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”.
May I present a film near and dear to my childhood heart that still holds up…
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.
The title says it all. Part three of The Movie Guys “Best of All Time” series looks at the greatest superhero films per year for the last forty or so years.
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.
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.
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The first review in a new column where Brendan Fleming arbitrarily looks at a film on DVD & Blu-Ray: “Life in the world of Sin City is not like life anywhere else. At least I hope not. It seems that all the inhabitants here lost their moral compass some time ago, and have no interest in finding it.”
Showcast Episode 76: Celebrate the first ever Y.A.-lympics as young future teens from “The Hunger Games”, “The Maze Runner”, “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones”, “Divergent”, “The Giver” and even “Beautiful Creatures” run for their lives and kill each other. Sketch comedy group Scotch Moses co-founder Tim Fox joins The Movie Guys for this special show. Also, movie news and talk of the latest “Hunger Games” movie, “Mockingjay – Part 1”.
Showcast Episode 75: Holiday movie season and awards season collide with four new releases – “Dumb and Dumber To”, “Beyond the Lights”, “Foxcatcher” & “Rosewater”. The Movie Guys preview them all with guest Jon Weinberg, along with chat about his film-in-progress “Funeral Day” and a thorough ripping of Q&As at Los Angeles movie screenings, ALL while your hosts try desperately to stay focused…!
Thirty minutes into the film I actually said out loud “I love this film and I love everyone in it!”
Joe Carnahan’s finest film. A biting satire of everything wrong with L.A. and its ugly underbelly.
Movie Guy Justin Bowler hits the red carpet to chat about “The Lookalike” and play a little “Who do you look like?” with the cast and filmmakers.
Showcast Episode 74: All you can ask of anyone who visits The Admiral’s Club is that they be funny and tell great stories, and this week’s special guest Brian Shortall does both! He joins The Movie Guys to talk “Big Hero 6” and “Interstellar” and jump in on a round of “McConaughey Role or Lincoln Commercial”.
Showcast Episode 73: A rare Saturday morning taping of The Movie Showcast sees vlogger and YouTuber Kate Elliott join The Movie Guys in studio for talk about Halloween weekend’s lone major new release, “Nightcrawler”. Plus, some YouTube Movie Reviews, Karen’s Birthdays and a trip inside The Movie Guys’ Time Capsule.
This independent film utilizes an incredible amount of ingenuity and the outcome is a whirling ride in the vein of a live murder mystery stage show.