Reel Spoilers - Movie Reviews

This week, Tony Mosello (Morning Blend St. Louis) and Jim Batts (We Are Movie Geeks) joined us to discuss The Rock's latest big-budget action/adventure Red One. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, J. K. Simmons, Lucy Liu, Kiernan Shipka, Bonnie Hunt, Nick Kroll, Kristofer Hivju, and Wesley Kimmel.

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Kevin, Tom, and Joe discuss the latest from A24, HERETIC, discussing its themes of religion, belief, and control. Hugh Grant and Sophie Thatcher give terrific performances, as the film explores the broader implications of faith and skepticism.

Heretic is written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (A QUIET PLACE). Starring Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, and Topher Grace.

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Anna Kendrick stars in her directorial debut on Netflix, WOMAN OF THE HOUR - based on the true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala.

Directed by Anna Kendrick, and written by Ian McDonald. Starring Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Nicolette Robinson, and Tony Hale.

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How do these movies keep getting made? We struggle to answer this question, and hope that this is the end of the line for Sony's take on the lethal protector.

Written and directed by Kelly Marcel, and starring Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Stephen Graham, Peggy Lu, Clark Backo, Alanna Ubach, and Andy Serkis.

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Spooky season is in full swing, and this time we take on a sequel to one of the surprise hits from a few years ago.

Smile 2 is written and directed by Parker Finn. Starring Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Ray Nicholson, Dylan Gelula, and Raul Castillo, and Kyle Gallner.

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Orlandez returns to discuss Jason Reitman's latest film, Saturday Night, all about the 90 minutes before the first episode of SNL went on air.

Directed by Jason Reitman, and written by Reitman and Gil Kenan. Starring Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O'Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, and J. K. Simmons.

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Joker: Folie à Deux, Todd Philips' sequel to the hugely successful 2019 hit Joker, opened to a box office similar to Morbius and Madame Web. It also received a D CinemaScore, the lowest for any comic book movie ever. What happened?

Directed by Todd Phillips, from a screenplay by Phillips and Scott Silver. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Leigh Gill, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Steve Coogan, and Harry Lawtey.

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The Substance has everyone talking, and for good reason. Body horror is back, and Matt F Basler returns to tell us all about it! The film is written and directed by Coralie Fargeat, and stars Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid.

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The Transformers are back, with a new creative team and an all-star voice cast. Patrick Scott Patterson returns to discuss whether or not the film can live up to the legacy of the 40-year-old franchise.

Transformers One is directed by Josh Cooley, and written by Eric Pearson, Andrew Barrer, and Gabriel Ferrari. Starring Chris Hemsworth as Orion Pax (Optimus Prime), Brian Tyree Henry as D-16 (Megatron), Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, Laurence Fishburne, and Jon Hamm.

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Blumhouse quickly turned around a remake of the 2022 Shudder Original, and we're here to break it down and tell you if it holds up.

Speak No Evil is written and directed by James Watkins. Starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough, and Scoot McNairy.

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