Studios’s SDCC panel for 2024 has now come and gone… and we, of course, have tons of new details from their upcoming projects to discuss. However, most of it - I thought - was pretty superfluous and felt like a lot of information that didn’t really mean much in the long run. There were some awesome details such as learning we’ll be getting the Fantasticar in the upcoming Fanta...

Hey everyone, Deadpool & Wolverine is now out in theaters worldwide! I’ve had the chance to see it twice now so it’s time we break down this entire film and all the plot points, crazy appearances & references and characters moments. This episode, obviously, will include FULL SPOILERS for the entirety of Deadpool & Wolverine so if you haven’t seen it, don’t listen to this discussion unt...

Hey everyone, my most anticipated movie of the year (as I'm sure it is for most of you as well) - DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE - has finally released! The Fox X-Men franchise has a very special place in my heart: it's arguably the movie franchise that got me into nerdy comic book and superhero stuff on a deeper level in the first place, despite how much I loved the parts of Phase 1 of the MCU...

Hey everyone, the first 5 episodes of Cobra Kai season 6 have dropped on Netflix! I, of course, love this show and apparently you all LOVE hearing me talk about it so I’m definitely excited for it to be back. That being said, I didn’t love season 5 and I feel like the general hype for season 6 just hasn’t really been there due to a lack of promotion and the weird format choices they’re making for...

Hey everyone, the latest Star Wars show - The Acolyte - has now wrapped up on Disney+ and oh boy, listening to the discourse around this show for the last 7 weeks or so has been a nightmare. I’m so glad it’s over… finally! That being said, I did want to give my thought on the whole show considering I didn’t review any episode since the first two. So, does The Acolyte provide the rejuvenation that...

Hey everyone, the first trailer for Captain America: Brave New World has arrived… a day later than we were expecting! There’s a lot to discuss in this trailer, including our first looks at Harrison Ford as Thunderbolt Ross, Giancarlo Esposito as a mystery character, the first appearance of The Leader, a potential celestial cameo and, of course, Red Hulk! Because of that, I’ll be breaking down this...

Hey everyone, Twisters - the "sequel" to one of the quintessential summer blockbusters of all-time, Twister - has hit theaters... a week early here! This is a film that I was heavily anticipating because the first film is a blast, the trailers looked fun and it was being directed by Lee Isaac Chung, who directed Minari. Oh, and I love the cast. I was really hoping this would be a classic throwback...

Are you not entertained?! The first official trailer at Ridley Scott’s upcoming Gladiator II, the sequel to his best picture winning film, has not arrived from Paramount. This is, without question, one of my most anticipated films of the rest of the year because the first Gladiator is probably one of the greatest films ever made. However, Ridley Scott’s recent films have not done it for me. Does G...

Hello, everybody! Despicable Me 4, a movie that, to say the least, I have not been all that excited for, has now hit theaters. I have not been a fan of any of the films in this franchise since 2013's Despicable Me 2, however I am an OG fan of this franchise who's been there since the first one came out. Despicable Me 4 is shaping up to be one of the biggest films of the year but is it actually goo...

Hey everyone, season 3 of what is possibly my favorite show on TV, The Bear, has now hit Hulu and other platforms across the world. I watched through the first two seasons for the first time months and months ago now and have been heavily anticipating the arrival of season 3. Initially, I intended on not reviewing this show and keeping it as one of those shows I watch without too much of a critica...

Hey everyone, we are now halfway through 2024... which is crazy! This year is just flying by and we're now neck-deep into the summer-movie season. We still have 6 exciting months of movies to look forward to and today, I'm going to be counting down the 10 that I am most anticipating. Make sure to let me know what your most anticipated movie of the next 6 months are on the Spotify poll!

Hey everyone, one of my most anticipated movies of summer 2024 - A Quiet Place: Day One - has now hit theaters. This is, of course, the spin-off of the two excellent John Krasinski directed A Quiet Place films that featured the Abbott family. The opening scene of A Quiet Place Part II featured a hint of what DAY ONE was in a small town but this movie fulfills the itch that AMAZING opening scene ga...

Hey everyone, Pixar's Inside Out 2 has only been out in theaters for about a week and a half and it's already the biggest box office film of 2024! After the summer started off with a few whimpers, critically and financially, it seems this summer (for the movies) has started to turn around for the better... at least in terms of box office. After weeks and weeks of discourse around whether we're nea...

Hey everyone, welcome back to another review! Inside Out 2, the sequel to one of the most celebrated films Pixar (a FANTASTIC studio) has ever put out, has now hit theaters but the hype for this one just hasn't been there. I was looking forward to it and was very curious about what Pixar had to say about emotions during our teenage years as opposed to being a child but it's weird that it took 9 ye...

Hey everybody, welcome back to MOVIE Morning! One of my most anticipated films of the year, Richard Linklater's Hit Man, has now hit theaters locally. It has been playing on Netflix in most markets for over a week now but that wasn't the case in my corner of the world where we're getting a full theatrical release. As a HUGE Linklater and Glen Powell fan, the early buzz surrounding this movie back...

Hey everyone, the fourth Bad Boys film - Bad Boys: Ride or Die - has hit theaters globally. I only got into this franchise a couple of years ago and admittedly, I am not really a super fan of the Bad Boys films like I am for some of my favorite action franchises like Mission: Impossible. That being said, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence's chemistry always keeps these films alive and entertaining no...

Hey everybody, season 1 of the SPECTACULAR X-Men '97 has wrapped up its run on Disney+. have been EAGERLY awaiting covering the remainder of the season ever since I reviewed the first two episodes and how much I just LOVED them. While I do think the season does have its hiccups, this season is everything I love and have missed with the X-Men in the films and even recent comic runs. I will also be...

Hey everyone, the series premiere (first two episodes) of the latest Star Wars series ‘The Acolyte’ has dropped on Disney+. Prior to seeing how these shows eventually turned out, this was one of my more anticipated projects from Disney Star Wars but shows like The Book of Boba Fett and Obi-Wan Kenobi have killed most of my enthusiasm for this franchise. The trailers themselves also fell very flat....