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
Billy Bob Thornton
Mad Mel’s Wild Bunch!
Our Movie Guy Ray reports on the Mel Gibson remake of THE WILD BUNCH and takes his own stab at the casting.
“Pathetic Jim” (w/Geneviéve Flati) – “Moana”, “Rules Don’t Apply”, “Allied” & “Bad Santa 2”
The Movie Guys give the full preview treatment to “Allied”, “Moana”, “Bad Santa 2” and “Rules Don’t Apply” with actress and comedian Geneviéve Flati, creator and star of Women Rule Broadway.
“Cat-astrophe!” (w/Jason Webb) – “Suicide Squad” & “Nine Lives”
Ep. 162: Two new films get the business as The Movie Guys preview Suicide Squad and Nine Lives with special guest stand-up comic Jason Webb. Also, a Comic-Con roundtable.
RATING THE KRAMPUS MOVIES
Krampus is the “Christmas Devil”…here in the States, creative minds (and, some not-so-creative) deliver not one, but four tales of this yuletide terror.
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.
HORROR’S THREAT
Movie Guy Ray Schillaci looks at the current state of horror films – is creativity still alive? Can they be profitable? These questions and more get answered with commentary by director Mike Flanagan (“Oculus”), director Marcus Nispel (“Friday the 13th” (2009)) and more.
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”.
MOVIE REVIEW – PUSS IN BOOTS
Is it possible that this is the funniest movie of the year? See it while it’s still in theaters.