Oscar Rant 2024
Paul Preston’s annual breakdown of EVERY category in the Oscar race is back!
Pixar
Movie Nonsense – Show #53 – 9/12/22 – D23 Expo Wrap-Up!
A GARGANTUAN amount of film/TV news came out of D23 Expo. Paul was there and gives a report on what he saw and he & Adam both break down all the announcements.
Oscar Rant 2021
Paul Preston’s annual rant on the categories and his Top Ten films of the Year for 2020
Movie Review – Soul
Disney/Pixar has done the near impossible, created one of the most life affirming films about death.
COVID and the Changing World of Entertainment
Ray Schillaci covers what the entertainment industry has released, and what’s coming up, in these weird COVID times.
Coming Soon to a Theater Near You – COVID-19!
Who will actually take the risk to go to the movies? Our Movie Guy Ray breaks it down.
R.I.P. Brian Dennehy
Ray Schillaci gives a solid once-over to the highlights of the great Brian Dennehy’s career and still can’t cover it all.
Your Weekly Dose – 4/4/20 – Movies to Stream During the Quarantine
Movie Guy Paul Preston calls into the Your Weekly Dose podcast to recommend movies and TV shows to watch during the quarantine.
Frozen II vs The Irishman
Probably not a fair comparison in today’s market, but it really has to be tough for a serious filmmaker to be crushed by a pair of animated sisters.
Reporting From The Floor of Comic-Con 2019
Paul Preston reports from his annual pilgrimage to San Diego for the annual world’s greatest thing that a person could do.
Movie Review – Toy Story 4
TOY STORY 4 finds the toys with a new owner and a new adventure, this time involving lost toys, antiques and carnival prize toys.
PIC of the Week – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Ray Schillaci’s PIC of the week at TheMovieGuys.net for 3/28/19 – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
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.
PIC of the Week – Blackkklansman
Ray Schillaci’s PIC of the week at TheMovieGuys.net for 11/8/18 – Blackkklansman
First Man: An Impressive Trailer, But…
Can Damien Chazelle’s FIRST MAN rise above other space epics? Our Movie Guy Ray takes a close look.
State of the Arts – 6/21/18
Paul Preston calls into LA Talk Radio’s State of The Arts to discuss his night in Beverly Hills at the program “The Sherman Brothers: A Hollywood Songbook”.
Movie Review – Coco
BRAVE and INSIDE OUT both won Oscars, and I’m predicting the same for COCO.
Movie Review – Despicable Me 3
Less Minions = More Steve Carell = Better movie.
Movie Review – Cars 3
A return to form for the franchise, even if it’s not a return to the pre-2006 Pixar that hit a home run EVERY TIME they released a new movie.
Movie Review – Today I Watched…Lou, The Demented Cartoon Movie & Alone
Paul Preston’s ongoing effort to watch a movie a day for the rest of his life. Today’s movies – “Lou”, “The Demented Cartoon Movie” & “Alone”.
Movie Review – Today I Watched…Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Paul Preston’s ongoing effort to watch a movie a day for the rest of his life. Today’s movie – “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales”.
Movie Review – Today I Watched…The Secret Life of Pets
Paul Preston’s ongoing effort to watch a movie a day for the rest of his life. Today’s movie – “The Secret Life of Pets”.
Movie Review – Today I Watched…The Triplets of Belleville
Paul Preston’s ongoing effort to watch a movie a day for the rest of his life. Today’s movie – “The Triplets of Belleville”.
Movie Review – Today I Watched…Zootopia
Paul Preston’s ongoing effort to watch a movie a day for the rest of his life. Today’s movie – “Zootopia”.
Oscar Rant 2017
Paul Preston’s annual, exhaustively-researched, category-by-category breakdown of the entire Oscars for 2017
Batting .1000 – Hollywood’s Winning Streaks
To achieve perfection in the arts is nearly impossible because it’s a widely subjective form of expression. And yet, there are a few filmmakers who you could say come close to a perfect record in their field.
Movie Review – Sausage Party
Good timely social commentary but it easily gets steamrolled by the persistent raunch fest
Critics Don’t Matter
Critics and moviegoers just aren’t in line anymore
Movie Review – Finding Dory
Pixar has done it again. When they are at they best, they find a combination of laughs, action and heart that few other animated (or live action) films can match.
“…As You Do” (w/William Bryan) – “Finding Dory” & “Central Intelligence”
Ep. 155: Ghostbusters season is upon us! Karen’s excited as The Movie Guys finally get someone from Ghostbusters in studio – The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. William Bryan was the actor inside the Stay Puft suit in the classic comedy and he joins the show with stories about working on the sets of not only Ghostbusters, but Army of Darkness, Bicentennial Man and more. Plus, previews of Central Intelligence and Finding Dory, including a look at how Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill” is STILL finding its way into movie trailers.
BONUS: Donald Drumpf calls into the show!!!
Movie Review – Zootopia
“Zootopia”’s main character, Judy Hopps, a small-but-feisty country bunny trying to make it on the big city police force, is an inspiration.
THE TOP TEN FILMS OF 2015
Funny how that happens when we first see a film, read a book, listen to music or even appreciate a work of art. The question being, is it worth coming back to?
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “THAT’S FRAHNKENSHTEEN” (w/Jeremiah Samuels) – “The Good Dinosaur”, “Creed” & “Victor Frankenstein”
Showcast Episode 128: The holidays are upon us, so…Frankenstein? The Movie Guys tear through previews of “Victor Frankenstein”, “The Good Dinosaur” & “Creed”, then talk movies at length with “Secret in Their Eyes” producer Jeremiah Samuels.
MOVIE REVIEW – THE PEANUTS MOVIE
Odd today to think that kids would be expected to attend a movie that did not involve peril or violence or parents being offed – and love it.
MOVIE REVIEW – MINIONS
This project seemed inevitable, as the breakout stars of the “Despicable Me” franchise, The Minions, get their own movie adventure. The ride at Universal Studios Hollywood isn’t called “Gru Mayhem”, for example.
SUPERFLACK (DON’T GET DOWN ON MARVEL)
Marvel has tapped into everything that made it successful as a comic book champ, and has now translated it to film.
MOVIE REVIEW – INSIDE OUT
It’s quite a testament to the consistent quality Pixar has brought to films for twenty years that even though they’ve had some missteps recently, the fact that they NAIL IT once again with their newest release, “Inside Out”, is no real surprise.
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “SUPERBAD ON DRUGS” (w/Shannon McClung) – “Inside Out” & “Dope”
Showcast Episode 105: The long L.A. Drought is over! PIXAR is back! After a two year wait, The Movie Guys finally preview a new Pixar movie, “Inside Out”, as well as Sundance hit “Dope”, all with the help of special guest Shannon McClung. Plus, a look ahead to Comic-Con 2015 and outtakes of voice actors who were cut from the latest PIXAR movie.
SHORT FILM SHOWCASE 2015
Ray Schillaci recommends four exceptional short films: “The Apple Tree”, “Tomgirl”, “Moving On” and “A Tricky Treat”.
NEW MOVIE TRAILERS – 3/27/15
New movie trailers include “Aloha”, “Crimson Peak”, “Hot Pursuit”, Inside Out”, “Maggie”, “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”, “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation”, “Paper Towns”, “Pixels”, “San Andreas”, “Southpaw”, “Spectre”, “Straight Outta Compton” and “Trainwreck”.