Movie Nonsense – Show #39! – 5/30/22 – Special Guest Joe Canale!
TOP GUN: MAVERICK, OBI-WAN KENOBI and STAR WARS Celebration – All are covered with special guest ,and long-time friend of The Movie Guys, Joe Canale!
Chicago
Movie Nonsense – Show #10! – Sweet Home Chicago – 11/8/21
Adam chimes in from Colorado with longtime friend of the show Justin Kaufmann to lead the debate – “Best Chicago Movie”. Also, ETERNALS’ back is GOT.
PIC of the Week – Judas and the Black Messiah
Ray Schillaci’s PIC of the week at TheMovieGuys.net for 5/7/21 – Judas and the Black Messiah
Saying Goodbye – Ben Cross, Diana Rigg & Chadwick Boseman
Too many great artists have left us this summer. Our Movie Guy Ray remembers three recent passings – Ben Cross, Diana Rigg & Chadwick Boseman.
Coming Soon to a Theater Near You – COVID-19!
Who will actually take the risk to go to the movies? Our Movie Guy Ray breaks it down.
R.I.P. Stuart Gordon
Movie Guy Ray Schillaci remembers the career of Stuart Gordon both professionally and personally.
Best Picture Rankings 1993-2017
Paul Douglas Moomjean breaks down the Best Picture winners of the last twenty-five years for TheMovieGuys.net on the lead-up to Oscars week.
Best Supporting Actress Rankings 1993-2017
Paul Douglas Moomjean breaks down the Best Supporting Actress winners of the last twenty-five years for TheMovieGuys.net on the lead-up to Oscars week.
Movie Review – Widows
There are only so many things in the film that really make it feel like a Steve McQueen film as opposed to just any other forgettable heist movie.
Movie Review – Quincy
Any time the movie reveals something amazing that Quincy Jones that you either never knew for forgot about – DRINK.
The Richard Gere DIY Film Festival, Or How to Appreciate the Underappreciated Actor
Richard Gere appears in good movie after good movie and it’s time you noticed.
Movie Review – Today I Watched…Ghostbusters II
Paul Preston’s ongoing effort to watch a movie a day for the rest of his life. Today’s movie – “Ghostbusters II”.
Movie Review – Hired Gun
“Hired Gun” gets just the right take on the working musician’s lifestyle from their testimonials and archive footage.
Movie Review – Kedi
As director and Istanbul native Ceyda Torun shares her cast of feline and human characters, she also uncovers some mysteries.
La La Land – The Defense Rests
“La La Land” is on its way to a rout at tonight’s Academy Awards, and I welcome it.
Hollywood’s Backloading Problem
“Awards contender, huh? WELL, this better be good!”. That’s unfortunate pressure.
The Movie Showcast – “Improv Nerds!!” (w/Jimmy Carrane) – “Everybody Wants Some”
Showcast Episode 144: Everything is staying out of the way of “Batman v. Superman”, so The Movie Guys preview one limited release film, “Everybody Wants Some”, then they make up a few. Plus, a round of “in theaters now…still” and guest Jimmy Carrane of the Improv Nerd podcast sits in the whole show for some in-depth talk about improv and movies.
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST LIVE FROM CHICAGO! (w/Steve Scholz, Dori Goldman & Adria Dawn) – “Race”, “Risen” & “The VVitch”
Showcast Episode 138: Paul puts together an all-Chicago panel while in the Windy City for a special on-location version of the Showcast! Movie Guy Steve Scholz co-hosts with guests Dori Goldman and Adria Dawn as they preview new films “The VVitch”, “Race”, “Risen” and talk about the state of the film industry in Chi-Town.
THE GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME
The title says it all.
THE GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME, PART THREE – SUPERHERO FILMS
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.
THE GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME, PART TWO – HORROR
The title says it all. Part two of The Movie Guys “Best of All Time” series looks at the greatest horror movies per year for the last forty or so years.
THE GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME, PART ONE – COMEDIES
The title says it all. Part one of The Movie Guys “Best of All Time” series looks at the greatest comedy films per year for the last forty or so years.
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.
OSCAR RANT 2013
Paul Preston’s annual, super-thorough, no-category-left-uncovered, massive undertaking of an Oscar rant is available for you to read, print out and argue about.
MOVIE REVIEW – BORN TO BE WILD 3D
“Born to Be Wild 3D”, narrated by Morgan Freeman, manages to toe the fine line between high-tech and old school.
MOVIE REVIEW – SOURCE CODE
Jake Gyllenhaal redeems his career after the embarrassingly awful “Prince of Persia” and turns in a fine, heartwarming performance
THE MIDDLE SEAT: “CINEMATIC LITMUS TEST”
My initial thought is, we come up with a basic questionnaire, designed by people who enjoy and understand the art of cinema, and anyone who fails it gets put on the list.
MOVIE REVIEW – HALL PASS
The banter between characters is great and the situations they’re put into are pure, envelope-pushing comedy gold as only the Farrellys can deliver.
THE MIDDLE SEAT: “PLEASE TURN OFF ALL DISTRACTIONS”
To everyone everywhere who ever goes to a movie theatre I politely remind you to SHUT UP!
THE MIDDLE SEAT: “WHERE YOU WANNA SIT?”
I need to see the movie straight on. And that’s not just at the theatre. I will go for any seat in any living room that gives me the most centered view of a movie.
MOVIE REVIEW – BURLESQUE
The latest in a long line of movie musicals that proves Hollywood takes one successful idea and beats it into the ground until there’s nothing good left.
RANTING ON A CLASSIC: ONE FROM THE HEART
Or, “Ranting On A (Not Quite) Classic” or “Re-examining a Failure”. You choose.
ARCHIVES 2004
Movie reviews and articles by Paul Preston, Steven Lewis and Mary Gent
ARCHIVES 2002
Reviews and articles by Paul Preston and Mary Gent