Chris, Jonathan, and Franco open the Help Me Watch podcast with Chris recounting Fan Expo Boston, including higher parking costs, long waits for Christopher Judge’s autograph, a positive interaction with Judge and François Chau, and leaving with purchases and back pain. In one-minute reviews, Chris discusses Netflix’s A Toxic Love Story, catching up on Silo and Ted Lasso, Rick and Morty Season 9’s standalone episodes, the shark-disaster movie Thrash, and mixed reactions to Spider-Man: Brand New Day (including Punisher, Hulk, Jean Grey, and Miles Morales hints). They preview September–December 2026 theatrical and streaming releases across multiple platforms, then list upcoming Blu-ray/4K and anime releases. The main review covers Muppets Treasure Island, praising Tim Curry, songs, puppetry, and running gags, with ratings of 90, 95, and 90; the next film selected is Hoppers.

00:00 Podcast Cold Open
01:02 Fan Expo Boston Recap
07:43 One Minute Reviews
09:55 Shark Movie Rant
16:47 Spider Man Debate
27:22 Fall Winter Movies Setup
29:26 September Releases Rundown
37:35 Late September Highlights
43:41 October Releases Preview
55:17 Late October Mongoose
55:46 Early November Lineup
57:36 Ebenezer Fatigue
59:27 Madden and Hunger Games
01:02:20 Disney Hexed Debate
01:07:27 December Blockbusters
01:10:28 Holiday Releases Wrap
01:12:40 Blu Ray Release Roundup
01:15:37 Muppets Treasure Island Review
01:31:51 Ratings and Next Pick
01:38:21 Episode Sign Off

Intro: Fan Expo Boston

One Minute Review: A Toxic Love Story | Silo | Ted Lasso | Rick and Morty | Thrash | Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Discussion: 

Fall/Winter Movies
September 2026

September 1–4

September 1 — Confinement — Digital rental/purchase — Trailer

A pregnant widow’s visit to her late husband’s secluded family estate becomes terrifying when his relatives take an unsettling interest in her unborn child.

September 2 — Fall 2: Deadpoint — Trailer

While grieving her sister’s death, Jax undertakes a dangerous memorial climb with her sister’s friend and becomes trapped in another extreme fight for survival.

September 2 — The Runner — Prime Video — Trailer

Threatened by an anonymous source who has kidnapped her son, MAIA, a lawyer, must travel on foot throughout London to kill a client she represents to save her son.

September 4 — By Any Means — Trailer

Inspired by a true story, a young Black FBI agent investigates the murders of civil-rights workers in 1960s Mississippi.

September 4 — Onslaught — Trailer

A mother must draw upon a violent past to protect her family after they encounter a mysterious threat at a highway rest stop.

September 4 — Tom & Jerry: Forbidden Compass — Trailer

Tom and Jerry discover a magical compass that sends them on a chaotic journey through time and ancient China.

September 4 — Mayday — Apple TV — Trailer

An American pilot and a Russian commander form an unlikely partnership in a genre-bending spy adventure starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh.

September 9–18

September 11 — The Fix — Trailer

A former CIA operative undertakes a dangerous mission in Tehran as international tensions and personal loyalties collide.

September 11 — The Uprising — Trailer

A commoner emerges as a leader of the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt against the oppressive reign of England’s King Richard II.

September 11 — Don’t Move —  Trailer

A church retreat in the Ozark wilderness becomes a fight for survival when the group is hunted by a prehistoric spider that detects movement through vibrations.

September 18 — Resident Evil —  Trailer

A medical courier becomes stranded in a remote Midwestern town during the initial outbreak of the nightmarish T-virus.

September 18 — Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom — Trailer

Shaun and the flock investigate reports of a mysterious beast while their latest scheme sends Mossy Bottom Farm into its customary stop-motion chaos.

September 18 — The Weight — Trailer

A desperate convict accepts a perilous wilderness-smuggling job in exchange for his freedom and a chance to reunite with his daughter.

September 23–25

September 23 — The Love Hypothesis — Prime Video — Trailer

A graduate student’s impulsive kiss with a notoriously difficult professor develops into a fake relationship that begins producing very real feelings.

September 25 — Charlie Harper —  Trailer

Two people attempt to navigate the excitement, vulnerability, and complications of building a lasting romantic relationship.

September 25 — Forgotten Island —  Trailer

A family’s tropical adventure leads them to a hidden island populated by forgotten creatures and dangers beyond their imagination.

September 25 — Heart of the Beast —  Trailer

After a plane crash, a Special Forces veteran and his combat dog battle the Alaskan wilderness to make it home alive.

September 25 — Primetime —  Trailer

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history.

September 25 — Victorian Psycho —  Trailer

An eccentric Victorian governess arrives at an isolated manor, where her disturbing impulses prove far more dangerous than her employers realize.

October 2026

October 1–9

October 1 — Rolling Loud: The Movie —  Trailer

A group of friends descends on the Rolling Loud music festival and stumbles through an escalating series of celebrity encounters and comic disasters.

October 2 — Digger —  Trailer

The world’s most powerful man races to present himself as humanity’s savior before a catastrophe of his own making destroys everything.

October 2 — Verity —  Trailer

A struggling writer hired to complete an incapacitated author’s books discovers a hidden manuscript containing horrifying claims about the author’s family.

October 9 — Other Mommy —  Trailer

A young girl’s imaginary companion becomes a sinister presence that threatens to replace her real mother.

October 9 — The Social Reckoning — Trailer

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen joins forces with a journalist to expose some of the social network’s most closely guarded secrets.

October 9 — Matchbox: The Movie — Apple TV — Trailer

A group of childhood friends reunites when a CIA agent pulls them into a globe-spanning adventure involving fast cars and international danger.

October 16

Street Fighter —  Trailer

Estranged fighters Ryu and Ken reunite for the World Warrior Tournament, only to uncover a conspiracy operating behind the brutal competition.

Whalefall — Trailer

While diving for his late father’s remains, a grieving young man is swallowed by a sperm whale and has only an hour of oxygen with which to escape.

October 23–30

October 23 — Clayface —  Trailer

A struggling actor’s attempt to transform himself physically leads to a horrifying loss of identity in this body-horror interpretation of the DC villain.

October 23 — Klara and the Sun —  Trailer

An exceptionally observant artificial companion is chosen by a sickly girl and tries to understand whether love can save her new human friend.

October 23 — Wildwood —  Trailer

A young girl enters a forbidden magical forest to rescue her kidnapped baby brother and becomes entangled in a conflict among its fantastical inhabitants.

October 23 — Wicker —  Trailer

A lonely fisherwoman commissions a husband woven from wicker, whose arrival disrupts her judgmental village and produces unexpected romance.

October 30 — The Mongoose —  Trailer

A decorated combat veteran flees a murder scene at extreme speed while police, criminals, and a watching public become consumed by the pursuit.

November 2026

November 6–13

November 6 — The Cat in the Hat —  Trailer

The Cat receives one last chance to keep his magical hat by cheering two siblings who are struggling with a move to a new town.

November 6 — Godzilla Minus Zero —  Trailer

Two years after Godzilla devastated postwar Japan, the country’s fragile recovery is shattered by the arrival of another overwhelming threat.

November 6 — Jimmy —  Trailer

The film follows Jimmy Stewart from his breakthrough Hollywood success to his decision to enlist and become a decorated combat pilot during World War II.

November 6 — Wild Horse Nine — Trailer

An unconventional group of travelers confronts buried resentments and personal crises during a journey through remote terrain.

November 6 — I Play Rocky —  Trailer

The true story follows an unknown Sylvester Stallone as he fights to star in Rocky rather than sell his screenplay to the Hollywood establishment.

November 13 — Ebenezer —  Trailer

Charles Dickens’s classic is retold as the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge confronts supernatural visitors who force him to reckon with his past, present, and future.

November 13 — How to Rob a Bank —  Trailer

A crew that livestreams its increasingly audacious robberies attracts the attention of a veteran FBI agent and a brilliant computer engineer.

November 18–25

November 18 — Madden — Prime Video — Trailer pending

The film dramatizes the life of John Madden and the unlikely creation of the football video-game franchise that transformed his cultural legacy.

November 20 — The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping —  Trailer

A young Haymitch Abernathy is selected for the 50th Hunger Games, a deadly Quarter Quell requiring twice the usual number of tributes.

November 25 — Focker-in-Law —  Trailer

Greg and Pam’s family expands into a new generation of romantic complications, forcing the Fockers and Byrnes back into an escalating clash of personalities.

November 25 — Hershey —  Trailer

Milton Hershey and his wife Catherine build a chocolate empire while pursuing an ambitious philanthropic vision for children in need.

November 25 — Hexed —  Trailer

A teenage boy and his perfectionist mother discover that the strange personality quirks separating them may actually be magical powers.

December 2026

December 2–11

December 4 — Behemoth! —  Trailer

A celebrated cellist’s professional and personal worlds begin collapsing as he confronts the powerful forces controlling his career.

December 4 — Violent Night 2 —  Trailer

Having lost both his Christmas magic and his faith in humanity, Santa must once again unleash his brutal combat skills against a new threat.

December 18–25

December 18 — Avengers: Doomsday —  Trailer

Heroes from three universes are placed on a deadly collision course as Doctor Doom emerges as an existential threat to them all.

December 18 — Dune: Part Three —  Trailer

Years after seizing the imperial throne, Paul Atreides confronts the devastating consequences of his rule and a conspiracy threatening his dynasty.

December 23 — The Angry Birds Movie 3 —  Trailer

Red faces his greatest challenge yet—surviving fatherhood—while once again trying to save the world.

December 25 — Jumanji: Open World —  Trailer

The heroes’ game avatars escape into the real world, forcing the human players to contain Jumanji’s chaos without controlling their powerful counterparts.

December 25 — Werwulf —  Trailer

In 13th-century England, fear and superstition consume a remote community as a werewolf begins hunting through the countryside.

New Releases: 

August 11th 

August 18th

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