The Movie Wire

The Movie Wire

Join Justin Henson every week as he analyzes and gives brutally honest reviews to the newest, hottest, movies (spoiler free) that are now playing in theaters and are available to stream right now. Listen to Justin’s movie verdict today!

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April 17, 2025 43 mins

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This week on the show!

Don’t underestimate him in 

The Amateur

Never Underestimate a patriot in the Prime Video exclusive

 G20

The most dangerous enemy is an old friend in

 The Alto Knights

and finally

We all get what's coming in the end in 

The Rule of Jenny Pen

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Everyone's a suspect in the date from hell in: 

Drop

Pack your body bags, Jason will never eat marshmallows again in the horror comedy: 

Hell of a Summer

Be there and be square in 

A Mindcraft Movie

And finally

Theres no cult like celebrity in: 

Opus 

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Payback is a beast. Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega star in:

Death of a Unicorn

Don’t let her in in!

Woman in the Yard

And finally

Human Traffickers beware Jason Statham is here in:  

The Working Man

Weve got a lot to cover this week! Ready for my verdict? Let's get into it! 

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The fairest of them all the classic comes to life….but does it though….in Disney’s Snow White

Crime is a family affair in:

Riff Raff 

And finally

Bills Bill Skarsgård goes up against Anthony Hopkins, inside a luxury vehicle in Locked

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It takes a spy to hunt a spy in:

Black Bag 

Rage with the machines in the Netflix exclusive: 

The Electric State 

and finally

A movie that has gone under the radar is my video on demand pick of the week is:

 The Golden Voice

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When the odds are unbelievable, show the world your unbreakable in:

The Unbreakable Boy

He’s dying to save mankind in:

Mickey 17

And finally

Make every breath count in the incredible true story: 

Last Breath

We’ve got a lot to cover this week so lets jump right in. 

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Welcome to Season 4 of The Movie Wire!

This season we kick it off with 2 early reviews, along with 1 now playing in theaters! 

This week on the show!

They’re crash landing into theaters like you have never seen before in: 

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

Nathan Caine can't feel pain, Jack Quaid stars in:

Novocaine

Which both release in theaters March 14th

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HAPPY OSCAR DAY!

After a total of 220 films viewed this year, here is the Best and Worst this year as we wrap up season 3 of the show. Just in time for Oscar night. Tune in, to my picks and then the Academy's picks! 

Thank You for all that have tuned it, followed, and reviewed!! We will see you in Season 4!

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They’re not keeping you out. They’re keeping them in! In the Apple Tv+ exclusive The Gorge

The monkey that likes killing our family...its back and everybody dies and that's f***ed up in

The Monkey

And finally, the last two movies to wrap up 2024 right before the Oscars 

The day terror went live, with one Oscar nomination for best original screen play is September 5

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The future favors the brave in: 

Captain America: Brave New World

A cultural force that transcends generations in:

Becoming Led Zeppelin 

A little bear goes a long way. Lost in the jungle in a revisit to my early review of: 

Paddington in Peru

And finally

Welcome to America with 10 Oscar nominations is:

The Brutalist

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Stay Single Stay safe in the heartwarming romantic tale of heart eyed serial killer in

 Heart Eyes

Save the date, prepare for chaos Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon star in the prime video exclusive 

You’re Cordially Invited

And finally

The sweetest pain you will ever feel, or my tagline the most painful thing you will see this valentines day is 

Love Hurts

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Yall need a pilot? Marc Wahlberg goes bald for no apparent reason in 

Flight Risk

Part Dog, part man, all hero in the new animated film 

Dog Man

And finally

Another film in the 2024 Movie Wire, clean up, is the 3 Oscar nominee for best original song, best actor, and best adapted screen play is 

Sing Sing

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It’s always active Lucy Liu stars in
Presence

It’s every parent’s worst nightmare in the new addition to the 'Pooh-verse' is
Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare

Sometimes the greatest act of love is letting go in
Companion

And finally

Another film in the 2024 Movie Wire clean up. Life can only be understood backwards, but we have to live it forwards in Oscar nominee for Best ...

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It's not what's outside that should scare you in
Wolf Man

We continue our 2024 watch clean up with movies that may pop up during awards time with the next 2 film that just were nominated for Golden Globes.

The show must end Pamala Anderson stars in
The Last Showgirl

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It's The Movie Wire's 2024 wrap up month! This month I will be introducing films that will most likely pop-up during awards time and were skipped over this year. Each week I will be covering a new film, to kick us off after the Golden Globes, here is 3 films that were missed during the show in the last month.

A real pain remembering through small gestures in 4 golden globe nominations with one win ...

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Fame makes monkeys of us all in
Better Man

Sex, power, seduction, masturbation, and Nicole Kidman being fed treats in Babygirl

When the world is in chaos, you start over…but how do you start over amongt chaos in
Homestead

And finally

He defied everyone to change everything in
A Complete Uknown

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 Happy New Year! We kick off the new year with the last released movies of 2024!

Succumb to the darkness in Robert Eggers take from the 1922 film
Nosferatu

Speed, Power, Action, Choas, feel it all in
Sonic the Hedgehog 3

And finally

Experience the epic story of how an orphan became king in the Disney prequal. Mufasa: The Lion King

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Merry Christmas!
This Week on the Show!

Now streaming on Netflix, It took a snowman to melt her……heart,  in
Hot Frosty

Also now streaming on Netflix, have yourself a merry little love triangle in
Our Little Secret

And finally

From sex worker to wifey and love is a hustle in
Anora

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This week on the show! 

Villains aren’t born. There made in
Kraven the Hunter

Every holiday season, millions travel safely by air. This Christmas will be different in the Netflix original
Carry-On

Go with the flow in the new memorizing animated film,
Flow

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Happy Holidays!
This week on the show!

 We have a special guest joining me to help bring me some holiday cheer during the review of one of the worst Christmas movies ever made. Alex from The Talking Smac podcast joins me in the Paramount+ Original,
Dear Santa

On New Year's Eve 1999 the y2k bug changed the world forever in
Y2K

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