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Hello there! This week we'll tell you what's new at the movies including a Terry Fox documentary for the big screen "Run Terry Run", alongside a scary movie called "Other Mommy" starring an unhinged Jessica Chastain. We also went over the first season of HBO's "Lanterns". Jeff watched a scary movie! And loved it! I've got reviews of Ted Lasso season 4 and season 2 of The Gentlemen, and Jeff's got a review of the beat-em-up movie THE FURIOUS. - Brett

This week Jeff has a review of the new Brad Pitt movie Heart of the Beast, we also break down the box office for Avengers Endgame: Encore. We'll tee up the five new movies in theatres this week. Last week I watched Obsession, this week I watched Backrooms... then watched Obsession again! Jeff watched a D-Day movie called Pressure, and he set up the next season for Scrubs... which is back for the second time THIS YEAR! - Brett

Hello there! Obsession debuted this past weekend on Prime, and I LOVE IT. Survivor 51 kicked off with a huge bang, season 4 of Reacher was solid, and its spinoff Neagley is tremendous. It's a busy weekend at the movies with six to tell you about, including one of the biggest of all time returning to theatres, and Jeff revisited one of the greatest action franchises ever. - Brett

Hello there! This week we'll recap the Emmys and some of the surprises... We'll tell you what's new at the movies including yet another adaptation of the video game Resident Evil, and there's another fun family movie about sheep, not long after The Sheep Detectives came out a few months back. Jeff started watching a show called Adults, which he says is like Friends but WAY RAUNCHIER. We tee up Survivor 51, and recap The Amazing Race Canada season 12. And Jeff's excited about the next edition to The Criterion Collection, although Elaine wants it to DIE... - Brett

This week we'll go through some of our Emmy predictions, while Jeff marks the 25th anniversary of his favourite show of all time. I'll tell you about what will likely be my favourite show of the year, we'll tell you about some weird things happening at the movies this week, and Jeff is intrigued by a new documentary trailer that recently debuted. - Brett

Hello there! This week I've got a review of The Mandalorian & Grogu, which has debuted on Disney+... and I have MIXED EMOTIONS. Jeff has reviews of the movies 'Tony' & 'The End of Oak Street'. Looking at this week's movies, there's a classic family film that's celebrating 20 years as it returns to the big screen. And one of Jeff's favourite new comedies is back for season 2. - Brett

This week while we tell you what's new at the movies, one of them was cancelled three years ago, but has finally found its way off the shelf and on to the silver screen. Jeff also tells you about the TV show 'Furious' and the movie 'Mutiny'. I'll go through my reviews of two movies that sound similar in story... 'Ready or Not 2: Here I Come', and 'They Will Kill You', and Jeff revisits a 40-year-old classic. - Brett

** RELOADING THIS EPISODE... It wouldn't play. Not sure why! ANYWAY... Disney shared a whole bunch of cool stuff at its D23 expo last week, including a new look at Doomsday, Visionquest, Star Wars Ashoka S2, the cast of the new X-Men, and more! Plus, we watched the first episode of the DC show Lanterns and LOVED IT. Jeff's pumped about the umpteenth season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Jeff's pumped about what's new at the movies this week! - Brett

And Matthew McConaughey has bees! This week we'll review season 3 of House of the Dragon, and the first three episodes of season 4 of Reacher. An interesting crop of new movies this week, including TWO with dinosaurs, and one with MM & his bees and honey. And Jeff loves the animated Batman! - Brett

This week, Jeff's got a review of Spider-Man Brand New Day - short version... LOVED IT. Also, three new movies out this week including a fascinating looking romantic comedy that unfortunately... is getting bad reviews. Ted Lasso is back for a 4th season on Apple TV+! Jeff went to see The Odyssey again, and we head back into the EMMERICHVERSE! - Brett

This week we'll tee up what could be the biggest movie of 2026 - Spider-Man Brand New Day, although it's not the only movie out this week (the other one looks CRAZY). Jeff also has a review of a WWII documentary series hosted by Tom Hanks... he says it might be his favourite series of the year! And I watched Masters of the Universe and Mortal Kombat II, both of them came out on streaming recently, and I really enjoyed them! - Brett

Jeff's got a review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey; The first trailer has arrived for Avengers Doomsday; Jeff checked out a unique episode of The Simpsons; Interesting but quiet week at the movies; Why is Masters of the Universe ALREADY out on streaming??? And I can't seem to stay awake this week to watch a movie - Brett

Hello there! This week we'll tee up Christopher Nolan's new movie The Odyssey, which is getting terrific reviews. We'll also tee up the new Will Ferrell golf comedy on Netflix, The Hawk, which is TERRIBLE. I watched the original Moana and its 2024 sequel in the wake of the live action remake's box office failure. We offer our thoughts on season 2 of X-Men 97, and Jeff went to see Supergirl. Sam Neill has died at 78. And in honour of the recent 4th of July, I decided to revisit the 1996 classic Independence Day, and the not-so-classic from 2016, Independence Day Resurgence. I didn't hate it this time! - Brett

The Emmy nominations are out so we go through the ones we've seen, or should we say the ones we HAVEN'T seen?? Because... there are many. We'll also look at what's new at the movies including The Rock, some demons, a bizarro dinner party, and chasing Jon Hamm! Jeff's got a review for a movie that's one of his favourites of the year so far, I've got a review of one of my favourites. AND, Jeff shares some exciting news on the new HEAT project, and I'll take a look at season 3 of the excellent sci-fi series Silo. - Brett

Hello there! This week we'll tee up the new movies, including a new one starring the Minions. I am not a fan. Also, Jeff reviews Enola Holmes 3 on Netflix, and we'll go over the first trailer for the new Robert Eggers movie Werwulf. Jeff checked out Avatar: Fire and Ash, now that it's on Disney+, and I watched some Avatar... the other one... again! I rewatched season 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix, and it helped me formalize some more thoughts on why having good characters is SO IMPORTANT YES I AM YELLING - Brett