Showcast Episode 38: Comic book talk runs amok as special guest Heath Corson (“Justice League: War”) comes to The Admiral’s Club for good movie chat and previews of “Pompeii” and “3 Days to Kill”. Also, a look at Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Pompeii”, the Vesuvian weather forecast, and Karen comes back to the show just in time for a whole segment on “Ghostbusters”.
What is The Movie Guys announce the films that will be screening in competition at this year’s Phoenix Film Festival?
Showcast Episode 37: Love is in the air as a quartet of romantic films get previewed, including “Winter’s Tale”, “Endless Love”, “About Last Night”…and the most romantic of all, “Robocop”. Also, Creepy ’80s Songs, future Robo-remakes, plus rounds of “What Did You See This Week?” and “5 Questions for Other Guests” with special guest Matt Braunger!
Showcast Episode 36: New release “The Monuments Men” inspires The Movie Guys to form a Modern Art Monuments Men, plus the “Vampire Academy” is full, prompting a call to the Vampire Technical Institute and another round of Adam Witt’s Film Fix, where Adam determines the exact drug to take to fully enjoy “The Lego Movie”. Also, a Philip Seymour Hoffman tribute and special guest Doug Karo sits in the whole show!
Showcast Episode 35: The Movie Guys are great at talking movies. That doesn’t stop them from trying to talk about other things like The Super Bowl with guest Kevin McGeehan. Also: A 2013 Year in Review segment, Karen reports on Sundance from Park City and the whole crew takes a stab at storytelling a la Kevin’s podcast, “Funny Cuz It’s True”.
Showcast Episode 34: Hunky Frankenstein returns to The Admiral’s Club to protest “I, Frankenstein”. Plus, a look at movie news, Paul fights a cold, and guest John Steven Rocha joins The Movie Guys for Oscar talk.
Movie Guys Paul & Karen announce their involvement in this year’s Phoenix Film Festival, introducing the 2014 poster art and talking about upcoming pre-fest screenings.
Showcast Episode 31: The Admiral’s Club runs red and green with holiday madness as The Movie Guys celebrate in old-school fashion. They cover the latest movies with a gift exchange, caroling, storytime, a cooking segment, a Christian perspective segment and a Santa tracker charting the whereabouts of Ron Burgundy.
Showcast Episode 30: It’s long title week as The Movie Guys preview “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” and “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas”. Plus, comic Joe Canale sits in the whole show for YouTube Movie Reviews and a look at the films in theaters now….still.
Showcast Episode 29: The Movie Guys burn through previews of “Out of the Furnace” and “Inside Llewyn Davis”, then special guest Ted Raimi holds court and proves himself a real Movie Guy. Plus, Hollywood’s economic plan for America, a look at celebrity birthdays and pretty much a wall-to-wall Coen Brothers love fest!
Movie Guys Paul Preston and Karen Volpe appear on The BTS Radio Show to talk about The Movie Showcast, what’s new in theaters and how The Movie Guys came about with host Brian T. Shirley.
Showcast Episode 28: It’s a holiday weekend, so The Movie Guys serve up previews of all the new films, including “Frozen”, “Homefront” and “Oldboy”, as well as a look at movie news. Plus, film score composer and songwriter Joe Kraemer talks about writing the music for “Jack Reacher” and joins in a round of “Name That Tune: Film Score Edition”.
Showcast Episode 27: The sequel “Catching Fire” inspires an exciting episode of The Hunger Games of The Network Stars, featuring the death of scores of ’70s TV stars. Plus, a preview of “Delivery Man”, and a look at how Vince Vaughn got so affable. Then, TV & film actor Joel Murray sits in to talk movies and delivers an unforgettable NFL Films cast list read.
Showcast Episode 26: After 14 years, the sequel “The Best Man Holiday” is here, so The Movie Guys look at other 1999 films that could use a sequel. Plus, a preview of “Nebraska” and a full-on interview with Superego’s Matt Gourley, complete with Bond talk, a “Scrooged”-themed holiday movie preview, Five Questions for Other Guests, and Karen’s comedy closer – this week’s celebrity birthdays.
Showcast Episode 25: After a preview of “Thor: The Dark World”, The Movie Guys provide a glimpse of what life must be like on Asgard. Also, a preview of “The Book Thief” inspires a game of “You’ve Been Greenlit!”, a game of vocabulary skill where keywords in your plot can win you an Oscar. Then comedian and actor Matt McCarthy hits the studio for a preview of “About Time” and tons of great talk about movies and professional wrestling.
Showcast Episode 24: The Movie Guys are joined for the whole show by comedian Ken Barnard to preview “Free Birds” and “Last Vegas”. Plus, “Ender’s Game” inspires an enshrining ceremony for The International Order of Ornate Sci-Fi and Fantasy Names. Also, fiery rounds of “What Did You See This Week?” and Karen’s Birthdays.
Showcast Episode 23: The Movie Guys find “The Counselor” trailer so ambiguous, they make a trailer of their own, plus a preview of “Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa”. Plus improviser and comedian Jet Eveleth joins the show for a round of “What’s Not Happening in Hollywood” and some good movie talk.
Showcast Episode 22: Previews of “Escape Plan” and “The Fifth Estate” lead to another round of YouTube movie reviews. The Movie Guys also welcome three guests – the great Steve Guttenberg calls the show, plus “Quick to Duck” director Robin Mountjoy in studio, and the one and only Carrie White talks about her new anti-bullying campaign on the eve of the release of her new film, “Carrie”.
Showcast Episode 21: The movie previews come fast and furious with “Captain Phillips” and “Machete Kills”. Plus, Movie Guys Retractions and a look at future projects from Robert Rodriguez. And special guest Kristen Studard talks comedy, movies, one-woman shows and apes.
Showcast Episode 20: “Gravity”‘s marquee star power has Karen convinced it’s a romantic comedy, plus The Movie Guys preview “Runner Runner” and discuss how Ben Affleck gets an “and” credit. Also, YouTube movie reviews and special guest, stand-up comic Michael Gelbart, sits in the whole show.
Showcast Episode 19: TV and film actor Joe Nunez joins The Movie Guys in studio for the whole show with previews of “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” and “Don Jon”. Plus, regular food weather updates on the fives and a call into The Adult Movie Hotline.
Showcast Episode 18: A preview of “Rush” sparks a couple rounds of the Indy Car and NASCAR name generators. Plus stand-up comic Andy Peters joins The Movie Guys to preview “Prisoners” and “Battle of the Year” until the whole show wraps up in a rousing birthday celebration for Bill Murray.
Showcast Episode 17: A preview of “Insidious: Chapter 2” sparks another round of Creepy Kids Singing and after a preview of “The Family”, a surprise guest risks his life to talk about all the films that are in witness protection. Plus, improv legend and podcast host Dave Razowsky joins us, and at one point rants about “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” to where we named this Showcast episode after his rant.
(“Lee Daniels’ The Butler” spoilers abound)
Paul Preston reviews the new film from Paul Osborne, “Favor”, in all its sick, twisted glory.
Movie Guy Paul Preston appears on BlogTalkRadio’s “Real Talk With Lee”, hosted by Lee Avent of Look At Me Casting and multimedia company. This is a good get-to-know-The-Movie-Guys-and-what-we’re-all-about interview, talking about how The Movie Guys have evolved and what The Movie Showcast is all about.
Showcast Episode 15: With a mob of Ben Affleck protestors just outside the door of The Admiral’s Club, The Movie Guys preview “Getaway” and “One Direction: This is Us”. They also premiere the new trailer for “The Movie Guys: This is We”, all with the help of special guest, comedian/podcaster Matt Dwyer!
Showcast Episode 14: While previewing new releases “You’re Next” and “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones”, The Movie Guys play a “The World’s End’-inspired drinking game about familiar actors. Plus a surprise interview with a guest who has appeared in more movie trailers than anyone else in the past five years and a great talk with film and TV actor and improviser Bill Chott!
Showcast Episode 13: Four more new releases to burn through, including “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”, “Kick-Ass 2”, “Jobs” and “Paranoia” before The Movie Guys launch into “Shark Movie Week”, with special guest Daniel Travis, star of “Open Water”. Also, writer/producer and improv Swami Paul Vaillancourt sits in for Adam the entire show!
Showcast Episode 12: Hollywood’s laying it on thick with FOUR new releases on a non-holiday weekend, and we give ’em all a day in court – “Elysium”, “We’re the Millers”, “Disney’s Planes” and “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters”. Plus, Dave Mattey stops by with stories from the set as an actor and stuntman.
Showcast Episode 11: The longest, most jam-packed Showcast yet!…’cause you can’t make enough jokes about “The Smurfs 2”. The Movie Guys are also visited in studio by Hollywood Movie Titleists, who explain the work that goes into complex movie names like “2 Guns”, and prolific director Willy Laszlo talks about his adventures in the worlds of comedy short films and reality TV.
Showcast Episode 10: Wolverine makes his sixth appearance on the big screen and The Movie Guys are all over it. Plus, they preview Aubrey Plaza in “The To-Do List”, take a look at movie news and have a Comic-Con report, including an interview with legendary independent filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman of Troma Entertainment.
Showcast Episode 9: The Movie Guys celebrate Ryan Reynolds week with previews of his new films “Turbo” and “R.I.P.D.”. Also, they take in a horror movie trailer they’ve always wanted to hear and preview the new action film “Red 2”. Plus, a specialist stops by to explain animation casting. Then film producer Pat Peach stops by to talk movies and movie-making.
Showcast Episode 8: Let’s call it a ‘mini-Showcast’. Movie Guys Lee Kias and Adam Witt hit the “Pacific Rim” premiere to get a few comments out of Guillermo del Toro and play “Is that Charlie Day?”, all in the un-ending red carpet presence of Chris Hardwick.
Showcast Episode 6: Stand-up comic Robert Buscemi joins The Movie Guys for the whole show as they preview Roland Emmerich’s latest way to destroy our nation’s capitol, “White House Down” and also the Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy comedy “The Heat”. Plus, a look at upcoming Flockbusters, and the show’s latest sponsor sparks a look at who could be cast as The Movie Guys on-screen cop buddies.
Showcast Episode #1: The Movie Guys return in their brand-new weekly comedy show “The Movie Showcast” This week, Paul, Adam, Lee & Karen preview “6Fast 6Furious”, or whatever it’s called, “The Hangover, Part III”, “Epic, Part One” and they welcome special guest Chip Krolik to review “Star Trek Into Darkness”.
The Movie Guys weekly comedy show comes back at the end of May. In the meantime, Paul, Adam, Lee & Karen crank out another test show, talking about what films they’ve seen lately and a preview of “Star Trek Into Darkness”.