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WHAT THE FLIX?

What the Flix?

When you pick a movie on Netflix to watch, Netflix will recommend other films and TV shows to view. Sadly, this recommendation process is run by monkeys. But the result is Matteo sharing some of the looniest recommendations with you.

THE LAST MOVIE STAR

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What an appropriate picture of Tom Cruise. Walking the Earth by himself. The lone member of a dying race: The Movie Star.

WHEN NUMBER THREE SEEMS MORE LIKE NUMBER TWO

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The history of “third chapters” (known as “threequels,” thanks to those people who love to invent new terms while butchering English) is filed with good examples — and an outstanding series of atrociously bad ones.

I’LL SEE YOU AT THE MOVIES – ROGER EBERT

Siskel & Ebert

I loved getting lost in Roger’s bottomless, passionate love of the movies.

TAGLINES THAT MAKE YOU GO, “UH?”

Taglines That Make You Go, "Uh?"

Matteo Molinari looks at the taglines that help sell a movie in NO WAY WHATSOEVER.

INDIE REPORT – FLY AWAY

Fly Away

Kerr Lordygan reviews the indie film “Fly Away”, and gives Ashley Rickards huge props for her lead performance.

SAY IT AIN’T SO, GEORGE

George Lucas/Disney

Patrick Garland’s list of the top ten “Star Wars” spin-offs that would be box office gold and should begin pre-production immediately.

OSCAR RANT 2013

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Paul Preston’s annual, super-thorough, no-category-left-uncovered, massive undertaking of an Oscar rant is available for you to read, print out and argue about.

POSTERS THAT MAKE YOU GO, “UH…?”

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Our Movie Guy Matteo Molinari looks at the art work that can turn you off to a film before you even go in the theater.

20 SONGS YOU SHOULD HAVE PLAYING ON YOUR IPOD RIGHT NOW!

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Who says we not cultured? On Grammy night, our Movie Guy Patrick weighs in on music you should be listening to right now, from genres and artists that are all over the map. Heed his words. Heed, I say.

INDIE REPORT – THE UNDERSTUDY

Marin Ireland as Rebecca in ``The Understudy.''

A Greek Drama all dressed up like a Black Comedy (No, not the Tyler Perry kind, the other kind of black comedy).

COSTUME SUPERCENTER – THE TMG INTERVIEW

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Movie Guy Paul Preston interviews Costume Supercenter about Halloween costumes for TheMovieGuys.net

THE SUMMER OF THE CLOWN

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The Cultural Impact of Christopher Nolan’s Batman Films and How Heath Ledger Tricked You Into Believing “The Dark Knight” Was the Trilogy’s “The Empire Strikes Back”.

MOVIES FROM 0 TO 50 IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES – ROUND 3

Movies from 0 to 50

Be that guy at the party who knows shit. Movie Guy Matteo Molinari has compiled facts to impress the people around you, organized in numerical fashion. Enjoy.

THE MOVIE GUYS REWRITE: BLADE RUNNER

Blade Runner

Ridley Scott’s neo-noir, cyberpunk vision of Los Angeles in 2019 is one of those touchstone filmic environments that is so imaginative and so fully realized onscreen that it immediately transports you into its reality. Would it were that something more memorable happened there.

THE DARK KNIGHT RAISES (QUESTIONS IT CAN’T ANSWER)

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Perhaps in years to come, once we’ve gotten a little more distance on it, the entire Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy will be thought of in the public mind less as an entire piece, and more along the lines of “The one with Heath Ledger in it as Joker, and the other two.”

TITLES THAT MAKE YOU GO, “UH?”

Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever

I started to ponder about stupid movie titles — titles that are quite odd or that don’t seem to know what the movie is they’re representing.

INDIE REPORT – SEX, DRUGS AND COMEDY

Sex, Drugs and Comedy

Every documentary has an ideal audience that would benefit most from it’s messages. Here, that audience would be young adults who are thinking of going into stand up comedy (yes, there are people in this world who are thinking of doing that somewhere).

HEY MOVIES, I GOT YOUR BACK

The Dark Knight Rises

It’s a horrible tragedy when violence upsets something like a sporting or holiday event. But when violence mars the arts, I find it especially disturbing.

REPORTING FROM THE FLOOR OF COMIC-CON 2012

Iron Man display at Comic-Con

I won’t regurgitate the same old manure you could get EVERYWHERE else. Instead, I will inform you of my own personal journey. It is so much sweeter (and it has funnier (and hotter, I might add) pictures).

INDIE REPORT – 6 MONTH RULE

Natalie Morales

Writer, Blayne Weaver, has created an endearing script, that is charmingly portrayed by actor Blayne Weaver, and solidly executed by director Blayne Weaver.

BLAYNE WEAVER – THE TMG INTERVIEW

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“6 Month Rule” writer/director Blayne Weaver answers a series of dumbass questions from Paul Preston of The Movie Guys.

ITALY HATES AMERICAN MOVIES (AT LEAST THEIR TITLES…BUT ALSO THEIR MOVIES) – PART 3

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Movie Guy Matteo Molinari looks at the dopey conversations that must go down when marketing an American movie in Italy.

ITALY HATES AMERICAN MOVIES (AT LEAST THEIR TITLES) – PART 2

Police Academy

Imagine this: you go to the movies sure to see the sequel of your beloved movie… and you find yourself staring at a movie that has no connection with the earlier flick

REPORTING FROM THE FLOOR OF WONDER-CON 2012

Wonder-Con 2012 Anaheim

Your Movie Guys Paul Preston and Adam Witt went to not San Diego (Anaheim) to spend the day at not Comic-Con (Wonder-Con).

IT CAME FROM THE SOUND BOOTH

It Came from the Sound Booth - House of Wax cast

DVD audio commentaries: Sometimes I wonder: Who does take the time out of their busy life to listen to people rambling on and on and on about something they don’t even seem to be interested in, to begin with? Well, me!

REPORTING FROM CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL 22

Cinequest Film Festival

They are one of 68 Academy Award Feeder Festivals in the world, achieving over 80,000 attendees, and without a doubt, the most impressive thing I’ve ever seen.

ITALY HATES AMERICAN MOVIES (AT LEAST THEIR TITLES) – PART 1

Hear My Song Movie Poster

Why is it that many times (too many, actually), movie titles are horribly translated in other languages? Of course I don’t have an answer – but…it’s not like a song by Bruce Springsteen gets translated, right?

OSCAR RANT 2012

The Academy Awards

Paul Preston’s annual once-over of the nominees. Who will win, who should win, and the Top 10 Films of 2011.

THE MUPPETS – FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

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It’s with the quality of timelessness (I hope that’s a word) that I nominate “The Muppets” for your consideration.

MOVIES FROM 0 TO 50 IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES – ROUND 2

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There’s no way you can know everything about every movie. Until you do, here’s a great way to come one step closer. Our Movie Guy Matteo has compiled another exhaustive list of fun facts from the movies, organized numerically for your pleasure.

THE ABSOLUTE BEST MOVIE MUSIC EVER – ’70s EDITION

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I know this list will bring great debate from many of you out there. This is to be expected and is encouraged. But for now let’s get right to it.

SEVEN SONGS YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME

7 Songs

Next time you are in your car on the way to the movies, here are 7 songs you should listen to again for the first time.

MOVIES FROM 0 TO 50 IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES

Movies 0-50

You ever wanna drop a movie fact in conversation and out-do that movie know-it-all in your bunch? We’re here to help. Here’s a TON of movie info for you, in easy-to-digest format, thanks to some exhaustive research by our Movie Guy Matteo.

RISE OF THE FRANCHISE OF THE FACE

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If Andy Serkis is nominated for an award, and for the record, I think he’d be fully deserving of one, hang on to your seats.

INDIE REPORT – STOCK FOOTAGE SCAM

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Our Movie Guy Justin lays out the runaround he got from an online stock footage company, warning indie editors to stay away.

SHORT FILM SHOWCASE

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The Movie Guys on three short films that caught our eye – “The Butterfly Circus”, “The Embalmer” and “Touch”

INDIE REPORT – THE WATERHOLE

The Waterhole

Indies are a dime a dozen. Good indies are hard to find. The Waterhole is a good indie.

THE MIDDLE SEAT: “FURRY NOSTALGIA”

I am about to risk sounding like an old man tearing into the new generation for forgetting all the great things about the last generation.

THE MIDDLE SEAT: “SIZE MATTERS”

Between my wife and I, screen size is a huge chasm of passion and indifference. I simply cannot watch a movie unless it is on a large screen.