Movies First: Film Reviews & Insights

Movies First with Alex First Episode 915 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Cousins (Drama) (New Zealand) Entwines the very different lives of three Maori girls, cousins, through tumultuous decades, after one of them is taken from her family and raised in an orphanage. Directors: Ainsley Gardiner, Briar Grace Smith Writers: Patricia Grace (based on the novel by), Briar Grace Smi...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 914 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Spirit Untamed (Animation, Adventure, Family) Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit. Directors Elaine Bogan * Ennio Torresan Writers John Fusco * Kristin Hahn * Katherine Nolfi Stars Isabela Mer...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 913 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Lapsis (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi) Struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother, delivery man Ray takes a strange job in a strange new realm of the gig economy. Director Noah Hutton Writer Noah Hutton Stars Dean Imperial * Madeline Wise * Babe Howard- IMDb Trailer: https://www.imdb.com/video...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 912 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Breaking News in Yuba County (Comedy, Crime, Drama) After her husband goes missing, Sue Buttons (Allison Janney), an underappreciated suburban wife, gets a taste of being a local celebrity as she embarks on a search to find him. She quickly finds herself in over her head, dodging cops, criminals and loca...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 911 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Cruella (Comedy, Crime) A live-action prequel feature film following a young Cruella de Vil. Director Craig Gillespie Writers Dana Fox(screenplay by) Tony McNamara(screenplay by) Aline Brosh McKenna(story by) Stars Emma Stone Emma Thompson Joel Fry - IMDb Trailer: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1608499225?...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 910 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? A Quiet Place Part II (Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi) Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path. Director - John Krasinski Write...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 909 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? King Otto (Documentary, Sport) In the summer of 2004, audiences looked on in disbelief as the Greek National Football Team, a country that had never previously won a single match in a major tournament, took down the giants of world football to become the unlikeliest of European Champions. The architect b...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 908 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? June Again (Drama) During a fleeting bout of lucidity from her dementia, June Wilton has precious little time to bring together her estranged children, save the family business, and rekindle an old flame. Director - JJ Winlove Writer - JJ Winlove Stars - Noni Hazlehurst Claudia Karvan Stephen Curry- IMDb...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 907 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Every Breath You Take (Drama, Mystery, Thriller) A psychiatrist, whose client commits suicide, finds his family life disrupted after introducing her surviving brother to his wife and daughter. Director - Vaughn Stein Writer - David Murray Stars - Casey Affleck Michelle Monaghan Sam Claflin- IMDb Trailer:...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 906 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Mortal Kombat (Action, Adventure, Fantasy) MMA fighter Cole Young seeks out Earth's greatest champions in order to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe. Director - Simon McQuoid Writers - Greg Russo (screenplay by) Dave Callaham (screenplay by) Oren Uziel(story b...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 905 Answering the big question...should I see this movie?   Supernova (Drama, Romance) Sam and Tusker are traveling across England in their old RV to visit friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have. Director - Harry Macqueen Writer - Harry Macquee...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 904 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Voyagers (Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller) A crew of astronauts on a multi-generational mission descend into paranoia and madness, not knowing what is real or not. Director: Neil Burger Writer: Neil Burger Stars: Colin Farrell, Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp - IMDb Trailer:  https://www.imdb.com/video/vi630308...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 903 Answering the big question...should I see this movie?   The Father (Drama) A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality. Director: Florian Zeller Writers: Christopher Hampton (screenplay by), Florian Zelle...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 902 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Tom and Jerry (Animation, Comedy, Family) A chaotic battle ensues between Jerry Mouse, who has taken refuge in the Royal Gate Hotel, and Tom Cat, who is hired to drive him away before the day of a big wedding arrives. Director: Tim Story Writers: William Hanna (based on characters created by), Joseph Bar...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 901 Answering the big question...should I see this movie?   Nobody (Action, Crime, Thriller) A bystander who intervenes to help a woman being harassed by a group of men becomes the target of a vengeful drug lord. Director: Ilya Naishuller Writer: Derek Kolstad Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen - IMDb Trailer:   https://www.imdb.com/video/...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 900 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Collective (Documentary, Drama) Colectiv (original title) Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens. Director:...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 899 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? The Courier (Thriller) Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Director: Dominic Cooke Writer: Tom O'Connor Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan - IMDb Trailer:   https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2796011545?playlistId=tt8368512...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 898 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? French Exit (Comedy, Drama) An aging Manhattan socialite living on what's barely left of her inheritance moves to a small apartment in Paris with her son and cat. Director - Azazel Jacobs Writer - Patrick DeWitt Stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts - IMDb Trailer: https://www.imdb.com/video...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 897 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Then Came You (Romance, Comedy) A lonely widow plans a trip around the world with her husband's ashes, to visit the places they loved in the movies. The first stop on the journey changes her life forever. Director - Adriana Trigiani Writer - Kathie Lee Gifford Stars - Craig Ferguson, Kathie Lee Gifford,...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 896 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Judas and the Black Messiah (Biography, Drama, History) Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panther Party per FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Party Chairman Fred Hampton ascends, falling for a fellow revolutionary en route, a battle wages for O'Neal's soul. Director - Shaka King Writers - Will B...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 895 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Chaos Walking (Adventure, Sci-Fi) A dystopian world where there are no women and all living creatures can hear each other's thoughts in a stream of images, words, and sounds called Noise. Director - Doug Liman (directed by) Writers - Patrick Ness - Christopher Ford Stars - Tom Holland - Daisy Ridley - De...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 894 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Raya and the Last Dragon (Animation, Action, Adventure) In a realm known as Kumandra, a re-imagined Earth inhabited by an ancient civilization, a warrior named Raya is determined to find the last dragon. Directors - Don Hall(directed by) - Carlos López Estrada(directed by) - Paul Briggs(co-directed by) W...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 893 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? About Endlessness (Drama, Fantasy) Original title: Om det oändliga With ABOUT ENDLESSNESS, Roy Andersson adds to his cinematic oeuvre with a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendour and banality. Director - Roy Andersson Writer - Roy Andersson Stars - Bengt Bergius Anja Broms...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 892 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Unsound (Drama) A disillusioned musician's romantic spark is ignited by a young trans man as they work together to save his community nightclub for the deaf. Director - Ian Watson Writer - Ally Burnham Stars - Reece Noi James Peter Fraser(as James Fraser) Anthony Brandon Wong - IMDb   Movies First RSS fe...

Movies First with Alex First Episode 891 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Days of the Bagnold Summer (Comedy, Drama, Music) A teenager spends his summer listening to heavy metal music and trying to get along with his librarian mom. Director - Simon Bird Writers - Lisa OwensJoff Winterhart Stars - Monica Dolan  Earl Cave  Elliot Speller-Gillott - IMDb Trailer:   https://www.imd...