Funny Movie Reviews

THE MOVIE GUYS’ FIFTH ANNUAL HOLIDAY SPECIAL!

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”.

THE MOVIE SHOWCAST: GODS AND KINGS (w/Jake Greene) – “Exodus: Gods and Kings” & “Top Five”

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”.

THE MOVIE SHOWCAST CLOSE-UP (w/Natalie Lipka & Wayne Frazier) – “Wild” & “The Pyramid”

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 SHOWCAST – “HERE COMES SANTA MICK” (w/Mick Foley) – “The Penguins of Madagascar” & “Horrible Bosses 2”

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.

THE MOVIE GUYS: THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – PART 1 (w/Tim Fox) – “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1”

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”.

THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “STAY ON TARGET…” (w/Jon Weinberg) – “Foxcatcher”, “Rosewater”, “Dumb and Dumber To” and “Beyond the Lights”

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…!

THE MOVIE GUYS’ ANNUAL PLEDGE DRIVE (w/Laura Krafft) – “Fury”, “Birdman”, “The Book of Life”, “The Best of Me”, “Kill the Messenger” and “Men, Women and Children”

Showcast Episode 71: During their annual pledge drive, The Movie Guys go for a World Record number of movies previewed on a Showcast recorded in a studio in Burbank on a Wednesday night – SIX (“Fury”, “The Book of Life”, “Men, Women and Children”, “Birdman”, “Kill the Messenger” and “The Best of Me”). Plus, comedienne and Emmy-winning writer Laura Krafft sits in the whole show!

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.

THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “PLOT LIBS” (w/Audrey Kearns) – “The Equalizer” & “The Boxtrolls”

Showcast Episode 68: The Movie Guys get geeked up with GeekGirlAuthority.com’s Audrey Kearns in studio as this week’s guest to kick around “The Equalizer” and “The Boxtrolls”. There’s also a set visit to “Space Command”, a game of Mad Libs to generate a plot to rival “The Boxtrolls”, plus movie news, reviews, a look inside The Movie Guys Time Capsule and celebrity birthdays.

THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “BASED ON A BOOK WEEK” (w/Pat Finn) – “A Walk Among the Tombstones”, “The Maze Runner” & “This is Where I Leave You”

Showcast Episode 67: How funny is Pat Finn? The film & TV actor and improv expert joins The Movie Guys to talk “Seinfeld”, his favorite movie of all time and more. Plus, former guest John Rocha sits in to co-host, previewing “This is Where I Leave You”, “The Maze Runner” and “A Walk Among the Tombstones”, featuring the classic bit “Liam Neeson Orders a Pizza”.

THE MOVIE SHOWCAST, BROUGHT TO YOU BY LOCK-TITE (w/Pete Gardner) – “No Good Deed” & “Dolphin Tale 2”

Showcast Episode 66: The extremely cast-able and likable Pete Gardner joins The Movie Guys for previews of “No Good Deed” and “Dolphin Tale 2”, while sharing stories from the sets of “Evan Almighty”, “Transformers” and more. Plus, a much-need profile of prisoner transfer security with our other special guest Sven S’cure.

THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “FROM THE ARCHIVES – 1994” (w/Vinnie Donadio) – “Forrest Gump”

Showcast Episode 66: With “Forrest Gump” the only big theater release this week, The Movie Guys dip into their archives and bring you a Showcast episode from July 6, 1994, when “Gump” was originally released. Jaimie sits in for part one of the show, and special guest Vinnie Donadio joins in part two to talk the 10th anniversary of “Ghostbusters”.

THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “LOCAL ESPIONAGE” (w/Caitlin Keats & Sarah Butler) – “The November Man” & “As Above, So Below”

Showcast Episode 65: Actresses Sarah Butler and Caitlin Keats stop by The Admiral’s Club to talk movies and their new film “Treachery”, plus Board Op Jaimie joins in for previews of what’s new in theaters, including “As Above, So Below”. And “The November Man” prompts an exclusive interview with an honest-to-goddamn-goodness SPY, risking outing his identity to give The Movie Guys the lowdown on the real-life spy world.

THE MOVIE SHOWCAST – “WELL, SUMMER’S OVER…” (w/Jennifer Blanc-Biehn & Mick Foley) – “If I Stay”, “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” & “When the Game Stands Tall”

Showcast Episode 64: From the set of “Hellevator Man”, Paul & Karen talk to producer Jennifer Blanc-Biehn and WWE legend and Hall of Famer Mick Foley about their upcoming film anthology. And back in The Admiral’s Club, “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For”, “If I Stay” and “When the Game Stands Tall” get thorough previews and The Movie Guys score a rare interview with God.