Episodes

On this week’s Weekly Weekend Warrior episode Barbie took over Hollywood in a pink box office tsunami. Hide your cat thanks to Ryan Reynolds’ production company ALF is brining his flying saucer into the 2020s on Saturday July 29. Disney welcomes foolish mortal viewers to its Haunted Mansion this Friday . It’s a bird! It’s a plane.. it’s the annual San Diego Comic Con recap. And what’s this ? Krypto and Scooby-Doo are teaming up for a new direct to dvd movie ?

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode .. Hide your cats - ALF is coming back (sort of) this Saturday on Ryan Renolds ‘ Maximum Effort Channel . Calling all Avatar the Last Airbender fans fan favorite character Uncle iroh is finally getting his own series .. in the form of a 2024 comic book series. As it’s Shark Week 2023 I take a look at three requested shark starring films for Flashback Fun (no folks jaws and Finding Nemo are not part of the trio)

On today’s breaking news I say farewell to the master pop vocalist Tony Bennett - who sadly lost his long fight with Alzheimer's disease Friday. Sorry folks - more films- including the Wonder spinoff White Bird- have been delayed due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.. in better news the Borderlands movie has a date and ! Cowabunga! The original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon is making its way to Nickelodeon owned digital formats!

On this episode of Midday Movie Madness’ Weekly Weekend Warrior.. to nobody’s surprise Mission: Impossible- Dead Reckoning-Part 1 took the box office throne..But can it survive against the awaited box office fight between Barbie and Oppenheimer? bad strike news: the Screen Actors Guild strike has stopped many film shoots ( including beetlejuice 2, Venom 3, the live action Lilo and Stitch and the Gladiator sequel) in their tracks. Good strike news: Ms. Marvel and Yellowstone are coming to prime t...

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode … sorry folks it looks like the Screen Actors Guild Writers Strike is already causing multiple films like deadpool 3 beetlejuice 2, The live action Lilo and Stitch to stop shooting and plenty of panels to pull out of San z Diego Comic Con . In better news Lindsay Lohan entered the first time mother’s club and gasp! Hayao Miyazaki’s final film has been retitled for American shores and is coming our way in December! .. plus pop quiz.. what do a mu...

On this week’s Midday Movie Madness Weekly Weekend Warrior Insidious : The Red Door may have scared off Indiana Jones’ final film but in honor of Harrison Ford’ 81st birthday I go back in time to when we first met the snake hating whip carrying archeologist. It looks like Hollywood has been effectively shut down as now SAG is on strike as well as the writers. Plus Anthony Michael Hall is a new dad, scream VI slashes its way to dvd , electra returns for Deadpool 3 and much more.

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode .. Have mercy Full House fans- I have the debut date (and guest list) of Dave Collier’s PodCo rewatch podcast “Full House Rewind”. What’s this? Elektra is in Deadpool 3 and Wolverine’s wearing his famed blue and yellow comics outfit for the first time ever on the big screen?For flashback fun I look back at three Tom hanks films.( no they don’t involve a stranded castaway , a women’s baseball league coach, an astronaut or an iconic toy cowboy )

On this week’s Weekly Weekend Warrior episode.. Indiana Jones’s final film might have whip-cracked its way to the top spot .. but it wasn’t the height amount Disney was hoping for. Oh baby! The stork was quite busy last week with Meghan Trainor, Al Roker’s daughter Courtney and Bethany Hamilton all getting bundles of baby joy! At long last after years of delays tom cruise returns as Ethan Hunt.. next Wednesday that is . Plus avast me hearties- the first pirates of the Caribbean film sails to its...

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode,,, the Hollywood stork has been pretty busy over the last week as Al Roker just became a grandpa and surfer Bethany Hamilton is a girl mom at last. Greta Gerwig is going from Barbie’s Dream House to the world of Narnia-she’s directing two Narnia pics for Netflix. Plus I go back in time to four different patriotic films including one that turned 23 recently and and another that flew to massive success in 1986

On today’s breaking news… I say farewell to character Oscar and tony winning actor Alan Arkin. Heads up Spider-Man across the spider-verse fan- there is a chance the film’s 2024 sequel ( and final Spider-verse) film may get delayed. Dune fans rejoice .. there is a high chance the 2 film Warner bros series May turn into a trilogy!

On this week’s Midday Movie Madness Weekly Weekend Warrior ..The Flash’s major crash was Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse ‘s gain as Sony’s animated sequel web-swung its way back to the top. Dah duh daaaah dah dah daaah duh -dah duh daaaah dah dah daaah duh/ grab your fedora hat cause Harrison Ford’s final outing as Indiana Jones is finally here! Surprise- John legend and Chrissy Teigan are now parents of four. Great news-Simone Biles is back on the gymnastics beam and Paddington Bear is gett...

On today’s one day delayed News and Flashback Fun min episode mini episode.. the search for missing actor Julian Sands ended on a sad note.. in better news! Surprise! John Legend and Chrissy Teigan are parents of four now. Angela Bassett will finally get her Oscar this year. And in honor of Mel brooks’ 97th birthday I take a look back at two of his gut bursting comedies .

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode , what’s this? Marvel , Disney, HBO and Netflix are all skipping San Diego Comic-Con next month? No Marvel presence at SDCC? To quote the Princess Bride ‘ Inconceivable ! Sorry Grease fans.. the tv series cancellation axe has fallen upon Paramount + Grease prequel Grease:Rise of the Pink Ladies. Paddington will be getting 4 new costars for his third big screen adventure. Plus for part of Flashback Fun ( since today marks 1 moth since the world l...

On this week’s midday movie madness weekly weekend warrior episode, ooooh! The Flash movie had a disappointing debut, jennifer lawrence shows off her raunchy side in her new comedy out this week and ( pirate voice) : avast ye scurvy dogs ! Netflix’s live action zone Piece series sets sail on August 31. Plus.. What’s this? Wicked Part 2 is opening up in November 2025 instead of December 2025?

On this week’s Midday Movie Madness Weekly Weekend Warrior podcast.. I say goodbye to the reclusive novelist Cormac McCarthy -who gave the world “All the Pretty Horses”, “ No Country for Old Men “ And “The Road” . I’m sorry Avatar fans but the next entry in in the epic sci fi series won’t be out until December 2025. And it looks like lots of marvel films got bumped back butt Deadpool 3 is arriving next May! Finally after years of delays and Ezra Miller’s off screen… issues.. world collide as The...

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun gasp! What’s this? There won’t be an Avatar 3 until 2025? No blade remake until February 14, 2025? But what’s this? Deadpool 3 is coming out May 2024 instead of November that year and the live action Moana has a release date . What can I say but you’re welcome.. ( sorry I could resist) . Fast X Part 2 has an official release date . And for one of today’s requested flashback fun films I go back nearly 29 years ago to an iconic Disney mega smash savannah set f...

On this week’s Midday Movie Madness Weekly Weekend Warrior … Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse webbed up a verrry impressive debut. What’s this ? Dwayne Johnson is returning for a Fast And Furious movie that’s not a Hobbes and Shaw spinoff sequel? And fire up the broomsticks and flying vacuums- A Hocus Pocus 3 is coming. Plus the newest Transformers movie opens, Beanie Feldstein is married and in honor of Johnny Depp’s 60th birthday I look back at 4 requested films of his.

On this week’s Breaking News and Flashback Fun mini episode Gasp! Sisters err I mean listeners .. the Sanderson Sisters are retiring for a third time .. that’s right folk we are getting g s third Hocus Pocus!( speaking of Hocus Pocus as it flies to its 30 year spell mark on July 16 it’s one of today’s flashback fun topics). Whaaaat? ?Flashback Fun turns 3 today, Mark Hamill is done playing Luke Skywalker and Kathy Lee Gifford is getting not one new grandbaby this year but 2?

On this week’s Midday Movie Madness Weekly Weekend Warrior.. the live action Little Mermaid totally swam circles around the competition over the holiday weekend.. ( however the Super Mario Bros Movie and Top Gun: Maverick managed to break more records over the weekend). My Spidey-Sense is tingling - not only does Spider-Man : Across the Spider-verse ( finally) open Friday but a 4th Tom Holland-Spider-Man film AND a live action Miles Morales film are web-slinging their way to theaters… eventually...

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode gasp! Big news Sex and the City fans- Kim Catrall’s Samantha is coming to the “ And Just Like That” Season 2 finale… but just for one scene. 83 year old Al Pacino is about to be a father for the fourth time.. Sucession’s Sarah Snook is now a mom . In honor of Flashback Fun’s 3 year anniversary on June 3, I go back to the film that started it off : the 1998 walt Disney animated classic Mulan

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode , Cody walker honored his late brother Paul Walker in the sweetest way possible-naming his newborn son after him.(Say it with me: Awwwe). No surprise here- a 5th John Wick film is being developed by Lionsgate. And like for part of today’s Flashback Fun trio ( suggested by Nina Badami for her birthday) I take the pink and scented Time Machine back to 2001 when the world first met (seemingly) ditzy sorority girl turned Hard Law student Elle Woods.

On today’s Midday Movie Madness Weekly Weekend Warrior.. fast x raced to the top box office parking spot. I say goodbye to the late Queen of Rock and Roll Tina Turner and the late actor Ray Stevenson. On the better side of things get ready to go back under the sea as the cast of The Little Mermaid live action makes a splash in theaters, we have a dvd date for the Avatar sequel Alec Baldwin has a new off screen role- first time grandfather and what’s this ? Next year’s animated Transformers One o...

On this week’s News and Flashback Fun mini episode… Gasp! On May 26 Disney+ and Hulu are doing a purge of many of their original shows and movies -like mighty ducks : game changers, little demon , big shot and the critically acclaimed Willow sequel .speaking of willow the original 1988 film (which is 35 today( is one of today’s flashback fun topics. Ireland Baldwin-Alex Baldwin’s oldest daughter - just became a first time mom. Plus Benedict Cumberbatch has joined James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic...

On this week’s Weekly Weekend Warrior podcast, the third and final Guardians of the Galaxy film May have kept the domestic box office throne but can it stand its ground when Fast X revs its way to theaters? Speaking of the Fast Saga it May be ending with not the 11th entry but a 12th one ! Plus calling Squid Games fans- the reality competition version of the series is arriving on Netflix in November. And what’s this ? Shrek is 22, Loki season 2 and Echo have dates and there is going to be a Time...