Movie Review – Mortal Kombat
Director Simon McQuoid and his team…manage to deliver the joy of watching a bad movie unfold.
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Movie Review – Wonder Woman 1984
Patty Jenkins’ new film comes with lots of promises and sadly none of them are delivered.
PIC of the Week – Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula
Ray Schillaci’s PIC of the week at TheMovieGuys.net for 11/27/20 – Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula
Five Criminally Under-Seen Movies for the Quarantine – Part 2
Go deeper than the limited catalog of movies on a streaming service and see some great stuff you haven’t yet!
Frozen II vs The Irishman
Probably not a fair comparison in today’s market, but it really has to be tough for a serious filmmaker to be crushed by a pair of animated sisters.
Reporting From The Floor of Comic-Con 2019
Paul Preston reports from his annual pilgrimage to San Diego for the annual world’s greatest thing that a person could do.
Movie Review – Shazam!
Shazam is here. His superpower? He can remove the stick from D.C.’s ass.
Movie Review – Alita: Battle Angel
If it were 1994, I would’ve come out of ALITA sure it was the most amazing movie of all time.
Arnold Vosloo – The TMG Interview
Paul Preston of The Movie Guys interviews Arnold Vosloo about his return to the horror genre with the new film THE HARROWING.
Movie Review – Aquaman
There’s a lot going on in DC/Warner Brothers’ AQUAMAN. Movie Guys Ray & Paul have to talk it out.
Dumbo Trailer Reaction
Ray Schillaci’s take on the newest trailer for Disney’s 2019 remake of DUMBO – it soars!
Acting with…Nothing? – Part 2
Paul Preston looks closer at actors who not only interact with characters who aren’t there, but also non-existent locations.
PIC of the Week – Avengers: Infinity War/Ready Player One
Paul Preston’s PIC of the week at TheMovieGuys.net for 8/9/18 – Avengers: Infinity War/Ready Player One
Acting with…Nothing?
Another year of Oscar nominations has come and gone and still no accolades for Andy Serkis.
Anything DC Can Do, Marvel Can Do Better
This title doesn’t really frame the Marvel/DC dichotomy correctly because it lists Marvel as following DC, which has never, ever happened.
Movie Review – Justice League
You’re in for a pleasant surprise, JUSTICE LEAGUE is FUN!
Movie Review – Blade Runner: The Final Cut
Stellar science fiction with a wholly realized futuristic universe and much to say.
Movie Review – War For The Planet of the Apes
One of the more sober and dark summer films to hit the cinema in a long while. But it’s effective.
Movie Review – Today I Watched…Short Films
Paul Preston’s ongoing effort to watch a movie a day for the rest of his life. Today’s movies – “The Voice in the Head”, “The Foster Portfolio”, “Adam”, “Again”, “Inside Job”, “Deirdre”, “Dive”, “The Escape”, “Oh, The Effing Horror”, “A Dixon Twins Mystery” & “Foodoo Doll”
Movie Review – Ghostbusters
Ironically, for a movie that stars all women, this movie had the balls to be the movie it wanted to be.
Movie Review – The Jungle Book
A multi-million dollar risk that pretty much hits all the right notes.
MOVIE REVIEW – THE PEANUTS MOVIE
Odd today to think that kids would be expected to attend a movie that did not involve peril or violence or parents being offed – and love it.
DVD, BLU-RAY & STREAMING – PREDESTINATION
Aided by a complex story, interesting characters and tight direction, the Spierigs deliver a powerful punch that has you talking about the film long after it is over
WHEN NUMBER THREE SEEMS MORE LIKE NUMBER TWO
The history of “third chapters” (known as “threequels,” thanks to those people who love to invent new terms while butchering English) is filed with good examples — and an outstanding series of atrociously bad ones.
MOVIE REVIEW – JOHN CARTER
Really, how hard was it to understand this film people? I know the trailers made it look like a mindless action flick, but it’s not. I’m sorry you couldn’t waltz in 10-minutes late with your face full of popcorn and your butter-stained fingers endlessly fumbling over your cell phone, and not be able to figure out what’s going on. It’s called attention. If you pay it, you’ll get it.
OSCAR RANT 2012
Paul Preston’s annual once-over of the nominees. Who will win, who should win, and the Top 10 Films of 2011.
BLU-RAY & DVD CAPSULE REVIEWS
Capsule reviews by The Movie Guys include “The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia” and “Paul”. Quick plot, quick opinion and we’re out.
MOVIE REVIEW – RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
It is friggin’ awesome.
MOVIE REVIEW – THOR
Branagh does a good job of balancing the work of his actors with all the glitz, glitter and action sequences that abound in Asgard.
Movie Review – Despicable Me
Paul Preston reviews “Despicable Me” for TheMovieGuys.net and rants about the state of movie animation along the way.
Movie Review – Clash of the Titans
“Well, it was fun. You know, you turn your brain off and it’s a good popcorn movie.” Since when is THAT enough?
