Countdown to Five – Ghostbusters, Ep. 4 – We Answer the Call! (Ghostbusters, 2016)
After 27 years, just when you think the Ghostbusters franchise is over, along comes Paul Feig with a plan to reboot the series – and we’re all over it!
Kristen Wiig
Movie Review – Wonder Woman 1984
Patty Jenkins’ new film comes with lots of promises and sadly none of them are delivered.
Movie Review – Despicable Me 3
Less Minions = More Steve Carell = Better movie.
Movie Review – Sausage Party
Good timely social commentary but it easily gets steamrolled by the persistent raunch fest
“They All Die in the End!” (W/Scott Mantz) – “Sausage Party”, “Pete’s Dragon” & “Florence Foster Jenkins”
Ep. 163: Access Hollywood film critic Scott “Movie” Mantz joins The Movie Guys in The Admiral’s Club for rapid fire previews of new releases Sausage Party, Pete’s Dragon and Florence Foster Jenkins.
“I Ain’t Afraid of No Guest” (w/Paul Preston, Karen Volpe, Adam Witt & Bart Kias) – “Ghostbusters”
Ep. 159: The Movie Guys don’t need no stinking guests when the only movie worth talking about this week is Ghostbusters! Karen’s favorite movie of all time sparks tons of talk about the ’80s original, trivia, a Movie Guys Quote-Off, profiles of some legendary and not-so-legendary characters from the franchise, a Ken Burns take on dealing with online haters and a flashback to The Movie Showcast’s original preview of Ghostbusters from 1984.
AWARDS WATCH 2015
Self-congratulation is still the rage in TinselTown. Who are we to not report on it? Agree? Disagree? It doesn’t matter, the awards will go out week after week until the Oscars, February 28nd, 2016.
MOVIE REVIEW – THE MARTIAN
What makes “The Martian” exceptional is how the high-production, Damon’s personality and the rescue mission tension all feed into what is essentially a “figurin’” movie, and make it widely appealing.
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “CRASH AND BURN” (w/Stuart Gordon) – “Pixels” & “Paper Towns”
Showcast Episode 110: “Re-Animator” and “From Beyond” director Stuart Gordon visits The Admiral’s Club to celebrate the Blu-Ray release of “Robot Jox” and answer all The Movie Guys’ questions about his career. Also, previews of “Pixels” and “Paper Towns”.
MOVIE REVIEW – WELCOME TO ME
Alice is a tough character to get behind. She’s constantly saying things that make the other characters around her uncomfortable, things that make me like her less.
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST DRINKING GAME (w/Bill Chott) – “You’re Next”, “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” & “The World’s End”
Showcast Episode 14: While previewing new releases “You’re Next” and “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones”, The Movie Guys play a “The World’s End’-inspired drinking game about familiar actors. Plus a surprise interview with a guest who has appeared in more movie trailers than anyone else in the past five years and a great talk with film and TV actor and improviser Bill Chott!
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”
NEW MOVIE TRAILERS – 6/23/13
New movie trailers include “300: Rise of an Empire”, “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”, “The Butler”, “Diana”, “The Family”, “Free Birds”, “Disney’s Frozen”, “Girl Most Likely”, “Insidious 2”, “Jobs”, “The Lego Movie”, “Machete Kills”, “The Wolf of Wall Street”
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.
MOVIE REVIEW – BRIDESMAIDS
You may have wondered what the ladies were doing and talking about while the men were horsing around in films like “Wedding Crashers” and “The Hangover”.