Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Los Angeles Film & Script, Fantastic Planet & Tally Shorts Festivals
Four long-titled movies get the full preview treatment from The Movie Guys. Sitting in the whole show is actress Emily Goss, the lead actress of The House on Pine Street!
Denis Villeneuve has crafted and elegant science fiction movie that harnesses every aspect of filmmaking to tell a surprising, smart and truly awe-inspiring story.
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Die Laughing Film Festival, Slamdance & The Seattle International Film Festival
Ep. 172: Mindy Sterling joins The Movie Guys to talk about The Groundlings, Comic-Con and, of course, Austin Powers, plus previews of The Accountant, Max Steel, Desierto and Kevin Hart: What Now?
To achieve perfection in the arts is nearly impossible because it’s a widely subjective form of expression. And yet, there are a few filmmakers who you could say come close to a perfect record in their field.
About halfway through the movie, I came to the following realization: “This movie is a real downer.”
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week – SoCal Clips Indie & Brightside Tavern Film Festivals
Ep. 171: Three new movies get the preview treatment this week with special guest comic Bridget McManus – The Birth of a Nation, Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life and The Girl on the Train.
It has enough macabre moments to whet the genre fan’s ravenous appetite
A nail-biting, tense disaster film worth seeing.
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week – Cheyenne ZombieFest and MiSciFi
This week’s new films look like they should be summer movies, but here they are in September. Also, friend of the show Stephen Foster visits to talk about his new film That’s Opportunity Knocking.
From the tremendously played cast, to the quippy, well-penned script, Fuqua’s vision really fires on all cylinders.
Ep. 169: Three new films for The Movie Guys to talk about this week, including Storks, The Magnificent Seven and Queen of Katwe. Plus, “Personal Assistant to the Stars” Todd Malta (we gave him that title).
As undoubtedly great as Tom Hanks is, there are still only so many ways he can contemplatively look at himself in the mirror before the audience gets bored.
Where The Blair Witch Project looked like a compilation of found footage you’re just stumbling across, Blair Witch feels like a compilation of found footage put together to make a horror movie.
Ep. 168: BFFs Andrea Grano and Tara Karsian hit The Admiral’s Club to talk about their new movie…BFFs and they help The Movie Guys preview new movies Snowden, Bridget Jones’s Baby and Blair Witch.
Drummond and company are out to break many taboos.
By the end, the film goes there.
Members of Schadenfreude invade the show – Stephe Schmidt, Sandy Marshall & Justin Kaufmann, turning the show into a party & previewing films Sully, When the Bough Breaks & The Wild Life.
Paul Preston calls into Justin Kaufmann’s The Download on Chicago’s WGN to discuss The Movie Showcast and Justin’s recent appearance on the show with his comedy troupe Schadenfreude.
It may have taken nine months, but Universal brings us the first romantic comedy of 2016.
Let me explain what it felt like watching “Stranger Things”: like I had crawled into a time machine and I could smell it, I could feel it, I could see it and my heart broke into a multitude of pieces.
Ep. 166: Former Showcast guest Ron Babcock returns with Ryan McKee, his comedy partner from Modest Proposal. They both sit in for previews of Morgan, The Light Between Oceans.
Creating content for people to watch on the web is an uphill climb. With literally millions of choices, how on earth does one go about standing out?
Bank robberies, cops on the trail, open carry – all sounds like the formula for an action film, but Hell or High Water gets more mileage out of dialogue, strong character and anticipation of violence.
In 7min., 46 sec., the short offers drama, action, and comedy.
The current leadership of DC is going to be the downfall of the modern superhero boom.
Ep. 165: This week’s guest is a winner as stand-up comic and filmmaker Samantha Hale is the perfect fit with the show. Two new releases get previewed: Don’t Breathe & Mechanic: Resurrection.
Good timely social commentary but it easily gets steamrolled by the persistent raunch fest
Director Lowery employs a lot to buoy the sentiment, going for an unapologetically romantic take on boyhood fantasy.
Ep. 164: Three new films this week and The Movie Guys are all over ’em: War Dogs, Ben-Hur & Kubo and the Two Strings and author Kevin Theis (Confessions of a Transylvanian) sits in the whole show.
Justin Bowler looks at “Game of Thrones” – is it a depiction of medieval literature OR of the medieval world itself?
Ep. 163: Access Hollywood film critic Scott “Movie” Mantz joins The Movie Guys in The Admiral’s Club for rapid fire previews of new releases Sausage Party, Pete’s Dragon and Florence Foster Jenkins.
Does Suicide Squad have its share of entertaining moments? Most definitely.
Ep. 162: Two new films get the business as The Movie Guys preview Suicide Squad and Nine Lives with special guest stand-up comic Jason Webb. Also, a Comic-Con roundtable.
About two-thirds of the way through the film, I was reminded just how exciting action can be without special effects.
Mary Gent examines the role of cults in two new films, “Starry Eyes” and “The Invitation” for TheMovieGuys.net
Justin Bowler sums up his time at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con for TheMovieGuys.net