The Travel Companion (Written Review)

 

The Travel Companion 

Cast: Tristan Turner, Anthony Oberbeck, Naomi Asa

Writers: Alex Mallis, Travis Wood, Weston Auburn

Directors: Alex Mallis & Travis Wood

*** and 1/2 *'s  out of Five

I can imagaine it's got to be difficult to make any type of movie no matter the genre. Simon(Tristan Turner) is a strugling young filmmaker who is currently working on a new prjoject that is part travel log and part what looks like a relflection on human connection.  His roommate Bruce(Anthony Oberbeck)  works for an airline company which allows his to pick one person to be his travel companion and Simon gets to have that luxery of traveling for free to most places.

Spy Kids(2001) w/ Robert of Franchise Detours

 

Our next episode in our series on director Robert Rodriguez switches gears to talk about his first (but not last) family feature, Spy Kids.

Desperado(1995) w/ Isabel of Hearsing Around

 

We are starting a brand new series on a filmmaker who did so much himself before the studios got involvded and even after they were involved he still kept his signature style. Yes folks we are honering the works of Robert Rodriguez.

On this episode we are talking about the movie that really opened him up for a whole wide audience who didn't want to be bothered to read subtitles for his debut film. We are talking about the follow up to El Mariachi with Desperado. The action movie estravganza starring Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek

The Drama(2026) Non Spoiler (Written Review)

 

The Drama

Cast : Zendaya, Robert Pattinson

Writer and Director: Kristoffer Borgil

**** and a 1/2*'s Out of Five

After hearing about a shocking and disturbing confession from his fiancee.  A young man starts to doubt the woman he is suppoue to marry in this very dark but ultimately uplifiting drama from Kristoffer Borgil (Dream Sceanario)

The Bride(2026) is a Future Cult Classic (Video Review)

 

The Bride starring Oscar Winner Jesse Buckley and Christian Bale is very divisive amongst movie fan and The Vern is here to help explain this unique movie from director Maggie Gylllenhaal to you.

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come. 2026 (Video Review)

 

Samara Weaving returns and she still has those damn in laws to deal with in Ready or Not 2: Here I come. Joining the cast is Kathryn Newton, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood and David Cronenberg.

Is this follow up worth a trip to the cinemas or should you wait til streaming?

The Vern’s Almost Accurate Oscar Winner Predictions 2026 (For Movies Released in 2025)

 

Ok Movie fans, Here are my final predictions on who is going to win at the Academy Awards on 03/15/2026. I’m only listing who I think will win in each category.  Im not posting who I want to win, I’m only picking who I think will win the gold statue.  This was tough to do and I most likely will be completely wrong with my predictions and I am OK with that.  This is one Oscars where I really have absoluetely no clue on how members of the Academy are going to vote.   I should have written this earlier but I was sick last week  and didn’t really want to.   There will be a live recording of Cinema Recall Podcast(Subscribe to our YouTube channel) during the Oscars where I will take a shot for every category I get wrong.