We Love Movies

This episode marks the last outing for We Love Movies on Spin 1038. Gordon and the team (Andy McCarroll, Olivia Fahy, Chris Wasser) bow out with a nostalgiac look back at the making of Ireland's longest running radio show dedicated to movies. This final programme also features Jonathan McCrea, whom started We Love Movies with Gordon, plus old cohorts Rory Cashin and Brian Lloyd.

It becomes a right Royal Rumble in the studio when the We Love Movies team review Hocus Pocus 2...let's just say opinions are mixed! Also up for review is Rob Zombie's The Munsters which has been dumped on Netflix.

This week Gordon and the team review the drama that has had more "drama" behind the scenes, Don't Worry Darling. Plus on the streaming front Andor and Dahmer are up for review too.

To mark the release of the trailer for Steven Spielberg's latest film The Fablesmans, Gordon, Andy and Chris discuss some of the Spielberg's best and most under-rated films. The rom-rom Ticket to Paradise starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts is up for review, plus the We Love Movies team chat about the closing chapter in the Clerks series.

This week Gordon and the team review Pinocchio on Disney+, the dark comedy whodunnit See How They Run. Plus they discuss the most talked about movies from this year's Venice Film Festival, such as The Whale and The Banshees of Inisherin.

Michael Flatley's unintentional comedy Blackbird is up for review, plus the thriller Fall along with Amazon Prime's Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Gordon and the team also discuss Dwayne Johnson's screening of Black Adam for marketing executives and all the drama surrounding Olivia Wilde and Shia LaBeouf.

This week Gordon Hayden and the team review HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon, Marvel Studio's She Hulk, Prey and the documentary My Old School.

This week's reviews include Where the Crawdads Sing starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, the Jane Austen adaptation Persuasion and the British comedy Brian and Charles.

The Netflix action-thriller The Gray Man starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans is up for review this week. Plus, a preview of what must-see movies are still set for release this summer and into the autumn/winter months.

Thor gets the fourth treatment with the latest installment in the series Thor Love & Thunder. Gordon is off this week so Andy takes the helm with reviewers Olivia Fahy and Chris Wasser. The team also also speculate on what Marvel Studios Phase 5 plans might be.

Gordon and the We Love Movies team review Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann's bio-pic of Elvis. Does he do The King of Rock n Roll justice?? We'll be finding out. Plus, they looks at some of the WORST films released so far this year.

Chris Evans takes over voicing Buzz Lightyear in the new Pixar spin-off 'Lightyear'. Should the beloved character be treated like a listed building and left alone. Find out in this week's We Love Movies with Gordon Hayden.

Is it extinction for the Jurassic World series. Find out what Gordon and the We Love Movies team thought.

Gordon Hayden and the team review Tom Cruise's return to the Navy Fighter Weapons School in Top Gun Maverick. We Love Movies reviewers: Andy McCarroll, Chris Wasser and Olivia Fahy

Gordon and the team review the first big film out of the traps:  Marvel's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Plus, Gordon also previews Tom Cruise's Top Gun Maverick, and the We Love Movies team take a look at all the drama from the set of the 10th Fast and Furious film.

Gordon and the team delve into all the exiting movie annoucements from this year's Cinema Con in Las Vegas! They'll be discussing the news around Avatar 2, The Batman 2, Wonka, Black Panther: Wanka Forever and a new instalment in the Ghostbusters franchise to name but a few. It's all that and more on this week's We Love Movies.

Gordon and the team review Nicolas Cage's big comeback movie, "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent", plus they look at some of the other main movies currently playing in cinemas, such as The Northman and The Secrets of Dumbledore. Plus, Gordon, Chris and Olivia preview the must-see films coming our way this summer, from the new Thor to the final instalment in the Jurassic World series.

In this We Love Movies podcast, Gordon talks to filmamker Fergal McEntee about his documentary Man On Plane which tells the story of two-time Paralympian gold medallist James Brown who climbed on the roof of a commercial airliner on the 10th of October 2019, to highlight the dire extent of the climate crisis and ultimately paid the price.

This week on We Love Movies, Gordon and the team review all the new cinema releases, which include SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, THE BAD GUYS, and Marvel's latest MORBIUS starring Jared Leto. Plus, the We Love Movies team look at the fall out of Will Smith's slap at the Oscars and how it will affect his career going forward.

This week on We Love Movies, Transformers director Michael Bay returns with a new high-octane action flick 'Ambulance' starring Jake Gyllenhaal.  But is it worth a trip to the cinema??  We'll be finding out. Plus, also out in cinemas this weekend is the Irish horror movie The Cellar starring Elisha Cuthbert.  Gordon speaks to it's writer-director Brendan Muldowney about how they managed to make the film during the height of the pandemic.

With the release of the bio-pic The Phantom of the Open, Gordon speaks to the film's writer Simon Farnaby (Paddington 2, Mindhorn) about the plucky underdog story of the world's worst golfer Maurice Flitcroft. Plus, Gordon is joined by Chris Wasser and Andy McCarroll to review new and recent releases such Red Rocket and the Adam Project.

This week on We Love Movies it's all about THE BATMAN. Gordon and the team give an in-depth review of the highly anticipated return of caped crusader.

This week on We Love Movies, Gordon reviews the new TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE starring Irish actor Moe Dunford... Gordon also looks ahead to the Oscars and why Academy hired Amy Schumer to host?!?  Plus, the We Love Movies team have a round-up of all the big movie stories from the week, and review of all the latest trailers from Jordan Peele's NOPE to JURASSIC WORKD: DOMINION.

Each week Gordon Hayden is joined by his movie cohorts Andy McCarroll, Olivia Fahy and Chris Wasser to review the latest releases. This week the team preview the 2022 Oscars nominations and predict who might come out on top, along with how Irish interest might fare. There's also reviews for Tom Holland's action-adventure Uncharted and Kennerh Brannagh's latest all-star cast murder-mystery, Death on the Nile.

The career of Joss Whedon looks like it has come to an end.  The once celebrated writer director behind Avengers Assemble, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly looks to have torpedoed his career even further. After nearly 2 years Joss Whedon broke his silence and discussed his alleged abusive behaviour on various sets.  In this week's We Love Movies podcast listen to what Gordon Hayden, Olivia Fahy and Andy McCarroll have to say on the Joss Whedon affair. Is a comeback possible for the one-time celebrated film-maker or his career beyond repair?

This week on We Love Movies Gordon Hayden and his film critic cohorts Chrus Wasser, Olivia Fahy and Andy McCarroll take a look at Nightmare Alley, the latest from Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro. Nightmare Alley boasts an all-star cast which includes Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara to name but a few.   The film came and went from cinemas stateside with very little fanfare, but can it have a better reception at the box office over this side of the pond?  The We Love Movies team give their take on Nightmare Alley. Plus, Andy gives his reaction to Scream AKA Scream 5, and Chris discusses another thriller hitting the multiplexes this weekend, The Son starring James McAvoy.

This week on We Love Movies with Gordon Hayden it's a SCREAM special. Gordon along with Andy McCarroll, Olivia Fahy and Chris Wasser review the fifth entry in the hugely popular horror series - but can it measure up to Wes Craven's 90's classic?? The team will also be delving into why there is such an appetite for a new Scream movie; seeing as the fourth film came and went from cinemas with little fanfare 11 years ago! Plus, Gordon, Andy, Olivia and Chris look at why the first Scream film is so iconic and how it became a game-changer for the horror genre.

This week Gordon Hayden and the We Love Movies team look ahead to some of the most-anticpated movie releases this year, such as The Batman, Scream and Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, to name but a few. Potential flops will be discussed along with predictions for the 2022 Oscars. We Love Movies team: Gordon Hayden, Andy McCarroll, Chris Wasser, Olivia Fahy

esident Evil star Eoin Macken talks to Gordon Hayden about making the shift from acting to directing for his latest film, the Irish drama 'Here Are the Young Men' starring Anya Taylor-Joy.

This week on We Love Movies with Gordon Hayden, one of the most talked about films of the year is finally released, Promising Young Woman from writer/director Emerald Fennell starring Carey Mulligan.  Find out if the film lives up to the hype on this week's episode.

This week on We Love Movies, Gordon Hayden and his film critic cohorts Andy McCarroll and Chris Wasser review the monster royal rumble GODZILLA v KONG, plus Gordon and the We Love Movies team take a look at all the big movie stories from the week, which includes news on Creed 3 and The Expendables 4!

Gordon Hayden recently spoke to real-life couple Gillian White and Michael Jai White about their new action film Take Back, which is now available to rent and buy.

Gordon Hayden previews this year's Golden Globes and Dublin International Film Festival.

Gordon Hayden chats to writer/director Paddy Slattery and actor Tristan Heanue about their gritty Irish crime thriller Broken Law which is available on Netflix from this week.

With Halloween fast approaching Gordon Hayden takes a look at some of the WORST horror sequels ever made and he'll be looking at why Hollywood keeps coming back to Stephen King to adapts his work; even when only a handful of directors have been successful at turning his books into movies.

This week on We Love Movies, Gordon Hayden talks to one of Ireland's finest actors, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, best known for playing the Dublin gangster Nidge in Love/Hate. Tom tells Gordon all about his new must-see Irish drama Rialto and working with Marvel as the villain Ebony Maw in Avenger's Infinity War and Endgame.

This week on We Love Movies with Gordon Hayden, he looks at the candidates to play the new James Bond; and asks should Harry Styles be considered?

It's all about Bill & Ted Face The Music on this week's We Love Movies with Gordon Hayden.  The third instalment sees Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter reprise their roles after nearly 30-years away from their cult comedy series. Gordon hears both Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter about why they wanted to return to the franchise and how their friendship has stayed strong since they first met at the audition for Bill & Ted where they bonded over motorcycles and playing the bass guitar!  Chris Wasser joins Gordon to review Bill & Ted Face The Music - will it be the fitting swansong fans are hoping for?? Gordon will also be going the Main Movie Stories with Andy McCarroll; plus they’ll be looking at some of the best and worst REMAKES ever made! Tune in to find out which films surpassed the original and the remakes that should be consigned to the cinematic bin!

Fully Charged’s Graham and Nathan Share Why They Love Movies  You can learn a lot about people by the films they love. On Sunday’s We Love Movie, we saw a side to Fully Charged’s Graham and Nathan that we haven’t seen before. They joined Sarina Bellissimo to talk about their first ever cinema experience. While we got the truth from Graham, it took a while for Nathan to admit his. And some of the revelations where very random. One even admitted their love for Moulin Rouge! The lads also shared what films are guaranteed to get them out of a bad mood, what movies always guarantee a laugh and what they’re all time favourite films are – although Graham may have needed a bit of help remembering that one! And of course we are not surprised that Toy Story is on list. Listen Back Listen back to get some great film recommendations from the lads and laughs. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2019/04/29154556/Graham-and-Nathan-Podcast.mp3"][/audio]  

Mean Girls and 13 Going on 30 Turn 15! April 2004 was a great month for movies. The iconic Mean Girls and 13 Going on 30 were both in cinemas that month – released only a week apart. 13 Going on 30 Jennifer Garner took to Instagram during the week to celebrate the occasion with the sweetest tweet. She gave a shout out to all the fabulous women both in front of and behind the camera. She also said, “I feel so, so lucy to have had the experience of making this joyful movie. And even luckier to be a part of something that, all of these years later, can still make people (hi, @arianagrande) smile.” Jennifer Garner Reminisces   View this post on Instagram   Fifteen years ago today #13GoingOn30 made her debut, directed with ❤️ by our beloved Gary Winick and a clutch of loving, hardcore producers (3 brilliant women—before it was cool to be led by women!) . The movie benefitted from the performances of so many young actresses. Open and twinkly-magical then— now, 15 years later, they are ruling the world. (Hi #SixChicks—@brielarson, @ashleybenson, @christabrittany—who also played a young me in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past—and my own sweet @revjuliaroth). . I loved my day with this slumber party crew: they danced with abandon and reminded me of the power of just saying yes—to being in a group, to vulnerability, to wearing a bra over your clothes. At the last minute I tossed my adopted LA family member Maddy Sprung-Keyser into the scene. @maddsk went on to be an Academic All American swimmer at Amherst, got her law degree from NYU, and is producing podcasts for @pineapple.fm. Looking back into her adolescence—with the hair and the men not wanting to jump her bones—is extra special today. Imagine if every 13 year old girl had an opportunity to dance and feel beautiful like the girls in this film. I am proud of all of you. ❤️ . I feel so, so lucky to have had the experience of making this joyful movie. And even luckier to be part of something that, all of these years later, can still make people (hi, @arianagrande ) smile. A post shared by Jennifer Garner (@jennifer.garner) on Apr 23, 2019 at 11:43am PDT Mean Girls Mean Girls is still as big a part of our life as 13 Going On 30. We still quote it, “On Wednesdays we wear pink” and that too was a big part of Ariana Grande’s Thank You, Next video. Jessica Maciel joined Sarina Bellissimo on Sunday’s “We Love Movies” to look back at these fabulous films.    Listen Back [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2019/04/29153353/Mean-Girls-podcast.mp3"][/audio]

This week Gordon Hayden and Chris Wasser take a look at the some DURTY Muppets in the Happytime Murders, and Andy McCarroll has the main movie stories.

Gordon Hayden and Chris Wasser review Idris Elba's Yardie and the laptop thriller Searching. Plus Andy McCarroll looks at the best ever Irish actors.

Gordon Hayden and Chris Wasser take a look at The Little Stranger and Mile 22, and Andy McCarroll goes through the main movie stories from the week.

Gordon and Chris review The House with a Clock in its Walls, and Andy takes a look at the actors who could replace Henry Cavill as Superman.

Currently playing in select Irish cinemas is The Belly of the Whale starring Pat Shortt. The film tells the story of two down-and-outs bonded together in misfortune. They devise a plan to rob a small town amusement arcade from an unscrupulous local businessman. Gordon Hayden from We Love Movies recently spoke to the film’s writer/director Morgan Bushe.

This week on We Love Movies: Gordona nd Chris take a look Unfriended: The Dark Web and The Darkest Minds, while Andy goes through the best and worst shark movies.

This week on We Love Movies: Gordon and Chris review The Meg and Andy takes a look at the new category on the way for the Oscars!

In advance of this year's Dublin Comic Con, Gordon Hayden talks to the convention's P.R. Manager Olivia Fahy about what's in store at this year's Geek Pride!

Gordon Hayden talks to Andy McCarroll about the films that influenced Dublin OldSchool, and Chris Wasser reviews Whitney.

Gordon talks to Oscar winning filmmaker Kevin MacDonald about his documentary Whitney, and Chris Wasser reviews The First Purge.

Gordon Hayden talks to filmmaker Kevin MacDonald about his incredible new documentary on Whitney Houston entitled, 'Whitney'.