Josh, Alex and Justin (FROM THE MOVIE WIRE PODCAST) discuss the legacy of Gladiator, the issues with Gladiator 2, our love of Denzel Washington, and fawn all over Wicked, while also discussing our love of theater in general (0:21) intro & theater experiences (6:32) Super Familiar with the Wilson's promo (7:02) Gladiator 2 & Padding in Peru teaser (…

Send us a text Happy Thanksgiving week! This week on the show! Everyone deserves the chance to fly in the stage to screen adaption of Wicked A little bear goes a long way in his third movie and this early review of Paddington in Peru (in theaters January 17th) **Help support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify!** You can now li…

Send us a text This week on the show! Dwayne Johnson plays Santas bodyguard, that must team up Chris Evans to rescue Santa from being kidnapped in this ho, ho, horrible holiday movie Red One What we do in life echoes in eternity in the follow up to the 2000 epic Gladiator comes Ridley Scott's Gladiator 2 And Finally The search for the new pope and …

Josh and Alex are privileged to chat with Diana McCallum, of the From Superheroes Network, about her new book Sex Lives of Superheroes. We dive into her witty exploration of superhero relationships, the behind-the-scenes stories that inspired the book, and how it offers a hilarious deep dive into the sex lives (or lack thereof) for some of our favo…

Send us a text This week on the show! Question Everything in the new horror film Heretic Don’t go down without a fight in Elevation Joy, hope, loss, love, life happens in the new Robert Zemeckis film, Here And Finally Justice is blind. Guilt sees everything in Clint Eastwoods Juror #2 **Help support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or …

Send us a text This week on the show! You can Hide but you can’t run in the Netflix original Don’t Move In this town, 2003 was a killer year and this murder is set on repeat in the Netflix original Time Cut It’s the man behind the Maestro in this documentary about this legendary film composer. Streaming on Disney+ is The Music of John Williams And …

Get ready to close out spooky season with the surprising Wandavision spinoff Agatha All Along series on Disney+. Josh gets a scam call (0:25) The tangents begin: Inside Man, an underrated heist movie (3:44) Introductions to the episode finally happen (4:48) Movie Wire promo (5:42) Agatha All Along; the show we didn't know we wanted (5:59) Skaar War…

Send us a text Happy Halloween and welcome to this weeks edition of The Movie Wire! This week on the show! Til death do they part, witness the epic conclusion in Venom: The Last Dance Every minute counts in a movie that will attempt to make you bring out your tissues in We Live in Time And Finally Life comes crashing down on a man that realizes the…

Josh & Matt break down Venom: The Last Dance, the last(?) chapter in the Sony's lone successful non-Spider-Man Spider-Man franchise. The guys discuss the the franchise as a whole, the impact of Knull in the movie and the fan service moments that stood out most. Is Venom 3 a must-see or pass? Hit that play button and find out! Intro (0:00) I Hate It…

Send us a text This week on the show! It will never let go and it’s the last thing you'll see in the follow up to the 2022 film in, Smile 2 Turn up the volume on your imagination in the Lego Animated film about the life of Pharrell Williams in Piece by Piece And Finally Love can be a beast in Your Monster Ready for my verdict? Let’s get into it! **…

Josh & Alex turn the dial back to the year 2014, a year packed with cinematic gems! From indie classics like Whiplash and Birdman to blockbuster hits like Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The LEGO Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy and How to Train Your Dragon 2, we’ll dive into the films that defined the year and explore why 2014 remains a standou…

Send us a text This week on the show! Art the clown is back, and You better not shout, you better not cry in Terrifier 3 The story of young Donald Trump and his rise to fame in the 70’s and 80’s under the helping hand of lawyer Roy Cohn in The Apprentice And Finally It’s the summer when everything changed, Mel Gibson and Mason Thames Star in Monste…

Alex & Justin discuss their views on how Hollywood may have learned the wrong lessons from the success of the John Wick franchise. We explore how studios have focused on replicating the stylized violence and action, while overlooking the importance of world-building, character depth, and storytelling that made the John Wick movies stand out. (0:01)…

Send us a text This week on the show! The movie about the long running legendary comedy show, and its 90mins leading up to the first episode in Saturday night If you can't see a better future build one in Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis And Finally The world is a stage in the sequel to the surprise 2019 hit comes Joker: Folie à Deux Let’s get in…

Continuing their retrospective on the stacked year in movies that was 2014, Josh & Alex discuss the 10-year anniversary of John Wick, the 2014 action thriller that reinvigorated Keanu Reeves' career. We break down the film's intense choreography, its world-building, and the legacy it created in action cinema. Tune in as we revisit the birth of an i…

Send us a text This week on the show! Sometimes to survive, you must become more then you were programmed to be The Wild Robot Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? If you follow the instructions what could go wrong? The Substance And Finally Rosemary wasn't the first in this prequal to the 1968 classic, Rosemary's Baby in the Param…

Josh & Alex review The Wild Robot. The adaptation of the beloved children's book by Peter Brown. We explore its stunning animation, story of a robot's journey to survive in the wild, and the emotional themes of nature, technology, and self-discovery. Is it a must-see or pass? Let's find out! (0:01) Terrible impressions and compound words (3:22) 2 B…

Send us a text WARNING: THIS EPISODE OF THE MOVIE CONTAINS MORE THAN NORMAL FOUL LANGUAGE AND ADULT CONTENT. This week on the show! With only 3 months left in the 2024 film year, I have generated a long list of bad films, but here is a sneak peek at 5 films that just might show up on my final list of the 10 worst films of the year! Help support the…

Josh is joined by two special guests; 7Ceez & Justin, to review Transformers One, the first fully animated Transformers feature film since the 1986 classic; Transformers: The Movie. We break down the film’s take on the rise of the Cybertron War, the voice performances, and visuals. Tune in for our thoughts on how it stacks up against previous Trans…

Send us a text This week on the show! Discover the origin behind the rivalry in Transformers One Witness the beginning of all evil in this early review of Hellboy: The Crooked Man (in theaters Sept. 27th) Meeting new people can be such killer in Speak No evil And Finally Love hurts and the devil is in the details in Strange Darling Ready for my ver…

On this episode, we discuss the 10-year anniversary of 'Edge of Tomorrow', the 2014 sci-fi classic starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. Or is it actually 'Live. Die. Repeat.'? We dive into its innovative action sequences, time-loop concept, and how the fanbase of the film has grown over the decade. Plus, we discuss the manga that influenced the mov…

Send us a text This week on the show! Meet AIA. Shes here to help but be careful who you let in in Afraid The ghost with the most is back, and the juice is loose in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice And Finally Dennise Quaid takes on the role of the 40th president of the United States in Reagan Let’s get into it! *Help support the show by leaving a review on…

Josh & Alex say Justin's name three times so he transports from The Movie Wire to discuss Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and just a bit of Johnny Dangerously (00:19) Welcome to the show (03:55) Josh will be on Back 2 the Balcony! (05:58) No On 15 promo (07:11) Non-spoilers, plot outline and feelings (08:15) Who is Justin Theroux? (09:54) Non-spoiler deepe…

Send us a text This week on the show! Now that the summer movie season is coming to a close, it's that time to release The Movies Wires top 5 best films of 2024(so far). It's been a rough year, full of sequels, reboots, prequals...and some really bad how this made it to the big screen crap (the top 5 worst movies coming soon). These are the movies …

Alex and Justin of The Movie Wire and Back to the Balcony fame discuss hope for Smile 2, Terrifier 3, Hugh Grant's Heretic, the Nosferatu remake, and aggressive kangaroo's in Rippy. (00:14) Movies that got moved: Saw, Exorcist, Friday the 13th (00:54) Justin loved 2024 for horror (4:28) Timecut and Y2k (8:12) Smile 2 and the issue with stretching Y…

Send us a text This week on the show! True love never dies but this movie should in the remake to the 1994 film comes The Crow It's just a little cover up in the new thriller SkinCare And Finally Are you having a good time in Zoe Kravitz writing and directing debut in Blink Twice Ready for my verdict? Let’s get into it! *Help support the show by le…

Josh & Alex go over some recently seen shows/movies with Daniel Kotnik of Pack-A-Day & Game on Wisconsin Football talk with Dan (0:40) Bears double-doink & The Ohio State Buckeyes (6:02) I Hate It. Let's Watch It promo (8:11) Star Wars: The Acolyte breakdown (8:51) The sexiness of Manny Jacinto and other good things about The Acolyte (21:51) Twiste…

Send us a text This week on the show! In space no one can hear you….in Alien: Romulus Take the money and run in the Prime Video exclusive Jackpot And Finally Fear its call in Cuckoo Ready for my verdict? Let’s get into it! *Help support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify!** You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube.! Lis…

Antonio of The Cultworthy & Back to the Balcony join Josh and Alex to review Alien: Romulus and discuss the Alien Franchise. They learn so much lore from Antonio! Lastly, somehow Alex forgets to deep dive the Alien RPG which is fantastic. Spaceballs references (0:01) Game Club Pod promo (2:18) Non-spoiler review: thoughts/impressions (3:03) Some th…

Send us a text This week on the show! Chaos love company in the movie based on the popular video game is Borderlands Sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts you the most. Blake Lively stars in the movie adaption to the Colleen Hoover novel It Ends with Us And Finally A place for fun, a place for friends, a place for hunting. The mouse is ou…

Justin and Alex talk Netflix's: Hate to Love: Nickelback, Sly, and Arnold documentaries, as well as Hulu's Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons Non-Spoiler Ratings/Thoughts (2:44) Super Familiar with the Wilson's Promo (10:04) Nickelback Spoiler review (10:48) Arnold & Sly documentaries review (21:59) Dealing with trauma (32:12) Ending with melanch…

Josh and Alex speed run the big announcements from D23 2024 Alex did the homework? (1:17) Moana 2 trailer (2:48) Monster Jam (4:24) The Mandalorian & Grogu (6:28) Skeleton Crew (8:38) Frozen on Broadway coming to Disney+ in 2025 (10:37) Hercules on Broadway (16:29) Josh rants 'The Greatest Showman' (16:55) Disney Parks expansions and additions (17:…

Send us a text This week on the show! 30,000 fans, 300 cops, 1 serial kill. No escape in M. Night Shyamalan's Trap Everything is about to get real in the family film, Harold and the Purple Crayon And Finally One of the most shocking documentaries you will see about the king of internet trolls and the dangerous outcome of feeding these trolls. In th…

Josh & Matt discuss all the movie news, teases, and comic announcements from this year's San Diego Comic Con We play Pokemon Go! (0:01) Super Familiar with the Wilsons promo (2:13) Marvel announcements (2:42) Harrison Ford is having fun/Captain America: Brave New World (3:11) Fantastic Four: First Steps (12:10) Avengers: Doomsday aka Robert Downey …

Josh and Alex give their reactions to season 2 of the Game of Thrones prequel series; House of the Dragon If you'd like a watch-a-long podcast to listen to that focuses on House of the Dragon, check out Arya Talking to Me? Get in on the conversation and join our Discord and check out our merch store!…

Send us a text This week on the show! Everyone deserves a happy ending in the highly anticipated Deadpool & Wolverine (Spoiler Free) Freddie Prinze Jr returns to a leading role to play a husband that finds his mistress dead in his pool in The Girl in the Pool And finally, If three's a crowd, fours a party in the new comedy The Fabulous Four Let’s g…

Josh and Alex experience Deadpool & Wolverine, plus discuss cameos and future events NSYNC love (0:01) We made friends! Remake Hot Take Podcast (4:08) Sugar Coated Murder promo (6:03) Non-spoiler thoughts (6:48) Non-spoiler Josh defines what a cameo is (18:27) Non-spoiler ratings (19:55) Spoiler review (22:32) The plot, cameos, and more (36:07) Whe…

Send us a text This week on the show! Defy the odds in this Disney plus exclusive in Disney’s Young Woman and the Sea Rome isn’t ready for these two and neither was I, in the prime video exclusive and sequel to the 2020 film in My Spy: The Eternal City And finally, A psychic medium attempts to uncover the truth behind her sister's murder at the sit…

Michael Hirsh is interviewed about his biography: Animation Nation: How We Built A Cartoon Empire We experience nervousness (0:01) No on 15 promo (2:16) Meeting Michael Hirsch (3:27) The Caillou question! (5:10) Career beginnings/Star Wars Holiday Special (7:08) Creating vs acquiring a show (16:08) Care Bears love & Important of libraries (17:43) W…

Send us a text This week on the show! Chase, Ride, Survive in this sequel to the 1996 film in Twisters He’s trying to make history; she's trying to sell it. Will they make it or fake it in Fly Me to the Moon And finally, In pursuit of a serial killer an FBI agent uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing sp…

Josh, Alex, and Bekkie talk life, movies, and tropes as they interview author Douglas A. Burton about his novel: The Heroine's Labyrinth: Archetypal Designs in Heroine-Led Fiction The Movie Wire podcast promo (1:47) Introductions (2:02) Whatca doing? (2:47) Female driven story design in culture (7:55) Tamara Pierce & Royal Diaries (18:42) Villains …

Send us a text This week on the show! The third installment of Ti West's 'X' films and Hollywood is a killer in Maxxine This daddy's a baddie. Things just got a little more despicable in Despicable Me 4 And finally, Axel Foley is back after 30 years to exclusively land on Netflix in Beverely Hills Cop: Axel F Ready for the verdict? Let’s get into i…

Josh, Alex, and Justin's continued thoughts on streaming, theatrical experience and what is left of Hollywood movie stars. Tina Turner and annoying Justin (0:40) I Hate It. Let's Watch it promo (4:11) Sequels dominate & Supersized streaming budgets (5:02) Tossing movies into the void (18:18) Mocking past movie/tv roles (26:48) The Flintstones appre…

Send us a text This week on the show! Don’t underestimate this little old lady because revenge will never be sweater in the comedy Thelma Kevin Costner takes on the story of a nation unsettle in Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 And finally, Hear how it all began. Stay Quiet. Stay Alive. In a A Quiet Place: Day One Let’s get into it! *Help suppor…

Josh and Alex put on their quiet caps and review A Quiet Place: Day One. Quinn-Quinn is the new Captain America (0:56) Why do aliens hate water? (2:08) Josh is on Between 2 Pods (2:50) Game Club Pod promo (3:35) Alex tries to get on Game Club Pod (4:08) Non-Spoiler Feelings (4:55) Non-Spoiler Ratings & A Quiet Place franchise rankings (11:24) Spoil…

Send us a text This week on the show! The little voices inside your head know you inside and out, but everything changes. Big changes, new emotions in the Disney Pixar sequel, Inside Out 2 Freedom is for the fearless in The Bikeriders And finally, A mother and her teenage daughter must confront death when it arrives in the form of a creepy parrot i…

The boys welcome back comic writer, and all-around good guy; Adam Rose to talk about his upcoming comic: Huge Detective. Intro shenanigans (0:09) Promo (1:47) Adam Rose Interview (2:24) Huge Detective inspiration (4:21) Worldbuilding (8:01) Magenta artwork praise (10:28) Non-Spoilers plot teases (14:31) Variant Covers and emotion core (18:33) A dol…

Send us a text This week on the show! Remember when MoviePass pissed you off? I do. In the new HBO Max documentary MoviePass, MovieCrash Remember the New York Magazine article from 1985 about Hollywood's teenage elite? I don’t but Andrew Mcarthy does and can’t let it go in Hulu’s Brats And finally, Remember sitting in front of the TV to watch a gia…

Josh and Alex review the latest Pixar entry: Inside Out 2. Does it hold up as a sequel? Does it meet the Pixar standard? Is Pixar a studio doomed to be shuttered sooner than later? House of the Dragon came out 2 years ago!? (1:16) Zachery Levi moment: Shazam 2 and Harold and the Purple Crayon (3:18) Where is our short, Pixar!? (7:31) Cultworthy Pro…

Send us a text This week on the show! There on the run bad boys style in Bad Boys: Ride or Die You can't see them, but they see everything in The Watchers It’s a giant shark under Paris in the Netflix original Under Paris And finally, He is not a hitman, but he can pretend, in my revisit to my early review of the Netflix original Hit Man Let’s get …