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!

DUNE! AVATAR! NO NOT THAT AVATAR!

Surviving The Last Airbender

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE! And some other stuff

This week Jeff's got another Best Picture nominee review, we look at the return of two of the funniest shows on TV, we revisit the career of Carl Weathers, Jeff's got some Jurassic news, and I went 'there and back again' - Brett

This week Jeff's got another Best Picture nominee review, we look at the return of two of the funniest shows on TV, we revisit the career of Carl Weathers, Jeff's got some Jurassic news, and I went 'there and back again' - Brett

The Fellowship of the Jurassic Creed

Looking ahead to some 2024 highlights!

Oscars say Anyone But You, & revisiting some classics

True Detectives, Bees, Monsters, and The Queen!

Echo, Reacher, Mando, Statham, & Fey

Want to go for a Night Swim?

Top TV of 2023!

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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