Movie Files

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Hi everyone and welcome to "Movie Files." Elliott here to Review New Movies & TV shows, Host Live Streams & much more! Rotten Tomatoes 🍅 and member of the St. Louis Film Critics Association and love watching and discussing the latest movies and great television shows on a daily basis. I'm here to provide you with my insightful thoughts and opinions but I also want to know what you think as well as I'm wanting to create a positive and fun community. Please follow and join me on this journey!

  1. 1d ago

    'LANTERNS' Episode 8 | Hal Jordan’s Killer Revealed & John Stewart Becomes Green Lantern

    The LANTERNS Season 1 finale finally answers the mystery that started everything: Who killed Hal Jordan? In this full spoiler breakdown of LANTERNS Episode 8, “Dirt and Stars,” Elliott dives into the shocking truth behind Hal Jordan’s death, Noah’s Manhunter reveal, Sinestro’s role in the finale, the fear-forged lantern, and the moment John Stewart finally chooses to become Green Lantern on his own terms. We break down: • Kerry Kane being revealed as Hal Jordan’s killer• Why fear not hatred ultimately led to Hal’s death• The truth about Noah and his Manhunter programming• Why Noah freed Sinestro• Sinestro’s philosophy that fear can become power• The new lantern forged from a world consumed by fear• John Stewart and Noah’s conversation about programming vs. choice• Why John refuses to kill Noah• John’s decision to let Kerry walk away• Guy Gardner confronting John about the Guardians• John becoming an independent Green Lantern• Hal-O-Gram’s emotional final goodbye• “Don’t be afraid to be afraid” and what it means for the season• John Stewart creating his own Green Lantern oath• What the finale could be setting up for Season 2 The season began with one question: “Are you afraid?” And the finale gives John Stewart his answer. He doesn’t deny fear like Hal once tried to. He doesn’t weaponize it like Sinestro. John accepts it and chooses what comes next anyway. That choice finally completes John Stewart’s journey from someone raised to become Green Lantern…to someone who decides for himself that he wants the ring. Plus, we look back at LANTERNS Season 1 as a whole, the relationship between John and Hal, the season’s themes of fear, parenting, programming and identity, and where characters like Noah, Sinestro, Guy Gardner, Kerry Kane and the Guardians could go next. SPOILERS throughout. What did you think of the finale? Was John right to spare Noah? Should Kerry have faced consequences for Hal’s death? And what should Season 2 do with Sinestro and the Guardians? Follow Movie Files YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieFilesTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moviefiles_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moviefilesX / Twitter: https://twitter.com/MovieFilesLiveLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/moviefiles/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MovieFilesLive Subscribe to the Movie Files Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify for movie reviews, TV breakdowns, theories, ending explained episodes and weekly discussions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. 5d ago

    CARRIE (2026) Review | A Frustrating Start… But a Strong Finish

    Mike Flanagan has taken on Stephen King’s Carrie and turned it into an eight-episode Prime Video series but did this story really need that much time? In this spoiler-free review, I’m breaking down all eight episodes of Carrie (2026), including Summer H. Howell’s performance as Carrie White, Samantha Sloyan’s Margaret White, the modern high-school setting, the YA tone, social-media commentary, expanded mythology, horror, and some of the biggest changes Flanagan makes to the story. And if you’ve been following my coverage, you know this one was a journey. There were stretches where the series really wasn’t working for me, but the final episodes changed the way I looked at a lot of what came before. So does Carrie justify eight episodes? Does the modern update work? And is this reinvention different enough to make another version of Stephen King’s classic worth watching? This review is completely spoiler-free. FOLLOW MOVIE FILES YouTube: Movie Fileshttps://www.youtube.com/@MovieFiles TikTok: @moviefiles_https://www.tiktok.com/@moviefiles_ Instagram: @moviefileshttps://www.instagram.com/moviefiles Twitter / X: @MovieFilesLivehttps://twitter.com/MovieFilesLive Letterboxd: Movie Fileshttps://letterboxd.com/moviefiles/ Facebook: Movie Fileshttps://www.facebook.com/MovieFilesLive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. Sep 29

    'LANTERNS' Episode 7 | Hal Jordan’s Darkest Secret & Sinestro’s Return

    Hal Jordan’s past changes everything in LANTERNS Season 1 Episode 7, “The Jordan Boys’ Legacy.” Elliott breaks down the emotional truth behind Hal’s fearlessness, John Stewart’s journey, the meaning of the baseball, the mystery surrounding Hal’s death, and the shocking return of Sinestro. This week, John teams up with the Hal-O-Gram to follow a secret trail left behind by the older Hal Jordan one that takes them off-world and forces both men to confront the childhood experiences that shaped them. We discuss: • The real meaning of the Jordan Boys’ Legacy• Why Hal says he wasn’t fearless because he was brave but because he was broken• The baseball metaphor and why Hal could never truly let go• John Stewart confronting the fear he was taught to suppress• Why John finally calling him “Hal” matters• Kerry’s knowledge of Martin Jordan’s death• The possibility that Hal’s death may not have been murder• Noah’s still-unresolved mystery• Hal’s hidden vault and Einstein-Rosen bridge• What happened to Antaan’s homeworld• Why older Hal had secretly been traveling there• Sinestro’s return and what it could mean for the finale• The growing connection between fear, yellow, and Green Lantern mythology The episode’s biggest question may no longer simply be “Who killed Hal Jordan?” It may be: What if nobody did? And with Sinestro now standing at the center of the mystery, the Season 1 finale suddenly has a lot more to answer. Follow Movie Files YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieFilesTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moviefiles_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moviefilesX / Twitter: https://twitter.com/MovieFilesLiveLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/moviefiles/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MovieFilesLive Subscribe to the Movie Files Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts for weekly Lanterns breakdowns, reviews, theories, character analysis and Case File updates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. Sep 23

    'HEART OF THE BEAST' Review: Brad Pitt Is Great, But the Dog Steals the Movie

    Brad Pitt leads David Ayer’s Heart of the Beast, but the biggest surprise might be his four-legged co-star. In this spoiler-free review, I break down Pitt’s subtle performance, why this feels like a return to form for David Ayer, the film’s emotional survival story, and why Uber as Odin delivers one of the best dog performances I’ve seen in a movie. As a dog owner myself, the bond between James and Odin hit me harder than I expected, and there were several moments that genuinely got me emotional. Is Heart of the Beast one of 2026’s most heartfelt surprises? Follow Movie Files:YouTube: @MovieFilesTikTok: @moviefiles_Instagram: @moviefilesX / Twitter: @MovieFilesLiveFacebook: MovieFilesLiveLetterboxd: moviefiles What’s the greatest dog performance you’ve ever seen in a movie? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. Sep 22

    'LANTERNS' Episode 6: Hal Jordan’s Death, Guy Gardner & the Missing Ring

    Hal Jordan is dead and John Stewart may have been one of the last people to see him alive. In LANTERNS Episode 6, “Bad Optics,” Elliott breaks down Hal’s murder, the ten-year fallout from Rushville, John’s return to the Green Lantern ring, Guy Gardner, Carol Ferris, Sinestro’s escape, and the suspects now surrounding the case. After years apart, John and Hal finally reunite in Rushville only for Hal to turn up dead just hours later with a point-blank gunshot wound and a freshly broken nose caused by John himself. This week, we dive into why Hal returned to Rushville, his relationship with Kerry, the meaning behind his nearly empty funeral, and how John’s life as an architect shows that he may have left Green Lantern behind without ever truly escaping what happened in 2016. We also break down Guy Gardner’s arrival, why he never inherited Hal’s original ring, the major Sinestro reveal, Maggie’s connection to the destruction of Rushville, Noah’s unresolved mystery, Carol Ferris’ introduction, Hal’s locked vault, and why the return of the Hal-O-Gram could finally crack the murder case open. And then there’s the biggest question: Why didn’t Hal Jordan fight back? Was the killer someone Hal trusted? Someone he loved? Someone he felt he owed? Or is the truth even stranger than it appears? Topics include: Hal Jordan’s murder • John Stewart in 2026 • Guy Gardner • Hal’s Green Lantern ring • Sinestro’s escape • Carol Ferris • Kerry Kane • Billy Macon • Maggie • Noah • Hal’s vault • the Hal-O-Gram • DCU connections • Batman reference • Metropolis • the missing ten years • Episode 7 theories Follow Movie Files: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieFilesTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moviefiles_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moviefilesX / Twitter: https://twitter.com/MovieFilesLiveLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/moviefiles/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MovieFilesLive Subscribe to the Movie Files Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts for weekly LANTERNS breakdowns, reviews, theories, and Case File updates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. Sep 17

    ‘RESIDENT EVIL’ Review Is So Close to Being Great

    In this episode of the Movie Files Podcast, Elliott reviews RESIDENT EVIL (2026), the new survival-horror adaptation from Barbarian and Weapons director Zach Cregger, starring Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, and Paul Walter Hauser. For the first 30–40 minutes, Resident Evil had Elliott convinced he might be watching one of his favorite horror movies of the year. The tension is incredible, the atmosphere is suffocating, the scares actually land, and Austin Abrams delivers a fantastic performance as Bryan a character who essentially feels like the PLAYER dropped directly into a Resident Evil game. I break down why Zach Cregger is so effective at building suspense, how the film captures the feeling of actually playing survival horror, the impressive creature designs, body horror, gore, and why Abrams continues to be one of the most exciting young actors to watch. But as Resident Evil gets bigger, crazier, campier, and more comedic, does it lose some of the fear and anxiety that made that opening stretch so effective? Elliott discusses the difficult balance between horror and comedy, why some of the humor worked while other moments took him out of the experience, and why the ending ultimately left him wanting more. So is this the best Resident Evil movie adaptation yet? Does Zach Cregger finally capture what makes the games so terrifying? And why did a movie I really enjoyed still leave him wishing he had loved it? Find out in this spoiler-free review. Topics: Resident Evil review, Resident Evil 2026, Zach Cregger, Austin Abrams, Resident Evil movie, survival horror, horror movies 2026, video game adaptations, Resident Evil games, body horror, creature design, horror comedy, Movie Files Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. Sep 15

    'LANTERNS' Episode 5 Breakdown | Why John Stewart Walked Away From the Ring

    John Stewart finally gets the Green Lantern ring in LANTERNS Episode 5, “Lights Out” and then chooses to walk away from the destiny he’s spent his entire life chasing. Elliott breaks down Zoe’s final plan, the truth about Abin Sur, Rushville’s destruction, Hal and John’s brutal fallout, and why John rejecting the ring may actually prove he’s finally worthy of it. Plus, what did Zoe really teach Noah, where does Hal’s ring go next, and what happened during the missing ten years before Hal Jordan’s death in 2026? Follow Movie Files: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieFilesTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moviefiles_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moviefilesX / Twitter: https://twitter.com/MovieFilesLiveLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/moviefiles/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MovieFilesLive Subscribe to the Movie Files Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and follow for weekly LANTERNS breakdowns, reviews, theories, and Case File updates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. Sep 9

    'HOPE' Review | Too Good to Be This Frustrating

    Ten years after The Wailing, director Na Hong-jin returns with HOPE, an ambitious Korean sci-fi creature feature starring Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon, Taylor Russell, Cameron Britton, Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender. And I genuinely cannot remember the last time a movie left me this conflicted. There are stretches of HOPE that feel like a near-masterpiece: incredible tension, visceral filmmaking, phenomenal practical stunt work and two absolutely insane car chase sequences. The first half had me completely locked in as the movie slowly builds its creature mystery without showing us too much too soon. But once those creatures are fully revealed…things changed for me. In this episode, I’m breaking down why the CGI became such a major distraction, why some of the comedy and nearly 3-hour runtime started working against the movie, and why the final stretch left me feeling like an entire piece of the story was missing. And somehow, despite all of those frustrations…I still recommend seeing it on the biggest screen possible. HOPE is one of the most ambitious, thrilling and frustrating movies I’ve seen in 2026 — and probably the most conflicted 3/5 I’ve ever given.  Spoiler-Free Review Topics include:Na Hong-jin’s direction • HOPE’s creature design • CGI vs. practical effects • the car chase sequences • performances • comedy • pacing • IMAX experience • the ending • sequel setup • final rating If you’ve seen HOPE, let me know where you landed on this one — masterpiece, mess…or somewhere in between? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hi everyone and welcome to "Movie Files." Elliott here to Review New Movies & TV shows, Host Live Streams & much more! Rotten Tomatoes 🍅 and member of the St. Louis Film Critics Association and love watching and discussing the latest movies and great television shows on a daily basis. I'm here to provide you with my insightful thoughts and opinions but I also want to know what you think as well as I'm wanting to create a positive and fun community. Please follow and join me on this journey!

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    Big IP | Realm
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
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