Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Drive” feels like a throwback to the 1980s. But don’t expect Romy and Michelle to pop up, rather a mood and tone is created here that longs for “Manhunter”’s Will Graham to make an appearance, as Refn piles on gobs of visual style that would make Michael Mann proud.
It forced me to look at my own life, my career, and ask where my future is taking me.
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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.
The Movie Guys on three short films that caught our eye – “The Butterfly Circus”, “The Embalmer” and “Touch”
Movie Guys Paul Preston and Adam Witt stopped in on LA TALK RADIO’s Broad Topics again, reviewing Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Fright Night.
Indies are a dime a dozen. Good indies are hard to find. The Waterhole is a good indie.
It is friggin’ awesome.
Spoiler Alert: “Captain America” is awesome and “Cowboys & Aliens” isn’t.
Not sure how a cool actress like Mila Kunis and a talented performer like Justin Timberlake were coaxed, cajoled and coerced into making “Friends With Benefits”
Movie Guys Paul Preston and Karen Volpe stopped in to LA TALK RADIO again for another episode of Broad Topics, reviewing Captain America: The First Avenger, Horrible Bosses and Larry Crowne.
I am about to risk sounding like an old man tearing into the new generation for forgetting all the great things about the last generation.
Movie Guys Paul Preston and Steven Lewis stopped in to LA TALK RADIO again for another episode of Broad Topics. This discussion covered Cars 2 and Bad Teacher.
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”
Movie Guys Paul Preston & Adam Witt stopped in to LA TALK RADIO again for another episode of Broad Topics. This discussion covered X-Men: First Class and more!
Paul Preston & Lee Kias stopped in to LA TALK RADIO for another episode of Broad Topics. This discussion covers Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Branagh does a good job of balancing the work of his actors with all the glitz, glitter and action sequences that abound in Asgard.
You may have wondered what the ladies were doing and talking about while the men were horsing around in films like “Wedding Crashers” and “The Hangover”.
“Born to Be Wild 3D”, narrated by Morgan Freeman, manages to toe the fine line between high-tech and old school.
Between my wife and I, screen size is a huge chasm of passion and indifference. I simply cannot watch a movie unless it is on a large screen.
The first appearance of The Movie Guys on Broad Topics, in what will be routine visits. In this segment, Paul Preston talks about Thor and Fast Five.
After watching “Fast Five”, I realized it would become a quick classic you’ll turn on while cleaning the living room or doing taxes
Overall, my masculine side says this film is a blockbuster that you’ll quickly forget you saw. My feminine side says Robert Pattison is hot.
Let’s talk this week about something that every single movie-goer experiences – artistic hijacked redundancy.
It was like watching an undergrad film of a boring play starring freshmen actors.
Bringing joy and cash to filmmakers, artists, and the like, who wish to raise money for their idea.
Jake Gyllenhaal redeems his career after the embarrassingly awful “Prince of Persia” and turns in a fine, heartwarming performance
I have been endlessly fooled by movie trailers to frequent films that ultimately were nowhere near as good as the trailers suggested. Has this ever happened to you?
With features, films in multiple languages, and several international entries, this film festival is so much more grandiose than its simple name would imply.
I’m clicking the weird, the wonderful and the what the hell were they thinking when they coughed up a budget for this piece of raw moose dung.
A film like this demands a charismatic and vulnerable lead actor, and Bradley Cooper is quickly establishing himself as the right guy for those jobs.
Matt Damon and Emily Blunt are maybe the first action film couple I’ve seen in years that had great chemistry.
My initial thought is, we come up with a basic questionnaire, designed by people who enjoy and understand the art of cinema, and anyone who fails it gets put on the list.
Watching the filmmaking team’s decision-making process about what kind of look the beast would have would probably be much more fascinating than watching the movie.
I suspect it ranked well below what it should have because people knew too much about it before they saw it
I’ve been drinking heavily and my perception of time is just a little bit off, but don’t give me that look, because I got the points of the movie and this is still an important review, so shut up.
I knew the 80’s. The 80’s were a friend of mine. “Take Me Home Tonight”, you’re not the 80’s.
In my humble opinion, there are certain people who don’t “get” movies, and thus should not be allowed to view movies at all.
This highly entertaining animated film is exactly what Shakespeare geeks who also happen to love animation have been waiting for.
