WKKL 90.7’s Midday Movie Madness

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode..red light ..GREEnLight! Rejoice Squid Game fans - Netflix has finally confirmed Season 2 of the ultra violent ultra popular South Korean survival drama. The mystery of what Knives Out 2’s title ( and release window) has been solved! And I go back in time to two different films that have debut anniversaries this week

On today’s episode.. Top Gun : Maverick soared higher than anyone expected it to in its second weekend.. however will Cruise still be on top after Jurassic World : Dominion dino-roars into theaters? Plus the Bob Saget tribute special arrives on Netflix and sorry Scream fans.. Sidney Prescott won’t be part of Scream 6. Pirate voice: And Avast me hearties! We go back in time to when the world met a...

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode… I’m so sorry Legends of the Hidden Temple fans but the CW reboot has gone the way of Batwoman, Legends of Tomorrow, the Charmed reboot , the dynasty reboot: it’s been axed. In better news the trailer for the Tim Burton Addams Family Netflix series Wednesday has dropped and Mandy Moore, Josh Peck’s wife and Pippa Middleton are all expanding their...

On today’s episode Top Gun : Maverick rocketed past expectations for a new Memorial Day record! We have a date for when the live action Pinocchio movie with Tom Hanks comes to life on Disney+ and Kathie Lee Gifford is now a grandmother ! Plus .. I go back in time to a quartet of famous early 1980s June films .. including one that scared the blazes out of moviegoers 40 years ago this Saturday

On today’s news and flashback fun mini episode, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his hubby and Patrick and Brittany Mahomes are preparing for their 2nd visit from the stork-. I say goodbye to the late Bo Hopkins Plus we have a release date for Tom Hanks’ live action Pinocchio remake for Disney+! Plus play the Panem anthem Hunger Games fans! Rachel Zegler will bring Lucy Gray Baird to life in the film vers...

On this week’s episode.. after years of delays ( sarcastically: thanks a lot Covid-19 pandemic)Top Gun : Maverick and The Bob’s Burgers Movie finally open against each other. Arf Arf! What’s that Chase from Paw Patrol ? Tarajii p. Henson is joining you and your team for next year’s Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie? Plus I say farewell to the late Ray Liotta ( who passed away today) and go back to a ce...

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode rev up those engines Fast Saga fans: hot off her role in 2021’s West Side Story Oscar winning actress Rita Moreno has joined Fast X as Don’s grandmother. Everything is awesome ( more than awesome actually) for the Schwarzenegger-Pratt family: the stork brought them a baby girl over the weekend .(translation: Chris Pratt is now a doting dad of thre...

On this week’s episode, Doctor Strange 2 continues to reign supreme. Rihanna is now a mom and What’s this? ye of newt ,    bats wing and  a  grimy  baseball I can confirm when Disenchanted, and Hocus Pocus 2 will  make their disney+ debuts this fall. The cast of Downtown Abbey : A New Era are ready to bring moviegoers back to 1928 London. Plus I go back in time to two computer animated mega blockb...

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode … Schitt’s Creek Star Sarah Levy is joining the first time mom’s club this year. We have a official date for next year’s Oscar’s and Behold Enchanted films: you only have to wait until Thanksgiving Day to watch Disney+ ‘s anticipated sequel Disenchanted. Plus I go back to two beloved late 1980s films for flashback fun and give a taste of what’s on...

On today’s news and Flashback Fun mini episode .. the next Oscar ceremony has a date! I repeat the next Oscar ceremony has a date! Dan Stevens will be the ( human ) lead in Godzilla vs Kong 2. Plus in honor of tomorrow being 105 years since the late Howard “ Pops” Engelman was born I take a look back at three of his favorite films … including a musical drama-comedy “ Tradition” that danced the hor...

On this week’s episode, Holy Cow! With a wave of his hand Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness began the summer movie season with a huuuuuge bang! Charlize Theron has officially joined the MCU and I can confirm when the Bob Saget Tribute Special will arrive on Netflix. Plus Christopher Walker has joined the cast of Dune Part 2, a prequel film to The Omen is happening and I revisit two alien...

On this week’s episode with no one to to stop them Th Bad Guys continued to rule as Sonic the hedgehog 2 zoomed past a new record. The summer movie season kicks off in style as Doctor Strange gets his own sequel and he’s in in for one dozy of a time. Meg Ryan is coming back Into the rom-com game and the Game of Thrones prequel “ House of the Dragon” has unleashed it first trailer. Plus get ready t...

On today’s mini episode, sorry Saved By The Bell fans .. the reboot has been canned by Peacock . But Jackass fans can rejoice-Paramount+ is planning a reboot of the comedy show involving dangerous hilarious stunts . Plus Dolly is making rock and roll history and as today is Star Wars Day I’m doing two Star Wars films

On today’s breaking news,I say goodbye to the Judd family matriarch Naomi Judd ( who just passed today). Sorry Brie Larson fans- her Captain Marvel sequel did the old switcheroonie with the third Ant-Man film and won’t be out til July 2023. Attention That 70s Show fans Your old friends Eric Forman, Donna Pinciotti, Fez, Jackie Burkhart and Michael Kelso aka Topher Grace, Laura Prepon, Wilmer Valde...

On this week’s episode, Light up the Bat-signal-The Batman 2 has been confirmed! Speaking of sequels, we now know the titles for Avatar 2, the next A Quiet Place, and next two Mission : Impossible films. The Wicked movie will be split int TWO films and.. I’m a-Sorry Mario fans- you’ll have to a-wait for April 2023 to see his animated a-feature film..

On this week’s news and Flashback Fun mini episode.. Biiiig news Wicked musical fans! The “Popular” stage play with be “ Dancing Through Life “ on the silver screen for not one but two films!it’s official! A sequel to Matt Reeves’ brilliant but brooding Batman (played to perfection by RBatz err Robert Pattinson) has been officially confirmed . Speaking of sequels a3rd Venom and and a Ghostbusters:...

On this week’s episode.. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore May have used a portkey to get to the box office throne… but it could have used a heck of a lot more powerful magic here in the states. Sorry spider-Man fans there’s been a shift in the release date universe : Spider-Man: Across The Spider-verse won’t be web slinging to theaters until next June ( and we have a date for the Madame...

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode..Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul and his wife are back on diaper duty- they recently welcomed their sons child ( and first son), Lionel Ritchie’s daughter Sofia is going down the aisle. In honor of the birthday of Gollum himself aka Andy Serkis I go back to two of his famous performance capture films.. including one that took moviegoers to Middle-Earth...

On this week’s mini episode, Grammy winner Jon Batiste has joined Oscar winner H.E.R in making the upcoming film adaptation of “ The Color Purple” his film debut… and Darren Criss is the latest Glee Alumni to enter parenthood. Plus for flashback fun I visit three rabbit starring films ( no not space jam/ a bugs bunny movie Zootopia, Winnie the Pooh, Donnie darko , hop etc)

On this week’s show.. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 made morbius eat his dust ( and made Ambulance get a flat tire) as he zoomed to the top spot. Accio theater tickets- after three and a half years of waiting the third Fantastic Beasts film is finally here! What the duce? A Ted tv series with Seth Macfarlane as the voice of the vulgar teddy bear is coming to Peacock? Plus in honor of Passover being tomorro...

On this breaking news, I pay tribute to Gilbert Godfried , the man with one of the most recognizable voices in Hollywood (who gave life to Aladdin’s funny comic relief parrot Iago ) who sadly passed away yesterday. In better news Britney Spears is getting into mommy to be mode “ baby one more time” ( sorry -couldn’t resist), a live action Casper the Friendly Ghost series is coming to ‘ life’ at pe...

On today’s impromptu breaking news, it’s like deja vu from twenty years ago -Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are engaged., Will Smith’s fate has been decided by The Academy plus Dancing With The Stars cha-Chas to a new nome: Disney+

On this week’s episode, the debut of Jared Leto’ s’ living vampire’ Morbius well .. sucked ( sorry bad vampire pun) , and unfortunately.. resigning from The Academy has not ended Will Smith’s drama-.. in fact some of his future projects are being put on pause. The Crow remake has found its main star and is thisclose to taking flight. Plus Gotta go fast! Sonic the hedgehog and his foe dr. Robotnik...

On this week’s mini episode, I say goodby to the woman who’s comedic bickering and timing was a source of frustration for Seinfeld’s George -played by Jason alexander and give a short recap of the Grammys. Plus in honor of Heath Ledger’s 43rd birthday I go back in time to revisit a 2001 film of his

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode… breaking news folks: Will Smith has resigned from The Academy! Ooooh the streaming wars are gonna get ugly on Friday May 27- for that’s when the first TWO episodes of anticipated Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series AND Netflix’s Stranger Things Season 4 Part 1 will debut. Kathryn Bigelow is making her Netflix debut. Plus in honor of April Fool’s Day, I...