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.
Tag Archives: Steven Spielberg
MOVIE REVIEW – “RAIDING THE LOST ARK: A FILMUMENTARY”
Movie Guy Justin Bowler fills Indiana Jones fans in on an inventive new feature-length documentary about “Raiders of the Lost Ark” that’s available for free on Vimeo.
SAY IT AIN’T SO, GEORGE
Patrick Garland’s list of the top ten “Star Wars” spin-offs that would be box office gold and should begin pre-production immediately.
OSCAR PREVIEW – THE HATER NATION – 2/20/13
Movie Guys Paul Preston and Karen Volpe appear on The Hater Nation Radio Show on The National Talk Radio Network to talk about the biggest names nominated for Oscars at The 85th Academy Awards.
OSCAR PREVIEW – BROAD TOPICS – 2/19/13
Movie Guys Paul Preston and Karen Volpe stopped in on LA TALK RADIO’s “Broad Topics” to preview The 85th Oscars, covering six of the major categories with picks and predictions, and the jokes fly.
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 – LINCOLN, MAD MAX & BILL MURRAY – 12/20/12
Movie news from The Movie Guys includes the D.C. screening of “Lincoln”, Bill Murray news and “Mad Max: Fury Road” is on it’s way!
AWARDS WATCH 2012
Self-congratulation is still the rage in TinselTown. Let’s jump in, shall we? Here are all the awards that will go out week after week until the Oscars, February 24th, 2013.
MOVIE REVIEW – RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Is this the best movie ever made? Well, the great thing about movies is that arguing what the best one of all time is can keep you arguing until you pass out. But this is certainly my favorite, hands down.
MOVIE REVIEW – PROMETHEUS
This movie is a perfect example of what happens when no one’s career is actually on the line.
REPORTING FROM THE FLOOR OF WONDER-CON 2012
Your Movie Guys Paul Preston and Adam Witt went to not San Diego (Anaheim) to spend the day at not Comic-Con (Wonder-Con).
THE LATEST – BULLY, INDIANA JONES ON BLU-RAY & GHOSTBUSTERS III – 3/2/12
The “Bully” ratings controversy, Indiana Jones is coming to Blu-Ray and “Ghostbusters III” FINALLY seems dead…
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.
TO & FROM – “THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN”
Join Kevin & Lisa Blake as they share their thoughts on “The Adventures of Tintin”, while traveling to and coming from a screening of the movie. Will what’s-his-name be good in it? And how about that other guy? Watch and learn. They will, too.
THE ARTIST, THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN AND WE BOUGHT A ZOO – NEWS 92 FM – 12/30/11
Movie Guy Paul Preston talks with afternoon anchors Bonnie Petrie and Mike Barajas about what’s new in theaters, covering THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN, WE BOUGHT A ZOO and THE ARTIST. (5 min., 28 sec.)
MOVIES FROM 0 TO 50 IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES
You ever wanna drop a movie fact in conversation and out-do that movie know-it-all in your bunch? We’re here to help. Here’s a TON of movie info for you, in easy-to-digest format, thanks to some exhaustive research by our Movie Guy Matteo.
THE MOVIE GUYS’ SECOND-EVER HOLIDAY SPECIAL
The Movie Guys enjoy the 2011 holiday season with music, comedy, stories, food and even a visit from St. Nicholas. They also find time to preview the newest movies in theaters, including “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”, “The Darkest Hour”, “The Lady”, “The Sitter”, “Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows”, “Carnage”, “Young Adult”, “Albert Nobbs”, “The Iron Lady”, “We Bought a Zoo”, “New Year’s Eve”, “Shame”, “War Horse”, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”, “The Adventures of Tintin” and “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”
THE DESCENDANTS, THE IRON LADY AND WAR HORSE – NEWS 92 FM – 12/16/11
Movie Guy Paul Preston talks with afternoon anchors Bonnie Petrie and Mike Barajas about what’s new in theaters, covering WAR HORSE, THE DESCENDANTS and THE IRON LADY.
THE LATEST – 12/2/11
“The Dark Knight Rises” preview is coming to your town…maybe, Benicio del Toro will be in the “Star Trek” sequel, and a first-look at Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln.
RISE OF THE FRANCHISE OF THE FACE
If Andy Serkis is nominated for an award, and for the record, I think he’d be fully deserving of one, hang on to your seats.
THE MOVIE GUYS LIVE! VIDEOS: FEB. – SEPT., 2011
Couldn’t make the latest Movie Guys show in Hollywood, CA? Check out exclusive clips here.
NEW: “Straw Dogs” Preview, Nepotism, Jeff Fangsworthy, Harry Potter Ending Spoiler, C’Mon, C’mon Flashlights and more!
THE MOVIE GUYS VIDEOS: FEB. – SEPT., 2011
REVIEWS: CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER/COWBOYS & ALIENS
Spoiler Alert: “Captain America” is awesome and “Cowboys & Aliens” isn’t.
THE LATEST ARCHIVES – JUNE – SEPT., 2011
Things to do, random comments and inescapable movie news as only The Movie Guys can relay it. We promise at least one weird thing posted every day!
Abrams has obviously given himself the specific assignment of making a send-up of a sort of film, much as Spielberg & Lucas did when they made “Raiders”THE MOVIE GUYS REWRITE: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
This “re-write” is not mine at all – it actually sprang from the minds of the men who created “Raiders” in the first place.
