It seems like the laughs will come in bundles with the three leads playing fast and loose at the top of the film, but the warmth shared between the leads that could excuse all the crude behavior of a stoner comedy wears away leaving a less than pleasing mixture behind.
Showcast Episode 80: Jokes, nog and special guests overflow as The Movie Guys celebrate release-a-ton-of-movies-at-the-end-of-the-year season! The new releases of the last two weeks of 2014 get the business with movie previews, a gift exchange, storytime, Name That Tune, a holiday recipe and a visit from The Christmas Hobbit, all while counting down to learning the True Meaning of Christmas.
Films covered: “The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies”, “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb”, “Annie”, “Into the Woods”, “The Gambler”, “Unbroken”, “The Interview”, “Big Eyes”, “A Most Violent Year” and “Mr. Turner”.
Movie Guy Paul Preston checks in with The Hater Nation during the holidays for movie talk including the SONY hack, Mick Foley, plus the top three films of 2014 (so far) and some movies to look forward to in early 2015.
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”