Karen’s Birthdays, 8/4/14 – Billy Bob Thornton, M. Night Shyamalan, Dustin Hoffman
Karen Volpe’s celebrity birthday celebration segment from the August 8th, 2016 Movie Showcast – Billy Bob Thornton, M. Night Shyamalan & Dustin Hoffman
M. Night Shyamalan
Your Weekly Dose – Reviews of OLD and SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS
Movie Guy Paul Preston calls in to the Your Weekly Dose podcast to review some new flicks in the cinema – M. Night Shyamalan’s OLD and SNAKE EYES.
Movie Review – Glass
There are great ideas in GLASS, but the execution feels off.
PIC of the Week – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Ray Schillaci’s PIC of the week at TheMovieGuys.net for 7/12/18 – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Movie Review – Get Out
There’s a reason Jordan Peele’s feature film directorial debut Get Out has a near-unanimous critic rating – it’s entertaining as hell!
Movie Review – Split
Is the latest from the director of “The Happening” and “After Earth” worth the applause? The answer is a confident YES!
The Movie Showcast: Return of Joe Canale (w/Joe Canale) – “The Founder”, “Split” & “xXx: Return of Xander Cage”
Former guest comic Joe Canale returns to The Admiral’s Club for previews of new movies – “The Founder”, “Split” and “xXx: Return of Xander Cage”.
Movie Review – Barry
Most viewers will probably find Vikram Gandhi’s new film, Barry, about the college life of Barack Obama, challenging, because not a lot happens.
MOVIE REVIEW – THE VISIT
M. Night Shyamalan returns to fine form delivering another thriller worthy of a lot of post-screening discussion with “The Visit”.
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “SILICONE PRODUCTS” (w/Doug Jones) – “The Perfect Guy” & “The Visit”
Showcast Episode 117: The Movie Guys are joined by great guest and rapid-fire story machine Doug Jones (“Hellboy”, “Pan’s Labyrinth”) for tales from movie sets and red carpets. Plus, previews of “The Visit” and “The Perfect Guy”, which has Karen conjuring up her own vision of the perfect guy, cobbled together from Hollywood celebs.
MOVIE REVIEW – FOCUS
The exploits of con men crossing and double-crossing each other are told through the filter of beautiful people in “Focus”
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “THE MOVIE CREW” (w/Lew Temple) – “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”, “Step Up: All In” & “Into the Storm”
Showcast Episode 62: Lew Temple, star of “The Walking Dead” and the films “Unstoppable” and “Lawless” proves to be one of The Movie Guys’ best guests with first-rate filmmaking stories and a great sense of humor. Plus, disaster movie auditions and previews of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”, “Step Up: All In”, “Into the Storm” and, if time remaining, “The Hundred-Foot Journey”.
THE RETURN OF THE MOVIE SHOWCAST (w/Mike J. Nichols) – “After Earth” & “Now You See Me”
Showcast Episode 2: This week’s Showcast gets all Shyamalan-y with previews of “After Earth” and “Now You See Me”. Plus, The Movie Guys take to the street to talk celebrity children, the triumphant return of radio magician The Amazing Mono and guest Mike J. Nichols talks up the 30th anniversary of “Return of the Jedi”, including a tribute to little-known legend and Millenium Falcon co-pilot, Nien Nunb.
MOVIE REVIEW – AFTER EARTH
It seems like the career of M. Night Shyamalan has gotten to the point where “it’s not embarrassing” is high compliment.
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…
NEW MOVIE TRAILERS – 8/3/12
New Movie Trailers include “After Earth”, “Cloud Atlas”, “Cosmopolis”, “Juan of the Dead”, “Killing Them Softly”, “Life of Pi”, “Man of Steel”, “The Master” and “Paranormal Activity 4”
MOVIE REVIEW – THE CONSPIRATOR
It was like watching an undergrad film of a boring play starring freshmen actors.
THE MIDDLE SEAT: “TRAILER TRASH”
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?
ARCHIVES 2010
Reviews and articles from The Movie Guys by Paul Preston, Steven Lewis, Joel Frost, Mary Gent, Adam Witt, Marc Berman and Mark Tucci
Movie Review – The Last Airbender
Wow, M. Night Shyamalan just sucks.
Movie Review – Iron Man 2
“Iron Man 2” is great entertainment, and a fitting continuation of the characters’ journey.