Oscar Rant 2024
Paul Preston’s annual breakdown of EVERY category in the Oscar race is back!
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Movie Review – Thor: Love and Thunder
There’s nothing Waititi and co-screenwriter Jennifer Kaytin Robinson set up that they don’t punch.
Karen’s Birthdays, 4/12/14 – David Cross, David Hyde Pierce & Robert Downey, Jr.
Karen Volpe’s celebrity birthday celebration segment from the April 12, 2014 Movie Showcast – David Cross, David Hyde Pierce & Robert Downey, Jr.
Oscar Rant 2021
Paul Preston’s annual rant on the categories and his Top Ten films of the Year for 2020
PIC of the Week – Avengers: Endgame
Ray Schillaci’s PIC of the week at TheMovieGuys.net for 8/15 & 8/22/19 – Avengers: Endgame
Movie Review – Avengers: Endgame
A film so nice, I had to see it twice. Let me re-phrase that…a film so MASSIVE, viewing it twice is required. Doesn’t rhyme, but that’s more accurate.
Movie Review – Avengers: Infinity War
A glorious, exciting, unparalleled, intricate, thrilling LOT.
Movie Review – Living Among Us
Soon after a news crew visits a vampire family abode, a sense of humor creeps in with an uneasy eerie feeling.
Movie Review – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Vol. 2 of the oddest space team in the universe continues Marvel’s remarkable winning streak.
Movie Review – Doctor Strange
A first class Marvel production that may be the pedigree of the bunch.
Movie Review – Captain America: Civil War
No movie franchise could possibly be this good, this consistent, this adept at getting everything right, time and time again. And yet…
The Download on WGN – 5/6/16
Adam Witt calls into Justin Kaufmann’s The Download on Chicago’s WGN to discuss Captain America: Civil War. But soon after it’s up to Paul Preston to deliver the goods on this superhero blockbuster.
MOVIE REVIEW – THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
I worry about Ritchie’s signature as a director. Coming on the scene with films like “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and “Snatch”, he lately seems like a director-for-hire
WORTH REVIVING – “GREASER’S PALACE”
By now everyone knows who Robert Downey, Jr. is. But how many of you out there are familiar with his father, Robert Downey, Sr, a virtual powerhouse of audacity with sparks of brilliance demonstrated in so many of his off-the-wall films of the ’60s and ’70s?
THE TOP TEN FILMS OF 2014…A SECOND (AND THIRD) OPINION
It’s Oscar Sunday, and with The Oscar Rant out there, more opinions have popped up about the ten best films of 2014.
NEW MOVIE TRAILERS – 2/6/15
New movie trailers include “Ant-Man”, “Dragon Blade”, “Entourage”, “Fantastic Four”, “Furious 7”, “In the Heart of the Sea”, “Insurgent”, “Jurassic World”, “Magic Mike XXL”, “Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron”, “Minions”, “Pitch Perfect 2”, “Poltergeist”, “San Andreas”, “Spy”, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, “Ted 2”, “Terminator Genisys”, “Tomorrowland” and “True Story”
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “EVERYTHING IS ANNOYING ME NOW” (w/Tracey Birdsall & Neil Johnson)- “The Judge”, “Dracula Untold” & “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”
Showcast Episode 70: “Dracula Untold”, “The Judge” and “Alexander and the Terrible Title” get the preview treatment, including a look at future villain origin story films, how to add fake Mumford & Sons to your movie trailer, and a look at updating a story from 1972. Then actress Tracey Birdsall joins The Movie Guys to talk about her new movie “Dawn of the Crescent Moon”, and our guest brought a guest! Director Neil Johnson (“Starship Rising”) also sits in the second half of the show.
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”
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “THE LIST EDITION” (w/Steven Lewis) – “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”
Showcast Episode 44: The preview of only one major release this week, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”, makes room for The Movie Guys to fire up another “Indie Round-Up” of all the high-falootin’ films in thee-ay-ters. Plus, Adam explains how superhero movies are now a giant soap opera, and guest Steven Lewis hits the studio to get a good roundtable discussion going about movie lists.
THE LATEST – ROBERT DOWNEY, JR., JERRY LEWIS & GEORGE CLOONEY – 8/13/13
Movie news from The Movie Guys includes a new Robert Downey, Jr. commercial, lost footage from “The Day the Clown Cried” and an awesome George Clooney rant.
The Movie Showcast – Test Show #1 – “The Great Gatsby”, “Peeples”
Movie Guys Paul Preston, Karen Volpe, Adam Witt & Lee Kias test out the audio juice of The Admiral’s Club, their new Burbank-based podcast studio. There’s lively talk and previews of “The Great Gatsby” and “Peeples” in between planes flying overhead.
Summer Movie Preview – The Hater Nation – 5/8/13
Movie Guys Paul Preston and Karen Volpe appear on The Hater Nation Radio Show on The National Talk Radio Network to talk about the summer 2013 films. There’s a Robert Downey, Jr. love fest, a “Who’s the Hottest Avenger?” game and a surprise REVIEW of “Pacific Rim”.
Summer Movie Preview – Broad Topics – 5/7/13
Movie Guys Paul Preston and Karen Volpe stopped in on LA TALK RADIO’s “Broad Topics” to preview the big summer movies. This is no place for art-house films…
MOVIE REVIEW – IRON MAN 3
A single question can sum it up: What is the price tag on being a hero?
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 LATEST – NICK STAHL, CHANNING TATUM & THE AVENGERS – 5/16/12
Movie news from The Movie Guys includes a new Facebook movie app, a tribute to Christopher Nolan actor Larry Holden and a missing persons report for Nick Stahl.
MOVIE REVIEW – THE AVENGERS
The word “Epic” gets thrown around a little too much today. It’s used to describe parties and tweets, but this movie in the true sense, is epic.
The Avengers – NEWS 92FM – 5/4/12
Movie Guy Paul Preston talks with afternoon anchors Bonnie Petrie and Mike Barajas about what’s new in theaters. This week, the huge summer spectacle “The Avengers”. Hint – it’s awesome.
Movie Review – Iron Man 2
“Iron Man 2” is great entertainment, and a fitting continuation of the characters’ journey.