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! 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

Obsession is AMAZING, while Survivor, Reacher & Neagley hit hard!

Hello there! This week at the movies we've got five to pick from, including Street Fighter, which is based on a mega-popular video game series, and WHALEFALL... about a guy who gets swallowed by a whale. Jeff has three movie reviews... the Disney+ doc about Oasis 'Don't Look Back in Anger', the theatrical release 'The Social Reckoning', and the new Ben Affleck-directed Netflix movie 'Animals'. And I take a look at the first couple episodes of 'Carrie' on Prime, and 'VisionQuest' on Disney+. - Brett

Hello there! This week at the movies we've got five to pick from, including Street Fighter, which is based on a mega-popular video game series, and WHALEFALL... about a guy who gets swallowed by a whale. Jeff has three movie reviews... the Disney+ doc about Oasis 'Don't Look Back in Anger', the theatrical release 'The Social Reckoning', and the new Ben Affleck-directed Netflix movie 'Animals'. And I take a look at the first couple episodes of 'Carrie' on Prime, and 'VisionQuest' on Disney+. - Brett

STREET FIGHTER! Carrie is cool, Animals... not so much

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

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

Terry Fox doc, Ted Lasso STILL THE BEST, & Jeff watches a scary movie!

Terry Fox movie, Ted Lasso STILL THE BEST, Lanterns... decent

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

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

BACKROOMS IS WEIRD, while Brad Pitt & his dog are great!

Big new movies and big TV!

Deadpool & Wolverine, Shogun, & Serious Dave

Will BHC4 be Judgment Night for Axel F??

CPAWS - Protect 30% of MB by 2030

Curb, Joker, X-Men, Nature, & 40 years!

An Omen to Curb Your Monkey Man

Godzilla, Kong, Ghostbusters, and Nickelback!

The Immaculate Ghostbusters, & Brett & Jeff surprise each other

Good Show Not Bad but Not Good Show, & 40 years of going to 11!

The Oscars are nigh! Dune 2 & Full Swing 2 reviews

Thinking about catching a movie? Brett Megarry and Jeff Braun are our resident experts when it comes to new movies and television. Find out what is big at the box office and how many couch cushions Brett and Jeff rate it. Saturdays and Sundays at noon on 680 CJOB, and through the weekend on various Corus stations across Canada.

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