New movie trailers include “Aloha”, “Crimson Peak”, “Hot Pursuit”, Inside Out”, “Maggie”, “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”, “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation”, “Paper Towns”, “Pixels”, “San Andreas”, “Southpaw”, “Spectre”, “Straight Outta Compton” and “Trainwreck”.
Showcast Episode 92: New weekend, new movies, as “The Divergent Series: Insurgent” and “The Gunman” get a full once-over. Then special guest filmmaker Scott Storm hits The Admiral’s Club to talk about his career as a filmmaker, his new animated short film “The Apple Tree” and his job cutting movie trailers. Also, fired-up rounds of Retractions, “What Did You See This Week?” and Karen’s Birthdays.
Showcast Episode 91: Star of stage and “Scream” Jamie Kennedy joins The Movie Guys in The Admiral’s Club to promote his new indie thriller “Buddy Hutchins” and rail against show scripts during previews of “Run All Night” and “Cinderella”. There are great on-set stories and talk of the hidden gem “The Specials”, plus vocal coach to the stars Chet Loudly returns to teach everyone how to act with a more gravelly, Neeson-esque voice.
“The Duff” knows its ancestry – John Hughes movies – and the film wisely embraces the best qualities of that genre without ripping it off.
Here is an independent genre film that operates high on all cylinders and delivers the goods promised.
Showcast Episode 90: Squeezing coverage of the long and varied career of Beth Grant into a hundred minutes proves no easy task for The Movie Guys as “The Mindy Project” regular is this week’s guest, sharing stories of working with industry giants like Clint Eastwood, Tom Cruise, Billy Crystal, Sandra Bullock and, if time remaining, Michael Bay. Plus, she sits in to help preview this weekend’s new releases “Chappie”, “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” and “Unfinished Business”.
This is a refrain heard every year, it seems, just after The Academy Awards broadcast. People sharpen their swords to slice through everything that was wrong with that year’s ceremony.
The exploits of con men crossing and double-crossing each other are told through the filter of beautiful people in “Focus”
After watching the Oscar telecast for so many years, one cannot help but wonder this year, what the hell happened?
SPOILERS AHEAD: If you have not seen “Birdman”, and do not wish the ending to be ruined, then do not keep reading (that being said, most people didn’t understand the ending, so even if you read this, it’s probably not that big of a deal).
It’s Oscar Sunday, and with The Oscar Rant out there, more opinions have popped up about the ten best films of 2014.
If it’s Oscar season, it must be time for mock controversy!
Paul Preston’s annual, exhaustive, no-stone-left-unturned once over of all the nominees. All of them.
Showcast Episode 88: The Oscars are February 22nd and The Movie Guys are live from the red carpet on Hollywood Blvd…on February 18th. Despite Oscar-fever, the studios are releasing “Hot Tub Time Machine 2”, “The Duff” and “McFarland USA”, which all get the preview treatment. Also, Paul, Karen, Bart & Adam give up their Top Five films of 2014 and special guest actor Ayman Samman talks about working on Oscar nominee “American Sniper”.
Showcast Episode 87: After six weeks of January movies, the 2015 film season really kicks off with “Kingsman: The Secret Service” and “Fifty Shades of Grey”, both of which get thoroughly previewed by The Movie Guys. Then, guest Becca Battoe talks about her experience as the audiobook narrator for “Fifty Shades” and gets coaxed to sex up other books in the process.
WHIPLASH is a story about the pursuit of excellence. To me, it was the best picture I saw all of last year.
Is it manipulating? At times, it attempts to be. Does it accomplish everything it set out to do? Perhaps. Do we end up caring? Depends on the audience.
The title suggests that the creative minds responsible for this fascinating film don’t mind if you refer to it by either of the titles listed above. There really are two stories happening at the same time, though it does appear to be just one.
New movie trailers include “Ant-Man”, “Dragon Blade”, “Entourage”, “Fantastic Four”, “Furious 7”, “In the Heart of the Sea”, “Insurgent”, “Jurassic World”, “Magic Mike XXL”, “Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron”, “Minions”, “Pitch Perfect 2”, “Poltergeist”, “San Andreas”, “Spy”, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, “Ted 2”, “Terminator Genisys”, “Tomorrowland” and “True Story”
Showcast Episode 86: The February movies are here, and they look a lot like the January movies, as two calendar-displaced sci-fi fantasy films finally come out – “Seventh Son” and “Jupiter Ascending”. The Movie Guys give ’em both the preview treatment along with “SpongeBob: Sponge Out of Water”. Also, The Oscar Doctors try to spruce up these films’ awards chances and there’s a rousing round of “Name That Jeff Bridges Movie”. All this with special guest Mark Povinelli!
Historical Spoilers Ahead! If you do NOT KNOW WORLD HISTORY, or do NOT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WORLD HISTORY, then DO NOT KEEP READING!
For all who are uninitiated, “Selma” is not just about Martin Luther King Jr, although he is a key player in its history. Just as fascinating are all the supporting players that were integral to the historical events that took place in Selma, Alabama.
Sometimes a story will continue on into a fourth installment (and beyond). That’s where it gets interesting.
Showcast Episode 85: Disdain for January movies is definitely on display, but there’s a light at the end of the tunnel as the FINAL films of Jan. 2015 get previewed – “Project Almanac”, “Black or White” and “The Loft”. Plus, The Movie Guys try a little time travel of their own, as well as Oscar talk, “Ghostbusters” talk and all sorts of madness with special guest and Superego co-founder Jeremy Carter!
Showcast Episode 84: This week’s Showcast episode celebrates the V.O.D. release of Eddie Jemison’s feature debut as writer/director, “King of Herrings”! (now on iTunes, Google Play and more)! Eddie joins The Movie Guys in studio with great stories from the “Ocean’s Eleven” franchise and he sits in to preview “Strange Magic”, “The Boy Next Door”, “Black Sea” and “Mortdecai”.
Showcast Episode 83: Stand-up comic and all-round hilarious guy David Pompeii joins The Movie Guys for a big 4-movie weekend’s worth of previews, including “The Wedding Ringer”, “Paddington”, “Blackhat” and the wide release of “American Sniper”. Also, angry Kevin Hart tweets, great stories about Key & Peele and “The Godfather” and a rousing version of Karen’s Birthdays.
Movie Guy Paul Preston sits in on a whole episode of “Hollywood Close-Up” with Wayne Frazier to talk Golden Globe Awards and to chime in while co-host Natalie Lipka is on the east coast.
Showcast Episode 82: The Movie Guys’ first guest of the new year is a good one as J.P. Manoux sits in the whole show, telling on-the-set stories and helping preview “Inherent Vice” and “Selma”, which go into wide release this weekend, and new movie “Tak3n”. Also hear from The Showcast’s new sponsor, The Bryan Mills Particular Set of Skills Vocational School and Learning Annex.
Zamperini’s life story is worthy of a five star HBO mini-series rather being crammed into a two hour movie
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.
Showcast Episode 81: The Movie Guys look back on the great guests of 2014 with some highlights that include:
– Jill Benjamin, Ike Barinholtz, Tony Sam, Ron Babcock & MC of The Hater Nation
– Pete Gardner, Heath Corson, Matt Craig & Lew Temple with great industry stories
– Mick Foley breaks down the most dickish Santa of all
– John DiDomenico & Ross Marquand pull out some classic impersonations
– Maribeth Monroe, Andy Cobb & Alex Albrecht dig into some comedy sketches
and more!
Showcast Episode 80: Jokes, nog and special guests overflow as The Movie Guys celebrate release-a-ton-of-movies-at-the-end-of-the-year season! The new releases of the last two weeks of 2014 get the business with movie previews, a gift exchange, storytime, Name That Tune, a holiday recipe and a visit from The Christmas Hobbit, all while counting down to learning the True Meaning of Christmas.
Films covered: “The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies”, “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb”, “Annie”, “Into the Woods”, “The Gambler”, “Unbroken”, “The Interview”, “Big Eyes”, “A Most Violent Year” and “Mr. Turner”.
In the case of “I Am Santa Claus”, a doc following a year in the life of real-beard Santa Clauses, the diversity and eccentricities of the men profiled make the film a winner.
Movie Guy Paul Preston checks in with The Hater Nation during the holidays for movie talk including the SONY hack, Mick Foley, plus the top three films of 2014 (so far) and some movies to look forward to in early 2015.
Kent’s film, as with so many films of this genre, does have noticeable influences, but in no way shape or form does it ever become a pale imitation.
Showcast Episode 79: Bible-based films are still the rage, and hot on the heels of “Noah”, The Movie Guys talk about “Exodus: Gods and Kings” and take pitches from David Fincher, Paul Feig and Kevin Feige about other Bible stories to turn into films. Plus, “Top Five” with Chris Rock and top five lists of our own with special guest Jake Greene, writer/producer of the web series “Millenial Parents”.
Showcast Episode 78: Movie Talk meets Actor Talk as “Hollywood Close-Up” co-hosts Natalie Lipka and Wayne Frazier join The Movie Guys for industry chat. Plus, previews of “Wild”, which you’ve probably heard of, “The Pyramid”, which you probably haven’t, and a focus group is brought in to see if they’ve EVER heard of the new Nicolas Cage film “Dying of the Light”.
The Movie Guys crash the Los Angeles-area premiere of “Life Inside Out” at the Laemmle Playhouse Theaters in Pasadena, CA, with lobby interviews, giveaways and a cast & crew Q&A.
Movie news from The Movie Guys includes free Hollywood screenplays, the return of Joe Dirt, another new James Franco fringe project and “Birdman Returns”
Showcast Episode 77: The Hardcore legend Mick Foley joins The Movie Guys in The Admiral’s Club to talk about all things Christmas and Mick’s new film “I Am Santa Claus”! Plus, previews of “The Penguins of Madagascar” & “Horrible Bosses 2” and a peek inside The Movie Guys Time Capsule. Featuring special co-hosts David Beach and John Rocha.