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Justin Henson

New movies. No filters. Every week, Justin Henson delivers spoiler-free, brutally honest reviews of the latest theatrical and streaming releases. If you want the truth before pressing play or buying a ticket, whether it’s a box-office smash or a streaming dud, Justin tells you exactly what’s worth your time.  before buying a ticket or pressing play. Come for Justin's movie verdict. Stay because someone finally said it out loud. 

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  • S5 · E260
    November 5 · 39 min

    Episode 260 Reviews for: Christmas at the Kringles -- The Oldest Living Pickpocket in New York -- The Mongoose -- Wicker

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! A hard man is good to find….gross…..in: Wicker He’ll never let himself get captured again Liam Neeson stars in: The Mongoose Everyone in New York wants something. He’s just better at taking it, in: The Only Living Pickpocket in New York and finally Ho,Ho, holy shit in: Christmas at the Kringles *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify and following me on all the socials @MovieWireShow! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the Gaming Views Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we wrap up spooky season with the 1992 comedy starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, Housesitter! Support the show

  • S5 · E259
    October 29 · 35 min

    Episode 259 Reviews for: You Can See Everything -- Clayface -- Wildwood

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! Look fear in the face in: CLAYFACE There are places you don’t go. Once choice changes everything in: WILDWOODS and finally If you think you know everything, think again in: YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify and following me on all the socials @MovieWireShow! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the Gaming Views Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we wrap up spooky season with the 1991 Wes Craven film The People Under the Stairs. Support the show

  • S5 · E258
    October 22 · 33 min

    Episode 258 Reviews For: Street Fighter -- Crawlers -- Whalefall

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! To live is to fight, and to fight is to live in this video game adaption comes: Street Fighter The odds of being swallowed alive by a whale are not zero in: Whalefall and finally Skin will crawl….well...out of guilt for buying a ticket in: Crawlers *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify and following me on all the socials @MovieWireShow! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the Gaming Views Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we continue spooky season with the 1990 film The Guardian. Watch Here Support the show

  • S5 · E257
    October 15 · 40 min

    Episode 257 Reviews for: Other Mommy -- Matchbox: The Movie -- The Influencer Project -- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! Like follow share subscribe to watch an influencer in parrel in: The Influencer Project Save the world bring your friends in the Apple TV exclusive comes: Matchbox: The Movie Your mommy won't save you in: Other Mommy and finally there back and the best of AI meets it match in: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify and following me on all the socials @MovieWireShow! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the Gaming Views Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we continue spooky season with the 1995 late Sam Neil film, The Mouth of Madness. Watch Here Support the show

  • S5 · E256
    October 8 · 33 min

    Episode 256 Reviews for: Digger -- Verity -- Beware Boiúna

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! There is no light where we are going. Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett star in: Verity A comedy of catastrophic proportions, Tom Cruise stars in: Digger and finally Witness terror on a gigantic scale in: Beware Boiúna *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify and following me on all the socials @MovieWireShow! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the Gaming Views Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we continue spooky season with 1985's Stephen King adaption: Cat's Eye! Watch Here Support the show

  • S5 · E255
    October 1 · 45 min

    Episode 255 Reviews for: Primetime -- Forgotten Island -- Heart of the Beast -- The Uprising

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! Are you ready to make television history in: Primetime Survival depends on their bond in: Heart of the Beast On unforgettable night changed their lives forever in: Forgotten Island (You can also look to a more in-depth convo with my appearance on the Talking Spac Podcast. Available now.) and finally Part of our Movie Wire Catch Up, now available to rent or buy is the rise of Robin Hood in: The Uprising LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A FREE DIGITAL COPY OF A FILM THAT RELEASES ON SEPTEMBER 29TH! *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify and following me on all the socials @MovieWireShow! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the Talking Smac Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we start spooky season with 1992 cult film: Death Becomes Her! Watch Here Support the show

  • S5 · E254
    September 24 · 43 min

    Episode 254 Reviews for: Resident Evil -- Runner -- The Runner -- The Weight

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A FREE DIGITAL COPY OF A FILM THAT RELEASES ON SEPTEMBER 29TH! Witness the original of evil in Zach Cregger's: Resident evil To see his daughter a man has to carry backpack of gold in the wilderness in: The Weight Every second counts in: Runner and finally One hour one chance to save her son in another movie about running in prime video exclusive: The Runner LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A FREE DIGITAL COPY OF A FILM THAT RELEASES ON SEPTEMBER 29TH! *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify and following me on all the socials @MovieWireShow! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the Talking Smac Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, cover the 1993 Macaulay Culkin thriller: The Good Son Watch Here Support the show

  • S5 · E253
    September 21 · 34 min

    Episode 253 Special Episode: Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass -- Shaun the Sheep: The Monster of Mossy Bottom -- Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! In this special edition episode, We close up the summer, and kids are going back to school, here are the last remaining family films in theaters. Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass ( Yea...I didn't know there was another one) Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie (How did this last so long in theaters) and finally, Shaun the Sheep: The Monster of Mossy Bottom Ready for the last reviews of the summer of 2026! Let's get into it! *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify and following me on all the socials @MovieWireShow! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the Talking Smac Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, I'm back in the hot seat in another Siskel and Ebert Quiz Show! Watch Here Support the show

  • S5 · E252
    September 17 · 41 min

    Episode 252 Reviews for: Practical Magic 2 -- Hope -- Mayday (Apple TV Exclusive) -- Be Any Means

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! Here is what you WITCHED for…not all of us in: Practical Magic 2 Is this how it ends in: Hope A friendship with major red flags in the Apple TV Plus exclusive in: Mayday and finally The FBI couldn’t crack it so they called the Mob in: By Any Means *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify and following me on all the socials @MovieWireShow! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the Talking Smac Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, I'm back in the hot seat in another Siskel and Ebert Quiz Show! Watch Here Support the show

  • S5 · E251
    September 10 · 39 min

    Episode 251 Reviews for: Fall 2: Deadpoint -- Idiots -- Onslaught -- The Brink of War

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! Don’t worry their pros in: Idiots Are you down? I'm feeling kind of down after watching it, in: Fall 2: Deadpoint To stop a killing machine, you must become one in: Onslaught and finally And part of our movie wire catch up, that's available to stream now: Not all battles are fought without bullets in: The Brink of War Ready for my verdict? Let’s get into it. Support the show

  • S5 · E250
    September 3 · 43 min

    Episode 250 Reviews for: Coyote vs Acme -- The Dog Stars -- Tony -- Buddy

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! Before he was Anthony Bourdain, he was Tony, in: Tony The movie ACME doesn’t want you to see... Neither did Warner Bros.: Coyote vs Acme At the end of the world no one survives alone: The Dog Stars and finally What if your childhood tv show turned deadly? Buddy We got a lot to cover this week so let's jump right in, ready for my verdict. Let’s get into it. *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify and following me on all the socials @MovieWireShow! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the F*** My Worklife Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we cover the introduction to the Next Generation on the big screen in 1994's Star Trek: Generations. Watch Here Support the show

  • S5 · E249
    August 27 · 42 min

    Episode 249 Reviews for: Insidious: Out of the Further -- Mutiny -- The Magic Faraway Tree -- Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! RIP: Dolly Parton and Tim Curry 1946-2026 This week on the show! Evil found a way out in: Insidious: Out of the Further There's blood in the water, Jason Statham stars in: Mutiny Step into the tree…and into the impossible in: The Magic Faraway Tree and finally A new kind of horror remake in: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma We got a lot to cover this week so lets jump right in, ready for my verdict. Let’s get into it. *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify and following me on all the socials @MovieWireShow! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the F*** My Worklife Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we cover the 80's sci-fi action classic Predator! Watch Here Support the show

  • S5 · E248
    August 21 · 44 min

    Episode 248: The End of Oak Street -- X-Files: I Want to Believe Vrach Frankenshteyn (Hulu)-- Six: The Musical Live! -- The Last House (Netflix)

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! The summer ends on Oak Street in the dinosaur thriller: The End of Oak Street Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived in the live Broadway recording of: Six: The Musical Live! Believe again, Hulu releases a new directors cut of: X-Files: I Want to Believe Vrach Frankenshteyn and finally How long can you survive in the Netflix exclusive: The Last House *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify and following me on all the socials @MovieWireShow! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the F*** My Worklife Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we cover the Ridley Scott 1989 film Black Rain! Support the show

  • S5 · E247
    August 13 · 39 min

    Episode 247 Reviews for: Super Troopers 3 -- One Night Only -- The Dink

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! Crime is the disease. Meow is the time for a cure in: Super Troopers 3 12 hours of a sex can change everything in: Once Night Only and finally It's pickleball deal with it! Jake Johnson stars in the Apple TV exclusive: The Dink Ready for my verdict? Let’s get into it! *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify and following me on all the socials @MovieWireShow! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the F*** My Worklife Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we cover the 1995 sci-fi alien sex film Species! Watch Here Support the show

  • S5 · E246
    August 6 · 41 min

    Episode 246 Reviews for: Spiderman: Brand New Day -- Ice Cream Man -- The Death of Robin Hood

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! The world has forgotten peter parker, but he hasn’t forgotten them in: Spiderman: Brand New Day I scream. You scream. We all scream for Eli Roth’s: Ice Cream Man and finally We have a new addition to our Movie Wire Catch Up this week: He was no hero. Hugh Jackman stars in: The Death to Robin Hood (available to rent or buy now) Ready for my verdict? Let’s get into it! *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify and following me on all the socials @MovieWireShow! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the Gaming Views Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we cover lost reviews and episodes of Siskel and Ebert! Watch Here Support the show

  • S5 · E245
    July 30 · 37 min

    Episode 245 Reviews for: Pinocchio Unstrung -- 72 Hours -- Hadestown: The Musical

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! The night is young…he isn’t Kevin Hart stars in the Netflix exclusive: 72 Hours Once you’ve gone way down to Hadestown, part of you never really leaves in the live cast recording of: Hadestown: The Musical and finally He has no strings to hold him back now. He’d kill to be a real boy in: Pinocchio Unstrung Ready for my verdict? Let’s get into it. *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the Gaming Views Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we cover the 1998 review of Kiki's Delivery Service with Special Guest Michael from the Screen Nerds Podcast! Watch Here Support the show

  • S5 · E244
    July 23 · 37 min

    Episode 244 Reviews for: The Odessey -- Young Washington -- The Furious

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! Defy the gods in Christopher Nolan's: The Odessey Before he led a revolution, he survived one in: Young Washington and finally This week on, The Movie Wire Catch Up: When justice is broken, fury becomes the only law in: The Furious Ready for my verdict? Let’s get into it! *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the F*** My Worklife Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we cover the 1944 G Watch Here Support the show

  • S5 · E243
    July 16 · 1 hr 2 min

    Episode 243 Reviews for: Moana and Evil Dead Burn

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! The ocean is calling Josh from The Talking Smac podcast to help review the Disney live remake of: Moana Every family has their demons in: Evil Dead Burn (That you can also listen to my appearance to discuss this with Alex on the Talking Smac Podcast.) LISTEN HERE! *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify! * You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here! Make sure you listen to the F*** My Worklife Podcast Listen Here! If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we cover the 1984 film Body Double. Watch Here Support the show

  • S5 · E242
    July 9 · 49 min

    Episode 242 Reviews For: Minions and Monsters -- The Invite -- Little Brother (Netflix) -- Power Ballad

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! Hollywood has a monster problem in: Minions and Monsters It will be fun and everything is on the table Seth Rogen, Edward Norton, Oliva Wilde, and Penélope Cruz star in: The Invite An uncomfortably touching comedy John Cena and Eric Andrés star in the Netflix exclusive: Little Brother and finally This week on The Movie Wire Catch Up segment: It's time to set the record straight. Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas star in: Power Ballad (available to rent or buy now.) Ready for my verdict? Let’s get into it! Support the show

  • S5 · E241
    July 2 · 57 min

    Episode 241 Reviews For: Supergirl -- Jackass: Best and Last -- Voicemails for Isabelle

    We love to hear from you! Send us some comments and feedback, and don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! Thank you all that listen! This week on the show! Truth. Justice. Whatever. Is the perfect tagline line to: Supergirl (With a capitalized WHATEVER!) 'The Talking Smac Made Me Watch' returns with Josh from The Talking Smac Podcast joining me after making me watch the new Netflix Rom-Com: Voicemails for Isabelle and finally After 24 years….it's one last ride, In: Jackass: Best and Last Ready for my verdict? Let’s get into it. Support the show

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