MOVIE REVIEW – EPIC
The characters were creative and the universe that formed around them was charming, but nothing was committed to.
AuthorThe Movie Guys
WHAT THE FLIX?
When you pick a movie on Netflix to watch, Netflix will recommend other films and TV shows to view. Sadly, this recommendation process is run by monkeys. But the result is Matteo sharing some of the looniest recommendations with you.
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST INTO DARKNESS (w/Chip Krolik) – “Fast & Furious 6”, “The Hangover, Part III” & “Epic”
Showcast Episode #1: The Movie Guys return in their brand-new weekly comedy show “The Movie Showcast” This week, Paul, Adam, Lee & Karen preview “6Fast 6Furious”, or whatever it’s called, “The Hangover, Part III”, “Epic, Part One” and they welcome special guest Chip Krolik to review “Star Trek Into Darkness”.
MOVIE REVIEW – STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
This movie held my attention with its intense action scenes from the moment it started, its characters were real, learning and evolving, making decisions that I could understand and follow. In short, it was masterfully executed in all areas of review.
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – TEST SHOW #2
The Movie Guys weekly comedy show comes back at the end of May. In the meantime, Paul, Adam, Lee & Karen crank out another test show, talking about what films they’ve seen lately and a preview of “Star Trek Into Darkness”.
MOVIE REVIEW – THE GREAT GATSBY
They say the devil is in the details, and it certainly was with this film.
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?
MOVIE REVIEW – PAIN & GAIN
In the end, Bay has a made a film struggling with the fact that it’s a Michael Bay film. It’s fun to watch the best parts peak through Bay’s usual main ingredient – excess.
NEW MOVIE TRAILERS – 5/1/13
New movie trailers include “The Bling Ring”, “The Conjuring”, “Elysium”, “Grown-Ups 2”, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, “Much Ado About Nothing”, “Now You See Me”, “Only God Forgives”, “R.I.P.D.” and “Thor: The Dark World”
THE LAST MOVIE STAR
What an appropriate picture of Tom Cruise. Walking the Earth by himself. The lone member of a dying race: The Movie Star.
THE LATEST – GENERAL ZOD, ROBOCOP & THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK – 5/1/13
Movie news from The Movie Guys includes big changes for Grauman’s Chinese Theater, behind-the-scenes photos from “The Empire Strikes Back” and a message from General Zod.
WHEN NUMBER THREE SEEMS MORE LIKE NUMBER TWO
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.
MOVIE REVIEW – THE BIG WEDDING
It’s like having an orange popcicle, the mild orange taste is pleasing enough, but no one ever spends much time thinking about it afterwards, its banished from our thoughts because while the taste is good, it’s also unremarkable.
MOVIE REVIEW – OBLIVION
Honestly, I’m trying to remember what happened during the mid part of this movie other then a few hazy isolated moments of plot development
NEW ONLINE – DEWITT & MARIA
A fresh and unique look at a romantic comedy that a studio could never achieve
MOVIE REVIEW – OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN
The dialogue was it’s only strong area, but liking the film because of that would be akin to thinking a park bench a good snack because someone spilled your favorite espresso on it.
THE LATEST – TOM CRUISE, PIXAR AND ROGER EBERT – 4/11/13
Movie news from The Movie Guys includes a new NetFlix series from Eli Roth, Matt Damon’s latest humanitarian project and remembering Roger Ebert.
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.
I’LL SEE YOU AT THE MOVIES – ROGER EBERT
I loved getting lost in Roger’s bottomless, passionate love of the movies.
MOVIE REVIEW – EVIL DEAD
The demon-speeding-through-the-woods shots that we’ve come to love in the original are still in tact and still effective.
THE MOVIE GUYS LIVE! RADIO SHOW: THE AMAZING MONO
The Movie Guys LIVE! Radio Show welcomes the world’s only Radio Magician, The Amazing Mono. Listen to his amazing feats of illusion and slights of what we’re told by host Paul Preston, are his hand.
NEW MOVIE TRAILERS – 4/3/13
New movie trailers include “2 Guns”, “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2”, “The Company You Keep”, “Disney’s Planes”, “Fast and Furious 6”, “Favor”, “The Hangover, Part III”, “The Internship”, “Kick-Ass 2”, “Monsters University”, “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones”, “Red 2”, “This is The End”, “The Wolverine”, “To The Wonder” and “World War Z”.
TAGLINES THAT MAKE YOU GO, “UH?”
Matteo Molinari looks at the taglines that help sell a movie in NO WAY WHATSOEVER.
NEW ON DVD – THIS IS 40
“This is 40” is a return to the same kind of foul-mouthed-with-a-heart-of-gold comedies that make up the best of the Apatow catalog.
DOCUARY: 31 DOCS IN 31 DAYS – PART TEN
The final entry of documentary reviews from Chris MacKenzie’s whirlwind trip through docs on Netflix. Part Ten: “The Final Member”, “Whore’s Glory”, “Paper Clips”, “The Hollywood Complex” and, yes, “Katy Perry: Part of Me”
MOVIE REVIEW – “THE LAST EXORCISM, PART II”
Kerr Lordygan reviews another horror film for themovieguys.net, continuing his “From the Dark Side” series. This time out, he reviews the new release “The Last Exorcism, Part II”
INDIE REPORT – FLY AWAY
Kerr Lordygan reviews the indie film “Fly Away”, and gives Ashley Rickards huge props for her lead performance.
DOC-UARY: 31 DOCS IN 31 DAYS – PART NINE
Our guest columnist Chris MacKenzie stays on target – Part nine of a ten part look at the films he saw every day in January. Today – “Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone”, “Occupy Unmasked” and “The Billionaires’ Tea Party”
DOC-UARY: 31 DOCS IN 31 DAYS – PART EIGHT
You can’t stop our guest columnist Chris MacKenzie, you can only contain him. It’s Part EIGHT of 31 Docs in 31 Days, as Chris reviews “The Sound and the Fury”, “The Tents” and “How Beer Saved the World”.
DOC-UARY: 31 DOCS IN 31 DAYS – PART SEVEN
Guest columnist Chris MacKenzie continues doling out the Shaky Camera Lens ratings to thirty-one documentaries on NetFlix. Part Seven covers “Dreams of a Life”, “I Like Killing Flies” and “Between the Folds”
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.
DOC-UARY: 31 DOCS IN 31 DAYS – PART SIX
Our guest columnist Chris MacKenzie continues to scour NetFlix for documentaries. This week, two ESPN “30 for 30” docs and “Winnebago Man”
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.
DOC-UARY: 31 DOCS IN 31 DAYS – PART FIVE
Our guest columnist watches “The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia”, “The Eames” and “Wasteland” for this 10-part documentary series. Well, sort of. He finally fell asleep during one film. Read on…
DOC-UARY: 31 DOCS IN 31 DAYS – PART FOUR
Our guest columnist Chris MacKenzie weighs in with another report from how he spent is January – watching a documentary EVERY DAY. Today’s capsule reviews include “The Weather Underground”, “El Bulli” and “The Antics Roadshow”