TONY’S TAKE

Proud member of the Critics’ Choice Association! Reviewing the newest releases every week on Morning Blend St. Louis, airing Saturday and Sunday mornings at 5:30am on KPLR 11 and on YouTube after (https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBlendStLouis)! Be sure to follow me on Twitter @MoselloATC as well for the latest movie news, reviews, and reactions!

BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F & DESPICABLE ME 4

FANCY DANCE – 4/5 & DADDIO – 4/5 & JANET PLANET – 2/5

INSIDE OUT 2 – 4.5/5 & TUESDAY – 4/5

THE BIKERIDERS – 4/5

BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE – 4/5

YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA – 4/5 & FOR LOVE AND LIFE: NO ORDINARY CAMPAIGN 5/5

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA – 4.5/5 & THE GARFIELD MOVIE – 3/5 & THE BLUE ANGELS – 4/5

IF – 4/5 & I SAW THE TV GLOW – 2/5

KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES – 3/5

THE FALL GUY – 4.5/5 & THE IDEA OF YOU – 3/5

CIVIL WAR – 5/5 & ABIGAIL – 3.5/5

CHALLENGERS – 4/5

GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE – 3.5/5 & ROAD HOUSE – 3.5/5

PROBLEMISTA – 3/5

ARTHUR THE KING – 3.5/5

KUNG FU PANDA 4 – 3/5

DUNE: PART TWO – 5/5

DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS – 3/5

BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE – 3.5/5 & MADAME WEB – 1.5/5

THE TEACHER’S LOUNGE – 4/5

SUNCOAST – 3/5

THE UNDERDOGGS – 3.5/5

AMERICAN FICTION – 5/5

THE ZONE OF INTEREST – 4.5/5

  1. OPPENHEIMER
  2. THE HOLDOVERS
  3. MAESTRO
  4. ANATOMY OF A FALL
  5. AMERICAN FICTION
  6. SALTBURN
  7. POOR THINGS
  8. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
  9. MAY DECEMBER
  10. SOCIETY OF THE SNOW
  11. SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
  12. THE ZONE OF INTEREST
  13. BARBIE
  14. THE BOY AND THE HERON
  15. PAST LIVES

HONORABLE MENTION (alphabetical)

  1. ALL OF US STRANGERS
  2. GODZILLA MINUS ONE
  3. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
  4. JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4
  5. THE KILLER
  6. WONKA

THE COLOR PURPLE – 3.5/5

THE BOYS IN THE BOAT – 4/5

THE IRON CLAW – 3.5/5

POOR THINGS – 4.5/5

SALTBURN – 4.5/5

WONKA – 4/5

WISH – 3.5/5

NAPOLEON – 3/5

THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES – 3.5/5

NEXT GOAL WINS – 3/5

THE MARVELS – 3.5/5

THE HOLDOVERS – 5/5

THE KILLER – 4/5

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – 4/5

THE BURIAL – 3/5

THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER – 3/5

PAW PATROL: THE MIGHTY MOVIE – 3/5

STRAYS – 4.5/5

TALK TO ME – 4/5

HAUNTED MANSION – 2.5/5

OPPENHEIMER – 5/5

THE MIRACLE CLUB – 3/5

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE 4.5/5

ASTEROID CITY – 3.5/5

NO HARD FEELINGS – 3/5

THE FLASH – 4/5

ELEMENTAL – 3/5

THE BLACKENING – 3/5

TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS – 4/5

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE – 5/5

KANDAHAR – 3.5/5 & THE LITTLE MERMAID – 3/5

CARMEN – 3/5

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 – 5/5

AIR5/5

THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE3/5

SPINNING GOLD – 2.5/5 & TETRIS – 4/5 & DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES – 4/5

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 – 5/5

SCREAM VI – 4/5 & CHAMPIONS – 4.5/5

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ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA – 3.5/5

THE SON – 3.5/5 & LIVING – 4/5

M3GAN3/5 & A MAN CALLED OTTO – 3/5

TOP 15 FILMS OF 2022!

  1. BABYLON
  2. THE FABELMANS
  3. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
  4. TOP GUN: MAVERICK
  5. THE WHALE
  6. NOPE
  7. THE BATMAN
  8. TILL
  9. GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
  10. THIRTEEN LIVES
  11. TÁR
  12. AFTERSUN
  13. EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
  14. RRR
  15. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

HONORABLE MENTION (alphabetical)

  1. AVATAR:THE WAY OF WATER
  2. BULLET TRAIN
  3. GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
  4. HUSTLE
  5. THE NORTHMAN

MORNING BLEND ST. LOUIS DISCUSS THEIR TOP 10 FILMS OF 2022!

BABYLON – 5/5 & AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – 4/5

THE WHALE – 5/5 & GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY – 4.5/5 & PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH – 5/5

BONES AND ALL – 3.5/5 & THE FABELMANS 5/5

DON’T WORRY DARLING – 3/5

BEAST – 2.5/5

BULLET TRAIN – 5/5

EASTER SUNDAY – 1.5/5

THIRTEEN LIVES – 4.5/5

LUCK review – 2.5/5

VENGEANCE review – 4/5

NOPE review5/5

MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS – 4/5 & WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING – 3/5 review

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER review5/5

MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU review3/5

THE BLACK PHONE review4.5/5

ELVIS review4.5/5

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN review

LIGHTYEAR review3/5

JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION review4/5

DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS review

FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE review

TOP 15 FILMS OF 2021!!!

  1. BELFAST
  2. THE POWER OF THE DOG
  3. LICORICE PIZZA
  4. SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
  5. TICK, TICK…BOOM
  6. DUNE
  7. DON’T LOOK UP
  8. LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
  9. NIGHTMARE ALLEY
  10. NO TIME TO DIE
  11. THE TENDER BAR
  12. THE SUICIDE SQUAD
  13. C’MON C’MON
  14. PIG
  15. THE HARDER THEY FALL

(HONORABLE MENTION)

  1. CODA
  2. FREE GUY
  3. NINE DAYS
  4. LUCA/THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
  5. MALIGNANT

THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS review

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME review

BEING THE RICARDOS review

ENCOUNTER review

HOUSE OF GUCCI review

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO review

DUNE review

NO TIME TO DIE review

CANDYMAN review

SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS review

THE NIGHT HOUSE review

RESPECT review

FREE GUY review

NINE DAYS review

ANNETTE review

THE SUICIDE SQUAD review

THE GREEN KNIGHT review

F9 review

COMING 2 AMERICA review

THE MAURITANIAN review

LAND review

ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI review