Movie Review – Thor: Love and Thunder
There’s nothing Waititi and co-screenwriter Jennifer Kaytin Robinson set up that they don’t punch.
Christian Bale
Movie Review – Vice
Adam McKay proves to be just as adept at tackling big subjects as drawing big laughs.
Oscar Rant 2019
Paul Preston’s annual, exhaustive, detailed, category-by-category breakdown of The Oscars. Who’ll win, who should, and his Top 10 of 2018.
Best Supporting Actor Rankings 1993-2017
Paul Douglas Moomjean breaks down the Best Supporting Actor winners of the last twenty-five years for TheMovieGuys.net on the lead-up to Oscars week.
Reporting From The Floor of Comic-Con 2018
Catch a glimpse of the sights at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con from Paul Preston and Justin Bowler’s picture diary. Excelsior!
PIC of the Week – Hostiles
Ray Schillaci’s PIC of the week at TheMovieGuys.net for 4/26/18 – Hostiles
Movie Review – Hostiles
From beginning to end, Scott Cooper delivers the story with a confident, adult tone and a creative team that backs him up nicely.
Movie Review – The Lego Batman Movie
I will risk sounding like the old man on the porch, but it was too much.
“It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Jason J. Lewis!” (w/Jason J. Lewis) – “Rings” & “The Space Between Us”
Jason J. Lewis stops by to tell us about life as the voice of Superman on Cartoon Network’s “Justice League Action”. Plus, previews of new movies “Rings” and “The Space Between Us”.
MOVIE REVIEW – THE BIG SHORT
Over thirty million people were negatively affected by the collapse of the housing market in 2007. So why am I so entertained?
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “CHUNKY PEE” (w/Sarah Burns) – “In The Heart of the Sea” & “The Big Short”
Showcast Episode 130: Nothing says the holidays like chunky pee. Find out what The Movie Guys are talking about when special guest Sarah Burns (“Slow Learners”) hits The Admiral’s Club to preview “In the Heart of the Sea” and “The Big Short”. Plus, a round of Retractions involving one incident…a year and a half ago…and The Soup Dragons.
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST: GODS AND KINGS (w/Jake Greene) – “Exodus: Gods and Kings” & “Top Five”
Showcast Episode 79: Bible-based films are still the rage, and hot on the heels of “Noah”, The Movie Guys talk about “Exodus: Gods and Kings” and take pitches from David Fincher, Paul Feig and Kevin Feige about other Bible stories to turn into films. Plus, “Top Five” with Chris Rock and top five lists of our own with special guest Jake Greene, writer/producer of the web series “Millenial Parents”.
NEW MOVIE TRAILERS – 7/8/14
New movie trailers include “Birdman”, “Dear White People”, “The Drop”, “Dumb and Dumber To”, “The Equalizer”, “Exodus: Gods and Kings”, “Fury”, “Guardians of the Galaxy”, “Horrible Bosses 2”, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1”, “The Interview”, “The Judge”, “Magic in the Moonlight”, “Paddington”, “The Zero Theorem”
OSCAR NOMINEE MOVIE REVIEW – AMERICAN HUSTLE
I do not have a degree in film or writing, and do not have any authority to speak on film theory. That being said, I will expunge those thoughts and focus on what I am good at… judging people.
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “INSIDE TED RAIMI” (w/Ted Raimi) – “Out of the Furnace”, “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Showcast Episode 29: The Movie Guys burn through previews of “Out of the Furnace” and “Inside Llewyn Davis”, then special guest Ted Raimi holds court and proves himself a real Movie Guy. Plus, Hollywood’s economic plan for America, a look at celebrity birthdays and pretty much a wall-to-wall Coen Brothers love fest!
NEW MOVIE TRAILERS – 8/15/13
New movie trailers include “American Hustle”, “Her”, “Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa”, “Lone Survivor”, “The Monuments Men”, “Muppets Most Wanted”, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “Thor: The Dark World”
WHEN NUMBER THREE SEEMS MORE LIKE NUMBER TWO
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.
OSCAR RANT 2013
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.
THE DARK KNIGHT RAISES (QUESTIONS IT CAN’T ANSWER)
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.”
THE LATEST – 7/22/12
Movie news from The Movie Guys includes the Colorado shootings, a new Thomas Jane short film and Indiana Jones on Blu-Ray
INCEPTION RISES
Christopher Nolan doesn’t make bad movies. Ever. Even this one looks great. Two bits of awesomeness stitched together.
NEW MOVIE TRAILERS – 7/7/12
New movie trailers include “Alex Cross”, “Anna Karenina”, “The Dark Knight Rises”, “Django Unchained”, “Dredd”, “Jack Reacher”, “Les Miserables”, “On the Road”, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, “The Prototype”, “Red Hook Summer”, “Robot & Frank” and “Taken 2”
SAFE – THE MOVIE GUYS’ 2-MINUTE TRAILER BREAKDOWN
SAFE, this month’s Jason Statham action movie, gets a thorough once-over from Movie Guy Paul Preston and special guest Chris Gore. Quick, sharp and funny, we’ll tell you what it’s all about.
OSCAR RANT 2012
Paul Preston’s annual once-over of the nominees. Who will win, who should win, and the Top 10 Films of 2011.
NEW MOVIE TRAILERS – 12/23/11
New trailers include “The Dark Knight Rises”, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”, “Paranorman”, “Prometheus”, “This Must Be the Place”, “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” and “Wrath of the Titans”
OSCAR RANT 2011
Paul Preston’s annual once-over of the nominees. Who will win, who should win, and the Top 10 Films of 2010.
AWARDS WATCH 2010
Self-congratulation is all the rage in Hollywood! Follow all the nominees here as they’re announced!
NEW: The Oscars
MOVIE REVIEW – THE FIGHTER
The first word that comes to mind after watching this film is WOW and then WOW again.
Movie Review – Knight and Day
When I look at who’s next to replace Cruise and Gibson, I’m reminded that I don’t want to do that yet.