Your Weekly Dose – 8/1/20 – What’s New at the Drive-In?
Paul Preston calls into the Your Weekly Dose podcast to update the crew on what he’s seen at the drive-in.
Steve Carell
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.
Kate Flannery – The TMG Interview
The great Kate Flannery talks about her new film, her years on THE OFFICE and how she late-bloomed into a regular in the national comedy scene.
PIC of the Week – Last Flag Flying
Ray Schillaci’s PIC of the week at TheMovieGuys.net for 2/1/18 – Last Flag Flying
Movie Review – The Disaster Artist
THE DISASTER ARTIST (and the book on which it is based) tries to pull back the veil on who Tommy Wiseau is and how his project went wrong.
Movie Review – Last Flag Flying
Funny and moving, anchored in the expected solid work of three quality actors.
DVD, Blu-Ray & Streaming – Too Funny to Fail: The Life and Death of the Dana Carvey Show
I was a big watcher of THE DANA CARVEY SHOW back in 1996. Well, as big as one could be watching a show that only lasted seven episodes.
Movie Review – Battle of the Sexes
This historical Trump allegory with a better ending benefits from two excellent lead performances.
Movie Review – Despicable Me 3
Less Minions = More Steve Carell = Better movie.
Movie Review – Today I Watched…Café Society
Paul Preston’s ongoing effort to watch a movie a day for the rest of his life. Today’s movie – “Café Society”.
MOVIE REVIEW – WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT
It’s another Tina Fey vehicle, but certainly a different go-round for the comedy legend-in-the-making.
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.
OSCAR RANT 2015
Paul Preston’s annual, exhaustive, no-stone-left-unturned once over of all the nominees. All of them.
AWARDS WATCH 2014
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 22nd, 2015.
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “STAY ON TARGET…” (w/Jon Weinberg) – “Foxcatcher”, “Rosewater”, “Dumb and Dumber To” and “Beyond the Lights”
Showcast Episode 75: Holiday movie season and awards season collide with four new releases – “Dumb and Dumber To”, “Beyond the Lights”, “Foxcatcher” & “Rosewater”. The Movie Guys preview them all with guest Jon Weinberg, along with chat about his film-in-progress “Funeral Day” and a thorough ripping of Q&As at Los Angeles movie screenings, ALL while your hosts try desperately to stay focused…!
MOVIE REVIEW – THE LOOKALIKE
Thirty minutes into the film I actually said out loud “I love this film and I love everyone in it!”
NEW MOVIE TRAILERS – 8/30/14
New movie trailers include “Fifty Shades of Grey”, “Foxcatcher”, “The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies”, “The Imitation Game”, “Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas”, “Left Behind”, “Mad Max: Fury Road”, “Mortdecai”, “The Rewrite”, “Seventh Son”, “Tusk” & “Wild”
DVD, BLU-RAY & STREAMING – BIG BAD WOLVES
The filmmakers have not opted for the straight forward horrific narrative, but tease us with twisted dark humor that makes us chuckle and gasp at the same time.
NEW MOVIE TRAILERS – 6/11/13
New movie trailers include “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”, “Captain Phillips”, “Delivery Man”, “Ender’s Game”, “Gravity”, “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”, “Paranoia”, “Prisoners”, “Riddick”, “Runner, Runner”, “Rush”, “The Way, Way Back”, “We’re the Millers”, “The World’s End”
The Bourne Legacy & Hope Springs – Broad Topics – 8/14/12
Movie Guys Paul Preston and Christanna Rowader stopped in on LA TALK RADIO’s “Broad Topics” to lay down a ton of material on “The Bourne Legacy” and “Hope Springs”. It’s a review, it’s jokes, it’s both.
MOVIE REVIEW – HOPE SPRINGS
Prepare for old people sex. Meryl moaning, crotch shots of Tommy Lee Jones. Just don’t say I didn’t prepare you.
NEW MOVIE TRAILERS – 5/21/12
New trailers include “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”, “The Campaign”, “Gangster Squad”, “Hit and Run”, “Hope Springs”, “Killer Joe”, “Safety Not Guaranteed”, “Savages” and “Skyfall”.
THE MOVIE GUYS LIVE! – “THE LORAX” PREVIEW
In this clip from The Movie Guys LIVE!, March 2012, Movie Guys Paul & Karen preview the movie “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” while trying not to break rhyme.
Inspired by the March 2012 movie “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax”
BLU-RAY & DVD CAPSULE REVIEWS
Capsule reviews by The Movie Guys include “The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia” and “Paul”. Quick plot, quick opinion and we’re out.
ARCHIVES 2010
Reviews and articles from The Movie Guys by Paul Preston, Steven Lewis, Joel Frost, Mary Gent, Adam Witt, Marc Berman and Mark Tucci