Episodes

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode , rejoice Stranger Things fans- we have a production start date for the fifth and final season of the Netflix show ! Hooray Hayao Miyazaki fans- he finally has a number 1 film in North America. For this week’s Flashback Fun, in honor of the remake opening up in two weeks I revisit 1985’s The Color Purple ( and I go back in time to the film that propelled the late Alan Rickman to celebrity status and Bruce Willis to leading action star).

On this week’s Midday Movie Madness Weekly Weekend Warrior .. ooooh! Beyonce sauntered past the ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Godzilla Minus one to take the crown. What’s this? Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is getting a dvd release next Tuesday? And Pixar’s Luca, Soul and Turning Red ( which were shoved to Disney+ from theaters back at the height of the pandemic) are coming to big screen theaters in 2024? Plus Hayao Miyazaki’s latest masterpiece The Boy and the Heron arrives to United States...

*believit or not this marks the 401st midday movie madness podcast episode *! On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode , after 65 years Brenda Lee’s iconic “ Rocking Around the Christmas Tree “ has finally reached the number 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 list- quite an incredible early birthday gift for Lee.( She’s 79 next week.). It’s “the start of something new” for high school musical alums Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens- Hudgens just tied the knot and Efron is getting a star on th...

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode Macaulay Culkin got his star on the Hollywood Walk of fame and his Home Alone on-screen mom Cathrine O’Hara reduced him to tears with a beautiful speech. Yippee-ki-yay-1988’s Die Hard is returning to theaters on December 8. Plus Rejoice Spirited Away fans - the filmed version of the 2022 Spirited Away Live on Stage is flying like Haku’s dragon form to Max just in time for the holiday. Alll Aboard! I go back in time 19 years ago to when The Polar...

On this week’s Weekly Weekend Warrior , The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes kept the box office throne over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. What’s this? The 96th Oscars will be starting an hour earlier than normal and a Taylor Swift class will be taught at Harvard in the spring? Surprise! Paris Hilton is now a mom of two and Kathy Lee Gifford is a grandmother of 3 . Plus rawr! Godzilla Minus One stomps to US shores , the teenage mutant ninja turtles’ newest film comes to dvd.. December 12 that ...

On today’s breaking news I pay tribute to late former First Lady Rosalyn Carter - the longtime wife and partner of President Jimmy Carter- who sadly passed away earlier this week. Eeek! It looks like the cast of Scream VII’s getting killed off and not by old ghostface as the production lost not 1 but 2 of its main leads. Plus the newest Batman Robert Pattinson is getting a new off screen role: he’s about to become .. a Bat-Dad ( sorry couldn’t resist) ,, Percy Jackson Star Logan Lerman is engage...

On this week’s pre thanksgiving Weekly Weekend Warrior … oooh . New box office king The Marvels didn’t have a really “Marvel-ous” debut ( sorry couldn’t resist) proving the once immortal Marvel might be mortal after all. Exciting news Frozen fans.. we’re not just getting a Frozen 3 in the future .. we’re getting a Frozen 4! Return to the games when The Hunger Games: The ballad of songbirds and snakes goes from the page to the big screen. Plus I’ve got four true life tales coming just in time for...

(Note: this was originally meant to be done last night). On this week’s news and Flashback Fun mini episode , sorry Big Bang Theory mfans- the prequel series “ Young Sheldon” is going to be bazinga-gone after this season. Rejoice friends show fans- the first ever real Central Perk coffee house is now open in Boston . Yahoo-Jimmy kimmel is back on hosting duties for the 96th Oscar’s. For flashback fun I take a look back at 3 famous November releases -one of which the world and Disney fans hasn’t ...

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode … what this? We have an official trailer and debut date for Netflix’s live action Avatar: the last Airbender series. I repeat We have an official trailer and debut date for Netflix’s live action Avatar: the last Airbender series ! Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey just welcomed his sixth child? ooooh ..sorry deadpool 3 fans.. while the anticipated film will resume filming after thanksgiving.. we won’t see it until next July .( Nor will we see the fou...

On this week’s Weekly Weekend Warrior although it kept the box office throne Five Nights At Freddy’s suffered an enormous drop. What’s this? Warner brothers has shelved ’Coyote v. Acme “ with John Cena ? And the live action avatar the last airbender series has an official trailer and premiere date? Plus The Marvels flies into theaters , the Oscar hopeful romantic drama May December arrives on select theaters next week. And in honor of leonardo DiCaprio’s 49th birthday this Saturday I go back to ...

On this week’s Weekly Weekend Warrior Five Nights At Freddy’s had quite the killer Halloween weekend haul as it slayed all box office predictions with an astounding $80 million stateside. Max is paying tribute to the late friends star Matthew Perry - so cruelly taken from the world October 28. Hate to be the bearer of bad news folks but you can’t check out HBO’s The White Lotus season 3 or the IT movie prequel Welcome to Derry . And gasp! We won’t be able to see the live action Snow White remake...

On today’s News and Halloween Flashback Fun mini episode the Max streaming service has added a tribute to the late Matthew Perry . Great news poltergeist fans .. the famous movie is reaching is supernatural ghostly hands to tv screens . And Fall and It Follows are fretting sequels. To rephrase the nightmare before christmas' This is Halloween “ Horror films everywhere Life's no fun without a good scare That’s their job. villians are wicked mean . In this , the annual horror themed flashback fun ...

On today’s breaking news.. I say goodbye to 54 year old Matthew Perry who charmed and entertained audiences as Friends’ commitment-fearing Chandler Bing and to Night Court’s 80 year old Richard Moll. Plus get ready to hear the phone ringing again folks cause Universal and Blumhouse have put the sequel stamp on The Black Phone 2. Whaaat? Elio and The live action Snow White film won’t out until 2025 ?

On today’s Midday Movie Madness Weekly Weekend Warrior.. not even Leonardo DiCaprio, Brendan Fraser or Robert De Niro could topple the Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert film from the box office throne. But will she survive the horrors of the big screen version of the Five Nights at Freddy’s film this weekend? What’s this? A new looney tunes movie with Daffy Duck and Porky Pig is coming to theaters in 2024 and The Who’s Tommy musical is coming back to broadway in March? Not to mention Tara Lipinski ...

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode .. I’m so sorry Mission impossible fans but the eight Mission Impossible film has been delayed by nearly a year. ‘Bear-y good news Paddington bear fans- we have a release date for Paddington 3 .. but it’s not until January 2025. (But if you live in the United Kingdom you’ll get to see the lovable marmalade obsessed bear two months earlier in mid-November 2024.) london is volunteering as tribute.. to host the premiere of a Hunger Games stage play...

On today’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode. I celebrate this show 18th birthday. 18 years-can you believe it? oooh! I’m sorry Deadpool fans but the wait for Deadpool’s 3rd raunchy movie just got longer. In fact the famous Merc with a Mouth left his May 3 2024 release date. In better news news heads up dragon ball fans- a new dragon ball anime is coming .. in 2024 fall. Pop quiz time: what do the Pevensie kids, Jack the Pumpkin King and a certain ghost that’s finally returning to theaters nex...

On today’s breaking news…. Alas 76 year old Suzanne Somers has given into her 23 year fight with breast cancer and what’s this ? Netflix is opining actual retail stores in 2025

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode… rejoice The Crown fans! the final season of Netflix’s hit period drama has a premiere date err I mean dates-it’s getting split into two . Speaking of returning friends, your favorite anthropomorphic animal bad guys-Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, Ms. Tarantula and Mr. Shark are headed to Netflix November 30. Plus with Shocktober err October halfway through I take a look back at not one, not two but FOUR halloweeny films including a James Wan ...

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode, former Olympic gold medalist and figure skater Tara Lipinski is skating her way into the first time mother’s club-she’s having a baby via a surrogate. Calling all Alice in Borderland fans- the hit Netflix series is returning for game err I mean season three. As it’s shocktober this months flashback fun films are part of the horror genre . I go back to two famous 1980s horror comedies.. one of which actually survived going up against the origina...

On this week’s really stuffed Weekly Weekend Warrior, Paw Patrol : The Mighty Movie barked it’s way to the top of the domestic box office charts. But will Nickelodeon’s beloved dogs stand their ground when Exorcist : Believer spooks into theaters. Plus what’s this? Chris Rock is directing a biopic about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour film is coming to save the weak December box office. And whaaat? Barbie parties her way to dvd in two weeks?

On today’s Midday Movie Madness Weekly Weekend Warrior … the Nun II continued to rule for a third ( albeit slow) weekend.The WGA writer’s strike is officially over!( about time!..) Bittersweet news for Harry Potter movie fans - we lost Sir Michael Gambon today ( sniff sniff) but a news Harry Potter alumni baby just Apparated into the world .( to quote the Sorting Hat…” Ahh… Another Weasley.” ) . Old jigsaw and the Paw Patrol face off this weekend. With shocktober err October approaching I’ve got...

On this week’s good News and Flashback Fun mini episode .. like this news is so fetch- the Mean Girls musical movie is forgoing it’s streaming debut and singing and dancing it’s way to theaters in January 2024! Guess what folks? Smile 2 is coming in October 2024. usher has been announced as the next Super Bowl Halftime Show performer. Speaking of football this week’s flashback fun takes a look back at two true life football films… one of which is about to tackle its way to its 23rd season err re...

On this week’s Midday Movie Madness Weekly Weekend Warrior episode, The Nun II just barely edged out A Haunting in Venice to keep the top box office spot and Barbieheimer ( aka Barbie and Oppenheimer) reached new records. 90 year Michael Caine is probably retired from acting, the expendables return for a new film and the Boston Bruins have named a new captain. Plus,..The Sanderson sisters, Katniss Everdeen and Britney Spears’ first film are all returning to theaters in October , the late Len Goo...

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode .. ooooh.. so much for standing by her man -Bijou Phillips is spilling from hubby Danny masterson less that two weeks after he was charged with 30 years for rape . Ouch. On the bright side of things, Wicked Musical fans are raising their broomsticks in celebration- October 30 has been dubbed National Wicked Day ( yes really!). Loki season 2 is coming a day early and July for joy anime fans-. The live action One Piece adaptation has been renewed ...