Oscar Rant 2021
Paul Preston’s annual rant on the categories and his Top Ten films of the Year for 2020
Gone Girl
PIC of the Week – A Private War
Ray Schillaci’s PIC of the week at TheMovieGuys.net for 4/11/19 – A Private War
PIC of the Week – Widows
Ray Schillaci’s PIC of the week at TheMovieGuys.net for 2/7/19 – Widows
Movie Review – Widows
There are only so many things in the film that really make it feel like a Steve McQueen film as opposed to just any other forgettable heist movie.
PIC of the Week – Go Tell the Spartans
Ray Schillaci’s PIC of the week at TheMovieGuys.net for 12/7//17 – Go Tell the Spartans
Movie Review – Girl on the Train
About halfway through the movie, I came to the following realization: “This movie is a real downer.”
Movie Review – Don’t Breathe
By the end, the film goes there.
THE TOP TEN FILMS OF 2014…A SECOND (AND THIRD) OPINION
It’s Oscar Sunday, and with The Oscar Rant out there, more opinions have popped up about the ten best films of 2014.
OSCAR RANT 2015
Paul Preston’s annual, exhaustive, no-stone-left-unturned once over of all the nominees. All of them.
MOVIE REVIEW – INTO THE WOODS
And now, the story of “Into the Woods”, the re-imagining of famous fairy tales by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim, directed by Rob Marshall.
THE LATEST – INTERSTELLAR, JOE DIRT & FREE SCREENPLAYS – 11/28/14
Movie news from The Movie Guys includes free Hollywood screenplays, the return of Joe Dirt, another new James Franco fringe project and “Birdman Returns”
AWARDS WATCH 2014
Self-congratulation is still the rage in TinselTown. Who are we to not report on it? Agree? Disagree? It doesn’t matter, the awards will go out week after week until the Oscars, February 22nd, 2015.
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “EVERYTHING IS ANNOYING ME NOW” (w/Tracey Birdsall & Neil Johnson)- “The Judge”, “Dracula Untold” & “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”
Showcast Episode 70: “Dracula Untold”, “The Judge” and “Alexander and the Terrible Title” get the preview treatment, including a look at future villain origin story films, how to add fake Mumford & Sons to your movie trailer, and a look at updating a story from 1972. Then actress Tracey Birdsall joins The Movie Guys to talk about her new movie “Dawn of the Crescent Moon”, and our guest brought a guest! Director Neil Johnson (“Starship Rising”) also sits in the second half of the show.
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO RIGHT?” (w/Matt Craig) – “Gone Girl” & “Annabelle”
Showcast Episode 69: Emmy-nominated comic writer and actor Matt Craig joins The Movie Guys for previews of “Gone Girl” and “Annabelle”. Plus, there’s a not-at-all-creepy gift exchange and lively rounds of “What Did you See This Week?”, 5 Questions and Karen’s Birthdays.
NEW MOVIE TRAILERS – 5/21/14
New movie trailers include “Cinderella”, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”, “Get On Up”, “Gone Girl”, “Guardians of the Galaxy”, “Home’, “Interstellar”, “Jersey Boys”, “The Maze Runner”, “Peanuts”, “Rage”, “Tammy”, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and “Transformers: Age of Extinction”